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t s (F f ■t* eh gv til at to N» Ie1 he tic no an ba lit K« H. 61 hi tr th al' he m In flc ah to ha «k5 Pi yc l to h« lif 111 s< p re TO u H U fa TTTTC ATLANTA FLOT?Cl AN AND NEWS 1 rhe n Pin J Horn Sport 1^ Always Heart From When He Its ] Beaten at ] Hits Own Game SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT No Use Trying to Fool Mae; She’s Wise Smith Had Him Nearly Landed When Big Pirate-Cardinal Trade Upset Everything. By W. S. Farnsworth. B ILL SMITH went to the Nation al l^eaguo baseball meeting with the avowed intention of secur'*' ing "Coa)’" Dolan*.tpjm the PJrates* But Dolan was traced. along with Robinson and Wilson, to th© Cardi nals for Konetehy, Harmon and .M owrey. Barney Dreyfus© had practically promised Bill that he would send De tail to Atlanta. The Cracker man- *-8*7. however, has not given up all hope of securing the peppery little inflelder. He is not a big leaguer, but the fastest minor league inflelder I ever saw in action. It's almost a cinch that the Car dinals will not hang onto him. And Smith has a “perfect understanding'’ with Miller Huggins, so it may be th:it “Cosy” will be taking care of thirl base out at Poncy Park along about next April. Dolan Looked Like Collina. The writer was traveling with the New York American League club In 1911 when Dolan Joined te^ jeam. It wa© late In the fall. During the 'as? four or flve weeks of thy season he looked like another Jimmy Polling but he “blew.” During his stay with the Phillies and Pirates he showed Jn flashes only. "He’s a great minor league player.” George Stallings told me after Dolan had been with the Yank«*es a few days And at. that time every scribe and player in New York gave Stall ings the laugh. But you can’t fool the boss of the Braves on young players. He seldom misses ’em. Arthur Schwlnd, the inflelder the Crackers bought outright from the Boston Nationals, is a “regular’’ play er, according to Matty Matthews. Matty saw him play down in San Antonio last spring, and says he is a faster man than Neil Ball was when he was at his be.*.t in this league. Director Smith, of the Birr..ingham club, has offered Matthews a chance to pick up a nice piece of coin in th© spring by training the young Baron twlrlers. Matty will have to tiurn down the Jon, however, as he has re signed with the Newport News team, and will have to report to hi© club at least a month before the season ;© over. Charley Frank is on the job with a big smile. He doesn’t know just where he stands with the Pelicans, but he does know that he has two years more of a contract to run with Charley Somers. Somers is almost sure to sell his shares In the club and retain 1-Yank as aeout for the Naps. Five big league clubs have made Bill Smith an offer for Tommy Long. But William wants him In the CracIt er outfield another season. George Stallings is expected show up during the day. There was some whispering to-day that <'harle> Prank might land Mike Finn’s berth in Memphis Lou Castro was on hand asking the boys what they’d have—rain or shine It’s up to Atlanta to draw a mem ber of the schedule committee. Bill Smith saw Bisland during the baseball meeting in New York, and reports that the former Cracker rhortstop is looking immense. Bill also saw Barney Dreyfus*. Th- Pirate boss says that Conzeltnan will give up the game if he doesn’t hang on with the Pirate next spring. • • • There wa| a letter from Wallle Smith for Manager Bill when he arrived home yesterday, in which the ex-Cracker midway guardian said: IT this Flannagan that you've got is the same Flannagan that played with me in Vancouver, you’ve got a grand ball player." Flannagan is the “same” man. Fifteen Lives Lost in Baseball Last Year CHICAGO. Dec. 15.—Fifteen live© onslituted the toll the young man hood of America paid for its devotion to baseball during the year 1913. The death list of the national obsession, as compiled by J. R. Vickery, of Chi- ago, shows that the fatalltes were most numerous in this city, where hree persons were killed by being struck by pitched balls As in the case of football, the great est risk to life !«• encountered by the mskilled player, for the i^st of fifteen deaths does not include a major league player or even a minor league athlete of sufficient experience in baseball to be widely known Of the fifteen killed all except one were hit by pitched balls or foul tip*, which are practically the same The exception was J Whethstone, of New Orleans, who died as the result of a broken spine sustained in sliding to a base. 