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9 TTTF, ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Now ] lS the 1 A ime W hen the J Jase ball a nc 1 Football Fans Can Weep* Quietly Together & °y Oh, My, Yes! Things Are in Terrible Shape in Mexico 10 BE IDODGEB Ebbets Flashes $25,000 Speech j on Herrmann, and Garry Breaks His Promise. Holy scwokg * HeR.e * &LOODVKK.VTY R68ei_, ARM€D To TNETe£ T^ He sees O'***, ow: H^De°T Y CHftNCe lb To feew/ND Yon rock Bv Frank G. Meiikc. N SW YORK. Dec. 13—Those loud bellows of commingled rage and anguish which near ly fractured your ear drums to-day came from Chicago—from the throat of C, Waistcoat Murphy, to be exact. They issued forth the moment that ' \ Waistcoat learned that Garry Herrmann, the genial owner of the Cincinnati club, had worked some thing like a criss-cross and sold Joe Tinker to Brooklyn for $25,000—the biggest cash sum ever paid for a ball player. C. Waistcoat left yesterday for his •Chicago domicile. Refore leaving he had an extended talk with the said Mr. Herrmann. After the talk and ;iust prior to departing for the train O. Waistcoat informed the assem blage that it was “all fixed up” and led everyone to believe that Tinker would play with the Cubs next sea son. Until 6 p. m. yesterday Herrmann gave off the impression that what Murphy said was pretty nearly right. Quite loudly Herrmann announced i hat Murphy had been authorized by him. as owner of Mr. Tinker, to deal with Tinker. “If Murphy and Tinker can come 10 some understanding—and I don’t doubt that they can—Tinker will go to Chicago,” spoke Herrmann. “No . other club can negotiate with Tinker in the meantime.” Deal in “Soda Water” Parlor. Just then C. Holiday Ebbets, own er of the Brooklyn team, sought out Herrmann in the Waldorf-Astoria “so da water” parlor. And then, right before a large lot of people, the Gar den of Eden scene, which involved Adam, Eve and an apple, was re peated. Ebbets played the role of Eve, Herrmann held down Adam’s job and $25,000 took the place of an ap ple. “L/Ookit here, Garry, ' said Ebbets, you think I’m kidding about that $25,000 for Tinker. I'll repeat the offer now and make you a cash pay ment of $3,000 to bind the deal.” “But.” protested the weakening Herrmann, “y’ see, Charley, I’ve given Murphy a chance to talk to Tinker first.” Ebbets responded to the effect that “Murphy ain’t a-goin’ to give you $25,000 or anything like it. I’ll bet. You’d better take this here $25,000 offer, Garry.” And. finally, Garry did Immediately afterward Ebbetta 5 announced: “Tinker said he \#ould not play with Brooklyn, but I guess he’ll change his mind. He’s to get $10,000 of that $25,000 if he signs a Brooklyn contract and that's a mighty good inducement. I admit that $25,000 is a mighty big price to pay for a 34-year-old ball player, but with Tinker in our line-up we’re going to give some of these gents with pennant dreams some mighty unpleasant nightmares. “Further than that—I expect we ll get back what we are paying for Tinker in increased attendance in our exhibition games and during the first month of the regular league sea son. Tinker w ill be a drawing card.” Herzog May Manage Reds. Before putting through the Tinker ileal. Herrmann gave Outfielder Bob Bescher to the Giants for Catcher Hartley and Infielder Herzog, who no doubt will be selected as manager of the Reds. Both the Cardinal and Pirate own ers to-day expressed themselves as pleased with the deal which they en gineered by which First Baseman Konetchy. Third Baseman Mowrey and Pitcher Bob Harmon, of the Car dinals, were turned over to the Pi rates in exchange for First Baseman Jack Miller, Inflelder “Cozy” Dolan. Outfielder Owen Wilson, Outfielder Arthur Butler and Pitcher Plank Robinson. Why the Cardinal owners should be pleased it is hard to tell. The ways and minds of baseball mag nates are beyond all human under standing. Tinker Surprised at Offer, Says Murphy Can Still Get Him CHICAGO. Dec. 13.-“I have received no official announcement of my sale to Brooklyn. All f know is what I read and am told.” said Tinker this morn ing, when told Brooklyn had closed the purchase for his services. •T want to play in Chicago. First, because 1 have business interests here, and second, because I like that club. I stated recently that I wouldn’t play in Brooklyn. , , , “When I made that remark I meant ..vpry word ol it. liut I IijkI little tiiouttlc then that the magnates would cut me in on *10,000 of ,the purchase price. This with the promised salary of from *7 300 to *10,000, certainly is a surprise and makes me sit up and think. How ever If President Murphy will stand h> me i ll make good my threat not to go Past. Murphy can get me if he s will ing to spend the money- If Murphy is sincere in landing T in ker there is still a chance. He ha« plenty of su'plus material and some of this with some real money would bring Tinker back. Tho'pgh the sale to Brook Ivn was made, it carries with it a clause that If .Toe refuses to sign a contract. Kiihets is to get back his coin and Joe again will be the property of the Reds YANKEES SELL BACKSTOP. