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M/V LET'6 <,0 ON 1 HF othh^^iOF PA ISEtM'j 50 INTEREST C D JUVT THINf. T^E ARE OVER TEN HONORED FEET up in SThE AiR 'i N\ . \ WELL-I \ | r 1 *^ y— iuPF»o^,E L , THE view L ■—» 1 M 1 1 OF PARIS IS ] SO INTEREST ZE ELEVATOR I 'N<i WE LL , ^ONS EVEtiT l 'Vl C>& OVER Hour .madam- 1 AN hl °uR NES AND I've AlWAT WANTED to C.O up TO THE TCP OF The eiFFF-L. FOR jOOODNESS sake what I*-- that - I jFf t MT NT L BUT TVHS is a powerful- field VLAS'S! U dt l LOLln IT LOOKS lute a thousand in VLAD TO v_ 5>FE LIE’S MORE ■ nterestf; d n in mistqrt* / WONDER IF £ CAN SEE THE fiRONV CP HERE ? r l MUST see that sivn u.os- FR- And in| MOT <|OIN’ TO WAITAH HOUR poR k£HL Ell - ’VIATOR vce; i M <^la!S thft had that FIELD *HLA%i op there: Uim.M.nil., ro O -• er AJitmiin-.'i axauui.ii. l l im. l.n ........ M j D D BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS Club Members Have Never Seen Him Play, and He Even Re fuses Them Lessons. 13y “Chick” Evans. I uNCE played golf In a town of about 10,000 people. The golf club had a most enthusiastic nbership, more or less unfamiliai- v ■ - the game, and it had everything ,t goes with a links—even includ- ;ng T professional. This professional . ; lie topic of my story to-day. I have sppn and known intimately many golf professionals in my lifetime, but this ,ne was the queerest of them all. When 1 was first told that the club iad a, professional \ thought what a ?lnc thing it was, for beginners al- . . S need help and a new' club can no! always afford to employ expert distance. In the course of conver sation. however, I began to hear .-range stories about him and si lently T acquired a curious interest in . in For instance, one of the mcm- 1). r- said: “Tom said that he made i 38 the other day, but I don’t be- Ueve him.” Refuses Lesson to Members. Tt seemed very strange to me that t >' 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 mrange situation, indeed, l thought. Near the clubhouse was a comfort able cottage, which I was told was built for the professional, but, it was further added, he refused to sleep there because it was too lonely. AH of these statements aroused a great curiosity and I looked around with some eagerness hoping to see this extraordinary professional. He was not in sight, however, and his ab sence on one of the busiest golfing days of the season added piquancy to the situation. I 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 a non seemed familiar and I recalled that in Great Britain this was done in championships. 1 was just won* tiering what experienced golfer was doing this when behold! it was our friend the professional. Tie. wore cap and knickerbockers—the typical golf dress of the old country, and he look ed like hundreds t»f fellows that one sees on links in England and Scot land. 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 mo that hr had beaten some of the best play ers in England. It seemed strange that 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 w hetted to see him play, so I asked some of the members to arrange a game. They said they wmuld try, but • hey did not think he would play. I l ad 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 beat me. A member offered to get •P a purse of $500 to be his if he made a 35 that afternoon, but be wouldn’t play, risk his reputation, or waste his time with an amateur, he • aid, and ran away. Truly a unique case. Some of the members tell me that ■ really plays some remarkable shots d knows the game, but that be- >mid these shots none of the mem- 1" i s had seen him play practically all innier. It seems that a member of |ri club noted for his benevolence found Tom in great trouble and he iad brought him to the town and Hie (dub and continued to do every- ng possible for him, hut an air »»f aloofness had characterized this s : 'ange professional from the begin ning. Navy Announces Winter Sport List NXAPOL1S, MR, Pec. 20. The fol- ■■w iug schedules of winter sports wer e pmounced at the Naval Academy to- '• i a nasties February 7. New' Voik versity; February 28. University cf '* I'Unylvania: March 7. Columbia Wrestling February 7, Pennsylvania ' ■ 1 e College: February 14. Lehigh. ‘ binary 21. Cornell; February 28. Fni- ■ 'sity of Pennsylvania; March 7, Co lumbia . ' w-imming— February 7. Baltimore College: March 7. Columbia Jack Johnson Breaks Arm in Paris Scrap LARIS. Dec. 20.