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THE ATLANTA GEORflTAN AND NEWS.
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By ‘Bud 5 Fisher
1.1. EXPERT
We Hal Is Said To Be on His 1
Last Legs as Big League i
Performer.
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By Monty.
EW YORK, Dec.»15.—Poor *Hal
Chase! They called him a
loafer, a four-flusher, a staller.
i grandstand player, a, quitter, and
V ey say lie was "laying down" oh
c New York Americans. And they
i* id that was why Frank Chance
•ruled him to the "White Sox. Now,
ken to something that will surprise
■jmU—Chase is on his last legs as a
IjLleague ball player, and the next
?• aSon is likely to be his last in the
majors.
p fpttnce Hal, as lie was called at the
knight of his glory when the ac
knowledged peer of first basemen,
'as guilty of all lie was charged
Uh in 1910. He was accused of pur-
'osel-y laying down on the job so that
ie could get the position of man-
°f the Yankees, then held by
^Vojge Stallings, with whom Chase
did not get along with at all. Chase
got. Stallings’ job the next year—that
iitstory. But he failed as a mana
ge—that, too. is common knowledge.
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POLLY AND HER PALS
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Aunt Maggie's Making Chickens of 6 Em All
en. when Harry Wolverton was I
Ifypdinted as his successor. Chase.
^gruntled again, resumed his old
.uaflng tactics.
J Ij V ERT O X failed, and Frank
.enhance was signed up to heavl
h Team the past season. Chase
iore by.all that was holy then that
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was somg to "play his head off"
'’ -the Peerless Trader. He became
f hlerp worshiper of Chance. But he
k {titinueu to pla\ poor baseba n
♦nots. and the fans howled, "lies up
- his oid tricks again—laying down
!jjn ‘the job." The tough luck of it is
tnis—Chase was not laying down on
ie job—not last year. It brings to
mind in a way the story of the boy
ho called “Wolf” when there was no
vo-if. • But. th£s time the "wolf" had
' r !TrPived, and the fans wouldn't be
lieve it. They thought Chase was
still, a. great ball player, but that lie'
. i ain't t rynim
A Boston friend of Frank Chance,
r^' Pian to whom the P. L. is willing
•:h .-confide almost anything, is au
thority for a story told by the man
ager;
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NJE Saturday afternoon last
' ^ summer, just before Chase was
'traded, M says Chance, <r the crowd got
i fter Chase and booed liis every
move. When the game was over
naSe could not be found in the
t ubliouse. lie had locked himself in
v.Ur.of the shower baths, and waited
YH til he thought everybody had
essed apd gone. But when he came
out Trainer BArrett and myself were
« til ther<». Chase was crying like a
Labyv lje went over and sat down on
• ne of.,the chairs, with, his face bur-
•a. in his hands, and the tears
streamed down his cheeks. He sob
bed as if his heart would break. We
’fled fo console him, but he would not
M>eak. Before Barrett and I left,
iere were the beginnings of tears in
our eyes, too.
"The next day 1 went to Mr. Far-
re|l and said: 'See here, this boy
n.’t laying down on you. He’s try
ing to do his level best, but he just
play the way Iip used to. HlS
j ;jys as a star are over. Now lie's
b'yjrfe, to accomplish tilings, but it’s
jyo f{ite'.’ "
After Chase was traded to Chicago
rie put up a sensational game for a
short M’hile, but then slumped and be-
ran to play mediocre hall again. The
:i’eago fans, just like their New
V\>fk brethren, got after Chase and
aVciised him of loafing and even con-
spiring to get Timmy Callahan's job
:<s manager. Chase, it is learned, was
entirely innocent of any such tiring
tnlt 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!
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Champ Loses First 20-Round Go
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Matty Baldwin Wins Decision
Ebbets and Heydler
On National League
ScheduleCommittee
This is llir girth of the series of the life anil battles of Lightweight
Champion Willie ftitehic, written exclusively for The Georgian.
Sport Scribes Will
Pick Most Valuable
£ Player in Southern
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Unexpected opposition was encoun
tered among Southern league mag-
rttCfes this morning to the awarding of
’lie Rose trophy to the most valuable
‘^Wper in the league. The club presi-
i< ’nts' remembered some of tbe trouble
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iVrecl for the 1913 season.
•AXhe- trophy next season ^ ill be in
i-rtarge of a commission of eight hows-
f'^jXe.r men, one sporting editor from
: Yli ’city in the league. Each member
of - the commission will vote for eight
payers, h*ls first, choice receiving S
,ts, lus second choice 7 points, and
on. The votes of the eight scribe
. be compiled and the player reeeiv-
tv !fhe. highest number of points will
the award.
BOXING LID STILL ON.
j ft IjJERSOX, lND Dee. 15.—£=.ior-
: Black, of Madison County, had nu-
the promote, s of a pr /.e fleh-
[ Ehwood billed for \X ednesda.' nign #
off the same. Jack Dillon, -of
f^ianapolis, . . ltd Jack Jeffries
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tolled. The l)an on the tigiv
^•--.Madison Comitx ; 't‘ . v0al>
*lil be continued.
