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TIE.\T?>T > SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. C,A.. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1913.
American Sporting 1 Pare
,ead All Other
EVES OF BASEBALL PUBLIC
FOCUSEI
IE
Chance, Stallings, Carrigan, Rickey
and Robinson Will Bear Watching
Next Season—Yankees and Braves
Should Be Well Up in the Race.
NICK ALTROCK, ONCE STAR SOUTHPAW, NOW
SHOVING LUMBER NEAR SCENE OFTRIUMPHS
NICK ALTROCK AS HE LOOKS TO-DAY.
By Prank O. Monke.
N EW YORK, Dec. 20.—The eyes
of the basebaJl public Just now
are focuaed In the general di
rection of Messrs. Chance. Stallings,
Carrigan, Rickey and Robinson, and
voices are asking-:
"What’ll you fellows do In 1914?"
Anybody who can answer that
Question just now will come mighty
elope to forecasting Just what the fin
ish will be in both leagues next Oc
tober.
The above-mentioned quintet con
stitute the "dark-horse” element In
the major leagues, and the eleven ri
val managers are having nightmares
these winter evenings worrying over
Just what those five fellows will do.
Of the five, Robinson Is the only
one who will make his first how as
manager In April, 1914 The other
four handled the managerial reins for
the whole or part, of the 1913 aeason.
Rut their work was only of experi
mental nature, nothing upon which
to base an accurate estimate of their
strength when once they get under
way, as they are expected to do next
yea r.
Much Expected of Chance.
C 'HANCE, chief of the down-trod
den Yankees, Is expected to lead an
uplift movement next summer that
will cause heaps of troubles for all
baseball persons who aspire to places
In the first division. Chance took
over the Yankees last year when
they stacked up as about the wor»t
aggregation ever given the title of a
baseball dub
The use of the pruning knife en
abled Chance to rid himself of lots of
excess baggage, and the wide-open
purse of Owner Farrell ennbled 1dm
to get together a fast Infield and a
speedy outfield. The Yankees just
now look weak in the pitching box,
but some of < ’hance’s# recruits may
develop Into finds. If they do the
Yanks will bear watching.
Corrigan, at the head of the Red
Sox. will have practically the same
team that grabbed the American
league pennant and the world's
championship 1n 1912 Perhaps the
team has disintegrated; perhaps the
old lire and spirit that carried them
to the crest of baseball in 1912 is
gone. Without it, Carrigan can not
be expected to cut a very wide swath
In the American l.eague, .-veil though
be has some of the greatest stars of
the game on bis roster.
Can Red Sox Come Back?
D ITT the 1913 slump, which finally
caused the "canning'’ of Jake Stahl
end the appointment of Carrigan.
may not carry through into next year
Perhaps 1t came only in the nature of
n reaction, a relaxation, that usually
follows all terrific strains If the
Red Sox do “com© back” next sum
mer, they’ll be up around the top all
the year, giving the Athletics, Sena
tors and Nap* looked upon now nfl
1he three contenders for the 1914
pennant, a merry little tussle for the
piece of hunting and a slice of the
world's series melon.*
Robinson, the new Brooklyn rnana
ger, fell heir to a mighty good ball
club— one of first division caliber, if It
ran secure a good infielder* and an
other pitcher. The Dodgers last spring
played championship ball, but the lack
of one reliable pitcher to assist Ruck
er and Flagon proved their undoing.
As soon ns Rucker and Flagon, worn
out by* working almost every other
day, were forced to give way to the
younger and less capable slabsters the
Dodgers faltered and fell.
Robinson is regarded as one of the
greatest, developers of young pitch
ers In the country. Perhaps he can
tote his youthful slabmen to the train
ing camp next spring and develop
them Into steady, consistent workers.
However, "Bobby” would feel much
easier in mind if be could secure by
trade or purchase one more seasoned
twirler.
Rickey Will Lead Brown*.
