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^A'LFT'S I <iO ON THP I OTMFR biOF ( _ PA SEE M'S 50 INTERESTFO JUST thinu T>E ARE OVER ten hunoreo feft OP in S The air i N. WC LL • 1 \ I V" ^ pp ost |~ J! jV(1 0 r rV^ W .s C | INTEive^T 2t ELEVATOR I 'N<i -well *l>ns eveht S') Bt over HOUR -naOam- I AN EIOUR TPS AND IVE ALV/ATS wanted to no up to the top of The ftffel FOR NOODNESS s AKF' V/HAT it> That - I ^FF 0 NT NT V Bur this IS A COVFRFuL FlELD NLASS! J Bt ' mOLln T LOOKS TIKE A THOUSAND in NIAD TO 5 5EF HP'S MORE 'TEReiTI-D n • IN HISTOIAT'/ I WONDER If 'IF CAN SEE THE BRONX UP HFRE ? r I MUST see that SKIN CLOS ER' and rii MOT AOIN' to WAITah hour for <ee. ? "i>i <lad TnCt NAD TMAT HE CO <\LA%Sk up rwene * THE eLB - O /IVATOR THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 'Plie Fans Are Now Beginning to Count the Days When Spring Practice Begins BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS Club Members Have Never Seen 1 Him Play, and He Even Re fuses Them Lessons. By “Chick” Evans. I OXCB played golf In a town of about 10,000 people. The golf rlub had a mo«t enthusiastic membership, more or less unfamiliar W1 th the game, and it had everything ’hat goes with a links—even includ ing a professional. This professional lS the topic of my story to-day. I have H een and known intimately many golf professionals in my lifetime, but this no was the queerest of them ail. When I was first told that the club iat j a professional I thought what a line thing it was, for beginners al- ways need help and a new club can not always afford to employ expert assistance. In the course of conver sation however, I began to hear strange stories about him and sl- ently 1 acquired a curious interest in h;m For instance, one of the mem ber? said: Tom said that he made a 38 the other day, but I don’t be lieve him.” Refuses Lesson to Members. Tr seemed very strange to me that the members of a “pro’s” own club were unacquainted with his game. Then I heard someone else say that Mr. (’. could not get a lesson because Tom did not want to give it. A srrange situation, indeed. I thought. Near the clubhouse was a comfort able cottage, which 1 was told was bnil: for the professional, but, it was further added, he refused to sleep •here because it was too lonely. All „f these statements aroused a great curiosity and I looked around with some eagerness hoping to see this extraordinary professional. He was no n sight, however, and his ab sence on one of the busiest golfing days of the season added piquancy to the situation. 1 was coming up the ninth hole of this nine-hole course, first time around, when 1 saw some one go to the flag for my second shot. The action seemed familiar and I recalled ihat in Great Britain this was done in championships. I was just won dering w’hat experienced golfer was doing this when behold! it was our friend the professional. He wore cap and knickerbockers—the typical golf dress of the old country, and be look ed like hundreds of fellows that one sees on links in England and Scot- and. My! but he was British. He walked down the first hole with me, telling me first of all that he had made 35 and 36 on the course and never took over 37. He told me that he had beaten some of the best play ers in England. It seemed strange i hat a player of his remarkable abil ity was hiding his light in a small club. '’Chick’s" Challenge Rejected. By this time my curiosity was whetted to see him play, so I asked some of the members to arrange a game They said they would try, but hey did not think he would play. 1 had never heard of a professional re fusing that sort of a request from club members. Tom was sent for, however, and after a long time he appeared at the locker room door and the question was put to him. With indescribable emotion he refused. I told him I would give him 2 up on each nine and let him name his reward if he i>eat me. A member offered to get P a purse of $600 to be his if he made a 35 that afternoon, but he wouldn't play, risk his reputation, or waste his time with an amateur, he said, and ran away. Truly a unique case. Some of the members tell me that p really plays some remarkable shots <‘nd knows the game, but that be- ond these shots none of the mem bers had seen him play practically all summer. It seems that a member of •he club noted for his benevolence found Tom in great trouble and he had brought him to the town and he club and continued to do every- 'hing possible for him, but an air of nloofness had characterized this v ’range professional from the begin ning. Navy Announces Winter Sport List NNapoLIS. MD., Dec. 20.