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Till' ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 11 The Busher Who Is <1 Good Listener Always Has a Chance to Become o Good Hitter O by O) RITCHIE GETS Maybe Jeff's Snake Didn't Digest His Food By 6 Bud' Fisher And Then Willie Hops Train for Los Angeles to Substitute for Champion Wolgast. This in the eighth of the series of the life rind bottles of Lightweight i ( hompion Willie Ritchie, written ei- lus'ielg for The Georgian. Bv Willie Ritchie. S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18.— Packey McFarland landed In San Francisco right after T heat Jack Britton. Ho had heard -omething about me, and he sent for me to act as his sparring partner. He heard that I had been coming: to the front, and 1 guess that he figured I would ho a good boy to help him out ‘ in his training camp, for all fighters know that good sparring partners are generally scarce. T was Just tickled to death to get this chance to go on with Packey, who, by the way, was then getting ready for Tommy Murphy. He was • iBartered down at Millett’s, and I re member the first day that I showed * ip there I put on the gloves with him and we stepped four speedy rounds. T will take my hat off to McFarland for being a wonderful boxer, and I sure did learn many a trick from him. He was nice to me and he would take me to one side and tell me a few things. But I knew that he never figured then that I Would be the lightweight champion of the world -ome day. Two years make a lot of difference, especially in the fighting game. We used to put up some good fights, Packey and I. He would cut loose on me and 1 would tear at him. I don’t know just how much he weighed then, hut I am sure that he had a few pounds on me. and I scaled around the 136-pound mark, for I had no match in sight and I was not try ing to reduce 1 wanted to have something to work on all the time. Takes McFarland’s Wallops. I soon discovered that McFarland was a wonderful boxer and ring gen eral, but his punches did not carry any sting to them Xow, I don’t want to intimate that Packey is not a hard puncher, because he might have been holding back all the time. However, he never shook me up at all, and T got so that I was able to stand right up f 'nd plug with him without being sot. back. I never will forget that Wednesday afternoon, the day before Thanks giving two years ago. Packey had finished up his work for Murphy on the following day, and there was nothing to do. The papers came on* with an extra, announcing that Ac 'Volgast was ill with appendicitis am that he would ,not be able to fight Freddie Welsh in Los Angeles on tin following day. I scratched my head for a moment, 'ooked at the paper again, and then began to do some very tall thinking. Then I declared myself. “I’m going down to Los Angeles and take a chance at getting on with Welsh,” 1 said to mv brother and Packey. “They can’t stop me for trving. anyhow.” I think you’re foolish. Willie.” cut n Packey. .. “They will only laugh at you. They want a fighter with a rep utation against Welsh, and, besides, you have not got any time to get ready Take my advice and stay right here.” Bur I made up my mind to go after fiie Britisher at any cost. The first ’bing T did was to shoot a wire to Tom McCarey. T waited for an tin- but g<>t none; but still I " ;l s : not ready to quit. Meets Kyne in Los Angeles. 