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V OH HES I PS MEET 4- P<-U5E>eP-f' qmge in AuJiHu-E I NVE'ET A MILUOHftlK-€ UKS V04 HA -ha- \ HIS OHO MAW i.p=r H/HV iOH£ IAAV6-€ J HwH I w£Vi£\ SAW HUM WITH CAftfARf MiMCgi-n’ KAiftfR wHi/ he M/OiH-owr HH>£ WAT HICA NV A COACH M am-^y 5,MPCV tHTTIMS- ^ /« OH M£ THAT &C/V H-AS THE GAU-OC A BORS-CA^. TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. The Fighter Who Con (iet u Decision Over John Barleycorn Has Not Appeared Yet BASEBALL RULES CUE PRESIDENT PIES TO WE Tinker Squabble Proves That Head of Club Has Right to Complete Deals. By Frank G. Venice. N EW TORK, Deo 22. The Tinker squabble ha* brought clearly to the fore the fact that tho president of a hall club has full powo* to trade, *ell or buy a player and tlm bis actions, In this respect, can no: hr repudiated by the directors of a club. If also hss shown that the (‘in- in- natl club directors arc vacillating rersons that they interpret the ruley of the National league only as !he\ tend to serve the beat Interests of the Cincinnati club - The rules of the National Leaguo are clearly defined on the point of who has final and full power to nego tiate for players. That person Is the T»resident — and the president alone. The National league rules take It for granted that the president of a club Ip empowered by the directors to act for them, and that all hls acts are binding upon them. Practically the same Cincinnati club directors who canceled the agreement made by TTerrmann, declaring that h1s actions h«d to be ratified by the di rectors before they were final and binding, assumed a different attitude in 1910 • • • AT that t # ime Manager Dooln, of the ■** Phillies, entered into a deal with Carry Herrmann Involving the ex change of .seven players When Pres ident Fogel. of the Phillies, heard of the deal, he ordered It canceled, de claring that Dooln had no authority to ma.ke If And how the f’lnrinnati people did roar! They Insisted that Dooln did hat" the power; that the deal was legal and binding. They Insisted that a manager's acts did not have to be ratified by either the president or the dire< tors They i-arrled their protest against the cancellation of the deal un to league President Lynch, who correctly interpreted tne rules, de cided In favor of Philadelphia, staling that Dooin had n«* r.cht to make auc.h a deal, and that Fogel alone had the power • • • 1 IFE has loffd about all its sw eet- ness fru the St Louift Cardinal fans It was hard enough for them to enJTtre tine blow dealt them when the selling of liquid refreshments was abolished at the park, but the sale of Ed Konetehy to the Pirates is a crushing blow. What charms will a beer-less and Konetchy-less ball park have for them henceforth? • * • ANDY C’AJRNEOrE ought not to ** overlook Billy Gibson, fight pro moter, when lie hands out the next hunch of hero m« dills. Gibson de serves one, fotr he is 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 roan who can put up a bat tle a la Messrs Sullivan. Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Jeffries “I won't d’e happy unle.*w I do." **r* Gibson Gibson's a pretty nice fellow, and It se*»ms a shame that he’ll be unhappy and miserable Ftten It comes time for him to make an earthly exit COACH TO GET RAISE. IOWA CITY. TCnVA. Pec. 22 The Iowa Athletic Board has voted Coach Jesse P Hawley h substantial raise in salar> for the coming season and ap pointed a committee to proceed nt once with the <irawing up of a contract to be offered him. NO CHANGE IN UMPIRES PITTSBURG, Dec. 22. There will he no change in the stall of umpires, ac cording to John K. Tener, president of the National League. He fcaid the best managers hod told him the present staff is as good as could be found. BRITONS PLAN CHANGES. GHICAGD l'ec. 22. While the Ameri cans are standing pat on their 1912 ten nls rules, the Britons are planning to make some radical changes Also, thev want the International tennla rules for 1914 changed SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT You Simply Can ’t Escape the Dear Things TVfE/Se S OiR-Ty vA/ORK GO/M \ ©m aro4pic> nent - k*sr- WiG-WT I GAVE AAy HOLL. tv-er owee ov/ew and counted 15, Ho ci«.j - non/ i hawc 1 IJOPPoSE THENMIFP V4t*-L GSEETmiS wmiTVA THAT 0<-O STALX JMH-S MOVM AWO UJOK INNOC6HT I'M! THO GAAO ALEUCTVrA> J CXTP- vuurvt iMwon+euT <n> tv*at I RETHTW AwT THKAwOAU VJELM- 1 ^flwOEK TWlTV ITH 04*. TH&JSNTH APWIVERTHA*'/ AmO ni£ AIE AtH i_0ViN G ATH B/ER- HA-MA-HA- RES6i A A&ourtoTioi 1 Poi^omeo neco'-c j ANO TXS. \A)lFCi \ poisoweo woooLEi i. AtfiCKTV* A tJOER- DOVOO REMfMttEP AGO HO'*' VOU caught me <m mou*. armth emea-v SMS N ‘N 6- >v- el — eur 1 CATt-H j v/OO IN l ?ooggT«r j INDOOR SPORTS By Tad Former Sox Southpaw, on His Way to Minors, Thanks Loyal Supporters. C HICAGO, ILL.. Deo. 22.