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AiN 1) NEWS. THE ATEAJNTA EEOKU1AN kk He Had It Once” Is Like Saying “He’d Be a Champion if He Could Punch” r- -v —» «rr a ^ an. T""T x. / w *v i it m w w _r r wa lx i ■■■ >■ ■ ■ ■ % ——i COVUSED i4f 77iaf, Snakes Have to Live Like Everything Else By ‘Bud’ Fisher N. Y. EXPERT Prince Hal Is Said To Be on Hi's Last Legs as Big League Performer, Bv Monte. N EW YORK, Dec. 15.—Poor Hal Chase! They called him a loafer, a four-flusher, a staller. a grandstand player, a quitter, and they say he was “laying: down” on the New York Americans. And they said that was why Frank Chance traded him to the White Sox. Now, listen to something that will surprise you—Chase is on his last legs as a big league ball player, and the next season is likely to be his last in the majors. Prince Ha!, as h$ was called at the height of his glory when the ac knowledged peer of first basemen, was guilty of all he was charged with in 1910. He was accused of pur posely laying down on the job so that he could get the position of man ager of the Yankees, then held by George Stallings, with whom Chase did not get along with at all. Chase got Stallings’ job the next year—that 4^ history. But he failed as a mana g'er—that, too, is common knowledge. Then, when Harry Wolverton was appointed as his successor, Chase, disgruntled again, resumed his old loafing tactics. AAfOLVERTON failed, and Frank W Chance was signed up to head the team the past season. Chase swore by all that was holy then that 4 he was going to “play his he*td off” ' for the Peerless Leader. He became a hero worshiper of Chance. But he continued to play poor baseball in spots, and the fans howled, “He’s up to his old tricks again—laying down on the job.” The tough luck of it is this—Chase was not laying down on the job—not last year. It brings to mind In a way the story of the boy who called “Wolf” when there was no wolf. But this time the “wolf” had arrived, and the fans wouldn't be lieve it. They thought Chase was still a great ball player, but that he wasn’t trying. A Boston friend of Frank Chance, a man to whom the P. L. is willing to confide almost anything, is au thority for a story told by the man ager. POLLY AND HER PALS Aunt Maggie’s Making Chickens of ‘Em All uQNE Saturday afternoon last summer, just before Chase was rraded.” says Chance, “the crowd got after Chase and booed his every move. When the game was over Chase could not be found in the clubhouse. He had locked himself in one of the shower baths, and waited until he thought everybody had dressed and gone. But when he came out Trainer Barrett and myself were still there. Chase was crying like a baby. He went over and sat down on one cf the chairs, with his face bur ied his hands, and the tears streamed down his cheeks. He sob bed as if his heart would break. We tried to console him. but he would not speak. Before Barrett and I left, there were the beginnings of tears in our eyes, too. “The next day I went to Mr. Far rell and said: See here, this boy isn’t laying down on you. He’s try ing to do his level best, but he just can’t play the way he used to. His days as a star are over. Now’ he’s trying to accomplish things, but it’s too late.’ ” After Chase was traded to Chicago he put up a sensational game for a short while, but then slumped and be gan to play mediocre ball again. The Chicago fans, just like their New York brethren, got after Chase and accused him of loafing and even con spiring to get Jimmy Callahan’s job as manager. Chase, it is learned, was entirely innocent of any such thing, but the printed charges stung him again, until now’ he is practically a broken down ball player, both physi cally and in spirit. Poor Hal Chase! Juarez Results. FIRST—Seven furlongs: Stanley S., 105 (Vandusen), 5 to 2, won: Compton. 103 (Teeny). 7 1, second: Quick Trip. 105 (Groth), even, third. Time. 1:26. Marie Coghill. Henry Williams. Jessamy, Dromi, Bon Ton. Reda., Zinand. Frank Wooden, Judge Walton, No Quarter. Rioja and Joe Woods also ran. iHiONtOf r SfARTto Ihl bv wssar A4HUR. AH A 1 PORE I diT i Through im 5HACK "THE Hull MMilY’ a Ch^/sT^s ! Champ Loses First 20-Round Go v Matty Baldwin Wins Decision Ebbets and Heydler On National League ScheduleCommittee This is the sixth of the series of the life and battles of Lightweight Champion Willie Ritchie, written exclusively for The Georgian. By Willie Ritchie. SECOND—Selling, seven furlongs: Acumen. 106 (Teahan). 5-2. won; Mary Emily. 106 (Taplin) 7-10, sec ond; Tom Chapman. 105 (Woods), 2-1. third. Time. 1:25 2-5. Swede Sam. Moonlight, Oscuro. Ben I ncas. C. w. Kennon. Commendation and Hazel G. Moller also ran. THIRD—Selling, five and one-half furlongs: Luther. 104 (Vandusen), 6-1. won; Dominica. 107 (Taplin). 1-3, second; General Marchmont. 106 'Woods), 2-5. third. Time 1:05. Par lor Boy. Hasson and Titan also ran. FOURTH—Five and one-half fur longs: Manganese. 