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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
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51 LI SCHWHRTZ
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Vice President Shropshire De
clares Hirsig Has Carried
Things Too Far,
N ashville, Dp<\ ;s. Hadj
President Hirsig foreseen win
« merry row that Perry-B- i
set leal wtifi destined to nth up. the
is a strong probability that he woul'
have thought twice before bringing
it to a close
Ha vine caused a split between
I residen' and manager. the squall
ble has now spread into the ranks <■
the directors of the local btitb*
club, several of whom have ex - j
pressed themselves as backing Man
ager Schwartz to the limit, at the j
same time critclsing the president
t’hief among those who have sided
w ith the Volunteer manager Is Clyde
Shropshire, vice president of the ball
club and a prominent lawyer of this
city. He declared last night that
President Hirsig’* methods had gone
too far. and said be was supported
in this expression by several of the
director*
“Mr. Hirsig has carried things to a
point wiure they have got to stop."
declared the vice president. ’Perry
was not only our best hitter, but he
w*., an excellent fielder and a tower
of strength to the Infield T know
that Manager Schwarts was not will-'
in* to part with him for Her*# and
1 am benind him lo the finish in this
fight. I am glad to see him show
'that he has plenty of backbone, and
hope th.i? he will not weaken in his
position In this matter. The direct-
firs are in sympathy with Manager
Schwart/-. and If there is any way to
protest the deal and cause it to be
declared void, we will certainly do
so Schwartz has been signed as
manager of this ball team, and It Is
an injustice to him to make a trade
over hi< head. We directors also
knew nothing of it when Prebident
Hirsig eft for Atlanta in fact, some
of us di*l not even know that he had
gone."
• • •
ANOTHER director, who refused to
*» allow his name to be used, stated
ast night that he thought Schwartz
had been 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. 1 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 ;.re displeased over the trade.
• - •
I N reply to a statement given out by
President Hirsig yesterday. In
which practically all of the charges
by Manager Schwartz were denied
the latt v last night said as follows
■ Mr Hirsig states that no trade*
have been marie without my consent,
and even goes so far as to declare
that I approved of the Welohonce-
Callahan deal Nr w. anyone who has
any knowledge of the facts In the
case will remember that 1 was visit
ing in Cleveland when President Hit'
sig put this deal through, and did
not know when it was made Also. 1
was very much opposed to it. and
would never have given my consent
It was thought we stood a chance of
losing Welchouee anyvvav. because of
not having put In our claim for him
hv February 1. but I bad been ad
vised by President Somers, of the
Naps that there was no chance of
Atlanta taking him away from ns on
such a technicalitv. The facts in
this * arc well known to a num
ber of jwople. and any statement that
1 agreed to the Welchonce deal is un-
t rue
**An to the Perry deni. Mr Hirsig
can not even contend that he secured
my consent, and lie knows, as well as
do the fans, that I had repeatedly
said 1 would not let Perry go unless
he was gotten out of the league.
“Mr. Hirsig also saws that there Is
no friction between us As far as 1
am concerned, there will not l»e as
long as 1 am manager of this club
Manager Is what 1 want to be. and
that's what I intend to be If 1 am to
remain with It."
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SHUPTRINE CO. SAVANNAH. f,A
Yeung Outfielder Is Getting Into
Great Shape for the Spring
Training Season.
Thin iff (hr fifth of a series of let
ters from members of the Crackers,
the Southern I/eague pennant nnn-
ners. It is from George Kirrhcr, the
young outfielder secured In/ Hilly
Smith from the. \ or folk team of the
1 irginia League.
Louisville. Ky . Dec. 20, 1913
Mr. W. S. Farnsworth,
Sporting Editor, Atlanta Geor
gian
Dear Sir Yours of the 5th inst.
at hand, and 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
ho 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
1 have also been bowling a great
deal 1 understand that the Crack
ers have a dandy outfield, and T
know that Bill Smith will have to
find 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 shape, so that I won’t have to
fear stiffness In the spring
According to reports, the Atlanta
club had some team last season.
Am really glad to hear this, be
cause it mnken me feel great to be
with a winner. 1 a.ni willing to do
my share of the work in the spring
in an effort to win a regular berth, j
Have held down an outfield posi
tion on several of the semi-pro :
teams here, and last season played I
with the Norfolk team of the \ ir
glnia 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 hoys and yourself.
