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III HUNTING
If You Don't Believe It, Read This
Letter From the Crackers'
Great Backstop.
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letter* from member* of the
Cracker*, the Southern League
pennant i/inner*. It i* from Harry
( haptnan, the great young hark*top.
Thomas, Okla., Deo. 12, 1913.
W S. Farnsworth,
Sporting Editor,
The Atlanta Georgian
Dear Bill: T guess you think I
am a little slow in answering your
letter, hut I have Just come home
from a big hunt of 24 days on
which I had a dandy tim** You
asked me to write a letter for your
paper, telling what 1 have been
doing since I left Atlanta. Well,
here goes.
I left for Cincinnati from Knox
ville and stayed two weeks with a
boy friend in that city. We put in
most of our time going to shows
while in the city, and when not in
the city we were at his ramp on
the Miami River fishing boating,
kodaking and eating large feeds
that the cook would have fixed for
us when we came in. and we sure
did enjoy them - at least, I did. and
I am most sure my pal did. as he
was not used to the out-of-door life
as I was Sure was a great treat
for me to have a place of that kind
io go to after those 26 days of
hard fought battles at old Ponce
DeLeon, in which 1 gave the man
ager and fans everything I had.
*ven if I did have two ribs caved
in. Rut there was too much at
stake to think of as small a thing
as two broken ribs Rut at times
they would make me think of them.
Rut I should worry, they are all
right now.
•Speaking about giving every-
ihing I had. 1 want to say that every
fan gave everything that had.
if not a little more. In fact, all
the boys on the bench thought the
world had or was coming to an
end. the noise was so loud. There
were times when we could not un
derstand each other without talk
ing in each other's ear. So that is
what 1 call rooting, and I hope
they keep the good work up next
season, and I am sure they will.
The Crackers are going to give
them something to root for.
So. get ready for that big day
when the umps yell "Play Ball. 1 '
Landed home from Cincinnati O.
K . and w r as glad to get hack, as
anyone would be after they are
away for seven months. Was home
only two days and went to Texas
for a prairie chicl^n hunt Was
gone a week. Drove through in a
car Had a dandy time and killed
38 chickens. it took us one day
and part of the night to make the
trip, a* we were heavy loaded and
'•ould not drive fast, and the roads
are not the best. Came home from
that hunt and took life easy for a
while, about two weeks, 1 guess. We
had a little snowstorm from the
north and that makes duck shoot
ing good out here, so 1 hit out for
a good lake 42 miles from here.
The storm did not last but a short
time, so 1 did not stay long We
got there at 3 p m and at JO a. m
the next morning we -were getting
»n the train with 93 ducks, and
that is more than any other two
hunters have ever brought in So
1 guess we are champs. Have
taken a number of small duck hunts
since hut never had such good
luck And by that time the quail
season had opened, and three of
us had been planning on a big
hunt as soon as the season was
open for quail, which was Novem
ber 15. On the 17th we loaded our
wagon for the trip, so we could
get an early start on the morning
of the 18th, on which we left in
a covered wagon and landed back
home the 10th of December. Now.
apyone that never took a trip of
that kind does not know what fun
and good times are unless they go
and see for themselves No use of
me to tell you what it is like, and
how much you will eat and how
good you will feel Of course. I
mean if you like the out-of-door
life and to hunt, camp out and sleep
in a tent or in a sleeping bag 1
will take a sleeping bag for mine.
We had one big time, killed a
world of quail, but very Vw ducks,
as it was not duck weather while
we were gone We salted a lot of
quail down while we were out and
they were fine and dandy when
we landed back home So we can
have quail and not have to hunt
them for some time
Think I have enough hunting to
do me for a while So think 1 shall
sit around the Are and rub off some
of those foul tips I got at Poncy
snd try to gam a few more pounds
1 have gained fourteen pounds,
and that is about all 1 need, for no
body loves a fat man—not at
Poncy, anyway.