Branch Rickey will lead the “srteak
busting" Browns next year. He step
ped Into the managerial shoes after
Oeorge Stovall wan lifted out of them
late in the summer. The St. Douis
outfit never has been a dangerous fac
tor in any pennant race since 1908,
but they are something of an uncer
tain quantity this year, although It’s
a 100-to-l bet that they won’t grab
the bunting.
The Browns drew about 30 players
in the recent drafts, and some of them
were among the best men that cavort
ed in the bushes last season. Rickey
may be able to pick about five or six
good men from the gang.
< liven some new blood, Rickey may
weld together a team that will fur
nish more trouble than the Browns
ever have given before. The Browns,
as many may remember, have for
many years possessed the happy fac
ulty of breaking winning streaks, Ball
clubs can go along amassing great
records, whipping every other team in
the league, and then when they come
to the Browns they go down and out.
It’s the same with record-breaking
pitchers.
Stallings Most Feared Leader.
Stalling* is the most feared mana
ger in the National Reague. He took
hold of t ho Braves last year after
they had floundered for years in and
around the cellar position, infused
some of his own fighting spirit Into
them, fired a few "hasbeens” and
“neverwussers,” and built up a team
that played wonderful baseball
throughout the year, and fought to
the bitter finish in every battle.
Stallings next season will be
strengthened by a few young pitchers
and some fielding recruits. One or
two may develop into good ball play-
ers. if they do. Stallings will have a
team that will be a strong contender
for first division honors next season.
In Tyler and Purdue he has two great
pitchers In Maranvllle he has one of
the best shortstops In the game. He
has schooled his men thoroughly in
teamwork, and they are due to dem
onstrate its effect next season.
Sidelights on Sports
I F the Federal Deague is to suc
ceed it must succeed In the
baseball season that is to
come, for it will never have a
better year to establish itself In
the proper manner. And if it
does not succeed In the next
twelve months It would do well to
cash in its chips and quit the
baseball game.
It is no penny-ante session that
the Federals are sitting down to.
It is a table-stake game and it
lakes money to play that brand
of poker. The officials of the so-
railed “outlaw” organization say
that each club In the circuit has
put up a guarantee of $25,000,
making a total of $200,000 for
eight clubs in the league. It Is
to be presumed that this fund
represents the munitions of war
with which the league intends to
fight its way for a foothold on
the baseball battlefield.
• • *
COME of the Federal League
^ owners are men of wealth.
They are attracted to baseball
by reports of enormous profits
which they believe the major
league clubs make every year.
They are figuring on making from
10 to 50 per cent on their invest
ment.
Very recently Connie Mack,
who owns a half interest in the
Athletics, champions of the world,
said that the profits of his club
were not over 2 per cent on the
Investment. Other big league
• Tubs the writer knows of made
no more than 3 per cent. After
years of membership in the
American Deague it was only last
season that the Cleveland club
made a profit that could be con
sidered worth while. In base
ball. if things break right, there
is a chance of splendid profits,
but If things go against you the
profits aro mighty small if there
are profits. Yet the fascination is
such and the gambling instinct
so strong that it is only rarely
that a club owner will sell his
property. He is always figuring
that he will get a good team of
players together and rake off the
big profits that can be made with
a winning team. t
THE Federal Deague has picked
1 several large Western cities
and Baltimore In the East in
which to do business. The main
question its promoters should
consider is whether there is a de
mand for another league in tl*e
territory they have invaded.
Doubtless two or three of the
cities where they propose to es
tablish clubs are ripe for the in
vasion. but how about the other
five cities?
The Federals. from the way
they talk, desire to establish
themselves on the same basis as
the major leagues and such or
ganizations as the American As
sociation and the International
League. Well, it takes a pot of
money to do this. The expenses
of a big club are something enor
mous. Clubs like the Giants.
Red Sox. Cubs and Pirates cost
more than $1,500 a day to main
tain.