—The fol ding schedules of winter sports were ‘■inounced at the Naval Academy to day: Gymnastics—February 7. New’ York J mversity; February 28 University of i ennsylvania; March 7, Columbia '•restling—February 7. Pennsylvania Gate College: February 14, Lehigh: 1 ehruary 21. Cornell; February 28. Uni- rpity of Pennsylvania. March 7, Co lumbia. Swimming—February 7, Baltimore College; March 7. Columbia. lack Johnson Breaks Arm in Paris Scrap ‘GRIg. Dec- 20.—Jack Johnson, p avyweight champion of the world, is drying his right hand in a sling as a &w,i ’ of his fight here last night with ymy .Johnson. The match ended in V' eighth round with honors even. f ' c -r the end of the battle it was dis- ' °”ed that. Jack Johnson had broken p ft forearm in the third round. f °ree Maitrot announced the bout a draw. Ungford Battles Jeannette To-night X EW YORK. Dec. IP.- Joe Wood- n manager of Sam Langford, who et«= joe Jeannette in a twenty- ,v " ; nd bout in Pari? to-night. °d here yesterday that the “tar had taken off so much flesh hr would weigh not more than in the ring. POLLY AND HER PALS She Doesn’t Lose Her Head Even W/ten Buying Presents IF vbu cm KNE W WFM-r I B0U6H7 Vfco Por Christmas, M4,l rrsT A Peach'. C—* iyg ~[n£ CtASSitSl Lil PPE51W7 Vou Ever 3aw MA TAKE n EROIA Mt — y I Tried it on TUis /4FTe*?aioom amo n Err me Like “far Pape* on wall' May Try Inter-League Series •I«#T + +•*}* V#V T*V A. A. and International Plan It LOOKS FUST US Bv (>. B. Iveeler. P ENDING something more excit ing to gab about, we might con sider the inter-league series Idea, which now looks to be in a fair way to get itself tried out next sea son. Up East, in the big show, they re fer to it politely as “trying it on the dog. - ' Inasmuch, however, as the canine section of the combination in this in stance consists of the American As sociation and the International League, we of the Class A standing do not feel disposed to insist on that rating of the experiment. Anyway, here's the dope, so far as cooked: • * . * T HE tentative plan calls for a schedule of 112 games to be play ed by each of the big minors men tioned above, the season to close about the middle of August. The reason for that, says President E. G. Barrow, of the International, is that “the race usually is decided by that time, anyway.” We’ll speak of that later. Then the rest is simple • • • T HE respective pennants having been decided in each of the leagues as usual, only a couple of months earlier, the two circuits get together and play out a schedule by which each team in the American Associa tion plays each team in the Interna tional a series of four games on the International's nome lots, after which the process will be repeated, the In ternational League playing around the A A. circuit. ^ In this way a schedule of 06 games will be eked’out, and the relative standings of the leagues at the end of it will determine the championship of Class AA. Very pretty, is it not • * • \XJA1T a moment before you sa>. Vv ••yes—it is not.” Think about it. now Wouldn't it be a pretty interesting thing if for once all the towns in the Southern League could be pulling for each other against an invasion by the entire force of the Pacific Coast League, or uniting for a desperate dash into the enemy s country, striving tooth and nail and extra-base wallop to win more games from the Westerners than the West erners could win from them'.' Wouldn't there be a scramble for the parks In the afternoons, and for sporting extras to see how Birming ham and Los Angeles came on' while Atlanta was licking San Francisco. Of course, mere are only six clubs in t'ue Coast circuit, so two weak sis ters would have to be dropped from our league—but this is merely for purposes of illustration. AS to the .statement of the Eastern ** magnate that the race practically is decided by Augus 15, we desire to file as loud an