By Willie Ritchie.
S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. IT,.—Aft-
er my ftrst bout with Johnny Mc
Carthy I felt that I 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. I was a bit
downcast, figuring that, f did not fight
a good fight, and now that T look over
the past I know very well that 1
made a bad showing that night.
The next one in line for me was
Antone l^aGrave, 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 who would give any of the
light \veights a. battle.
This was the only match in sight
for me, so T 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 objeetion. I knew
that 1 had to beat him if I wanted to
keep 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 roueh and tumble fight
ing. HaGrave 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
crowd all right.
Tackles Baldwin Next.
This victory made me ambitious,
and I felt that it was up to me to
break in the twenty-round game if I
hoped to do anything for myself. Mat
ty Baldwin was in town, and they
were looking for somebody to fight
him. Talent was scarce, and frnally
Jim Griffin came to me and offered
me a proposition to g<» on with the
Boston boy.
1 was undecided at fn^t, but Griffin
kept after me, ami so did my friends.
They gave me the usual old line of
stuft about a gioat future and a
chance to make .i reputation for my
self, and finally 1 fell. Mind ypu, up
to this time 1 never had gone fai-
ther than eight rounds, and ad of my
opponents had been boys with local
reputations only.
The date was set- for August 30,
1911. i v. ill neve forfeit as long
a<* I live, because it was my first
twenty-round trial Baldwin at that
time looked like, one,of the leaders of
the lightweight division. None of
them had beaten him decisively, and
they were even talking about send
ing m in against TVo gast for tne
lightweiglv ' barn, iOnshfp.
I trained hard for the battle and
reported U Dreamland in fine shape
Of course. Baldwin was about a ?,
to J skn; oxer me, and I guess tear he
figured that way. AJy seconds advised 1
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 right after me in the
first round. He tried to get my goat.
He called me a busher and a four-
rounder and a dub, and he told me
that he was just waiting to knock me
stiff. At fust J took this stuff, and
then T began to hand some of my own
talk hack to him. at the same time
keeping away from him and boxing
the best T knew how.
I really believe that I could have
knocked Baldwin out thal 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 I
could go the twenty rounds and finish
strong, r had heard so much about
four-round fighters blowing up that 1
was rather badly scared, because 1
was not sure of myself.
Instead of forcing things for the
first fifteen rounds. I allowed Baldwin
to do all the leading. He certainly did
outpoint me. for 1 covered up and
boxed and skipped away when J
thought T was in danger.
But when the sixteenth opened up
T felt strong and my wind was good.
I decided to. take a chance. I w aded
in and mixed things un 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 ah
the time. He looked all in and acted
that way. He knew all the trick of (he
game, and he managed to fool me, but
still, if l had known about one-twen
tieth of what I know npw, I sure
could have flattened him
Harry Foley to the Rescue.
All the fans who saw 1 lie battle
know that I had the last three rounds
by a big margin. But 1 am willing
to admit that he outpointed rne. He
had such a lead in the first fifteen
rounds that my only chance would
have been a knockout, and lie stalled
rne. all right. J sure did miss a grand
< hance, for iiad 1 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 I had become the
champion? 1 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
mg
he was too conscientious for anything
tike that.
Of course, I never figured on Fo>>
as a manage tlieh. He cam® to me
after rne. bat Be ami gave me some
good, sou ml advice He told me how
: cfiijld have beaten Baldwin' b\ wad
ing in. and he look me aside and illus
trated ^ few lit-le tricks in me which
1 have uex *t forgotten.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—President John i
j K. Tener, of the National League, has !
j increased the membership of the
I league's schedule committee by the ap-
I potfttment of Charles H. Ebbets. of the j
; Brooklyn club, and Jolm Heydler, sec- j
retary of the league.
Barney Dreyfus, of the Pittsburg club, [
will remain nt the head of the commit- I
tee as the • Governor’s personal repre
sentative.
Old League Gets House Cleaning
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New Blood Comes Into Circuit
; Athletic Club Five ! 'Red' Smith Here;
Will Meet Augusta j Thinks Dodgers Will
Quintet Saturday Be Well Up in 1914
Cincinnati Officials
Oppose Tinker Deal
CINCINNATI, Dec. • J5.—Several
members of the hoard 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 with
the transaction in iliat form, but do
not bplieve the $15,000 net to be paid
Cincinnati is a sufficient return for
Tinker's services. It is pointed out
that $15,000 will not be sufficient tg
purchase from other clubs even one
first-class player, while the Hub 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 Rods. 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 will 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-country riin of
Georgia Tech will be held. Saturday
afternoon.
The course w ill be from the school
to tiie 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 first three men. In addition to j
thi?, 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
NETV YORK. Rattlinr L*
vinsky. iwe **nsatlonal ligi t hcav
weight. ha« been signed i<*» box ten
rounds ^ Mi lin* Coffey, tiDublin
giant, in ihe Garden, <-n December 22.
The '•atne right, in thr same ring
(iporpr. R ode I ihr Ri,r-r will tar-kle Fire
man Mrn Flynn in a ten-round bout.
