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Plie Leading Hitter of the Stove League Seldom Hreaks Records in Fast Company
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Mutt Bought the Wrong Breed of Gila Monster
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
Evans Declares Course at Regina
One of the Best in the
Dominion.
•
By “Chick” Evans.
I a HE Regina Country Club, of Re
gina, Canada, is four and a
half miles from the heart of
■ up own and the street cars run al
most to the clubhouse doors. About
$30,000 was spent last year in per-
fe- :ing the transportation service, so
: hat problem is well settled. The golf
• urse measures a little less than
6.000 yards. Our old friend. Arner
T lifson, the club professional, tells
me that the land is a sort of flat
prairie, yet the course is not really
monotonous, for a creek winds
trough it and around the north side.,
The club has discovered that while
•he prairie grass makes an excellent
fair green, it does not make a good
r. green. For that reason all
he greens were torn up last fall and
are being made, in the literal sense of
word. They will be built accord-
ng to the best modern idea^ and will
he sown with the finest grass seed.
Club Is Growing Rapidly.
Ih addition to the contemplated im
provement of the course, for which
here is ample money, it is planned to
erect before long one of the finest
clubhouses In the Northwest to take
'he place of the present comfortable
hut unpretentious structure.
The club has about 200 members,
and the remarkable thing is that al
most all of them are active. The
lull s a young one. perhaps only two
rears old. and at the time of its for
mation very few of its members had
ever played a game of golf; at pres-
e- however, several are playing un
der 85. Truly an excellent record
hat speaks equally well for the en-
husiasm of the members and the
/eal of the teacher. The ladies have
also taken a deep interest in the club
<nd Tollifson particularly mentions
Mrs Philbrick. who has made won
derful progress in playing.
I understand that Tollifson will
have complete charge of the club,
outside and in. next year.
Winnipeg Joins in Tourneys.
'I'lie Regina players have their tour
naments. too; once a year they jour
ney to Winnipeg and once a year the
Winnipeg golfers go to them. Tn the
provincial championship played last
season at Regina there were over 60
entrants. They came from Saskatch
ewati. Moose jaw. Saskatoon, -Prince
\lhert. Indian Head and all the oth
f-r places round about. Tillifson says
that he has seen the 6.000-yard course
a mined with players time and again.
The Regina Country Club is not the
>iily course in Regina. There is a
nine-hole course out near the bar-
le officers of the Royal
.Northwest Mounted Police play (the
British colonial official is a great golf
I, and some of the towns
people belong to this club, too.
Arner Tollifson himself laid out a
curse at Saskatchewan Beach. w’hioh
s 30 miles from Regina. It is on the
chores of the last mountain lake, and
1 \rner says that he is well satisfied
with his work on it. I
Lookout President
Knows Nothing of
C. Smith Signing
HATTAXOOGA, TEXN., Dec. 22.
resident Andrews professes entire
ignorance of the* reported purchase
Pop Boy" Smith, former Birming-
nam lmrler, from the White Sox. He
>a\s he has heard nothing from Me-
ormick on the matter.
Of course, it would not be possible
for McCormick to close a deal with-
it the presidents signature, how
ever. and President Andrews is of the
‘'pinion that the deal has been closed
M Cormick, but awaits waivers or
her formalities before being official-
'y promulgated.
Cravath Threatens
To Join Federals
EoS ANGELES, Dec. 22—Cravath,
of the stars of the Phillies, may
mip to the Federals. ‘‘The Federal
‘^ague has made me a swell offer for
pxt season and unless the Philadelphia
management ‘comes through’ strong 1
am going over to the Federals/'
1 - wire was received by a friend
- to-day. The movement of the Feds
•' how strong they are in their
:! ght tor stars.
Mississippi Aggies
Play Local Five Next
■ ! ■ fourth game of the local basket-
' • reason will be played next Satur-
" night at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
‘ Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
an "'al College five will be the op
ponents of the locals.
KILBANE VS. GRIFFITHS.
bEVELAND, OHIO. Dec. 2?.—Man-
^ ■ Jimmy Dunn said to-day that there
• possibility that Featherweight
ampion Johnny Kilbane. of Cleve-
ar/ will meet Johnny Griffiths, of
, n a twelve-round bout at Can-
in January. Kilbane will insist.
‘ that Griffiths make 130 pounds
r *nfsute.
