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TTTF ATLANTA' (1 EOT?CM AN AND NEWS.
N<> Matter What 1914 May Bring, the Dodgers Have the Hot Stove Dengue Pennant Safe
BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
GOLF EMBLEM
.■Chick” Says Chicago Player
# •
Conceived Idea of Official
Flower in Dream,
By Chick Evans.
( CHICAGO, Dec-. 23.—The other
morning as 1 was seated at my
y flesi, a prominent golfer came
, ,ee me. His eyes wese beaming
whole person seemed an em
bodiment of health, and this tine
physical condition, he assured me.
ivas the crowning result of two fine
.lavs of December golfing weather,
which he had enjoyed to the utmost.
Not only had he played golf all the
hour? of one of those beautiful De-
„, m ber days, but he had also dreamed
through the night, and the dream
. real that he had difficulty in
l.-i'arating it from the events of his
waiting hours.
i! vr-omed that <>n a rare December
( j ;(V he found himself standing, in
,. m| Kiny with all Ihe golfers of all
, dubs of Chicago, at the last tee of
lf . Midhomechicedgexview Club. On
this, marvelous day that seemed to
, been stolan from late October.
sun a half-circle of fire—was
jus; sinking in the west and on the
i,*t;er side of the heavens a big white
moon was coming up. / I
* * *
- \\ the eastern horizon Nie ,soft glow
1 ' the moonlight contrasted with
„ brilliantly resplendent hues of the
o: , i. while high above the blended
- the two great luminaries
. : o yiarveiui^s blue of the sky j
underfoot was grass of midsum- |
dc- greenness. The atmosphere was]
,(»; end clear and every object was I
9.,. ; outlined, and with the com-]
i|j,,f sunset the winds had quieted i
nrul the trees’ were still. In this |
. a , -■ peace and calm the assent- j
vd golfers were standing at the last j
.. of the last game of the year.
As each man walked up to the tee j
hp realized the solemnity of the occu-
,ioi! and played his final drive with
areful deliberation. One by one the
: ives < racked loudly in the clepr air
and by the time the last shot was
Caved the sun had disappeared and
he whole course was flooded with the
white light of the moon. Just*as the
countless army of golfers were about
to start for their second shots, Mr
Lone Pitcher of Midlothian, who was
standing a little apart from the
group, spoke:
* * *
“PENTLEMEX of the Midhome-
chicedgexview Club, look about
>ou! Above us is all the beauty of
the heavens, and stretching out in
every direction Is the intimate beauty
of the course, but I beg yo.u to ob
serve at your feet the shining disks
of gold that strew the green of the
f:i;r\vay. Here, there and everywhere
we see them. When we begin our
first golf in the spring the little gold
en circlet is there to welcome and
encourage us and in the last game of
the season it is still with us. At all
limes, in various garbs and various
places, it smiles upon us, and. like the
folfer. it never dies. The English
man has his rose, but its season is
rief The Scotchman has hts thistle,
hut it is rarely seen: our own little
flower is with us almost the whole of
the year.
"Gentlemen, I move that we adopt
t “ dandelion as the national emblem
of the golfers of America!”
A short silence followed the speech,
broken quickly, however, by 13. C.
■Sammon- and John J. Abbot, who
seconded the motion, which was car-
tied with great acclamation. Then
p ach golfer went to his ball to play
his second, and as the last shot of the
k'>: golfer died away in the clear,
bright moonlight, every golfer van-
'shed. leaving the links alone with
the little dandelions.
This is the dream as told to me,
;i nd I ask the opinion of golfers con
futing it. There is an unsenti
mental side to the question, of which
*-ver\ greenkeeper can tell us some-
| ing. We trust the dandelion can be
’aught due respect for the putting
preen. '
Indianapolis Club
Sold for $175,000
nilPAGO, Dec. 23.—James C. McGill.
' W1 ‘ r the Denver club, three times
'■‘itmpions nf the Western League, has
; 117 i ased the Indianapolis franchise, in
* American Association. The deal.