exception to it as we can register and get through the mails. So that part of the* plan is dis tinctly fish-like, the way we see it. * * * Dl'T 17 the big minors decide to try it on next year, they may be sure of being watched with deep interest, not only around this circuit, but also by the major leagues The National, or such part of it as doesn’t mind being represented by Garry Herr mann. already has suggested a simi lar plan, but Ban Johnson turned it down with a dull thud. But Ban will keep an eye on the ex periment, too—if it is made. Tad Jones Suggests New Football Rule NEW HAVEN, Dec. 20—Tad Jones '08 S., an All-American Yale quarter back. In discussing the results of the changed football rules had this to say to-day: - “I would suggest for changes that ail goals from touchdown should be kicked from a point immediately in front of the spot where the ball is downed. In other words. I would take away the privilege of the punt out. It might be well to widen the field perhaps ten yards and to lengthen it to its original measure ment. “I think the element of chance eniera too strongly in Western football. They violate every rule in football for the sake of gaining something by some freak of chance. This is all right in emergency. I think, bqt for a general policy it is very bad Eastern football may be a trifle too conservative hut I certainly do not think so.” Joim Ward Slated To Lead Federals ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.—John Ward. New York lawyer and old time player, seems slated to be president of ihe Fed eral League. Ward is not friendly to organized baseball as represented by the old league and is familiar with the workings of the game from several angles. The magnates of the league are meeting here to-day. Ritchie Asks $10,000 To Box Jimmy Duffy NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Charley Mur ray. tlie fight promoter of Buffalo and also manager of the Queensberry A. <*.. of this city, wired Willie Ritchie, the lightweight champion, an offer of a guaranty of $7,500 to box Jimmy Duffy, the crack lightweight of Lockport. N. Y., for ten rounds. Ritchie has wired back that lie will accept if guaranteed licj^oo. Basket Ball Champions of South Will Play Athletic Club in Atlanta February 21. C OLUMBUS, GA., Dec. 20.—Tile Columbus basket ball team, conceded to be the undisputed champions of the South for the past four seasons, is fast rounding into form and is leaving no stones un earthed to carry off the championship honors this year. The team has en gaged in two battles this year, win ning both with comparative ease. The first encounter was with the Bessemer A. C., which they smothered. 59 to 13; the second was with the Fifth Regi ment. Company G, quintet, of Atlanta, which they won, 71 to 19. The Columbus team has tasted de feat on their home court once In five years. Mobile Y. M. C. A. accomplish ing the stunt year before last in a close, nerve-racking game. The court in Columbus is much smaller than other courts in this section, but larger courts make no difference to the Co lumbus team. They seem to be as much at home on a large one as a small one The Columbus team will be seen in action on the Atlanta Athletic CJuh court on February 21. Coach Bridges has not completed his home schedule as yet The fol lowing will give you an idea of the opponents the Columbus aggregation will compete with December 23—Central College of | Missouri. January 3—Allanta Athletic Club January 9—Montgomery Y. M. C. A. January' 16—Auburn January 24—Birmingham Athletic Club. January 30—Mercer. The road trip, which will begin on j February 14, will include the follow ing games: February 14 Auburn. February 18—Birmingham A. C. February 19—Bessemer A C. February 21—Atlanta A. C. February 23—Asheville Y. M <*. A. , February 24—Charlotte Y. M. C. A. February 26—Lynchburg Y M. C. A. j February 28—Charlotte Y. M. C. A. ILLINI ARRANGES GAMES. CHAMPAIGN. ILL.. Dee 20 -Direc tor Huff, of rilnois. to-day announced ihe firs? completed football dates for 1914 The Illinois eleven will play In diana October 10 and Northwestern Oc tober 24 both on Illinois field. Wis consin will probably be added to the schedule. Illinois, according to Di rector Huff, will be glad to schedule