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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Definition of a Wise Guy: The Sport Who Can Make the Other I'el low Believe Him
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Ex-Cracker Goes on Trip in Pitts
burg Woods After Displaying
His Georgia License.
rr% HK following story concerning
( )tto Jordan, the former Crack-
* rr second sacker, was printed
a pittshurg newspaper recently.
Jordan was a great favorite here and
has a host of friends:
Th e hunting adventures of Otto
■ Jan. one-time second baseman of
•lie Atlanta ball club, and an old ball
, (| . iyer are causing considerable
lament to residents of Pittsburg's
M.uth side Jordan is a fine built
man . weighing 190 pounds, and the
, ure of well-conditioned happiness
and health. But as a hunter he has
his amusing qualities, and there is
no gainsaying it.
Iordan at one time was considered
,ne of the best ball players in minor
league company, but has about out-
ved his usefulness on the diamond.
i‘ jiist season he started off with the
rhattanooga club of the Southern
league, but was later let out by ‘Kid
Elberfeld, manager. He later joined
i ^emi-pro team where he finished
h e reason. Then Otto got to hunting
nd one day proudly displayed his
Georgia license, in which he is styled
"athlete" on the line where the oc
cupation of the person holding the
license is noted.
B*-,-.iuse <-f his license and his fine,
manlv appe arance, he was invited by
Hob Phillips to go hunting with him
nf* Saturday soon after the rabbit
reason opened. They set out bright
and early, and took to the woods.
It was just fine for Jordan. All the
mnrnin.u lie tramped blithely on. drag
on? v.mls and yards of tangled
vinerv after his big heels. Instead of
slipping his feet from the cumbering
vines. h< was just dragging them
along in the flush of his strength.
Scratch Out “Athlete.”
But what a sad difference. Jordan
got a few rabbits, and in the after
noon he also got the legache. He sat
down time and again. Then Phillips
demanded: Let me see your Georgia
hunting license.” It was turned over
;pon demand. Phillips took a pencil,
ran a line through the word “athlete”
tnd returned it without a word. There
\n is n>> comment from Jordan.
While he was about it Phillips
played it rather mean on his compan-
in. Leaving Jordan sitting there,
resting he made a short excursion
hrough the woods. Ho shot a rab-
R< urning he threw it down at
•Iordan's feet: “There’s the consarned
thing I don’t want it. Let it lay.”
He walked off. After a hundred yards
so. he looked back. Along trudged
::te patient Jordan, carrying the rab-
b::. just as Phillips intended him to.
It's an old trick, and it worked; let
the tenderfoot carry the game.
Iordan got home very, very tired.
And Sunday he had ('ramps in his
legs.
But to show that he was a very de
mon for punishment, Jordan was out
bright and early Monday morning
with another party. This crowd spent
lays near Plainsvilfe. Jordan
did fairly well. He was getting accli
mated.
His Hunting Dream.
On the second day out. the crowd
'ad the misfortune to have Jordan
shoot a squirrel. It was a misfortune,
but not until that night did they un
derstand why.
Once in the house where they made
’beir headquarters) Jordan was nomi
nated to sleep in the same bed with
AJ.iin Do wait, a veteran hunter of
the South side. He went right to
sleep. He was tired: big men often
1 1 get tired after a day in the woods.
But he got the nightmare. A thou
sand squirrels were biting him. The
squirrel murder preyed upon his mind.
Li his efforts to free himself, he drew
m ghty right fist and dealt
1 It a lmgo buffet on the
sde of the head, whereupon Dewalt
cssayi-d to fly right through the side
•1 the house. It took the whole party
’omfort the dreamer, and the next
d ;, \ it was far from a happy party,
'(•wait's face was swollen and his
teeth loosened.
Louisville Has March
Bates With Atlanta
Ud isviLLE. KY., Dec. 16.—The re-
’ 1,n lr 'l> °f the Louisville Baseball club
■oin its training camp at Fort Myers,
n:i - t,as been arranged with the fol-
y'ing games: Atlanta. March 16 and
. ‘ Birmingham. March 18 and 10; Ghat-
■ March HO and 21; Nashville.
and 22; Knoxville, March 24
1 >n March 20 they open their
^ spring series with the Chicago
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Baseball Spread ‘Some Banquet’
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Fine Scenery, Startling Speeches
BOXING
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TG vs. WALTERS TO-NIGHT.
