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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS Many People Oet All w * Fheir Exercise by Jumping at Conclusions * GBOKGt POI coy] G RE D BO PEI SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT They Produced an Effect; Sure They Did! 51 LI SCHWHRTZ R 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." INDOOR SPORTS By Tad DON 'T BE TORTURED 1 r’tm# • ail tx Instantly rtllrvrd and p»rm* nwttly cured Read what J i: Max writ. At lanta. C.a sa>- It prmts that Tetterine Cures Eczema I »nfter*d agony »lth trvoro fc/rma Tried •U different remedies and wax In despair when a neighbor told me te try Tetterine ATter using 1- wprth I am completely cured Why should you suffer xiiten you can so easily 1 grt a Mimlj lhat cures all - In (roubles er MHJP. Itching pile*, erysipelas, ground itch, ring ’worm, x’lr Get it to day Te tie tine 50c at druggists or by mall. 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 +•+ + +•+ +«*!• +•+ 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. PAY MEFOR CURES ONLY you h»w* bf*» taking tr«nte*M»t »•* *"«• months and p*v Ing out vour hard earned money without being cured, don’t you think It Is high time to accept Dff HUGHES' GRAND OffffERT You tdll rertsinly not be out any more imui.y If not cured Consul tation and Examination are Free tor the next thirty daya If 1 decide that your con.ltUoo will uot yield readily to my treat moot. 1 «Ui be hotirit tilth you and tell you SO. and not accept your ntonev under a proml-r of a cure. My treatment will positively euro or I will make you Bo charge* lor the fallowing diseases: KIDNEY. BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE. PILES, VARICOSE VEINS. I ISTl'I A. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS, RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. CONSTIPATION t <y««* Rheumatism. Catarrhal Affections. Piles and V tfltula and all Nerveus and Chroale «)Leases of Men and Wemen Xt* entl Obroru. Case* of Horning Itching trrt Inflammation In t hour* 1 am against high an i i X'nrUonaie fee* charged by *< me physician* and specialist* My fee# are -nan> and uo more than you are Killing p*v for a cure * m< Urine*, the purest and b-*» Of d'ugs. are •uprlbd from im own r Hr ale ’* .orator? CUT Of' TOWN MIN VISITING i ws ‘. CITY consult me at once upon arrLal amt maybe you can be cured before returning hone Many • a-**n 'an b** <'i r e«1 In np. or two r «p« VALL OR WRITE No detention fr^ra Imxlnrss Tr'-a'ment nod adetce pJhfMcrttal Hours t * ,r ' • P it* Sunda>. • to t If vou ca" t >irj'< £<*•« m«- *uM it«wv'Hptton of your **»t in jour o*m x*ord« A complete consultation cotta you nothing and If 1 can help you 1 will Opposite Third Nat'ffngl Rank 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. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. •The Victor'’ DR. WOOLLEY’S SANITARIUM • illfi'i and ail inebriety an4 Opium and Wmsky s roar • * years experience showi the^e diseases are curable. 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