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Menke. \ ’EV\ HillK 1 >.■■ 22 The Tlnkei squabbl** has brought clear! to the fore 1 hq fact that tjv- f»tet»ident of a hall club lias full I "'Y* * to trade, sell or bu\ a player and that : his ttetions. in this respect, can not b»* repudiated by the directors of » club > It also has shown that the (’ineln- . nati club directors are vacillating persons; that tne\ interpret the rules of the National League only as the; tend to serve the best mtere»ts of the j t’incindati club. The rules of the National league j are clearly defined on the point of i who has final and full power to uego- j tiate for players. That person is th«- j president and the president alone. The National League rules take it for granted that the president of a Hub 1 i» empowered by the directors to act for them, and that all his acts are binding upon tnem Practically the same Cincinnati club I directors wlm canceled the agreement made by Herrmann, declaring that his actions had to be ratified by the di rectors before they were final and binding, assumed a different attitude * in 1910 • • • AT that ime Manager Dooln, of the w ** Phillies, entered into a deal with ^ Garry Herrmann involving the ex change of seven players When Pres- | bfbpt Fogej, of the Phillies, heard of the'’deal, he ordered it canceled, de claring that Dooin had no authority | to make It. And how th»* Cincinnati people did roar! They insisted that Dooin did have the power; that the deal was legal and binding They insisted that a manager's acts did not have to be | ratified by cither the president or the directors. They carried their protest against the cancellation of the deal up 10 league President Lynch who correctly interpreted the rules, de cided in favor of Philadelphia, stating that Dooin had no right to make such a deal, and that Fogel alone had the power lk£Tfi£'S D»RTV vA/OHK 0>0(hJ OM Aff-OHfND - UST WfOHT I frANC AWy ROLL r*"e cmce eve*. Amo counted 11, Bo Cl<-J - JUOVA/ < habj£ 1 I ^oppose THE \AHFF VAJII-L SREETAie VJITH that 0<-C> STXU. 1MIL6 AIOVAJ LOOK (HAiOCENf~ "" .nMII(*» l'v\ THO fHAO All' K.r>*A,M0fCP- 4jurn IWWOU+ewT 'A/ 7HAT j RETHTR AMT THKAhOAL TWith ITH oon. -jXeJEWTH ANWiVERtMAav' ’ tiuD mjE AHE ATM !_0WI M G ATH EVE?- ' SNELL- \ I wOwOPl WHATA NEWy HA-HA-MA' \ HERE i A PCVt^ ABOUT COPiD i ) P0i4ONlEt> NEEBLfc j AND THE. vJOlFP'i ?C,iK>nED hOOOlB' H’A-HA- / AtECKT>l AMDER. OOVOO AEmEViBEK LOt~><y AGO novy -VOL) CaoGHT me ILI V0LIR_ armth pj£ (W I/O (r I- r NOVO I w- 8ur 1 CATt-H , VOL) IN MV 1 TodCSTJ ) Former Sox Southpaw, on His L Way to Minors, Thanks Loyal Supporters. INDOOR SPORTS Is By Tad 1 IFE ha* lost about all its sweet- ' news for the St. Louis Cardinal fans. It whs hard enough for them to endure the blow' dealt them when the selling of liquid refreshments was abolished at the park, but the sale of Ed Konetrhy to the Pirates is a crushing blow. What charms will a beer-less and Konetchy-less ball park have for them henceforth? * * *' ANDY CARNEGIE ought not to ** overlook Billy Gibson, fight pro moter, when he hands out the next hunch of hero medals. Gibson de serves one, for he !s attempting what no other man in the world would try. He's trying to find, through process of elimination, a real, regular "white hope”—a man who * an put up a bat tle a la Messrs Sullivan. Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Jeffries "1 won't die happy unless I do,’ says Gibson. Gibson's 1 prettv nl o fellow, and it seems a shame that tie’ll be unhappy and miserable wn« n It conies time for him to make an eartnly exit. COACH TO QET RAISE. IOWA CITY. IOWA. Dec The I'-wa Mhletic Board Las voted Coach G • B Hawley a substantial raise In r I < ’ued h 1 ommittee'to proceed at oru-e with the drawing up or a contract to bp offered him NO CHANGE IN UMPIRES. I’ITTSBI'RCJ. Dec. 22. There will be no change in the stuff of umpires, ac cording to John K. Tei er. president of the National league He said the best managers bod toid b;u> Hie present staff is as good as could be found. RRITONS PLAN CHANGES. CHICAGO. I »r« 22. W hile the A»nerl- < ans arc standing t».it on their 1913 ten nis rules, the Britons are planning to make some radical changes Also, they want the fnternai’.omd tennis