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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
THIS GOLF'PRO'
NEVER RISKED
ijb Members Have Never Seen
Him Play, and He Even Re
fuses Them Lessons.
By “Chick” Evans.
1 v.*.\TK played Rolf in a town of
About 10,000 people. The golf
. lub had a most enthusiastic
membership, more or less unfamiliai-
, v n the game, and it had everything
aoes with a links—even includ
ing a professional. This professional
- ilie topic of my story to-day. I have
.seen and known intimately many golf
p...fcssiunals in my lifetime, but this
one was the queerest of them all.
"when I was first told that the club
j, lf | n professional I thought what a
j, nr thing il was, for beginners al-
Vvi < n oed help and a new’ club can
not always afford to employ expert
a-«stance. In the course of conver-
on. however. 1 began to hear
s tnge stories about him and si-
enth I acquired a curious interest in
. n For instance, one of the mem-
)<-■< said: "Tom said that he made
a ss the other day, hut I don’t be
lieve him.”
Refuses Lesson to Members.
I; -eemed very strange to me that
i - members of a ’‘pro’s” own club
w re unacquainted with his game.
Then 1 heard someone else say that
Mr. r could not get a lesson because
Tom did not want to give it. A
strange situation, indeed. I thought.
Near the clubhouse was a comfort-
aide cottage, which 1 was told was
built for the professional, but, it was
further added, he refused to sleep
there because it was too lonely. All
of these statements aroused a great
curiosity and I looked around with
snme eagerness hoping to see this
rxiraordinary professional. He was
not in sight, however, and his ab
duce on one of the busiest golfing
days of the season added piquancy to
ihe situation.
I was coming up the ninth hole of
this nine-hole course, first time
around, when I saw some one go to
the flag for my second shot. The
action seemed familiar and I recalled
ihat in (treat Britain this was done
in championships. I was just won-
rierine what experienced golfer was
doing this when behold! it was our
friend the professional. He wop cap
rbockers—the typo a 1 gdn
dress of the old country, and he look
ed like hundreds of fellow’s that one
*pes on links in England and Scot-
arid. My! but ho was British. He
walked down the first hole with me.
tilling me first of all that he had
made 3R and 36 on the course and
never took over 37. He told me that
up had beaten some of the best play-
(■ rs in England. It seemed strange
hat a player of his remarkable abil-
iv was hiding his light in a small
Hub.
"Chick's" Challenge Rejected.
By this time my curiosity’ was
whetted to see him play, so 1 asked
'ome of the members to arrange a
game. They said they would try, hut
!hey did not think he would play. 1
had never heard of a professional re-
f i-'ing that sort of a request from
i liib members.
Tom was sent for, how’ever. and
• fter a long time he appeared at the
locker room door and the question
was put to him. With indescribable
•motion he refused. I told him 1
would give him 2 up on each nine
«nd let him name his reward if he
-eat me. A member offered to get
'!> a purse of $500 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
aid, and ran away. Truly a unique
ase.
Some of the members tell me that
really plays some remarkable shots
md knows the game, but that be-
ond these shots none of the mem
bers had seen him play practically all
dimmer. It seems that a member of
he iTub noted for his benevolence
found Tom in groat trouble and he
;1 *d brought him to the town and
the club and continued to do every
thing possible for him, but an air of
-doofness had characterized this
strange professional from the begin
ning.
Navy Announces
Winter Sport List
v NNAPOLIfl, MD., Dec. 20.—The fol
ding schedules of winter sports were
unn-tunced at the Naval Academy to
day:
Gymnastics—February 7. New York
; 'dversity; February 28. rnlversity of
i’ennsylvanim; March 7, Columbia
'\>estling—February 7, Pennsylvania
•'.He College: February 14, ‘Lehigh;
February 21. Cornell: February 28. Fni-
ratty of i’ennsylvania; March 7, Co
lumbia.
Swimming- February 7. Baltimore
College; March 7, Columbia.
Jack Johnson Breaks
Arm in Paris Scrap
, BARIg, T>ee. 20.—Jack .Johnson,
•eavyweight cliampion of the world, is
arrying his right hand In a sling as a
"suit of his light bore last night with
Unmy Johnson. The match ended in
’“* eighth round with honors e\*en.
•fter the end of the battle It was dis-
vered that Jack Johnson had broken
left forearm in the third round.
Wereo Mai trot announced the hour a
draw.
