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Not Appeared Yet You Simply Can’t Escape the Dear Things R\ Prank G. Mrnke. X T iqutfbbli to th* for** the fact that th*- pre-rodent of a hall club has full powr*> to trade, soil or huv a player and that his actions, in this respect. can not h< repudiated by the directors of a club. It also has shown that the t’indn naii club directors are vacillating persons, that they interpret the rule?* of the National only as they tend to serve the best interests of th< Cincinnati Hub. The rules of the National league are dearly defined on the point of who has final and full power to nego tiate for players. That person 1s the president—and the president alone True National League rules take it for granted that the president of a club is empowered by the directors to act for them, and that all his Acta are binding upon them. Practically the seine iCincinnati club director* who canceled the agreement made hy Herrmann, declaring that hla actions had to be ratified by the di rectors before they were final and binding, assumed a different attitude in 1910 • * * AT thai time Manager Dooln, of the Phillies, entered into a deaJ with Harry Herrmann involving the ex change o! aevcfi play ers When Pres ident Engel, of the Phillies, heard of the deal, he rendered it canceled, de daring that Dooin had no authority to make It And how the Cincinnati people did roar! They insisted that Dooln did ha\» the power, that the deal was legal and binding They insisted that » manager's acts did ivot have to he i stifled hy either tlu* president or the directors They carried their protest against the « an« ellaAion of the deal nr* to league President Lynch, who rr.rrectjy interpreted the rules, de cided In favor of Philadelphia, stating that Dooin had no l ight to make such u deal, and that Fogel alone had the power t » • 1 IFE has lost about all Its sweet ness for the S<. lx>uls t’ardinal fans It whs hard enough for them to endure the blow dealt them when the selling »*f liquid refreshments was aboiished at the park, but the sale of Pal Korietchy to the Pirates Is a • rushing blow. AN'hat charms will « beer-less and KnneU hy-less ball park have # for them henoeforth? • • • ANDY < MINIM IE ought not to ** (+ erlook Hilly Hibson, fight pro moter. when he hands out the next bunch of hero medals Gibson de- serves one. for lie is attempting what nr* other man in the world would try. He's trying to find, through process of elimination, a real, regular "white hope a man who can put up a bat tle a la Messrs Sullivan, Corbett, Fitzsimmons and JeffrV** ”1 w on’t die happy unless I do, ’ sa rs Gibson. Gibson's a pretty nice fellow, and it se*»ms a shame that he'll be unhappy and miserable wtmn 1t comes time for him to make an earthly exit. COACH TO QET RAISE IOWA CITY. IOWA. Dec. 22 The Iowa Athletic Board has voted Coach .lesne B Hawley h substantial raise in •alary for the coming season and ap pointed a committee to proceed at once with the drawing up or a contract to be offered him. NO CHANGE IN UMPIRES. PITTSBURG, Dec. 22 There will be no etiange In the stall of umpires, ac cording t*» John K Tener, president of the National league. He said the best managers hod told him th«> present staff is as good as could be found BRITONS PLAN CHANGES. CHICAGO, Dec. 22 While the Ameri cans are standing pat on their 1913 ten nis rules the Britons are planning to make some radical changes Also, they want the International tenni* rules for 1914 changed TWlTVI I TV Off*. IMejEIOTV AJJWi'JSUVtSfe'/ ’ wE *.*•£ An4 i_0yiW<V ATV HA-Hfc-Hk- A ABOUT COBiO'i POiOON 6 * AWO TVS. Poisoweo wooot&i AlECKT»AMD£^ DOVOO R£ME>Al)EK uosia ago hovw vou CAU6-HT ME -VO =\je M fr <(/ > s' 'V- flur i catc-H j v/oo in AA- y DDCWHITEIN AFAREWELLTD Former Sox Southpaw, on His Way to Minors, Thanks Loyal Supporters. C CHICAGO, I LX,., I White. veteran Dec. 22. -Doc White Sox hurler and until recently one of the moat effective pitchers on ihe. South Hide organization, to-day is 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, and for several seasons thereafter. Here 1s "Doc’s” farewell: "I would consider it a favor If you can find space in your columns to publish these few lines that I m.i\ 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 has crooked his rtn- ecr and has beckoned me 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 and tried my best to win for Commy and the fans, who’ve always stood the test, supporting me when I was ‘had' and giving me their aid when ‘Take him out’ is probably what they fain would have said. It’s haul to leave mv friends and pals, w ho’ve been so kind and true. The thought of going chokes me up and really makes me blue. “Through future years HI 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 1 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 th* fan’s good will: it helps n man to hear (lie rooters* voices, loud and shrill. You’ve stuck to me through all and helped me capture many a i game, you've not found fault when 1 was licked, but cheered me Just the same. . "You’ve urged me on to better | work by sticking day by day. not knowing, perhaps, how much !l meant; hut I Just wish to say I’d love to grasp you by the hand and tell you. one hy one. how grateful to you all 1 am. now that my work <s done "To Commy and the boys I wish | success in years to come, and that they’ll lick the Cubs each year I guess that’s wishing some." Nick Aitrock’s Last Good Game •r#-b •!