rules for 1914 changed. C CHICAGO ILL. De< 22. Doc White, veteran NV'hite Sox hurler and until recently one of the moat effective pitchers on The South Side organization, to-day ia wending his way westward, where he will take up his new berth. White is heading for Venice, Cal., where he will be seen in uniform next season, ami for several seasons thereafter. Here is "Doe's” farewell: "I would consider it a favor if you can find space in your columns to publish these few lines that I may express to the Chicago public my gratitude for their part of my suc cess during my baseball career in this good old town. "Father Time han crooked his fin ger and has beckoned ine to come from my berth as major leaguer to the ‘brush’ to make my home. "Ten years and more I've struggled, fought and toiled anu fried my best to win for Pommy and the fans, who've always stood the test, supporting me when 1 was ‘bad’ and giving me tlmir aid when 'Take him out’ ia probably what they fain would have said. It’s hard to leave my friends and pals, who’ve been so kind and true. Th*' thought of going chokes me upland really makes me blue “Through future years I’ll thank you. fans, for. what you’ve been to me. You’ve been my judge and Jury, and, 1 say it gratefully, it’s to you l owe what small success I may have had, for you’ve encouraged me although my work at times was sad. The play ers realize what It means to have tha fan’s good will; it helps a man io hear the* rooters’ voices, loud and shrill. You’ve stuck to me through j all and helped me capture many a game; you’ve not found fault \vh°n I was licked, tyut cheered me Just the | same. "You’ve urged me on to better work by sticking day by day, not knowing, perhaps, how much 4 meant; but l Just wish to say I’d I love to grasp you by the hand and j tell you, one by one. how grateful to you‘all I am, now that my work *s done. "To Tommy and the boys I wish success m years to come, and that they’ll lit k the* Cubs each year 1 guess that’s wishing some.” Nick Altrock’s Last Good Game Final -I* • -I* Gl Flash’’ in Minneapolis Bv 0. B. Keeler. JAJD00P SPOS.TV lELLIK/d- THE G-iE.1— AT TVHT VEWS .TTAN/e JOME NEWS- 5 TUFF fl I I I I I I I I I Cigarette of Quality LOCAL FANS TO SEE ENGLISH CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT ON JANUARY 6 FREDDIE WELSH AND WHITNEY TO BATTLE HERE Piedmont — the 5c. 1 cigarette that has 1 never befn success- 1 fully imitated, t Day in and day out—P!ed- \ mont goes along satisfying \ smokers who appreciate \ the goodness of finest, fra- * grant, mellow tobacco and \ perfect workmanship. The biggest selling 5c. cigarette in America—un commonly good—unvan - ingly uniform. W hole coupon in each package. JO for^< By \Y. S. Farnsworth. F FREDDIE W KLSH. the English * lightweight champion and Frank Whitney, the Fighting Carpenter, are going to open the 1914 boxing season in Atlanta, when, on the evening of January 6. they will tie up in a 10-round session. Our genial friend. Count Lou Cas tro, has decided that the time is ripe for another mill, and I guess he is right. The boxing fans seem to be all keyed up for a scrap; and in Welsh and Whitney they ought to w itness a corking mill. • * • YV HITNKY needs no introduction ** i:i Atlanta He lias br^n tried time and again and never found wanting. He has fought Jake Abel, Battling Nelson, ('barley White and a dozen other tough ones within the boundary lines of the Gate City and always gave satisfaction. True, he didn’t beat White, but he gave the ♦ lever and hard-hitting Chicago boy the hardest kind of a scrap. Frank has never been in a slow bout in Atlanta. You have got to band it to this lad for making the! other fellow travel. If his opponent j wants to box. then Frank will box; ! if said opposition desires to stand toed to toe. then Frank accommodates He always gives the fans a run for! their money. • # • \ ND now for Mr Lightweight Champion of England Welsh. He started battling way back in 1905. His debut ended with his opponent tak ing a big sleep in the third round.) Since then Freddie has fought fully 100 fights, and only twice was the de- cision against him Packey McFarland was handed the verdict over him. But the bout was in Milwaukee, where McFarland was exceedingly popular until