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Langford Battles
Jeannette To-night
NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Wo- Wood-
manager of Sam Langford, who
1 f c Is Joe Jeannette in a twenty-
nd limit in Paris to-night,
bled here .\ osterii^y that the ”iar
•> had Lfken off so much iDsh
would weigh not mure Urn.
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BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
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May Try Inter-League Series
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By (). B. Keeler.
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 shun, they re
fer to it politely as "trying it on the
deg.”
Inasmuch, however, as the canine
section of the combination in this in-
siance 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:
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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.
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T HE respective pennants having
been decided in each of the leagues
as usual, only a couple of months
earlier, the two circuifs get together
and plav out a schedule by which
each learn in the American Associa
tion plays each team in the Interna
tional a' series of four games on the
International's home lots, after which
the process will be repeated, Hie In
ternational l-eague 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 A A.
Very pretty, is It not.
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[T a moment before you say,
"Yes—it is not.”
Think about it. now Wouldn't it be
■i prelit interesting Hung if for once
■ill the towns in tile Southern League
could be pulling for eh.-IV other against
an invasion by tile entire force of the
Pacific < ’oasi League, or uniting for
a desperate dasli Into the etiemj 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 l.e a scramble for
the parks in the afternoons, and for
snorting extras to sec hoy Hi niiug-
bam and I.o< Angeles came out while
Allan:-' was ■ king San
, >f course. I here arc only six olubs
in 1 he ■ '0,1-1 . in nit. so two weak sis-
, uol |!(! hn\c t«» *>'■’ dropped fi'*m
lorurur hut this is merely for
i.ni iuikPs of illusrrai ion.
AS 10 the statement of the Eastern
** magnate that the race practically
Is decided by Augus la, we desire to
file as loud an exception to it as we
can register and get through the
mails. •
So that part of tlie plan is dis
tinctly fiah-like, the way we see it.
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DI T iZ 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, hut also
by ihe 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 Ran Johnson turned it
down with a dull thud.
But Ban will k*ep an eye on the ex
periment, too—if it is made.
LOOKS FIST JS
EVER THIS YEIR
Basket Ball Champions of South
Will Play Athletic Club in
Atlanta February 21.
Tad Jones Suggests
New Football Buie
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 all
goals from touchdown should be kicked
from a point Immediately in front of the
spot where the hall fs downed. In other
words. I would fake away the privilege
of the punt out. It might be well to
widen the field perhaps ten yards and
to lengthen it t<» its original measure
ment.
”1 think the element of chance enters
too strongly in Western football. They
violate every rule in football for the
sake of gaining something by some
freak of chance. This is ail right In
emergency, I think, but for a general
policy’ it is very had. Eastern football
may be a trifle too conservative but I
certainly do not think so."
John Ward Slated
To Lead Federals
ST. LollS, Dec. 20.— John Ward,
New York lawyer and old time player,
seems slated to be president of the Fed
eral I a-ague. \> ard is not friendly to
organized baseball as represented by I be
old league and is familiar with the
workings of the ^atne from sever a.
angles. The magnates of the league are
meeting here to-day.
Ritchie Asks $10,000
To Box Jimmy Duffy
NEW YoftK. Dec. 20. Charley Mur
ray. the figl promoi*:r of Buffalo ami
al«" manager of the Wueenslrerry \ c .
of \b\- cif\ wired Willie K’ :e. the
• igli! weight champion, an offer of a
guarantee •»f S7.500 to box Jimmy Duffy,
ihe crack light weight of Lockport. N
V , for • -n rounds Hitch!*- ha* wired
bac ti* w : T) accept if guhramced
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C COLUMBUS, G.\, Dec. 20. -Tue
Columbus basket ball team,
* conceded to be the undisputed
champions of the South for tiie past
four seasons, is fast rounding into
form and is leaving no stones un
earthed to carry off ihe 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 lo 13;
the second was with the Fifth Regi
ment. Company G, quintet, of Atlanta,
which they won, 71 to 19.
The Columbus team has lasted de
feat on their home court once in fl\ e
years. Mobile Y. M. (A. accomplish
ing the stunt year before last in a
close, nerve-iacking game. The court
in Columbus Is much smaller than
other courts in this section, but larger
comts make no difference to the Co
lumbus ream. They seem to be as
much at home on a large one as a
small one
The Columbus team will be «;een in
action on the Atlanta, Athletic Club
court on February 21.