By Damon ltiui\tni.
N EW YORK, Dec. 15—They have
now made a pretty go oil job of
the house cleaning in the Na
tional League, and the hitherto musty
oid 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
late- on.
The new blood that came into toe
league during the past couple of years
is responsible for the rehabilitation
of the antique. Men like Harr>
Hempstead, of the Giants; Jim Gaff
ney, of the Braves: W. H. Baker, of
the Phillies, and Schuyler Britton, of
the Cardinal*, could not abide the
mess they found on their arrital.
If there had been only one or two
newcomers they might have to stand
for the old order, but too rnanv
strangers landed on the league at
about the same time, and they just
naturally drifted together for com
pany. Then, finding that there were
as many of them as there were 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 wa» applied to
Charles Webb Murphy, the celebrated
conversationalist from Chicago.
Lynch of th© Old Order.
Finally, the new' crowd w'ent 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
I the:
felt h* belong/-) 1 to the old order, and
SO lie had to go.
A new* combination has therefore
come to baseball. It is composed of
the progressives of the National
League, headed by John lv. Tener.
and made up of the gentlemen named
along with t’harlea Hercules Ebbets.
tiie Squire of Flatbuali. Never let it
be said that we slighted Charles Her
cules in any matter. He was a pro
gressive long unit long before the Na
tional League felt the slightest symp
tom of a change, and he is a pro
gressive now.
If Charles Hercules were not al
ready a progressive, he would un
doubtedly be converted bv his part
ners. the Messrs. MoKeever—the
Messrs. Progressive McKeever, as we
might say, to give them their firm
name.
Curiously enough. Harr' Hemp
stead. Jim Gaffney. W. H. Baker an^, j
Schuyler Britton are ail compara
lively inexperienced In baseball af
fairs The former. wTo was the first
of i » new' Omer« to hreak Tito the 1
league is a son-in-law- of John T.
P.ru« Lie ablest legislator the league
eve- had. but Mr Hempstead paj.-i
liftl rt attention to baseball. Like the i
others however, he was 4 ‘ ueiness j
man. and business men arc very j *
caliar people in that they can not sec
why their business interests should
be jeopardized by a lot pT senseless
jangling.
Wanted to Uplift League.
Mr. Hempstead had notions about
uplifting tile 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 Brition, and a. short an
swer is unknown to them. Truly
these 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 presidenting. Time
alone can determine his fitness for
magnates of the league have show® h
disposition to yield to the sentiment
of the fans by picking out the best
man they couid find and giving him
full swing for four years. If Tener
T.111down that will 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 Dreyfuss, Murphy
and Garry Herrmann, they aro in the
movement, but 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 probably do not object, because
it would do them no good to object
They belong to another regime en
tirely.
Garry Herrmann is still a member
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be taken up a little later on. The eri
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 on indefinitely, it is about time to
oust Gam.
Vandy Eleven May
Play North Carolina
N ABU Vi LLE. TEN X.. De. \. 15 -11
was officially announced Iasi night
that Vanderbilt probably would meet
North Carolina University in football
next season for the first time since
1900. Negotiations have practically
been closed for bringing North Caro
lina here on October 24
Other games scheduled fo da e are:
Tennessee. November 7. AubiICn. in
Birmingham November 11 and Se-
wanee. on Thanksgiving Day The
master • r a game with Michigan is
being considered, but. on account of
the hard schedule, it is hardb prob-
abi© that it will he attempted «• it
will be necessary in make tin- trip
to Arm Arbor.
The Augusta Young Men's Chris
tian Association basket ball team will
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 21 In Birmingham
January 31 —Open.’
February 7—Birmingham Athletic
Club. .
February 14 Mercer or ci«nison.
February 21—Columbus Y. M. C. A.
RUSSELL TO BOX KNIGHT.
NEW ORLEANS. LA., Dec. 15.—
Frankie Russell, local lightweight,
lias been matched to box Phil Knlgnt
in a t<m-round bout at El Paso, Texas,
on Christmas Day. This will be
Frankie's first scrap since ho lost to
Joe Rivers about one month ago.
J. Carlisle ("Red") Smith, third
baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers and
Atlanta boy, is back after a trip to
Cuba, with the Dodgers after the close
of the National League season
"Red" had a great season with the
Dodgers*. He batted at * .296 clip,
fielded way up among the third ha.«e>
men. anti led (he National league
batters in making two-baggers. In
the extra base department' lie was
among tlie first ten.
"f think Robinson will have a first
division team next season," *a\s
Smith. "He has a strong infield, with
Daubert on first; Cutahaw. second:
Tinker, short, and yours truly on
third. Of course, we are nor. sure, of
getting Tinker vet, but I think Joe
will roinn along, especially If he gets
that $10,000.”
FOOTBALL TEAMS PLAY TO DAY.
BABNEHVILLE, GA.. Dee. 15.—The
class football title at Gordon Institute
will he decided this afternoon when th*-.
Juniors ajid Seniors meet in the final
game.
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