A RRl\GTON RELEASED
. UNNEAPOUS. MINN.. Dec. 22.—
1 Kelly, manager of the Indianapo-
‘ H1 n. of the American Association.
• i here last night that he had
Pitcher W illiam Harrington, of
v ’' Hpoli*. to Binghamton. <>f the
' °rl< State League.
FOUND DEAD l\ BED.
‘TON. Dec. 32.- Matt Springe:.
resident, was yesterday morn-
und dead in his bed. His death
to heart failure.
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Wells-Carpentier
Fight a “Fake,” Is
New York Report
Sporting Food
CHICAGO, Dec 22.—According to a
New York report, the recent Bombardier
Wells-Georges Car pen tier scrap over
in London iri which Wells suffered a
knockout in the first round was a huge
•‘fake.’’ The story is said to have
been brought to this country by an
Americfin who witnessed the contest.
As the story goes, there was an agree- 1
ment to make a clean-up. Heavy wa- •
gers were made that Wells wouldn’t
last two rounds, and those in the know .
went about be.tting freely. Carpeniier
stepped out. tacked one on Wells’ jaw. I
and the fight was over. It is alleged
that close to $75,000 was won on the
fake.
Schwartz and Hirsig
Wrangle Over Deal
NASHVILLE, TEN.V, Dev 22.—
The breach between President Hirsig
and Manager Schwartz, of the Nash
ville baseball team, has reached a
serious stage. President Hirsig has
demanded that Schwartz retract cer
tain statements, which so far the
manager has show n no disposition of
doing.
The controversy arose over the
Perry-Berger deal, whereby Nashville
receives Heine Berger, pitcher, and a
cash consideration of $400 from Mo
bile for Jnflelder Clayton Perry. The
deal was' closed by President Hirsig
while in Atlanta.
Manager Schwartz, in a public
statement, declared that it was made
without his knowledge or consent, and
that the Welchonce-Callahan deal of
last year was also made without his
sanction. Hirsig denies this and has
called on Schwartz for a public re
traction.
Cruthers Signs to
‘ Play With Athletics
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 22.—Pharles
Cruthers the voung Philadelphian who
r,laved brilliantly at second base for the
Athletics last season at the fag end after
the pennant had been clinched, has
signed a contract for 1914.
Cruthers is one of Lari Mack s finds.
He looked so promising both in batting
and fielding down in Raleigh. X. CV. last
summer that the son recommended hun
to the father. He joined the Athletics
after Raleigh had finished its season,
and in the few games he placed he more
I than fulfilled all press notices.
A, A, U. Track Men
Ignore Kolehmainen
XEIV YORK. Dec. 22 -Hannes Koieh-
malnen world's champion long distance
runner, was ignored by the registration
committee of the Me’ropolitan Associa
tion at its meeting at the St. Bartholo
mew A C The •'investigation. an
nounced as continued e.l the meeting
^-Psre the Kinn produced ail hts prize.-,
apparently has not continued to any ex
tent and nothing was done toward dis
ciplining Kolehmainen or absolving him
from blame.
By GEORGE E. PHAIR™~
JOSEPH IS NOT JOSEPH.
Then Joseph Tinker up and spol
. “Xow whaddayathink o’ that?
Will someone put me J/tseph to the.
spot where 1 am at?"
The Cincinnati stockholders want a
new deal in the Tinker case, but,
whatever it is, there is a suspicion
that Joe will be cold decked.
Clark Griffith avers that Garry
Herrmann is not wholly to hJjjme for
the situation in Cincinnati. It would
be downright cruelty to place all the
blame on the shoulders of one man.
One way to produce a wipner in
Cincinnati would be to keep Tinker
and trade the stockholders.
The report that Georges Carpentier
has been fined $100 for faking shows
how rapidly the French are assimilat
ing American ideas.
“Sentiment.” says Mr. Murphy, “will
not cut any figure in the reorganiza
tion of the Cubs.” This is one of the
easiest things in the world to believe.
THE MAGNATES’ WAIL.
Oh, the tony and snowless trintex-
Oh. the warm and balmy winter/_
When the buds of spring are showing
In the grass at yonder ball yard;
When the zephyrs in the bleachers
Are as warm as those of May time.
And we sit and yearn for baseball.
But there ain't no baseball schedule;
Ami ire think of what is coming
In the cold and clammy Springtime
When the air is full of moisture
and the park is full of puddles
j And the bleat hers all are vacant
I And the gate receipts are. absent.