‘ ’ i as been pending for several
was consummated here when
,' l! 'h Gill, through .lack Hendricks, the
-r manager, paid a heavy install
n ■ f the $175,000 purchase price to
1 Meyer, former owner of the In
in addition, the new ntanage-
' ' ernes into possession of the
*r’ "iriiehl, Ohio, club, of the Central
r ^ ’ a holding of the Indianapolis
details of the transaction which
, • • * what is reputed to be the
price ever paid for a minor
» franchise, was made public last
Mr. McGill. w'iio is a nephew
late “Pittsburg rhjl.” of turf
,7 nterested another uncle. W H-
| d ' n •-inith, of Xew York. In the ven-
, •• end will sit in as active head of
‘ Indianapolis club. Jack Hendricks
,a ke over the leadership of the
, ! uul expects to leave Chicago
V lr a few days to make his home in
" 11 "osier Capital.
indent McGill has let It become
1 u r n T 'nat he will continue to operate
Denver club and a new manager
' 'hahly be appointed there to suc-
Dondricks. McGill, who Is now
r. 1 ice, Cal., expects to hasten to
.'polis immediately after the hol-
■ meet Hendricks, and the last
„. jt , n ‘ ' T on the franchise will be made
r : thirty days.
•, t . hi* baseball career at Den-
r , "evident McGill has enjoyed phe-
0Fn «nal success.
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KELLY BESTS BURNS.
KAKEE, i LL . 1 »• ■ 23 W Itb
■ r ce i left and a right cross. Spike
j. °f Chicago, riefeated Jimmy
' of Kankakee, in ten rounds
Iere last night.
Cincinnati Hit Up Again—Help!
+•+ * • *
B. Smith Gets Catcher No. 5
By O. B. Keeler.
A 1 7fcJ view with alarm the dire
Yv fact that the ^ incinnati Base
Hit—so called—is up again.
Heaven hellup us; we had an idea
it was going to requieseat In pace.
But no. 'Like the bad penny; like the
noted Feline of Fiction; like the—
Like the—you can fill in tfie blank
—it is here again.
It is up; up to the scattered mem
bers of the Baseball Writers' Asso
ciation of the U. S. A.
* * *
T &E way we understand It, this
bogus base hit thing is nothing
very new. Back in 1899 Xick' Young,
then president of the Xational
League, sanctioned it on the sugges
tion of somebody whom we recall as
Harry Von der Horst. Harry Pul
liam repudiated it, and for years it
slumbered ignobly, disturbed only by
the bloody battles fought by Jack
Ryder over its alleged uses.
Then Ban Johnson put the weight
of his power and prestige back’of this
quaint little friend of the feeble hit
ter.
And it became a go. being oathed
resoundingly, but nevertheless scored
for a couple of seasons.
* * *
T HE Baseball Writers' Association.
having adopted it on masse out
Of deference to B. Johnson’s well-
known tender feelings, repudiated it
individually, to a grievous extent.
To be'plain, they knocked the ( n.
much harder than any frantic bats
man in a pinch lambasted the hit that
was so scored.
But at the recent meeting. w itn
about 10 per cent of the membership
present, the B. B. writers duc-kei! the
issue and decided to take a vote on it
by mail. * * *
T HIS is, indeed, sad. but we decline
to lose any sleep over the mat
ter Properly* administered, the ('. B.
H probable is a pretty good thing,
though from what we have seen of its
operation it is utilized in about 90
situations in the 100 to dodge the old
fielder s choice, which most people
fanev it has superseded.
Our idea of the thing is that in
stead of voting on the subject the
rules committee ought to get its
skulls together and publish once and
for all the true meaning and working
of the thing, and put It up to the
scorers to use it thatay.
Wfy simpit haven't I "•
W c -■ c.op to go further into the
matter just now. and, besides^ our
small opinion wouldn t cut any figure
before the B. B. writer® say their
will—or afte^ it. either.
Personally, we don't care for the
Cincinnati wallop.
* * * ^
W E note with mixed emotions the
acquisition by the Crackers of
Julian Munch, a youthful backstop,
who also should be a corking good
table man, and the reasonably fair
chance for B. Smith to capture Jim
my Esmond, formerly third saclter
for the unfortunate Cincinnati Reds.
* * *
C LARK GRIFFITH slips us Munch
with the official O. K. of Mike Ka-
hoe, Senatorial scout. The young
ster was a debutante last season, and
played great ball with the Syracuse
team. Billy has much faith in Ka-
hoe’s judgment, and will give the kid
a thorough try-out next spring. As
he has only four other catchers on
his crew, it may be seen that the
youthful Mr. Munch will fall into a
flowery bed of ease when it comes to
scrapping for a job—what?
