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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NE'WS.
Now Is the Time When the Baseball and Kootball Fans Can Weep Quietly Together
Oh, My, Yes! Things Are in Terrible Shape in Mexico
TO IE II DODGER
Ebbets Flashes $25,000 Speech
on Herrmann, and Garry
Breaks His Promise.
By Frank G. Menke.
N EW YORK, Dec. IS.—Those
loud bellows of commingled
rage and anguish which near
ly fractured your ear drums to-day
•me from Chicago—from the throat
of C, Waistcoat Murphy, to be exact.
They lseued forth the moment that
C. 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. Before leaving he
had an extended talk with the said
Mr. Herrmann. After the talk and
Just prior to departing for the train
O. Waistcoat Informed the assem
blage that it was “all fixed up” and
ed everyone to believe that Tinker
would play with the Cubs next sea-
eon.
Until 3 p. m. yesterday Herrmann
fare off the impression that what
Murphy said was pretty nearly right.
Quite loudly Herrmann announced
that Murphy had been authorized by
him. as owner of Mr. Tinker, to deal
with Tinker.
"If Murphy and Tinker can come
to 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. EJbbets played the role of
Uve, Herrmann held down Adam’s Job
and $25,000 took the place of an ap
ple.
“Looklt 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 Ebbetts
announced: “Tinker said he would
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
mightv 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 11
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 will be a drawing card."
Herzog May Manage Reds.
Before putting through the Tinker
deal Herrmann gave Outfielder Bob
Beseher to the Giants for Catcher
Hartley and lnfielder 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 bv 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, lnfielder ’“Cozy” Dolan,
Outfielder Owen Wilson. Outfielder
Arthur Butler and Pitcher Hank
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 G-et Him
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—"I have received
no official announcement of my sale
to Brooklyn. All I know is what I read
and am told,” said Tinker this morn
ing, when told Brooklyn had closed
the purchase for hts services.
•1 want to play In Chicago, hirst,
because I have business Interests here,
and second, because I like that club. I
elated recently that I wouldn t play in
^Wben I made that remark I meant
♦ very word of it, but I had little thought
then that the magnates would cut me
In on $10,000 of the purchase price.
This, with the promised salary of from
$7,500 to $10,000, certainly is a surprise
and makes me sit up and think. How-
ever, if President Murphy will stand b>
me I’ll make good my threat not to go
East. Murphy can get me if he s will
ing to spend the money."
Tf Murphy Is sincere in landing Tin
ker, there is still a chance. He has
plenty of surplus material and some or
this with some real money wouldforing
Tinker back. Though the sale to Brook-
lyn was made it carries with it a clause
that if .Toe refuses to sign a contract.
Ebbets is to get back bis coin arid .joe
again will be the property of the Reds.
YANKEES SELL BACKSTOP
NEW YORK. Dec. 13 -The Yankees
taut night disposed of the services of
Catcher Smith, the youngster who
Joined the team in midseason Smith
%as sold to the Montreal club, of the
International League.
GALLANT AND HAYES IN DRAW.
WESTFIELD. MASS . Dec. IS.—Gil
bert Gallant, of rhelsea. and Grover
Hayes, of Philadelphia, went ten rounds
?o a draw in the main bout at
*T»tp Athletic dub hat night.
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‘Chick’ Will Inspect East Lake
News of the Ring Game
By 0. B. Keeler.
A TLANTA golfers, and particu
larly those allied with the At
lanta Athletic Club, are con
gratulating themselves on the pros
pective visit to Atlanta of Charles
Evans, Jr., better known as “Chick,”
who Is to spend a week—probably the
week of Christmas 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 in
the matter of golf is an additional tie
that binds.
As a matter of fact, it was the
aforesaid mutual tie that attracted
Mr. Evans to Nashville some years
back at the same time Mr. Adair was
there, the object of both being a golf
tourney.
Anyway, they met in Nashville and
have been good friends ever since.
* * *
uT GOT to thinking about ‘Chick,’ up
A there in Chicago, probably with
hts 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 right away. Oh. he’ no stran
ger here. He was in Atlanta two or
three . ars ago, and played at East
Lake then.”
• • •
A LSO, here’s something else.
Mr. Adair Is redesigning the Ath
letic Club course at East Lake into
what is expected eventually to he
one of America’s classic Inland
courses. It was a might! 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 is keen to get Mr.
Evans' opinion t<? the i.ew plan, and,
while playing over the present course
the famous amateur no doubt will use
his practiced vision on the lay-out for
the future.
.* 'Chick’ has played on every fa
mous course in the world, I suppose.”
said Mr. Adair, “and his opinion is
certainly worth something In a mat
ter of this kind. ^
TT may he remarked in passing that
1 every bunker except two designed
for the new course has been put in.
and all the putting greens sodded but
two and it is now a certainty that
the new course will b« ready for play
by June 1, 191k ^ ^
E EVERTING to the pleasant topi':
of Mr. Evans, it will be recalled
that Harry Vardon and Edward Ray,
the great British professionals, after
their tour of this country last fall,
gave it as their opinion that Evan,
was the best amateur golfer they erv
countered, by no means
Frands Oulmet. who defeated them
both In the open championship tour
nament at Brookline.
