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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
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Vice President Shropshire De
clares Hirsig Has Carried
Things Too Far.
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Pr~»»irient Hir«ig foteiiefn v%h«t
a. merry rnu that Psrry-Ber ,
leal was destined to stir up, thes
is a strong probability that he would j
have thought twice before bringing '
it to a close
Having caused a split between!
j resident and manager, the squab
ble has now spread into tl
the directors of
club, several of
pressed themselv*
ager Schwartz t«
same time critcl
Chief among tho
with the Volume*
Shropshire
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whom have ex
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the limit, at {lie
ung the president
«e who have sided
r manager is Clyde
vice president of the hall
prominent lawyer of this
declared last night that
Hirsig's methods tyid gone
too far, and said he was supported
in this expression by several of the
cirectorv
Mr. Hirsig has carried things to a
point where they have got to stop,
declared the vii e president. "Perr> 1
was not only our best hitter, but he
was an < xcellent fielder and a tower
of strength to the infield I know
that Manager Schwartz was not will
ing to part with him for Berger, and
I am beoind him to the finish in this
fight. I am glad to see him show
that he has plenty of backbone, and
hope that he will not weaken in his
position in this matter. The direct
ors are in sympathy with Manager
Schwarts. and vf there is any way to
protest the deal and cause it to he
declared void, we will certainly do
so, Schwartz has been signed a:
manager of this hall team, and it is
an injustice to him to make a trade
over his head We directors also
knew nothing of it when President
Hirsig eft for Atlanta in fact, some
of us did not even know that lie had
gone.”
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ANOTHER director, who refused to
*» allow his name to be used, stated
last night that be thought Schwartz
had beey done a rank injustice.
“We employed Bill Schwartz a*
manager of the team,” he said, “and
I am of the opinion that all trades
ought to be made by him, or at least
have his sanction. I don't want to
get mixed up in this dispute, but
these are my views on the matter”
How the other directors stand on
the matter could not be found out
last night, but it is said that several
of them tre displeased over the trade
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I N reply to a statement given out by
I ’ • - * D1 il • Mt«I 13 If)
which practically all of the charges
by Manager Schwartz were denied
the at tv last night said as follows
"Mr Hirsig states that no trade*
have been made without my consent,
and even goes so far as to declare
that 1 approved of the Welchonce-
('•llfthan deal. N* w. anyone who has
any knowledge of the facts in the
case will remember that l was visit
ing ;n Cleveland when President Hir
sig put this deal through, and did
not know when it was mRde Also. J
was very much opposed to it, and
would never have given my consent
If was thought we stood a chance of
losing Welchonce anyway, because of
not having put in our claim for him
by February 1, hut I had been ad
v ised by President Somers, of the
N>ps that there was no chance of
Atlanta taking him a wav from us on
such a technicality The facts in
this i a«r are well known to a num
ber of people, and any statement that
1 agreed to the Welchonce deal is un-
t rue
“As to the Perry deal. Mr. Hirsig
ran not even contend that be secured
rnv consent, and be knows, as well as
c.o the fans, that 1 had repeatedly
said I would not let Perry go unless
he was gotten out of the league. *
"Mr Hirsig also says that there is
no friction between us As far as 1
am concerned, there will not be as
long as 1 am manager of this club
Manager is what I want to be. and
that's what I intend to be if 1 am to
remain with it.”
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Young Outfielder Is Getting Into
Great Shape for the Spring
Training Season,
This is the fifth of a series of let
ters from members of thr Crackers, |
thr Southern League pennant win
ners. It ts from George Kin her, the
young out fielder secured bp liillp
Smith from tin Kinfolk team of the
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Louisville, Ky., Dec. 20, 1913
Mr. W. S. Farnsworth,
Sporting Editor, Atlanta Geor
gian
Dear Sit Yours of -the 5th inst
at hand, anti have finally found
time to answer same Have been
on a hunting trip, and did not re
turn until a few days ago.
We have had some good hunting
on the Ohio River until the last
couple of weeks. Lately it has been
so warm ducks haven't been
through this section. However, l
have been spending my time climb
ing hills for rabbits and quail.
