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7JTi‘. ^ vjiwcemt pi/awto* oorow - ZT—^av vacmT soa/da-v- 0H -/Fi I 0° jla y^(j <ajow AAV Ot-P MAN MEET 4- FLU5^P-r- THE PiAiT OWC OMCE /M AuJU'L.E p'A £V£TP- puTL6&^ o^ 1 CHAJJU i weer a VA m£ left me a srrof chaw( MILUO AJ A112.6' V/) voo MOST MEET A LOt OF MK6 VOO TiKETRA PURinJG- n+E 6 s iz,~= —r V l fU^j'o 5ET tat tip D/N& -VO ■ .CT...-R All III ■ . h : ha-ha- \ His ooo MAW LEFT H/M JomE CAAVOrE’ HuH I MPJ£\ .SAW U/MvjITH CARFARE AX-6A/T HASTES- 'Ml+t/ H£ M/OOOOWT HHL£ TWW MICF AS A COAtHMAM -^y 5,/mi plv cl/ttivS- /« OW M 5 THAT fruV H-AS THE GALLOP ABORS-LAI TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. The Fighter Who Cnn (iel ci Decision Over John Barleycorn Has Not Appeared Vet SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT You Simply Can't Escape the Dear Things EI PRtSIOENT PIER TO TIE Tinker Squabble Proves That Head of Club Has Right to Complete Deals. R\ Prank G. Mcnko. N rfTW YORK. Dec 22. The Ttnke? J squsibbl® ha* brought clear to the fore the fact that th< rrewrlent of a ball club has full po a < to trade, *ei! or buy a player and thai his actions, in this re^rpect. can nol h« repudiated by the directors of a Hub It also has shown that the t 'in- in nati club directors arc vacillating persons that they interpret the rules of the National league only as t! c- tend to serve the best Interests of the j Cincinnati club ' The rules of the National Tjeaguc i are rleaxlv defined on the point o: j who has final and full power to nego tiate for players. That person 1s the | T»resident—and the president a4one The National League rules take it for rra - is empowered by the directors to act for them, and that all his acta are binding upon them. Practically the same Cincinnati club directors who canceled the agreement made by Herrmann, declaring that h1s actions had to he ratified by the di rectors before they were final and binding, assumed « different attitude in 1910 • t • AT that /imp Manager Dooln, of the ** Phillies entered Into a deal with Garry 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 It. And how the Cincinnati people did roar! They insisted that Dooln did have the power; that the deal was legal and binding They Insisted that a manager * acts did not have to be ratified by either the president or the dire* tors They carried their proteit against the cancellation of the deal on lo league President Lynch, who correctly interpreted the rules, de cided In favor of Philadelphia, stating that T>ooin b-«d no right to make such a deal, and that Fogel alone had the power $ D'ATv vA/0*K GO/M \ OM Af*.0o>P<O - LAST KJlCr+4T l <rAwe A/vy ROLL r#e once owe* ano counted I 1, BO Cl<.$ - AJOva/ I 7 I JoPPOVE THE M) IpF WM-L SI»SETmS SAJ<TVS that OL-D 5TAU. iMILfi WOVJ FajO loot (VMOCsM-r I'M THO <H-AP ALEUcTH-AA'OETE 'WUTH INh/OTI*€U t 'M THAT I rethtrawt thkamOau Vjele- | \wflwOCK WHATS «(W r TWitw rtv ov>*. -OIEJEWTM AHWiyERTHAfty A mO WE AS.E ATH lOV i w O ATH EV tF- WA-MA-M*.' \ M0*£i A MSM AB00T OJUD'A ) Poiiowto nsevLB AMO TXt \A>lpF'i fdiSOMEO mOOOlE' ) *N*A- ^ AlECKTH a, wOEIR- D0V0O REMEMBER lOm& a&o hova* moo cau&ht me 'M wour_ armth EHEF-y s\je i rm*- a? 8 w ° I E./ evjT N OVO , CATtH j 400 in ^ i ToCEETJ ) INDOOR SPORTS By Tad I 1FK has lo * J ness frwr fans It was to en'TTfre the the celling of abolished at t Rd K one tchy crushing b!^w beer-less and have for then- st about all Its sweet- the St. Tx>uis t.’ardinal hard enough for them blow dealt them when liquid refreshments was he park, but the sale of to the Pirates i« a What charms will a Konetchy-less ball park i hence fort h ? A NOT CAJINEGTE ought not to overlook Billy Gibson, fight pro moter, when lie hands out the next hunch of hero rm dais Gibson de serves one. for he is attempting what no other man in the world would try. He’s trying to find, through process of elimination, a real, regular “w r hlte hope a roan who can put up a bat tle a la Mosers Sullivan. Corbett, Fitzsimmons and Jeffries "T won t die haptfy unless I do.” sa^s Gibson. Gibson s a pretty nice fellow, and It seems a shame that he’ll be unhappy and miserable woien It comes time for him to make an earthly exit COACH TO GET RAISE IOWA CITY, IOWA. Dec. 22 The Iowa Athletic Board has voted Coach .1 esj»p B Hawley a substantial raise in salar\ for the coining season and ap pointed a committee to proceed at once with the drawing up of a contract to be offered him. NO CHANGE IN UMPIRES. PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—There will he no change In the staff of