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I THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 0 A Full Mayjump You to the Top, but Will It Keep You There? COVERED & If STOCK FOB THIRD SfiCKER If Shafer Retires From Game Mc- Graw Will Probably Use For mer Mobile Star. By Damon Rimyon. % tKW YORK, I>e< I A- timing 1^1 for the purpose of a column 01 so of linotype lines in this in conspicuous corner of the evening paper, that “Tillie” Shafer will Kee p his threat against Los Angeles to remain in that city all next season, and for many season - to com* , Mil ton Stock, alias “Goat,” becomes Heir Apparent to third base. As we have patiently explained at great length heretofore, there is r* al ly no great hopes that “Tillie" ''ill not he present with the Giants in 3914. third-basing after his own pe culiar fashion, but in the interim, while he is busily occupied retiring forever from baseball, let us contem plate th'» sad and silent spectacle of M. Stock, the Heir Apparent. Charles Wahoo Murphy, the Chica go conversationalist, earnestly en deavored to steal Milton from under the very eyes of “Sinister'’ Dick Kin- sella the demon ivory hunter,, last fall, and Milt was rescued by Jomi J. McGraw only after a hri of intense thought had agitated the bean ot John l>. Poster, Champion Catch Weights Secretary of the World. “Crazy" Schmidt, the celebrated southpaw antique, unearthed Milton up at Pond du Lac in the Wisconsln- Illinols League a couple of years ago, . nd sent him to McGraw After giv ing the young man a few glances at .Marlin in 1912. McGraw sent him to Stallings at Buffalo. In the spring of 1913 Stock was again at Marlin, but before the big league season opened McGraw planted him at Mo bile. with Mike Finn. # * • K OW, that ended the Giants’ privl- ^ lege to recall Stock under an op tional agreement, and he bec ame the property of the Mobile club, but Mc Graw arranged to purchase him out right from Finn later on, and the New York club's check passed through ill** proper channel* in due form. There is a rule that purchased players must rep* rt at a certain time, but Stock became ill. and the New York club did not want to take him on right away, so Secretary Foster called up President Tom Lynch, ex plained the circumstances of the ( ase. and asked Lynch if the Giants would be required to comply with the law In that particular case. Lynch said it need not do so. and so Stock was left at Mobile. When drafting time came around, Charles W ahoo Murphy conceived the idea that Stock was subject to draft, because the Giants had not lived up to the requirements in the case. When the Boston Nationals drew the right to draft frofn Mobile, at the draft meeting in Cincinnati, Murphy hunted ' up “Bud” Sharp, scout for the Stallings forces, and asked him what man he was after. Hogg.” said Sharp, meaning C. Bradley Hogg, a pitcher. Draft Stock,” urged Murphy, “and 1*1! give you a good trade for him.” Thus, when Sharp named his Mo bile draft it was Stock, and not Hogg Soon after Murphy ran into “Sinis ter” Dick Klnsella, who was at the meeting, and Jeered at the distin guished ivory hunter “You fellows have lost Sto< k." he said. ’He'll he playing in my infield T HE sinister one hustled about quite furiously until he had learned the circumstances of the case, then he hastened to Chicago tq see McGraw. Meantime. Stock, who lives in Chicago, hail appeared around the Auditorium Hotel to greet his former accomplices in baseball, the Southern League season having ended. .Mc Graw sent for Foster, and Foster re- ■ abed the i in iiiusliiinvs off the cas** The Giants were leaving for Si. Louis that night, and McGraw took no fur ther chances. He oundled Stock aboard the train, although Milton had not been ordered to report to th»» Giants until next spring, and the fol lowing day the heir apparent was on the field in a Giant uniform. Then Foster called up Thomas J. Lynch, Esq., ami the president ad mitted every little thing that John said. Yes, he had told hint not to bother about Stock, and he seemed surprised that John was bothering about him even then, Eventually Lynch discovered that he was wrong in his decision himself, but the New •York club was not at fault, and so the National Com mini son let Mc Graw have clear title to Stock. It was a narrow escape for Milton, however. He might have had to play in Chicago, his home city, thus vio lating all precedent in baseball. SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT The Judge Gets One Anyway Buc WA (400- l%^a H-APfW COMlNCr AauP ►+£ HA6 A TWtcev- Hepfi a cH-Ayce ■For* aw