• • #
THE sacrifice hit causes more
1 “second guesses” in baseball
than any other play. If a team is
two or three runs behind and
gets a man on first with no one
down, and the next batsman hits
into a double play, half the fans
exclaim "Why didn’t he sacrifice
the runner to second?”
But most ball clubs do not sac
rifice in a case like the one men
tioned. If a club is two or three
runs behind, even if it is early
in tho game, that club usually
wants to get those runs back ail
at once.
Minnesota Will Not
Play Carlisle Team
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. ! t—The board
of athletic control of tiif\, I’niversity of
Minneapolis, at a meeting to-day, de
cided by a unanimous vote that there
would be no football game with Carlisle
In 1914. The board was officially noti
fied that ihe net receipts for the Min
nesota-Chku go football game, played
at Northrop Field on November 15, were
$32,148.;>0 (>f this amount Chicago re
ceived $1«,074 25.
P
Bv Montv.
Famous Sox Pitcher, Broken in
SpIVit, Takes Laborer’s Job
in Chicago.
N EW YORK, liec. 20.—The Tin-
cinnatl Club of the National
Deague is not owned by August
Herrmann, otherwise known as Gar-
. ry, and Joe Tinker was not fired from
‘ the managerial job by Herrmann,
he inside history of the Reds dur-
ng the Inst few months has been
learned from one of the trusted at
taches of the club who attended the
annual meeting of the National
League In New York last week, and
some of the facts he disgorges will
upset a lot of opinions held by Cin
cinnati fans.
The present owners of the Reds are
Julius Fleischmann and his brother.
Max. Julius Is a former Mayor of
Cincinnati. They had been interested
financially In the Reds for several
years past, but the deal by which
they obtained absolute control of the
club was not put through until the
last few* weeks of the past season.
H#rrm*nn a Figurehead.
Herrmann, who still is president of
the club, will remain in that office as
long as he wishes—unless he refused
to do the bidding of las bosses. He
now is only a figurehead, being re
tained m the position of president
largely because of his prominent rep
utation in baseball affairs and his
long service rendered to organized ball
as chairman of the National Com
mission—a job he has held so long
that it would be hard to think of
anybody else holding it.
As soon as the Fleischmanns ob
tained the full control of the club last
summer. Max Fleischmann insisted
that Harry Stephens, a friend of his
and associate in certain affairs in
Cincinnati, be made secretary of the
club, a position that he (Max) once
neld. Stephens not only was secre
tary in the usual sense of the term
as applied to a lasebaJl club, but he
was Instructed to act ns a sleuth or
“spotter,” a job that never existed on
any other big league club. Stephens
was ordered to gumshoe around and
keep his cars open for gossip, and to
leport everything he saw or heard to
the Fleischmanns When Joe Tinker
finally learned of this, through friends
who had been tipped off about it. be
waxed hot under the collar, but said
nothing in particular.
Swore He Would Get Joe's Job.
In the last w*eeks of the season a
story came out of Cincinnati about
a rupture between Tinker and the
Reds’ business management, which
caused the prediction that he was to
be let out. The details of that trou
ble have not been told yet. The mix-
up was caused by Max Fleischmann
"bawling out” Tinker at Redland Park
one day because Tinker made some
managerial move in the game that
did not suit Max’s Ideas of how base
ball should be played. Tinker told
Max to “go to. etc..” not knowing that
Max was one of his secret bosses.
Fleishman was incensed and swore to
himself that he would “get Tinker.”
And. as every fan knows now, he
“got Tinker.” It was Max’s ire en
tirely that caused the dismissal of the
manager
By Davenport.
iWICAGO, ILL., Dec. 20.—It isn't
what you used to be, it's what
you are to-day.
Five years ago Nick Altrock’s name
was on the lips of every fan in the
:wo big circuits.
ills mighty port arm and his misty
saline floaters were the talk of the
baseball world, and he was rated one
of the most wonderful pitchers base
ball has ever known.
