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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. POLLY AND HER PALS Some Smiles Will Fetch ’Em; Some Won’t how Comes it 'fop kmj 6iT IkJ 4M' OUT OF WHAT PROMT DOOR IhfMEM \x/ere supposed to be QUARA AH7WED rfc A ClSCS. PA JuST 6iv/e The Cops "The "cnee oi/er : r WHADDVe ME4M, r OHCt OVER 1 TH/4' DEUCE KlUD-4 T41K IS Just a PRkSht5mile AHO A WWK. PA. There'S" Mo7h/mo to rr^- ^ Look Forward to C. Evans' Visit BOXING • »r *:*•*:* ‘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 Diamond News and Gossip i 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. TOBACCO HABIT ' nrm,' rratr heilth nrelese ve. 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