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THK ATLANTA UKOKGIAN AN U NEWS
Xow I^» the Time W hen the Baseball and Kootball Kann Can W eep Quietly Together
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At That, Snakes Have to Live Like Everything Else
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
ill 81 S DODGER
Ebbets Flashes $25,000 Speech
on Herrmann, and Garry
Breaks His Promise.
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fifiextCAN crusr gays this
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By
Frank Gr. Menke.
v TEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Those
M loud bellows of commingled
rage and anguish which near-
v fractured your ear drums to-day
a.me from Chicago—from the throat
it C. Waistcoat Murphy, to be exact
They issued forth the moment that
•I Waistcoat learned that Garry
Herrmann, the genial owner of the
Incinnatl club, had worked some-
hing like a criss-cross and sold Joe
Tinker to Brooklyn for $25,000—the
lggest cash sum ever paid for a ball
player.
C. Waistcoat left yesterday for his
hicago domicile. Before leaving he
lad an extended talk with the said
Mr. Herrmann. After the talk and
ust prior to departing for the train
Waistcoat Informed the assent-
ixage that it was "all fixed up" and
ed everyone to believe that Tinker
vould play with the Cubs next sea-
on.
Until 5 p, m. yesterday Herrmann
,ave off the impression that what
Vfurphy said was pretty ’nearly right.
•Juite loudly Herrmann announced
ha Murphy had been authorized by
lim, as owner of Mr. Tinker, to deal
with Tinker.
"If Murphy and Tinker can come
o some understanding—and I don’t
doubt that they can—Tinker will
ro to Chicago,” spoke Herrmann. "No
other club can negotiate with Tinker
u the meantime.”
Deal in “Soda Water” Parlor.
Just then C. Holiday Ebbets, own-
r of the Brooklyn team, sought out
Herrmann in the Waldorf-Astoria “so
la water” parlor. And then, right
oefore a large lot of people, the Dar
en of Eden scene, which Involved
Adam. Eve and an apple, was re
peated. Ebbets played the role of
-Ive, Herrmann held down Adam's job
md $25,000 took the place of an ap
ple.
"Lookit here, Garry," said Ebbets,
you think I'm kidding about that
525,000 for Tinker. I’ll repeat the
iffer 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
Vlurphy a chance to talk to Tinker
drst."
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
-ffer, Garry."
And. finally, Garry did.
Immediately afterward Ebbetts
announced: "Tinker said he would
not play with Brooklyn, but I guess
e’U change his mind. He’s to get
510.000 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
>ur exhibition games and during the
-irst month of the regular league sea
son. Tinker will be a drawing card. ”
Herzog May Manage Red*.
Before putting through the Tinker
leal. Herrmann gave Outfielder Bob
iSeseher to the Giants for Catcher
Hartley and Infielder Herzog, who no
loubt will be selected as manager of
■he Reds.
Both the Cardinal and Pirate owti-
.-r a to-dav expressed themselves as
..leased with the deal which they en-
;ineered by which First Baseman
Konetchy. Third Baseman Mowrey
■md Pitcher Bob Harmon, of the Car
dinals, were turned over to the Pl
ates in exchange for First Baseman
Jack Miller. Infielder “Cozy" Dolan,
lutfielder Owen Wilson. Outfielder
Arthur Butler and Pitcher Hank
: tobinson.
Why the Cardinal owners should
c pleased il is hard to tell. The
u\s and minds of baseball mag-
ates are. beyond all human under-
lauding.
Tinker Surprised at
Offer, Says Murphy
Oau Still Get Him
CHICAGO, Dec- 13.—"I have received
o official announcement of my sale
o Brooklyn. All I know is what I read
md am told.” said Tinker this morn-
ng, when told Brooklyn had closed
tie purchase for Ids serv’ces.
t want to play in Chicago. First,
I cause I have business interests here.
■ nd second, because I like that ciub. I
tatert recently that I wouldn't play in
'■ Irooklyn.
“When I made that remark 1 meant
very word of it, but 1 had little thought
hen that the magnates would cut me
n on $10,000 of the purchase price,
hi- with the promised salary of from
. 00 to $10 000, certainly is a surprise
•nd makes me sit up and think. How
ver. if President Murphy tvtll stand by
le I'll make good my threat not to go
last. Murphy can get me if he's wili
ng to spend the money."
If Murphy is sincere in landing Till
er. there is still a chance. He ha3
olentv of su-pius material and some of
.
Tinker back. Though the sale to Brook
ivn was made it carries with it a clause
'hat if Joe refuses to sign a contract.
Ebbets is ic get back his coin and Joe
igain will be the property of the Rede.
POLLY AND HER PALS
Aunt Maggie’s Making Chickens of ‘Em All
Look Forward to C. Evans’ Visit
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‘Chick’ Will Inspect East Lake
A’
YANKEES SELL BACKSTOP.
NEW YORK. Dec. i.«. The Yankees
ust eight disposed of the services of
•’atcher Smith, the youngster who
toineri the team in midseason. Smith
v as sold to the Montreal club, of the
iternational League.
