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1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. it He Had It Once" Its Like Saying "Heel lie a Champion if He Could Punch & US II STIR, SAYS N. V. [XPERT Prince Hal Is Said To Be on His Last Legs as Big League Performer. By Monty. N E\V 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” or. 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 Hal, as lie was called at the height of liis 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 is history. But lie failed as a mana ger—that, too. is common knowledge. Then, when Harry Wolverton was appointed as his successor, Chase, disgruntled again, resumed his old loafing tactics. * * * Y\70LYERT0X faked, and Frark * ^ Chance was signed up to liea • the team the past season. Chase swore by all that was holy then that he was going to “play his head off for the Peerless Deader. He became a hero worshiper of Chance. But he continued to play poor baseball in spots, and tiie 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- • iieve it. They thought Chase was still a great ball player, but that he wasn't trying. A Boston rriend of Frank Chance, a. man to whom the P. L. is willing to confide almost anything, is au- . Uiority for a story told by the man ager. ♦ * * “AXE Saturday afternoon last ^ summer, just before Chase was traded,” 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 ha 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 dow n on one*of the chairs, with his face bur led in 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 Air. Far rell and said: ’See here, this boy isn't laying down on you. He’s try ing to do liis level best, but he just can’t play the way he used to. His Uftays as a star are over. Now lie’s ^trying ro accomplish things, but it’s tuo 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 Gown ball player, both physi- ■ x-ally and in spirit. Poor Hal Chase! Sport Scribes Will Pick Most Valuable Player in Southern ! —— ■ Unexpected opposition was encoun tered amoiiK Southern League map- rates this morning to the awarding of the Rose trophy to the most valuable player in the league. The club presi dents remembered some of the trouble i hat came lust fall in the closing days of the contests for the three medals offered for the 1913 season. The trophy next season will be in charge of a commission of eight news paper men. one sporting editor from each city in the league. Each member of the commission will vote for eigh! players, l.is first choice receiving S points. Ills second choice 7 points, and SO on. The votes of the eight scribes will be compiled and the player receiv ing ilie highest number of points w-ib win the award. BOXING LID STILL ON. ANDERSON. IND Dec. 15.—Sher iff Black, of Madison bounty, had no tified tiie proniotei s of a prize fish, at Elwood hilled for Wednesday night to call off the same Jack Dillon, ot Indianapolis, and Jack Jeffr.e» brother of -Lm Jeffries. we.--, nial' lietl, "I !K‘ Imp mi tile fich. - * *' Madison Count.' ten .' ears p t- w til bo continued. At That, Snakes Have to Live Like Everything Else By ‘Bud 9 Fisher Gee, I'm lockv. a rJuh ' Meiuc/bN jusr gave <v\e this r,h/eLL Mexican fcec nodnd. l Jj > YHfc SMALLEST BR.eeD OF IN NEW YOSJC THEY MENEP-~j SAW A fiefe UK6 -THIS. t CAM GET A THOUSAND I)OLUAR_S TOP- HlPA SufCE -THE ONLN mcnftbc is THAT HE'S A HOT WE ATHEP- DOC. AND H6 CANT STAND Cold northern climate. i THEN AGAIN “THE TRIP MPcHT RE HAfbO ON HIS DELICATE HEALTH. I'D hate to anything HAPPEN Ta HIM lE I took' Him Awan prom his native] "Y POLLY AND HER PALS Aunt Maggie's Making Chickens of ‘Em All t It c/T?RRtM. Champ Loses First 20-Round Go v • v v • •«. *!••*!• • v v • v Matty Baldwin Wins Decision This is the sixth of the series of the life and battles of Lightweight Champion Willie Ritchie, written exclusively for The (Georgian. Bv Willie Ritchie. S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.—Aft er my first 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 1 was a bit downcast, figuring that l^did not fight a good fight, and now that I 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 LaGrave, also some tough lightweight then. !To liad^ just gone fifteen rounds with Rat 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 lightweights a battle. This was the only match In sigh? 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 I wanted to keep forging ahead, and I made tip my mind to take a chance, no matter what happened. Anyhow. 1 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 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- tv Baldwin was in town, and they were looking for somebody to flgh» him. Talent was scarce, and finally Jim Griffin tame to me and offered me a proposition to go on with tiie 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 start; about a gieat future and a chance to make a reputation for my self, and finally I tell. 