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THE ATLANTA CE0T?01AN AND NEWS As Man to Man, W hich Would You Rather Re, Huerta or Carl Morris? by □ IS HAVING GOOD EH SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Judge? JUDGE? Good Night, JUDGE! If You Don't Believe It, Read This Letter From the Crackers' Great Backstop. rjA //Is ix llu fourth of o sent 4 (, I I letter* from members of the * /'racier*, the Southern Leagut pennant tcin tiers. It ix from llarr// Chapman, the great young backstop. Thomas, Okla., Dec. 12. 1913. W. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Editor, The Atlanta Georgian. Dear Bill: l guess you think I am a little slow In answering your letter, but I have just come home from a big hunt of 24 days on which I had a dandy time. You asked me to write a letter for your paper, telling what I have been doing since 1 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 camp on the Miami River fishing, boating, kodakitig 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 to go to after those 26 days of hard fought battles at old Ponce DeLeon, in which I gave the man ager and fans everything I had, even 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. But 1 should worry, they are all right now. Speaking about giving every thing 1 had. I 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 I call rooting, and 1 hope they keep the good work up next season, and 1 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 “Flay Rail.” Landed home from Cincinnati <). K.. and was glad to get back, as anyone would be after they are away for seven months. Was home only two days and went to Texas for a prairie chicken hunt, Was gone a week Drove through in a car. Had a dandy time anti killed 33 chickens. It took us one day and part of the night to make the trip, as we were heavy loaded and could 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. I guess. We had a little snowstorm from the north ami that makes duck shoot ing good out here, so l hit out for .« good lak*- 42 miles from here. T»ie storm d d not last but a short time, so I did not stay long. We got there at 3 p. m. and at 10 a. in. the next morning we were getting on 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, but never had such good luck. And by that time the quail season had opened, and three of us had been planning on a big bunt as soon as the season was "’■•.'i for quail, which waa Novara- her 1.1. On the 17th we loaded our wagon for the trip, so we could get an early start on the morning of the ISth, on which we left in a covered wagon, and landed back born- the 10th of December. Now, anyone that never took a trip of that kind doe.; 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 h '\v much you will eat and how good you will feel. Of course. I mean if you like the out-of-door life ami 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 *ew ducks, as it was not duck weather while we were gone. We salted a lot of quail down, w hile we were out and they were fine ami dandy when we landed back home. So we can have quail and not have to hunt them for some time. Think 1 have enough hunting to do me for a while So think I shall sit around the fire and rub off some of those foul tips 1 got at Roney and try to gain a few more pounds. I have gained fourteen pounds, and that s about all I nee<^ for no body loves a fat man--not at Honey, anyway. If Manager Smith can find play ers to till the places of those he hist, and I think he can. even if it is hard to do. we'll be in the race again. Smith’s long suit is to find players just a little faster than the other managers have. Then he tells them what to do. ami they go and do it. So fans leave it to Bill, as they call him. and don't worry until we lose six in a row 1 am all <). K up to date. &nf I am going to take life easy until time for the training season and I will be one of the first to want to see 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 Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all. Yours truly. HARRY E CHAPMAN TVE IDEA OF ASFIWO M& IF I, I MAME v^itm o'*- vahTHOuT- H0i4“ TVHi IE THE FCAC.e W HERE I LOVT KR'V HAT - tvacv v/UOOLPajT BELIB^MF vuOCU I TOL-O TME>A THAT I TUOEE P-UMMA^iEP-- IF rxe-v JTAET AWV7MIMOr TO DFW VU_ Looic ( N> ffizr ( OVSTER STEAJS \ ARE OOOD W OIWltMSTAMOl W{| LEAiy wuT* . f i41 r rxE. 3uo &£ TW6 WfcT I b> i CCrFT V,ECTiBPV AwOHES AWFuL \ V /V\AD. — t Cm 4 ? — ? *'0v7 Ajorue £VMf*y ATAu y4 ■ BE lv CC*'E> D* TO PoT P£ED A tCyjT TVUi TlMt r-A v b, HCVA.S THE ! CHICLE w TOOAV ? / fine.::: HOVMgE. VC V TL> oGtjy «v Stbmed’.M ( \ \ T—r yt lt