AGO. Dec. 16.—The winner of
Lht . hout at St. Joseph. Mo., be-
Kelly and Bill Walters will
.. matched by the club with Mike
s Pike and Bill are down to go
■ 'wer r °VValt S er S Kelly “ a faVOr -
hello BILL," or
hello GIRLS,” at
dutch mill a hummer
T* U leel dull and grouchy.
Ifiat life IS not worth living, take
D til Mm' ard 0° down t0 the
I Th. 1 dnd forget your troubles.
ltrnm S » ow this vvoek is a hummer
I I . *V"T to finish, and if the plans
r, , y the management do not
t er .. ry the show will be even bet-
than this. With new
-Ttumes. new show girls—and pret-
•rjl^r too—the Dutch Mill will
s-n2. ,h ecord in At lanta. and It de-
. .. r „ s . the success, too. for the shows
a,: - \ re oootl and clean, and the
Patronage s increasing daily.
By 0. B. Keeler.
A FTER solemn deliberation, ex
tending through the few re
maining hours of Monday
night, we reached at sunrise Tuesday
morning the conclusion that the if-
fair might properly be termed a Ban
quet.
We had been brought up to regard
the Banquet era as having passed
with the time of Lucullus. ordinari
ly, we still believe that that precept
holds good.
But we desire to get strongly into
the record with the unflinching state
ment that the Twelfth Annual Spread
of the Southern Association of Base
ball Clubs, tendered by the Atlania
Baseball Association at the Hotel
Ansley, was a Banquet, in the strict
est Lucullian and Epicurean sense of
the term.
* + *
T HE Mural Decorations constituted
a large point on which Messrs.
Lucullus et al. would have shown up
feebly in comparison.
The Hotel Ansley people went ;he
limit of ingenuity, and evolved a plan
that was greeted with whoops of de
light when it burst upon the startled
gaae of the expectant banqueters
The table, set for 40 guests, was in
the shape of an immense diamond,
inclosing a mimic Ponce DeLeon bail
park—green grass, “skinned dia
mond." grandstand, bleachers, pi i -
ers' benches, board rneo. advertising
signs, and all—and the players in the
field.
The scene evidently was or tin.
memorable game bet ween Atlanta old
.Mobile when the attendance record
went glimmering. There c n one side
was the Tracker line-up and score,
and on the other was listed the plucky
hall club of Mike Finn, that came sr
near to licking us.
All that was within the tables
Around the hal! were tall piliar.-, i
each surmounted by a flag and th- j
name of a Southern League ball club.
In the order of their finishing.
And across the end of the entir
apartment was flung a great blue o n- i
nant—"Champions 1913”—a gift from j
the Spalding Compiny.
It was some festive scene.
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S TARTING out with that much f
an edge on the late M LucuIIur, j
the rest of the comparison adds
weie-ht to our original contention.
Petronius verv likely had sonv
gifts in the art of toastmastering, out
even if we should accord him an even
break with Major Callaway we shoul ,
have left an array, or perhaps a Ou
tcry of orators like Judge Kavanaug i
and' “Bob” Baugh, and Major Jhok
Cohen, and Mayor Jim Woodward,
and Charley Frank, and Gus Ryan,
and Charley Xunnally. and so fortn,
and so on. and especially Lou ( astro.
* * ♦
M AYOR WOODWARD was inspired
to a most flowery address of
welcome. Mr Baugh a as inspire.i to
an amazing flight of Gasi-onu.ics and
blood-curdling promises of what
would happen to Atlanta next year,
both in the matter of percentage an I
attendance, at the hands of Birming
ham.
“You didn't play fair this time,” he
asserted. "We paid we were going to
lick you, and von took it seriously.
This man (’aliaway went out and go*
the Ad Men. and the Chamber of
Commerce, and goodness knows what
other civic bodies, and 1 ”
Well, and licked Mr. Baugh, and
Baronville, if the “orool” truth must
out.
