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'File Umpire Is More Despised, but He Generally Lasts Longer Than the Manager SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT — The Judge Smells a Rat and Wi7Z Not Nip it in the Bud ry^HE twelfth annual meeting of j the Southern Association *>f Baseball Clubs passed Into hjs- j ♦ or> last night in a quiet and order*y | manner, and. up all the members Arm ly believe, ushered 1n a most success fii! reason for 191 4. The pennant for the Southern As- ] soclatlon championship of 1913 was awarded to Atlanta by Judge Hava na ugh Each club was represented at the session, and the local cluh was praised for the clean and sportsman like manner in which it won the flag last year. Following are the delegates and the cities they represented: Atlanta Frank K. Callaway, C. J. Nunnally, A. J. Ryan and W. A. Smith. Birmingham — R. H. Baugh and W. | Mobile—(’ Z. Collson and Briscoe Lord, New 1 Orleans A. J. Heinneman Memphis--Frank P. Coleman. Nashville W. G. lilrslg. Officers Re-elected. Judge W. AT. Kavanaugh. who lias been with the league since its organ ization. was unanimously re-elected president-secretary-treasurer. The moguls all paid Judge Kava- n.nigh a high compliment in putting his name in nomination. Captain W T. Crawford, of Shreve port, was again unanimously elected vice president of the league The position of second vice presi dent was created, and this was given to Charley Frank. President Frank K. Callaway, of the local club, made the nomination, and in doing so stated that it was generally understood Mr. Prank would not he connected with the league next season, and that the league could not afford to he without his advice and experience. This announcement puts to an end Hie New Orleans end of the league. Frank will represent the Cleveland club In the South, as 1t <vas believed that h« would, and the New Orleans capital will probably purchase Som ers’ Interest and name Heinneman president and Dobbs manager. The hoard of trustees elected wrere A J. Heinneman. of New' Orleans, lanta. and C. P. Wilcox, of Montgom- I ery. Dixie League Represented. Pomeroy and Hood, representing j the Dixie league, appeared before thy directors at the morning session and laid the plans of the Dixie Deague be fore them. The Dixie League moguls want to Share the use of the grounds of the Southern league, but do not want to commence playing until the season of 391 The matter was referred to a com mittee consisting of Resident Kara riatigh, Mr. Coleman of Memphis and Afr Heinneman of New Orleans. This committee was instructed to go into the matter and report at the Mobile meeting The schedule committee appointed to draft the playing dates was the same as appointed last sea son. Charley Frank, of New Orleans; r Z. Colson, of Mobile, and O. B. An drews, of t ’hattanoogn. Holiday Dates Awarded. The holidays were awarded to At lanta. Birmingham. Chattanooga and Memphis, the last-named team get ting the place of Nashville, who had tin* plums last season. These dates July 4 and l.ehor Day, are the only dates durlne: the aeaaon where the receipts are pooled It was ruled and the motion made nnd car ried that the home cities should he given SIKH each on these days before any of the receipts were turned into the common pot. The league was redistricted at the sucrestlon of Mr. Colson, a member of the committee, who suRRested that by so doing much mileage could he saved by the non-Sunday and the SunJav-playing towns being paired off. On his motion, it was ruled that the league be divided into north and south, Atlanta. Chattanooga, Mem phis and Nashville comprising the northern division, and Orleana, Mobile, Birmingham and Montgom ery the southern. Two schedules are to be drafted, one calling for 140 games and the other 164 The season will open on April 15. Lord Makes Only Trades at Meeting Two tradcF were pulled off at the Southern Association baseball meeting y eFterdav. Briscoe Lord, manager of the Gulls trailed Infielder Charley Starr to New Orleans in exchange f»*r Inflelder Tepe. Btarr should prove a big help to the Pelicans next reason, as the New Or gans club is made up of a bunch of voungsters, and Is in need of a veteran The Gulls have been after Tepe for Some time. The Gulls also made a trade with the Vnls President Htrslg. of the Nash ville team gave up Clayton Perry, the sei ' nd-»«<ker. and in return secured Holme Berger, the big right hand twirler. RODGERS GETS DECISION. PITTSBURG, Dec. 16 —Mickey Rodg ers earned a decision over Hooks Evans. bo*h’\*f Pittsburg, in a six-round bout Lefc:* the South Ski* Club last night. 