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7 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. t NXD A STATUE ^ THE VfMU*> OF SeriT HERE v. O D v^ILL VOU FAT POH IT when 1T COME', ^>U*E - But what It, THE WHH - DOWT YOU KNOW? bt the wat WHAT I'd IT' DAUGHTER P ■v 5>AT - V/Hf N THAT STATUE *t *k;ht up- HERE'-b THE I^ONET the hah It, DOv/h STAIRS with *T Now There ■T IS -SIR LOOK - MA<%IE THE ARMS ARt HK3t?rEr OFF OF THE STATUE.! OH'. M'| <,ooditess- WHO DIO IT* OUR daughter WILL FAINT WHEN SHE SEES IT * 3 oh: pa - thanks SO MUCH FOR Rating for this - ITS REAL MARBLE Too POLLY AND HER PALS Pa Is In For It Now, All Right D4560NE IT! 1 1 ! PA, Vou DO So! TELL V'J DM! i i M/t ALSUAV6 TfLL^ Knew ^—\</oo vx/HAt NITTHIW’ OF r MF r °A The KiwD! j . T /4iajt I Joli You A MIUI04 TlMEi I D0NT KNOIX7 A\u. Come cm, pa, pLtA4t,?A[ T 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. JEWELERS & BROKERS 301 Peters Bldg. Money Loan. 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