If Manager Smith can find play
ers to All the places of those he lost,
and I think he can. even if it is
hard to do. we'll be in the race
again. Smiths long suit is to
find players .iust a little faster
’han the other managers have
Then he tells them what to do. and
they go and do it Sc* fans leave it
to Rill, as they call him. and don't
worry until we lose six in a row
I am all <> K up to date, and
1 am going to take life easy until
time for the training season and
1 will be one of the first to want to
nee what some of the new pitchers
have and will bring all the pepper
there is in Oklahoma—and they
have a lot of it out here. So good
luck and good-bye and a Merry
<*hr;stmas and a Happy New Tear
to one and all.
Yours trul>.
HARRY E. CHAPMAN.
Sporting Food
By GEORGE E PHAIR *
J. TINKER SINGS.
My country, 'ti* from thee.
Sweet latul of liberty.
From titer I stray.
To Brooklyn / must roam.
Aero** the raging foam.
And leave my happy home,
The V. S. A.
I love thy rock* and rill*.
Thy wood* ami templed hill*
And tdher scene*.
1 would prefer to be,
Chicago, III., with thee.
But Brooklyn offers me
W,000 bran*.
Mr. Tinket, however, will not be
compelled to spend the whole season
in Brooklyn. The seven other c'ties
on the National League circuit are in
the United States.
Yagotta hand it to Mr. Murphy for
his gallant effort to land Joe Tinker.
He was willing to spend anything but
money.
Mr. Murphy whh runner-up in the
Tinker deal, thereby getting half t he
publicity without investing any capi
tal.
Jess Willard deserves great credit
for his overwhelming victory over
One-Round Davis. He outweighed his
man by a b*re 50 pounds.
Consider what a scant margin is 50
pounds in a prize fight. Gunboat
Smith does not outweigh Johnny
Coulon by much more tha n that.
In spite of his defeat, it must be
admitted that One-Round Davis more
than lived up to his name He lasted
a round and a half.
Fortune is a finicky old dame. For
instance, Art Butler was married on
the same day he was sentenced to
play with the Cardinals.
FINANCIERS.
Where are the champ* of yesteryear
Who hung around buffets.
And spent their pile foi quart* of
t hen.
And turned Ilirir nights to days?
The old time < humps hai r wandered
hence.
And modern champs prevail.
Who would not squander thirty
f rents
To save a friend from jail.
There is no truth in the report that
Georges Carpenter has earned $200.
000, although he may have collected
that amount for whipping English
heavyweights.
There must be a mistake in the re
port that Willie Ritche is wearing an
ice pack on his head. It must be a
hot water bottle on h»s feet.
Report# from the Ju«rez track indi-
oate that new records are almost as
numerous as new revolutions.
Per*ever«nce always brings suc
cess After trying out approximately
14,000 dedication. Charlie Ebbets
finally has corralled something worth
j while dedicating.
A competitor in a six-day race has
a distinct advantage over a specta
tor. Being always on the move, 't is
difficult to pick his pockets. Besides,
he has no pockets to p'ck.
GEOGRAPHY.
" Where t* Brooklyn spoke the
teacher.
To her class (me winter day.
"Brooklyn." said a bright young
creature,
"I* where Tinker soon will play."
Harvard Will Elect
1914 Captain To-day
i A M RR1DG K. MASS . Dot 17
The Harvard football team will hold
a meeting here to-day to select a
captain for the 1914 eleven
It seems certain that Charley Brick -
ley, the team's great halfback, will
get the place, though Walter Trum
bull. the big guard, has quite a few
supporters. Eighteen men are eligi
ble to vote for the captain
BRITTON VS. DEWEY
NEW YORK. Pec 17 Jack Britton,
who has been laid up with a heavy ,-r*ld
for a few day?, j? well again, and Las
be*»n secured to meet A1 Dewey, the
Wilkesharre. Pa welterweight, for ten
rounds at a show ro he brought off at
Wiikesbarrc next Monday night.
INDOOR SPORTS
By Tad
Baldwin Defeat Hurts Ritchie
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Champ Later Wins Over Britton
This is the seventh of the series of the life ami battles of Lightweiqth
Champion Willie Ritchie, rcritten exclusively for The Georgian.
Four Teams Enter in
Cross-Country Run
At Tech Saturday
lire cross-country race that will be
held at Tech Saturday afternoon is ere
a 11 tig much interest among the stu
dents.
The rate has been an annual affair,
the students entering for themselves
and running for individual prizes alone
This \ear a new plan will be tried out
by the school.