Missouri for an early game Sporting Food By GEORGE E. PHA1R THE MAGNATE’S LOT. When (hr public isn't clamoring and howling And the critics haven't got him on the pan. Then the holdei* of the stock are always growling, And are on the point of handing him the can. It's a wonder that he isn’t driven batty. That he doesnV end his troubles with a gun. When hr runs a baseball team in Cincinnati The magnate's lot is not a happy one. If a baseball team and a distillery could be run successfully by the same method, Cincinnati might win a few pennants. As we understand it, the Cincinnati manager is responsible to Garry Herrmann, who, in turn, is responsi ble to the stockholders, who are ut terly irresponsible. If Mr. Murphy succeeds in bringing Joe Tinker back to Chicago, he will go a great way toward wiping out the memory of that green hat. Georges t'arpentier has been offered $2,500 a week in vaudeville on the strength of the walloping he handed Bombardier Wells. The question is. How’ much would they have offered him if he had whipped a regular pu gilist? While there is nothing in a name, Mr. Ever Hammer is an appropriate name for a pugilist. But it would be the ideal name for a column conduc tor. GOVERNOR TENER. He tried to escape from political life. With its slime and its mud and intrigue. He tried to escape from political strife— AST) HE WEST TO THE NA TIONAL EE A G(J E. The time has come for Governor Tener to gather the N. L magnate* behind closed doors and swmp alter nately with right and left until the said magnates are at peace. Thoce six-day bike racers are righ: in protesting against being fined. If the public had it? way. the fines would be slammed on the promoters The report that Happy Hogan con templates buying the St Louts Browns leads one to believe that Happy will not be happy long. It is no surprise to learn that Packev McFarland will not be allowed to fight in Milwaukee for a year. In fact, it was suspected that he would not be allowed to fight there for the next twenty ye*rs. Commodores May Quit S. I. A. A. v • v +••»* *r#+ One-Year Rule Hurts Vanderbilt BOXING GAME Big ‘'White Hope” Proves Fail ure and Plans to Return to Old Job on Engine. By Jack Con wav. B oston 1 , mass., Dev. '20.—can Morris, broken in spirit, but blessed -with a rather bulky bank roll, has hit the trail for Kapul- pa, Okla. The big “white hope” real izes that he will never be a success as a boxer and so intends to return to his old job as an engineer. Morris, of course, may not like the Idea of laboring eight hours a day for six days a week for $25 or so, where he has been in tlie habit of receiving from $500 to $2,000 for boxing ten or twelve founds But such is the fate of young men who are unable to make good within the hemp ropes. The Oklahoma giant occupies a queer position in the sporting world. He was never a champion or even a near-champion, and yet he has re ceived more publicity than some of the greatest ring men of former dec ades. Morris’ position in the ring was due to the “white hope" craze. Morris 1? six feet four inches tail and weighs 235 pounds. He is built on the lines of a champion, but has never startled us by his work in the rfVig His first few bouts ended un satisfactorily, but after that he im proved. Morris was then matched to clash with Jes? Willard in New York and the contest proved a joke. The men were as slow as truck horses in moving around the ring, while they displayed little knowledge of ring craft. Morris was disgusted with the showing he made against the ^owboy and has decided to retire from the ring National League Not To Pension Anson NEV\ YORK. Dee. 20. President John K. Tenet of the National League, an nounced to-day that Dip proposition to' grant a pension to "Cap Anson, thp veteran Chicago Ball player, had beer abandoned. Mr. Tener said Anson war not in need of a pension and he saw no reason for granting om “Anson would certainly refuse ii If it were offered." said the, league presi ded i Anson m no* appearing in vaudeviiie N ashville, tenn.. Dec. 20.