“We do not judge a player by hi*
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 the ball and his gen
eral style and power to play And
by that standard we consider Mr.
Evans the best in America.”
* • •
C OME now r more complimentary
notices from our British friends.
The latest copy of "Golf.” the cel
ebrated British weekly organ of the
game, edited by Harold H. Hilton,
contains Mr. Hilton's comment on the
selection of Vardon and Ray.
Mr. Hilton is about as well quali
fied 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 quota Mr. Hilton in his maga
zine. -f
• • •
HAVE always held the opinion,
J and moreover have expressed it
rather freely, that In his accuracy lr.
hitting his wooden club shots, an-I
likewise in his iron play ur to the
hole. Mr. Charles Evans, Jr., is the
equal of any amateur player living
I saw enough of the Chicago bov'j
game at Wheaton last year to con
vince me upon this point.”
After which Mr. Hilton says more
very kind things about Friend Chick.
* * •
CO it 19 no wonder that Atlanta golf-
-O ers f e el indebted to Mr. Adai!
for affording an opportunity to watch
“Chick” In action—for, of course, he
will play while here.
Will a duck swim?
Sprint by Fogler
Fails to Gain Lap
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—Spurred by nu
merous complaints of thefts 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 m4n were arrester] as suspects.
The raid took place during the hours
when the drowsiness of spectators made
them easy prey for pickpockets.
The race will end to-night, with the
greatest number of broken records that
has ever attended a similar event.
Fogler. a veteran rider, took the lead
of th« field 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
11 miles and 8 laps ahead of the record.
Y. M C. A. FIVE WINS.
COLUMBUS, GA., Dec. 13.—In a bas
ket ball game her last night between
the regular Y. M. C A. team and a
picked team from the Atlanta City
league, the former won by the score of
71 to in. Teddy starred for the locals
and Mauk for tba visitor*.
Boxing critics will soon be touting
Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul phan
tom, as the knockout kid, and
rightly so. Not in years were
fans given the shock they were hand
ed the other night when Gibbons
stopped “Wildcat” Ferns in two rounds
at New Orleans. Ferns needs no intro
duction to pugilistic fans, as he has for
years been known as about the toughest
welter in the game.
* • *
Gibbons’ achievement in putting the
Kansas City boy away deserves much
praise. Several weeks ago Mike met
Jimmy Perry, 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 Ferns
proves without a doubt that he Is the
holder of a real punch.
• • •
Joe Mandot 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 be 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
little of the game. But—they ail meet
their Waterloo some time, and It would
not be the biggest surprise In the world
If fhis Hanlon boy spilled the beans.
* * •
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 Han
lon hits, the receiver usually takes a
dive to the canvas. Robinson may still
have 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 bis opponents regularly for the
past five years, Chicago fans refuse to
rave over him. Packey was hissed and
hooted all through his go with Britton
McFarland's tactics in making his op
ponents make weight, while he comes
in at catchweight, is the cause of his
unpopularity.
* * •
Leach Cross will probably he matched
within the next few days to box Bud
Anderson in Los Angeles. Anderson’s
recent knockout win over Barrleau has
put him in line for another chance at
the Easterner.
* * *
The calling off of the Ritchie-Murphy
set-to has 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 all 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 chance lo
swing the padded mitts. Frank Baker
says he will acocmmodate the trio.
Frank is tired of waiting for a bout
around these parts, but states that he
would like to put up one farewell exhi
bition.
* * a
Baker says he will box all three boys
on the same night, boxing four rounds
with each, and agrees to heat every
one of them. Also, lot it he understood
that Frank doesn’t weigh one pound
more than any of these boys who are
demanding big price* to meet him.
BASEBALL
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Bad Luck Greets Cross Family
•!*•*!*
HIS OLD TITLE
Ad Says Ritchie Failed to Make
Weight for Murphy and Should
Join Welters.
By Eddie Geiger.
C HICAGO, ILL., Deo. 13.—Ad Wol-
gast from his Milwaukee train
ing camp 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—-
136 pound#—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:
“I am the champion again. Ritchie
could not make 136 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. He was given the honor
on a foul. Now r he can not make the
weight any more, so the title inverts
to me. This 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
decision contest unless White should
happen to stop 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 136
at 3 for Leach Cross in New York,
but the commissioners are not very
strict on the weighing in the EasL
Anyway. Wolgast has lodged a claim
which is bound to start a hot argu
ment with the California champion.
Hoppe to Defend Cue
Title Against Sutton
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—Willie Hoppe,
the baJk-line billiard champion of the
world, has been challenged for the 18.2
championship by George Sutton, of
Chicago. The challenge was supported
t>3' a $250 forfeit. Upon being notified
Hoppe accepted and named February 3
an<i the Astor Hotel as the tima and
place for the contest.