At Tech there are three dormitories,
namely, the Swann. Knowles and one
that is known as the Shacks. The stu
dents that reside In Swann will compose
one team, the students of Knowles an
other and the men In the Shacks, to
gether with the men that axe taking
the co-op course, will form another.
For the day students, that is students
that reside in the city, another team
will be formed, making a total of four
teams to enter the race.
Pfyl Reinstated;
To Join Lookouts
NEW YORK, Dec. 17— Montgom
ery Pfyl. a left-handed first base
man. was reinstated by the New
York National League club yesterday
and released to Chattanooga, of the
Southern Association. Pfyl received
a try-out with the Giants four years
ago and later jumped to the Califor
nia outlaws. He applied recently for
reinstatement.
‘Bobby' Baugh Declares War
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Attendance Record Is Up Again
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Jack Johnson Fights
Frank Moran Jan. 25
TORONTO. ONTARIO. Dec. 17.—In
a letter to Tom Flanagan from Paris
Jack Johnson says he has signed up
for two fights He meets Jim John
son. a big negro who. a couple of
\ears ago. masqueraded over Europe
as Jack Johnson, at Paris. December
i9 He fights Frank Moran in Par s
January 25 for twenty rounds. John
son asks Flanagan to go over to han
dle him for the Moran fight. No men
tion is made of the purses hung up
for the two fights.
NEW BOXING CLLB IN GOTHAM.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17 Jess and Ed
McMahon, the local boxing promoters,
plan to operate another big boxing club.
1: is understood that the> will be grant
ed a license to conduct bouts at the
New Star Casino at One Hundred and
Seventh street and Lexington avenue
B\ r O. B. Keeler.
"A RIM-VISAGED War is about to
•j- wrinkle up his Lowering Front
once more and embroil two
moet excellent cronies and a couple
of large and prosperous cities, to say
nothing of a brace of ball clubs.
Frank Callaway and Bobby"
Baugh are at it again
That means that Atlanta and Bir-
mingliam are hooked up in a chal
lenge match as to the attendance rec
ord for 1814. as well as to which team
will show ttie fattest percentage col
umn at the end of the season.
Following is the manner of the
declaration of war.
* * •
AT the annual dinner Monday night
1 * at the Hotel Ansley, Mr. Baugh
made a speech. The mere fact in
itself was not unusual Mr. Baugh
has made speeches before. But this
speech was a highly incendiary af
fair.
First. Mr. Baugh grudgingly com
plimented the Crackers and their
president. He really said some very
nice things about them, and about the
dinner, and about the town—you
know how such things go.
But the more Mr. Baugh talked,
the higher his gorge rose
He was thinking about that at
tendance business.
And finally Mr. Baugh unfolded,
signed, sealed and delivered the fol
lowing tirade against Major Calla
way :
• • •
“THAT man Callaway.' said Mr.
* Baugh, "doesn't know how to
take a joke Besides, he’s a Mean
Guy. When I get through telling vri
about him you will begin to wonder
how the well-known integrity of
baseball is maintained as long as
Frank Callaway is mixed up in it.
Oh. I'm going to expose things. 1 ami
"It was this way.
"Last year you may remember we
had a little affair something of this
order over in Birmingham ! w s
compelled by circumstances over
which I had no control to say a few
genial words to the assembled guests,
this Callaway person being among
them.
"In the course of my remarks it
is quite possible I hinted that Bir-
mingham was going to win the pen
nant again, and, furthermore, was
going to beat Atlanta out in atten
dance I say, it is possible 1 may
have let fall some such hint*
1 * •
“MOW. I contend that this man
A ^ Callaway has no sense of hu
mor. justic or proportion, to say
nothing of the eternal fitness of
things. He can't take a joke.
"He took my mild hints just as if I
had meant them. And then what
does he do? Why, gentlemen, he
goes to work and enlists the Ad
Men's Club, and the Chamber of
Commerce, and some Royal Rooters
or other, and all the Atlanta news
papers. and I don't know what all
besides. And his blamed club not
only wins the pennant by the grace
of that stout party at the right of
the toastmaster (loud cheers for C.