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 sei for August 30, , ■ wi never forget it *1 ong as I live, because it was my first twenty-round trial. Baldwin at that Urn® looked like on** of the leaders of me lightweight division None of them had beaten Him decisively, sud mev were even talking abou? send ing m in against Wo'gasi fo tne lip tweigh: '•hqmrionsbip. 1 trained hard for the battle and • norted at Dreamland in fine shape Uf course. Baldwin was about a 3 to 1 .•••ho: over me. and I gu* -a : i;i' figured that way. M\ mh-ohum ad\ ised me to take a chance and rush and mix tilings up with the veteran, but 1 thought 10 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 tiie first round. He tried to get my goal. He called me a busher and a four- rounder and a dub. and be told me that he was just waiting to knock me stiff. At first T took this stuff, and then I began to hand some of my ow n talk back to him. a', the same time keeping away from him and boxing the best I knew’ how. I really believe that I could have knocked Baldwin out that night, or else 1 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. T had beard 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, 1 allowed 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 1 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 -enrage, and the bal ance of the battle I was after him afi the time. lie looked all in and act*»d that way, He knew all the trick of the game, and he managed to fool me, but still, if 1 had known about one-twen tieth of what T 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 T am willing to admit that iie outpointed me. lie had such a lead in the first fifteen rounds that my only chance would have been a knockout, and he stalled me, all right, f sure did miss a grand chance, for had 1 slipped one over on Baldwin I would have been light up near the lop. Harry Foley refereed the battle. Doesn't it seem strange that 1 should have taken him as my manager two \ears later, after I had become the champion? ! admit tins 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 nig u ar.fl have e< a was with it. hut he w:*« ou cons- :C!lt -Oil- for an: t hing iike that. Uf ■ ourve. t rie\e: figure-! «-n IV. e- as a nr nagf • nen He am* to me after : e battle and gi'e me some good, sound pr]vj< e He tohf me hot*. f could nave beaten Baldwin by wad ing in. and he look n*e i ido and illus trated a f>o. I 'He tricks !<• no which i ha vc :ir\ «■; forgot ;< r. Ebbets and Heydler On National League ScheduleCommittee NEW YORK. Dec. 15. President John K. Tener, of the National League, lias 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 ot the bead of the commit tee as the Governor's personal repre sentative. Cincinnati Officials Oppose Tinker Deal (TXCIXXATI. Dec. J 5.—Several members of the board of directors of the Cincinnati National League ball club do not approve of the sale of .lor* Tinker for a cash consideration of $25,000 to Charles H. Ebbetj, of Brooklyn. Others are satisfied with the transaction in that form, but do not believe the $15,000 net to be paid Cincinnati is a sufficient return for Tinker's services. Tt is pointed out that $15,000 w'ill not be sufficient to pur<‘hapf* 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 will not be w’ith Brooklyn unless President Ebbets agrees to some other sort of a deal contemplating the ex change of players. Old League Gets House Cleaning v*v •>••!• *!* • *7* v *!* • v New Blood Conies Into Circuit Cross-Country Run To Be Held Saturday The annual cross-country run of Georgia Tech will he 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 addilion to this, twenty pies and cakes, baked by the wives of tiie members of the fa*'- iilty, w ill be presented to thp next .twenty’ men. Heavies to Box in New York on Dec. 22 NEW hjRf De 15. Ratlin.p I,* virsk: . ’ 1 * ***i saiicral light heaw we ?; i ha' h«*en stgreri to box • mumA w ’ h .Utm Poffey. the Dublin giant, in the Garden, on December . T ho '--a rig *». the ««•!■» r:njt. Of' f!**(II tl-e p.•• i. will'tackle Fir*- man Jim Flynn in a icn round bout. By I >amoii 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 late- 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. M. Baker, of the Phillies, and Schuyler Brittifn. 