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Till'’ ATLANTA HKORGTAN AND. NEWS. 1 1 ie b ans Are Now Beginning to Count tlie Days When Spring Practice Begins ci ur. DJ Mutt Bought the Wrong Breed of Gila Monster By ‘Bud’ Fisher Club Members Have Never Seen Him Play, and He Even Re fuses Them Lessons. ]j\ **Chick” Evans. I oNCE played golf in a town ot about 10.000 people. The golf * dub had a most enthusiastic membership, more or less unfamiliar ’! the game, and it had everything , at goes with a links—even includ- ne a professional. This professional > ; e topic of my story to-day. I have seen and known intimately many golf professionals in my lifetime, but this uc was the queerest of them all. When I was first told that the club d a professional 1 thought what a fine 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 >.range stories about him and si lently I acquired a curious interest in li.m, For instance, one of the mem- bers .-aid: Tom said that he made a 38 the other day, but I don’t be lieve him.” Refuses Lesson to Members. 11 seemed very strange to me that l ie members of a "pro’s” own club were unacquainted with his game, i < n 1 heard someone else say that Mr. C. - ould not. get a lesson because Tom did not want to give it. A > range situation, indeed, I thought. o ise was a comfort able eoltage, which I was told was built for the professional, but, it was Ided, he refused to sleep tiiere because it was too lonely. All t.f these statements aroused a great ■ 'iriosity and 1 looked around with .- nu eagerness hoping to see this extraordinary professional. He was not in sight, however, and his ab sence on one of the busiest golfing cays nf the season added piquancy to , the situation. i was coming up the ninth hole of t s nine-hole course, first time round, when I saw some one go lo t'r- flag for my second shot. The a i on seemed familiar and l recalled G if Britain this was done r 'hampionships. I was just won dering what experienced golfer was doing this when behold! it was our fr ond the professional. He wore cap «ncl knickerbockers—the typical golf dress of the dd country, and he look- • d like hundreds of fellow’s that one -ee,« on links in England and Scot- ‘tnd. My! but he was British. He walked down the first hole with me, tolling 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- M| ’* in England. It seemed strange hat a player of his remarkable abil- v was hiding his light in a small v lub. Chick’s” Challenge Rejected. 'his time my curiosity was v 'iet d to see him play, so T asked - line of the members to arrange a * ani1 '- .They said they would try, but *\\ did not think he would play. I ;,f * never heard of a professional re- ' is ing that sort of a request from ‘ lub members. I mi was sent for, however, and ''w a long time lie appeared at the h"t room door and the question put to him. With indescribable “motion he refused. 1 told him I v onld give him 2 up on each nine <nd let him name his reward if he ■a.i mo. a member offered to get b a purse of $500 to be his if he :nr 'd' a 35 that afternoon, hut he '"W'd'ii play, risk his reputation, or me u .th an amateur, he ! nd ran away. Truly a unique of the members tell me that rf ‘ it!l > Plays some remarkable shots '■ nows tlie game, but that be- " ’ ?i| cse shots none of the inem- '“ Ts had seen him play practically all s -mnie: it seems that a member of seHOR., „ LNihl t ^ BRtett Of: e\HWv\L UP0N ™ ** « L,TTe ' al) Henc's wmgr.6 i rid op Iota's ret snak5. thg GIL«» MONSTER DGWOUR.S i SNAKGS UKf OPlDGRs Tio — , T'U. POT HWA RIGHT IM 'j ketps his snake i Good swwfc j H6RS WlfA <oO ro THAT I SNAKe . MG'*, C«ew/N<, \ Ttife UPS OUT. OP KIWI • ! UJON’T .JTtpP BE SoRe i UrN«N ME G'NOS OI'T »AT | Gila AoHsrte mas < L fcATEN HIS / f - - "id S&f/ B ■ VM mV ''1 .4" — ■ - ft - * ¥ C«»—o*-*-’* !i>i3 Sy 3 tar Go Wtjw** POLLY AND HER PALS Of Course, the Family Couldn’t Afford It This Month I OM Scarce/.'/ WAIT To Show what The BuaJCH Bought You For. Christmas, pa '. J Wot flUAiCH } WHY AuHT UAGGlE.. M4, /45HOR. VELlClA jAHd HYFblf! / OH' You Chipped HLV z r Sore. ! ~That£ TheX OHLV WAY W/E l, Could AEFord Such] am PRE^WT! m' me Vou (Quite R&Tivc v'kim /4fIopd 1*1? PoS i*Ti«£! emT Figured it . ALL OUT.'] you HAv/e Fiwe Fay 0AYC Thim MowTH y'KHoyi/.' May Try Inter-League Series A. A. and International Plan It Bv (). 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 ik politely as “trying it on the dog.” Inasmuch, however, as the canine 5;ection of^iie combination in this in stance consists of the American As sociation and the International League, we of the Class A standing do not feci disposed to insist on that rating of the experiment. Anyway, here’s the dope, so far as cooked: I-Might him to the town and !; ih and continued to do every- '■'j possible for him, but an air of had characterized this ai, -k e professional from the begin- !;ing Vedrines Will Fly Over Garden of Eden S5peCl °' C a ble to The Atlanta Georgian. PV° XIKH ’ ASIA MINOR, Dec. 20.— y'\ ••ides Vedrines, the famous viator, who is trying to circle 111,(1 to-day that he would ^ ; the original Carden of Eden on iW. ;; h ' through Asia Minor. Ved- !v . . |r ‘ a ve for Aleppo to-morrow, -> over the Tauraln Mountains. Marshall Santa to Capital Sauirrels s HI\*GTON, Dec. 20.