Verv truly yours,
GEORGE S. KIRCH ER
Thirty Big Leaguers i
Sign With Federate
CHICAGO. Pec 23 Thirty big
league players have been signed to play
next season with the Federal League, j
President .lames A Gilmore, of the j
Federal, said here to-day. Full plans
of th* league for next year will be
given in a detailed statement next
Monday
’Several deals arc Incomplete and 1
don't want to make the announcement
prematurely." continued Gilmore. "I
will onlv say now that we will have
new parks in Chicago and Cleveland
next spring Cleveland is in the league
to stay Chicago will he managed by
one of the best known big league play
ers 1 don’t wish to give his name just
now further than to »a> that it is lot
Morders! Brown
Welsh Has McFarland’s Goat
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Freddie Trains on Vegetables
BOXING
News of the Ring Gamg
SPORTING COMMENT
Jim Buckley, manager of Tommy
Murphy, made such a holler about hav
ing to pay Murphy’s expenses after \Yi> »
lie Ritchie had declined to box him on
December 11, that Ritchie gave him A 00
t«> cover the cost of training They have
been rematehed to meet in San Francis
co on January 23
* • •
j Terry McGovern, former lightweight
champion of the world, is still strong
for the boxing game. Terry admits that
I he is greatly interested in Jack Driscoll,
g Brooklyn heavyweight, who is being
i managed by Joe Kennv . McGovern s
; half brother. Terry thinks Driscoll has
the 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
j Temple at Milw aukee on December L'J*.
and also lias a bout pending with Johnny
Kilbane In Canton. Ohio.
• • •
Jack Britton Is billed to band a cer
tain young gentleman. Billy Bonnet, a
j.eat lacing on December 29 before a
New York club.
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iff North Broad Street. Atlanta, Ga
DR. HUGHES
; Carl Morris denies tW report that he
has quit the boxing game. Although
beaten by .less Willard. Cart has derided
I to go right along ami has signed for
two bouts.
• o o
Morris is scheduled to meet Jack
(lever, of Denver, for 10 rounds at Clo
vis. n Mux on Christmas Day. and
i*’IVrk>" Kl>nn in Boston either on Jan
i.ary 12 or 17.
♦ • •
j ’’Gunboat" Smith rules a 10 to S fa
vorite for his 20-round bout with Ar
thur Felkv in San Francisco on New
'Year’s l)a>.
• • •
White and Wolgast drew exactly $«'* -
'fclP.aO for their 10-round set-to in Mil
waukee last week. Of this amount Wol
gast received 35 per cent, or $2 JS5 53
White drew down 25 per cent, or
{$1,632.35
• * •
! Ti»e boxing commission in Wisconsin
• threatens to get after Wolgast for rough
work used by him in the White fight
\<l got away with everything lhat
verges on the unfair
• * •
Referee Harry Stout never for n mo
ment stopped the men to caution the
champion It is understood that
Slopt will be hauled before lie com
mission explain wa > Wolgast \x )<;
permitted t<* make such a rough buttle
without a word of warning.
By Ed W. Smith.
I "1 TISCONSIN’S boxing com-
VY 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
Lackey McFarland, and falls
miles short In another, as In the
1Cddie McGoorty flunking case. It
bars a man for an offense for
which the commission was as*
much to blame ns the boxer and
In the other case a boxer who
violated flagrantly an agreement v
goes scot free. 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.
pACKEY M’FARLAND’S of-
1 fen sc was not grave. 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
ting in that condition and so far
overweight—so it was claimed
afterward—that his speed was
gone. But they can not attack
Hie honesty of the engagement.
Vackey did the best he could and
honestly outpointed his man.
That Puvkey could have knocked
Britton out L absurd No one but
the commission apparently ex
pected such a thing
THE Chicago boxer did
for by the commission rule. ,
had a good argument against
not
lied
He
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 Packev “wa« not
r*n pounds heavier than Britton."
which brought the case well with
in thp wording and (be spirit of
the Wisconsin rules. Why. then.
th»> veur'" ba »\ coupled with the
request: that New York, New. Or
leans and Montana respect the
ruU/ig?
* * *
AT 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 waste
of time, since McGoorty had an
nounced that he was going to
Australia for a protracted trip.
* * *
TIMMY DUFFY, a Buffalo light
er weight, agreed to box in Mil
waukee w r ith 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 presen:ed to
the commission, but up to the
present time no mention ha.s ever
been made of any findings the
commission made in either.