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N B2W YORK, Dec. 15.—Now that Charles Herzog, erstwhile Giant Inflelder, is soon to real ize his rather weird ambition—to be come manager of the unmanageable Cincinnati Reds—the question arises: “What’s he going to do about it?” Perhaps Charley will do just what his predecessor^ have done his very best—and then) have happen to him what happened to the others: First, a prolonged dose of misery and woe. and then the finding that he has been pushed into oblivion. But perhaps not. Borne sage once remarked something about a worm turning. Why can’t Cincinnati, after many years of inertia, after being the butt of baseball ridicule for a decade, do the unexpected and really figure all year long In the battle for the pennant? Not that we think Cincinnati will Vrut you never can tell. Remember what Washington did a few years ago? The Senators looked worse on paper than the Reds do right now. and then fate made a peculiar ruling and the Senators began whizzing along the American League trail at a terrific clip. And they haven't stop ped yet. In 1912 they finished sec ond, and ahead of the then world's champion Athletics! Last season they again finished second. I N rebuttal some will point out that t lie Cincinnati team hasn’t a pitcher to compare w-ith Walter John son. Quite true. But the Senators have had Johnson on their roster since 1905, and even at that they fin ished around or near the bottom for a goodly number of those seven suc ceeding years. Herzog long has been regarded as the greatest little pepperbox in or ganized baseball. He is always busy; always all fire and enthusiasm, fight ing as hard in the ninth when ids team is hopelessly beaten as he is in the first inning when the game be gan. He is fighting always and he never quits. W ITH such a manager to inspire the Reds there may be a different story to tell And with a man of Herzog’s pleasing personality as their manager, the Reds may really amount to something next year. They haven't much of a pitching staff, nor much hitting or fielding strength, but if Herzog can weld them into a base ball team, the downtrodden Reds be able to rise up next year and fig ure in a somewhat startling uplift movement. The general opinion is that Garry Herrmann, president of the Cincin nati club, is the real reason for the poor showing the club has made for many years, and the reason for the constant dabbling of officials into the club affairs. But Clark Griffith, who held down the job as manager in Red land for three long years, rushes to Garry’s defense. "Garry Herrmann is the most un justly abused man in baseball." de clared Clark Griffith. "Everybody seems to think he’s the man who is responsible for the many changes in the Cincinnati management; the di rectors and stockholders of the club are the ones who have caused all the trouble. Southern League Meeting Begins Little Rock May Replace Billies. ;rr-*i * *Uh Bv 0. B. Keeler. I T ANAGE2R BILLY SMITH being V/l once more on his Native Heath, and most of the other Southern League moguls having got in earlji Monday morning or late the night before, everything was ready to sound the gong for the annual meet ing. The first gun was scheduled to be fired at 11 o’clock, when the direc tors' meeting was to be held. Noth ing very exciting was expected in this ! assembly, however, and the interest ! centered on the regular business meeting at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, held on the mezzanine floor of the Hotel Ansley. The directors’ meeting also was staged there, and the big differ Mon day night—an elaborate affair—is to be in the banquet room of the same hostelry. BOXING News of the Ring Game. SPORTING COMMENT I ackey McFarJand wHl fight Jimmy Mabby^° rounds at 146 ringside before J in ( offroth s San Francisco club, pro viding that he gets 115.000 for his end ms was the statement made by Emil 1 hlry. manager of Packer, to u Chicago sporting writer yesterday. I'* 1 '' that Par key must travel -0 rounds of milling if he goes West seems to he the one big drawback of the match," continued Thiry. ••McFar land Is strong for the ten-round game ar ’d w hen it s over a longer route lackey shies Me can get $10,000 for boxing Gibbons In New York, and .think he is easily worth the extra $• to box dabby over the long route. 