out- i e-Auevr got A cewr Out i'll |OC> Him IWTO GAMBl!H(s- for eis top A p/0 TVFKEV- V0H-HM- TH£ \WIF-F 'A' ll -G- I ee vei-D rupsev FAFFLE 4, "'IlirtlliiiiTI/i ONfc Fl-OP OATHS ~"\ Oite pop TVPcev (Joker- oioe - V^EU- THAT* 0(5H — four so' w owe SVIE THAT tag - ONCE QUER- VOD . HKrO aaaau vyUUi THE. Blt-0 v^£ll SEEV THAT' 5ETATE"M TH-Ree OOCKT THAT oont oe>t so er H'O'AjEMEP THE SlP-D’S MiwE -/ -you i-ose — ha-ha —h a — xjOEL-U UOU TR/ED , H-AP-0 K(0 INDOOR SPORTS By Tad Canterbury A TAry shapely collar, admirably balanced in its proportion*. A great favorite w *h Toung men, and thoaa w uo wish to l* up to the mark in style. u Ide V /7t er * Collars ~~ «lwsy* fit wa 11 and never gap at the top. Ther stand for ptr * on ac v racy, ; unaite tticety of detail and all-round rightness. Laruon Shoe a Clothing Co is Charlie Does Not Claim Title Be cause of His Victory Over Ad Wolgast. By Sol Flex. III* ’AGO, I)(m. Charity t White Is a big n an among ttie 13J-pounders now as a result of his victory on clean hits over Adolph Wolgast'in Frank Mulkem’s arena at Milwaukee Friday night. We say victory because in our mind there is no question that the Chicago Hebrew had a comfortable margin on j boxing point* after the half hour of savage milling. It Is not our intention to give the Impression that Wolgast fought like a fast - fading man and a "tins been." I’.ir from It. The t'adlllae Dutchman ruts mighty pood Friday night. There was no suspicion of a fat stomach, as we hail been told there would be. W olgast \uts in good shape, as fine as he can Ret In these days. He was tough and IrotiR aud he was hitting with terrific force for seven rounds. Ad slowed tip materially In the lest three periods, hut the fast pace would have told on a Youngster. White told us after the tight, thi.t he knew Wolgast was "In" in the last round, but that lie was too tired to hit him hard enough lo score a knockdown or a knockout. t es, Wolgast showed up surpris- notW well, ir he keeps 1„ the same excellent condition this winter he’ll w hip Inost of the light weights he tackles^ II will take a whale of a fighter lo hand him a real trimming. White won because he fought the lighi of hts life, and to Wolgast’s i re.lll may it he said that he made I While light. There was no other re- I course In the fare of the persistent | Wolgast attack White simply had loi tight. •Nate Lewis, White's manager yes terday Issued the following an, la ment : I don t thmk there is any doubt In the minds of all fair-minded critics Lull While beat Wolgast. Ad, he roic the right, announced that he would claim the 133-pound cham pionship if he won. Now that While has outfought him I want to say ibis: I am not out claiming: the title tor W bile in i lie real 183-pound light - '■me division Bui I think he !l< >'t the lop as an\ - hodv On the strength of this. 1 wish to announce that White Is open to meet lira 133-pound hoy in the game and if any one of them laces him I will step aside and say his conqueror is the champion. 1 think Charlie is the best boy In the world at 133. but bell have to beat a couple more good ones before be can clinch the cham pionship. The men I would like most to send him against are Leach cross and Johnny Dundee. If they will S'gn articles 1 will guarantee to fur nish a club that w ill offer them siitis- t actor, i nil ucenien Is.' Auf4T MkRV SENT LAMBS TALE S' At NT THAT Wl CE ""7 Kiev Fge .eNT IS I n rn£ SAME <IVP. OF A BOY an ew- bet Mlflfc IS Cat's t>ilS I KVEVJ it IKfueuu KEP£’S A CH-EAP S-0 H-ANDKETCcHIEF fpoh- kAPS I^AUUIONA AND I 5ENT Wd* A ?A«r vNORTP *3. ST-ST ~ - TPe: 'AME THlAJfr AAiT - NEfrR VJ'TH MP-.S OK — | SENT H£T- A 4* 3 %TTLe OA PETRHJNie AND she: WWE £ BUNS TEA C.D P THAT .SHE GOT LA, ST FJiONV JOME ONE - F0P6«T TH-AT she K. me a Boot it c 1, ? ;y 1 v'f HUH !!!'• Asafetv pat-op , p.goN' THE 30 Si AM IVE BEEN THERE r VEARi- -fHATS JUST ASOUTAT ^ppp.OPP-1 ASTE AS A* ■ROXN BO AX - KIN VOLI ^ATTHAT CHEAT JTIPP l^y+lUK HE ff*T THtT yyjlTH Cl&APSm COUfOh-J AT- that 1/ £.. T' m rxT AlV IN POOP. iRoRTi" - SlVf/uS- TV+ET ctHRlSTMAS pRG3E/-CTS THE ONCE CfUEB- Richie’s Own Story of Career Willie Takes First Trip East Thin is thr tenth of a series of stories of the life and battles of Light! weight Champion Willie Ritchie, written e.n-lnsiveUi for The Georgian. Sport ins; Food iA By GEORGE E. PHAIR $10,000. The s limit* of nifjht ivrrr full inti ftixt \\ hen from u barn bull mt t lint; /m.