Bait'S Sporting Food By GEORGE E. PHAIR J. TINKER SINGS. My country, 'I is from thee, Street land of liberty. From thee I stray. i To Brooklyn I must roam. Across the rayiny foam. And trace my happy home, The I . S. A. ] tore thy rocks and rills. Thy trttods and templetI hills And id her scent's. I mould prefer to be, Chicago, III., with thee,' Hut Brooklyn offers me 10,000 beans. Mr. Tinker, however, will not be compelled to spend the whole season in Brooklyn. The seven other cities 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 was runnor-up in tho Tinker deal, thereby getting half the 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 bare 50 pounds. Consider what a scant margin is 50 pounds in a prize fight Gunboat Smith does not outweigh Johnny Coulon by much more than that. In spite of bis defeat. It must be admitted that One-Round Davis more than lived up to bis name He lasted a round and a half. Fortune is a finicky old dame. For instance, Art Butler was married on the s«me day he was sentenced to play with the Cardinals. FINANCIERS. 11 here ate the champs of yesteryear II ht> tinny around buffets. And spent their pile for quarts of ehet r. Anti turned their nights /o days? The old time elittmps hare irandered hence, Did modern t humps prevail. Who would not squander thirty rents To sure a friend from jail. There i6 no truth in the report that Georges Carpent'er 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 his feet. Reports from the Ju*rez track indi cate that new records are almost as numerous as new revolutions. Perseverance always brings suc cess After trying out approximately 14,000 dedication, Charlie Ebbets finally has corralled something worth 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 pick. GEOGRAPHY. "When ix Brooklyn?*' spoke the teacher. To her eltiss out' winter titty. "Brooklyn.” said ti bright young creature. "Is where Tinker soon trill play.” Harvard Will Elect 1914 Captain To-day DAM BRIDGE, MASS.. Dec. 17- The Harvard football team will hold a meeting here to-da> to select a captain tor the 1914 eleven It seems certain that Charley Brick- ley. the team's gieat halfback, will get th« 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. Dc<\ 17 J.t. k Britton, who has been laid up with a heavy cold for a few days, is well again, and ha* been secured to meet Al Dewey, the Wilkesbarre. Pa. wo terweight. :\*r ten rounds at a show to be br-' ight . ff at ‘!U -Nbarre nex Mon- a \ n ht INDOOR SPORTS By Tad Baldwin Defeat Hurts Ritchie LOOKS A S THOU GH HE ■ was PooRED , /WtU THAT io 'T MEN yPSr* VJtJ YOU KLVO V' ; MR BuSe S'LW Boob td sehp /- DowHERE \ TO ME U? ou" 1 he*' vTjvpir. GET -AF A y. pr VAK-P .STICK ' Right a^a-/ ,T >ill | I M Mi Champ Later Wins Over Britton / j' | f WE \ AiL-ncrR m >s : mgovu -o >v ( 11 i f 5 / /,/ IlUiM i Four Teams Enter in Cross-Country Run At Tech Saturday The cross-country race that will be held at Tech Saturday afternoon is cre ating much interest among the stu dents. The race has been an annual affair, the students entering for themselves ami running for Individual prizes alone. This year a new plan will be tried out by the school. At Tech there are three dormitories, namely, the Swann, Knowles and one that in 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 are taking the co-op course, will form another Kor 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 NKW YORK. Dec. 17. Montgom ery Pfyl. a left-handed first base man, was reinstated by the New York National League club yesterd iv 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 v • *1* v*v *1* • *1- v • v Attendance Record Is Up Again ( 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 years ago. masqueraded over Europe as Jack Johnson, at Paris, December ;9 He fights Frank Moran in Paris January 2* for twenty rounds. JohiL- son asks Flanagan to go over to han- dL him for the Moran fight. No men tion is made of the purses hung ip for the two fights. NEW BOXING CLUB IN GOTHAM. NEW YORK, Dec 17 less and Ed McMahon, t; e ’oeal boxing promoters, plan i" operate another big boxing club It >s understood that they will be grant- ,. a 1 •* v. • % hi • h ’’*> New S’ar Oa'ono a» one Hundred an’ Seventh str* t :eul 1 ‘'xington aventu By (). B. Keeler. RIM-VISAGED t War is about to jp wrinkle up his Lowering Front once more and embroil two most excellent cronies and a couple of large and prosperous cities, to say nothing of a brace of ball clubs. Frank ('alia way and "Bobby” Baugh are at it again. That means that Atlanta and Bir mingham are hooked up in a chal lenge match as to the attendance rec ord for 1914. us well as to which team will show the 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 ** at the Hotel Ansiey, Mr. Baugh made a speech. The mere fact in itself was not unusual. Mr. Rau* h 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 fal lowing tirade against M-jor Call4- vva y. • • * nTUAT man Callaway.