—.lack Johnson. *-avyweight champion of tkc world, is ing his rigid bund in a sling ns a ■ dt of his light here last nigh! with ■ ’nitty Johnson. ■The match ended in eighth round with honors even, •'her tlie end of the battle It was dis- wered that Jack Johnson had broken - left forearm in the third .round. Referee Maltrot announced the bout a draw. POLLY AND HER PALS She Doesn’t Lose Her Head Even When Buying Presents ] 116 "The £L*ssTt*Tpf* ( | p£EiTEM7 Voo £v/ER SAW j p MA ~!AKh II FROM M! J I Tried it ou Itiif /4tTERMOOFl ^AlD IT FIT me Like, the B4PER. an The wall *. ^tiVtW.JJ \ ? p CwF. JrEMlzfir May Try Inter-League Series v#*i* v ® *1* 4* *4* v • v v*v 4* • • A. A. and International Plan it LOOKS FIST IS Langford Battles Jeannette To-night NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Joe Wood- 11 n. manager of Sam Langford, who of ik Joe Jeannette in a twercy- !,, uud bout in Paris l«»-nigii’. •bled here yesterday that the * »* ” had taken off .**•> much Hesir • ' would weigh not more than L7^> pounds in the ring. By 0. 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 show, they re fer to it politely as "trying it on the deg." 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 aa cooked: * * * T HE tentative plan vails for a schedule of 113 gamps to be pla> - ed bv 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 tire Internationa!, is that "Hie rave usually is decided by that lime, anyway." We’ll speak of that later. Then the rest is simple. ♦ ♦ * j j j/ respective pennants having ! 1 bet ii decided in each of t no leagues •ns usual, only a couple of months earlier Hie two circuits gel together and plav out a schedule by which each lea in in the American Associa tion plavs each, team in tlie Interna- tidal a series of four games on me International’s home lots, after which Hie process will be repeated, the in ternational League play ing around tlie A A. circuit. In . way a schedule of oS games will i„ eked'out, and the relative standings of the leagues at the end of it will determine the championship oft'lassAA. Very pretty, is ii not. * * • \ I 7.\ IT a moment before > ou say, W - Yes —it is not.’’ Think about it, now. Wouldn’t it be u pretiv interesting iliing if for once all tlie'towns in tlie Southern League could be pulling for each other against an invasion by tlie entire force of the Pacific I'oast 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 t he W est- erners could win from them . Wouldn't there he a scramble for Hie parks in the afternoons, and for snorting extras to see how Homing- Pam and Los Angeles came out while. Aibmia was li-king San Francisco? < *f course*, *Jhtc lire* only six clubs in lire* (.'oast Hrcuit, so tuo \w;ik sis-, I ro-H * w oiikl }j;i v r* to be* «lroi'UK*r| fr om ,, ;ir |< ague -but ibis is merely lor purposes of illustration. AS to tlie statement of tlie Eastern magnate tliat the race practically is decided by Angus 15, we desire to file as loud an exception to it. as we can register and get through the mails. j So that part of the plan is dis tinctly fish-like, tlie w ay we see it. * ■* * DI T the big minors decide to try H it on n»»xt year, they may be sure of being watched with deep interest, not only around this circuit, hut 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. Basket Ball Champions of South Will Play Athletic Club in Atlanta February 21. Sporting Food l By GEORGE E. PHAIR-' < THE MAGNATE'S LOT. When III<• fiiil/lii isn't clumminj and hotel in o And the critics haven't got him on the u<tn. Then the hvldcrs of the stitch arc ahcai/s growling. And arc on the point of handing him the run. Il's « wonder that he isn't driven hat hi. ■ That hr (loesnt’ end liis liuultles with a gun. When hr rims a hasrball team in Cincinnati The magnate's lot is not a happg c Tad Jones Suggests OLUMBL’S, GA., Dec. 20.—The 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- New Football Rule! A. C., which they smothered. »!) to 13; the second was with lire 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. A1. 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 lo be as much at home on a large one as a small one. The Columbus loam will he seen in action on the Atlanta Athletic Club 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 ti’<* Columbus aggregation will compete with; 0 December 23—Central College of Missouri. January 3 Atlanta Athletic Club. January 9—Montgomery Y. M. C A. January 16—Auburn. January 24—Birmingham Athletic Club. January 3o- A1 Elver. The road trip, which will begin on February 11, will include the follow ing games; February 14 Auburn. February 18—Bir mingham A C. February 19—Bessemer A. •', February 2 1 Atlanta A. < February 23—Asheville Y. M. c. A. February’24 —Charlotte V. M. <’ A. February 26 Lynchburg Y M. c. a. February 28 — Charlotte Y. AL C. A ILLINI ARRANGES GAMES. CHAAfPAKJN. ILL.. I>- 20, Direc tor Muff, of lliri*-is. I n-ibi ;■ announced i lie fir?! con pleted foot Pell dates for 1f«11. The Illinois eleven will play In dians October 10 ;it»• f \'<vthwestern or toPer 24 both ci Illinois Held. VGv- ronsin will probn OK he added to tw* jsehrdule. Illino ~ n eordinc ; • In uaranteed 1 >•*» i'»r Hub. w ic.'i*' to cciJuU Missouri for an early game. NEW HAVEN, Deb. 20. 