*st tl I muf/nutr full of liquid joq Who .saitl: "I'll huntI you, Jo<\ tdd boji, , S M.OOO." Sidelights on Sports By A. H. C. MITCHELL Moran.Hopes to Get Fights in New York SAX FRANCISCO. Dec ‘24 -Owen Moran, the British lightweight, disgust- j «d with the poor showing which he! made against Joe Aaevedo over in Oak land a few nights ago. has decided to ! shake the dust of California from his shoes and take a chance ut the ten- j round game in New York. He depart ed for the Fast, promising to return in good form. Moran says that he can get on in New York, and he expects to start there in a j Few weeks after he dot's some training. ! If there is nothing doing for him around i Gotham, Moran intends to return to London, where, he says, lie can always; get plenty of work In the ring CARDS PLANS SOUTHERN TRIP. ST A TGI'STINE. FLA.. Dec. 24.—j Word was received to-day from Man ager Huggins, of the St. Louts Cardi nals. saying that the advance guard <«f the team twenty men will arrive here February 20 for spring training Fifteen or twenty more men will ar rive on the first of March. All of them will remain here until the April series ( with the Athletics is completed. Wht n Jo.sriill hrurtl the gladnome lines It thrilled him to the rcrii shoes. "I'll t i t n plan in Kankakee,” lit said, "if j/oa present to me * $ 10.000." inti then the Cincinnati crowd spokt up in accents harsh and loud: "Dear sir- \\ <* sircar to rat our hat lit fore you yet your hands tin that *i0,000," The n'eirs was printed far and wide, | ! (hi hill untI plain and eountrysidc, ; And ns it flashtd about the earth I lx adrrrtisiny it was north S10 JUKI. m * * In spite of ail the press agent work in his behalf. Joe Tinker refuses to in fest the stage, thereby making himself the idol of theater patrons. • m + The fact that Mr. Tinker demands a three-year contract to play in Brooklyn , shows that he is a glutton for punish ment. * * * Far b»- it from us to offer any advice 1 (to the Cincinnati directorate, hut Bob] |Messenger, of the Browns, has the right • name for a manager. The New York Board of Charities complains that the State hasn’t enough institutions to provide for its idiots. The said board evidently attended the six-day bicycle race. It may be true that Fred Clarke of fered $35,000 for Joe Tinker, but he did not speak above a whisper. * * * How lucky it was for the National League that its meeting was not held in Cleveland, where the barkeeps are on a strike. • • • Having perfected a fool-proof aero plane, it behooves Orville Wright to move to Cincinnati and start work on a fool-proof ball club. * * • The remains of the 12-foot giants found in Louisiana are said t-> have re- ' markable thick skulls This shows that even in prehistoric times there were) white hopes. • rplIK Fincinnati Enquirer £ prints n cartoon snowing a donkey in a circus ring with several ball players in torn uniforms standing around rub bing sore spots. The ringmas ter is saying, "Big reward for anyone who can ride the trick donkey for a season.” The don key is supposed to represent the Cincinnati baseball club. * * * C lark Griffith, manager of the Washington team, who managed the Cincinnati team for three year*, says the trouble in the Cincinnati club'can not be laid at the door of President Herrmann. He declares that in all the time he spent in Pork- tovvn, he never had any misun derstanding with the chief execu tive of the club. The trouble makers in the organization, says Griffith, are the Fleisohmanns. who own considerable stock in the club. There are two of them and both are directors. * * * T HE story now comes from Cin cinnati that Tinker had strenuous times with the Fleisch- manns also. On sundry occasions last summer they offered Tinker suggestions on how to run the ball club. They had noticed from the box scores and percent age columns that the Reds were not leading the National League race and decided that Joe needed advice. It seem* the manager turned on the would-be advisers and talked Jo them in most un complimentary language Natur al!^ they became peeved at Tink er and decided that in the future Joseph could do his talking to the directors of some other club. It was thes* gents and not Herr mann that gave Tinker the gate recently. • • • PAX you imagine how these ^ gents felt when they read in the papers that Herman had sold Tinker to the Brooklyn club for $25,000, of which $10,000 was to be given Tinker? They hustled the other directors together and when Herrmann arrived in Cin cinnati from New York they held a meeting and voted to repudiate the Tinker deal. It must he nice to have any thing to do with the Cincinnati ball club * * * ]\/T ANAGER BILL CARRIGAN. 