—Vice Tresi- ■ Marshall lias become a great friend Kra\ squirrels in the park in the Gruel's 'V hen free from worries of ';'on he may often be seen ofl'er- M-, ‘ 1 ^ i<» these Nation's pets. The runais hurry to nose through na' ' ( 'T w ^ en he arrives, and they nnd Sf)mfthlng to their liking. ^oted Money Lender ^ Harvard Is Dead bridge, MASS.. Dec. 20. — Bar- f '°’ Bennett, known tlxrough- t and i-Afrope as Harvard’s ■ .' -'ey len ir.i', died at his home 1 • from acute indigestion. Bennett amassed a fortune by -pHK tentative plan calls for a 1 t (i'for'"his' benevofence 1 ? ’« u • V; mm Tnm in great trouble and he ff on ^ *boie. the season to close about 11 Tlte'reason^ for fhat, says President p q Barrow, of tlie International, Is that "the race usually is decided by that lime, anyway." We’ll speak of that later. Then the rest is simple. * * • I ^HE respective pennants having been decided in each of the leagues as usual, only a couple of montns earlier, the two circuits get together and piav 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 home lots, after which the process will be repeated, the In ternational League playing around the A 'In’thi”way a schedule of 56 games win 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 . ♦ * * it FAIT a moment before you sa>, W “Yes—it is riot. . . Think about it, now. W ouldn t it be a nrettv interesting thing if for once all tlie 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 , ountrv striving W'- n and nail and extra-base wallop to win more games from tlie Westerners than the West erners could win from them.’ Wouldn't there be a scramble for the parks in the afternoons, and for arurtinc extras to see how Birming ham and Los Angeles came out while Atlanta war. licking San hrancisco? of course, l >ere arc only six clubs in the Coast circuit, so two weak sis ters would have to be dropped from our league—hut this is merely for purposes of illustration. AS to the statement of the Eastern magnate that the race practically is decided by Angus 15, we desire to file as loud an exception to it as we tan register and get through the mails. So that part of the plan is dis tinctly fish-like, the way wo see it. * * * Dl'T *r the big minors decide to try * ' ii 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. D#c. 20 'fad Jones, ’08 SL, 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 ball is downed. In other words, I would take away the privilege of the punt out. It might be well to w’iden the field perhaps len yards and to lengthen it to its original measure ment. "I 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 all right in emergency, I think, but for a general policy it is very bad. Eastern football may be a trifle too conservative, but 1 certainly do not think so.” John Ward Slated To Lead Federals ST LOUIS. Dec. 20.—John Ward, New York lawyer and old time player, seems slated to be president of Lhe Fed eral League. Ward is not friendly to organized baseball as represented by the old eague 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- ra\ . the tight promoter of Buffalo and also manager of the Qu« ensberry A. f\. of this city, wired Willie Ritchie, the lightweight champion an offer of a guarantee of $7,500 to box Jim my Duffy, the crack light weight >tf Lockoort. N. Y . for ten rounds. Ritchie has wired back that he will accept ;; ^mmntccd $10,000 Basket Ball Champions of South Will Play Athletic Club in Atlanta February 21. C OLUMBUS, GA., Dec 20. The Columbus basket ball team, conceded to be the undisputed champions of the South for the past four seasons, «s Fast rounding into form and is leaving no stones un earthed to curry orf the championship honors this year. The teem has en gaged in two battles this year, win ning both with comparative ease. The first encounter was with the Bessemer A. O., 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. .VI. 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*Club court on February 21. ( Coach Bridges has not completed his home schedule as yet. The fol lowing w ill give you an idea of t iie opponents the Columbus aggregation will compete with: December 23—Central College ot Missouri. January 3—Atlanta Athletic Club. January 9 Montgomery Y. M. C. A. January 16—Auburn. January 21 -Birmingham Athletic Club. January 30—Mercer. The road trip, which will begin on February 14. will include the follow ing games: February .14— Auburn February 1.8—Birmingham A. C. February IP—Bessemer A. C. February 21—Atlanta A. C. February \ • • Y. M. c. A. February 24—Charlotte Y. M. C. A. February 26—Lynchburg Y A1. C. A February 28 Charlotte Y. M. C. A ILLINI ARRANGES GAMES. CHAMPAIGN. ILL.. Deo. 20.