ALLANT AND HAYES IN DRAW.
vVESTFTDLD, MASS.. Dec. 1 :*• m
" ri Gallant, of Chelsea, and Grow
laves, of Philadelphia, wen; ten. rounds
draw in the main h -ut nt the
A Lip AUii*-Lie* c-a— !:i t night
Rv 0. B. Keeler.
TLA XT A 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 lie
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 botli being a golf
tourney.
Anyway, they met in Nashville and
have been good friends ever since.
• * * *
GOT to thinking about ‘(’hick,’ 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 right away. Oh, he’ no stran
ger here. He was in Atlanta two or
three years ago, and played at East
Lake then.”
* • •
AI.KO, here’s something else.
D Mr. Adair is redesigning the Ath
letic Club course a East I.ake into
what is expected eventually to be
one of America's classic inland
courses. It was a mighty goo.l
course to begin with. But Mr. Adair
has been planning for years to change
lit. plan to conform with that pub
lished in The Georgian some months
ego—his own pet idea, gained from
experience on a hundred famous
course in America and Europe.
So Mr, Adair is keen to get Mr.
Evans’ opinion to the 1 ew plan, and.
while playing over the "resent course
the famous amateur no doubt will usv
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 be remarked in uaasing that
1 every bunker except two designed
for the new course has been put in.
and all 'he putting gre ns sodded but
two, and it is now a certainty thnf
;ho new course will be ready for play
by June 1. 1914.
• * «
Lj G f Mr. E\ans, it will be recalled
that Harr? Vardon and Edward R»iy.
the great Eritish professionals. nt\'.r
their tour of this country Ihf*' fa'l.
gave it as their opinion teat Evan:.
wfs the best amateur golfer ti*ey en
countered. bv no means excepting
Francis OuiUJet, who defeated them
both in the open championship tour
nament at Brookline.
“We do not judge a player by hii
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 wc 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 H. Hilton,
contains Mr. Hilton’s comment on the
selection of Vardon arid 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 quote Mr. Hilton in his maga
zine.
• • *
HAVE always held the opinion,
* and moreover have expressed it
rather freely, that in his accuracy in
hitting his wooden club shots, and
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 boy’s
game at Wheaton last year to con
vince me upon this point.”
After which Mr. Hilton says more
very kind things about Friend Chick.
• • •
S 3 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 swim?
Klaus Finally Gets
Return Go With Chip
PITTSBURG. Dec. 13 - By keeping on
the trail of George Chip for over a
month, Frank Klaus has finally succeed
ed in getting a return bout with the
Newcastle middleweight, who one night
last month, when everything appeared
to be going nicely, slipped over a knock
out punch to the jaw of the East Pitts-
burger.
Yesterday the match was consum
mated. articles being signed which call
for the two to be in the ring in Du-
quesne Garden on Tuesday night. De
cember 23.
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Couloirs Bout With
Sinnett Postponed
c'fiiCAGo. De. . 13 The Johnny Gou-
j Ion-Young .Sinnett match billed for Jan
uary 1 at Racine has been postponed
; until Januarv 10 or 1", tlie exact date
! i , be decided > n G er The staging of
ho Bret rah an-.iL-Cue battle on that da:.
. i aused Couloir* bout to be : iioved back,
i Late v in January Steve Ketchel and Jot
Mandot will come together before the
Racine club
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 wnen Gibbons
stopped “Wildcat” Ferns in two rounds
at New Orleans. Ferns needs no intro
duction to pugilistic fans, as he has lor
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 Perr>. 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 Drouiilard in a ten-round go at
Windsor Wednesday night, and accord
ing to reports had a good shade on Ills
rival. If Joe buckles down to hard
training there is no reason why lie
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. Ik
still able to beat youngsters who know
little of the game. But - they all meet
their Waterloo some time, and it would
not be the biggest surprise in the world
if fills Hanlon boy spilled the beans.
• * *
Eddie is a stiff puncher and has the
makings of a comer. Local fans who
saw Fiddle floor Terry Nelson here &
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 lias been beat
Ing all his opponents regularly for the
past five years, Chicago fans refuse to
rave over him Pack*; 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 catch weight, is the cause of bis
unpopularity.
* o #
I^each Cross will probably be matched
within the next few days to box Bud
Anderson in Los Angeles. Anderson’s
recent knockout win over Barrieau has
put him in line for another chance at
the Easterner.
* * *
The calling off of the Ritchie-Murphy
set-to ha? muddied 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 io
I swing the padded mitts. Frank Baker
J says he will accommodate the trio.
: Frank is tired of waiting for a boul
around these pans, but states that he
! would like to put up one farewell exhi-
! bition.
Baker i.e will box uil three b.>;■•*
j on the sariit i; gh boxing four rounds
! with each, and agrees to beat every
j one of them. Also, let il be uiidcr.su-,b
that Frank doesi • weigh one pound
1 more than any of tre.se hoys who nrc
'demanding big "ri'-es *<» hire
ms on nut
Ad Says Ritchie Failed to Make
Weight for Murphy and Should
Join Welters.
Eddie Geiger.