*•+ ‘Flash” in Minneapolis IPDOOR iPOfi-Tt lELLlMCr T>ee (rlE-L. a-t Twf weu/s rra,A/n .SOME ^E\N s — DHOW aa€FT*. Stuff LOCAL FANS TO SEE ENGLISH CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT ON JANUARY 6 FREDDIE WELSH AND WHITNEY TO BATTLE HERE e Cigarette of ^Quality Piedmont — the Sc. cigarette that has never been success fully imitated. Day in and day out—Pied 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—unvary ingly uniform. Whole coupon in each package. KCo. By W. S. Farnsworth. F -'HEDDIK WELSH, 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 l guess he is right. The boxing fans seem to be all keyed lip for a scrap; and in Welsh and Whitney they ought to witness a corking mill. U J 111TNKY in A11 needs no introduction He has been tried time and again and never found wanting He has fought .lake Abel, Battling Nelson, Charley 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 clever and hard-hitting Chicago boy the hardest kind of a scrap. Frank has never been In a alow bout in Atlanta. You have got to hand it to this lad for making the other fellow travel. If his opponent wants to box. then Frank will box. if said opposition desires to stand toe to toe, then Frank accommodates He always gives the fans a run for their money. A NO Oh hampion 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 Packev McFarland was handed the verdict over him. Rut the bout was in Milwaukee, where McFarland was exceedingly popular mail ha iwugiu 1 mediately after that scrap he will set 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 in England. Both scraps were declared even. Matt Wells earned the decision over Welsh for the English title in 1911, but Freddie reversed matters and w on back the crown in 1912. Just look over the following list of some of the men that Welsh has fought; Eddie Fox. Jimmy Dunn, Tommy Feliz, Tommy Love. Frank Cursey, Jimmy Devine Matty Baldwin, Billy Glover. Young Erne. Willie Moody, Tim Callahan. Seaman Hayes. Young Josephs, Willie Fitzgerald, Dave Peshicr. Maurice Bayers. Charley Nearv, Packev 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 I^angdon. Grover Hayes. Young Saylor and dozens more. \\ T El.SH W merry gave Willie Ritchie a trimming in a 29-round go In Los Angeles just two years ago. And Willie can't see Welsh at all these days. Only a few months back Welsh and Ritchie were to meet in Vancouver. Both 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 a way out He claimed 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. • • • Y\7 ELSH is now after Ritchie again, but Willie is going to take on Tommy Murphy. However, Freddie says he will stick after thb American titje 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 sail for Atlanta to battle with Whitney. prepare for his \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. Dpc. 26.—Btll Carrigan will be the only playing manager in the American League next season. Six of the other seven trams will be handled from the bench by former players 1n uniform, allowing them to visit the coaching lines. Connie, however, will differ from all bis rivals in this respect It has been many years slncx Connie donned a uniform, and yet he jias been by far the most successful of tfie lot. Tinker's Demands Are“ Unreasonable," Declares Robinson TUTHILL IS OUT AGAIN. WEST POINT, X. V . Dec. 22.—Harr> Tuthill, trainer of the Detroit Ameri ran League baseball club, and more re cently of the victorious Army football team, left here for his home In Detroit yesterday. Tuthtll has been confined t* tv.' hospital here since the day aitei the Army-Navy football game. MACKMEN TO PLAY PENN. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.—Connie Mack, of the American League Baseball Club, announced to-day that be had arranged to play two games with the University of Pennsylvania team next spring. The games will be played at Shibe Park on March 30 and 31 JOHN HENRY TO COACH. AMHERST. MASS. Dec. 22 —John Henry. catcher of the Washington team, of the American league, has been a pointed coach of the Amherst hockey team Henry, who was graduated from Amherst in 1910. was prominent as a hockey player while at college. PERRY IN MOTORCYCLE RACE. URBANA. ILL.. Dec 22—Robert A. Perry, the Illinois freshman motorcy clist. who holds the dirt track record for a mile on the old Indianapolis Speedway, yesterday entered the >00- mile race at Savannah. Ga., on Christ mas Day. CHICAGO. Dec. 22. The salary Joe Tinker demands from the Brooklyn Na tionals was termed unreasonable yester day by Wilbert 1•hm.sun. 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 w.ould be there, and so did not leave Chicago. Robinson Immediately gut into com munication witli Tinker here. After the talk Tinker said lie believed the differ ences between himself and the Brooklyn club could be adjusted despite the at titude of the club toward his salary “Robinson told me the $10,000 bonus WAS mine as Soon as I signed, and wanted to know the salary I expected.” Tinker said. ”‘I’nreasonable,’ he re plied. when 1 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 Pratt Resigns From Players’ Fraternity ST. LOUIS, Dec 22.