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THE ATT, A NT A GEORGIAN A NO NEWS. The Leading Hitter of the Stove ] League Seldom ] Breaks Records in Fast Com] pany Evans Declares Course at Regina One of the Best ia the Dominion. Mutt Bought the Wrong Breed of Gila Monster Ry “Chick” Evans. 1 -*FTE Regina Country Club, of Re gina, Canada, la four and a half miles from the heart of the town and the street cars run al most to the clubhouse doors. About $.'10,000 was spent last year in per fecting the transportation service, so •hat problem is well settled. The golf • measures a. little less than fi.OOO yards. Our old friend, Arner Tollifson, the club professional, tells me that the land is a sort of flat yet the course is not really monotonous, for a creek winds through it and around the north side. The club has discovered that while the prairie grass makes an excellent fair green, it does not make a good putting green. For that reason all the greens were tom up last fall and are h*vng made, in the literal sense of the word. They will be built accord ing to the best modem idea.s and will he sown with the finest grass seed. Club Is Growing Rapidly. In addition to the contemplated Im provement of the course, for which there is ample money, it Is planned to erect before long one of the finest clubhouses in the Northwest to take the place of the present comfortable but unpretentious structure. The club has about 200 members, I and the remarkable. thing is that al- i most all of them are active. The luh is a young one, perhaps only two • is old. and at the time of its for- nvit: n very few of its members had 1 a game of golf; at pres- however^several are playing un- r ST Truly an excellent record speaks equally well for the en- ism of the members and the i () f the teacher. The ladies have ■, , taken a deep interest in the club i ; . .Ilifson particularly mentions j Philbrick, who has made won- . • Mill progress in playing. ! understand that Tollifson will have complete charge of the club, i: side and in, next year. Winnipeg Joins in Tourneys. ‘ The Regina players have their tour naments too; once a year they jour- m\v to Winnipeg and once a year the Winnipeg golfers go to them. In the provincial championship played last season at Regina there were over 60 entrants. They came from Saskatch ewan. Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Indian Head and all the oth er places round about. Tillifson says that he has seen the 6,000-yard course jammed with players t/me and again. The Regina Country Club is not the only course in's Regina. There is a nine-hole course out near the bar racks, where the officers of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police play (the British colonial official Is a great golf missionary), and some of the towns people belong to this club, too. Arner Tollifson himself laid out a course at Saskatchewan Beach, which is 30 miles from Regina. It is on the shores of the last mountain lake, and Arner says that he is well satisfied with his work on it. POLLY AND HER PALS Of Course, the Family Couldn’t Afford It This Month I CAti gcARCUV mn -To Gucm \X/H4T -The ButfCH Boots h-t Vou For Christmas,pa'-, Lookout President Knows Nothing of C. Smith Signing CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Dec. 22. President Andrews professes entire ignorance of the reported purchase of “Pop Boy” Smith, former Birming ham hurler, from the White Sox. Ho says he has heard nothing from Mc Cormick on the matter. Of course, it would not be possible for McCormick to close a deal with out the president’s signature, how- ever. and President Andrew's is of the opinion that the deal has been closed by McCormick, but awaits waivers or other formalities before being official ly promulgated. Cravath Threatens To Join Federals COS ANGEL.ES, Dec. 22.—Cravath, ■ of the stars of the Phillies, may . imp to the Federals. “The Federal league has made me a swell offer for i f M season and unless the Philadelphia management ‘comes through’ strong -J am going over to the Federals.” This wire was received by a friend -ere to-day. The movement of the Feds - "ws how strong they are in their r ’ght for stars. Mississippi Aggies Play Local Five Next T ue fourth game of tne local basket- season will be played next Satur- ■ night at the Atlanta Athletic Club. The Mississippi Agricultural and Me- : nlcal College five will be the op ponents of the locals. KILBANE VS. GRIFFITHS. LEV ELAND, OHIO, Dec. 22.—Man- - r .Jimmy Dunn said to-day that there a possibility that Featnerweight ampion Johnny Kilbane, of Cieve- OL will meet Johnny Griffiths, of Al <ron, in a twelve-round bout at Can- ‘ r,n in January• Kilbane will insist, ! .' ,w ever, that Griffiths make 130 pounds nngside. Wf AuHl MAGGIE \AA, AGHUR, PUiCiA AMD 5URE.'. TrtATS' The. cwl>/ wav wr Could afford Such AM EKPEmSh/f Pre£fmt! me ARI VE>u <JUITE Po5lT/V/E rD PoS i*Tiv/E! Fi6urf.d it X^/tU out! you HAVE Fiv/E p/ty p/ty.< MOMTH y'KFiooy! Wells-Oarpentier Fight a “Fake,” Is New York Report CHICAGO, Dec. 22 —According to a New York report, the recent Bombardier Wells-Georges Oarpentier scrap over in London in which Weils suffered a knockout in the first round was a huge “fake.” The story is said to have been brought to this country by an American who witnessed the contest. As the story goes, there was en agree 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 betting freely. Carpentier stepped out, tacked one on Wells’ jaw. 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, TENN., Dec. 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 shown no disposition of doing. The controversy arose over the Perrv-Berger deal, whereby Nashville receives Heine Berger, pitcher, and a cash consideration of $400 from Mo bile for Infielder 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. HARRINGTON RELEASED. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Dec. 22.— .' u ‘ e Kelly, manager of the Indianapo lis ’earn, of the American Association, '■mounced here last night that he had H-u-ased Pitcher William Harrington, of lrr, ’;mapolis. to Binghamton, of the Af-w York State League. RITCHIE WILL GO EAST. W YORK. Dee. M. Willie Ritchie matched whh Fi^ddic Welsh, Rivers or rackey McFarland, at son Square Garden, after his bout Tommy Murphy on the coast, Jan- 23, according to an announcement to-day by Promoter BiHy Gibson. Cruthers Signs to Play With Athletics i PHIL.APEL.PHIA, Dec. 22.—Charles Cruthers the young Philadelphian who played 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 Earl Mack s finds • He looked so promising both In batting and fielding down in Raleigh. N. O . last ; summer that th» son recommended him to the father. He joined the Athletics after Raleigh had finished its season. I and in the few games he played he more than fulfilled all press notices. A. A. U. Track Men Ignore Kolehmainen NE1V YORK, Dec. 22 —Hannes Knleh- mainen world s champion long distance runner, was ignored bv the registration committee of 'he Metropolitan Associa tion at its meeting at the St. Bartholo mew A. <". The " nvestigation. an nounced *"■ r'.ntit ucd nt tne meeting where the Finn produced all his prists, apparently has not continued to any ex tent and nothing was done toward dis ciplining Kolehmainen or absolving him from blame. Sporting Food By GEORGE E. PHAIR JOSEPH IS NOT JOSEPH. Then Joseph Tinker up and spoke: “Note whaddayathink o' that? Will someone put me Joseph to the spot where I am at?" Clark Griffith avers that Garry Herrmann is not wholly to blame 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 winner 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 long and snowless winter.' Oh, the warm and balmy winter! When the buds of spring are showing In the grass at yonder ball yard; W hen the .zephyrs in the bleachers Are as warm as those of Maytime, And we sit and yearn for baseball. But there ain’t no baseball schedule; Anil we 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 And the bleachers all are vacant And the gate receipts are absent. Oh, the 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. It is said that Charlie White went into the fight game for his health, but promoters can 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. VOCAL MONEY. The moment that a baseball star is placed upon the block The magnate clears his voice and gins the baseball world a shock, lie offers forty thousand bones in such a lusty strain That everybody hears the nmes from Oregon to Maine. Oh. be would gladly sign a dozen millicm-dotlar cheeks, fijit on the square. he wouldn't pay t. . thousand dollars I ife.r.) Hi doesn't buy the player, but hr hastens to explain. "Oh. / was double-crossed." he says, . and wears a look of pain. ‘Twirlers in 1913 Were Not as Effective as in 1912’—Cracker Captain WELCHONCE PRAISES DENT AND COVELESKIE By Harry Welehonce. (Captain of Crackers.) W HILE 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 whole were not quite as effective as they were 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 j>itehing 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 I have been called on to face him that I didn't think w f e could get his goat, but the same tactics that we used in seasons gone failed to affect him last season, and any time I stepped to the plate It was a battle to see which would come out on top, with the Pole finish ing as often as I did. • * * PAVET 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 I did not find him as much of a puzzle as I 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 had 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 were officially announced—Dent, Price and Conzelman. Atlanta; Hogg. Mobile; Williams, Nashville; E. Brown. Mont gomery, and Wilson, of New Orleans. The first three mentioned I was not called upon lo face, as I vlucky enough to be on the -ame club with them, and doubtless, considering the way Dave Robertson was treated at their hands. T saved several points on my season's average by escaping them. | CONSIDER Dent the best right- ‘ hand pitcher there was in the league—curves, control and 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 he a little erratic at times. His record shows that he did almost sCS much as anyone else in bringing the pennant to Atlanta. I might men tion here that Carl Thompson show ed himself t,p be a pitcher of consid erable caliber while with the Crack ers, and only his bad luck at Bir mingham kept him from being among the select at the finish. * * * \1THILE E. Brown was the strike- out king of the league, I 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. He is likely to develop a wild streak in some particular inning of the .game in which lie 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 wins would have been a great deal larger than It waa. Hogg displayed baffling 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 that go with It. Wilson, of New Orleans, and Wil liams, of Nashville, are both young southpaw's, and I consider them both good men who are JusJ, in the early stages of development. Wilson, es pecially, has an iron nerve, as no one with less than that could have gone through the mill that eventful day at Mobile last September when a pen- rant was at stake and come out with (lying colors. I N making comparisons of the pltch- * ers I have failed to take into con sideration Prough, of the Birmingham club, w’ho led the league. He has a grand curve ball and a good head, but 1 don’t hardly believe his courage is as strong in a tight place as that of Eddie Dent and some more of the 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 to hold their own and quite a few of them were given a change of scenery, with the hope that it would prove a stim 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 win 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 for 1912 and 1913 seasons 1 find that in most cases each individual player who w r as 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 I hardly think enough to be notice able, and after due deliberation 1 be lieve w'e w’ill 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 5 Rounds On New Year’s Day SAX FRANCISCO, Dee. 22. Gunboat Smith is a much better fortified tighter than when he 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 things have changed He is now one of the most confident boxers in the business. “How big is this fellow Pelky?’’ asked the “gunner” at ills training quarters yesterday. “He is not so tail as .less Willard, whom you shaded last May,” was the reply. “If that’s the case, then everything is all right. So long as he 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. Pelky worked out hefore a large crowd. He boxed night rounds so stren uously yesterday that Manager Tommy Burns ordered that lie rest to-day. He boxed two rounds each with Char lie Horn. Al Kreitzer, Tommy Burns and Stanley Dean. Betting on the 1 out, though light, re mains at the opening (Kids of 10 to 8, with Smith favorite, and he Is expected to remain at this point. Bill Foxen Released By Birmingham Club BIRMINGHAM. Dec 22.—Announce ment was made last Right by President Baugh, of the local baseball association that Bill Foxen. Baron twirler. had been sold to the Wilkesbarre Club Foxen has done good work for the Barons since being a member of the club. The disposition of Foxen caused little surprise, as it had been indicated that he would not be a Baron next season. HURT IN ATHLETICS. MADISON, WI8., Dec. 22.—Eighty- eight, or 1.02 per cent of the 7,100 ac cident* occurring In Wisconsin during the last fiscal year were due to football or other athletic work, according to the State Board of Vital Statistics. BOXING News of the Ring Game. Packey McFarland asks $16,000 to fight Gibbons or Clabby and each of these prospective opponents thinks he is worth as much as Packey. 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 He will make one exception, Willie Ritchie, saying that Joe will be gi/td to get on with the champion at 136. * * * Joe Thomas, 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 tlie decision after a hot battle. Thomas, however, was forced to give away nearly 10 pounds in weight. • * • Kind readers^ chalk up another one for Charlie White The Chicago senna tion added Ad Wolgast to his list of victims last Friday night, and is now claiming the 133-pound title. Accord ing to reports, the bout was one of the best ever staged in Milwaukee, proving a great Improvement over the Britton - McFarland fiasco. • • * Two corking heavyweight scraps wil’ be staked in New York to-night. Bat tling Levinsky, Danny Morgan’s latest wonder, meets Jim Coffey in one of the ten round mills, while Jim Flynn and George Rod el clash in the other ten- round affair. • • • Billy Gibson says he has to put or. “white hopes” at his New York club because he can’t get any other fighters. Which reminds us of the man who wanted fried onions when he couldp’t get ice cream. • * • Frank Baker took a trip to The Geor gian sporting department Saturday noon and had some harsh things to say about “Kid" Young. The latter had agreed to post a forfeit to meet Baker in a private bout, hut showed the white feather by failing to put in bis appear ance “Why, lie wouldn’t step into the sarr.e 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 tention 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’s Day in a go that will have much to do in deciding the fu ture of both 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 with Tommy Walsh, manager of Man/lot. 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, dosed for a basket ball game between the two teams at the local club Saturday, January 14. This practically completes the At lanta Athletic Club's schedule of date* for the vear, only one more open date remaining. Johnny Dobbs After Baskette for Pels CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Dec. 22. “Big Jim’’ Baskette, who has been pastimlng for Charles \V. Somers at Toledo and Cleveland for some four seasons, probably will Join Johnny Dobbs at New Orleans next spring. Baskette got “in bad” with Toledo and the Naps on account of his leis urely habits, and the Mud Hens are about ready to let him out. Dobbs, who started Baskette in baseball in 1909. is confident that the big right hander has some good baseball left in his system, and will try his best to sign him. JEWELERS A BROKERS 301 Peters Bldg. ■ Opium Whiskey «nd Dru;, H«blt« Reefed ■ at Horn# or Sanitarium. Book on W»bj«d IFr—. DR. B. M. WOOLLEY, M-N. WeM IfMltadum- Ailaata, Gaorgi* M ' n *o Loan Phone Main 228 STRICTLY PRIVATE. New York ‘Commish’ Will Not Bar Packey NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—That the New York boxing commission will not place Packey McFarland under suspension here was stated to-day by Commissioner Price, who declares McFarland’s show ing in bouts here, even though he never tried to knock out his opponents, has made him a great favorite with the fight fans. McFarland, in a wire to Billy Gibson, Infers the Milwaukee promoters were piqued because the crowd was was not up to expectations, and that the specta tors were peeved because he didn't try to knock Britton out. He adds his sus pension in Wisconsin was due to spite work. Wilton Jellico Coal $5.00 PER TON The Jellico Coal Co. 82 PEACHTREE ST. | Atlanta Phone 3668 i Boll Phone Ivy 1585