— Direc tor Huff, of It in •« to-do y announced the* first completed football dates for 11)14. Tke Illinois ol< v<*n will play In diana October 10 o North woo ora Oc tober 24, both < it Illinois f iDkk Wis consin will probubiy be added to 'be schedule. lllino : ^. according to r*<- roctor HrtT. will «>e glad to schedule Missouri I’mi an ran/ game Sporting Food j ) By GEORGE E. PHAIR THE MAGNATE’S LOT. I When lhe public isn't clamoring and howling And Ih'y critics haven’t got him on the pan, I I hen the holders of lhe slock are alwaps growling. And arc on the point of handing him the can. j It’s a wonder that he isn't driven batty. That hr doesnt' end his troubles with a gun. j When he runs a baseball, tram in Cine inn all The magnate's lot is not a happy one. I' 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 Carpentier 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. Hr h ied to escape from political life. With its slime and its mud and intrigue. He tried 1b rs<apc from political strife— AND HE WENT TO THE NA nos AT J LEAGUE. The time has come for Governor Tener to gather the N. L. magnates behind closed doors and swing alter nately with right and lef* until the caid magnates are at peace. Those six-day bike rnr^rs are right in protesting against being fined. If the public hud its way, the fines would be slammed on the promoters. The report that Happy Hogan con templates buying the .St. Loirs Browns leads one to believe ik t Happy will not be happy long. It is no surprise to Earn that Parke/ McFarland will not be allowed *.o fight in Milwaukee for a year. I In fact, it was suspected thar he would not be alio.ved to fight there for the next twenty years. Commodores May Quit S. I. A. A. • -r One-Year Rule Hurts Vanderbilt Big “White Hope” Proves Fail ure and Plans to Return to Old Job on Engine. By .Jauk Conway. B oston, mass., Dec. *20.—carl Morris, broken in spirit, but blessed with a rather bulky bank roll, has hit the trail for Sapul- pa, Okla. The big "white hope” real izes that he will never he 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 the habit of receiving from $500 to $2,000 for boxing ten or twelve rounds Rut 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 ever, 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 Is six feet four inches tall and weighs 235 pounds. He Is built on the lines of a champion, but has never startled us by his work in the ring. His first few bouts ended un satisfactorily, but after that lie im proved. Morris \wis then matched to clash with Jess 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 era ft. Morris was disgusted with the showing he made against the cowboy and has decided to retire from the ring. National League Not To Pension Anson NEW YORK. Dec. 20. —President John K. Tener. of the National League, an nounced to-day that the proposition to i yrar.t a pension to "Cap” Anson, tin • veteran Chicago ball player, had been I ! abandoned. Mr. Tener said Anson was j not in need of a pension and be saw no j reason for granting >nr. 'Anson woch certainly refuse it if it: were offered,” said the league presi- 1 < • to. • Anson is n-‘\* appearing in vaudevi.le. N ashville, tenn., Dec. ?«.— That one-year rule isn’t taking well with Vanderbilt support ers and there are even now murniur- ings of 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 the backbone of its existence, but it is hard for them to swallow a pill such as was handed thorn 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 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 comes to playing Virginia and North Carolina, to say nothing of Michigan. The latter college has a strict ope-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 that it is hurt, far more by it than any other Southern school. Were i Vanderbilt's games confined only to I - Wilson Fills Jobs In North Carolina WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—President Wilson to-day sent to the Senate the nominations of Francis I>. Winston, of North Carolina, to be United Stat Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina; W. T. Dortch, of North Carolina, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina; Charles A. Webb, of North Carolina, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina. 180 ON DISABLED SHIP. TOULON, FRANCE, Dec. 20.—The steamship Portugal, wtih 180 passen gers aboard, has broken down at sea. according to a wireless message re ceived here to-day. NEW BANK FOR COLUMBUS. COLUMBUS, Dec. 20.—The* Musco gee Bank, Columbus’ newest banking institution, has announced that it will open for business December 27. The president is John M. Murrain the y. I. A. A. teams it would have Tr eatise 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 one-year rule will handicap Vanderbilt nexi year i hard to say. A number of promising players were expected to enter th»- university. The rule will undoubted ly keep several of them away, for many would prefer going to some other university where they can play • luring their first year. Of the 1912 line Huffman, White, Warren, Lowe. Askew, Reyer, Cannon and Putnam will return, w-hile Josh Cody 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 back- field Peek 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 Chev 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 the> need every ounce of strength they can get. Elberfeld Fails to Reach Terms With New Orleans Club NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.—“Kid El berfeld. former Lookout manager, is still unable to reach terms with the New Orleans club. After a conference yes terday, 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 Pelicans are willing to give him, and it looks very much as if he will stick ■*> his de mands. Another meeting may be held this afternoon. SI .IrJsJgllJH Or "im 'VbUk**y »od Dru Habit* at llotna ar at Sarltarlum. Book on aubja^ Fret. OR. B M. WOOLLEY. 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