1 .000 To-morrow night in Jacksonville. Fla.. Eddie Hanlon, the local welterweight, will meet .lack Robinson In a sched uled 15-round set-to Eddie is up against a veteran of the game, but his youth and punching abllltv should give him a great chance against the clever Jack By Ed W. Smith. W ITHOUT passably good hands the fighter is nix in his business and un less the fighter knows how to hit properly- it* is likely that he is out of commission a good share of the time that he should be earning scads of coin. One man who has had wonderfully good luck with his knuckles is George Chip, claimant of the middle weight championship. Chip cer tainly knows how to hit properly, as well as often and hard, and accounts for the perfect condi tion of his knuckles by some early advice he received from “Pop” Coulon, father of the ban tamweight champion, which he followed carefully. Billy I.otz, manager of Hanlon, has been putting his protege through a stiff boxing drill for the past week and says that Eddie Is showing more stuff than ever before. Hanlon has been doing his boxing with Frank Raker and John Worthy. As predicted in this column Saturday I.each Cross ami Bud Anderson have been matched to box a return scrap in Los Angeles on New Year’s Day. Tom Me Carey, promoter, got Sammy Wal- laeh. manager of Cross, and Dick Mc Donald, who acted In a likewise capac ity for Anderson, together, and articles were signed MeCarey plans to put the winner against Joe Rivers TO ORGANIZE SOCCER TEAM. ANNISTON, ALA., Dec. 15.—The I Alabama Presbyterian College will not * put a basket ball team in the fled j this year, but plans are under \va »• | t" organize a soccer football ©quad 1 i" meet other tearns in the Bout) . An I effort is also being made here to or- j k-nize an athletic association out ride of the S I. A. A. ( «UKRRMANN knows baseball from I* beginning to end; he knows that a manager can not do good work when handicapped by higher officials who overrule him. And while l was manager he always gave me free rein; he let me run the club as I saw fit. He never overruled me. never disputed my judgment and he fought for me against outside inter- j ference. "But what I had to buck is what | every other manager of the team has had to buck. That's the mixing in of the Fleishman crowd who control the stock. But they don’t know any thing about the inside part of base ball They think they do. And they want to run the club, want to run ! Herrmann and they want to run the ; manager " Charlie White, who boxes Ad Wol- gast, on December 19. says he is not su perstitious. but he does not like the idea of bucking fate in the manner in which It has been put up to him in hls coming back. Charlej was looking over his records Hie other day and found that the affair with Wolgast would be hls thirteenth fight of 1913. and it was scheduled to take place on Fridaj White at once sought his manager. Nate Lewis, and was on the verge of calling off the go. However, when he was told that Frank Chance, former manager of the Cubs, always demanded berth 13 on his travels he reconsidered and decided to onll himself the super- stltiousless champion, if there Is such a thing ’VJ'OT only are the Chip mitts al - ^ most without blemish, but they are large and strong as well and exceptionally w^Jl knit. There’s a story to this that C’hip likes to tell. Here’s about the drift of it; "One time Johnny Coulon was boxing a main event down in our country and 1 was on in the semi-windup with two fel lows, three rounds apiece. 1 beat both of them, but broke my left on one and my right on the oth er. smashing both hands in pretty much the same way. I happened to get on tile same train with Johnny and his father to go back home and my hands were a sight. They were so sore and swollen that I couldn’t even lace my shoes. 1 was pretty well disgust ed with the fighting game right then, especially as l got but $35 for my night’s work. foundry swinging a sledge and handling a big shot that they used there. When I started in I could hardly do the work, but in a short time my hands got stronger and I could swing the hammer for fifteen minutes at a time without taking a rest. “REALLY, I figure this made the fighter of me that I am to-day. Of course I afterwards learned how to hit well, and while 1 use a lot of short arm punches and swing some. I always bring my hands over to an opponent in such a way that the fist lands with the front of the knuckles. And I’ve never forgotten ‘Pop’ 1 Coulon or Johnny for that ad vice. “\EVER until some writers 1 y began to make a fuss over that delayed punch did I think very much of it. 1 used it a lot and it proved effective, but. as you say. one must be mighty- careful about how he takes lib erties with it. especially against a clever