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The Yankees ast night disposed of the services of Catcher Smith, the youngster who Joined the team in midseason, famith was sold to the Montreal club, of the International League. 'GALLANT AND HAVES IN DRAW WESTFIELD. MASS.. !>• 1 '*‘k hert Gallant. of Chelsea, and i>ro\r Mr rs. of Philadelphia. went ton .( .1 jn in 111** ' ■ ’ * 11 b" 1 '' POLLY AND HER PALS Some Smiles Will Fetch ’Em; Some Won’t how/ Comes it ioo k/m 6it IkJ 4W OUT OF TH/ST PROMT DOOR tyiHFM XU ere SuPPOS ED To BE QUARAX'TlUZ.D .OF The'HOUSE lYS A CMCH PA JUST 6n/E The Cops the "Oke O/ER WkaddYe MMM, "otc E OVER 'Uol 7h/i DEUCE kiuoj» Talk is TMT /iwYHcw ■ Just A PRj6ht5mile AlJO A WMK, PA “There's" WoTh/wo tc a! Look Forward to C. Evans’ Visit v • v v • •> •*« • v v#v v«v ‘Chick’ Will Inspect East Lake A By 0. B. Keeler. TLA XT A golfers, and particu larly those aified with the At lanta Athletic Club, are con gratulating themselves on the pros pective visit to Atlanta of t’harles Evans, Jr., better known as “Chick,” who is to spend a week—probably the week of Christinas holidays—as the guest of George Adair. “Chick” and Mr. Adair are rather more than acquaintances. Their ex cellent friendship is of several years’ standing, and their mutual fervor ;:i the matter of golf is an additional ti* that binds. As a matter of fact, it was the aforesaid mutual tie that attracted Mr. Evans to Nashville some year.' back at the same time Mr. Adair was there, tlie object of both being a golf tourney. Anyway, they met in Nashville and have been good friends ever since. * * * <*T GOT to thinking about ‘Chick,’ up * there in Chicago, probably with his favorite links all covered up with snow and ice, and I thought he might like to swing his clubs over our At lanta courses,” said Mr. Adair. “So I invited him to visit me, and he took me up rlgn* away. Oh, he’ no stran ger here. He was in Atlanta two or three years ago, and played at East Lake then.” * * • A LSO, here's something else. Mr. Adair is redesigning the Ath letic Club course at East Loke into what is exp. >. ted eventually to be one of America’s classic inland courses. It was a mighty good course to begin with. But Mr. Adair has been planning for years to change the plan to conform with that pub lished in The Georgian some months ago—his own pet idea, gained from experience on a hundred famous courses in America and Europe. So Mr, Adair i* keen to get Mr. Evans’ opinion to the l ew plan, and. while playing over the nresent eours. the famous amateur no doubt will us. his practiced vision on (he lay-out for the future. ••‘Chick’ has played on every fa mous course in the world, 1 suppose,” said Mr. Adair, “and his opinion 's certainly worth something in a mat ter of thin kind.” TT may be remarked in passing u : 1 every bunker except two design* 1 for the new course lias been pul in, and all the putting greens sodded but two. and it is now a certainty that the new course will be ready fun play bv June J, 1914. * * * E 'EVEIvtING to tiie pieasant top: > ,»f Mr. Evans, .t will be recalled that Harry Vardon and Edward Ray. the great "British professional*;. aft'-’ their lour of this ‘‘ountr\ las* a zvxn it as tiifir opinion Ida Evon\ both in the open championship tour nament at Brookline. “We do not judge a player by his performance in any one match, or even in any one tournament,” Var don told the English newspapers. “We rate him by the manner in which he takes hold of tin* ball and his gen eral style and power to play And by tlicit standard we consider Mr. Evans the best in America.” * * * C OME now more complimentary • notices from our British friends. The latest copy of “Golf,” the cel ebrated British weekly organ of the game, edited by Harold II. Hilton, contains Mr. Hilton's comment on the selection of Vardon and Ray. Mr. Hilton is about as well quaii- fled to pass judgment on a golfer as any man living, dividing, as he does, with John Ball the honor of being Great Britain’s greatest amateur golf