he fought men that Welsh has Jack Britton the other night. After that Welsh met McFarland twice, once in a 25-rounder in Los Angeles and again in a 20-rounder fta England. Both scraps were declared even. Matt Wells earned the decision over Welsh for the English title in 1911, but Freddie reversed matters and won back the crown in 1912. Just lool^ over the following list of some of tlie fought: Eddie Fox, Jimmy Dunn, Tommy Felt*, T >mmy Love, Frank Carsey, Jimmy Devine, Matty Baldwin. Billy Glover, Young Erne. Willie Moody, Tim C iliahan, Seaman Hayes, Young Josephs, Willie Fitzgerald, Dave Doshler, Maurice Sayers, Charley Neai-y. Facke> McFarland, Phil Brock Abe At tell. Harry Trendall, George Memsic, Ray Bronson, Young Donohue, Johnny Frayne, Jack Good man, Henry Piet, Johnny Summers, Matt Wells. Pal Moore, Willie Ritchie. Jimmy Duffy, Jack Langdon, Grover Hayes. Young Saylor and dozens more. % • * • 117 ELSH gave Willie Ritchie a inerts trimming in a 20-round go in Los Angeles just two years ago. And Willie can’t see "Welsh at all these days. Only a few months hack Welsh and Ritchie were to meet in Vancouver Roth men were on the ground, trained to the minute, and at last Welsh thought he was going to get a crack at the American title, but, alas Ritchie found an out. He valimed that he had been out talked of $500 by the promoters and he immediately caught the first train leaving the Canadian town. It was a case of chilled pedals of the lowest degree. * * • \\? "LSH is now after Ritchie again, ** but Willie is going to take on Tommy Murphy. However, Freddie says he will stick after the American title holder until he corners him. In the meantime the European champion is going to tour the South. On New Year’s Day he will meet Johnny Dundee in New Orleans. Im mediately after that scrap he will set sail for Atlanta to prepare for his battle with Whitney. • • * U/E wish to congratulate Count Castro on starting off the win ter season with such a corking bout. Carrigan Will Be Only Playing Leader BOSTON. Dec 2^.—Bill Carrigan will be the only playing manager in the American League next season. Six of the other seven teams will be bandied from the bench by former players in uniform, allowing them to visit the coaching lines. Connie, however, will differ from all hi# rivals in this respect. It has been many years since Connie conned a uniform, and yet he has been by far the most successful of the lot. TUTHILL IS OUT AGAIN. WEST POINT. X*Y . Dec. 22.—Harry Tuthlll, trainer of the Detroit Ameri can league baseball club, and more re cently of the victorious Army football team, left here for his home in Detroit yesterday. Tuthlll has been confined to the hospital here since the day after the Army-Navy football game. MACKMEN TO PLAY PENN. PHILADELPHIA. Dec 22.—Connie Mack, of the American league Baseball Club, announced to-day that he had arranged to play two games with the Fnlverslty of Pennsylvania team next spring. The games will be played at Shibe Park on March 30 and 31. JOHN HENRY TO CQACH. AMHERST. MASS, Dec. 22 —John Henry, catcher of the Washington team, of the American League, has been appointed coach of the Amherst hockey team Henry, who was graduates! from Amherst in 1910. was prominent as a hockey player while at college. PERRY IN MOTORCYCLE RACE. I’RBANA. ILL. Dec 22—Robert A Perry, the Illinois freshman motorcy clist. who holds the dirt track record for a miel on the old Indianapolis Speedway, yesterday entered the 300- mile race at Savannah. Ga , on Christ mas Day. Tinker’s Demands Are 0 Unreasonable," Declares Robinson CHICAGO. Dec. 22.—The salary Joe Tinker demands from the Brooklyn Na tionals was termed unreasonable yester day by Wilbert Robinson, manager of the club, in a long-distance telephone conversation. Robinson went to Indian apolis to meet Tinker, who was not cer tain the Brooklyn manager would be there, and so did not leave Chicago. Robinson immediately got into com munication with Tinker here. After the talk Tinker said he believed the differ ences between himself and the Brooklyn dub could be adjusted despite the at titude of the club toward his salary request. "Robinson told me the $10,000 bonus was mine as soon as I signed, and wanted to know the salary I expected.” Tinker said. “ ‘Unreasonable.’ he re plied, when I told him. He promised to think it over." Tinker would not name the salary figures, but some time ago he said that $7,500 would be satisfactory. He said he expected to meet Charles Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn club, before long. Juarez Results FIRST—Six furlongs; Evelina. 112 (W. McIntyre). 15 to 1. won: Mary •Emily, 107 (McDonald). 8 to ’. second; Emily. 107 (McDonald), 8 to 5. second; Time 1:20 1-5. Also ran: Bashful Bet- tie. Maselo. Galley Slave, Ursulla Em ma. Balronia. SECOND—Five and one-half fur longs: Pay Streak. < Cavanaugh t. 3 to 2. won; Fort Sumter, 95 (Neylon). 3 to 1. second; Mack B. Eubanks. 109 (Groth), 1 to 4. third. Time 1:12 3-6. Also ran: Parlor Boy. Barsac. Ladv Rillie. THIRD—Five and one-half furlongs: Milton Robles. 98 (Neylon). 2 to 1, won; Redpath. 10S (Taplin). I to 3. second; Os&ple. 106 (W. Taylor*, out. third. Time 1:114-5. Also ran: Janiel, Em ma Gem. * FOURTH—Seven furlongs Just Red. 105 (G. Carroll). 4 to 1 won: Brook field. 102 (Neylon). 6 to 5. second. Berl Getty. 98 • Marco). 3 to 5. third. Time 1:31 3-5. Alsa ron: John Reardon. Cousin Puss. Voladay. Jr. FIFTH—Five and one-half furlongs: Ceos 108 (Gentry), 8 to 1. won: General Warren. 95 tXeyloft). 3 to 1. second: Kiltie. 100 (R Guy). 3 to 1. third. Time 1:12 1-5. Also ran: May Buena Trans act, Colonel McDougall. Stevesta, Woof. Durin. SIXTH—Mile and a quarter: McDee, 100 i Neylon). 6 to 5. won Defy. 97 (Haynes), even, second: Sir John. KG (Gross), out. third. Time 2:17 1-5. Also ran Rake. Wise Mason. O N a sport page of The Sunday American there was a big pic ture of Nicholas Altrock and a little story of how the once great southpaw’ was shoving lumber in a yard near the White Sox ball park in Chicago, the scene of many of his past triumphs. As I read that story I thought of old Nick’s grand performance of 1906, when lie faced the Cubs and the peerless Miner Brown, and set them down in the first game of the world s series—and pricked the bubble of their confidence and virtually won the championship of the world for the “Hitless Wonders.” And then I thought of the last great game old Nick ever pitched, or ever will pitch, I’m afraid. I saw’ him pitch that game. This is a little story about it, * * * IT was in the early summer of 1912, 1 in Minneapolis. Nick was pitch ing fo rthe Kansas City Blues, of the American Association. He had not shown much stuff since he left the American League a couple of years before, and had knocked about in the big minor league lil Dan Shay picked him up hi .uL C&rr took over the Blues in 1912 and regarded Nick as a valuable veteran, though he knew the old fellow was nearly done. Well, I was traveling with the Blues as war correspondent for The Kansas City Star, and we set out for the first Northern invasion of the year, in May. I think it was. 1 have since thought it was rather odd—in fact, I thought it was odd at the time, for Nick wasn’t in the habit of talking much about himself. But along about the time the porter started making lip the beds, Nick came along to my section and sat down and began to talk. • * * "M CK told me the story of his life He told me the story of sixteen years in professional baseball: the first tryout; the failure: the partial success; the tough luck; the hard times ;the dawn of fortune; the first “regular job;” the prosperous times In the big show\ great series of 1906; how he beat And then Nick told me about that Mordecai Brow r the first day; how he pitched out a heart-breaking struggle against the three-fingered wonder on their next start—0 to 0, inning after inning, until Hahn, of the Box, misjudged a long, high fly. “I pitched Brownie the game of his life." Nick said, with a queer, wry grin on his rugged, homely face. “And if Hahn had caught that fly I'd been pitching him yet. 1 reckon!” • * * W ELL. Nick told me all about it, and if it wasn't very literary, it caught up in force and smashing metaphor. And some way I felt pret ty solemn, listening there in the dark ening Pullman to the -life-story of the grand old southpaw who was far along on the dun-colored back trail. * * * N 'lCIC was sort of sheepish about it as he finished. He sat silent a mo ment; then he got up