But wait till next year, Mr. Baugh
pleaded.
* * *
r PHlS being agreed to. Judge Kava-
* naugh made fine and feeling
address concerning the Southern
League and his association with
Southern baseball, and took occasion
to deliver a pretty tribute to the stal
wart service and sterling value of
Charley Frank.
“\Ve‘don’t want Charley Frank out
of ibis league.” Judge Kavagaugh as
serted. “This afternoon, on the mo
tion of Mr. Callaway, we created the
office of second vice president, and
we put Mr. Frank in it—and we’re
going to keep him!”
* + *
T HEN Mr. Frank talked, and finally
the speech-making got to be
what might he railed general, and
then Major Callaway, having put it
off as long as he could, called on Lou
Castro.
What followed might be described
as a cataclysm, an upheaval, an out
burst, or a deluge.
Before the Count had been speak
ing three minutes Charley Frank’s
neighbors were hammering him on
the back in an effort to help him
catch his breath, and half the re
maining non-combatants were shed
ding tears of pure delight in their
coffee.
The Count has made speeches be
fore. Once, to our certain knowledge,
lie entertained a crowd in t*he Mem
phis ball park while n rainstorm de
layed the game, and was presented
with diamond cuff buttons for hh
laudable efforts.
But the night of December 15. and
verging on the midnight hour. Count
Luigi de Castro, of Central America
and the Virginia League, made the
speech of his checkered and hectic
career.
* * *
n EHEARRING bits of that inimit-
able address would be in far
worse taste than touching up the lily
with whitewash or spreading the giii
on 24-carat suspender buttons.
Count Castro spoke, and the car
nage was frightful. He continued to
speak until the more portly auditors
turned from a delicate cerise com
plexion to a royal purple. Then he
stopped, and as soon as the cheering
could he quelled the meeting broke
up.
* * *
R EALLY, it seemed a pity that the
late Mr. Lucullus was too late to
see how it was done.
Eddie llanlon, the local welterweight,
will not meet Jack Robinson a* ,la< k-
sonvllle, Fla., twiglr. Filly i/.n-z,
manager of Hanlon, received a wire
from Charley Leonhard*, promoter,
stating that he would have to postpone
the match to a later date. Leonhardt
.Maims that he ?oulJ r.ot n-aeh a ,-atis-
factory agreement with Robinson.
* * *
Tills is certainly lough luck for Han
lon, who has workoil ten ilay.s for the
scrap. It looks from this t.'lstance that
Fdt.ie should have lieen notified before
hand, so that he could have saved the
expense of iraini-ig Kddi.- snow, d
much class In his daily workouts and
would have surely given Jack a tough
scrap.
* * *
Chicago fans have made Charley
White an even money bet against Ad
VY’olgast for their ten-round bout in
Milwaukee Friday night. Nate Lewis,
manager of White, writes that much
money is being wagered on the fight, as
lh<* boys have many admirers in the
“Windy City.”
* * *
Johnny Dundee, the Italian with the
Scotch name, who was credited with a
shade over Charlie White Thanksgiving
night, has been matched to box Fred
die Welsh in a ten-round go at New
Orleans on Christmas bay. Ruth ring-
men are contenders for the lightweight
crown and should put up a rattling bat
tle.
* * *
At last Frank Baker has found a boy
who has mustered up enough courage
to step into the same ring with him.
Frank received a wire from a promoter
in Savannah yesterday offering him a
bout with Frank Gaffney Christmas
Baker has wired hack for terms and
expects to close the match in a couple
of days.
Mickey Sheridan and Harry Donahue
will don the padded mitts for a sched
uler! ten-round set-to at Kansas City
Friday night. They have agreed to
Weigh 132 pounds at 3 o’clock.
* ¥ m
Frank Baker finished first in the
tango dancing contest among several of
our local boxers. Mike Saul and his
green kelly took second honors after
giving Frank a merry race. Meyer
I Ties- also ran
• • •
Danny Morgan writes from New York
that Rattling Levinskv is sure to be the
next heavyweight champion of the
world. Although Levinsky weighs but
170. pounds. Morgan says be is by far
Die classiest big fighter before the pub
lic to-day. Danny wants to get Le-
vinsk.v on with the winner of the Pe'ky-
Smlth bout in San Francisco on New
Year’s Day.