er. We quote Mr. Hilton in his maga zine. • a ♦ GIHAVK a:ways held the opinion, * and moreover have expressed It rather .freely, that in his accuracy in hitting his wooden club shots, an i likewise in his iron play ip tu tlie hole. Mr. t’harles Evans. Jr., is the equal of any amateur p'ayer living I saw enough of the Chicago boy's game at Wheaton lu<t year to con vince me upon this point." After which Mr. Hilton says more very kind things about Friend Chick. * * * S ) it is no wonder that Atlanta golf ers feel indebted to Mr. Adai* for affording an opportunity to watch “Chick” in action—-for, of course, he will play while here. Will a duck swim7 BOXING Mews of the Ring Game Sprint by Fogler Fails to Gain Lap **mn J 1 •’in mi defe NEW YORK. Dec. 13. Spurred by nu merous complaint* of theft# and other ‘strong arm” work. Deputy Police Com missioner Dougherty and 30 men raided Madison Square Garden to-day and drove out the gangsters who have been preying on the spectators at the six-day bike race. Seven men were arrested as suspects. The raid took place during the hours when tlie drowsiness ut spectators made them easy prey for pickpockets. The race will end to-night, with the greatest- number • f broken records that has ever attended a similar event. 1 Fogler. a veteran rider, too!: ffhe lead of the held shortly before 8 o’clock and pedaled furiously in an attempt to steal a lap but failed. At 8 o'clock six teams were tied for leadership and they' were IX miles and 8 laps ahead of the record. /. M C- A. FIVE WINS. j t:OLl MB! d. GA . Dec. 13. In a ha:- jke: huh game her U«i night between 1 the regular Y. M. *' A. '“am and a j |.i«-]\cii !earn iron the Atlanta <ht' j I.eag.H . the won »- ice - -,.••<* 71 In i • I’cmG rtlniV*»d r •• Mil" l<" IN and Mu ilk f'T 'he visiters. Boxing critics wall soon be touting Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul phan tom, as the knockout kid, and rightly s?o. Not in ears were fans given the shock they were hand ed the other night when Gibbons stopped “Wildcat” Kerns in two rounds ut New Orleans. Fern* needs no do re duction to pugilistic fans, as he lias for years been known as about the toughroi welter in the game. * * * Gibbons’ achievement in putting the Kansas City boy away deserves much praise. Several weeks ago Mike met Jimmy Kerry, who is well known around these- parts, and knocked Jimmy out in a few rounds. The feat, however, was overlooked by many of the fans, as they said that Jimmy was slipping. But Gibbons’ knockout win over Verns proves without a doubt that he is the holder of a real punch. * * * Joe Mundot has made a good start on his come-back campaign. Joe took on Pat Drouillard in a ten-round go at Windsor Wednesday night, and accord ing to reports had a good shade on his rival. if Joe buckles down to hard training there Is no reason why he shouldn’t he able to give the best of them a tough argument. * «> * Eddie' Hanlon will be asked to stack up against a wise old owl Tuesday night in the person of Jack Robinson. Jack, although well along in years, is still able to beat youngsters who know *ittic* of the game. But they all meet their Waterloo some lime, and it would not be the biggest surprise in the world If this Hanlon boy spilled the beans. * -t * Eddie is a stiff puncher and has the makings of a comer. Local fans who saw Eddie floor Terry Nelson here a few months ago know that when I fan- ion hits, the receiver usually takes a dive to the canvas. Robinson may slid hav*-* his good old head with him. but we would advise him to stay clear of Mr. Hanlon’s right hand. Although McFarland has been beat ing all his opponents regularly for the past five years, Chicago fans refuse to rave over him. Pat*key was hissed and hoe tod all through his go with Britton McFarland s tactics in making his op portents make weight, while he conies in at catchweight, is the cause of his unpopularity. * * * Leach Cross will Probably be matched within the next few days to box Hud Anderson in Los Angeles. Anderson’s recent knockout w'in over Barrieau has put him in line for another chance at the Easterner. • * • The t ailing off of the Ritchie-Murphy set-to lias muddled up the lightweight division worse than ever. Murphy in sists that he is entitled to first crack at the champion, while Rivers, Britton, Cross and Welsh are al! raving mad. They must now settle back and await their fling at the title holder. If "Kid” Young, Meyer Pries and Charlie Lee are looking for a ance . swing the padded mitts. Frank Baker says he will aeoemmodate the trio. Frank is tired of waiting for a bout around these parts, but states that he would like to pm up one farewell exhi bition. * * •» Baker says •• will box all three b-j on the -ame mght. b.