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He is going to have an easy job not a thing to do outside of being assistant manager, head coach, utility lnfielder, utility outfielder, pinch hitter (???) and entertainer. O. B. Andrews, president of the Lookouts, and (’astro came to terms. Lou held out and received a good amount for hla services. With Lou out on the coaching lines the Lookouts will he one of the greatest drawing cards in the circuit. He is popular with every fan in the league, and his A rile Latham style of coaching has amused thousands. Mr Andrews is to be congratulated for the wise move he made in bring ing the Count hack Into fast com pany BASEBALL. Diamond News and Gossip -VE5 MRS Little - I 3UST VURCTE N\v /SAOfXeR. TEuLiroCr HER ABOUT THOSE vJOMOFKFuL PiES OF -VOOWT - I'LL m6ME"(L T-o/L<tETT tVKVT JUuOAV OlfJA/ep. 1 HAD HERE C?EE IF NW HOIU'E vuAJmT 5t5 A. r , F fAILES AujA^/ UP TETA^ OUT" Trt Ri&1TT Auu AW TMtAE'S WOTH'N 6r UPE THE OLO ROME 0/NA/£R<f- | SUPPOSE I'LL (r^T MV TU^N-eV THriS OKRl STMftC- ArffH-E LitTLE OUD LUNCH COOUTER A/6TAP- (\A\J RO 0 AA / M <r IHO LP S S — I T“<S c.rte~Pip E/uOU'iS-H 8ur Ava/Fljll>V LOMESOmE - I 00 UJi SH TffE'V O ieu- ?/ES UKE S/OO MAKE THA-T WOULD HELP 50ME By Tad 133-Pounders to Ignore Ritchie | +•+ +•+ +•+ Real Lightweights to Organize V !/ THC1U i THAT PaTM€^*d\ K/C1.SOM OvT rH^^.6' b ACrAilf rR.'-J/(j ro UOfZrJ I*J 0 rv out / v Me AAOOCWcP TVA/O /n r (o.x/NrtiA JillIIlllll 100 TO 0. To hr bottn of the Rcdlept. (This*' an tail cagey views.) Ih the softest job in baseball— You've not a thing to lose. Shortstop Maranville’e father says that the hoy should have stuck to his trade as tinner The temptation to nay something about going Into tin when he's canned is well-nigh irresistible. Where “Matty Tells of Diamond Trng edics" we look in vain for u mention **f that time Mr. Baker knocked a base ball down into Central Park anil ruined a carefully constructed ball game that Matty h«<I been working on for nearly nine innings. It’s getting so that any one who men tions mere hundreds of dollars around a baseball meeting is met with the dotted-line look The Joy of American league batsmen over the news that Jack Coombs may never pitch again is tempered by the fact that Walter Johnson is still hale Not that it will make any difference to Cap Anson, hut the National League failed to vote him that pension which they had voted to vote him. He knows their hearts arc In the right place, as well as their kale Inasmuch ns the new boss 4>f tbe Bos ton lied Sox is a hotel man it is highly probable the Bostonians will be known this season as the “Bellhops ' TTW/V&- TO HOR./U /H OIL/ A Ct+RliTMAS O/N/ue.!^ Athletic Club Boys Out to Beat Augusta Quintet Saturday The Augusta Young Men's Christian ! Association basket ball team will play j the Atlanta Athletic Club quintet Sat urday night In the third game of the local basket ball season. The Augusta five haa a strong team this season and .Toe Bean is wasting no time in an etYort to get his quintet in the best of shape. The Athletic Club boys have won the only two games played on their sched ule this season and hope to win Sat urday's games also. Tennessee After Yost as Coach +•+ +•+ Michigan Wizard Declines Offer Tom Lynch, liank O'Day. Bill Dahlen and J»h‘ Tinker might be productive of a few warm stories for the Hot Stove League. * * • Totn Lynch now knows what it means to a player to receive his little uncon ditional release * • • About 300 people attended the ban quet given Manager Robinson, of the Super has. in Bnxiklyn recently, and the new leader of Charley Fbbots' club found it harder to make a speech than to manage a hall club • * • Connie Mack doesn’t think the Ath irti«s >.h\' .* cinch on the American League ting next year. The leader ->f the world's champions says that If Grif fith gets one real hitter, the Tigers two more good pis vers, or Wood and Walsh come hack, the Athletics will have a real battle for the pennant. Smith and Wahoo Pick Out Uniforms Billy Smith has selected his visiting uniforms for next **e.