* * *
Efforts are being made by the Na
tional Sporting Club of I>»ndon to
match Georges Carpentier and Gunboat
Smith for a 20-round engagement.
Dick Burke, promoter of the club, has
made an offer of $10,000 for the battle.
Dowehamps. manager of Carpentier, la
willing to have his man meet Smith.
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
SCRAPS.
The!i adverti*< the windup ux a fight
begond csjmpare,
[ titbit for the boring fans, a tnor*
set rich and rarp.
Then never sag a wind about the
wild and willing gents
Who clout (ach other on the jaw and
pull down .50 cents.
They never sag a iron/ about pre
liminary guys
Who muss each other's features up
and black each other's ryes.
It lit when the prima donnas fight
they loaf ten rounds or so
And never muss each other's hair or
hit a healthg blow.
They stall around and capture all
tin- coin there is in sight.
And leave it to the poor prelims to
show the crowd a fight.
Few changes will be made in either
of the St. Louts teams this winter.
They are in good shape aside from
the fact that they need several pitch
ers and catchers and infielders and
outfielders.
SAVED.
II c lore I’harlie Murphy—
In fact, always have.
He hasn't an equal
At spteading the salve.
Oh. hoie could the writer
IJrist without ('has?
This column would wither.
And o would tin grass.
Jimmy Sheckard's dope reveals the
fact that in addition to seven other
National League teams, Joe Tinker
had to play against the Reds and
Garry Herrmann.
Reports from Boston indicate that
Did Battling Redeye won a decision
over Joe Walcott.
We are astounded at Mr. Murphy's
complaint that the hotels in Ireland were
cold. We thought there was always hot
air in Charlie’s immediate vicinity
If Governor Tener succeeds in pacify
ing the National League he will make
Elihu Root look like a bush league paci
fier.
The report that Jack Johnson’s skull
was injured in a motor accident leads
ECZEMA
An«1 all aliments of tha akin, aiirh an fetter. ,
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8HUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA.
one to believe that H* was a terrific
bump.
As we undersland.it. Ad Wolga.nl is
the world’s champion claimant to the
world's lightweight championship.
NAMES.
He is known as Wildcat Murphy
when the papers print his
name.
And you'll think he was a lad of
warlike habit.
lint when a fellow fighter lands upon
his manly frame
Ur is scarcely as ferocious as a
rabbit.
He is known as Wildcat Murphy in
the world of fistic strife,
Hut the Wildcat end the Murphy \
both are phoney.
For when he quits the ringside and {
returns to private life
lie bears a name that sounds like
macaroni.
Tommy Murphy is another ambitious
athlete who claims Ritchie’s title. It is
said that hls claim Is taken seriously by
his manager and himself.
TRADES.
/{chttld the baseball magnates as they
make their winter trades:
They hang around a gilded bar long
after daylight fades.
They trade a lot of stories and they
trade a lot of jokes:
They trade a lot of repartee and.
trade a lot of smokes:
They trade a lot of a mien t tales
that give a man the blues.
And then they trade a bank note for
another round of booze.
One of the greatest known tests of
control Is to throw a baseball in the
vicinity of a National League meeting
without hitting a wine agent.
If limy She kard succeeds in get
ting his unconditional release from Cin-
cinnati it will make him Wl not un
like a man getting out of Jail.
Red Sox and Reds in
Ante-Season Gaines
BOSTON, Dec. 16. The Boston Amer
icans and the Cincinnati National
League teams will play two ante-season
games in Cincinnati April II and 12, it
was announced here to-day. Only five
of the thirty or more players on the
Red Sox reserve list have signed for
next season. These are Wood, Wagner,
Gardner, Carrigan and Foster.
Jack White Knocks
Out Memphis Boy
MEMPHIS, TENN., Dec. t6.—Jack
White, of Chicago, a brother to Char
lie White, stopped Cleve Bridges, a
local boy, In the seventh round of a
scheduled eight-round fight last night.
White practically put Bridges away
in the seventh round when he ham
mered him to his knees with stomach
punches.
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