umpires, ac cording i«> John K Tener, president of The National league He said the best manager* hod told him the present staff is as good as could be found. BRITONS PLAN CHANGES. CHICAGO. Fee. 22. While the Ameri cans are standing pat on their 191.2 ten nis rules, the Britons are planning to make some radical change* Also, they want the International tennis rules for 1914 changed Former Sox Southpaw, on His Way to Minors, Thanks Loyal Supporters. C "CHICAGO, ILL., Dcf. 22. Doc White, veteran Whit® Sox hurler and until recently one of the most effective pitchers on i he South Side organization, to day ia wending his way westward, where he will take up his new berth. White is beading for Venice, Gal., where he '"'ill 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 apace in > our 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 has crooked his fln- 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 and tried my best to win for Commy and the fans, who've always stood the test, supporting me when 1 was ‘had’ and giving me their aid when 'Take h>m out' is probably what they fain would have said. It’s haid lo leave my friends and pals, who’ve been so kind and true. The thought of going chokes me up and really makes me blue. "Through future years I’ll thank you. fans, for vyhat you’ve been to me You’ve been my Judge and jury. and. 1 say It gratefully, it’s to you I owe what small success I may have had. for you’ve encouraged me although im work at times was sad. The play ers realize what it means to have the fan’s good will it helps a man to hear the rooters’ voices, loud and ohrlll. You’ve stuck to me through all arid helped me capture many a game, you’ve not found fault when 1 was licked, but cheered me Just the sa me "You’ve urged me on to better work by sticking day by day. not knowing, perhaps, bow much it meant; but I just wi^h to sav Id love to grasp you by the hand and tell yoti. one by one. how grateful to you all 1 am, now that my w’ork is„ done. "To Pomm\ and the boys I wish succefss In years to come and that they'll lick the Pubs each year I guess that’s wishing some.” iNDOOP iPOG-Tl TEU.ifJCr TH-E Sl£.l_ at -n+e wews mvA/n .SOME NEVNS- DXUMMEa 5TOPP Nick Altrock’s Last Good Game *• + *r »4* U + •*1 v**!* Final “Flash” in Minneapolis 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 Sc. cigarette in America—un commonly good—unvary ingly uniform. W hole coupon in each package. XCir. /O for By W. S. Farnsworth. F V? EDDIE WELSH, the English lightweight champion. and Frank Whitney, the Fighting Parpen ter. 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 be 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. • • « VV ^ 1 1 F*V need> no in:roduotion vv in Atlanta. He has been tried ttmr and usaln and never found wanting He has fonght Jake 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 slow 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 ND now for Mr. Lightweight Champion of England Welsh, lie started battling way back in 1906. His debut ended with his opponent tak ing a big sleep in the tliird 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. Rut the bout was in Milwaukee, where McFarland was exceedingly popula* until he iwugh; 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 F.nglish 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 Deabler. Maurice Sayers. Charley Neary, Packey McFarland. Phil Brook. Abe Attell. Harry* Trendall, George Memsie. Rev Bronson. Young Donohue. Johnny Fravne, Jack Good man. Henry Fiei. Johnny Summers. Matt Wells. Pal Moore. Willie Ritchie. Jimmy Duffy. Jack X^angdon. Grover Hayes. Young Saylor and dozens more. • • * \U ELSH gave Willie Rliehie a merry 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 back Welsh and Ritchie were to meet in Vancouver. Both men were on the ground, trained to the minute, and at . 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. R was a case of chilled pedals of the lowest degree. • • • \lTEIySH Is now after Ritchie again, * V but Willie is going to take on Tommy Murphy. However, Freddie says he will stick after the American title holder until he comers him. In the meantime the European champion is going to tour the South. On New Year’s Day he will m^et Johnn> Dundee in New Orleans, im mediately after that scrap he will set sail for Atlanta to prepare for his battle with Whitney^ * * * U7E 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. 