Oh, On' warm and balmy winter!
oh. the cold and clammy Springtime!
“There is hope for Jess Willard,”
says Jim Corbett, thereby smashing
the world’s record for optimism.
We note by the sport page that they
are playing baseball in St. Louis. That
is more than they do in summer.
Ir is said thai Charlie While went
into the fight game for his health, but
promoters ran tell you that he is not
| in it for his health now.
The report that bowling enabled Cy
‘ Falkenberg to come back reminds us
that some players bowl, while others
bowl.
‘Twirlersin 1913 Were Not as Effective as in 1912'—Cracker Captain
BOXING
WELCHONCE PRAISES DENT AND COVELESKIE
•
News of the Ring Game.
VOCAL MONEY.
I'hr moment that a baseball star is
placed upon the block
The magnate clears his voice and
gives the, baseball world a shock.
I Hr offers forty thousand bones in
such a lusty strdin
That everybody hears the news from
| Oregon to Maine.
I oh. he would gladly sign a dozen
m illion-doliar cheeks.
; But on the square, he wouldn't pay
ten thousand dollars (Mrr.)
Ih doesn't buy the player, but he
hastens tft explain.
"Oh. / was double-crossed." he says,
and wears u look of pain.
By Harry Welchonce.
(Captain of Crackers.)
t x 7 H1LE but seven men hit for
%/\/ a percentage of .300 or bet
ter in the Southern League
last season, I am led to believe that
the pitchers as a w’hole were not quite
as effective as they w r ere during the
season of 1912, as there was a gen
erous increase in batting averages
the past season over that of the pre
vious year.
In some cases the younger pitchers
increased their percentage of games
won and lost over that of 1912, even
though their clubs finished lower In
the race than they did the previous
season. For instance, Prough and
Hardgrove, of the Birmingham club,
both can boast of higher percentages
than they could for the season of
1912. although their club won the
pennant that year and finished third
this year. I account for this by the fact
that both men have developed great
ly and their pitching the past season
was just as good as the increase in
their percentages would indicate The
same thing might apply to Coveles-
kie. of Chattanooga, and Cavet, of
Mobile, although in the Pole's case
his club’s standing was materially in
creased over that of 1912. This may
cut some figure in his won and lost
column, but nevertheless no credit
should be taken away from the Pole,
for I consider him the hardest propo
sition I had to face at all times. He
was a glutton for work, as his record
shows. The past season has been
the only one in three that 1 have been
called on to face him that I didn't
think we could get his goat, but the
same tactics that we used in seasons
gone failed to affect him last season,
and any time 1 stepped to the plate
it was a battle to se« which would
come out on top, with the Pole finish
ing as often as I did.
* * *
( "'AVET also worked In a great many
.more games than he did dur
ing the 1912 season, and had he not
been handicapped with a bad eye
during the closing weeks of the sea
son , he would probably have done
better. Although I consider him a
much improved pitcher J did not find
him as much of a puzzle as 1 did the
year before. In fact, the Nashville
club could not beat him during the
1912 season, regardless of who pitch
ed against him. and perhaps this hail
something to do with him having
something on me, but I managed to
chase the hoodoo after joining the
Crackers.
There were several other young
pitchers who were away up in the
percentage columns when they wer*-
officially announced Dent. Price and
Conzelmari. Atlanta; Hogg. Mobile;
Williams, Nashville; E. Brown. Mont
gomery, and Wilson, of New’ Orleans.
The first three mentioned 1 was not
called upon to face, as I was lucky
enough to be on the same club with
them, and doubtless, considering the
wav Dave Robertson was treated,at
their hands. I saved several points
on my season's average by escaping
them.
I CONSIDER Dent the best riglit-
* hand pitcher there was In the
league—curves, control anti other es
sential qualities taken Into consider
ation—with Joe Conzelman running
him a close second. Dent had it on
him in at least one thing, namely,
control. Price is a great pitcher and
can stand all kinds of work, although
prone to be a little erratic at times.
His record shows that he (lid almost
as much as anyone else in bringing
the pennant to Atlanta. I might men
tion here that Carl Thompson show
ed himself to be a. pitcher <»f consid
erable caliber w’hile with the Crack
ers, and only his bad luck at Bir
mingham kept him from being among
the select at the finish.
Y\T JULE E. Brown was the strike-
. out king of the league, 1 rate
him about third among the right-
hand pitchers, and Hogg, of Mobile,
fourth.