1 of the Red Sox. has displayed much horse sense in deciding that .March S is time enough to start his ball players training at Hot Springs. He might have shaded the, stay in the Arkansas resort several more days and not hurt anything. Too long a training season palls on everybody, in cluding the. war correspondents. Connie Mack will open his reg ular training season at Jackson ville. Fla., on the same day. He will send some of his pitchers there a week ahead of time, the same as Carrigan plans to do. * * * IIICK GAXDIL has disposed of the automobile presented to him by the fans of Washing ton last summer. He believes that automobiling is injurious to the batting eye. Cobb, however, is an ardent automobilist, but he only hit for .390 last season. Feds Make $45,000 Offer to Joe Tinker CHICAGO. Dec. 24.—The Federal league is hot on the trail of Joe Tinker, former Cub and recent manager of the Reds, and if they can get him. $45.- 000 for three years will not be too high a price. Tinker and the heads of the Chicago Federal League club are to meet again, to-day. it is reported to talk signing. The minute Tinker is ready to affix his name to a contract the Federal people will post the $45,000 In a bank to insure Joe that his money will follow his service. The offer meets with Joe’s approval, but he’s hesitating in the hope that Charlie Murphy, of the Cubs, can get him. BOXING News of the Ring Game SHELTON STOPPED IN SITXH. ST LOCIS. Dec. 2V—Carelessness on the part of lack Shelton at the begin ning of the sixth round jmt a sudden end to his bout with Leo Kelly at the Fu ture City A. C.. last night The Comp- tpn Hill boy landed a solid right across to Jack’s jaw wh4ch sent the farmer shoemaker down for the count of ten. Carl Morris drew down a little over $5,000 for his appearance in the ring within the past three months; appear ances, not lighting. Anti then they blame a hobo for not working. ’Tis a funny world. * * * Frank Baker left these parts last bight for Savannah, Ga., where he meets Jeff Gaffney in a scheduled 15^ round bout on Christmas day. Baker should have little trouble in beating Gaffney, as he is by far the classiest boy of his weight around here. * * * Ad Wolgast. former lightweight champion, and K. O. Brown, of New York, will clash in a ten-round go in Milwaukee on New Year’s Day. Wol gast and Brown met twice before for six rounds in Philadelphia and in New York for ten rounds. • * * Battling Levinsky is rapidly putting himself in line for a match with Gun boat Smith or Arthur Pelky. Jim Cof fey attempted to stop Levinsky in his mad march to the top of the heavy weight division Tuesday night, but was handed a neat lacing in ten rounds at New York. Danny Morgan has worked wonders with this Hebrew ringman. * ♦ * Meyer Pries is one peeved little gen tleman. Meyer wishes to announce that he is still in the boxing game, ready and eager to defend his laurels against all comers. Meyer is to place himself under Mike Haul’s management. Charlie Goldman, the New York ban tamweight boxer, thinks that his record of sixteen years in the ring, in which time he has mingled in something like 420 bouts, entitles him to a chance at Johnny Coulon, the champion. So do we. * * • Georges Carpentier is going to cross the pond in quest of a battle with Gun boat Smith. You should let well enough alone. George, old boy. We have a rough little style over this wav, that is not in keping with the gentility of the London way of boxing. Or, that is, we used to have. * * * “Peanuts” Schieberl. Milwaukee featherweight, writes that he would like to come to Atlanta this winter. Schie berl fought Joe Bishop in the semi- windup to the White-Wolgast scrap last Friday night and stopped his man in five rounds. Milwaukee critics are loud in their praise of Schieberl. who has been winning regularly for the past year. He is anxious to meet any of our 122-pound boys. By Willie, Ritchie. S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.—After my battle with Freddie Welsh In Los Angeles I felt that I j was on my way to climb up to the | top of the ladder. It gave me plenty of confidence, and, while I thought that 1 should have been entitled to at least a draw. 1 did not do any hollering, for I knew that my show ing would give me a reputation all over the world, and 1 realized that this reputation meant more to me than anything else. The fans gave me a fine reception when I returned home, and I felt rather proud of my success, for l figured that if I had class enough to give Welsh such a tough argument I had a license to go against any of them. I really believe that the con fidence which I gained in that bat tle helped me in my later bouts. 