* * *
A S to Mr. Esmond, he undoubtedly
would be a good player in this
league. The trouble is. Billy also is
angling for Cozy Dolan, if the big
leaguers will waive on him, which is
uncertain. And if Bill should hook
both Esmond and Dolan there would
be the making of a highly mingled
situation, to say nothing of old friend
Salary Limit kicking in.
We wish Billy luck, however.
Cross Fishing and
Anderson Hunting
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—Leach
Cross, who is matched to box Bud An
derson at Vernon on New Year’s Day, is
having the time of his life at Catalina
Island. Word comes to-day that the
“Fighting Dentist’’ is catching so many
fish at Avalon that he doesn’t know
what to do with them. While not an
gling for the sportive white sea bass.
Leach is rowing about the bay or
horseback riding over the hills In the
interior, always accompanied by his
manager-brother, Sam Wallach.
While Cross is at Catalina. Bud An
derson is chasing jack rabbits over the
Santa Monica Mountains with his pet
grayhounds for pastime and to improvq
his stamina.
TERRE HAUTE GETS EX-CUB.
TERRE HAUTP:. IND.. Dec. 23.—
Harry Pavnter, a Chicago pitcher, has
been signed by Terre Haute. He was
with the Cubs^on the last spring
training trip and later, when Evers
^old him to report to Montreal and
he refused to do so, he was suspend
ed. Recently he told Evers he was
willing to play wherever sent next
season.
Kilbane ‘Crazy’ to
Get Another Scrap
With Johnny Dundee
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Dec. 23 “When
Johnny Dunde and I clash again, if it
should come to pass that we are
matched up for the third time, the best
fighter will w'in.”
"Jt was my own fault that. 1 did not
win last time. I boxed him for nine
teen rounds, and in the twentieth put
on a fighting finish. He kept mixing
with tne, and it was such a good round
that the referee saw fit to call the con
test a draw. I ifiade the mistake of
fighting in that last round. If I had
boxed him the same as in the preceding
chapters the decision would have been
mine without a doubt. If I did any
real fighting at all and planned to win
that way I should have started the slug
stuff earlier.
“That’s the only way to beat Dun
dee decisvely -by fighting, and fighting
as fast and as hard as you can. You've
got to whale away with hint, fight him
coming, fight him going, and mix liber
ally. The harder hitter and the faster
hitter will come out best. And ’that
will be me. Dundee hits any old way.
1 don’t."
Kilbane expresses himself as being
carzy to get another crack at th« Ital
ian. the only fellew he has not whipped
by a healthy margin.
Augusta Wants to *
Place Ball Team
In ‘Sally’ League^
AUGUSTA WANTS TO
AUGUSTA Dec. 23. \ committee
has been appointed to solicit, funds to
get a berth for Augusta in the South
of the committal Iasi night it e
elded to see what, could he done to
wards raising funds for Augusta plac
ing a learn in the league. Mr. C. H.
Garrett is chairman of the solid ing
committee.
Olympians Triumph
Over Marietta, 13-3
$100,000 Insurance
Policy for Johnson
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.- Walter
Johnson, the,Senator’s great hurler, will
be the most he&vilv insured bull player
in the history of the garfte next sea
son. At a meeting of the directors of
the W ashington club 'recently it was de
cided to make application for a policy
covering Johnson \o an amount said
to be $100,000 against accidents, Illness
and death.
Being undoubtedly the most valuable
asset in baseball, the club owners feel
that they should protect themselves
against losing Johnson by reason of ac
cidents nr other causes. The polios* will
he applied for at once, and as there is
hardly a doubt as to the player’s abil
ity to pass a physical examination the
matter will probably be arranged some
time before Johnson reports here for
duty.
The local club inaugurated a system
of insurance for its players last sea
son, when an accident and health pol
icy was carried on every one of the reg
ular players. Johnson at that time was
placed in at the highest value, but the
amount is to be materially increased
before the next season opens.
ROCK ISLAND PICKS HEAD.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL., Dec. 23.—
Arthur Selzmann was unanimously
elected captain of the Rock Island
independent football team at a meet
ing held yesterday. Reports showed
a successful season financially.
Food for Sport Fans
GOLFERS AT PINEHURST.
PJNIKHUiCST, X. , Dec, 23. -G. T.
Dunlap, of New York, and L. T. Boyd,
of St I^juis led the field in yester
day’s four-hall golf handicap over the
Pinehurst eours* The> played with a
total X vidi ij • .4, and finished with
a ne^ score of 166.