LTVIDENTLY the commission
feels that it is the promoters
and not the boxers that furnish
I he Slate with its 5 per cent of
the gross receipts. But the pro
moters would have a sorry time
nt ii getting along without the
boxers, as th^>z may 5»ome day
realize.
Ferns Beats Denny
In Ten-Round Bout
NEW ORLEANS. Dec S3.-Clarence
"Wildcat" Ferns proved to N'rw Orleans
fight fans last r**rht thal hi* defeat or,
a kreckotit by Mike G : bl»ons was but
an incident n his . are* : H* outclassed
Young Denny, of this city, in nine out
of ten rounds
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
“WONDER" IS RIGHT.
Tinker, Tinker, little star.
You're a wonder—so you are! '
First, you're canned with jeers and
groans—
Then you get 10.000 tames!
• • *
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 Bridwell. with
the accent on the well.
* * *
BANK ON IT Rig,HT 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 is vastly different from guiding the
destinies of a political machine.
j Ed Konetchy says he is glad he has
I been traded to Pittsburg. "The smoke
j will not worry me," said “Kony .” But
[he should remember where there "is
I 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.
So far as we know he is the onlv man
who t*ver engineered a baseball deal that
n.ade everybody sore.
• • •
"I can neither act nor talk," says
Magnate Murphy. Don't cheer. Floys—
the poor devil is dying' j
* * * >
“Herzog going after Red manager
ship." Undoubtedly—they all do. But
where?
Bv W. S. Farnsworth.
F REDDIE WELSH, the English
lightweight champion, who
holds a decision over Willie
Ritchje, Is one man w r ho is not afraid
of Packey McFarland. Although a
legitimate 133-pounder, Welsh has
time and again offered to meet the
Chicago whirlwind at catch weights.
But Packey doesn’t want any of
Welsh’s game. They have fought three
times. Their first battle was on Feb
ruary 21, 1908. It was a ten-round af
fair In Milwaukee. At the end Referee
Malachi Mogan raised McFarland's
hand. A storm of hisses met the
award, however, as Welsh at the very
worst deserved a draw.
TK’ ne-xt 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
w r as a draw, he admitted afterward
that Welsh 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 1910 McFarland crossed the "big
pond" to meet Welsh at the National
Sporting Club in Ixmdon. It was a
2fi-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 ’ d all of Welsh ne
wanted.
Since then Welsh has offered Pack
ey all sorts of inducements to hook
up again, but McFarland doesn’t care
any more for Freddie's game than a
child does for the measles.
* * *
\X7ETvSH is a strict vegetarian. Hy
vv hasn’t tasted me:.t 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, George
Dixon and a dozen other lesser lights,
ran into Welsh. Tt was while Freddie
was acting as sparring partner for
some second-class miller.
Joe saw in a flash that Welsh was
a mighty clev r er boy. but that he need
ed building up. Joe had been "hit
ting a McFadden 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
w’ith the shifty little Englishman, and
from that day he hasn’t eaten a
mouthful of meat.
* * *
I?RANK WHITNEY, who to meet
1 Welsh here on. January b, will
probably arrive in the city the latter
part of the week. Tickets have been
sent to him at his home in Cedar
Rapids. Towa, and Frank is sure to b«
In by Saturday.
Whitney believes Atlanta an Ideal
training spot. He says the atmos
phere hereabouts is just the right sort
to fill a boxer with the good old pep
and ginger.
As Welsh will probably weigh
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
w r eight in his local matches.
Coming in at catohwelghts will al
low Whitney to start the milling
around the 137-pound mark. This wlil
mean that he will be much strongtr,
and thereby he. is likely to show a
much improved wallop.
* * *
T OU CASTRO, who is promoting
this match, is being besieged by
preliminary and semi-windup boys
since he announced the signing of
Welsh and Whitney. Kid Youns,
Meyer Pries, Mike Saul, Frank Baker.
Spider Britt and ten or twelve others
are camping on Lou’s doorstep wait
ing for a kind w’ord.
SELMA WANTS TO GET IN.
GADSDEN, ALA.. Dec. 23.--Presi-
dent Roy ken, or 'hp Alabama-Georgia
baseball league, has received a letter
from the president of the Selma base
ball league, expressing a desire to
join a league with Anniston. Romp.
Selma. Talladega and one or two
othefi towns A meeting of the Ala
bama-Georgia League will be held
to-night at Talladega.
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