Brown has the failing that so
many strike-out pitchers acquire, lie
is likely to develop a wild streak In
some particular inning of the game
In which he either walks enough
batsmen or is compelled to let up on
his speed to get the ball over, and
is hit freely. If not for this his
percentage of w’ins would have been
a great deal larger than it was.
Hogg displayed battling speed at
times and again at other times was
not so much of a puzzle, but every
thing taken into consideration he is
a mighty steady pitcher with the re
quired nerve and brains lhfit go with
it.
Wilson, of New r Orleans, and Wil
liams, of Nashville, are both young
southpaws, and 1 consider th^m both
good men who are just in ihe early,
stages of development. Wilson, es- I
peclally, has an iron nerve, as no one
with less than that could have gone I
through the mill that eventful day at
Mobile last September when a pen-
rant was at stake and come out with
flying colors. . /
* • »
IN making comparisons of the pitch-
* ers I have failed to take into con
sideration Prough, of the Birmingham i
club, who led the league. He lias a!
grand curve ball and a good head, but |
J don’t hardly believe his courage is I
as strong in a tight place a« that of |
Eddie Dent and some more of thei
boys I have, mentioned. .
Now, to take a glance at the older'
pitchers of the league, those held
over from 1912 and otherwise* Very
| few if any of them were able io hold
their own and quite a few of them
were given a change of scenery, with
the hope that it would prove a stini
ulant, but in almost every case there
was no improvement.
In speaking of a. few who found
the going pretty rough I might men
tion Case, Montgomery; Fleharty and
More, Nashville; Newton and Par
sons. Memphis; Brady, Atlanta, and
Berger, of Mobile. Berger did man
age to w r in as many as he lost, but
he was not near as effective as in
1912. There were also about 35 oth
er aspirants who found the pace too
fast during the season and were
compelled to seek new pastures else
where. Taking all things into con
sideration and carefully comparing
the batting averages of the men fot
1912 and 1913 seasons I find that In
most cases each individual player
w'ho was ranked as a regular during
the 1913 season increased his aver
age from 10 to 15 points, # and in some
cases more. Of course, the Cincin
nati hit may have helped some, but
1 hardly think enough to be notice
able, and after due deliberation 1 be
lieve we will have to attribute the
general increase in batting to poor
er pitching handed us in 1913 than
that of 1912.
Smith Out to Beat
Pelky in Five Rounds
On New Year's Day
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.- Gunboat
Smith Is a much better fortified lighter
than when lie appeared here last, and
he knows it. Time was when Smith
would almost shy at a piece of paper
like a thoroughbred race horse, but
tilings have changed He is now one
of the most confident boxers in the
business.
"How big is this fellow I'elky? asked
the “gunner” at his training quarters
yesterday.
"lie is not so tall as Jess Willard,
whom you shaded last May,” was the
reply.
"if that’s the case, then everything
is all, right. So long as In- is low enough
for me to hit I am satisfied.’’ remarked
Smith with a laugh. According to
Smith, Arthur Pelky will last about five
rounds on New Year’s Day
Smith is gaining weight, though hard
at work.
Pelkj worked out before a large
crowd. He boxed eight rounds so stren
uously \esteiday that Manager Tommy
Burns ordered that he rest to-day.
He boxed two rounds each with ('liar-
lie Horn. A1 Kreltzer, Tommy Burns
and Stanley Dean.
Betting on the bout, though light, re
mains at the opening odds of 10 to 8.
with Smith favorite, and he is expected
to remain at this point.
RITCHIE TO COME EAST.
NEW YORK, Dec 22 Willie Ritchie
will matched with Freddie Welsh,
Joe Rivers or Backey McFarland, at
.Madison Square Garden, after his bout
with Tommy Murphy on the coast. Jan
uary 23. according to an announcement
made to-day by Promoter Billy Gibson.
FALLS OFF TRAIN TO DEATH.
DALTON. Dec. 22 Clayton Orr met
instant deufh when he fell from a train
near Tunnel Hill The train had Just
emerged from the tunnel, and he struck
on u culvert, his skull being fractured
and his neck broken. The body rolled
into a small creek.
HURT IN ATHLETICS.