—Derrill Pratt, second sacker of the Browns, has re signed as his club's representative in the Players’ Fraternity. Unpleasant notoriety during the fall series, when he was accused of having divulged the secrets of the association, is the reason given for his resignation. There may be other causes. He ex plained his action thus: “Uncomplimentary and unfounded things were said about me last October when 1 was accused of telling the se crets of the Players’ Fraternity. Of course these reports were untrue, but for the good of the Players’ Union I am going to resign. I have the fraternity’s good will at heart, and will do all 1 can for Dave Fultz's organization. By 0. B. Keeler. N a sport page of The Sunday American there was a big pic- I ^ turn 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 he 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 for the Kansas City Blues, of the American Association. He had not shown much stuff since he left the American League a couple of years b( fore, and had knocked about in the big minor league until Dan Shay picked him up in 1911. Carr took over the Blues in 1912 and regarded Nick as a valuable veteran, though he knew the old fellow w*as 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, 1 think it was. T 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 up the beds, Nick came along to my section and sat down and began to talk. » * * N ICK told me the stop yof 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 ltard times; the dawn of fortune; the first “regular job;” the prosperous times in the big show. And then Nick told me about that great series of 1906; how he beat Mordecai Brown the first day; bow It* pitched eut a heart-breaking struggle against the three-fingered wonder on their next start—0 to 0. inning after inning, until Hahn, of the Sox, 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, I reckon!” * * * 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 ICK was sort of sheepish about it as ho finished. He sal 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, well - good-night! ’’ * * , * ^ EXT day we opened in Minne- ^ apolie. and Carr elected Old Nick Altrock to pitch the first game against the Champion Millers of Joe Can- tillon. • * • T HEY were a hard-hitting bunch of veterans, thdse Millers, cham pions the last^lwo years, and cham pions again thal season, by the way I Claude Rossman. the two Delehantys, 1 “Gavvy” Cravath. now the home-run hitter of the Phillies, Hobe Ferris, Otis Clymer—oh, they could hit, those Millers! But they faced their master’s hand that bright May afternoon, in the new ROWING CREWS BREAK RECORD. MADISON. \YIS.. Dec 22.—Crews of the University of Wisconsin broke all rowing records at this institution when they completed 230 miles of rowdng for the fall season. This is 80 miles more than was rowed In any other fall FIGHTER DIES. LONDON. Dec. 22.—Jimmy Burrows, the lightweight boxer, died here after a bout with George Freeman, at the Ju dean Athletic Club. In the sixth round Burrows was pressing Freeman hard when he suddenly collapsed and fell. Efforts to revive him failed. Minneapolis ball park; their mas ter’s whip cracked, and they jumped through, rolled over, and played dead TX a fairly comprehensive term of 1 service, I never have been privi leged to see a regular no-hit, no-run game. It wasn’t in my luck, it seem? But that last good game that old Nick Altrock pitched will do very well to keep me from mourning my lim ited allotment. In nine full innings, precisely 27 Millers walked from the bench to tlin plate. Twenty-flve of them walked back to the bench. One Miller reach ed first on a single; one drew a base on balls; both died stealing. One fly ball was caught in the out field. The other Millers went softly out on gentle grounders, pop-up flie?, or on jumping, darting third strike? 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 was three tjmes as many as he needed. No team on earth would have hit Nick Altrock ttot day • * * \ If ELL, that was Nick’s last good vv game—the last sparkle of the failing flame of a great pitching genius. Three days later, In S4. Paul. Nick pitched again, and w’as 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 unoondi tional release, going promptly to Ulark Griffith at Washington to make sport for the fans by his clownish antics on the coaching lines. • * * T [ do not remember Nick as a ^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 I recall him as a grim, cold and dominant figure, mastering with the final flash of his failing arm the slugging champions of Joe Cantillon and pitching the best game of ball T ever saw—and the last good game of a truly great slabman. YALE ARRANGING DATES. NEW HAVEN, CONN.. Dec. 22 While the Yale football schedule will not bo formally announced until after New Year’s, it was learned last night that all the games but one have been tentatively decided upon. The schedule includes: University of Maine, l^ehigl Washington and Jefferson. University •• f Virginia. Colgate. Brown, Princeton and Harvard. All of the games except tha; of Princeton will be played here MACKMEN WANT “BUZZ.” LOUISVILLE. KY., ' Dec. 22.—Tb*e bore Brzozowski. a local semo-pro south paw pitcher, has been offered a con tract by Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. “Buzz.” as he is called, pitched a no-hlt game at Car rollton. Ky., against New Castle last summer. DO YOU ITCH? If •©. um Tetterlne. 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