-xing four round- ni:;i ear’ll- and agrees to bey. oxer.*, one of them. .Mm:-, let ii be underr;ood t ha i Frank doesn’t U •V?h one ovtmd ILGAST PUTS baseball Diamond News and Gossip L IE -J OLD TITLE Ad Says Ritchie Failed to Make| Weight for Murphy and Should Join Welters. By Eddie Geiger. C hicago, ill, Dec. 13.—Ad woi- gast from his Milwaukee train ing c amp astonished us by lodg ing a claim to the lightweight cham pionship yesterday. He based it on the allegation that Ritchie was un able to do the weight agreed on— 135 pounds—an hour before for Tom Murphy, and that this was the rea son the match was called off in San Francisco. Here is what Wolgast had to say over the telephone: “1 am the champion again. Ritchie could not make 135 for Murphy. His nose is not sore and it did not rain. Willie belongs in the welterweight class with McFarland and Gibbons. Ritchie won the title from me by unfair methods; I had no chance to win that day. They were in there to trim me. Me was given the honor on a foul. Now he can not make the weight any more, so the title reverts to me. 'Phis means that my fight with Charlie White Friday night of next week in Milwaukee will be a championship affair. Of course I can’t lose the championship in a no- decisioircontest unless White should happen to slop me. I will be on the lookout for that left hook, never fear. Remember, i am the 133-pound cham pion.” it may be that Wolgast knows what he is talking about on Ritchie being unable to make the weight. Willie was credited with making 135 i a i 3 for Leach Cross in New York. I but the commissioners are not very I strict on the weighing in the East. Anyway, Wolgast has lodged a claim I which is bound to start a hot argu- j , mem with the California champion. Hoppe to Defend Cue | Title Against Sutton NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Willie Hoppe, ■ t;:e balk-line billiard champion of ti e world, has been challenged for the 11.2 • . inpionship by Gsorge Sutton, of n:ag" The 1 Halleng'' was supported j ! <• S2.VJ forfoii. Upon being notified j ; lluppr Mi ’ Tilted and Tinnier! FrFrarv 3 Mid .G-foV Hotel I i|i- ,! > • .1! •! I MR. LYNCH SPEAKS. / trust the league trill jwosper. That you will ne'er go broke: t wish you every bright success— / also hope gun choice! * * * President Tener. of the National League, says that his chief concern will he to preserve the honesty' of the game, uinl he .«eems to think that this will take up all his time. * # * The Baseball Writers' Association is going to hold a meeting in Mew York to take a solemn vote on the “Cincinnati base hit.” which is h device whereby a man gets a single whether he makes it or not. « * The National League meeting reminds us of a conclave of opium smokers. Nobody ever mentions any sum less than *25,000. * * * It ia true that these futurists can paint noises, we would like to have a full-length portrait .>f one of Billy Smith’s “spapohes” during that ia* At lanta-Mobile series. ■* * * TINKER PASSES. Autumn and winter the old retrain Kings through the country from main to main: "Manager wanted for Ue(l8 again” You ran look for a general relief from tension through the smaller cities of the Atlantic Coast and the Middle West. The International League and the American Association have decided not to inflict on the defenseless peasantry' of those places their interleague gou lash. Tiie hack-to-the-soil movement ought in be strong among hall players. Rube Kislnger is treated with the utmost consideration because he has a farm to run out. u> when he isn’t. * * * “Since the newspapers depend so much on baseball for news ” begins Governor-Presiden i Tener. Exactly! Just as the grafters, in turn, depend so much on the newspapers for pub licity. * * * FEAR A tittle hue oj print or two Can tilt the heart with dread. When tl tells some bustier slew ts leaking from the dead. * « « Yes, Felice, tlie managers maybe said to be Tinker-ing. * * * Jack Knight refuses to be traded to Toledo by ihe Yankees*. We should n irrj The BoftC<>n Braves wid use li.c Red Sox Park the greater par! of next sca- so::. The arrangement allows for. the housing of the former while a . c el and concrete grandstand is being bull for the (lan G. Stallings. i * « * HOPELESS. Thar was a man in our tuna Whtts* mind teas thu k with moss ; For he believed this salary n hern About the new league loss. Bad Luck Greets