*e >n and they arc bearcats. Aided by Charley Wahoo. <>f A. G. Spalding it Co., the local pilot picked a gray uniform decorated with occasional stripes of red, blue and green. The stockings used will he blue with three narrow red stripes. A blue cap, with a red visor, will top off the re galia “Atlanta” in blue letters will docoi|\« the front of tbe shirts. Ritchie-Murphy Go Closed for Jan, 28 SAN FR ANCISCO, Dec. 16. The Willie Ritchie-Harlem Tommy' Murphy match is on again. The pair were matched last night to box 1!0 rounds for the world's title on the night of January 118. The lightweights will box for James Coffroth under the same terms as those which governed the battle that was culled off because of Ritchie's sore nose Ritchie Is to receive a $16,000 guarantee with a privilege of 50 per cent of the gross receipts, and Murphy will split the remaining amount with Coffroth. UMPIRE QUITS GAME. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Edward S. Handiboe, for two years an um pire for the American Association, has announced his, retirement from baseball. He has accepted a. position with a Washington business firm. LOOKOUTS BUY PLAYER. NEW YORK. Dec. 16.- -Secretary John B. Foster, of the Giants, an nounced to-day that he had sold tc Manager Harry McCormick, of Chat tanooga. the services of First Base- man Monte Pfyl. SOX LEAVE FEBRUARY 19. CHICAGO. Dec. 16.— Secretary Harry Grabiner. of the White Sox, has announced that the advance guard of the South Skiers will leave Feb ruary 19 for Paso Robles, Cal., ;ho spring training camp. CROSS AND ANDERSON SIGN. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 16 Leach Cross, of New York, and Bud Ander son, of Medford. Oreg . lightweights, signed articles of agreement to-day for a twenty-round bout New Year’s Day at Vernon arena. N ashville, tenn, d©c. ie.— So it remains for the Univer sity of Tennessee to pull the prize surprise of the year by com ing out with a bona flde offer for the services of Fielding H. Yost, the Michigan wizard, to pilot the East Tennesseeans next year. The Ten nessee Athletic Board was willing to tlx the "hurry-up” coach’s salary at $5,000 per annum for as long a time as Mr. Yost cared to Inhabit the mountainous section of the Volunteer State. Of course, the offer for Yost’s serv ices received nothing more than a brief note, declining "with thanks, etc., from the Wolverine coach, since he will have a bit of <iuite a few years to come They' work to perform at Ann Arbor for might Just as well plough up the gridiron there and sell it off in build ing lots as to have a football ma chine minus the master hand and mind of Yost, but "you gotta give ’em” credit up at Knoxville for being ambitious to turn out a winning team. • • • T HIS season the East Tennessee ans turned up with a rattling good eleven, carrying some of the finest material the Orange and White ever possessed, and only by a hair’s breadth did the Knoxville crew lose to Vanderbilt. With most of the 1913 crop re’timing next year, the ath letic board began to figure that with a leader of the Yost caliber the East Tennesseean* would clean up the South and In a short time occupy the proud championship position so long monopolized by the Commo dores. Then, too, Coach Clevenger found his duties at Tennessee so heavy that he was not able to give the football eleven the proper atten tion and was ready to hand in his resignation, provided a suitable coach could be landed. Enter the hope of annexing Fielding Y’ost. Up at Knoxville they figured that even though Yost was netting him self quite a few odd cents more than $5,000 teaching the Swedes and Danes at Ann Arbor how to commit man slaughter in a genteel manner, it would probably be worth the differ ence to the wizani to be down here where he could '4 ep in closer touch with his water power interests over in East Tennessee. It was a game effort to land the most w’onderful and successful coach In the country. No way to get around that, and Y’ost no doubt would have accepted had it not been for a previous arrangement with Michigan. • • • T HE Yost offer has created no lit tle discussion among Vanderbilt supporters as to the