ring general. If he beats you to it. you are apt to find yourself stretched out on your spine in a hurry.” Emperor William Aids 1916 Olympic Games Billy l’;ip> has ngain oa'Dd off h : s ' sc^edulrd fight with Gporpo Dhin in ATTwh”V^p op Jarcarv 12 Papke Inc h's right hand while training ami will j not ho ah'p to use the injured member I for at least a couple of months “\V E got talking on the way ** back and he asked me a lot of questions, how- old I was. what 1 was doing and the like. Then he asked me if 1 intended to stl rt k to the fighting game. I told him I was pretty sick of it right then. He told me not to be discouraged, especially as I was only 21 years old. but to find my self a Job in which I could strengthen my hands and make them big and powerful. ’Your hands are your tools, and with out goods tools you never can amount to anything in the fight- rig game.' he told* me. I never forgot d. Soon as my hands had healed a little 1 got a job in a Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, Dec. 15. —Emperor William has granted his consent to the holding of athletic contests next Mav ai the new stadium, in which officers' and pri vates may participate, in preparation for the Olympic games to be held here in 1916 The Crown I'rince has given hls name as a patron of the contests, and the War Minister will appoint a committee to make the arrangements. Dundee and Welsh Matched for Bout Sporting Food By GEORGE E. PHAIR THE PEEPUL. When the wrestlers aren't pulling off a frame-up And corralling all the kale there is in sight. There are pugilists who try to bust the game up By performing in a questionable fight. They are gentle as they would be with a brother. And they chortle as they take the public*s mon; Taking one consideration with an other. The public's lot is not a happy one. Packey McFarland is quoted aa sayino that he doesn’t care if he nev er fignts in Milwaukee again. Neither does Milwaukee. There is no truth in the rumor that McFarland is going to fight Johnny Coulcn at catch weights, but he would if he could. Due of the peculiar features of the Milwaukee scrap is that neither of the principal© was indicted for ob taining money under false pretenses. Georges Carpentier never will star tle the world as a fighter, but he will be w ritten in history as the guy that put the bomb in Bombardier Wells. As we understand it, Mr. Wells has all the qualifications of a successful pugilist except that he can’t fight. The average boxing show would be highly interesting to the average fight fan if it were not for the get- rich-quick gents who perpetrate the windup. Boxina classes have been organized at the University of Wisconsin, evi dently to prepare for the game with Minnesota next fall. A J. HEIN EM AN and Charley • Frank, of New- Orleans, arrived Sunday: also Frank Coleman, of Memphis; Bob Baugh and W. D. Smith, of Birmingham, and President W. M. Kavanaugh and his secretary, Adolph Jacobson, of Little Rock. The other moguls reached town Monday morning, and there was no delay in calling the directors’ meet ing. AT the opening assembly the p^n- nant of 1913 will be awarded offi cially to Atlanta, any protests will be heard with regard to the past sea son’s play and business, and a propo sition from the Dixie League will be considered. No fireworks are expected. AT the afternoon meeting, however it is ?.aid that there may arise a question of dropping Montgomery from the league list and substituting Little Rock. This all may be gossip of purest ray serene, but it is said that President Kavanaugh has come to Atlanta heeled with authority from a Little Rock syndicate to make a corking good offer for the franchise. The protests probabl.v will be against the umpire staff and its work in the last season. THE appointing of a schedule oom- A mittee also is a very Important feature of the afternoon meeting. At lanta is practically certain to make a strong bid for representation on the schedule committee, especially as Crackerville hasn’t been represented since the organization of the present league. President Kavanaugh will be re elected president, of course, and there is no reason to object In any way to that move, for the Southern League head is an excellent official and has done much to hold up the prestige of the circuit in rhe ranks of other leagues of similar class and impor tance. AN announcement is to be made, through W. G. Foster, sporting editor of The Chattanooga Times, that Randolph Rose, of that city, will of fer to the league a handsome medal, to be awarded at the end of the