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Louie Hardage Now
Promoting Soccer
Football League
to Play at Loca l c
tan and Sunday A
tie for
in Atlanta
merican
ANNISTON, ALA.. Dec. 20.- Louie
Hardage. the well-known Vanderbilt
football atar, Is In Anniston and will
make bin headquarters here this win
ter. He has proposed that a soccer
football league be organized here, three
teams representing the 1'o liam Guards,
the Alabama Presbyterian College and
the City Athletic Club. A pennant will
he offered, and a warm race will re
sult.
^y^HIUK” EVANS, ‘’America's
1 greatest amateur golfer,” ac
cording to Vardon and Ray,
.11 display his wares at the Athletic
ub course In East Lake the latter
irt of the week. He arrives Christ
as* morning and will spend at least a
piece of bunting and a slice of
world's series melon.
Robinson, the new Brooklyn mat.a
ger, fell heir to a mighty good b t!
club—one of first division caliber, if i !
can secure a good intielder and an
other pitcher. The Dodgers last sprirr.
played championship ball, but the h * :
of one reliable pitcher to assist Ruck
er and Ragon proved their undoing
As soon as Rucker and Ragon, worn
out by working almost every othe.
day. were forced to give way to tin
younger and less capable slabster* tli
Dodgers faltered anil fell.
Robinson Is regarded as one of tin
greatest developers of young pitch
ers in the country. Perhaps he can
tote his youthful slabmen to the train
ing earn,* next spring and develoi
them into steady, consistent worker:
However, “Bobby" would feel muon
easier in mind If he could secure l>
trade or purchase one more seasonci
t wirier.
Branch Rickey will lead the “srteak
busting” Browns next year. He stop
pod Into the managerial shoes after
George Stovall was lifted out of them
late In the summer. The St*. Loui
outfit never has been a dangerous fac
tor In any pennant race since 190S
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 then,
were among the best men that cavort,
ed in the bushes last season. Rickey
may be able to pick about five or si:
good men from the gang.
Given some new blood. Rickey may
weld together a team that will fur
nish more trouble than the Brown-
ever have given before. The Browns
as many may remember, have fo
many years possessed the happy fac
ulty of breaking winning streaks. Bai
clubs can go along amassing grea
records, whipping every other team in
the league, and then when they come
to the Browns they go down and oui
It’s the same with record-breaking
pitchers.
Stallings Is the most feared mnna
ger In the National League. He tool
hold of the 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 basebal
throughout the year, and fought t<
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 pluj -
ers. If they do, Stallings will have* a
team that will be a strong contende r
for first division honors next season.
In Tyler and Purdue he has two gre.tr
pitchers. In Maranville he has one of
the best shortstops in the game. II
has schooled his men thoroug’.ilv in
teamwork, and they are due to dem
onstrate its effect next season.
Boston Gets Garden
From Battle Creek
N EW YORK, Dec. 20.—The eyes
of the baseball public Just now
are focused In the general di
rection of Messrs. Chance, Stallings.
Corrigan, 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
lose to forecasting Just what the fin
ish will be In both leagues next Oc
tober.
The above-mentiigied quintet con
stitute the “dark-horse” element In
Hie major leagues, and the eleven rl-
v al managers are having nightmares
these winter evenings worrying over
Just what those five fellows will do.
Of the five, Robinson I* the only
one who will make his first bow as
manager In April, 1914. The other
four handled the managerial reins for
the whole or part of the 1913 season.
But their work was only of experi
mental nature, nothing upon which
to base an accurate estimate of their
strength when once they get under
wav. as they are expected to do next
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Dec. 20-
1 Yobablv for the first time In the his
tory of major league baseball a major
league teem next season will have an
entire outfield that graduated from the
fame minor league lot. The Boston Na
tionals have drafted Larry Gilbert from
Milwaukee, Pete Common from Kan
»n> City, and Dutch /.willing from St.
Joseph -and every one of them is a
Battle C»eek player who jumped to
bigger fields.
Coinptor was sold to the St Louis
Americars. 1 ast tall St. I ouis let him
go to Kansas City, where he proved a
whirlwind.
/Willing came to Battle Creek In 11*10
from Bay City He batted 326. third
man In t)’» league, and was sold to the
Chicago White So* who later let hint
g.» to St. Joseph, Mo.
I .aery Gilbert Joined the club as a
left-handed pitcher. In 191? Manager
MeKeman decided to make him an out
fielder for his hitting Milwaukee took
him In the spring <>r 1913.
The 1913 draft Included all three, and
by an odd turn of fate Boston got them
Evans will be the guest of George
' lit*. “Chick” and Mr Adair are
more than acquaintances—their excel
lent friendship is of several years’
f.Hiding. It is more than likely that
:\r. Adair will take “Chick” out to the
Druid Hills course fur a match <r
t a o, but most of the playing will
j : bablv be dune at East Luke.
Chick” is going to write for The
< . :rgian and Sunday American dur-
1 is visit. He will telj of the
good and bud points rtf the lojal
■ uises; will describe his games her-*,
end comment oil the performances of
I io local stars.
Harold Hilton, in a recent issue of
(L f, the celebrated British weekly
• can of the game, comments on tne
. »!ection of Evans us “America’s
greatest golfer” by Vardon and Ray.
lie says:
1 have always held the opinion,
nd moreover have expressed it rath-
, fropjy. that in his accuracy in htt-
i g his wooden club shots, and like*
- iron play Up to the hole,
jjr. Charles Evans, Jr., is the equal
t my amateur player living. I saw
. tough of the Chicago boy’s game at
"Wheaton Iasi y?ur to convince me
i:>n this point.”