1 grabbed a suitcase, threw a few : gs into it, bought two tickets •uie for my brother and one for my- 'f*lf and by a o’clock that evening va were on the Lark bound for Las Angeles. The next afternoon T was n Vernon ring, giving Welsh the fight of his lifetime: but there are a few things that I would like to say before I come to the actual battle. My brother and myself landed In tr Los Angeles strangers. We looked around the station for a minute, and, our delight we spotted Billy Kyne, ; the Ban Francisco promoter. who gave n several four-round matches. M’ell, it sure looked good to find onp friend in a strange land. Kyne , took .,id of us right away and rushed up to McCarey.’s office, hut he was out. stalled around for a while, look- in >ng for McCarey, but We could not 8*' line on him. Everybody was talking about Wolgast and his ill - n es«, and they seemed to, take it for granted that McCarey would not * y en tuit on a substitute. But we heard that he was going through with his preliminary bouts, so we decided ‘o tike a run out to the Vernon arena. Kyne introduced me to McCarey. we sat in one of the back seats near the bleachers and began to talk business. I told McCarey right off ’he io*i that I warned $1,000. T also ,0,, 1 him that I had a chance to win . become a big card, and I prom- • bed him that I would reward him in i e future if he put me on. for I felt • • ire that I would make a great show- ' 'ng. | But McCarey would not listen to • ni e at all. He was nearly staggered ! h- I, i asked for $1,000. .1 don't know » ls ’ what lie offered me, but I know ’hat it was not much more than 1 * ae in the habit of getting in the JUVr PROf. DAREN'S ,, THfe ORN ON tiNRKt. He SANS' r He T.NAICC U/MSN UlfeU- P6.D AAAfcfe* ' or= Nse TiN\e wnew not rd*h,r.n r “ne SATS TH 6 SISIAKe eiATS Bor oNce in six day* but mHoulb alwAVv p-gQ eveRrl SIXTH DAY. " WELL S.NAKG HASN’T LATgN ROI? DAYB. t'LL HAN6 TO FCCD A4AIN ^'TbMQR-K.OM/, W v i w>' flyer M6 ALSO SANS THAT If TN6 3NAK.G <e06s LONWsP- *>tXT>AY‘o IT BtCONSS hungry, Coils yr $,n\> *\an spring on it.’s ou/n ano — J ' *< it , i o* urn AO'- HALP» I 5D \ ^ "Ay-cx-v..; r J J £*av iU+cevoiA-t fT*** { ^V, •** f z&t a-vv<uAU_. Vb mssnAKn, ’^WL d*. CiH, _ V X C'oe»«ic v\ Co POLLY AND HER PALS She’s a Kind-Hearted Little Chicken (T 'i'Ai /tuUPUuy £\*®et cf Vou To IfldST upow ex* Doiw’ ou« £kopfw&) B/IRLV, POLLV. I NEVER KHE«/ 0V0T THEM Pore Shop Girls was up AGAINST SEToWE ! I Vy 1*4$ W "HAVE a HE/5RT* |S MV 6lo6tfvJ. "H4VE A HlAR7! 'ham?- a Heart?I BuoTir-vL! d'V'khow, I MEver REALIZED The RoeTiC Ml A AM (t of them Three Simple lil words TIE Tors.: VtoT A LOVElV UWORtoTHli VJVoULdI Be if EverVBCodV uws A<n ) *THou6H*iFUL OF OTHERS AS WO pco\ Pool Poo! Pco! m- RACING RESULTS Garry Called Bluff and Lost v • %- *!* • *!* ‘I* • V v ® V V • *1* V#T He Should Make Good—Crane four- round game. XMAS RATES deduced over N., C. fe St. L- Ry. and W. & A. R. E. ^Pply any Agent. AT CHARLESTON. FIRST—Five furlongs: Dr. Ken dall, 108 (Buxton), 9-2, 6-5, 1-2, won. Elmahdi, 110 (McTaggart), 1, 1-2, 1-1. second; Cliff Maid. 102 (Turner), 8, 5-2, 1, third. Time 1:03. Manson, Toni Hanson, Old Jordan, Edna Les- ka, Vellchen. Miss Roseburg, Dick's Pet also ran. . SECOND—Six furiongs: Right Easy, 112 (Deronde). 11-10, 7-20, 1-10, won: Kiva, 104 (McTaggart), 7-3, 2-v, 1-10, second; Big Dipper, 109 (Doyle), 17, 4, 4-5, third. Time 1:16 1-5. Ve- neta Strome. Ethelburg II, Oagnant, Miss Primity. Protagoris also ran. THIRD—Six furlongs: Uochlel. 106 (Buxton), 8-5, 1-4, out, won: F’rince Hermis, 108 (Goose3, ^0, 0, Ll-5. second; Kalinka, 106 (Turne.), 7-10 1-4, out, third. Time 1:15 l->. Brave Cunarder, Yenghee also ran. FOURTH—Mile: Servicence, 98 (McTaggart), 10 5-2, 7-10, won; Dick Dead wood, 98 (Martin). 6, 2. 3-o, sec ond; Merry Lad 106 'Turner), 16.o. Q-10 7-20, third. Time 1:42 l-o Col. Cook, Feather Duster. Napier also ran. FIFTH—Five and one-half fur- longs: Coy, 111 (Goose). 13-20, 1-3. 1-7 won; Chartier, 116 (Byrne). 10 5.2 4.5 second; Amoret. 110 fW.' 1 ** ?on i 7-2 7-10. 1-4. third. Time i ns ••-5 Deduction, Frank Hudson. The Busy Body, Cherry Seed. Harry McIntyre also ran. SIXTH Mile and 70 yards. Maie. *iini 112 iDeronde). 2, 4-5. 1-2. non Fairv Godmother. 103 (Ward). e„ a i.r, second; Golden Treasure. l'is ’ (Davenport). 16-.5 11-1°. 3-.v hird Time 1:48 3-5. Behest. Ger- rard Troy Weight. Tom Boy also ran Race Entries on Page 8. Bv Sain Crane. N EW 'YORK, Dec. 18.