This kind of work will certainly
get me in great shape for the,open
ing of the season.
I have also been bowling a great
deal 1 understand that the Crack
ers have a dandy outfield, and I
know that Bill Smith will have to
And a pretty good man before he
will make any changes on his pres
ent trio of gardeners. This bowl
ing game puts a fellow’s arm in
good ^bape. so that 1 won't have to
fear stiffness in the spring.
According to reports, the Atlanta
club bad some team last season.
Am really glad to bear this, be
cause it makes me feel great to be
with a winner. 1 ant willing to do
my share of the work in the spring
in mm effort to win a regular berth.
Have held down an outfield posi
tion on several of the semi-pro
teams here, and last season played
with the Norfolk team of the Vir
ginia League Had a good season,
both at bat and In the field
Am not much at this writing
game, so will close, with regards
to the bovs at.d yourself.
Verv truly yours.
GEORGE S. K1RCHER
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liOXING
News of the Ring Gama
.Tint Buckley, manager of Tommy
Murphy, made such a holler about hav
ing to pay Murphy's expenses after Wil
lie Ritchie bad declined to box hint on
l»e* ember 11. that Ritchie gave him $200
to cover the coat of training The\ have
, been rematched to meet in San Krancis-
; co on January 23 v
erry McGovern, former lightweight
champion of the world, is still strong
Thirty Big Leaguers
Sign With Federals jl.e is'irrmtlyinterested In Jaok DrlRroll,
O lu Brooklyn heavyweight, who la being
manuged by Joe Kenny. McGovern's
CHICAGO. r>ec 23 Thirty big half brother Terry thinks Driscoll has
league players have been signed to play 'be making of a good fighter
Johnny Griffiths, who recently held
Johnny Dundee to a draw, manages to
'keep pretty busy these days. Johnny
'was matched yesterday to box Ray
and i 1 Temple at Milwaukee on December 21*.
and also has a bout pending with Johnny
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DR. HUGHES
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next reason with the Federal League.
President James A. Gilmore, of the
| Federal, said here to-day Full plans
of the league for next year will be
given in a detailed statement next
Monday.
•Several deals are incoinplet
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t<» sta> Chicago will be managed by , pa , ] AC | n g on Decetrlber 29 before a
one <>r the best known big league pla\ N>vs York dub
ers l don't wish to give his name Just • • *
now further than to say that it is not carl Morris denies the report that he
Mordecal Brown (iu )t the boxing game. Although
'* beaten h\ .less \Vlll»r<l. t'arl has deoi.ir.l
u. no Tight along and has signed for
‘two bouts
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Morris is scheduled to meet Jack
(Gayer, of Denver, for TO rounds at Clo-
Ivis v Mex on Christmas Day, and
I ••Porky'' Flynn in Boston either on Jan
uary 12 or 17.
• • •
“Gunboat” Smith rules a 10 to 8 fa
vorite for his 20-round bout with Ar
thur Pelky in San Francisco on New-
Year's Day.
• • •
White and Woicast drew exactl> $*> -
529.;»0 for their 10-round set-to m Mil
waukee last week. Of this amount Wel
ls* at received 85 per cent, or J2.28o.5S
White drew down *5 per cent, or
$1,632.35
• a • •
The boxing commission in Wisconsin
threatens to get after Wolgast for rough
work used by him in the White fight.
Ad got away with everything that
verges on the unfair
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Referee Harry Stout never for a mo
ment stopped the men to caution the
ex champion. It is understood that
Stout will be hauled before the com
mission to explain why Wolgast was
permitted to make such a rough battle
without a word of warning
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SPORTING COMMENT
By Ed W. Smith.
I 1 TlSCONSIN’S boxing com-
\/\ mission is a feast-or-
^famine organization. It
does one thing too well and an
other thing not at all. It reaches
to extremes, as in the case of
Packey McFarland, and falls
miles short in another, as in the
Lddie McGoorty dunking case It
bars a man for an offense for
which the commission was a a
much to blame as the boxer and
in the other case a boxer who
violated flagrantly an agreement
goes scot frbe. It protects the
promoter at all hazards, yet lets
the boxer go utterly without pro
tection, as in the cases of un
paid guarantees and transporta
tion.
leans and
ruling?