MADISON, WIS.. Dec. 22.—Eighty-
eight. or 1.02 per cent of *tbe 7,100 ac
cidents occurring in Wisconsin during
the last fiscal year were due to football
or other athleiJc work, according to the
State Board of Vital Statistics.
fight Gibbons or dabby and each ot
these proa pec live opponents thinks he
is worth us much us Backey These
$30,000 bouts have gone out of style
everywhere.
* * *
Joe Levy has joined the rebels and
says Rivers will fight, only at 133
pounds. lie will make one exception,
W illie Ritchie, saying that Joe will tie
glad to get on with the champion at 135.
Joe Thdmas. the New Orleans boy,
continues to hit the toboggan at a. mer
ry clip. Joe met Bobby Waugh in a
fifteen-round go at Fort Worth, Texas,
last week, and lost the decision after a
hot battle Thomas, however, was
forced to give away nearly 10 pounds
in weight.
* * *
Kind readers, i^fiaik up another one
for Charlie White. The Chicago sensa
lion added Ad WoJgast to his list of
victims last Friday night, and is now-
claiming the 133-pound ritle. Accord
ing to reports, the bout was one of the
best ever staged in Milwaukee, proving
a great improvement over the Hritton-
Mc Faria ml ffaaco.
* * *
Two corking heavyweight scraps wll!
be. staked in New York to-night. Bat
tling Levinskv, Danny Morgan’s latest
wonder, meets Jim Coffey in "tic of He
len round mills, while Jim Flynn and
George Hodei clash in the other ten-
rouna affair.
* * *
Billy Gibson says he has to put or.
"white hopes" at his New York club
because he can’t get any other lighters
Which reminds us of the man who
wanted fried onions when he couldn't
get ice cream.
* 4 *
Frank Baker took a trip to The Geor
gian sporting department Saturday noon
and had some harsh tilings to say
about "Kid ’ Young. The latter had
agreed to post a forfeit to meet Baker
in a private bout, but showed the white
feather by failing to put in his appear
ance. "Why, lie wouldn't step into
the same ring with me under any con
ditions," chirped Franklin, after wait
ing thirty minutes for Young to arrive.
Boxing fans will now turn their at
tent ion to Los Angeles and New Or
leans Bud Anderson and Leach Cross
are scheduled to clash in a twenty-
round bout before Tom McCarey's club
on New Year'-. D&) in it go chat wfl
have much to do in deciding the fu
ture of hot It boys. On the same day.
Freddie Welsh will swing the padded
mitts in a ten-round set-to with John
ny Dundee at New Orleans,
* # *
Billy Wagner, , brother of Charlie
White, may meet Joe Mandot at Wind
sor, Ontario. Promoter Glassco, of
Windsor, has started negotiations wiih
Tommy Walsh, manager of Mandot, in
an effort to secure the French ring-
man for a January date
* * *
Willie Ritchie only wants $10,000 to
box Jimmy Duffy. We agree with Wil
lie when he says he doesn't need a
manager of the Nolan type.
Athletic Club Five
Arranges Game With
Mercer for Jan. 14
Joe Bean, coach of the Atlanta
Athletic Club basket ball team, after*
a conference with Captain John West
moreland, of Mercer University, dlosed
for a basket bali game between the
two teams at the local club Saturday,
January 14.
This practically completes the At
lanta Athletic Club’s schedule of dates
for the year, only one more open date
remaining.
Johnny Dobbs After
Baskette for Pels
CHATTANOOGA, TENN* Dec 22.
“Big Jim” Baskette, who has been
pastiming for Charles VV. Somers at
Toledo and < 'leveland for some four
seasons, probably will join Johnny
Dobbs at New Orleans next spring.
Baskette got “in bad" with Toledo
and I he Naps on account of his leis
urely habits, and the Mud Hens are
about ready to let him out. Dobbs,
who started Ba^iute in baseball in
1909. is confident that the big right-
hander has some good baseball left iix
bis system, and will try his best x.4
sign him
New York 'Commish'
Will Not Bar Packey
NEW YORK. Dec 22 That the New
^ ork boxing commission will not places
Backey McFarland under suspension herfs
was staled to-day by <’ommissioner*
Price, who declares McFarland's show
ing in bouts here, even though he never*
tried to knock out his opponents hast
made him a great favorite with the fights
fans.
McFarland. In a wire to Billy Gibson,
infers the Milwaukee promoters weto
piqued because the crowd was was not
up to expectations and that the specta
tors were peeved because he didn't trv*
to knock Britton out. He adds his sus
pension in Wisconsin was due to spit»*
work.
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