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TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. \o Matter What 1914 Mav Bring, the Dodgers Have the Hot Stove League Pennant Safe /i BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS GOLF EMBLEM 'Chick” Says Chicago Player Conceived Idea of Official Flower In Dream, Rt Ohiok Evans. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—The other morning: as T was seated at my desk a prominent golfer came i P to see me. His eyes were beaming end his whole person seemed an em bodiment of health, and this fine physical condition, he assured me, was the crowning result of two fine days 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 Tt seemed that on a rare December dav he found himself standing, in company with ail the golfers of ail •he clubs of Chicago, at the last tee of the Midhomechicedgexvlew Club. On this marvelous day that seemed to have been stolen from late October, the sun—a half-circle of flre—was '1st sinking in the west and on the other side of the heavens a big white moon was coming up. • • • ' \\ the eastern horizon the soft glow ' ' Of the moonlight contrasted with ■ ■ brilliantly resplendent hues of the • .nset, while high above the blended of the two great luminaries k the marvelous blue of the sky •■I underfoot was grass of midsum- iM' greenness. The atmosphere was nd clear and every object was •plv outlined, and with the eom- _ of sunset the winds had quieted ;he trees were still. In this e of peace and calm the assem- I golfers were standing at the last . • the last game of the year. \ each man walked up to the tee r ilized the solemnity of the occa- < n and played his final drive with ireful deliberation. One by one the rives i racked loudly in the clear air ind by the time the last shot was played the sun had disappeared and he whole course was flooded with the white light of the moon. Just as the countless army of golfers were about to start for their second shots, Mr. l.one Pitcher of Midlothian, who was standing a little apart from the group, spoke: • • • ttr* EXTDEMEN of the Midhome- ' 1 chicedgexvlew Club, look about you’ Above us is all the beauty of the heavens, and stretching out in every direction is the intimate beauty of the course, but I beg you to ob serve at ^our feet the shining disks of gold that strew the green of the fairway. Here, there and everywhere * gee them. When we begin our first golf in the spring the little gold en circlet is there to welcome and encourage us and In the last game of the season it is still with us. At all imes, in various garbs and various places, it smiles upon us, and. like the golfer, it never dies. The English man has his rose, but ivs season is brief. The Scotchman has hVs thistle, hut it is rarely seen: our own little flower is with us almost the whole of the year. “Gentlemen, T move that we adopt ie dandelion as the national emblem of the golfers of America!” A short silence followed the speech, broken quickly, however, by B. C. Sammons and John J. Abbot, who seconded the motion, which was ear ned with great acclamation. Then each golfer went to his ball to play his second, and as the last shot of the last golfer died away in the clear, bright moonlight, every golfer van ished, leaving the links alone with the little dandelions. This is the dream as told to me. and 1 ask the opinion of golfers con cerning it. There is nu unsenti mental side to the question, of which every greenkeeper can cell us some- ’ ling. We trust the dandelion ran be 'light due respect for the putting green. Jaurez Results l ilfsT—Five furlongs: Little Birdie, (Neylon). 3. 1, 1-2. won; Martin ■•ivis. i 15 (Taylor). 2. 3-5. 1-4, second; ""'halko, 115 (S. Johnson), 15, 6, o-2, Time 1:02 4-5. Hip Van Winkle, May, Leford, Swiftsure, Miss Heiberg, Christmas Daisy, Veno also ran. SKOOND—One mile: Husky Lad, 10» • • ney), 5, 2. 1, won; Cordig F., 103 liman), 4, 8-5. 4-5. second; -Joe •is. 112 fMcMartin>. 8. 3, 3-2, third. 1:43 1-5. Maggie. Forge, Sadie Marie Coghill. Robert. Frieze. ' afferata, Mawr Lad, Jack Lax- - also ran. HIRP Seven furlongs: Eye White, Neylon), 3 1, 1-2, won; Sister Flor- f .108 c.lones). 8. 3\ 3-2, second; Prin- Industry, 108 (Gentry). 4, 7-5, 3-5, Time, 1:29 1-5. Amity, Bonton, Quarter, Zulu, Ormonde Cunning- shorty Northcut, Ben Uncas, Sinn- also ran. F'H/KTH—Five furlongs: Brlght- 110 (Ford), 8-1. 2-1, 3-2, won; ■£ Elk, 119 (Cavanaugh). 20-1. 8-1, second; Parnell Girl. 110 (Gargan), 8-5, -1-5, third. Time, 1:03. Ida nia Velie Forty, Sir Ballinger, The Buck Thomas also ran. ' 1FTH P^ve and one-half furlongs: HO (Kirsehbaum), 8-1. won; 110 (Molesworth). 1-2. second: p'-ro Bov. 108 (Gentrv), even, third. 1:09. Tempie Foctit. Tigella. Ro- *'""1". Princess Janice, Sir Harry also ' XTI{—Seven furlongs: Swede Sam, "•entry), 8-1, won; Ocean Queen, Renton) 2-1, second: The Monk, U), 3-5, third. Time, 1:39. Mi- . Salesia. Rose of Jeddah. Acumen. H also ran. KELLY BE8TB BURNS. NKAKEE, ILL Dec 23.— With ■ :ght left and a right cross. Spike of Chicago, defeated Jim/ny - of Kankakee, in ten rounds ‘ ere last night. -OBAP- I •ttO A Will OE ^ of S®ST HFRf? < ~ JXC> WILL >DO *o*,rr vhpm C COMt',’ POLLY AND HER PALS Pa Is In For It Now, All Right MW60M rri 11 Auj. R4 Vou DO So! -TEU- V’J ^MOVK/ Ninniw' of r Ghe Kiwd! j v ——,—' AMC ~TEi.Lt /4|M7 I lOLl You A rflLLlOH TlME* A\u, Come cm, pa,) VltASt,?A\ T MiaSzo VTmt i TlU You “Fold ME am 1 i'll OoThe r this Year C _ ... T J-^C, *V wi' Jets Ydc mark mv Vidros vbtMK» (aoV Vfr 5VS"Tem wjust wor\< -This VL»r Cause ive MADE IT A PdikIT HOT TO 6a MIXED iH AJO StCRElS? ►AJOtf/ MV LIL Boole itCKto.: MV LI L ( I PC IJ P— SW oowi Breathe Pa? I Juft CAHT keep . ] FROM ShOUllH' V'Pcit-VS I PRF^EHT HO Lou6ER. ( AlVT IT A BEA(/TV^' Cincinnati Hit Up Again—Help! •!•••!