Frank), but his blamed town also
ups and snows under Birmingham in
attendance. and percentage, and
everything else.
"Now'. I put it to you fair—has a
man like that any business in a
sportsmanlike game?"
• • •
AND then Mr Baugh abandoned
himself to threats.
"But we re going to get you yet. '
he assured Mr. Callaway at the top
of a very robust pair of lungs. "You
can't take a joke, so were nor going
to joke this time. Birmingham is
going to wallop Atlanta in attendance,
and the Barons are going to make
the Crackers look just exactly th«
size of those little doll ball players
down there on that diamond. And
when von come down to Birming
ham to the next annual meeting I'm
going to laugh at you good and
plenty "
• • •
CO there was the defiance, and it
^ was up to Mr. Callaway to take
it up, which he did promptly.
"And when you come apologizing
back to Atlanta to the next annual
meeting." he finished, "T’ll have an
other joke to tell you that’ll top any
thing you've heard >et. And it will
be on Birmingham "
T*HUS did «'roo! war break out on e
* more, and the campaign so ge*- 1
loriously wound up by the Crackers
last September will have to start all*
over again on Aprii 15, 1914.
Boxing Commission
Hands McFarland
OneYearSuspension
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. Dec 17.—
Packey McFarland was last night sus
pended by the Wisconsin boxing com
mission for one year for failure to give
a "satisfactory performance" in the
bout with Jack Britton in Milwaukee
on December 6
Packey McFarland, when notified of
his suspension, said he was little con
cerned over the action of the Wiscon
sin boxing comifiission in barring him
from boxing in the State for a year.
"Their ruling has no influence in
other States," he said, "and I don't
care if I never fight in Wisconsin again.
If I failed to comply with the law. the
commission was wrong in letting me
box Jack Britton. They are the ones
who should be disciplined."
McGowan to Captain
South Carolina Team
COLUMBIA. S. C. Dec 17.—W B
McGowan, tackle and quarterback, was
last night elected captain of the Uni
versity of South Carolina football team
for the season of 1914. McGowan is
from lAurens. S. C.. and has played
three years on the varsity eleven.
CORDIER WINS TITLE.
NEW’ YORK. Dec. 17.—A. J. Cordier,
former Yale captain, is the new na
tional champion at squash tennis. The j
final match of the tournament played j
veseerdav resolved itself into a Yale-
Hafvard battle. Cordier’s opponent be
ing Evelyn Dupont Irving, a Crimson
player. Cordier won with a total tally
of 55 aces to 37.
By Willie Ritchie.
S AN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 17.—
The fans of San Francisco did
not seem to think much of me
after the Baldwin fight. Many of.
them accused me of having cold feet,
and they went around town saying
that I never could make good as a
twenty-rounder. I don’t blame them
now, for I realize that I s'.iould have
done better against the Boston boy.
In fact, I really should have knocked
him out.
But my friends down Coallnga way
still were boosters for me. Right afr-
er the Baldwin scrap t. ey wired me
to come back to tlm oil fields and
take a chance against Tommy Mc
Farland in a twenty-round mix-up.
McFarland was going good then. He
had returned from the East a few
months before with the honor of stay
ing ten rounds with Champion TVol-
gast
The Coallnga promoters made me
a pretty good offer, and I decided to
take it. 1 felt that I must show
something in the way of a v knock
out punch if I hoped to stay with the
fighting game. I realized that Tom
my was a tough nut. but I was in
good shape after my battle with the
Bostonian, and I figured that I had a
chance to do something with my hay
maker.
I was the favorite with the fans
down in Coalinga because they knew
me. But many of the sports in San
Francisco made McFarland a favor
ite over me. 1 heard this later on.
However, I was desperate. I made
up my mind to take a chance for a
knock-out. and I never worked so
hard in all my life as I did for that
battle, because so much depended
upon it.
Knocks Tom McFarland Out.
1 stepped into that ring feeling like
a 2-year-old. So did McFarland. In
fact, we both looked good. He start
ed right after me and rushed me hard.
He landed a few stiff ones on my
stomach in the opening round, and
1 will admit that he shook me up. As
all the local fans know. Tommy is a
fine infighter, and it is hard to get at
him.