—Cincin- nati has become the baseball focuE of interest since the Na tional League held its recent historic | meeting in this city last week. There, as here, Garry Herrmann is in the center of the whirlwind of dis turbance, and, apparently—by all re ports gem out from roaring Redland —is an object of bitter recrimination, being buffeted around like a cork in an angry sea. Rut—and with a great big B—while Garry likes to hear the pop-pop-pop ping of the corks, he is not one him self. He will not be cast around loose and bob up and down with every lit tle breeze of disapproval that causes a ripple. It will be a wave, and a tidal AT JUAREZ. FTP ST Five furlongs: Little Bit, 104 (Bentbn), 13-5. 1-2. 1-4. won. Auntie Curl. 10i (Gentry). 3, 1, 1 3. second: Harwood. 102 (Feeney), 6. -. I third. Time I 15. Woof. Ada Ken nedy Ida Lnvintn also ran RFCOND—Six furlongs: _ Dutch D ‘ ,! til niill) 9-5, 7-10, 2-5, won: Finkand 10S (McMartln), 6, 2. 1, sec- and Sinn Felnn. Ml (Cavanagh) 4. - E 7.10 third. Time 1.21 Lad> Adelaide, Army Maid, Mawr I.ad, < on Carne. Calithumpian also ran. THIRD—Six furlongs: Ben Stone, z s ',v«rrs; 2 r, Ma^ello^The ‘ Fad. Ormonde, Cun ningham also ran. entries. at charleston. 1 _ n .., r , <:;00: 2-year-olds; oV2 I HKhl* l r." ';7 , , in:;, niff Maid , mange JJJ. BjH of 1 Norma'id) L«>. Peacock 99. MeUa.a 103, Kettle Drum 106. Single Ray 07. SECOND—Purse. $300; 2-year-olds; selling: 5Vi furlongs. Roger Gordon 104, Woodrow 100, Tomboy 102. Bulgarian 100. Belle Terre 102, Flatbush 99, No Manager 104, Hoonir 109. THIRD—Purse, $450; 3-year-olds and up; selling; 1*4 miles: Charles F. Grain ger 102. Spindle 106 Jabot 110. Outlan 101. Ella Grane 98, Dynamite 111, Earl of Savoy 106. FOURTH—Purse. $400. all aeps, con ditions. 7 furlongs: Celesta 104, Ta Nun Da 109. Armour 107, Shackleton 112. ('ranker Box 112, Star Bottle 112 FIFTH Purse. $300; 3 year-olds and up; selling: 6 furlongs: Union Jack 107, Marge rum 112, Betwa 112. Snowflakes 107, Mad River 115, La Sainrella 107, Lady Orimar >07. Captain Jinks 107, Early Light 107, Dr. Jackson 115, Sten- tor 112, Prince Chap 115, Sherlock Holmes 116. ““SIXTH Purse, $300: all ages; selling, mile: Ragman 106, Yankee Pooh 106, Deerfoot 106, Pikes Peak 98, Monkey 106, MoisMnt 112, Schaller 104, Reno 106. Ada 92. Beachsand 109. Sir Denrah 112, F’ort Arlington 101, Judge Monck 101. Weather clqu/ly. Track fast AT JUAREZ. FIRST Purse, two-year olds, 5Vi fur longs: Ida Cook 90, Tigella 90, Ajax 90, Christmas 95. Hattie Me, 95. Hyki 98. Meshach 98. Prospero Boy 98 SECOND—Selling, all ages. 6 fur longs: Angie D. 90. xAve 90, xRioja 106. Osouro 110, Frank Wooden 110, Cold Dust 110. THIRD Selling, all ages. 6 furlongs. xArt Kick 88 xCardie F. 100, xKoronl 105. Swift Sure 105, xNo Quarter 110. Eve White U6 FOURTH- Selling, three-year-olds and up, 5 furlongs: xJanus 96, Lady Pender TOO. Inquiet a 100. Masurka 100, Herpes 103, Buck Thomas 105, Frazzle DO. FIFTH -Selling, three-year-olds and up 54 furlongs: xVlglble Kid 104. xSalesfa 104. The Fad 109, x Parlor Boy 110 SIXTH Three-year-olds and up. mile and "one-sixteenth: xDownland 94. xFal- ( a <la 103. xDefy 103. xHusk> Lad 103. Rake 108. Frsulla Emma 108, Judge i Walton 115. . x \pprentice allowance c'a.irKd. * Weather cloudy; track heavy. one, too, that will cause Garry to al low any trade he has made to go by the board. As lie said when he affixed his sig nature to the now-famous agreement that disposed of Joe Tinker from the Reds to*the Superbas: “My colleagues in the Cincinnati club may find fault with me for ac cepting cash for Tinker instead of players; still, If they do, I have signed the document and will carry it through. I believe I have made the best deal for the Cincinnati club that could possibly be made under the cir cumstances and conditions.’’ Herrmann’s Eyes Were Open. That statement shows that PresD dent Herrmann’s eyes were wide open to the situation, and to my mind (and I was ;i witness of the entire transae tion) it appeared as If Herrmann was a most willing participant in the suc cessful efforts to get Charley Ebbets to show his hand and to come out in public and state whether his offer of $25,000 was bona fide or a bluff. In fact, it looked to me as if Garry worked his point deliberately to get Ebbets’ “goat” and force the latter to make good the proposed deal. Surely Ebb*ts was flustered at the time, or appeared so, anyhow, and when Garry got Ebbets to that stage where he must make good or he called a bluffer, the Reds’ president sprung the remark: “Well, show me the color <>f your money." Ebbets Had the Cash. Ebbets arose and said: “All right. l*|| show it all right, but let us go up to a room and do our business in pri vate. Harney Dreyfuss will go up with us.” Herrmann, however, insisted on completing the deal then and there “in the open,” and Ebbets then sat down and the agreement was signed, with Dreyfuss as witness. And by Dreyfuss putting his name down as a witness the stamp of ap proval of the deal being made on the leas , and with due appreciation of its momentous importance by the parties most interested, appears to be r decisive and convincing argu ment that it should stand. And to come right down to plain facts, where has the Cincinnati club got any the worst of the deal? Tin ker has without doubt lost his useful ness in Cincinnati as manager, as all managers do in that city if they do not win a pennant, and his worth as >i player with the Reds was dimmed if not entirely extinguished, for the simple reason that he could not, or probably would not, have shown his ability l>y having to play second fid dle. Tinker Gave Full Value. Cincinnati therefore, was virtually forced t<> get rid of th" encumbrance, n.d if anyone but a Cincinnati fan dri > not think Herrmann got more an full value for Joe Tinker for $15,000 net. then tin, are no such things as baaeball “bugs.” TO BE CRACKER Former Texas Leaguer Writes That He Has Had Fine Hunting Luck. League Won’t Let C. Frank Go +•+ +*+ +•+ +•+ •!•••!• . +•■}• Why a New Office Was Created T I11S is the fifth letter of a ae rie* from the member* of the ehampion* of the Southern League—the Cracker*. It in from Frank /frowning, the. right-handed boxman that Billy Smith drafted from the San Antonio club of the Texas League. San Antonio, Texas, Dec ,1, 1913. W. S Farnsworth, Sporting Editor, The Georgian Dear Sir—Received your letter a few days ago in regard to the way I was spending the winter. I was off on a hunting trip when the let ter reached here, and only got it last week. So this Is the first op portunity I have had to answer. In reply will say that I have done nothing, so far, hut hunt and fish since the close of the season. Took a fishing trip in .September up to the headwaters of the Guadalupe River in the mountains. Remained there until a few days before the hunting season opened then re turned to San Antonio. VVc had pretty good luck on both trips. The small game in this section this year is plentiful. No trouble to kill your limit any day of quail or doves. Tlie doer, though, are some what scarcer. There are so many hunters that the deer are so wild you can hardly get a decent shot at one. We killed three, or rather our guide did, and considered our selves very lucky. I will certainly be glad when the spring practice comes. Every on** speaks well of Atlanta, and I am glad of the chance to play there I hope that I can make good and help | them won another pennant. Yours very truly, FRANK BROWNING. ' By 0. B. Keeler. T HERE ie a good d«al of specu lation these days, especially since the annual meeting of the Southern I *“gue in Atlanta, as to Where F. Frank Is "at.” This Is not by way of explanation concerning Mr. Frank's relations with the New Orleans club. Frankly, we don’t know anything about that, ex cept what everybody else knows or seems to know. Also we don't know very much about the relations of Mr. Frank and President Somers, of the Cleveland club. But we do know something about (' Frank and ills standing In the South ern League. That was made mighty plain at