Coach Bridges has not completed
his home schedule as yel The fol
lowing will give you an idea of the
opponents the Columbus aggregation
111 compete with:
December 23—Central College of
Missouri.
January 3—Atlanta Athletic Club.
January 9 Montgomery Y. M. « \ A.
January’ 1€—Auburn.
January’ 24—Birmingham Athletic
CI u b.
January 30—Mercer.
The road trip, which will begin on
February 14, will include the follow
ing games:
February 14—\tiburn
February 1« Birmingham A c
February 19—Bessemer A. C.
February 21 Atlanta A. c
February 23 Asheville Y. M «
February 24 — Charlotte Y. M. *
February 26—Lynchburg Y M. <
February 28—Charlotte Y. M. C
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ILLINI ARRANGES GAMES
CHAMPAIGN. ILL.. Dec. 20. Direc
tin’ Huff, of llinoiv ;o-da> announced
itK- firm t:on>?dei oil football dates for
10M The HUnoi eleven will play In
diana October "» a mi Northwestern Oc
tober 1. both •*»> Illinois field W »-
cousin will proha bp tie added lo ik*
schedule llliruu accorrlir.f »n lb
rrcior Huff, w ill br sjad !.. •« herlnl*
Missouri f"f m Ke«me
: Sporting Food
I By GEORGE E. PHA1R «
THE MAGNATE'S LOT.
\S htv the public i$H*t efttmorinff ami
ho tt liny
lhe arttii-* haven't got him on
1 hr pun %
than the holdern of ihe tfhnL air
always yroulbty.
.Illd are on Ihe point of handing
him the can.
Its a no niter that hr isn't drier n
baity.
That hr doesnt" find his Doubles
with a gun.
When hr runs a base bait team in
Cincinnati
The magnate's lot Is not a happy
ofie.
If a baseball team and a distillery
could be run successfully by the same
method, Cincinnati might win a few
pennants.
As we understand rt, 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. greal wa v Inward wiping oul ! bn
memory of that hat.
Georges Carpeniiei* has been offer# 1
$2,500 a week in vaudeville on ihe
strength of the walloping he handed
Bombardier Wei:*. The question is.
How much would they have offered
him if he had whipped a regular pu
gilist 7
While there is nothing in a name,
Mr. Ever Hammer is an appropriate
name for a pugiliet. But it would be
the ideal name for a column conduc
tor.
GOVERNOR TENER.
He hifd to escape from political life.
With its slime and its rand, and
intrigue.
He tried to escape from political
strife
A M) UK WPiS 't TO ITIK A A-
no*Ah LKAGIjK.
Th« time has come for Governor
Toner to gather the N. L magnates
behind closed doors and swinq alter
nately with right and loft until the
said magnates are at peace.
Tmohc oix-day hiko* racers are r %L
in protesting against being fined. If
fhe public had its way. the flues tvuu!-!
be slammed on the promoters
Commodores May Quit S. I. A. A.
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One-Year Rule Hurts Vanderbilt
Big “'White Hope" Proves Fail
ure and Plans to Return to
Old Job on Engine.
Bv Jack Cotiwa v.
B oston, mass., d*c. '.<• i
Morris, broken in spirit, but
blessed with a rather bulky
bank roll, has hif the trail for 8apul -
pa. Okla. The big ‘ white hope" real
izes that he will never be a success
as a boxer and so intends lo return
to his old job as an engineer.
.Morris, of course, may not like the
Idea of laboring eight hours a day for
six day* a week for $25 or so. where
he has been in the habit of receiving
from $50h to $2,(too for boxing ten or
twelve rounds But such is ihe fate
of young men who are unable to make
good within the hemp ropes.
The Oklahoma giant occupies *
queer position in the sporting world.
He was never- a champion or even a
Pear-champion, and yet lie las re
celvert more publicity (ban some of
the greatest ring men of former dec
ades. Morfisf position in the ring was
clue to the "white hope" craze.
Morris is six feel four incites tail
and weigh* 225 pound' He Is built
on the lines of n champion, hut has
never startled u» by his work In the
ring. Ills flrat feu bouts ended un
satisfactorily, but after that lie im
proved. Morris was ihen matched to
clash with Jess Willard tn New York
and the contest proved a johe. The
men were hh slov*. as truck horses In
moving around the ring, while they
displayed little knowledge of ring
craft.