C HICAGO. ILL.. Dec. 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—
135 pounds—an hour before for Tom
Murphy, and that this was the rea
son the match was called off In Han
Francisco. Here is what Wolgast bad
to say over the telephone:
“I 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. He was given the honor
on a foul. Now lie can not make the
weight any more, so the title reverts
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 W’hite 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 135
at 3 for Leach Cross in New York,
but the commissioners are not very
strict on the weighing in the East.
Anyway. Wolgast has lodged a claim
which is bound to start a hot argu
ment with the California champion.
BASEBALL Bad Luck Greets Cross Family
Hoppe to Defend Cue
Title Against Sutton
NEW YuRK. Dec. 13. — Willie Hoppe,
the balk-line billiard champion of the
ucrld. has been challenged for the 18.3
i:!.;. ii j pionsh ip by George SuLon. ol
Chicago. The challenge v.x-.j supported
by ; $-50 forfeit. Upon being notified
HoDpe accepted and named February ;’
and the Actor Hotel a* th* time and
place for *he
Diamond News and Gossip
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MR. LYNCH SPEAKS.
I trust the league will prosper.
That you will ne'er go broke;
/ wish, you every bright success—
I also hope you choke!
* * «
President Tener, of the National
League, says that his yhief 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
925,000.
* * *
It is 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 series.
■it * *
TINKER PASSES
Autumn and winter the old retrain
Ring* through the country from main
to mam:
“Manager wanted for Reds again."
* * *
You can look for a general relief from
tension through the smaller cities of the
Atlantic Coast and the Middle West.
The Internationa! League and the
American Association have decided not
to Inflict on the defenseless peasantry
of those places their lnterlcague gou
lash.
* * *
The back-to-the-soll movement ought
to be 3trong among ball players. Rube
Kisinger Is treated with the utmost
consideration because he has a farm to
run out to whet, 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 Itco
Can fill the heart with, dread.
When it tells some busher stew
Is waking from the dead.
il 9 *
Yes, Felice, the managers maybe said
to be Tinker-ing.
* « *
Jack Knight refuses to be traded to
Toledo by the Yankees. We should
worry.
The Boston Braves wi'I use the Red
Box 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 in our town
Whose mind was thick with muxs;
For he believed this salary wheeze
Ab'/ut the tieto league boss.
Brothers Have Habit of Losing
By H. M. Walker.
L OS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. 13.—
“if T reach the next cor
ner without somebody drop
ping a safe on me or wopping me
over the head with a ladder I’ll fool
that luck is coming- my way.”
Cigar store speech by Samuel Wal-
lach M
“This appears to be the open sea
son for the Cross family,” He adds.
“AH I need now Is news from home
that my house has burned down 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 lighting 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 his entry is running
a bad second.
* « *
A BOUT one month ago Leach Cdsi
had a 10-round tangle with Willie
Ritchie In New York and emerged
from the mu.sp 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 it the game than his old
tormenter, .roe Rivers.
“Brother" Phil Crus; stepped into
the ring of the Atlantic Garden A. C.
one nigiit. last week for a scheduled
ten-round hook-up with Johnnie Al
berts, a New Yorker who lias never
amounted to much In the record
book.
Seventeen minutes after the gong
rang a right cross whizzed through
the. air, anded 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 ERIOUSLY speaking, IVallael)
takes tlic defeat of his young
est brother greatly to heart. Phi! 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 Promoter
Me Carey had agreed to use him in
three matches.
“In some respects PL.! is a better
man than Leach," explains Sant.
“Bn; he isn’t careful enough. Look
at Leach and Abie Atlell. Tou never
hear of anybody stretching them om
on the carpet for keeps, do you
That's good management, another
name for caution.
“But Phil loves to slug. He's *
regular Ketchel for pulling the set.
sationa! stuff. I suppose he trader
wallops with Alberts and got tb-
worst. of the trade. He’ll have to g'
back and beat Alberts to get himse”
on the perch again.”
• « •
‘IVI \T" GOODWIN ,s one of the
- ’ many who believe that Joe Kir
cr. will yet be the world's lightweight
champion.
"I’ve been going to the ringside for
35 years," says the actor man, "and 1
never saw a man put up a better bat
tie than Riwers did against Cross.
"The Rivers of that night wouii
have been a hard proportion foi
Ritchie to handle I realize tha
«'roar was not at his best, but !n tb*
best moment he ever knew Leach
nuld not have tamed the Rivers tha
faced him.
"Jo:- ie bound to improve if h'
lakes care of himself, and we ma;
yet be cheering him as the title
holder,"
• * *
A IE alone is against Abie Atteil in
his fight to regain the feather
weigiit championship.
According to San Francisco reports
< ’o(Troth will bring Atteil and Ki!
bane together in February.
When "Jim" was inclined to argue
against the possibility of the mate
proving a paying venture, Atteil i?
said to have offered to protect the
promoter by financing the venture to
the extent of guaranteeing the "guar
antee” demanded by Kilbane.
It can not be denied that Atteil if
entitled to a return chance at the
crown he wore for so many years
But
"They never come back! " says Tom
"How about Ketchel?" ask® Dick
A fresh field for an old argument
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