107 (Grothb . to 2, w'on; Blarney. 116 (Gross). 4 to 5. second; Emerald Gem. 112 (Warring ton), 1 to 3. third. Time. 1:05. Rea* path and Birdman also ran. FIFTH—Five furlongs: Doc Allen. 115 (Loftush 3 to 1. won: Bucx Thomas. 115 (Gentry), even, second: Colonel Curn, 108 (Claver), 2 to 1. third. Time. :58 3-5. Conarne, <’or.- jury, Ida Lavina, Dusky Dave. Mag gie. Parnell Girl and Venovon also ran. SIXTH—One and one-sixteen? \ miles: Melts. 100 (Claver). 5 to 2. won: Nannie McDee. 105 (Gentry). •» to 5, second: Sugar Lump. 103 (Hth», 7 to in. third. Tim**. 1:53. Cubon, Lord Elam, Sir John and Wise Masjn also ran. S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15—Aft er my first bout with Johnny Mc Carthy I felt that 1 was ready for most anything. I found him the toughest proposition of the bunch. He gave me plenty of trouble, and he started me thinking. 1 was a bit dow'ncast. figuring that I did not fight a good fight, and now' that I look over the past I know very well that I made a bad showing that night. The next one In line for me was Antone LaGrave, also some tough lightweight then. He had just gone fifteen rounds with Bat Nelson, and had lost to Ad Wolgast, but still they looked upon him as a rough and tum ble fighter w'ho would give any of the lightweights a battle. This was the only match in sight for me, so I accepted it. We fought over in Oakland, and were supposed to weigh 135 pounds. It looked to me as though Tony weighed a ton. but I did not raise any objection. I knew that I had to beat him if 1 wanted to k^ep forging ahead, and I made up my mind to take a chance, no matter what happened. Anyhow', I got the decision after six rounds of rough and tumble fight ing. LaGrave kept after me all the time. and. believe me, I had to do some very fancy stepping and stalling around. Now and then I would go in and slug with him. but I finally boxed him cleverly in the last two rounds, and the decision seemed to suit the crow'd all right. Tackles Baldwin Next. This victory made me ambitious, and I felt that it was up to me to break in the tw'enty-round game if I hoped to do anything for myself. Mat ty Baldwin was in town, and they were looking for somebody to flgn* him Talent was scarce, and finally Jim Griffin came to me and offered me a proposition to go on with the Boston boy. I was undecided at first, but Griffin kept after me. and so did my friends. They gave me the usual old line of stuff about a great future and a chance to make a reputation for my self. and finally I fell. Mind you, up to this time I never had gone far ther than eight rounds, and all of my opponents had been boys with local reputations only. The date was set for August 30. 1911. 1 will never forget it as long as I live, because it was my flrst twenty-round trial. Baldwin at that time looked like on** of the leaders of the lightweight division None of them had beaten him decisively, and they were even talking about send ing him in against Wolgast for the lightweight championship. I trained hard for the battle and reported at Dreamland in fine shape. Of course. Baldwin was about a 3 to 1 shot over me. and I guess that he figured that way. My seconds advised me to take a chance and rush and mix -things up with the veteran, but 1 thought to myself that the best thing I could do would be to make a care ful fight of it, so I did. Loses to the Boston Boy. Matty tore light after me in the first round. He tried to get my goat. He called me a bushel* and a four- rounder and a dub. and he told me that he was just waiting tb knock me stiff. At first I took this stuff, and then I began to hand some of my own talk back to him, at the same time keeping away from him and boxing the best I knew' how. 1 really believe that I could have knocked Baldwin out that night, or else I might have given him a bad beating, but I did not dare take the chance. I wanted to make sure that 1 could go the twenty rounds and finish strong. I had heard so much about four-round fighters blowing up that I was rather badly scared, because 1 was not sure of myself. Instead of forcing things for the first fifteen rounds, I allow'ed Baldwin to do all the leading He certainly did outpoint me, for I covered up and boxed and skipped away when I thought I was in danger But when the sixteenth opened up I felt strong and my wind was good. I decided to take a chance. I waded in and mixed things up a bit, and Matty lost his smile and clinched when I landed a right to the jaw This gave me courage, and the bal ance of the battle I was after him all the time. He looked in and acted that way. H? knew all the tricks of the game, and he managed to fool me, but still, if 1 had known about one-tw’on- tieth of what I know' now, I sure could have flattened him Harry Foley to the Rescue. All the fans who saw the battle know that I had the last three rounds by a big margin. But I am willing to admit that he outpointed me. He had such a lead in the flrst