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Tannin Is Elected
Red Sox President
/'■' MANCK, chief of the down-trod-
den Yankees, is expected to lead an
uplift movement next wumrner 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 worst
aggregation ever given the title of a
baseball club.
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 enabled him
to get together a fast infield and a
speedy outfield. The Yankees Just
now look weak In the pitching box,
but f-om© of Chance’s recruits may
develop into finds If they do the
Yanks will bear watching.
Carrignn, at the head of the Red
Sox, will have practically the same
team that grabbed the American
league pennant and the world’s
championship In 1912 Perhaps the
team has disintegrated; perhaps the
old fire and spirit that carried them
to the crest of baseball In 1912 is
gone. Without it, Carrignn can not
be expected to cut a very wide swath
in I he American League, even though
he has some of the greatest stars of
the game on his roster.
BOSTON, De{\ 20.
m .ivsepli J. Lan
nin was to-day elected president of
the Boston American League baseball
club. For the present the duties of
club ee^relarv will be performed by
Edwin T.. Riley, who has been acting
In tat capacity for the past year. Di
rectors elected were Joseph J. Lan-
i” ;<n-ra! h. Taylor John i.
Taylor, Frank P. Cooper and John R.
Turner.
These three
golfers will play
Evans during
the latter’s visit
here.
At the left is
Tick Tichenor;
in the. center,
Stewart
Maiden, the
Athletic Club’s
professional;
at the right,
George Adair.
McFarland to Tour
World After Wedding
CHICAGO, T >ec 20 Jimmy Callahan
and his White Sox players and John
McQraw and his buttling Giants, who
are. on a world's exhibition tour, will
have nothing on Par key McFarland,
the clever and scientific boxer, who is
engaged to marry Miss Margaret Lough-
lin, of Joliet.
Ah soon as the knot is tied Packey
and his bride will start a tour around
the world on their honeymoon. Mc
Farland will give exhibitions abroad, but
under no conditions will he engage In
real battles. The pride of the South
Side and Manager Emil Thlry are out
lining the ttlp and several favorable
offers have been received.
D UT the 1913 slump, which finally
u aused the “canning" of Jake Stahl
and the appointment of Carrignn,
may not carry through into next year
Perhaps It came only in the nature of
a reaction, a relaxation, that usually
follows all terrific strain*. If the
Red Sox do "come bnck” next, sum
mer, they'll be up around the top all
the year, giving thi* Athletics. Sena
tors and Nap** looked upon now as
the three contenders for the 1914
pennant, a merry little tussle for the
WRESTLER ROLLER BARRED.
PORTLAND, Dec. .20.—Dr. Roller, the
wrestler, will not - be permitted to wres
tle In Portland Sheriff Word, who
stopped professional wrestling here last
spring among local men, says that out
siders are also barred. Holler wanted
to wrestle Ben Jackson, another heavy
weight here.
ANOTHER LEAGUE PLANNED.
ERIE, 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.
EDDIE MURPHY GETS MATCH.
BOSTON Dec. 20 — Eddie Murphy, the
South Boston ring star, has been
matched to meet Steve Kennedy at the
Unity Cycle Club, of Lawrence, on
Christmas afternoon. This should prove
to be one of the best lightweight
matches staged in New England for
some time.
YALE QUINTET WINNERS
WEST POINT, X. Y., Dec. 20.—
Yale defeated the Army at basket ball
this afternoon, 40 to 32. The poor
shooting of baskets by the Army was
responsible for their defeat.
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Sam Langford Wins
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SAVANNAH, Dec. la—Between 30
nd 40 of the fastest motorcycle rid-
rs in the country are in Savannah
r the Grand Prix 300-mile race to
run over the Vanderbilt course
a-re Christmas Day. The prizes of-
ered by the city and the Motorcycle
Tub were sufficiently attractive to
ring the best talent in the country
o Savannah, and the event promises
■> be one of tlu fastest ever run.
In the tests that are being made
aily the daring drivers have taken
he 1-2 mile course at an average
■. -ed of 69 and 70 miles. The fastest
i” so far was made by “Mud” Gard-
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Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 20.—Sam Langford, of
Boston, defeated Joe Jeannette, of New
York, in a rattling twenty-round battle
to-night on points. It was a slugging
match from start to finish, with the
“Tar Baby” usually in the lead.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. ?*.—The board
of athletic control of the University 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 the net receipts for the Min-
nesota-Chicago football game, played
at Northrop Field on November ir>, were
$32,148.50. Of this amount Chicago re
ceived $16,074 25.
Loss of Mike Murphy
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Whether the fact is generally recog-
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-once of Mike Murphy had much to
, with (he poor showing of the Penn
"(ball team during the past season,
lien a man of Murphy's ability sud-
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ere i- always great difficulty in tilling
- place. There was not another man
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,-d. it was necessary to put the train-
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ike care of the athletes’ physical con-
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Manager Mike Finn, who at Little
Rock developed Tris Speaker.’ says that
Dave Robertson, the Giants’ Southern
League recruit, is a better batter, a
faster runner and a more natural play
er than Speaker was, and just as good
a thrower, and that he will bat .340 or
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