That was five years ago: to-day he
is shoving lumber for a big concern
at Thirty-fifth street and Shield's ave
nue.
Flve#years ago, or perhaps a little
longer, he was one of the pitchers
who helped the White Sox to win a
world’s series At that lime he was
drawing a good salary. To-day he :s
a laborer working for wages.
Nick came to Chicago shortly after
the close of the recent season.
Hoped to Make Trip.
The fact he was not invited to ac
company the Sox and Giants on their
trip around the world hurt the once
great twirler. He confidently expect
ed he w r ou!d be asked to go along
with his side partner in comedy,
“Germany” Schaefer.
The expected invitation was not
forthcoming and Nick settled down to
remain in Chicago during the winter.
He drew a fair salary during the
past season from the Washington
club, but prospects were dimmed
when President Ban Johnson issued
an edict against comedy on the side
lines, for Nick’s stock in trad 4 e since
his arm went bark on him has been
his comedy with Schaefer.
The lure of the diamond Nick could
not resist, and after the season closed
iie found a loafing place near the
South Side Park.
On the day that the Sox and Giants
departed for their world tour Nick
happened to be in his loafing place
when the White Sox groundkeeper
hapnened in. Nick overheard him tell
ing a friend that he was seeking men
to do some sodding at Comiskey Park.
“What does it pay?” asked Altro:k,
and upon being told the job would
pay 40 cents an hour he said: “Me
for that job. Show me the sod.”
As he toiled with the other laborers
a flood of memories of bygone days
surged through his brain. He saw
himself once more on the mound,
while thousands of cheering fans
spurred him on to victory.
lie caught the signal from the
catcher and once again that mighty
arm was in motion. His spitter was
working as of old, but this time the
spitter worked on the handle of a
shovel.
It was but a dream, for when this
work ended Nick found himself face
to face with the stern reality of win
ter coming on, the cost of living high
and no money coming in. Some stern
reality.
Nick did not sit back and wait for
something to come his way.
Never Shirks Work.
“Most men tire themselves o 1 r look
ing for an easy job,” said Nick y. s-
terday, as he shouldered a long,
heavy oak board, and carried it to a
freight car, “but yours truly never
was afraid of work.'' Nick proceeded
to get a move on himself and soon
landed a job in the big lumber yard
at Thirty-fifth street and Shields ave
nue.
The once great spltball pitcher *s
still in fine physical condition and he
hopes his present work will round him
into condition for a successful sea
son on the diamond next season.
When seen at work by a photog
rapher and asked to pose for n pic
ture. Xick'said: “No, I won't pose
for a picture* I guess my posing days
are over. I am a workingman now.
If you can snap me while I am at
work, go as far as you like. I am
not ashamed to be seen In overalls.
I have never been afraid of work. In
the days when I was pitching T never
shirked, for I wanted to give value re
ceived. and so you can just point your
old camera my way while I am at
work.”
Altrock hopes to work with the Sen
ators again next season and says he
may surprise Clark Griffith by show
ing his old-time pitching form.
LEVY SELLS JAMESTOWN TRACK.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20.—Smith and
I Pern’. Chicago syndicate bookmakers,
have closed a deal for Robert Bevy's
interest in the Jamestown race track.
The price is said to be $20,000.
Anderson to Tackle
Cross in Return Go
On New Year's Day
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.—Beach Cross
and Bud Anderson have signed articles
of agreement with Promoter Tom Mc-
Carey t<> battle 20 rounds at the Ver
non Athletic Club of Bos Angeles on
New Year’s day. They agreed to make
135 pounds two hours before the fight.
Young Shugrue. the crack Jersey Ciiy
lightweight, has signed for a bout with
Willie Beecher, of the East Side, at
the Collar City Athletic Club of Troy
on January 5.
SET REGATTA DATE.