MR. LYNCH SPEAKS.
1 trust the league will prosper.
That you will ne'er yo broke;
l wish you every bright success—
J also hope you choke!
• * *
President Tener, of the National
League, says that his chief concern will
be to preserve the honesty of the game,
and he seems to think that this will
take up all his time.
• • •
The Baseball Writers' Association is
going to hold a meeting in New York to
take a solemn vote on the “Cincinnati
base hit,” which is a 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 la true that these futurists can
paint noises, we would like to have a
full-length portrait of one of Billy
Smith's “speeches” during that last At
lanta-Mobile senes.
* a a
TINKER PASSES.
Autumn tmd winter the old refrain
Rings through the country from main
to main:
“Manager wanted for Iteds again.”
• • •
You can look for a general relief from
tension througli 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.
* • •
The hack-to-the-soll movement ought
to be strong among ball players. Rube
Klsinger is treated with the utmost
consideration because he has a farm to
run out to when he Isn’t.
• • *
“Since the newspapers depend so
much on baseball for news ” begins
Governor-President Tener. Exactly!
Just as the grafters. In turn, depend
so much on the newspapers for pub
licity. \
• * •
FEAR.
A little line of print or two
Can fill the heart with dread,
When it tells some busher stew
Is waking from the dead.
• * *
Yes, Felice, the managers maybe said
to be Tinker-ing
* * •
Jack Knight refuses to be traded to
Toledo by the Yankees. We should
won •
• • *
The Boston Braves will use the Red
Sox Park the greater part of next sea
son. The arrangement allows for the
housing of the former while a steel and
concrete grandstand is being built for
'the clan of G. Stallings.
• • *
HOPELESS.
There was a man tn our tovm
Whose mind was thick with most;
For he believed this salary wheeze
About the new league boss.
Brothers Have Habit of Losing
8HERIDAN VS. DONAHUE.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13 Mickey Sheridan,
South Side Ughtwelght, has been
matched with Harry Donahue, of Pekin,
for ten rounds before the Grand Avenue
Athletic Club at Kansas City Decem
ber IS,
By H. M. Walker.
L OS ANGELES, CAL„ Dec. 13.—
“If I reach the next cor
ner without somebody drop
ping a safe on me or wopping me
over the head with a ladder I’ll feel
that luck is coming my way.”
Cigar store speech by Samuel Wal-
lach.
“This appears to he the open sea
son for the Gross family,” he adds.
“All I need now is news from home
that my house has burned dow r n or
an epidemic of the pip has struck the
hired help. The first gink that says
‘Merry Christmas’ to me had better
duck and duck quick.”
The cause of Sammy’s grief is the
fact that both his fighting brothers
have acquired the habit of getting
licked. Aside from tne manager-
brother's natural gloom at having the
family pride steam-rollered there are
financial cuts to heal. No manager
can smile when hi* entry is running
a bad second.
• • *
ABOUT one month ago Leach Ctdss
had a 10-round tangle with Willie
Ritchie in New' York and emerged
from the muss 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 twenty-round lacing
waiting at this end of the line for
him. And Leaches would rather lose
to any man in the game than his old
tormenter. 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.
Whv shouldn’t Samuel rave?
• • •
S eriously speaking, waiiach
takes the defeat of his young
est brother greatly to heart. Phil had
made several first-class showings
and gave promise of developing into
one of our best little American welt
ers. It was planned to bring him to
the Coast this month and iS’omoter
McCarey had agreed to use him in
three matches.
‘Tn some respects Phil is a better
man than Leach,” explains Sam.
“But he isn't careful enough. Look
at Leach and Abie Attell. 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 Alberts and got the
worst of the trade. He'll have to go
back and beat Alberts to get himself
on the perch again."
• * •
GOODWIN Ip on* of the
1 ~ many who believe that Joe Riv
ers will yet be the world’s lightweight
champion.
■ I've been going to the ringside for
35 years.” says the actor mail, “and I
never saw a man put up a better bat
tle than Rivers did against Cross.
“The Rivers of that night would
have been a hard proposition for
Ritchie to handle. . I realize that
Cross was not at his best, but In the
best moment he ever knew Leaoh
ould not have tamed the Rivers that
faced him,
"Joe Is bound to Improve tf he
takes care of himself, and we may
yet be cheering him as the title-
holder."
• • •
AGE alone Is against Able Attell tn
rA his fight to regain the feather
weight championship.
According to San Francisco reports,
Coffroth will bring Attell and KII-
bane together In February.
When "Jim” was Inclined to argue
against the possibility of the match
proving a paying venture. Attell le
said to have offered to protect the
promoter by financing the venture te
the extent of guaranteeing the "guar
antee” demanded by Kilbane.
It can not be denied that Attell la
entitled to a return chance at the
crown he wore for »o many years
But
“They nev»r come back!" says Tom.
"Hojv about Ketchel?” asks Dick.
A fresh field for an old argument.
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