26. —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 forrrier players in uniform, allowing them to visit the coaching lines. Connie, however, will differ from all his rivals in this respect ft has been many years since Connie *lonned 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.—Harry Tuthill. trainer of the Detroit Ameri •'an League baseball club, and more re cently of the viciprioiis Army football team, left here for his home in Detroit > esterdaj Tuthill has been confined t* the hospital here since the day aiter 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., 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 300- mil® race at Savannah, Ga., on Christ mas Day. Tinker's Demands Are" 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 wont to Indian apolis to meet Tinker, who was not oer- aln the Brooklyn manager would be there, and so did not leave Chicago. Robinson Immediately got into iotn- munieation with Tinker here. After the talk 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.' 1 Tinker said. " ‘Unreasonable.’ he re plied. when 1 told him. He promised to think it over " Tinker would nol name the salary figures, but some time ago he said that $7,500 w’ould 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 Perrill 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 wheti 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 1 can for Dave Fultz's organization. ROWING CREWS BREAK RECORD. MADISON, WIS., Dec. 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 other fall. FIGHTER DIES. LONDON, Pec. 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. 1 By 0. B. Keeler. O N a sport page of The Sunday American there was a t^g pic ture of Nicholas Altrock and a little story of hW 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 T 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 rears 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 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, 1 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 up the beds. Nick came along to my section and sat dow*n and began to talk. * * * 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. "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!” * • • 1X7ELL. Nick told me all about it » V 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 Xhe 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 !" • * * MKXT rUy \vp oppppH In Minnn- ' ' apoli^. nnH Carr fleeted Old Nick Altrock to pitch the first game against the Champion Millers of Joe Can- tillon. • • • THEY were a hard-hitting bunch of 1 veterans, those Millers, cham pions the last two years, and cham pions again that season, by the, way, Claude Rossman. the two Delehantys, “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. * m • T N a fairly comprehensive term of 1 service, I never have been privi leged to see a regular no-hlt, no-run game. It w*asn’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 27 Millers walked from the bench to tho plate. Twenty-five 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 file*, 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 w*ell have been high school players. There w*asn’t a hard fielding chance in the gam* On the other side, the Blues made three runs for Nick, all in one ex plosive inning. That was three times as many as he needed. No team on earth w*ould have hit Nick Altrock that day • * • ‘ELL. that was Nick's last good game—the last sparkle of the failing flame of a great pitching; genius. Three days later. In St. Paul. Nick pitched again, and w^as found for a dozen sounding blow's, though the Blues, pounding even harder, pulled him in a w’inner. He did not w*in 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 r do not remember Nick as a clown, though he undoubtedly was one of the funniest men in baseball. 1 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 th« slugging champions of Joe Cantilion and pitching the best game of ball I ever saw*—and the last good gam® of a truly great slabman. W F YALE ARRANGING DATES. NEW HAVEN, CONN.. Der 22. - While the Yale football schedule will be formally announced until aft^r 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 \5 ashington and Jeffprson. University of Virginia, Colgate. Brown, Princeton and Harvard. All of the games except that of Princeton will be played here MACKMEN WANT “BUZZ.” LOUISVILLE. KY., Dec. 22.—Theo dore Brzozowskl. a local semo-pro south paw pitcher has been offered a oor tract by Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. “Buzz.” as be is called, pitched a no-hit. game at Car rollton, Ky., against New Castle last summer. 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