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BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
GOLF EMBLEM
■Chick” Says Chicago Player
Conceived Idea of Official
Flower in Dream.
By Chick Evans.
C HICAGO, Dec. 23.—The other
morning as I wag seated at my
desk a prominent golfer came
in to see me. His eyes were beaming
find his whole person seemed an em
bodiment of health, and this fine
physical condition, he assured me.
was the crowning result of two fine
flays of December golfing weather,
which he had enjoyed to the utmost.
Not only had he played golf all the
hours of one of those beautiful De
cember days, but he had also dreamed
It through the night, and the dream
was so real that he had difficulty in
separating it from the events of his
waking hours.
It seemed that on a rare December
[lay he found himself standing, in
ompanv with all the golfers of all
the clubs of Chicago, at the last tee of
the Midhomechicedgexview Club. On
this marvelous day that seemed to
have been stolen from late October,
the sun—a half-circle of fire—was
just sinking In the west and on the
->ther side of the heavens a big white
moon was coming up.
* * *
D S the eastern horizon the soft glow
of the moonlight contrasted with
he brilliantly resplendent hues of the
sunset, while high above the blended
•olors of the two great luminaries
shone the marvelous blue of the sky
*nd underfoot was grass of midsum
mer greenness. The atmosphere was
mol and clear and every object was
sharply outlined, and with the com-
ng of sunset the winds had quieted
ind the trees were still. In this
scene of peace and calm the assem
bled golfers were standing at the last
tee of the last game of the year
As each man walked up to the tee
he realized the solemnity of t-he occa
sion and played his final dr;”o with
■’areful deliberation
drives cracked lo
and by the time ti
played the sun had *
the whole course was f : 1
white light of the mo* as the
rountless army of golfers were about
to start for their second shots, Mr.
Done Pitcher of Midlothian, who was
standing a little apart from the
group, spoke:
S
father -oear-
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0ir the of
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Pa Is In For It Now, All Right
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ENTLBMBN of the Mldhome-
chicedgexview Club, look about
11! Above ug is all the beauty of
p heavens, and stretching out in
erv direction is the intimate beauty
the course, but I beg you to ob-
rve at vour feet the shining disks
gold that strew the green of the
irwav. Here, there and everywhere
■ see them. When we begin our
st golf in the spring the little gold-
circlet is there to welcome and
courage us and in the last game of
season it is still with us. At all
nes, in various garbs and various
ires it smiles upon us, and, like the
lfer, it never dies. The English -
in has his rose, but its season is
lef. The Scotchman has his thistle,
t it is rarely seen: our own little
wer is with us almost the whole of
e year.
'Gentlemen, I move that we adopt
p dandelion as the national emblem
the golfers of America!”
A short silence followed the speech,
oken quickly, however, by B. C.
mmons and John J. Abbot, who
•ended the motion, which was car
'd with great acclamation. Then
ch golfer went to his ball to play
; second, and as the last shot of the
q golfer died away in the clear,
ight moonlight, every golfer va n -
led. leaving the links alone with
p little dandelions.
This is the dream as told to me,
d 1 ask the opinion of golfers con-
rning it. There is an unsenti-
■*ntal side to the question, of whicn
erv greenkeeper can •’ell us some-
jng. We trust the dandelion can be
ught due respect for the putting
| Jaurez Results
''FIRST- vtTfurlongs: Little Bir/'lie,
105 (Neylon). 3. 1. 1-3, won; Martin
Chavis, 115 (Taylor). 2. 3-5. 1-4. sacono;
Amohalko, 115 (S. Johnson), lo. L
Third. Time 1:02 4-5. Rip Van Winkle,
Violet Slav, Leforrl. Swiftsure, Miss
Nile, Hplberg. Christmas Daisy, \ eno
Van also ran. , , ,
SECOND—One mile: Husky Lad. llj
'Keeney), 5. 2. 1. won': Curdle K, 14W
(Dishman). 4. 8-5. 4-5, second: Joe
Woods, 112 (McMartin), 8. S. 3-2, third.
Time. 1:43 1-5. MaKttie. Forge, Sadie
Shapiro. Marie Coghill, Robert, frieze,
Jim Cafferata. Mawr Lad, Jack I.ax-
son also ran.
THIRD—Seven furlongs: Eye walte,
103 iNevIon). 3 l, 1-2. won; Sister Flor
ence, 10S (Jones). 8. 3. 3-2. second; Pnn-
cess Industry, 108 I Gentry). 4. 7-a, "-a,
third. Time, 1:29 1-5. Amity, Bonton,
Xo Quarter, Zulu, Ormonde Cunning
ham. Shorty Northcut, Ben l ncas, Sinn-
fein also ran. _ , . .
