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No Matter What 1914 May Bring, t 1 lie Dodgers Have the Hot Stove League Pennant Safe C (Tjt EOKG1 J STPGI S3 rs* GO¥i mm 4y ESP 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- » HAD A STATUE 0ir the of 5eNT HERE C O-D - './ill vou pat for.it when ,T COME.'b -3 r sure ■ But what IS THE VENUS OF v«T-Dcm VOO KNOW? the. wat WHAT IS IT- DADSHTERP SAT-WHEN THAT STATUE CODES' tSR»H<, IT RViHT UP- HERE'S the * y HJNET: t ' The HAN is Down Stairs with ,T NOW! _ J there *t is-sir: Pi £> OH! MAGC1EJ COME HERE* 7 LOOK - MACCIE the arms ARE BOSTEr OFF OF THE STATUt! OH: HI COOOMESS- WHO DIO IT- OUR DAUGHTER WILL FAINT WHEN SHE SEes IT . > n OH* PH-THAN*A SO MUCH POP PAVHA<, FOR THTS- 11 s REAL MAROLF N — "Rao: vviNOtcrrC- Tou rnuip- NAior-i* the arm 7“ TOEML o»=f: ROW -&HQUU? O POLLY AND HER PALS Pa Is In For It Now, All Right MVI6ohi rtf I TEU V'J DonT &10W Ninnw’ of r "The giwDi j > ——,—' Sv (A\u, R4 y 0 u 00 So! I k\a ALmVZ ~TEll£ ( Woo VX/HAJ ME For |<7hriStM/4^! /tlMT I lOLt Vod A MlUIOAi T/ME^ I DONT KNOW MO MOR'A/ Vt»D Do 1 AWr Come on, ?a.j PL EA£,FA'. 1 " w r *TEAStO V'LAil Che MM* Tin Voo “Told ME <4w' lU. do The ^aml r this Ve/tR. y c<a s Sta if, I ^ ‘-^DOMT ' \W4L'ioo MARK MV VJORDS VOUUb LAW, VtE 5ySTEM VJUMT Ui/ORfC -Th»^ VfeAR CAOStt lot MADE FT A PoiMT ho~t FORT&^n MIXED 1 aj mo &crns! KMCW MV Lit Book I DO 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 lasC P— sV DO*J7 BRt/ttHE.. PA 1 yiHA~\£ A 'KtATTtR • ^ 'Wf w I JuSl OWT KEEP FROM W/H' ***** PRE^EHT MO Lok6tg 1 A*Mrr (7 A iZTtr 3 - Cincinnati Hit Up Again—Help! v#v •j*#*!* 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. JEWELBRS A RROKJ5RS tv ” ••1 P#t®re Bld« Mnn«r to Loon. Phone Mirtn TZt STRICTLY TOTYATB. tgL- 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 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. Pure* In 1 to 5 'lays unnatural discharges. Contains no poisons and may be used full strength absolutely without fear. Guaran teed not to stricture. Prevents contagion. WMY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Druggist*, or hy parcel post. $1 or 3 bottles $2.75 Particulars with each hot11 nr mailed on request THE EVANS CHEMICAL COMPANY Cincinnati, O. Count the cost—and you’ll buy a Ford. Big production centered on one model keeps its first cost lowest. Light weight and unequaled strength make its upkeep most economical. If you count the cost vou’ll buy a Ford. Five hundred dollar? is the new price of the Ford runabout; the touring car is five fifty; the town car seven fifty—f. o. b. Detroit, complete with equipment. Get catalog and particulars from Ford Motor Company, 31 i Peachtree St.. Atlanta. Gcu