— Doc White, veteran White Sox hurler and until recently one of the most effective pitchers on < he South Side organization, to-day is wending hls way westward, where he will take up his new berth. White is heading for Venice, Cal., where he w ill be seen in uniform ncxi 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 linos that l may express to the Chicago public my gratitude for their part of my amc- c* b& during my baseball career in this good old town. "Father Time has crooked hls rtn- per 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 anil tried my best to win for Oomniy and the fans, who’ve always stood the test, supporting me w hen \ was ‘bad’ and giving me their aid when Take him out’ is probably what they fain would have said It’s ha id to leave my friends and pals, who’ve been so kind and true. The thought of going chokes me up ind really makes me blue. “Through future years T’ll thank you. fans, for what you’ve been to me You’ve been my Judge and jury. and. I any 1t gratefully, it’s to you I 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 tli* fan’s good will. It helps a man to hear the rooters’ voices, loud anJ nhrilk You've stuck to’me through all and helped me capture many a . game, you've not found fault when 1 was licked, but cheered me Just the an me. You've urged me on to better | work by sticking day by day. not knowing, perhaps, how much It meant; but I just wi>h to say I'd love to grasp you by the hand and tell voli. one by one. how grateful to you all 1 am, now that my work done. “To Pommy and the boys T wish success in years to come and that they’ll lick the Cubs each year I guess that's wishing some.'' iPDOOfi iPOfi-T t It $ T>t£ at Twe News jtaa/o ^OME NEVN s- WUMmER S TTj P P Nick Altrock’s Last Good Game *r »4* u -r»-r -r*+ +t+ Final “Flash” in Minneapolis LOCAL FANS TO SEE ENGLISH CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT ON JANUARY 6 FREDDIE WELSH AND WHITNEY TO BATTLE HERE Tinker's Demands Are“ Unreasonable,” Declares Robinson Cigarette of Quality Piedmont — the Sc. cigarette that has never been success fully imitated. Day in and day 7 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. W hole coupon in each package. IO for5* Bv W. S. Farnsworth. TyMt EDDIE WELSH, tlie Enfilish JM lightweight champion. and Frank Whitney, the Fighting t’arponter. 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 Uou 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 witness a corking mill. • • • \\MHTNKY needs no introduction ' v in Atlanta. Ho has been tried time and igaln and never found wanting He has fonght Jake Abel, Battling Nelson, Charley White and n dozen other tough ones within the boundary lines of the Gate City and h1wh\* gave satisfaction True, he didn't beat White, but he gave the clever and hard-hitting Chicago boy the hardetn kind of a scrap. Frank has never been in a glow bout in Atlanta. You have got to liand 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 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, ^ince then Freddie has fought fully 100 tights, and only twice was the de cision against him Packey McFarland was handed the verdict over him. Rut the bout was in Milwaukee, where McFarland was exceeding.y popula% until he iwught 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 won back the crown in 1912. Just look over the following 1st of some of the men that Welsh has fought: Eddie Fox. Jimmy Dunn, Tommy Feltz, Tommy Love, Frank Carsey, Jimmy Devine. Matty Baldwin. Billy Glover. Young Erne, Willie Moody, Tim Callahan. Seaman Hayes, Young Josephs, Willie Fitzgerald. Dave Deshler. Maurice Sayers. Charley Nears’, Packe> McFarland. Phil Brock Abe AtteU. Harry* Trendall, George Memsic, Rav Bronson. Young Donohue, Johnny Fravne, Jack Good man, Henry Tiet. Johnny Summers, Matt Wells. Pal Moore. Willie Ritchie. Jimmy Duffy. Jack Lsngdon. Grover Hayes. Young Saylor and dozens Y\7 B3LSH gave M illie Ritchie a ^ merry trimming in a 20-round go In Los Angeles just two years ago And Willie can’t see Welsh at all these day s. 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. K w’as a case of chilled pedals of the lowest degree. • • • \T7ELSH 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. * * * \\T 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. Pec. 2(5. -Bill Carrigan will be the only playing manager in the American League next season Six of the other seven teams will be handled from the bench by former players in uniform, allowing them to visit the coaching lines. Connie, however, will differ from all his rivals in this respect It has been many years since Connie oonned a uniform, and yet he has been by far the most successful of the lot. TUTHILL IS OUT AGAIN. WEST POINT, N. Y.. Pec 22 — Harr> Tuthill, trainer of the Detroit Aineri ran League baseball cUib. and more re cently of the victorious Ann football team, left here for his home in Petrolt x esterday Tuthill has been confined t# 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 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 appointed 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. URBAN A. ILL.. Pec. 22—Robert A. Terry, the Illinois freshman motorcy clist, who holds the dirt track record for a mile on the old Indianapolis Speedway, yesterday entered the 100- ntile race at Savannah. Ga., on Christ mas Day. CHICAGO. Pec 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 oer- ;ain the Brooklyn manager would be there, and so did not leave Chicago. Robinson Immediately got into toin- munication with Tinker here After tho •a!k Tinker said he believed the differ ences between himself and the Brooklyn club 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 T signed, and wanted to know the salary I expected." Tinker said. “ 'Unreasonable.’ he re piled, 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 ID said he expected to meet Charles Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn club, before long Pratt Resigns From Players' Fraternity ST. LOUTS, tiec 22—Derrill Pratt, second saeker of the Browns, has re signed as his club's representative in the Plaxcrs* 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 whea I 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 I can for Dave Fultz's organization. Bv O. B. Keeler. O N a sport page of The Sunday American there was a bfg pic ture of Nicholas Altrock and a little story of n&w the once great southpaw was shoving lumber In a yard near the White Sox ball park In Chicago, the scene of many of Jils 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 1 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 before, 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 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. I 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 P ICK told me the stor 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 hard 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; 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 Sox. misjudged a long, high fly. “1 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!” * * • Y\J 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. * • • ^ICK 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. well— good-night! ” * » * V EXT day we opened In Mlnne- ^ ’ apolis, and Carr elected Old Nick Altrock to pitch the first fame against tiie Champion Millers of Joe Can- tillon. ... THET were a hard-hitting hunch of 1 veterans, thoae Millers, cham pions the last two years, and cham pions again that season, by the. way. Claude Rossman. the two Delehantj-s, 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 Minneapolis ball park; their mas ter's whip cracked, and they Jumped through, rolled over, and played dead. * • • IN a fairly comprehensive term ot A service, I never have been privi leged to see a regular no-hlt, no-run game. It wasn’t in my luck, it seems 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 37 Miliys walked from the bench to the plate. Twenty-five of them walked back to the bench. One Miller reach ed first on a single; one drew a base on bails; both 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 beer 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 on* ex plosive inning. That was three times as many as he needed. No team on earth would have hit Nick Altrock that day • * * \A7ELL. that was Nick’s laat fo^d v game—the last sparkle of the failing flame of a great pitching genius. Three days later, In Rt. 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 make sport for the fans by his clownish antics on the coaching lines. • * * T 1 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 T recall him as a grim, cold and dominant figure, mastering with the final flash of his falling arm tho slugging champions of Joe Cantillon and pitching the best game of ball J 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 will not be formally announced until afDr 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 Lehigh \A ashington and Jefferson. University °f Virginia. Colgate. Brown, Princeton and Harvard. All of the games except tna‘ of Princeton will be played here MACKMEN WANT “BUZZ.” LOUISVILLE. KY., Dec. 22.—TIs dore Brzozowskl. a local semo-pro sou paw pitcher has been offered a o tract by Connie Mack, manager of Philadelphia Athletics. “Buzz.” as Is called, pitched a no-hlt. game at C rollton, Ky., against New Castle summer. ROWING CREWS BREAK RECORD. MADISON, MTS.. Pec. 22.—Crews of the University of Wisconsin broke all rowing records at this institution when they completed 230 miles of rowing for the fall season. This is 80 miles more than was rowed In any ether 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, i Efforts to revive him failed. I DO YOU ITCH? ( If »o. um Tetterlnt. It ceres eoxemi, rround ] dW°rm. Itchin* pile*, infant «or* hUd J tnd all other skin trouble*. Re*d what C B < Raua. Indianapolis, »ays ° Esc Used find $! Send m* ta Tetterlne. One ho* Tetterlne *ha2 dene more far eczema In my family SS0 worth of ather re mad let f have tied Use Tetterine ( I* rrUOT?a akin trouble that has b.fn-rf > ' beat medical skilL It win cure y0 u Q,t k to-day—Tetterine. JOU - « ' \ 50c at dru«c!sta. or bv m»'i SHUPTRINE CO.. 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