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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
TEHER IS
IF OLD LEAGUE
Morgan G. Bulkeley Was the First
President, Taking the Of
fice in the Year 1875.
Bv Frank G. Menke.
N --K\\ r YORK, Dec. 17.—John K.
Tener is the seventh pres
ident that the Naitonal Reague
has had since Its organization, late in
HTn His predecessors ill the office
have been Morgan B. Bulkeley, Wil
liam A, Hurlburt, A. (3. Mills, N. E
Young. Harry O. Pulliam and Thomas
j Lynch. Mr. Hurlburt died in of
fice April 10, 1882. Mr. Mills resigned
•he position in 1885, and Harry Pul
liam committed suicide in 1909 by
shooting himself in the head, aft^r a
physical and mental breakdown.
Mr, Bulkeley, the first president,
held office only one year, being suc
ceeded in 1870 by William A. Hurl-
hurt. who has been called the “founder
of the National Reague.” Mr. Hurl-
hurt wielded the reins until he died, in
jgS. ills successor was A. G. Mills,
who was succeeded in 1885 by N. E.
Young. Mr. Young was also the sec
retary and treasurer of the league,
and it was not until after the Na
tional went to war with the American
League that Uncle Nick stepped down
and out. This was in 1902.
A successor to Mr. Young was not
hosert at once, but during 1902 tile
National Reague was run by a com
mittee, of which the late John T.
Brush was the chairman.
In 1903 Harry C. Pulliam, who had
been Barney Dreyfuss' right bower as
secretary of the Rouisville and Pitts
burg clubs, was elected president. Pul
liam's career In the league was very
stormy. The strain of the 1908 cam
paign, when the memorable play-off
of the tie between New York and
Chicago occurred, and other incidents
resulted in Mr. Pulliam breaking
down. At the meeting of the league
In Chicago in 1909 Mr. Pulliam's con
dition became so serious that it was
decided to put the affairs in the hands
of John A. Heydler, who was then, as
row, secretary-treasurer of the or
ganization.
Mr. Heydler, like every other man
who has held the position or been the
custodian of the office, could not sat
isfy all of the magnates. He had an
excellent chance to be elected presi
dent of the league at the meeting in
December, 1909, until the Philadelphia'
club was sold to Charles P. Taft, of
Cincinnati. This transaction lost Mr.
Heydler the vote of the Philadelphia
club and the election.
For an entire week the two factions
of the league were dead 1 >cked. Final
ly it was agreed that President John
T. Brush, of the New York Club,
should select the man and all the
clubs would vote for him. Mr. Brush
sprung a complete surprise by nam
ing Thomas J. Lynch, the former
king of umpires,” who had been out
of the national game for many years.
Hr. Rynch’s term has been filled
with trouble. He has been repeatedly
at odds with the club owners, but
each year he managed to be re-elect
ed because those opposed to him could
not agree upon any individual. Until
a couple of months ago Mr. Lynchs
reelection for a fifth year appeared to
be good. His opponents—Herrmann.
Ebbets and Dreyfuss—could not se
cure any more votes for their candi
date, Bob Brown. Then President
Baker, of the Phillies, began his cam
paign for Tener, which met with such
success that in a very short time all
of the club owners were enlisted in
the unanimous “call” for the Govern
or to accept the position.
Valuable Prizes for
Motorcycle Demons
In Savannah Race
SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 17.—The flnai
arrangements for the 300-mile motor
cycle race on Christmas day were com
pleted last night at a meeting of the
contest committee of the Savannah Mo
torcycle Club.
At this meeting It was decided that
the winner of the race will not only be
awarded the first prize of $500 In gold,
hut also the Mayor and Aldermen’s
trophy, a solid silver cup, 20 Inches
high, valued at $200. The second prize
fill be $250 In gold and the third prize
MOO in gold. There will fllso be a spe
cial prize of $50 for the first Savannah
boy who finishes the race.