the last annual meeting * * • I T was along toward the shank of the meeting laid Monday at the Hotel Ansley. The election of officers was going on. and Judge Kavanaugh had Just been made president, secre tary and treasurer, with the sincere compliments and evident esteem of the moguls. Captain Crawford had just been re elected vice president, with another handsome tribute to his services. Then Major Callaway, president of the Atlanta club, got up and an nounced that he would like to see a new office created. * * • <<I AM in favor of creating an office,” * Mr. Callaway said, “the office of second vice president. I am in favor of creating that office so that Charley Frank can be elected to it.” Then Mr. Callaway explained fur ther “Mr. President and gentlemen,” he said. “w*e need Charley Frank in this league We know he's well fixed, so far as his own situation goes. He doesn't need any help. But the league needs Charley Frank. We need him In these meetings. We need his wise head and his long experience and his good advice In our councils. We are not forgetting that he is one of the founders of the Southern League, and lhat his stalwart service has earned him a place with Judge Kavanaugh here in the honor of upholding our league before tile whole country ns an example <»f honest and clean sports manship and successful baseball “Gentlemen, I say we need Charley Frank, and I offer this plan to hold him in the Southern League. I nomi nate him for the office of second vice president.” * * * T HE rest of it was easy. The crea tion of tlie office and the nomina tion of Charley Frank was r^od a • pretext to hang some oxtrenn-ly com plimentary speeches on -Mr. Frank not being present, by the way and the election was unanimous to the ac clamation stage. • • • C > that fs where C. Frank stands to day, with reference to the South ern League. The league needs Charley Frank, und it wifi not give hint up. Beecher Proves Easy For Jimmy Duffy BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec 18. -Jimmy Duffy, champion of the East, made a chopping block of Willie Beecher, of New York, here last night. Duffy made a great finish in tie- last three rounds and Beecher was all but out at the fin ish. $18,000 Purdue's Football Receipts A FAYETTE INI), Dec 18. The receipts from football games played by the team of Uurdue University during the season just closed amount ed to $18,000. This is th*- largest amount cleared in the history of the university. ’ Baseball Tourists to Be Welcomed Back by Johnson and Party CHID A GO, Dec. 18.—President Ban B. Johnson, of the American League, and a party of Chicago baseball enthusiasts, will travel to New York on a special train next March to welcome back to this country the world-touring Chicago White Sox and New York Giants, ac cording to plans announced to-day. The party will leave here. March 5, arriving in New York next day in time to meet the tourists upon their arrival. That night, on the eve of the Amer ican League meeting, the players will be tendered a banquet. WAGNER LACES DUFFY. DETROIT. Dec. 18. —Leaving the ring without a mark to show that he had been in :j battle, Billy Wagner, of Chi cago. and brother to Charlie White, gave Freddie Duffy, of Boston, an awful lac ing here last night. Duffv received, heavy punishment throughout, but man age! to last the eight rounds. ' 1 1 ■ L '.H ine; Opium ’Vhtftkey and Dm, Hablta treated at Home jr at Sanitarium, Book on aabjoc# Free. D*. H. M. WOOLLEY. H-N. Saniuir<un. Atlanta. CiMirab T SCRATCH DON « : __ J" 7ou“ couldn't suiriT and ■t-rau-h. m A I - — O ,,MAO TP Aff A W\ A If VOU only know how oulrk’y and faulty trio cures cc^ma, even where everything Tetterine Cures Eczema ) Rva<t what Mrs. Thomas Thompson. CUrkes- 1 dll‘ ( ’"fteJetT fltteen years with tormenting > .A,ema. Had the best doctors, but nothing did nie any good until I got Tetterine. It ) me. I »nr so thankful. utnawnrni ground Itch. 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