possible effect the Yost affair is going to have on Dan McGugln. whose contract with Y’anderbilt expires this year." While McGugln has never been noted for his loquacity and seldom gossips about such matters as his salary. It is pretty well known that it costs the Vander bilt Athletic Association in the neigh borhood of $3,500 each season to im part the mysteries of football to the Commodores. Then he has a chair of law In that department of the uni versity. which carries with It $1,500. Granting that these figures are ap proximately correct, the Commodore coach's connection with Vanderbilt is worth around $5,000 annually'. But now that Tennessee made such a handsome offer to Yost, it would not be surprising to see McGugln sign a Vanderbilt contract at considerably more than he has In the past been receiving. One thing is certain. No one can deny that his services to Vanderbilt are worth all that he might take a notion to demand, since it has been his great work there for ten years which has made the Commo dores a real giant on the gridiron. It was McGugln who put Vanderbilt on the football map and the splendid Commodore machines had a whole lot to do with putting the university be fore the public. Cincinnati Wants Two Players and $15,000 for Tinker CINCINNATI, Dec. 16.—Two play ers, a pitcher and an outfielder, to gether with $15,000 in cash, are asked from the Brooklyn club by the Cin cinnati club In exchange for the serv ices of Shortstop Joe Tinker instead of the straight sale of the player to the Brooklyn club for $25,000, as had been arranged by President Herr mann and Ebbets last week. This action was decided on after the board of directors of the Cincin nati club had overruled the action of President Herrmann in making the deal. PRETTY SOFT FOR CARPENTIER. LONDON, Dec. 16.—A Central News dispatch says that the Palladium Mu sic Hall in London has offered Georges Carpentier, the middleweight champion of France, who recently de feated Bombardier Wells, a salary of $2,500 a week. Carpentier’s manager has been compelled to decline the of fer , as Carpentier has already ar ranged to appear at the Folies Ber- reres in Paris. BOXING PAYS FOR WISCONSIN. MADISON, WIS.. Dec. 16.—The State’s share of boxing receipts for three and a half months, under the Redding boxing law. reached $3,994 to day with the receipt of a check of $752 from the State Athletic Commission. Dundee Held to Draw By Johnny Griffiths CANTON. OHIO. Dec. 36 —In a bout I that was fast and full of action, but I savage from gong to gong, Johnny Grif fiths. of Akron, held Tommy Dundee, the Ne wYork lightweight, to a draw here last night, the boys wading through twelve rounds of milling It was a no- decislon contest, but the newspaper de- * c,4iwr. fa** M'AULIFFE BEATS HOUCK. BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Dec. 16.— Young McAuliffe, of Bridgeport, won the decision over Tommy Houck, of Philadelphia, in a ten-round bout be fore the Liberty Athletic Club here last night. KETCHEL TO BOX SHULTZ. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Lorney’ Lichten stein has matched Steve Ketehel with Battling Shultz, at Toledo. Ohio, for ten rounds on New Year's Day. Steve meets Tommy Bresnahan in Pittsburg Friday night in a six round bout. By Left Hook. T HE Amalgamated 133-Pound Lightweight Boxers’ Associa tion, to which only ringmen w ho can scale 3 33 pounds at the ring side for a combat are eligible, Is in process of organization. This is no Idle dream, according to information received from Nate Lewis and Tom my Walsh, managers respectively of Charlie White and Joe Mandot, who are acting as sort of advance men and press agents for the association. They are in communication with the managers of the leading 133-pound boys of the country and expect to have a startling announcement to make before long. A constitution and bv-laws will be drawn up. annual dues fixed and officers elected. One important feature will be a heavy fine imposed on members who sign articles to meet pugilists heavier than 133 pounds. The aim of the association is. of course, to eliminate such fellow’s as Willie Ritchie, present champion, and to keep the lightweight title where it belongs, among the real 133-pound lads of the ring. The movement was started when it became