FOURTH—Five furlongs; Bright-
«tone, 110 (Ford), 8-1. 2-1. 3-— won,
King Elk. 119 (Cavanaugh). 20-1. H-l,
4-1, second: Parnell Girl. 110 (Gargan),
4-1, 8-5, 4-5, third. Time. 1:03. Ida
Lavinia. Velie Forty, Sir Ballinger, The
Fad. Buck Thomas also ran.
FIFTH—Five and one-half furlongs;
Bing. 110 (Kirschbaum), 8-1, won;
Ravi. 110 (Molesworth). 1-2. second;
Prospero Boy. 108 (Gentry), even, third.
Time, 1:09. 'Tempie Focht. Tigella. Ru-
dondo. Princess Janice, Sir Harry also
ran. _
SIXTH—Seven furlongs: Swede Sam,
108 • Gentry), 8-1, won: Ocean Queen.
103 i Fr-nton), 2-1, second: The Monk.
108 (Hill), 3-5, third Time. 1:29 Mi
mesis, Salesia, Rose of Jeddah, Acumen,
Buss aiso ran.
KELLY BESTS BURNS.
KANKAKEE, ILL . Dec 23.—With
» straight left and a right cross. Spike
Kelly, of Chicago, defeated Jimm>
l^*np. of Kankakee, in ten rounds
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Cincinnati Hit Up Again—Help!
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B. Smith Gets Catcher No. 5
By O. B. Keeler.
T AT 7E view with alarm the dire
YY fact that the Cincinnati Base
Hit—so called—is up again.
Heaven hellup us; we had an idea
it was going to requiescat In pace.
But no. Like the had penny; like the
noted Feline of Fiction; like the—
Like the—you can fill in the blank
'—it is here again.
It is up; up to the scattered mem
bers of the Baseball Writers’ Asso
ciation of the IT. S. A.
* * *
T HE way we understand it, this
bogus base hit thing is nothing
very new. Back in 1899 Nick Young,
then president of the National
League, sanctioned it on the sugges
tion of somebodj' 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 pow er and prestige back of this
quaint little friend of the feeble hit
ter.
And it became a go. being o’athed
resoundingly, but nevertheless scored
for a couple of seasons
...
T HE Baseball Writers’ Association.
having adopted it en 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 C. H.
much harder than any frantic bats
man in a pinch lambasted the hit that
was so scored.
But at the recent meeting, with
about 10 per cent of the membership
present, the B. B. writers ducked the
issue and decided to take a vote on It
bv mail.
...
T HIS is, indeed, sad. but we decline
to lose any sleep over the mat
ter. Properly administere-, the ('. B.
FT. probably is a pretty good thing,
though from what we have seen of its
operation it is utilized in about 30
situations in the 100 to dodge the old
fielder's choice, which most people
fancy 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 that way.
* * *
\TT pr simp' ' haven’t the tirrm nnr
W the snare to go further into the
matter just now. and. besides, our
5mail opinion wouldn't cut any figure
before the B. B. writers say their
will—or after it, either.
Personally, we don’t care for the
Cincinnati wallop.
• * *
I17K 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 sacker
for the unfortunate Cincinnati Reds
* * •
pLARK 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?
* * •
AS 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.
Kilbane ‘Crazy' to
Get Another Scrap
With Johnny Dundee
CLEVELAND. OHIO, Dec. 23—“When
Johnny Dundee and I clash again, if it
should come to pass that we are
matched up for the third time, the best
fighter will win.”
“It was my own fault that I 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 me, and it was such a good round
that the referee saw fit to call the con
test a draw 1 made 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 wav to beat Dun
dee declsvely by fighting, and fighting
as fast and as hard as you <'an. You’ve
got to whale away with him, fight him
coming, fight him going, and mix liber
ally. The harder hitter and the faster
hitter will come out best. And that
will he me. Dundee hits any old way.
I don't.”
Kilbane expresses himself as being
crazy to get another crack at the Ital
ian, the only fellow he has not whipped
by a healthy margin.
Indianapolis Club
Sold for $175,000
CHICAGO, Dee. 23.—James O. McGill,
owner of the Denver club; three times
champions of the Western League, has
purchased the Indianapolis franchise, in
the American Association. The deal,
which has been pending for several
months, was consummated here when
\fr. McGill, through .Tack Hendricks, the
Denver manager, paid a heavy Install
ment of the 1175.000 purchase price to
Sol Meyer, former owner of the In
dians. In addition, the new manage
ment comes into possession of the
Springfield, Ohio, club, of the Central
League, a holding of the Indianapolis
club.
TERRE HAUTE GETS EX-CUB.
