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TH.fi ATLiAJN'JLVX l.+ rJU^ttilA .X AND NEWTS. 8ILL SCHWARTZ SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT They Produced an Effect; Sure They Did! Vice President Shropshire De dares Hirsig Has Carried Things Too Far, N Dec. 23. Had T ASHVTLLE ^ President Hirsig foreseen wh a merry row that Perry-Pet ger leal was destined to stir up. th« t» a. strong probability that he won!' have thought twice before bringing It to a clone Having caused a spill between president and manager, the squab tie has now spread into the ranks «»f the directors of the local bnseb;»' club several of whom have ex pressed themselves as backing Man ager Schwartz, to the limit, at the 1 same time critcising the president Chief among those who have sideo with the Volunteer manager is Clyde Shropshire, vice president of the hall club and a prominent lawyer of this city He declared last night that President Hirslg s methods had gone too far. and said he was supported in this expression by several of the directors "Mr, Hirsig has carried things to a point where they have got to stop.” *-rfeclar#i the vice president. "Perry wnot onf.v our best hitter, but be was an excellent fielder and a tower of strength to the infield. I know that Manage- Schwartz Wftl not will ing to part with him for Berger, and 3 am benind him to the finish in this fight 1 am $lad to see him show that he has plenty of backbone, and hope that he will not weaken in his position in this matter. The direct- * rs are in sympathy with Manager Sc hwart/., and if tliere is any way to protest the deal and cause it to he 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 i.ver hi.* head. We directors also knew nothing of it wI-«r President Hirsig eft for Atlanta -in fact, some of us did not even know that he had gone.” • • • ANOTHER director, who refused to * * allow his name to be used, stated hs! night that he thought Schwartz had been done a rank injustice. ”\\> employed Bill Schwartz a* manaeer of the team.” he said, “and I am of the opinion that all trades ought to he made by him. or at least have his sanction. I don’t want to get mixed up in this dispute, bu* these are my views on the matter” How the other directors stand on the matter could not be found on: last night, but it is said that several of them fire displeased over the trade. • • • T N repiv to a statement given out bv * President Hirsig yesterdav. In which practically all of the charges by Manager Schwartz were denied the latt r last night 1 said as follow« "Mr. Hirsig **ates that no trade* have been made without my consent and even goes so far as to declare that I approved of the Welchonce - Callahan deal New, anyone w ho has any knowledge of the facts in th** case will remember that I was visit lng in Cleveland when President Hlr * eig put this deal through, and did not know when it was made Also. ! was very much opposed to it. and would never have given my consent It was thought we stood a chance of losing Welchonce anyway, because of not having put in our claim for him by February 1. but 1 had been ad vised bv President Somers, of the Naps, that there was no chance of Atlanta taking him away from us on such a technicality The facts in this case are well known to a num ber of people, and any statement that T agreed to the Welchonce deal is un true “As to the Perry deal. Mr Hirsig can not even contend that he secured my consent, and he knows, as well as do the fans, that 1 had repeatedly said 1 would not let Perry go unless he was gotten out of the league. “Mr Hirsig also says that there l* no friction between us. As far as I am concerned, there will not be as long as I am manager of this club Manager is what 1 want to be. and that’s what I intend to be if I am to remain with it.” rs* OL-0 \ w/ra* rv*e noi?rrn, ee- V Sl+X> TO VO , J' n * F OfjC* OSIB I* JUAT TVW e tr/ww ou> p*l- «.*ri 7 OH WOTWIW EYC.6VT TH*r LAwt Some *aq rM i? fr-1 HA,t> A unxe id sov we? owe oFTVOiE TODA'y TO Hi BOUH M LOCAL TEI Young Outfielder Is Getting Into Great Shape for the Spring Training Season. This i* the fifth of a Merits of let ters from mem her ft of the Crackers, the Southern League pennant win tiers. It is from George hire her, the lioung out fielder secured hff Hilly Smith from the \orfolk team of the \ irginia League. Louisville, K>\, Dec. 20, 1913 Mr. \V. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Editor. Atlanta Geor gian Dear Sir Yours of the 0th Inst, at hand, ami 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 Home good hunting on the Ohio River until the last \ couple of weeks. Lately it has been so warm ducks haven’t been through this section. However, 1 have been spending my time climb ing hills for rabbits and quail. This kind of work will certainly g7t me In great shape for the open ing of the season. 1 have also been bowling a great deal. I understand that the Crack ers have a dandy outfield, and 1 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 1 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 makes me feel great to be with a winner. I am willing to do my share of the work in tlie spring in an effort to win a regular berth. Have held down an outfield posi tion on several of the semi-pro teams here, and last season played with the Norfolk team of the Vir ginia League. Jiad a good season, both at bat and in the field. Am not much at this writing game, so will close, with regards to the boys and yourself. Very truly \ours. GEORGE S. KIRCHEK INDOOR SPORTS - m - - By Tad / i caoT P0« THfc L-IFE I fioT TX£_ POPE - MIM to COVJ'/oCE KA5EL.P THAT HE S o we vwovt ’* J Al /* - TlHlj kCCcr^/wO TC I THAT A TlV \ VWITV* BOILS Hi* NE-^K CAM T>WN< HE h a* rne hw£^/ BOXING News of the Ring Gam* F-rwint can ha Instantly relieved ami perira pertly cured Head what J K Maxwell. At larta. f»a . says It proves thst Tetterine Cures Eczema I suffered ayany with severe eczema Tried sis different remedies and was tn despair when a nei«*bor told me te try Tetterine. 