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jo THK ATLANTA UKOKGIAN AN U NEWS Xow I^» the Time W hen the Baseball and Kootball Kann Can W eep Quietly Together ii °y 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. see, Vh lucky, a tuoi fifiextCAN crusr gays this on/eu. MexicAM ftee modchd. l THt Biteeo of S TKt wo *-u>. Me*s 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 v • v v#v ‘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 l i 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 T3BACC0 HABIT 1 p ore your healUi. 0r*i#«* your Ilf®. X* ruor* ®toct «cli trouble, no foul breath, do bear: -rfaJrr.ee* fie Bain manly visor. Mini nerve®, oloar eyes end » parlor mental eirenith. Wijetlier ?nu chew or pipe, ci/arettea, .l«are. ict jse Intereattiif Tobac-j-- Book Worth lta weJfht in gold. Mailed free. B. J WOODS. 534 Slrth Ave.. 748 M.. Meu Yert. M. \ SHERIDAN VS. DONAHUE. CHICAGO, Dec. 1J.—Mickey Shenuaj; UhHith SUle jjziuweitfhl. Las be*v \ male lied with Har»*y Dorian je. of IVkii for ten rout «li before the Grand Avenue Mhletic C oh rr Kan e ;i« Ditv Deeom her IT I Opium WlUehey and Dru.; Habit* titsttl ■ Home ->r at Saaltarlua. hoofc ©• aubj©^ l/ve*. or. a. m. wooLunr, Jt*Ms wmm ISaakeriam, Atlanta. fr»©r*t* Wnat could be mere pitiful than the con.-ti- *. t-on raid or tx» thL letter from A, B. Avery. Waterloo. 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