Montana respect the
p ACKEY M’FARLAN D’S
* fense was not grave.
of -
The
boxer deserves the severest cen
sure for appearing for his con
test with Jack Britton in a half-
baked condition, yet the mem
bers of the commission, sworn to
protect the public, should not
have allowed him to enter the
ring in that condition and so far
overweight—so it was claimed
afterward—that his speed was
gone. But they can not attack
the honesty of the engagement.
Packey did the best he could and
honestly outpointed his man.
That Packey could nave knocked
Britton out is absurd. No one but
the commission apparently ex
pected such a thing
* * *
THE Chicago boxer did not
1 weigh in at the time called
for by the commission rules. He
had a good argument against it.
But he did weight in later in the
presence of the chairman of the
commission, who announced at
the ringside that McFarland's
weight was “entirely satisfacto
ry to me." and later made the
statement that Packey “was not
ten pounds heavier than Britton. ’
which brought the case well with
in tho wording and the spirit of
the Wisconsin rules. Why. then,
the year's ban. coupled with the
reque* that Ntw York, Now Or-
A T least, McFarland kept his
engagement, which is some
thing that Eddie McGoorty did
not do recently when an accred
ited representative of his signed
up for him to box Jack Dillon.
McGoorty calmly declared off the,
affair after it had been “on” for
several days. Yet not a mo
ment’s consideration apparently
was given this offense by the
commission. The members prob
ably figured it would be a w'aste
of time, since McGoorty had an
nounced that he was going Jo
Australia for a protracted trip.
* • *
TIMMY DUFFY, a Buffalo light-
*1 weight, agreed to box in Mil
waukee with Charley White a
short time ago. But he saw fit to
call it off later on and left the
club completely in the lurch.
Duffy claimed he was too ill to
enter the ring, which was never
proved. Duffy went entirely un
punished, and the case doubtless
is forgotten in Milwaukee.
* * *
AT least two cases in which
promoters did not live up to
their articles of agreement with
boxers have been presented to
tlie commission, but up to the
present time no mention has ever
been made of any findings the
commission made in either.
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IJ'VIDENTLY the commission
feels that it is the promoters
and not the boxers that furnish
the State with its 5 per cent of
the gross receipts. But the pro
moters would have a 'sorry Time
of it getting along without the
boxers, as they may some day
realize.
BASEBALL
^Diamond News and Gossip
Ferns Beats Denny
In Ten-Round Bout
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 2' -Clarence
• Wildcat” Ferns proved to New Orleans
fight farts last night that his defeat on
a knockout by Mike Gibbons was but
an incident in his career. He outclassed
Young Denny, of this city, in nine out
of tun rounds.
‘THE OLD RELIABLE”
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C & c CAPSULES
REM EPYforMEN
Welsh Has McFarland’s. Goat
v**r r**r
Freddie Trains on Vegetables
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By W. S. Farnsworth.
IREDDIE WELSH, the English
lightweight champion, who
holds a decision over Willie
Ritchie, Is one man who is not afraid
of Packey McFarland. Although a
legitimate 133-pounder, Welsh has
lime and again offered to meet the
Chicago whirlwind at catchweights.
But Packey doesn’t want any of
Welsh’s game. They have fought thr^e
times. Their first battle was on Feb
ruary 21, 1908. It was a ten-rpund :*f-
fair in Milwaukee. At the end Referee
Malachi Mogan raised McFarland's
hand. A «torm of hisses met the
award, however, as Welsh at the very
worst deserved a draw.
The next time they met was In a
25-round session in Los Angeles, on
July 4. 1908. Jim Jeffries was the
referee, and, although his decision
was a draw, he admitted afterward
that W’elsh probably had a shade the
better of the milling. It was a rat
tling scrap from start to finish. In
fact, Coast exp* ts declared it the
most scientific battle ever held.
In >910 McFarland crossed the “big
pond” to meet Welsh at the National
Sporting Club in London. It was a
20-round affair, and ended in a draw.