evident that Ritchie, who was handed the championship on a foul in the sixteenth round of a stubborn fight w’ith Ad Wolgast, intended to raise the weight limit from that at which he secured the title, namely, 133 pounds. This action on Ritchie’9 part makes it impossible for any of the boy’s who have been battling at the championship weight of 133 pounds, which Gang. Nelson and Wolgast all allowed was the proper poundage, to fight Ritchie on his own w’elght terms and have a chance to win. Murphy Match an Example. Ritchie’s match with Tommy Mur phy. which was called off the other night for some mysterious reason, is an example. Ritchie had agreed to scale 135 an hour before gong time for Murphy, meaning about 137 at the ringside. Murphy was forced to accept the champion’s terms. So lit tle chance did the betting public think Tom had at that high poundage that Ritchie was a 10 to 4 favorite several hours before the bout w r as scheduled to have started* There are plenty of 133-pounders of clasps In the game, and they seriously intend to get together and fight it out for their championship. Ritchie will be referred to by them as the heavy lightweight champion and told to mingle with Packey McFarland. Freddie Welsh, Eddie Murphy and Jack Britton as often as he pleases, but to leave LIGHTWEIGHTS alone. Just look at. the lis. of 133-pound ers who are corking cards about the country' right now. Besides White and Mandot. the boys mentioned above, there are Ad Wolgast, now | handled by Frank Mulkern; Johnnv Dundee, managed by Scotty Mon- tieth; Johnny Griffiths, the Ohio sen sation, who permits his dad to do his business; Tommy Murphy', teamed by Jim Buckley; Leach Cross, looked after by his brother, Sam Wallach, and Joe Rivers, who listens to what Joe Levy tells him. About four of | them are claiming the title already. The Association Has Class. They form a dandy bunch of real I lightweights, at that, and what a tim^ they will have scrambling for | the championship if they thro g with this plan. There is no re why they can’t either. If all of thorn I Ignore Ritchie completely unless he j consents to do 133 ringside for one of them, where will Ritchie be? Not I in a choice spot, believe us. Half of I that gang can lace him at 133. The organizers are a bit worried about Buckley and Levy, who are angling for Ritchie matches for Mur- I phy and Rivers. But they expect to I show them the light before long, and I to bring them into the fold. The I other managers are with them to a I dot. They say a champion can dictate I He always has in the past. Perhaps I this will be the first time where the | reverse has been the case. Organi zation accomplishes wonders. Go to | it, gentlemen. Gibbons Hands Hirst Lacing for Six Rounds I PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.—Boxinie is play for Mike Gibbons, St. Pair I ring sensation. He gave Joe Hirst | of this city, a bad lacing In a six- round bout at the Olympia A. A. last I night. The fight went the six rounds I because of Gibbons’ stalling tactics. I Any time after the second round Mike | had opportunities to put the game lo cal lad away, but when Joe was stag gering and in a bad fix Mike always | managed to let up in his work. GENTRY HONORED. CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—Cyrus 8. Gentry ! gTa4luate and director of athletics of I McKendree College. Lebanon, Ill., has I been awarded the Rhodes scholarship at I Oxford College for Illinois. He was I chosen from among six who passed the | Oxford examinations. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. | L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. “THE OLD RELIABLE’ ! REMEDYfor MEN AT DRUGGISTS-OR TRIAL BOX BY MAIL50* FROM PLANTEN 93 HENRYST. BROOKLYN.MY. — BEWARE OF I MlTATIOUg— , Going up—the number of Fords in world-wide service. Going down—the cost of motor car transportation. More than three hundred fifty - five thousand Fords now in use are keeping trans portation cost at a minimum the world over. Five hundred dollars is the new price of the Ford runabout; the touring car is five fifty; the town car even fifty—f. o. b. Detroit, complete with equioment. Get catalog and particulars from Fora Motor Company, 311 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga. ■H BUM IHNHHBBNHHP mm