The Olympians triumphed over the
strong Marietta eleven. 13 to 3. yester
day afternoon.
This is the third time Marietta has
been defeated this season. The Mari
etta boys were slightly handicapped by
the absence of one or two of their play
ers. but their substitutes played a good
game.
The Olvmpians, by steady line rushes
and forward passes managed to keep the
ball away from their own goal line.
For the Olympians Sullivan, Smith.
Morgan, Robertson and Simon starred
Hawkins, Parmalee, Klein and Clay
showed up best for Marietta.
Williams Accepts
Offer to Box Campi
NEW YORK. Dec. 23 While
awaiting ’.he decision of the Xational
Sporting <’lub of London regarding a
match between “Kid” Williams and
Digger Stanley, bantam champion of
.England, Sammy Harris, mtfiiager of
Williams, has accepted an offer of a
$3,000 guarantee for a bout between
his man and Eddie Campi in Los An
geles February 22. Harris and Wil
liams will start for the coast Janu
ary 10.
HUERTA SHOULD WORRY.
Tr/i me not of ZapattMtu*, ('arranzi/i-
tan, MnderUtan ;
l ran laugh at old John 1 Truer,
though / hair a fearful job.
1 oner hoH his UtrrmanniHtus, Mur-
ph gist as, IJbbetsist as.
Ami I thank mi/ stars / do not hare
to hand!> suck a mob.
Horace Fogel hints that he may be
the next president of the Reds, leading
one to believe that the worst is yet to
come.
This Charlie Hbbeta is an unreason
able cuss. He warns Charlie Murphy to
keep quiet "/i tin* Tinker case, just as
if the said Murphy could keep quiet on
anything.
It is easy to explain the decline in the
attendance at New York boxinq shpw6.
The game is suffering from an over
supply of beef.
The report that Jess Willard drew
$1,462 in Buffalo does not necessarily
mean that Buffalo Is proud of itself.
HERRMANN TO HERZOG.
Come work for vs anti be oar goat
A ntl Iry to keep the ship aflaat—
At leant, until the I'leisehmann rote
To lit the tinware to your t oat.
/ know that thmj will roek tin boat,
Hut come with us and be our gout.
Shortly after he sicined his contract to
manage the Reds, Charlie Herzog an
nounced that he could see a pennant.
Never having tried the Clncinnal brand,
Joe Tinker Becomes
Property of Dodgers
NEW YORK. Dec. 23. Joseph K Tin
ker, former manager of th»* Cincinnati
club, officially became a member of the
Brooklyn National League club yester
day when bis release was formally pro
mulgated by Secretary Heydler, of the
National league. Secretary Heydler
received word from President Herr
mann, of the Cincinnati club, that Tin
ker had been sold to Brooklyn, and
Tinker’s name was accordingly placed
on the reserve list of the Brooklyn dub
CHESS TOURNEY ON.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. —Harvard and
Princeton yesterday won the honors
over Columbia and Yale in the first
round of the twenty-second annual in
tercollegiate chess tournament. Har
vard won from Columbia, the winner
of the championship last year, thre*
games to one. and Princeton defeated
the Vale players, ‘1% points to 1 Vis -
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
, Apply any Agent.
our visions have been confined to lizards
and pink mice.
The optimistic scribe who wrote that
“Herzog will probably manage the Red$
as long as he desires,” evidently has
never heard of Tinker, O’Day, Griffith,
etc., etc.
VIVA FREE LUNCH!
‘7 am ruined7” said the fighter as hr
read the fearful urn s,
And his heart became so heavy it de
scended to his shot s.
7 am ruined/” he repeated. *7 am
gone beyond all hope!
There is nothing now before me but
a rafter and a rope.
”There is nothing now before me but
a pistol or a dirk.
h'gr the free lunch game is dead and I
KKTl HE to go to work!'*
’Levinsky Defeats
Coffey; Flynn and
Rodel Fight Draw
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—And still the
“white hopes’’ come and go. A gen
tleman by the name of Battling Levin-
sky is a candidate for the “while hope’*
crown to-day as a result of the defeat
he administered last night to Jim
Coffe> Levinsky was outweigh ted. 26
pounds, hut put up a rattling good,
scrap.
Jim Flynn and George Rodel fought_a
draw.
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