• +•+ +•* ■{■•■b B. Smith Gets Catcher No. 5 By O. B. Keeler. W E ’ view with alarm the dire 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 bad penny; l ; ke 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 U. S. A. * * * T HE wav we understand it, this bogus base hit thing is nothing very rffew. Back in 1899 Nick Young, then president of the National League, sanctioned it on the sugges tion of somebody 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 power and prestige back of this quaint little friend of the feeble hit ter. And it became a go. being oathed resoundingly, hut 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 by mail. ► * * • T HIS is, indeed, sad. but we decline to lose any sleep over the mat ter. Properly administered, the C. B. H. ‘probably is a pretty good thing, though from what we have seen of its operation it is utilized in about 90 situations in the 10ft to dodge the old fielder’s choice, which most people fanev 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 0 f the thing, and pul it up to the scorers to use it that way. * * * \\7E simplv haven t the time nor VV the space to go further into the matter just now. and. hesides. our gmall 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. • * • 117E note with mixed emotions the W 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- rrfv 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 lu^k, 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 I 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 way to beat Dun dee decisvely—by fighting, and fighting as fast and as hard as you can 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 be me Dundee hits any old way. I don’t.” Kilbane expresses himself as being crazy to gel another crack at the Ital ian, the only fellow he has not whipped by a healthy margin. Indianapolis Club Sold for $175,000 CHICAGO. Dec. 23 —James C. 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 Mr. McGill, through Jack Hendricks, the Denver manager, paid a heavy install ment of the $175,<KK) 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, 1ND., Dec. 23.— Harry Paynter, a Chicago pitcher, has- been signed by Terre Haute. He was with the Cubs on the last spring training trip and later when Ever* 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 the Washington club recently it was de elded to make application for a policy covering Johnson to an amount said to be $100,000 against accidents, illness and death. Augusta Wants to Place Ball Team In ‘Sally’ League AUGUSTA 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 solicting committee. 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. KANSAS SHADES COFFEY. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, Dec. 23.— Kid Kansas, <>f Buffalo, shaded .Jim my Ooffey, or New York, here last night. Ooffey got In many light jabs, but Kansas did all the dam age. 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 tills 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 passes managed to keep the ball away from their own goal line. For the Olympians Sullivan, Smith, Morgan, Robertson and Simon starred. Hawkins. I'arrnalee. Klein and Clay showed up beat for Marietta Williams Accepts Offer to Box Campi NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—While awaiting the decision of the National Sporting CJub of London regarding a match between “Kid” Williams and Digger Stanley, bantam champion of England, Sammy Harris, manager of William*, has accepted an offer of a $3,000 guarantee for a bout between his man and Eddie Fnmpi in Los An geles February 22 Harris and Wil liams will start for the coast Janu ary 10. Food for Sport Fans HUERTA SHOULD WORRY. Tell me not of Zapatistas, Catranzis- tas, Madei istas ; ' I can laugh at old John Tcncr, though / have a fearful job. Tener has his Jferr,jmnnistas, Mur- phgistas, Ehhetsistas. And / thank mg stars J do not have 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 com*. 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 kgep quiet on anything. tt 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 he our goat And try to keep the ship afloat— At least, until the Fteisehmans vote To tie the time are to your coat. / know that they will rock, the boat, Hut come with us and be our goat. Shortly after he signed his contract to manage the Reds, Charlie Herzog an nounced that he could see a pennant. Never having tried the Cincinnal brand, 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 yearterday. Reports showed a successful season financially. KAUTZ BEATS ENCK. RACINE, WLS pec. : 3. Hill Kautz, of this city gsv 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. Dec. 23 Joseph B Tin ker, former manager of the Cincinnati club, officially became a member of the Brooklyn National League club yester day whoi his release wa* formally pro mulgated by Secretary Heydler, of the National league Secretary Heydler received Word frdm' P/esideht 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. 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 vard won from Columbia, the winner of the championship last year, three games to one, and Princeton defeated the Yale player?, 2% points to l 1 /** our visions have been confined to lizards and pink mice. The optimistic scribe who wrote that "Herzog 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/’* he repeated. “/ 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 1 1!F. I t Nto go to work!” 'Leviusky Defeats ; Coffey; Flynn and Rodel Fight Draw NEW YORK, Dec. 23 —And still the “white hopes" come and go. A gen tleman by the name of Battling Ilyin sky is a candidate for the "white hope’* crown to-day as a result of the defeat he administered last night to Jim Coffey. Levlnsky was outweightert 24 pounds, but put up a rattling good scrap. Jim Flynn and Georg* Rodel fought a draw JEWELERS Sr. BROKERS \ Ml Peters Money to T ,o a n Phone Main 228 8TRICTL XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. P 4m 1 Cures In 1 to 5 d*v* unnatural discharges. 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