abruptly and slapped me on the shoulder. “Gee,” he said, with an embar rassed sort of laugh. "I haven't talked so much about myself in the last ten years. But I kind of felt like loosen ing up, you know, and—aw, w’ell— good-night! ” N * * “M 1 EXT day we opened in Minne- ^ apolis, and Carr elected Old Nick Altrock to pitch the first game against the Champion Millers of Joe Can- tillon. * * * T HEY W’ere a hard-hitting bunch of veterans, those Millers, cham pions the last two years, and cham pions again that season, by the way. I Claude Ros«mar. the two Delehantys, "Gavvy" Cravatli. now’ the home-run hitter of the Phillies, Hobe Ferris, Otis Olymer—oh. they could hit. those Millers! But they faced their master’s hand that bright May afternoon, in the new Minneapolis ball park; their mas ter’s whip cracked, and they jumped through, rolled over, and played dead « * • T N a fairly comprehensive term of 4 service, I never have hern privi leged: tc see a regular no-hit, no-run game. It wasn’t in my luck, it seems But that last good game that old Nick Altrock pitched will do very we! to keep me from mourning my lim ited allotment. In nine .full innings, precisely 27 Millers) walked from the bench to the plate. Twenty-five of them walker, back to the bench. One Miller reach ed first on a single; one drew’ a base on balls; botli died stealing. One fly ball was caught In the out field. The other Millers went softly out on gentle grounders, pop-up flies, or on jumping, darting third strikes. When that game was over, I real ized that I had seen a game in which an absolute mastery' of pitching arm and brain had been shown. The other eight Blues might as well have been high school players. There wasn't a hard fielding chance in the game. On the other side, the Blues made three runs for Nick, all in one ex plosive inning. That w'as three times as many as he needed. No team on earth would have hit Nick Altrock that day. * ♦ * YJfELrL,, that was Nick’s last goo:, game— 1 -the last sparkle of the failing flame of a great pitching genius. Three days later, in St. Paul, Nick pitched again, and was found for a dozen sounding blows, though the Blues, pounding even harder, pulled him in a winner. He did not win another game, and in a month he was given an uncondi tional release, going promptly to Clark Griffith at Washington to sport for ^the fans by his clownish antics on "the coaching lines. * * * R T I do not remember Nick as a 1J clown, though he undoubtedly was one of the funniest men in baseball. I recall Nick as the serious narrator of a long, hard-, adventurous baseball life. And T recall him as a. grim, cold and dominant figure, mastering with the final flash of his failing arm the slugging champions of Joe Cantilloii and pitching the best game of ball l ever saw—and the last good game of a truly great slabman. YALE ARRANGING DATES NEW HAVEN, CONN.. Der 22 While the Yale football schedule "ill not be formally announced until alter New Year's, It was learned last rig'l' that all the games but one have been tentatively decided upon. The schedule includes: University of Maine, Lehigl Washington and Jefferson. University Virginia, Colgate, Brown. Princeton an Harvard. All of the games except that of Princeton will be played her. MACKMEN WANT ‘‘BUZZ." LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 22.—'Theo dore Brzozowskl, a local semo-pro south paw pitcher, has been offered a cor tract by Connie Mack, manager of tHe Philadelphia Athletics. “Buzz,” as he is catted, pitched a no-hit-game at ('nr rollton, Ky.. against ** summer. against New Castle Inst DO YOU ITCH? ; It »o. use TYttorlre I* cvrem ground ^ Itih. ringworm, iMilng pUes. infant sore head ( ami »U •* , lier skin trou ilt-s la-ad what c B \ Ka>■ - * •.iaiiai-oUs. says l Enclosed And $1 Send n>* that value ) <n Tetterim One box T Tetterine has none more (or ec/rma In my family than S&u *orth ot other remedits I hav„ tried Use Tetterine ; It r-UfT-s akin trouble that has baffled th» ! N*t medii al skill. It will cure you. Get It ■ : to-day—Tetterine. 50c at drn'itjlsts. e<- trv mall. SHUPTR NL CO . S*/A.„NAH n A MEN Cured Forever By a true epe^la'C fj. who powtMM the riper’ /MS’ \ enre of years. 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