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Comolete Deals.
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iRK. Dec. 22 The Tlnke
bble has brought clearl
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shown that the Cincln-
F*rtors are vacillatin'*
persons, that tney Interpret the rules
of the National 1 dengue only as the\
tend to serve the best Interests of the
Cincinnati elub.
The ru!f« of the National League
are clearly defined on the point of
who ha* final and full power to nego
tiate for players. That'person Is the
president and the president alone.
The National League rules take it for
granted that the president of a Hub
la empowered by the directors to act
for them, and that all his acts are
binding upon them.
Practically the same Cincinnati club
dire, tors who canceled the agreement
made by Herrmann, declaring that his
actions had to he ratified by the di
rectors before they were final and
binding, assumed a different attitude
in 1910.
AT that time Manager Dooin, of the
■* * Phillies, entered into a deal with
(Jarrv 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 Dooin had no authority
to make, it.
And how the Cincinnati people did
roar! They insisted that Dooin did
have the power; that the deal was
legal and binding. They Insisted that
a manager’s acta did not have to be
ratified by either the president or the
directors They carried their protest
against the cancellation of the deal
up to league President Lynch, who
correctly interpreted the rules, de
cided 1n favor of Philadelphia, stating
that Dooin had no right to make such
a deal, and that Fogel alone had the
power.
INDOOR SPORTS
By Tad
I TFE has lost about sll Its sweet-
ness for the St. Louts Cardinal
fans. It was hard enough for them
to endure the blow dealt them when
the selling of liquid refreshments was
abolished at the park, but the sale of
Pal Konetchy to the Pirates is a
crushing blow. What charpis will a
beer-less and Konetchy-less ball park
have for them henceforth?
ANDY CARNEGIE ought not to
** overlook Hilly Gibson, fight pro
moter, when he hands out the next
bunch of hero medals. Gibson de
serves one for he Is attempting what
tin 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 Jeffries
I won't die happy unless 1 do. ’
sa\ s Gibson.
Gibson’s a pretty nice fellow, and it
seems a shame that he'll be unhappy
and miserable wnen it comes time for
him to make an earthly exit.
Former Sox Southpaw, on His 1
Way to Minors, Thanks Loyal
Supporters.
COACH TO GET RAISE
IOWA CITY. IOWA. Dec L*2 -The
Iowa Athlet e Board has voted Coach
Jesse R I law le> a substantial raise in
salary for the coming season and ap
pointed a com in i 11 ee to proceed at once
with the drawing up of a contract to
he offered him.
NO CHANGE IN UMPIRES.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22 There will be
no change in the staff of umpires, ac
cording to John K Tener. president of
the National League lie said the best
managers hod told him the present
staff is as good as could he found.
BRITONS PLAN CHANGES.
CHICAGO. Dec, 22 W hile the Ameri
cans are standing pat on their 1913 ten-
iVD rules the Britons are planning to
fnakf some radical changes Also, they
want the in: * mat tonal tennis rules for
tf* 14 changed
C hicago, ill., Dec. 22.-D0C
White, veteran White Box
hurler and until recently one
of th© most effective pitchers on the
South Side 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 ia "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.iv
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 fin
ger and has beckoned mo to come
from my berth as major leaguer to
the ‘brush’ to make my home.
"Ten years and more I’ve struggled,
fought and tolled and tried my best to
win for Commy and the fans, who’ve
always stood the test, supporting in a
when I was ‘bad’ and giving me their
aid when ‘Take him out' Is probably
what they fain would have said, li’s
hard to leave my friends and pals,
who’ve been so kind and true. The
thought of going chokes me up snd
really makes me blue
"Through future years I'll thank
you. fans, for what you’ve been to me
You’ve been my judge and Jury. and.
1 say tl gratefully, it's to you l owe
what small success 1 may have had.
i for you’ve encouraged me although
' my work at times was sad. The play
ers realize what it means to have th *
I fan’s good will; it helps a man to
I hear the footers’ voices, loud and
shrill. You've stuck to me through I
all and helped me capture many aj
game, you’ve not found fault when
I was licked, but cheered me just the
same.
“You’ve urged me on to better j
work by sticking day by da\. noil
knowing, perhaps, how much T |
meant. Hut 1 Just wish to say I’d,
i love to grasp you by the hand and |
tell you, one by one. how grateful to I
you nil 1 am, now that my work 's 1
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success in years to come, and that
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By O. B. Keeler.
O N a sport page of The Sunday
American there w T as a big pic
ture of Nicholas Altroek 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
dow’n 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 Wondeirs.”
And then I thought of the last
great game old Nick ever pitched, or
ever w’ill pitch, I’m afraid.
I saw him pitch that game. This
is a little story about it.
TT was In the early summer of 1912,
* 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.
W**ll, I was traveling with the Blues
as w’ar correspondent for The Kansas
City Star, and w r e 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, 1 thought it w f as 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.
Minneapolis ball park; their mas
ter’s whip cracked, and they Jumped
through, rolled over, and played dead.
T N a fairly comprehensive term of
service, I never have been privi
leged to see a regular no-hit, no-run
game. It wasn't in my luck, 1t seems.
But that last good game that old
Nick Altroek 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 the
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 files,
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 show'n. 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 times
ns many as he needed. No team on
earth would have hit Nick Altroek
that day.