fifteen rounds ‘hat my only chance would have been a knockout, and he stalled me. all right I sure did miss a grand chance, for fi^d I slipped one over on Baldwin I would have been right up near the top. Harry Foley refereed the battle. Doesn't It seem strange that I should have taken him as my manager two years later, after 1 had become the champion? I admit this myself, but at the same time I always did have a great deal of admiration for Foley. He might have given me a draw'that night and have got away with it. hut he was too conscientious for anything like that. Of course. I never figured on Foley as a manager then. He came to me after the battle and gave me some good, sound advice. He told me how ! could have beaien Baldwin by wad ing in, and he took me aside and illus trated a few little tricks to me which I have never forgotteu. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—President John K. Tener, of the National league, has increased the membership of the league’s schedule committee by the ap pointment of Charles H. Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club, and John Heydler, sec retary of the league. Barney Dreyfus, of the Pittsburg club, will remain at the head of the commit tee as the Governor's personal repre sentative. Old League Gets House Cleaning •!■•••!• *S*fY v®*!* •S'td* New Blood Comes Into Circuit Cincinnati Officials Oppose Tinker Deal CINCINNATI, Dec. 15.—Several members of the board of directors of the Cincinnati National League ball club do not approve of the sale of Joe Tinker for a cash consideration of $25,000 to Charles H. Ebbets, of Brooklyn. Others are satisfied w r ith the transaction in that form, but do not believe the $15,000 net to be paid Cincinnati is a sutfleient return for Tinker’s services. It is pointed out that $15,000 will not be sufficient to purchase from other clubs even one first-class player, while the club is in need of more than one good man. A majority of the directors believe that a trade of Tinker for other play ers should and could have been ar ranged to vastly more advantage to the Reds. For that reason the deal may be declared off and Tinker dis posed of to some club that will yield the Reds one or more players to strengthen the playing of the team. It is a practical certainty that Tin ker w’ill not be with Brooklyn unless President Ebbets agrees to some other sort of a deal contemplating the ex change of players. Cross-Country Run To Be Held Saturday The annual cross-count r\ run of Georgia Tech will be held Saturday afternoon. The course will be from tlie school to the waterworks and return, a dis tance of a little over three miles. A handsome cup has been offered to the winning team, and medals to the flrst three men In addition to this, twenty pies and cakes, baked by the wives of the members of the fac ulty. will be presented to the next twenty men Heavies to Box in New York on Dec. 22 NEW YORK. Dec. 16. Battling l>> vinsky. the sensational light heavj - weight, has h» en signed to box ten rounds with .lim Coffey, the Dublin giant, in the Garden, on December 22. The same night. In the same ring. George Rodel, the Boer, wdll tackle Fire man Jim Flynn in a ten-round bout. Bv Damon Runyon. N EW YORK, Dec. 15—They have now made a pretty good job of the house cleaning in the Na tional League, and the hitherto musty old organization is all polished up. and presents a clean and inviting appearance. There may be one or two corners that the cleaners have overlooked, but they will get at ’em later on. The new blood that came into the league during the past couple of years Is responsible for the rehabilitation of the antique. Men like Harry Hempstead, of the Giants; Jim Gaff ney, of the Braves; W. H. Baker, of the Phillies*. and Schuyler Britton, of the Cardinals, could not abide the mess they found on their arrival. If there had been only one or two newcomers they might have to stand for the old order, but too many strangers landed on the league at about the same time, and they just naturally drifted together for com pany. Then, finding that there wer% as many of them as there w r ere of the other fellows, they started In to throw things out the windows It all began with the elimination of Horace Fogel as year ago. At the same time a muffler was applied to Charles Webb Murphy, the celebrated conversationalist from Chicago. Lyneh of the Old Order Finally, the new crowd went out gunning for an able, responsible citi zen to conduct their business on a business basis, and they picked out John K. Tener. the Governor of Penn sylvania. What happened to John K. is now a matter of history. It seems that the house cleaners had nothing against Thomas J. Lynch, but they felt he belonged to the old order, and so he had to go A new combination has therefore come to baseball. It is composed of the progressives of the National Teague, headed by John K. Tener. and made up of the gentlemen named along with