'lad Jones, '08 S., an All American Vale quarter back, jn discuss!rfg the results of the changed football rules had this to say to-day: “I would suggest for changes that all goals from touchdown should he kicked from a point immediately in front of the spot where tlie pall is downed. In other words, I would take away the privilege of the punt out. It might be well to widen the field perhaps ton yards and to lengthen it to Its original measure ment. “I think the element of chance enters ton strongly in Western football. They violate every rule in football for the sake of gaining something by some freak of chance. Tills is all right in emergency. I think, but for a general policy it is very Pad. Eastern football may lie a trifle too conservative but i certainly do not think so.” John Ward Slated To Lead Federals ST. Lol’IS. Dec. 20.—John Ward, New York lawyer and old time, player, seems slated to be president of the Fed eral League. Ward is not friendly to organized baseball as represented by trie old b-ague arid is familiar with * the workings of the game from several angles. The magnates of tlie league are meeting here to-day. Ritchie Asks $10,000 To Box Jimmy Duffy NEW YORK, Dec. 20 - Gharley Mur ray. the llgi’’ promoter of Buffalo and «'i5-o manager of the Wuecnsberry A. »' >f this Try. wired Willie Kjii Pie. the igiil weigi 1 champjou. an offer of a guarantee of $7,.Vd* :o box .lima * Duffy, the - rac k lightweight ,.f Lo< kporl, N Y, fo" ten rounds. ILir-pje ha ' w’Frd back that be will accept if 110,000. If a baseball team and a distillery could be run successfully 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 Carpentier has been offered $2,500 a week in vaudeville on i're strength of the walloping ho handed Bombardier Wells. The question :■«. How nnr< : would they have offered him if ho 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. Ur hud to cxc(Ji>c. front pulilir.ul life. 11 ilk il* stintc and its mud and intrigue. He tried to escape from political strife— AM) HE WE XT TO THE X .4 no xae IjEaui /:. The time has come for Governor Toner to gather the N. L magnates behind closed doors and swing alter nately with right and left until the said magnates are at peace. Those six-day bike racers are n»h in protesting agi'irisf being fined. If :he public had it? way, tho fines woul-.l be slammed on the promoters. The report that Happy Hogan <on Irrnpletos buying the Si. I.c* i s Browns Ir-ada one to believe th 11 Happy will not be nappy iong It is no surprise to learn th^» Pnckey McFarland will not be allowed to fight in Milwaukee for a year. In it wrs suspected th,it*he wo ‘ not he allowed to fight there for tht next twenty years. Commodores May Quit S. I. A. A. 4*#4* 4*#4* 4*t4* r»4- One-Year Rule Hurts Vanderbilt Big ‘'White Hope” Proves Fail ure and Plans to Return to Old Job on Engine. By Jack Conway. B oston, .mass., Dec. ‘20.—car Morris, broken in spirit, but blessed with a rather bulky bank roll, has hit the trail for Sapul- pa. Ok la. 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 tlie Idea of laboring eight hours a day for aix days a week for $25 or so, where ire has been in trie habit of receiving from $500 to $2,000 for boxing ten or twelve rounds But such Is the fate of >oung men who are unable to make good within the hemp ropes. The Oklahoma giant occupies a queer position in tlie sporting world. He was never a champion or even a near-chrimpion, and yet he has re ceived more publicity than some of the greatest ring men of former dec odes. .Morris’ position in the ring was due to the “white hope” erase. Morris is six feet four inches ia!i and weighs 235 poundf, lie is built on the lines of a < hmnpion, but has never startled us b> Iris work in the ring. His first few bouts ended un satisfactorily, but after lhat he im proved. Morris waa then matched to clash with Jess Willard in New York and the contest proved a Joke. The men were as slow as truck horses ii; moving around thr* ring, while they displayed little knowledge of ring craft. Morris was di>gusled with the showing be made againbl the cowboy and has decided to retire from the* ring. A8HVILLB, TENN., Dec. 20.