— That one-year rule isn’t taking well with Vanderbilt support ers and there are even now murniur- Ings the local institution being withdrawn from the S. I. A. A., al though no such move is expected in the near future. Knowing that the South is in need of some sort of or ganization. Vanderbilt would be re luctant to drop out, especially as it is tiie backbone of its existence, but it is hard for them to swallow a pill such as was handed them at Jackson ville. If it had been a straight one-year rule without exceptions there would have been no kick coining, but it is hard to pee the justice in a rule that applies to Vanderbilt, yet in no way affects an institution like Sewanee. Vanderbilt Is also up against it when it I'omes to playing Virginia and North Carolina, to sa.v nothing of Michigan. The latter college has a strict one-year rule, but its greater number of students gives it an ad vantage over Vanderbilt that can best be equalized by the absence of a one- year rule for the local team. It would be a little far fetched to state that the one-year rule was aimed directly at Vanderbilt, but the truth remains fliat it is hurt far more by it than any other Southern school. Were Vanderbilt’s games confined only to the S. I. A. A. teams It would have no cause to worry over any kind of handicap, because of the superiority of its material and coaching, but this is not w’here the blow will strike it hardest Just how much the one-year rule will handicap Vanderbilt next year is hard to say. A number of promising players were expected to enter the university. The rule will undoubted ly keep several of them away, for many would prefer going to some other university where they can play during their first year. Of the 1913 line Huffman, White. Warren. Lowe, Askew, Reyer, ('armon and Putnam will return, while Josh Oody will be eligible as a result of having attended college this season. This will give them a fair lino if the expected im provements in the majority of the candidates transpires. In the back- fleld Peck Turner is the only loss, and with such men as Curry, R. Tur ner, V. Turner and Bell coming along it is hard to believe that this depart- ture will be weak. Cohen and Ches ter also promise to make a strong pair of ends. Vanderbilt ought to have a fair team in spite of the rule, but not so strong as it would have been otherwise, and next year they need every ounce of strength they can get. Athletic Club Boys Clash With Augusta Quintet To-might The Augusta Y. M. C. A quintei will be the Atlanta Athletic Club's oppo nents to-night In the third scheduled basket ball game on the local team's floor. The Augusta boys come well touted and are expected to give Joe Bean’s warriors a stiff tussle. The lo cals have put In a good week of prac tice and are ready to annex game num ber three Vo their collection. The line up of the Augusta team is not known, but the Atlanta boys will line-up as follows Smith and Forbes, forwards; DuBard, renter; Farter and Weaver, guards The game will start promptly ar 8:30. INDIANS RELEASE PITCHER. MINNEAPOLIS. Der 20 Mike Kelly manager of the Indianapolis team of the American Association, announced here that he had released Pitcher Wil liam Harrington of Indianapolis, to Binghamton, of the New York State League. Elberfeld Fails to Reach Terms With New Orleans Club NEW ORLEANS,'Dec. 20 —“KM” EL berfeld. former Lookout manager. 1s stilt unable to reach terms with the New Orleans club. After a conference yes terday, Elberfeld left the local dabs headquarters admitting that he canid not reach an agreement. FJ1 berfeld is holding out for several hundred dollars more than the Pelicans are willing to give him. and P looks very much as if he will stick ♦.•> Mb de mand? Another meeting may be held this afternoon. lOpluav Whisker >ad Dm. 1st Horn* nt at SanOariam. Bnok oa iab|«e I Frte. DR B M. WOOLLEY. M-N. *1m I Sanitaria*. Atlaata, Gaatefe ; Maddralnf akin disease* ran t exist If Tetter In* ia used beraua* Tetteriue f* srfcmlfloaQy prepared to remove the CAUSE as well as the EFFECT TETTERINE CURES SKIN DISEASES Jean* W geol*. Miiiedseeiiie. Gs.. write* i suffered wKFi an eruptleit two year* sad • n* hex of Tetterine cured m* and t'xo nf my trlend* It is worth It* weight In gold Tetter! n» cures en*»na. tener ground Itch, erysipelas, itching piles arc! oth»r f tin it to day—Tetterine We at dru0fist*. nr by mal! SHUFTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH AHs ISA.