Y17ELL. 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 was found for a
dozen sounding blows, though the
Blues, pounding even harder, pulled
him in a winner.
He did noi win another game, and
in a month he was given~an uncondi
tional release. going promptly to
Glark Griffith at Washington to make
sport for the fans by his clownish
antics on the coaching lines.
LOCAL FANS TO SEE ENGLISH CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT ON JANUARY 6
FREDDIE WELSH AND WHITNEY TO BATTLE HERE
By \V. S. Farnsworth. 1
T-'ARKDDIK WhT.su, 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 Loti (’as
tro, has decided that the time is ripe
for another mill, and 1 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.
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 tne English title in 1911,
but Freddie reversed matters and won
back the crown in 1912.
ITust look over the following list of
some of the men that Welsh has
fought:
Eddie Fox. Jimmy Dunn. Tommy
Feltz, Tommy
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time and again and never found
wanting. He has fought Jake Abel,
Battling Nelson, Charle\ White and
a dozen other lough 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 kiifd 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.
.ove. Frank Carsey.
Jimmy Devine. Matty Baldwin. Billy
Glover, Young Erne, Willie Moody,
Tim Callahan, Seaman Hayes, Young
Josephs, Willie Fitzgerald, Dave
Deshle.r, Maurice Sayers, Charlev
Neary, Packey McFarland, Phil
Brock, Abe Attell. Harry Trendall,
George Memsic, Ray Bronson, Young
Donohue. Johnny Prayne, Jack Good
man. Henry Piet. Johnny Summers,
Matt Weils. Pul Moore, Willie Ritchie,
Jimmy Duffy. Jack l^angdon, Grovei
Hayes, Young Saylor and dozens
more.
sail for Atlanta to prepare for hi?
battle with Whitne\.
\\’ 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. Dec. 26.—BUI Carrigan will
be the only playing manager In the
American League next season Six of
the other seven teams will be handle^,
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 respec t
It lias been many years since Connie
uonr.ed a uniform, and yet he has been
by tar the most successful of the lot.
Tinker’s Demands
Are“Unreasonable, M
Declares Robinson
CHICAGO. Dec. 22. The salary Joe
'Pinker demands from the Brooklyn Na
tionals was termed unreasonable yester
day by Wilbert Robinson, manager of
ttye club, in a long-distance telephone
conversation. Robinson went to Indian
apolis to meet Tinker, who was not cer
tain the Brooklyn manager would be
there, and so did not leave Chicago.
Robinson immediately got into com
munication W'ith Tinker here. After the
talk Tinker said he believed the differ
ences between himself and the Brooklyn
. lub 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 1 signed, and
wanted to know the salary ! expected.’’
Tinker said. “ 'Unreasonable.’ he re
plied. when l 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.
A ND now for Mr. Lightweight
Champion of England Welsh. He
atarted 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
Packex McFarland was handed the
verdict over him. But the bout was
tn Milwaukee, where McFarland was
exceedingly popular until he fought
\I7ELSH gave VYiiUe 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 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 wav 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.
TUTHILL IS OUT AGAIN.
WEST POINT, N. Y., Dec. 22.—Harry
TuthiU. trainer of the Detroit Ameri
can league baseball club, and more re
cently of the victorious Army football
team, left he^e for his home In Detroit
>esterila>. Tuthill has been confined to
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.
\1TELSH 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 th#*. scrap he will set
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 hookey
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 21 Robert A.
Perry, the Illinois freshman motorcy
clist. -who holds the dirt track record
for a mile on the old Indianapolis
Pratt Resigns From
Players' Fraternity
ST. LOTTS. Dec. 22.—Derrill Pratt,
second sacker of the Browns, has re
signed as his club's representative In
the Flayers' 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 I was accused of telling the se
crets of the Players’ Fraternity. Of
course these reports w’ere untrue, but
f»r the good of the players' Union Tam
going to resign I have the fraternity’s
good will at heart, and will do all 1 can
for Dave Fultz's organization.
N 'KTC 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 showy
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 flv.
"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, L reckon!”
W 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
s he finished. He sat silent a mo
ment; then he got up abruptly and
slaoped me on the shoulder.
“Gee.” he said, with an embar
rassed sort of laugh. T haven’t talked
s:o much about myself in the last ter
years. But I kind of felt like loosen
ing up, you know, and—aw, well-
good-night ! ”
L> T 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 be 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 Lehigh
Washington and Jefferson 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 Brzozowski. a local semo-pro south
paw pitcher has been offered a oon-
tract by Connie Mack, manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics "Buzz.” as he
is called, pitched a no-hit game at Car
rollton. Ky , against New Castle last
summer.
^ EXT day we opened In Minne-
apolis. and Carr elected Old Nick
Altroek to pitch the first game against
the Champion Millers of Joe Can
tillon.
THEY W’ere a hard-hitting bunch of
* veterans, those Millers, cham
pions the last two years, and cham
pions again that season, by the way.
Claude Roasman, the two Delehantys.
”Gavvy M Cravath, now the home-run
hitter of the Phillies, Hobe Ferris,
Otis Clvmer—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. W1S.. 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 rpwed In any other fall.
FIGHTER DIES.
LONDON. Dec. 22.—Jimmy Burrow’s,
the lightweight boxer, died here after a
bout with George Freeman, at the Ju
ean Athletic Club. In the sixth round
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