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Til K ATLANTA QKOKG1A3 AND N KWH. r Plie Leading Hitter of the Stove League Seldom Hreaks Records in Fast Company oy 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. *£££*** OP ^ 1 Ln "*<0 *U- ^6LL IT to For QNg pf HeR-C'S 1 CieT RU> OE \ JeRF-S PCTSOJFKe. TH€ f NV0A&T6R oMAKfc X UK* iPtOCRj Bo T'U. PUT MIWV SlftMY IM Box wKe«.t oreRT k.eeps srs snakC GOOO I HERJE Mw* &o To THAT SNRKe . CIUWKtfc TV® LIP® (Xft OR wow T TfcTT Bt ioR£ Hfc FINDS OV/T <i(LA MONSr^C HA*. ( , fcATtW MliSrtAW / l i4u»- 1 ■ - Coeiflttx-T *5*^ By 3*tA».Co POLLY AND HER PALS Of Course, the Family Couldn't Afford It This Month I cm 6c arc el'/ mrr TfD 6ho*/ mxr -The BlttlCH Bou<S HI you For Chr^tmaj, pa\J yJHV AutJl M466IEL. KM. /45MCR. PEtlClA MD MV5fetF» Sure! The. OHLV mV IV/E Could afford 6uch E*PEM£ii/Ey^- PRE £h W7 me ARE Vbu eftnt Pcsi'Tive Wiw /Word IT - PoStTiviE! M/tJ FI6URED IT ^ ^ ALL out !j Vou H41/E FlWE p>ty p/ty^THi^ HonTH y'KMOvu! (lief-y~npkfTl. 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. Y. ORPMINE Opium Whlakey »od Dru ; tUb(t« • l Hont or at Sanitarium. Book on aab)«* Ff*e. DR I) M. WOOLLEY, 2t*N. Vtuaua Saoltarluaa. Atlanta, Ca«r«** i JEWELERS & BROKERS 101 Peters *»'' Bldg Main 228 STRICTLY PRIVATE Wilton Jellico Coal $5.00 PER TON The Jellico Coal Co. 82 PEACHTREE ST. Atlanta Phone 3668 Ball Phone Ivy 1585'