sea son of 1914 to the player adjudged to have been of the most service to hls club, after the fashion of the Chal mers trophy in the big show. A commission will be named by Mr. Rose, consisting of one sporting writer in each city. The commis sioners will vote for their choice at the end of the season, and the player receiving the most votes will receive the medal This method, it is pointed out with much justice, will be far better than separate medals for pitching and bat ting; also, it will not encourage the sacrifice of team play to individual record-making. is regretful to learn that Ambro»« McConnell isn’t in the humor to conn* South to play with the Crackers and Bill is going to try again to persuade him. If Amby still holds out, Bill will go after Ben Kohler, of the Cen tral League, who has developed into a better infielder than he was an out fielder when the Atlanta fans knew him. "DILL also came back with the news ■^'^that he had purchased Otto Schmidt from the Ohio and Pennsyl vania League, a younger brother of the burly Charley Schmidt, the Gulls' catching mainstay last season. For the rest of the off season^Bi) is going to take things pretty easy. “I've got a pretty’ good-looking lav out," Bill said, “and I reckon I’ll chance it until the discarding season opens with the big leaguers. Tiieifr of course. I’ll be on the lookont to pick up anything that looks good. Bui we’re about dene trading until spring.” i * t f hi: ■-cn DPO iafi] W; Albany Must Pay Yankees for Gaiser CINCINNATI, Dec. 15.—The Na tional Baseball Commission allowed the claim of the New York club of the American League for $250. whicn is the balance of $500 clue it frorrrt'u Albany club of the New York Sta:e League for the release to the latter of the service of F. Gaiser under an agreement entered into on April The payment of the first $250 was made on June 1, but the second in stallment was i.ot paid. Armstrong Is Head Coach of Yale Crews NEW HAVEN, CONN., Dec. 15.-Cap- tain T. R. Deneftre, of the Yale crew announced to-day’ that Richard Arm strong. Yale ’95, has been appointed head coach of the Yale crews Guy Nlekalls, of England, coach of the Leander crew, and Eugene Giannini. of the New York Athletic Club, have been asked to assist Armstrong, and it probable that they will accept. All three were here to-day and met the members of the squad Girl Quintets Ready For Game To-morrow ior foY-t ‘ *noU to h ■■voflC. !^ri»i \ r‘\'e still... i a si A -.rn: rl - or iO Trad. a ftei mov 1 ha! : ub v.U?. lYHti res out ’Kttll. "t »abj ’ne •> r ‘ 4v -sLri»i B bed-- pea or •1 •■Jl n’t drf The Woodberry School and the North JR Avenue Presbyterian School banker ba fives, both teams composed of girls, will clash on the former’s floor to-mor row afternoon. Much interest centers on this game especially with the fair fans The girls have been practicing for the game sev eral days and a closely fought battle is expected. LINDSAY WINS DECISION. CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Coe Lindsay, a local welterweight, won an eight- round decision over “Kid" Mack, of Joliet, in a private exhibition hen near Joliet yesterday. THAT is about all. except that a number of deals between the man agers may be pulled off in the course of the visit to Atlanta. Kutlna. Bluhm, Paulet, Starr and McDowell all are in the thick of trades, and some of them mav be set tled right here. As to our own troubles. Bill Smith N7\V ORLEANS. Dec. 15 — Johnn. Dundee, of New York, and Fred e Welsh. English l ghtweig.it champion, have been matched for a ten-round bout before a local athletic club Year’s afternoon. The rival lig-. - weig* s s gred articles vesteraay. The decision is to rest with tne newspa pers. Governor Tener sa v s he will do all the talking for the National League, ‘ hut if he does he will have to gag Charlie Murrb v ECZEMA SUFFERERS Rp*d wh«t I. 8. Giddens. Tamp*. 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If yon desire ' v suit a reliable, long-established aped aim vast experience, come to me and lean' _■ ‘ i an l>e accomplished with skillful, ■nen*^ treatment. I «an cur* Blood Poison. ' «• cose Veins, l/lcers, kidney and Bladder u cases. Obstructions, Catarrhal Disc.urges* Pilsa and Rectal troubles and ail nervous »•••■ Chronic Diseases of Men and Women Kraniinatlon free and strictly conflden' s Hours. V a in to 6 p. at.; 8undays. » DR. HUGHES. SPECIALIST Third VatT Bsnfc > Broad St.. Atlanta. U* F o’ppnslte 1* 1 2 North I * 'ti'O A .01 •Trap Yo f aVc r i ii as r puti but aga >rol call Si l V j i-tta l fa ' I <i ')