* said Mr. * Baugh, "doesn’t know how to take a joke. Besides, he’s a Mean Guy. When l get through telling >u about him you will begin to wonder how the well-known integrit> of baseball is maintained as long ns Frank Callaway is mixed up in it. Oh. I’m going to expose things. I ami "It was this way. "Last year you may remember we had a little affair something of this order over in Birmingham. I was 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- ■»® <r«tnp to win th** 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 hints. • • • -Mow. i contend that this man 1^1 Callaway has no sense of hu mor. justic or proportion, to saw nothing of the eternal fitness of things. He can’t lake 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 "lub, 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 Frank), but his blamed town also ups and snows unJer Birmingham in attendance. and percentage. and everything else. "Now. I put it to you fair—has i man like that anv business in .i s port sman 1 i k e ga m e ?’’ lW DOOR SVOR.T& —H 1 i| ',\> EVJ cn rv\ ER AT” , THE iHfPPno Cr t>EPT Boxing Commission Hands McFarland One Year Suspension MILWAUKEE; WIS.. Dec. 17,— Paokev McFarland was last night sus pended by the Wisconsin boxing com mission for one year for failure to give a “satisfactory performance" in the hour with Jack Britton in Milwaukee on December 6. Paokev McFarland, when notified of his suspension, said he was little con cerned over the action of the Wiscon sin boxing commission 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 light in Wisconsin again. If I failed to comply with the law, the cummi #ion 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 I ni- veraitv of South Carolina football team for the season of 1914. McGowan is from Laurens, S. C., and has played three rears on the varsity eleven. CORD! E R WINS TITLE. NKW YORK. Dec. 17 —A. J. Cordier, AND then ,\lr. Baugh abandoned former Yale captain. Is the new na- *» himself to threats 1 tional champion at squash tennis The final match of the tournament played vesterday resolved itself into a lale- Harvurd battle, t’ordler’s opponent be ing Kvelyn Dupont Irving, a Crimson player. Cordier Won with a total tally of os aces to "7. Thi.* in lltc seventh of the xtrie* Champion W illie Ritchie, written eve. Bv 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 tl.em accused me of having cold fe“t, and they went around town saying that I. never could make good as • twenty-rounder. I don’t blairm them now, for I realize that I s.iould have done better against the Boston boy. In fact, 1 really should have knocked him out. But my friends down Coalinga way still were boosters for me. Right aft er the Baldwin scrap t ey wired m • to come back to th* oil fields and take a chance against Tommy Mc Farland in a twenty-round mix-'up. McFarland was p-oing good then. He had returned from the East a few months before wi:h the honor of .stay ing ten rounds with Champion "Vol ga at The Coalinga promoters made me a pretty good offer, and I decided to take it. I felt that I must show something in the way of a 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 1 had a chance to do something with my hay maker. I was the favorite with the fans down in Coltlinga because they knew me. But many of the sports in San Francisco made McFarland a favor ite over me. I heard this later on. However. I w'as desperate. I made up my mind to take a chance for a knock-out. and I never worked s«» hard in all my life as I did for that battle, because so much depended upon it. Knocks Tom McFarland Out. I stepped into that ring feeling like a 2-year-old. So did McFarland. In fact, we both looked good. He star* ed right after me and rushed me hard. He landed a few stiff ones on my stomach in the opening round, an J I 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 the third. He was strong and aggressive, and I had to keen stepping pretty lively, and he made me use everything in order to keep out of his wfiy. The short-end bettors w*ere boosting him along, and at the end of the second round he was holding me even, all right, and ho. mav have had a lead. The third round found me slugging with him and taking all sorts <»f 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. T feint ed Tommy wdth a couple of lefts and waited for a chance with my right. He finally left an opening, and I shot over across to* ‘he jaw. That settled it. Tommy took he count. Naturally, I felt great after that battle. I showed a knock-out wal lop, and I was eager to get back to San Francisco, sign up for some mo*v 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 Johnnv McCarthy. After knocking McFarland out, I was boos*- of the life and battles of Lightweiglh lusicely for The Georgian. ed around San Francisco again. an«] I began to feel pretty proud of nv self. The first thing I did when 1 go back to town was to sign with Mr Carthy for a ten-round mill over in Oakland. 