Cross Family Brothers Have Habit of Losing By II. M. Walker. I DS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. IS. “If r reach the next cor ner without somebody drop ping * safe on me or wopping me over the heart with a ladder I’ll fee! that luck is coming my way.” Cigar store speech by Samuel Wal- lacb. “This appears to be the open sea son for the Cross family.” he adds. “All I need now is news from home that my house has burned down or an epidemic of the pip hns struck the hired help. The first gink that says ‘Merry OhriMmas* to me had better duck and duck quick.” The cause of Sammy’s grief is the fact that both his lighting brothers have acquired the habit of getting licked. Aside from me manager- brother’s natural gloom at having the family pride .-steam-rollered there are financial cuts to heal. No manager can smile when his entry is running a bad second. * ft * A BOLT one month ago Leach <’r>ss * had a 10-round tangle with Willi#* Ritchie in New York and emerged from the musp smeared with the con viction that understudying a world’s Champion is a bad business. Then came his trip to California with a fine large t. • ntv-round lacing waiting at this end of the line for him. And Leaches would rather lose to any man ir. the game than hl^ old tqrmenter, Joe Rivers. “Brother” Phil Cross stepped into the ring of the Atlantic Garden A. C. one night last week for a scheduled ten-round hook-up with Johnnie Al berts, a New Yorker who has never amounted to much in the record book. Seventeen minutes after the gong rang a right cross whizzed through the air. landed right on the Cross head and Cross wasn’t right until much later in the evening, when he woke up in the bathhouse. Two brothers walloped in one week. Why shouldn’t Samuel rave” S ERiOFSLY speaking. Wallxuh takes the defeat of his young est brother greatly to heart. Phil had made several fi.st-class showings and gave prom be of developing into one of our best ii'.th American welt ers. It was planned ti» bring him to the Coast this month and Promoter McCarcy had agreed to use him in three matches. “in some reaped pail is a better man than Leach,” explains .Sam. "Bui he isn’t careful enough. Look bHERIDAN VS- DONAHUE. CHICAGO. lw. Mickey Sheridan, Soul’s Sid'-- ligktWfV’gh' ha- tnBtriied win. iTnh; V.’ouahu*. of PeUh. fo* leu rot«r• I before the Grand Aveim- \' 111 *- ■ 1 -11• at Kaj: *<» C11 - =•• at Leach and Abie A ttell. You never hear of anybody stretching them out on the carpet for keeps, do you? That’s good management, another name for caution. “But Phil loves to slug. He's a regular Ketchel for pulling the sen sational stuff. I suppose he traded wallops with Albert,- and got the worst of the trade. He’ll have to go back and beat Alberts to get himself on the perch again.” * <. * 4 \J\T” GOODWIN is one of the many who believe that Joe Riv ors will yet be the world’s lightweight champion. “I’ve been going to the ringside for -'• > yarn,” says the actor man, “and t never sa. a man put up a better bat - tie than Rivers did against Cross. "The Rivers of that night would, have been a hard proposition for Ritchie to handle. 1 realize that • loss was not at his best, but In the best moment he ever knew Leach ould not have tamed the Rivers that faced him. “Joe is bound to improve if he takes care of himself, and we may yet be cheering him a5 the title-r • holder.” • » « A <E alone is againsr Abie Atteil in his fight to regain the feather weight championship. According to San Francisco reports, CofProth will bring Atteil and Kil- bane together in February. When “Jim” was inclined to argu* against the possibility of the match proving » paying venture, Atteil i* '.aid to have offered to protect til* promoter by financing the venture to t : e extent of guaranteeing the “guar antee” demanded by Kilbane. P can not be denied that Atteil is entitled to a return chance et the crown he wore for so many year*. But “They never come back!” says Toni. “Flow about Ketchel?” asks JMcU. A fresh field for an old argument. TOBACCO I1ABIT XT prove your .i9$h±. itrsUni y#ui Ilf*. Xo roer* atnai • r i irouGr. .io foul i eitli. no heart veakn««a. Re gain manly vi|tr, talm nerve*, cleai eyas a ad at.- ...rior mental atrenfth. Whether you .-hew or amo>.« pip*. ■ lyarette*. .Urara, wv ln’erentlii* Tot>&(.-«<• Hook. \\ --• ii* .vfigi • iii gold Mailed free. E. I. WOODS. 314 Slat I* Ave., 74B M . N«w Yftfk. N. Y. t'Q WWilay f>n< K*h''« *ftat*4 : Moos* atS*a't8 7 'ofr' Book M eobje^ on * ’i.v.ypim ftttn nlHirlaf*. 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