It was nip and tuck in the sec
ond, and again in tlie third. He was
strong and aggressive, and I had to
keep stepping pretty lively, and he
made me use everything in order to
keep out of his wav. The short-end
bettors were boosting him along, and
at the end of the second round he
was holding me even, all right, and he
may have had a lead.
The third round found me slugging
with him and taking all sorts of
chances. We just stood toe to toe,
and went at it. I had a shade because
I guess that my condition had some
thing to do with it.
The finish came in the fourth. It
was then' that I decided to take a
chance and end it, if possible. I feint
ed Tommy with a couple of lefts and
waited for a chance with my right.
He finally left an opening, and I shot
over across to the Jaw. That settled
It. Tommy took Gie count.
Naturally. I felt great after that
battle. T showed a knock-out wal
lop, and I was eager to get back to
San Francisco, sign up for some m-ve
fights, so that I might convince all the
fans that I was able to punch hard.
Johnny McCarthy a Jinx.
I hurried right back home when 1
learned that I had a chance to get
on with Johnny McCarthy. After
knocking McFarland out. T was boos‘-
ed around San Francisco again, and
I began to feel pretty proud of mv
self.
The first thing I did when I got
back to tow’n was to sign with Me
Carth.v for a ten-round mill over In
Oakland. I was full of confidence and
I intended to go r'ght in and try for
a knock-out. I realized that I won in
have to square my? elf with my old
friends, and I was ambitious to make
good.
But no such luck. I fought a mis
erable fight against McCarthy. I
could not box, nor punch, nor d >
anything else. He held me to a ten
round draw, and I all but cried in mv
dressing room after it was over.
T realize now that Johnny must
have been my jinx. Try as I could. T
never seemed to get right for him
He must have had something on me,
or else I must have been made to or
der for him. Anyhow, I was not in a
position to display a punch or to box
him, and once more the knockers
started after me. I did not blam**
them this time, either, for I shouli
have done better.
Jerry Murphy was fighting good
then. He looked like one of the beet
of the four-round boys. I begged for
a chance against hitn. and they gate
it to me. Although this was only a
couple of weeks after I had marie
such a bad fight with McCarthy. L
tore right after Murphy and won -he
decision easily. I had everything that
night, and I set myself right wittj the
fans again.
Britton an Easy Mark.
Next came Jack Britton. He hal
just arrived, bringing with him that
great Eastern reputation. True, be
had not done very well among the
four-rounders, but the fans were
claiming that he had not got used to
our climate. All he wanted was a
crack at me. He promised to wipe
up the ring with me and send m*
back to work in Jigtime. And I gave
him the chance.
We drew r a big house, and, if T re
member right, Britton was a strong
favorite over me. But that was all
T had his number in the first round,
and T really belie\ T e tha.t If T had cut.
loose in the third T would have d
Jack out and practically ended i. «
ring career. If ever I had a qjp.n
where I wanted him. it "was Britton
Maybe he will admit it and maybe he
will not.
He outweighed me aud he was sup
posed to have science enough to make
me look like a busher. But T just
stood up and took a chance. In the
last two rounds I measured him
right. They veiled for me to go 4 n
and take a chance, but T preferred
to play the game safe. I remember
that I had him staggering around the
ring in the last round, for he whs
helpless.
This was a great boost for me, nnd
T realized it. In fact, it started me
on a new career. I made up my mind
then and there to keep on tailing
chances and quit playing a safe frame
T began to believe that I had a knock
out wallop, and T came to the conclu
sion that the sooner I tried it out the
faster I would pt> to the front if ih°y
’gave me a chance.
AUGUSTA FIVE IS STRONG.
The Augusta Young Men's Christian
Association basket ball team, scheduled
to play the Atlanta Athletic Club Sat-
urdav night, is expected to furnish the
locals a mighty stiff fight. Augusta al
ways has a splendid quintet and reports
from that city indicate that this year's
team is stronger than usual
RUSSELL STILL SLIPPING.
IWty Russell, for whom Connie Mack
paid $12,500 and who pitched a few
games for the Atlanta ball club, is un- |
able to stay in high-class baseball. He
has been sold by the Baltimore club to
the New York State League Mickey i
Corcoran also goes to the New York
State League
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