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Baldwin Defeat Hurts Ritchie ENTRIES
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Thin in Ihr seventh of the nerirn nf the life and hat lien of Lightweigth
Champion Willie Kitchie, written exclusively for The Georgian.
Bv Willie Ritchie.
S AN FRANCISCO, CAR., 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'H,
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 .ould have
done better against the Boston boy.
In fact, I 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 me
to come back to th-> oil fields and
take a chance against Tommy Mc
Farland in a twenty-round mix-up.
McFarland war going good then. He
had returned from the East a few
months before with the honor of stay
ing ten rounds with Champion Vol
ga st
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 X 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. I heard this later on.
However, I \va s 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.
I 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
I will admit that he shook me up. As
all the local fans know. Tommy is a
fine inflghter, and it is hard to get at
him.
It was nip and tucl. in the sec
ond, and again in the 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 way. 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 conC’.tion 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 Tommv with 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. Tommv took le 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 m«’(
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, I was boos*-
od around San Francisco again, and
I began to feel pretty proud of my-
S€*l f.
The first thing I did when I red
back to town was to sign with Mc
Carthy for a ten-round mill over in
Oakland. I was fu" of confidence and
I intended to go ’ erht in and try for
a knock-out. T realized that I wou.fl
have to square my;elf with my eld
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 do
anything else. He held me to a ten-
round draw, and I all but cried in my
dressing room after it was over.
I realize now that Johnny must
have been mv jinx. Try as I could. I
opver 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 knocker?
started after me. I did not bla-n^
them this time, either, for I should
have done better.
' Jerrv Murphv was fighting good
then. He looked like one of the b-st
of the four-round hoys. I begged for
a chance against him and they gave
It to me Although this was only a
couple of weeks after I Had made
such a bad fight with McCarthy, 1
tore right after Murphy and won he
decision easily. I had everything that
flight, and I set myself right with the
fans again.
Britton an* Easy Mark.
Next came Jack Britton. He had
just arrived, bringing with him that
great Eastern reputation* True, lie
had not done very well among th3
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 me
hack to work in jigtime. And I gave
him the chance.
We drew a big house, and, if I re
member right, Britton was a strong
favorite over me. But that was all.
I had his number in the first round,
and I really believe that If I had cut
loose in the third I would have laid
Jack out and practically ended nis
ring career. If ever I had a man
where I wanted him. it was Britton.
Maybe he will admit it and maybe he
will not.
He outweighed me and he was sup
posed to have science enough to make
me look like a busher. But I just
stood up and took a chance. In the
last two rounds I measured him
right. They veiled for me to go in
and take a chance, but I preferred
to play the game safe. I remember
that I had him staggering around the
ring in the last round, for he was
helpless.
This w'as a great boost for me. and
I realized it. In fact, it started me
on a new career. I made up my mind
then and- there to keep on taking
chances and quit playing a safe game.
I began to believe that I had a knock
out wallop. and I came to the conclu
sion that the sooner I tried it out the
faster I would p-o to the front if they
gave me a chance.
Eoy Scouts to Hold
Big Tournament at
‘Drome’ Saturday
Nine troops, aggregating about two
hundred Boy Scouts, are to give a big
tournament. The first of its kind ever
given in the South, at 2:30 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon at the Motordrome.
The tournament Is not to be an ath
letic meet, in the ordinary sense of the
word. The contests are to be in the
tilings taught the Boy Scouts—tent-
pitching. signaling by wigwag and field
wireless, bugle calls, drum corps work,
special drills and first aid relief tvork.
A handsome silver cup has been of
fered to the winning troop, and there
is plenty of rivalry among the various
commands.
Veteran Announcer
To Retire on Jan. 1
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17.—Billy
Jordan, veteran announcer of ring con
tests is about to retire. He has turned
in IfTs resignation as a market inspec
tor to the health board after thirteen
years ot service. He goes out of office
on January 1 at the age of 82 years,
and expects to spend the balance of
his days with old companions at the
Youtsvllle Soldiers’ Home.