Charles Hercules Ebbets 1 . tiie Squire of Flatbush. Never let It be said that we slighted Charles Her cules in any matter. He was a pro gressive long and long before the Na tional league felt the slightest ojmp- tom of a change, and he is a pro gressive now. If Charles Hercules were not al ready a progressive he mould un doubtedly be converted by bis part ners. the Messrs. McKeever—the Messrs. Progressive McKeever as we might say. to give fhem their firm name. Curiouely enough. Harry Hemp stead, Jim Gaffney, W. H. Baker and Schuyler Britton are All compara tively inexperienced in baseball af fairs The former, who was the first of the newcomers to break into th* league, is a son-in-law of John T Brush, the ablest legislator the league ever had, but Mr. Hempstead paid little attention to baseball. Like the others, however, he was a business man, and business men are very pe culiar people in that they can not see why their business interests should be jeopardized by a lot of senseless jangling. Wanted to Uplift League. Mr. Hempstead had notions about uplifting tlie league before the others arrived, but he had to wait until he got able assistance, and then the general uplift almost yanked the dear old National League out of Its boots. Another strange feature of the change that has come over the an cient organization is the fact that all the progressives are alike in that they are cheerful, good fellows. There are few better than Hempstead. Baker. Gaffney or Britton, and a short an swer is unknown to them. Truly thes»e be queer times in the National League. We are not saying that John K. Tener will make a startling success of his new' job of presldenting. Time alone can determine his fitness for the position, but we do say that the magnates of the league have shouf a disposition to yield to the sentiment of the fans by picking out the best man they could find and giving him full swing for four years. If Tener falls down that wdll be Tener's fault, and Tener has yet to come a cropper on any job he ever undertook. If we read his record right. As for Barney Drevfuss. Murphy and Garry Herrmann, they are in the movement, bpt not of It. They are just being swept along by the gen eral impetus of the vacuum cleaner that is being applied to the league They probabl.v do not object, because it w : oulA do them no good to object They belong to another regime en tirely. Garry Herrmann is still a member of the National Commission, but that, too, is something that will probably be taken up a little later on. The en tire National Commission has served its purpose as it is now constituted and might well be abandoned, but granting that the commission is to go op indefinitely, it is about time to oust Garry. Athletic Club Five Will Meet Augusta Quintet Saturday The Augusta Young Mens Chris tian Association basket bail team wdll play the Atlanta Athletic Club bas ket ball team in the third game of the season next Saturday night on the local club’s floor. The schedule for the season fol lows. December 20—-Augusta Y. M. C. A. December 27—Open. January 3—In Columbus January 10—Auburn. January 17—Georgia. January 24—In Birmingham. January 31—Open. F'ebruary 7—Birmingham Athletic Club. February 14—Mercer or Clemson. February 21—Columbus Y. M. C. A. RUSSELL TO BOX KNIGHT. NEW ORLEANS. LA., Dec. 15.— Frankie Russell, local lightweight, has been matched to box Phil Knignt 4n a ten-round bout at El Paso, Texas, on Christmas Day. This wdll be Frankie’s first scrap since he lost to Joe Rivers about one month ago. ‘Bed’ Smith Here; Thinks Dodgers Will Be Well Up in 1914 J. Carlisle ("Red”) Smith, third baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Atlanta boy, is back after a trip to Cuba w ith the Dodgers after the close of the National League season “Red” had a great season with the ledgers. He batted at a .296 clip, fielded way up among the third base- men. and led the National League batter* in making two-baggers. In ihe extra base department he was among the first ten. ”1 think Robinson will have a first division team next season." says Smith. “He has a strong infield, with Daubert on first: Cutshaw, second: Tinker, short, and yours truly on third. Of course, we are not sure of getting Tinker yet, but l think Joe will come along, especially if he gets that $10,000.” FOOTBALL TEAMS PLAY TO DAY. BARNESYILLE, GA., Dec. 15.—The class football title at Gordon Institute w ill be decided this afternoon wdien the Juniors and Seniors meet in the Anal game. Vandy Eleven May Play North Carolina NASHVILLE, TENN. Dec. 15 It was officially announced last night that Vanderbilt probably would meet North Carolina University in football next season for the flrst time since 3 900. Negotiations have practically been closed for bringing-North Caro lina here on October 24 Other games scheduled to date are Tennessee, November 7; Auburn, in Birmingham. 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