— That one-year rule Isn’t taking well with Vanderbilt support ers and there are even now murmur ing of the local institution being withdrawn from the S. I. A. A., al though no such move is expected in Iho near future. Knowing that the South Is in need of some sort of or ganization, Vanderbilt would bo re luctant to drop out. especially as it is the backbone of its existence, but it is hard for them to swallow a. pill such aa was handed them at Jackson ville. If It had been a straight one-year rule without exceptions there would have been no kick coming, but it is hard to see Die justice In a rule that applies to Vanderbilt, yet in no way affects aii institution like Sewanec. Vanderbilt is also up against it when il comps to playing Virginia and North Carolina, to say 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 slate that the one-yeai* rule was aimed directly at Vanderblljr, but the truth remains that it Is hurt far more by it j than any other Southern school. Were Vanderbilt’s games confined only to tlip R. I. A. A. teams It would have no cause to worry over any kind of handicap, because of the superiority of its material and ecaching, but this is not where the blow will strike It hardest. Just how much the one-year rule will handicap Vanderbilt next year Is hard io say. A number of promising players were exper-ted 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 I heir first year. Of the 1913 line Huffman, White. Warren, Lowe, Askew’. Reyer, Garmon and Putnam will return, w’hile Josh Cody will bn eligible ns a result of having attended college tills season. This will give them a fair line if the expected im provements in the majority of the candidates transpires. In the back- ficld Peck Turner is the onlv loss, and with such men as Curry, R. Tur ner, A'. Turner and Bell coming along it is hard to believe that this depart- tui’e wIL be weak. Cohen and Ches ter also promise to make a strong pair of ends. Vanderbilt ought to have n 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 Elberfeld Fails to Clash With Augusta Reach Terms With Quintet To-night Now Orleans Club The Augusta Y. M. <* A quintet will be t^p Atlanta Athletic Club’s oppo nents tonight In the third scheduled basket ball game on tlie local team’s floor. The Augusta boys tome well touted and are expected to give Joe Bean’s warriors a stiff tussle. The lo cals have pul In a good wee!: of prac tice and art* ready to annex game num ber three to their collection. The line up nf tin* Augusta team is not known, hni the Atlanta hoys will line-up as follows: Smith and Forbes, forwards; iniBard, • enter. Darter and Weaver, guards. The game will start promptly at 8:3U. National League Not To Pension Anson NEW YOLK. !>.■ 20. -Pp'.IUent John K Tenet, of the National League, an nounced to-da tha: - ' r.royisition to grant a pension :o Wsp” Anson, th< \ rI' : atl Chicago Bail pla r r. had beer abandoned. Mr. Tens’- aid Anson n<r< not in neorj of .< pci; • .<n and lie saw no r< a«on for gra r bng oik ‘An.-on v, mild cn ;r nh refuse it if r were offered. ’ said the leagur* pr r i den I. Ansoti i> no'* appearing in vaudeville. INDIANS RELEASE PITCHER. MINN KABULIS. Dei. 20 Mike Kelly, manager of the Indianapolis team of the American Association, announced here that he had released Pitche-t- Wil* ham Harrington, of Ind'anapolis. to Binghamton, <*f the New York State League. NEW ORLEANS. Pec. 20 —“Kid ' El- bcrfeld, former Lookout manager. Is still unable to reach terms with the New Orleans club. After a conference >e«- terdav, Elberfeld left the local club's headquarters admitting that he could not reach an agreement. Elberfeld is holding out for several hundred dollars more than the Pelican* are willing to gi\e him, and it looks very much as if ho will sticl. '**> his <ie- man<la. Another meeting may be beul this afternoon. Inc i —.——, — . fnc Is used becuusa Tae.erlna J* »ci<jntlflc*lij t>cep»r*»«i to remote the CAUS£ as well ea the ; irmi TETTERINE CURES SKIN DISEASES w Scot' MlllertgerUlr. rj* , i suffered vlth an eruption two years a** *n« he* of Tetterlr.* cured and two «f mv Mead* l» Is worth Ms w*ifH In peld >'ii»r!nr r j'o« ecentna, totter ground itch. ; '■ryalrelM. Ubhln* pi*« and other aLmsots. Get U to-dsi - Tetter!ct Mo at drufilate. or hy mall SHUPIRINE CO.. SAVANNAH, GA. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, The Fans Are Now Beginning to Count tlie Days When Spring Practice Be^iu«