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 loo many strangers landed «>n the league at about the same time, avid they just naturalD drifted together for com pany. Then, finding th8t there were as many of them as there were of the other fellows they started in to throw tilings out the windows. It all began with the elimination of Horace Fo^el as year ago. At the same time a muffler was applied to Charles Webb Murphy, the celebrated conversationalist from Chicago. Lynch of the Old Order. Finally . the new crowd went out gunning: for an able, responsible citi zen to conduct their business on a business basir. and they picked out John K. Tener. tiie Governor of Penn sylvania What happened to John K. is now a matter of history. It seems that the bouse cleaners had nothing against Thomas .T. 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 Dengue, headed by John K. Tener, and made up of the gentlemen named along with ‘ harles Hercules Kbbets. tiie Squire of Flatbuah. Never let It be said that we slighted Charles Her cules in any matter. He was a pro- I gressive long and long before the Na tional League felt the slightest symp- , to in of a change, and lie Is a pro gressive now. ! 1' <‘harles Hercules were not al- \ read} a progressive, lie would un- ; doubted!v be converted bv bln part- ; nei’s. the Messrs. McKeever—the , Mes-i s. Progressive McKeever. as we I might say to give them their firm ! name. . Curiou- ' enougn. Harry H*»mp- j stead. Jim Gaffney, W, H. Baker and j F i »i > *r Britton are all com para ' ! ’ e!\ in«»x perfenced in baseball a r j far® Tb« former, who wa® the first ! ire newcomer® to break int.o i a leag ue fs a son-:n-law of John 1’ P.rus e ao>®t egisialor the leac is eve-- ba<’. bo* Mr. Hemnsteari paid Ihr!* attention to b^eball. Like the • 1 'er*. f'o". evet. he w n s , s;:.,;ne c s man. ond ici.ness men are very pe culiar people in that they can not see wliv their business interests should be jeopardized by a lot of senseless jangling. Wanted to Uplift League. .Mr. Hempstead had notions about uplifting tlif! 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 follows. There are few better than Hempstead. Baker. Gaffney or Britton, 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 the position, but we do sa v that the ■ « a disposition to yield to the sentiment of the fans b\ picking out the best man they could find anri giving him full swing for four years. If Tener falla down that will be Tener's fault, and Tener has yet to come a cropper on any job he ever undertook, If we read hie record right. As for Barney Drey fuss. Murphy and Garry Herrmann, they are in the movement., hut 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 Thev 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. Tiie en tire National Commission lias served its purpose as it is now constituted, and might well be abandoned, but granting that the commission is to go oi: indefinitely, ii is about time to oust Garry. Athletic Club Five Will Meet Augusta Quintet Saturday 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 24 In Birmingham January 3J— Open. February 7 — Birmingham Athletic Club. February 14 — Mercer or Olemson. February 21—Columbus Y. M. O. A. RUSSELL TO BOX KNIGHT. NEW ORLEANS, LA , Dec. 15.— Frankie Russell, local lightweight, has been matched to box Phil Knignt in a ten-round bout at El Paso, Texas, on Christmas Day. This will be Frankie’s first scrap since lie lost ;o Joe Rivers about one month ago. 'Red' 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 with the Dodgers after theclose of the National League season “Red” had a great season with the Dodgers. He batted at a .296 clip, fielded way up among the third base men. and led the National League batters in making two-baggers. In the extra base department he was among the first ten. “I think Robinson will have a first division team next season." says Smith. “He lias a strong infleld, with Daubert on first; Cutshaw, second; Tinker, short, and yours truly on third Of course, we are not sure of getting Tinker yet, but I think Joe will come along, especially If he gets that $10,000.” FOOTBALL TEAMS PLAY TO-DAY. BARNESYTLLE, GA , Dec. 15.—The class football title at Gordon Institute will bo decided this afternoon when 'he Juniors and beniors meet in the final game. Vandy Eleven May Play North Carolina NASHVILLE. TKNX.. Dec. 15. — It was officially announced last night that Vanderbilt probably would meet North Carolina University in football next season for the first time since 1900. Negotiations have practically been (dosed for bringing North Caro lina here o/i October 24. Othet g uni-s scheduled to date ar«> Tennessee, November 7. Auburn, in Birmingham November 14 and Fe- Tvanee. on Thanksgiving Day. The i matter of a gam* with Michigan is ih^ng considered, but on account of ihe bn i d schod i> is hardly prob- uhie that it tvik l»« attempted, a- it | M !: be M ' •' inn kt* k* * Mp t(. Ann Arbor. Here is a fine old brand that never varies in quality. During ail the years of its great success it has never once lowered its original high standard. 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