CLINTON, IOWA, Dec. 20. The ex
ecutive committee of the Mississippi
VaUey Power Boat Association to-day
postponed tho selection of a place for
the next regatta until January 10. The
annual convention will bt held in Chi
cago March 6.
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The Leach Sanatorium.
Indianapolis, Ind., Las
published a booklet which
kifes interesting facts
shout the cause of Cancer: also tells what to do for
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Louie Hardage Now
Promoting Soccer
Football League p*^**^^**************^
ANNISTON. ABA., Dec. 20.—Louie |
Hardage, the well-known Vanderbilt
football star, is in Anniston and will
make his headquarters here this win- '
ter. He has proposed that a soccer
football league be organized here, three
teams representing the Pelham Guards,
the Alabama Presbyterian Coliege and
the City Afbletic Club. A pennant will |
be offered and a warm race will re
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SAVANNAH, Dec. Between SO
and 40 of the fastest motorcycle rid
ers in the country are in Savannah
for the Grand Prlx SOO-mile race to
be run over the Vanderbilt course
here Christmas Day. The prizes of
fered by the city and the Motorcycle
Club were sufficiently attractive to
bring the best talent in the country
to Savannah, and the event promises
to be one of the fastest ever run.
In the tests that are being made
daily the daring drivers have taken
the 12 1-2 mile course at an average
speed of 69 and 70 miles. The fastest
lap so far was made by "Mud" Gard
ner yesterday afternoon, when he av
eraged 78 miles.
May Match Russell
Against Joe Mandot
NEW ORLEANS, LA., Dec. 29.—Remy
Dorr, manager of Frankie Russell, the
French Market lightweight, is trying to
get Promoter Tortorioh to book Rus
sell and Mandot here shortly.
"From the way the past few matches
have turned out I don’t see how Tor-
toritch can sidestep this Russell-Man-
dot go. He’s lost money on the others
and it goes to show that the fight fans
want a local boy in the ring. 1 believe
that a match between these two boys
will bring Tortoritch some money, also
a piece for myself,” says Dorr, who is
willing to fight on a percentage basis.
ANOTHER LEAGUE PLANNED.
ERTE, PA., Dec. 20.—A new baseball
league, to be known as the Pennsylva
nia State League, is the latest in the
sport world. It has the backing of
Horace Fogel. Fogel suggests a league
made up of the following towns: Erie,
Altoona, Scranton, Wilkesbarre. Wil
liamsport, Harrisburg. Reading and
Troy. He has promised to use his in
fluence to make it go.
TO ATHLETICS
Expert Thinks Mackmen's Second
Sacker Is Four Times as Val
uable as Joe Tinker.
By Frank G. Menke.
EW YORK, Dec. 20.—If Joe T!n-
^ ^ ker is worth $25,000, what's the
value of Eddie Collins?
That is the question that basebail
fans are asking to-day. Onr answer
is that Collins is worth just about
four times as much as Tinker, or ex
actly $100,000, although we doubt f
Connie Mack would let him go even
for that figure.
A perusal of the records of the two
great infielders seem to show the «u-
perlority of Collins.
Tinker, in twelve years as a major
leaguer, has amassed a grand fielding
average of .937 and a grand batting
average of .264. Collins broke Into ih*
game as a regular in 1908 and in tho
six years since then has compiled a
grand fielding average of .958 -and a
batting average of .233.
These figures show that Collin*
each year has hatted 69 points better
than Tinker and fielded 21 points bet
ter—a tremendous margin.
GOOCH A RHODES SCHOLAR.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA., Dec. 20.^.
Robert Gooch, captain-elect of the Uni
versity of Virginia football team, ha*
been notified of his appointment as a
Rhodes scholar. He will enter Oxford
University in October. 1914.
MARSANS PLAYS WINTER BALL
Outfielder Marsans is playing winter
ball in Cuba every day with the famous
Almendares team, despite an urgent
request by Cincinnati that he refrain
from active work during the off-season.
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