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Terry thinks Driscoll has league players have been signed to play the making of a good fighter next season with the Federal League. • • • President Janies A Gilmore, of the Johnny Griffiths, who recently held Federal, said here to-da> Full plans ijohpnv Dundee to a draw, manages to of the league for next year will be given in a detailed Monda> Thirty Big Leaguers Sign With Federate ' a Bn "Several deals are incomplete and I the announcement kei-p pretty busy these days Johnny statement neyt >vas „‘, atc i 10 ,i , . sterdax to ho* Hay lYmple at Milwaukee on December 2:« and also has u bout pending with Johnny Kilbane in Canton. < >hio 50r at drufp!*t». or by moll. SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH GA don’t want t prematurely continued Gilmore. "1 will only say now that we will have , , ,, . ...... , . - _ new parks in Chicago and Cleveland >Hck Britton Is bided to hand a oer- next spring Cleveland Is in the league tain young gentleman. Billy Bennet. a to stay. Chicago will be managed by Tt , at ] ao t n g on December 29 before a one of the best know n big league play- \ pu ^ orU ,.j u b. ♦ rs 1 don't w ish to give his name just • • • now further than to say that it is not Mordecai Brown.” b PAY MEFOR CURES ONLY if y®n have hiwn taklnp trvitmfnt Ur w**k« and wonthi and pay Ina »ut yaur hard aarnad manav wtthaut balnp aurvd. don't yaw think It I* hlph tlma tp acoapt DR HUGHES’ GRAND OFFIRT You will mrtalnlj not ha out anjr more money If not curatl Contul- tatlnn and Fv*r»!naFr-»a ara Fraa for tha next thirty day*. If I decide that your condition trill not yield readily to my treat ment. 1 will be henent %vith you and tell you ao. and not accept your money tinder a prosUae i»i a euro. \ My treatment will patltlvely eur# ar I will maka yau a# charpe tar the feMcwiap dl»r KIDNEY. BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE. PILES. VARICOSE VEINS. FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS. RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES, CONSTIPATION Eczema. 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Cart has decided j to go right along and ’hss signed for two bouts • • • Morris ts scheduled to meet Jack Gayer, of Denver, for 10 rounds at Clo vis. N Mex . on Christmas Day. and •’Porky" Flynn in Boston either on Jan- juary 12 or 17. a a a "Gunboat” Smith rules a 10 to S fa vorite for hi* 20-round bout with Ar thur Pelky in San Francisco on New- Year’s Day. a a a W hite and W'oigast drew exactly $*.- f«29.50 for their 10-round set-to in Mil waukee last week. Of this amount \Yol- gast received 35 per cent, or $2,285,53. White drew down 25 per cent. or $1.632.35. a a a I The boxing commission In Wisconsin threatens to get after W'oigast for rough work used b> him in the White fight Ad got away with everything that 'verges on the unfair. • • a Referee Harry Stout never for a mo ment stopped the men m caution the ex champion. It is understood that Stout will ho hauled before the com mission explain wh\ W'oigast was permitted to make such a rough battle without a word of warning. SPORTING COMMENT By Ed AY. Smith. "1 ■! TlSCONSIN’S boxing com- V/V/ 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 Packev McFarland, and falls miles short In another, as in the Eddie McGoorty flunking case. It bars a man for an offense for which the commission was as much to blame a* the boxer and In the other case a boxer who violated flagrantly an agreement 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. a a a I) ACKEY M’FARLAND’S of- * ferae 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 ring in that condition and so far overweight—so it was claimed afterward—that his speed was gone. But they can not attack the honesty of the engagement. Packev did the best he could and honestly outpointed his man. That Packev could have knocked Britton out is absurd. No one but the commission apparently ex pected such a thing. a a • THE Chicago boxer did not 1 weigh in at the time called for by the commission rules. He bad a good argument against it. Blit 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 ip me.” and later made the statement that Packev "was not ten pounds heavier than Britton.” which brought the case well w ith in the wording and the spirit of the Wisconsin rules. Why. then, the \ ear's ban. coupled with the request that New York, New Or leans and Montana respect the ruling? a a a 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. a • a TIMMY DUFFY, a Buffalo light- J weight, agreed to box ii\ 'Mil waukee with 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. Duffv went entirely un punished. and the case doubtless is forgotten in Milwaukee. a a a AT least two cases in which ^ * promoters did not live up to their articles of agreement with boxers have been presented to The commission, but