1 wa« fu 11 of confidence in.! I intended to go T’ght in and try f.. a knock-out. I realized that 1 wouiu have to square my.*elf with my . -| friends, and I was ambitious to molve good. But no such luck. I fought a mis erable figlu against McCarthy. I could not box, nor punch, nor *1» anything else. He held me to a te*- round draw, and I all but cried in ir.y dressing room after it was over. I realize now that Johnny mu«: have been mv jinx. Try as I could, I never seemed to get right for him. He must have had something on nv-, 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 shou.j have done better. Jerry Murphy was fighting good then. He looked like one of the b of the four-round boys. I begged for a chance against him. and they gave it to me. Although this was only a couple of weeks after I had mi.i* such a bad fight with McCarthy. I tore right after Murphy and won *he decision easily. I had everything that night, and 1 set myself right with rhe fans again. Britton an Easy Mark. Next came Jack Britton. He had just arrived, bringing with him that great Eastern reputation. True, he had not done very, well among Hi* four-rounders, but the fans wer° claiming that he had not got used to our climate. All he wanted was crack at me. He promised to wipe up the ring with me and send m- back to work in jigtime. And 1 gave him the chance. We drew a big house, and, if 1 ? member right, Britton was a strong favorite over me. But that was I had his number in the first round, and I really believe that if T had Jt loose in the third I would have la d Jack out and practically ended ri* 8 ring career. Tf ever I had a man where I wanted him. it was Britto i Maybe he will admit it and maybe bo will not. He outweighed me and Iip was su posed to have science enough to ma> me look like a buslier. But I jus! stood up and took a chance. In last two rounds T measured him right. They ’ Piled for me to go and take a chance, but I preferred to play the game safe. I remember that I had him staggering around ta ring in the last round, for he whs helpless. This was a great boost for me. and I realized i*.. Tn fact, it started nv* on a new career. T made up my mini then and there to keep on taking chances and quit playing a safe gany I began to believe that T had a knock out wallop, and I came to the concD* sion that the sooner I tried it on: thr faster I would v o to !.he front if th oV gave me a chance. 'But we’re going to get you yet he assured Mr. Callaway at the ;o of a very robust pair of lungs. “You ! can t take a joke, so we're not going , to joke th s time. Birmingham is going to wallop Atlanta in attendance, and the Barons are going to make the Crackers look just exactly , size of those little doll ball piayers j down there on that diamond. And when you come down to Binning- I ham to the next annual meeting I'm going to laugh at you good and , plenty.” * • • there was he defiance, and i ^ was up to Mr Callaway to t.ikei it lip, which he did promptly. "And when you come apologizing back to Atlanta to the next anno J. meeting." he finished. "I’ll have in- other Joke to tell you that’ll top an> - thing you’ve heard yet. And it will be on Birmingham ’’ * * * T HUS did crool war break out on more, and the campaign so g »■- lorlouslv wound up by the Cra ‘k v vs 1 iast September will ha\ to >iai: . over ain on ' pri! 1 .1. 1914 AUGUSTA FIVE IS STRONG The Augusta Young Men’s Christian Association basket ball team, scheduled to play the Atlanta Athletic Club Sat- uniav night. D expected to furnish the locals a might\ sHff tight Augusta al- w.ivs has a spletu ><l quintet ard reports from that citv indicate that this year's team is stronger than usual RUSSELL STILL SLIPPING. Russell, for whom Connie Mack pn’d * 1w .5Cfl ar.U who pitched r. few game*; ft »• the Atlanta ball club, is un able to stav in high-class baseball. He has been soM by the Baltimore eh:b in rt>r X“w York Mate League. 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