Jordan is widely known among the
followers of pugilism. In every fight
that has been held in San Francisco for
years Jordan has been in the rin^ and
Introduced all the celebrities who were
gathered at the ringside, as well as the
referee and the contestants. It is un
derstood he will make his last appear
ance as announcer In the fight on Janu
ary 1.
DIAMOND OUTFIGHTS TRACEY.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 17. Harry
Diamond the sensational Southwark
featherweight, outfought Leo Tracey,
of Tioga in six hard rounds at the
Falrmount Athletic Club last night.
SHUGRUE DEFEATS SMITH.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17. —Young Joe
Shugrue defeated Cv Smith at Brown’s
Gymnasium last night in ten fast
rounds. Shugrue won because he dis
played better cleverness and landed the
cleaner Plows.
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AT JAUREZ.
FIRST — Selling, two-year-olds.
5 1-2 furlongs: Wool 100, * Harwood
102, ‘Little Bit 104. Auntie Curl 107,
Ada Kennedy 107, Ida Lavinia 109.
SECOND—Selling four-year-olds
and up, 6 furlongs: ‘Lady Adelaide
3 03, ‘Army Maid 103, ‘Mawr Lad 103,
‘Con Carne 103. ‘Calethumpian 103,
Zinkand 108, Sin Fein 111, Dutch
Rock 111.
THIRD—Selling, four-year-olds and
up, 6 furlongs: ‘Chilton Trance 108,
Evelina 108. Ben Stone 108, Masalo
108, Wise Mason 112, The Fad 112,
Ormonde Cunningham 112.
FOURTH—Selling, three-year-olds
and up, horses, geldings, 5 1-2 fur
longs: ‘Janus 95, Senator James 100.
Stoneman 105, Evran 105, Charley
Brown 105, Russell McGill 105, Moller
108, ‘Orimar Lad 110, Uncle Jimmie
Gray 113.
FIFTH — Selling fillies. mares,
three-year-olds and up, 5 1-2 fur
longs: Maggie 97, Wishing Ring 192,
Buss 102, Princess Industry 102, Yi-
reo 103, Velie Forty 107, ‘Rose of
Jeddah 107.
SIXTH—Selling, three - year - olds
and up,' mile: ‘Forge 97, ‘Tom
Chapman 96, ‘Brack Bonta 100,
‘Frieze 100, Jim Cafferata 105, C. W.
Kennon 105, Ben Uncas 110, Sleep-
land 110, Judge Walton 1^3.
‘Apprentice allowance. Weather
cloudy; track heavy.
‘Bobby’ Baugh Declares War
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Attendance Record Is Up Again
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Two-year-olds, purse $300,
selling, 5 furlongs: xDlck’s Pet 97. Ket
tle Drum 105, Cliff Maid 102, xMiss
Roseburg 97, Veilchen 102, Edna Leska
105, Old Jordan 111, Manson 108, Dr.
Kendall 108, Tom Hancock 108, El Mahdi
110, Flatbush 105.
SECOND—Three-year-olds and up,
fillies, mares, ‘purse $300. selling. 6 fur
longs: x Right Easy 112, xKiva 104,
Big Dipper 109, xMattie L. 104. xSnow-
flakes 104. xMiss Primity 109. Protagaris
109, Ethelburg II 109. xGagnant 109,
xVeneta Strome 112, Sylvestris 114.
THIRD—All ages. Jedburg handicap,
$500 guaranteed, 6 furlongs: Yengher
97. Kalinka 106, Prince Hermis 108.
aBrave Cunarder 108, aLochiel 106.
(aLochiel entry.)
FOURTH—Three-year-olds and up,
purse $400, selling handicap, mile: Earl
of Savoy 109, Napier 107, Dick Dead-
wood 95. Lace 102. Col. Cook 109, Elwah
104, Merry Lad 106, Servicence 98. Fa
ther Duster 98.
FIFTH—Three-year-olds and up.
purse $300, selling. 5*£ furlongs: xHarry
McIntyre 98, xCherry Seed 106, Deduc
tion 117. xFrank Hudson 96, xViley 99.
xArmour 106, Amoret 110, Coy 111, xTh«a
Busy Body 104, Chartler 116.