up to the present time no mention has ever been made of any findings the commission made in either. a a a T7VIDENTLY the commission feels that it is the promoters and not the boxers that furnish the State with its 5 per cent of the gross receipts. But the pro moters would have a sorry time of it getting along without the boxers, as they may some day realize. Ferns Beats Denny In Ten-Round Bout >'—“ BASEBALL ^Diamond News and Gossip “WONDER" IS RIGHT. Tinker, Tinker, little star, You're a wonder'—so you are! First, you're canned icith jeers and groans— Then you get 10,000 hones! a a a 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. a a a It Is said that deal whereby Tinker goes to Brooklyn suits A1 Bridwell, with the accent on the well. a a a BANK ON IT RIGHT ALONG. That Charley Murphy will always have something to say. That the St. Louis sport scribes wili always have a kick coming. a a a Governor Tener Is rapidly learning that managing a gang of baseball mag nates is vastly different from guiding the destinies of a political machine. a a * ' Ed Konetchy says he is glad he has I been traded to Pittsburg. The smoke will not worry me." said “Kony." But ; iir should remember where there is 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. • a • - Fo far as we know he is tfle only man who ever engineered a baseball <h?al that made everybody sore. • • • “I can neither act nor talk.” says Magnate Murphy. Don’t cheer, bo^s jthe poor devil is dying’ » a * I "Herzog going after Red manager jship.” Undoubtedly—they all do. But . where? THE OLD RELIABLE” NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 23. -Clarence "Wildcat” Ferns proved to New Orleans fight fans last night that his defeat bn a knockout by Mike Gibb ns was but ______ A'- '’■ < b*nt in Hs « an-u:. ‘»AT DRUGGI6T8.0RTRIAL BOX BY MAILBOa \ n K Dot ’ " Of this oily, in nine c*uk I ^3 H ENRN'ST. BROOKLVMHAr. Welsh Has McFarland’s Goat +•+ +•+ *ha+ +•+ +•+ Freddie Trains on Vegetables By W. S. Farnsworth. FREDDIE WELSH, the English lightweight champion, w r ho holds a decision over Willie Ritchie, is one man who is not afraid of Packey McFarland. Although a legitimate 133-pounder, Welsh- has time and again offered to meet tho Chicago whirlwind at catchweights. But Packey doesn’t want any of Welsh’s game. They have fought three times. Their first battle was on Feb ruary 21. 3 908. It was a ten-nound 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 wmrst deserved a draw’. The next time they met was in a 25-round session in Los Angeles, on July 4, 3908. Jim Jeffries was the referee, and, although his decision was a draw, he admitted afterward that Welsh probably had a shade The bettef of the milling. It was a rat tling scrap from start to finish. In fact, Coast expt 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 London. It was a 20-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 I—d all ol Welsh ne w’anted. 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. mm* \1TELSH is a strict vegetarian. Hff vv hasn't tasted meat in ten years. And it is a funny story how Frlddie cut out meat for vegetables. He was having a bard 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. It was while Freddie was acting as sparring partner for some second-class miller. Joe saw in a flash that Welsh was a mighty clever boy, but that he need ed building up. Joe had been “hit ting a Me Fad den physical Gulture res taurant” himself for some time, and found that the straight vegetable Mil of fare w r aa a grand Invention. So he started Freddie off%>p sort of feeding. It worked wonden with the shifty little Englishman, and from that day he hasn't ea L en a mouthful of meat. * * • I?RANK WHITNEY; who is to Welsh here on. January 6, wili probably arrive In the city the latter part of the week. Tickets have been sent to him at his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Frank is sure to be in by Saturday. Whitney believes Atlanta an idea’ training spot. He says the atmos phere hereabouts is just the right s?rt 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 weight in his local matches. Coming in at catchwflghts will al low Whitney to start the milling around the 137-pound mark. This will mean that he will be much stronger, and thereby he is likely to show a much Improved wallop. • ♦ a 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 Younu. Meyer Pries, Mike Saul, Frank Baker Siplder Britt and ten or twelve other? are camping on Dou’s doorstep wait ing for a kind word. SELMA WANTS TO GET IN. GADSDEN, ADA., Dec. 23.—Presi dent Boyken, of the Alabama-Georg'* baseball league, has received a letter from the president of the Selma base ball league, expressing a desire to join a league with Armfaton, Roma Selma. Talladega and one or two other 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, TK VICTOR ’ DR. WOOLLEY’S SANITARIUM Opium anti Whisky ao4 all tncbrt* drug addiction* i Patients alee tree* these diseases *xe curable, homes Consultation confidential. A book on jeot free. Dr. B. M. WOOLLEY it SON. No. tor Sanitarium . Atlanta. Ga. 3-A of ten rounds. Christmas and New Year Holiday Fares You can buy ROUND TRIP TICKETS at reduced cost from one place to another within the Southeastern territory, December 17 to 25, inclusive, December 31, 1913, and January 1, 1914, good for return to reach starting point by midnight January 6, 1914. 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