The scrap made such a hit that the
boxing fans of London clamored for
another match, but McFarland took
an early boat back to the United
States. He had I. -d all of Welsh ne
wanted.
Since then W r elsh has offered Pack
ey all sorts of inducements to hook
up again, but McFarland doesn't taro
any more for Freddie’s game than a
child does for the measles.
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\17ELSH is a'strlet vegetarian. He
vv hasn’t tasted ment in ten years.
And it is a funny story how Freddie
cut out meat for vegetables. He was
having a hard time making a living
along the Bowery in New York, when
one day Joe Humphries, who has
managed such great fighters as Ter
ry McGovern. Young Corbett, Georgo
Dixon and a dozen other lesser lights,
ran into Welsh. It was while Freddie
was acting as sparring partner for
some second-class miller.
Joe saw in a flash that Welsh was
a mighty clever boy, but that he need
ed building up. Joe had been “hit
ting a McF*adden physical culture res
taurant” himself for some time, and
found that the straight vegetable bill
of fare was a grand invention.
So he started Freddie off on that
sort of feeding. It worked wonders
with the shifty little Englishman, and
from that day he hasn’t eaten a
mouthful of meat.
FRANK WHITNEY, who is to meet
1 Welsh here on January 6, v\ ;
probably arrive In the city the latter
part of the week. Tickets have been
sent to him at his home in Cedar
Rapids. Iowa, and Frank is sure to be
in by Saturday.
Whitney believes Atlanta an ideal
training spot. He says the atmos
phere hereabouts is just the right sor
to fill a boxer with the good old pep
and ginger.
As Welsh will probably welsh
around 135 pounds when he climbs
into the ring, Whitney will not do
any reducing this time. Previously
Frank has been forced to make low
weight in his local matches.
Coming in at catchweights will Al
low Whitney to start the milling
around the 137-pound mark. This wi?
mean that he will be much stronger,
and thereby he is likely to show a
much improved wallop.
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T OU CASTRO, who is promoting
this match, is being besieged by
pneliminary and semi-windup bo vs
since he announced the signing of
Welsh and Whitney. Kid Younu.
Meyer Pries, Mike Saul, Frank Baker.
Spider Britt and ten or twelve others
are camping on Lou’s doorstep wait
ing for a kind word.
SELMA WANTS TO GET IN.
GADSDEN, ALA., Dec. 23.—Presi
dent Boyken, of the Alabama-Georeia
baseball league, has received a letter
from the president of the Selma base
ball league, expressing a desire to
Join a league with Anniston, Rome
Seljua, Talladega and one or two
other towns. A meeting of the Ala-
bama-Georgia League will be held
to-night at Talladega.
“WONDER’’ IS RIGHT.
Tinker, Tinker• little star,
You're a wonder—so pou are!
First, pou*re canned with jeers and
groans—
Then pou get 10.000 hones!
Christy Mathewson is reported to be
playing baseball for “the love of the
game." but President Hempstead prob
ably has some difficulty in believing It
when he lamps Matty's contract.
* * *
It Is said that deal whereby Tinker
goes to Brooklyn suits A1 Bridwel), with
the accent on the well.
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BANK ON IT RIGHT ALONG.
That Charley Murphy will always have
something to say.
That the St. Louis sport scribes will
always have a kick coming %
* * *
Governor Tener is rapidly learning
that managing a gang of baseball mag
nates 1s vastly different from guiding the
destinies of a political machine.
* * *
Ed Konetchy shvs he Is glad he has
been traded to Pittsburg. “The smoke
will not worry me.’’ said “Konv.” But
he should remember where there is
smoke there is usually fire, or a fire
sale.
Charles Comiskey will probably be
pleased to learn that American Associa
tion batting averages show Larry Chap
pell was the hardest slugger in that
organization in 1913 and he also led the
fielders.
Garry Herrmann gets a new record.
Fo far as we know he is the only man
who ever engineered a baseball deal that
made everybody sore.
• • •
"I can neither act nor talk,’’ says
Magnate Murphy. Don’t cheer, boys—
the poor devil is dying!
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“Herzog going after Red manager
ship." Undoubtedly—they all do. But
where?
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