SIXTH—All ages, purse $400. selling,
mile and 70 yards: xFairy Godmother
103. xTroy Weight 105. xMaster Jim 112.
Spindle 114. xTomboy 91, Golden Treas
ure 118, Camel 115, Gerrard 112, xBehest
95.
xApprentice allowance.
Weather cloudy; track good.
KELLY TRIMS .WALTERS.
ST. JOSEPH. MO.. Deo. 17. Spike
Kelly, of Chicago, gained the decision
over Sailor Bill Walters in a fifteen-
round bout here last night. Spike was
the aggressor throughout and had the
sailorman guessing from the time the
first round started until the hot finish
in the fifteenth round.
By O. B. Keeler.
G RIM - VIS AGED War is about to
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 Callaway 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, as well as to which team
will show the fattest percentage col
umn at the end of the season.
Following is the mapner of the
declaration of war.
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A T the annual dinner Monday night
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 I
president. He really said some very
nice things about them, and about the
dinner, and about tjie 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 M;.jor Calla-
way:
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uTHAT man Callaway,” said Mr.
A Baugh, “doesn’t know how to
take a joke. Besides, he’s n Mean J
Guy. When I get through telling vo’i
about him you will begin to wonder
bow the well-known integrity of
baseball is maintained as long as
Prank Callaway is mixed up in it.
C i. I’m going to expose things, I am!
“It was this way.
“Last year you may remember we
had a little affair something of this
c rder over in Birmingham. I was
compelled by V 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 I may
have let fall some such hints.
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“N OW . * contend that this man i
1^* 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.
“lie 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 Cloud cheers for C.
Frank), but his blamed town also
ups and snows under Birmingham in
attendance, and percentage, and
everything else.
“Now, 1 put it to you fair—has a
man like that any business in a
sportsmanlike game?’*
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AND then Mr. Baugh abandoned
himself to threats.
B It w f ■ r • ■ 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 we’re not going
to joke this time. Birmingham is
going to wallop Atlanta in attendance,
and the Barons are going to make
On
the
rackers look Just exactly the
size of those little doll ball players
down there on that diamond. And
when you come down to Birming
ham to the next annual meeting I'm
going to laugh at you good and
plenty.”
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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, “I’ll have an
other joke to tell you that’ll top any
thing you’ve heard yet. And it will
be on Birmingham.”
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THUS did crool war break oat once
* more, and the campaign so gee-
lorlously wound up by the Crackers
last September will have to start all
over again on April 15, 1914.
MINNEAPOLIS PRESIDENT ILL.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 17.—President
M. E. Cantillon, of the Minneapolis
baseball club of the American Assocla
tion. is 111 at his home in this city. He
is suffering from stomach trouble.
SAPPER O’NEILL TO DO BATTLE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Sapper O’Neill,
the English lightweight, ts scheduled
to make his American debut here to
morrow night In a bout with Young
Brown.
Harvard Arranges
Hard Games for 1914
Football Season
CAMBRIDGE, MARS., Dec. 17.- Har
vard’s varsity football team of 1914 will
have the heaviest work of any Crim
son eleven in recent years, if a tenta
tive schedule made publio last night la
earned out.
The list includes a game with the
University of Michigan. October 31, and
Georgetown, October 3. both to be play
ed here. Nine games, the same number
as last season, are proposed. Michi
gan will displace Cornell on the sched
ule and Georgetown will take the date
lately occupied by Holy Cross.
Except for the Yale game, which wlil
be played at New Haven on November
21. all of Harvard's contests will be la
the stadium. The schedule follows:
October 3—Georgetown University.
October 2,4—Penn State.
October 31—University of Michigan.
November 7—Princeton.
November 14—Brown University.
November 21—Yale.
MORAN LOSES ON FOUL.
OAKLAND, CAL., Dec. 17.—Owen
Moran was disqualified In the sixth
round here last night and Joe Azevedo
given the decision on a foul.
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