Marru wa# disgusted with LUt
•bowing i.e made .ugainsi the cowboy
and has* decided to ret Ire from tin-
ring
N ashville, tenn. De, au.
That one-year rule Isn't taking
well with Vanderbilt support
ers and there are even now murmur-
ings of the local institution being
wjthdrawn from the 8. 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
ganisation. Vanderbilt would he re
luctant to drop out. especially as it
is the backbone of its existence, bur
it is hard for them to swallow a pill
such as was handed them at Jackson
ville
If ft had been a straight one-yesr
rule without exceptions there would
have been no kick coming, but it is
hard to see the justice in a rule that
applies to Vanderbilt, vet In no way
affe cts an institution like Srwanee.
Vanderbilt Is also up against it when
it comes to playing Vhglnla and
North Carolina, to say nothing of
Michigan. The latter college lias a
strict one-yesr rule, hut 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.
Jt would be a little far fetched to
state that the one-year rule was aimed
directly’ at Vanderbilt, but the truth
remains that if is hurt far more by it
than any other Southern school. W ere
Vanderbilt’s games confined onl.V’ to
the S. I. A A. Learns it would ha;v<? no
cause to worry over any kind of
handicap, because of the superiority of
its material and coaching, but this is
not where the blow' will strike it
hardest.
Just how much the ont-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
l.v keep several of them away, for
many would prefer going to some
other university where they can play
during their first year. Of the 1912
line Huffman, Whit*. Warren, Lowe.
Askew, Reyer. Cannon and Putnam
will return, while Josh < ody will be
eligible as a result of having attended
college this season. This will give
them a fair line if the expected im
provements in the majority of the
candidates transpires. In the hack
field 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 helfov* that this depart
ture wli: be weak, (.’olien and <’hes
ter also promise to make a strong
pair of ends. Vanderbilt ought to
have a fair team in spite of the rule,
hut not so strong as it would have
been otherwise, and next year they
need every ounce of strength they'
can g*M.
Athletic Club Boys Elberfeld Fails to
Clash With Augusta Reach Terms With
Quintet To-night New Orleans Club
National League Not
To Pension Anson
i»py Hogan j .hi ,
the St. Lou s j
The report that Happy Hogan^
template* buying the
Browns lead' one to believe th.<
Happy will not be happy long
It ts no »urprne to learn thst
P*cU#y McFarland will not be allowed
to fight in Milwaukee for a yea .
In fact, it w** suspected that he /vould
not be allowed to fiqht there for the
next twenty years.
N KW YORK. Dec. 2i> President John
K Tener. of the National kr^giip, an
nounced to-day that the proposition t<»
grant a pension u> "I’ap ' A neon. Ur
veteran I'hicago ball player, ban been
abandoned. Mr. Tener said \ns«*n w»
not in need f a pension and h*» saw no
reason for granting one
‘AnSon would eerlalnb refuse it if i:
w»*re offered." ' said tbc league presi
dent.
\nson is hone appearing in vaudeville
The Augusta Y. M. t‘ A quintet will
be the Atlanta Athletic Club’s oppo
nents so night in the third scheduled
basket l»all game **n the local team s
floor. Tb* Augusta boys come well
touted arid are expected to give .b>e
Bean’s warrior* a stiff tussle. The lo
cals have put In h good wee!, of prac
tice and are ready to annex game num
ber three to their collection. The line
up of the Augusta .earn is not known,
hut the Atlanta hoys will line-up as
follows Smith and Forl>es. forwards;
I Mi Bard, -enter: Farter and Weaver,
guards. The game will start promptly
a- 8;3»
INDIANS RELEASE PITCHER.
MINNEAPOLIS. 2®.— Mike Kelly,
manager of the Indianapolis team or
the American Association, announced
here that lie hail released Pitcher Wil
liam Harrington, of Indianapolis, to
Binghamton, --f the New York State
League.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. ‘JO Kid* fW-
berfeld, former lookout manager, Iwwittl
unable to reach terms with the New
Orleans club. After a conference yes
terday. Elberfeld left the local clubs
headquarters admitting that, he could
not reach an agreement,
Elberfeld t* holding one for several-
hundred dollars more than the Pelicans
ate willing i-» g»v6 him, and ir looks
very much as -f he will stick hi* de
mauds. Another meeting mav he held
this afternoon.
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