TERRE HAUTE, IND., Dec. 23.—
Harry Paynter, a Chicago pitcher, has
been signed by Terre Haute. He was
with the Cubg on the last spring
training trip and later, when Evers
told 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.
$100,000 Insurance
Policy for Johnson
WASHINGTON, Dec 23.—Walter
Johnson, the Senator's great hurler, will
be the most heavily insured hall player
in the history of the game next sea
son. At a meeting of the directors of
tho Washington club recently it was ii*
cided to make application for a policy
covering Johnson to an amount said
to he $100,000 against accidents, illness
and death.
DENNY STOPS LONG.
MEMPHIS, TENN, Dec. 23.—Jack
Denny. New Orleans lightweight,
knocked out Bobby Long, of Indian
apolis, in the sixth of a scheduled
eight-round bout last night.
Augusta Wants to
Place Ball Team
In ‘Sally’ League
AUGUST A Dec. 23.—A committee
has been appointed to solicit funds to
get a berth for Augusta in the South
Atlantic League in 1914 At a meeting
of the committee last night it was de
cided to see what could be done to
ward raising funds for Augusta plac
ing a team in the league. Mr. C. B.
Garrett is chairman of the sollctlng
committee.
Olympians Triumph
Over Marietta, 13-3
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 hoys were slightly handicapped by
the absence of one or two of their play
ers, but their substitutes played a good
game.
The Olympians, by steady line rushes
and forward passos managed to keep the
ball away from their own goal line.
For the Olympian.'. Sullivan. Smith,
Morgan. Robertsor .v-u -Union starred.
Hawkins, I'armalee. Klein and Clay
showed up best for Marietta.
Williams Accepts
Offer to Box Campi
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—While
awaiting the decision of the National
Sporting club of London regarding a
match between “Kid" Williams and
Digger Stanley, bantam champion of
England, Hammy Harris, manager of
Williams, has accepted an offer of a
$3,000 guarantee for a bout between
his man and Eddie Campi in I^os An
geles February 22. Harris and Wil
liams will start for the coast Janu
ary JO.
Food for Sport Fans
—"—P^yQgORGe E. PH AIR. |
KANSAS SHADES COFFEY.
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Dec. 23 —
Kid Kansas, of Buffalo, shaded Jim
my Coffey, of New York, here last
night. Coffey got in many light
jabs, but Kansas did all the dam
age.
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.
KAUTZ BEATS ENCK.
RACINE, WLS„ Dec. 28.—Bill
Kautz, of this city gave Freddie
Enck, of Aurora, Ill., the beating of
his life in a ten-round wind-up be
fore the members of the McCue A. C.
last night.
Joe Tinker Becomes
Property of Dodgers
NEW YORK. Dee. 23. -Joseph B. Tin
ker, former manager of the Cincinnati
club, officially became a member of the
Brooklyn National League club yester
day when his release was formally ..pro
mulgated b.v 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 club.
HUERTA SHOULD WORRY.
Tell me not of Zapatistas, Carranzis-
tas, Madcristas;
I can laugh at old John Tencr,
though I have a fearful job.
Tener has his Herrmannistas, Mur-
p h gist as, E b be t s is tas.
A nd I thank my stars I do not hare
to handle such 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 Ebbets Is an unreason
able cuss. He warns Charlie Murphy to
keep quiet on the 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 boxing shows.
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 us and be our goat
And try to keep the ship afloat—
At least, until the Eleisehrnans vote
To tie the tin ware to your mat.
J know that they will ro< k the boat,
But come with us and be our goat.
Shortly after he signed his contract to
manage the Reds, Charlie Herzog an
nounced thot he could see a pennant.
Never having tried the Cinclnnal brand,
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St. I
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
Hsrzoq will probably manage the Reds
as long as he desires,” evidently has
never heard of Tinker. O'Day, Griffith,
etc., etc.
VIVA FREE LUNCH!
“/ am ruined!” said the fighter as he
read the fearful news,
And his heart became so heavy it de
scended to his shoes.
*/ am ruined!” hr repented. “/ 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.
For the free lunch game is dead and I
REFI NE to go to work!”
Levinsky Defeats
Coffey; Flynn and
Rodel Fight Draw
NEW YORK. Dec. 23 — And ntfll the
"white hopes'* come and go. A gen
tleman by the name of Battling Levtn-
sky Is a candidate for the “white hope”
crown to-day as a result of the defeat
he administered last night to JTm
Coffey. Levinsky was outweigh ted 36
pounds, but put up a rattling good
scrap.
Jim Flynn and George Rode! fought a
draw.
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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
varri won from Columbia, the winner
of the championship last year, ihree
games to one, ami Princeton defeated
the Yale players. 2Vi points to lVi.
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