1 wanted another crack at Welsh, and I issued a challenge to fight him in San Francisco right away. Welsh seemed willing enough, too, provid ed that I would make 133 pounds for him. and I agreed to do this, for I knew that I could without weaken ing myself. Tom O'Day was to promote the battle, and he sent for me. We had several conferences, but could not come to terms. Welsh wanted the big end of tlie purse, and after his cut there would be practically noth ing left for me, so the match fell through. * • * IT was then that Emil Thiry, man- 1 ager of Packey McFarland, came to me and talked the Eastern idea into my head. ' Come back with us. Willie, and I take a chance,” said Thiry. ”1 can land you all kinds of good matches back there, and 1 know that you can beat those fellows in the short dis tance game.” “But how about Packey?” 1 said. “Maybe he will get sore it you pay too much attention to me. I don’t Want to start any trouble.” “There’s no danger of anything like that,” replied Thiry. “Packey knows that he is the big show, and he will be glad to have you along with us. He likes your work and he will boost you along.” Before I agreed to go with Thiry. I had a long talk with Packey, and he told me the same thing. He gave me a whole lot of good advice, which I will always remember. Packey was friendly to me at all times, and there never was any ill feeling be tween us, no matter what some of the knockers used to say about us in the past. “Come along with us, Willie.” said McFarland. “Leave it to Thiry. He will fix you up. You <-a.n box with me, and I will do all that I can to send you to the front, for I think that you have the goods.” This sounded right to me. so I de cided that I would take Thiry’s ad vice and look the Eastern field over, anyway. * * • \UE went right back to Chicago, ' ** where I was well received. Packey, as everybody knows, is a hero in the Windy City, and he went right to the bat for me. He told them how I showed up with him in the training camp, how I made such a great battle with Welsh at short no tice, and he said that I was entitled to a match with any of the Eastern light weights. I felt very much at home around Chicago, for everybody treated me as though I had been there all my life. .But* there was no chance to fight there, and I began to get rest less. After laying around for a few days. Thiry dug up a match for me with Young Saylor, who, by the way, is now in Australia along with Ed die McGoorty and Ray Bronson. Saylor might have been a light weight. but he looked more like a welter fo me. Anyhow, f guess he could have got by as a “Philadelphia lightweight." Everybody knows that they weigh any place from 140 up to 170 pounds. The fighters all over the country are on to them now. It was early in January when I met Saylor. The weather was bit terly cold, and I did not have a chance to train properly. The change affected me, for I just left sunny Cali fornia, and I was not used to thal snow and that sleet. Still, I figure/ that I would have to put up wit! everything that came along if I hopet to make good in the ring. 1 jus knuckled down and made up my mint to do the best T could. • * * TVfY battle with Saylor was a six* - 1 ' 1 round, no-decision affair. I rnusl confess that 1 was a bit nervous, foi it was all new mo me. I had heei used to the rough and tumble stylt of the four-round game here, ami I know that I did not give as good an exhibition as I might have. The battle was fast at that. SayW tried a lot of new stuff on me. and 1 took it all good naturedly. He wai the big favorite. They gave me a lot of “Native Son” yells, but I expected these, so I did not pay any attention to them. Anyhow, they seemed t( like my work all right, and the pa pers said that 1 showed promise, but that I had a lot to learn about tht ganpe, and I was willing to admit this, too] and also willing to learn. A week after my bout with Saylor I jumped over to Cleveland to figlit young Kohler, who was a big can there. But the day before the bat tle Jvohler hurt himself in training so they sent me in against a big husky fellow named Y ankei Schwartz. I tried my right cross him and flattened him in two rounds] and this made me feel pretty good. They wanted me back in Philadel) pliia again, so I returned. I took Harry Trend all and Young Erni within a month. 1 thought that I| had a good lead in each battle, bi they were called draws by most i the critics, so I let them go at thatj because I learned how to handle m self in the short distance game, and) this experience helped me out ij whole lot. After the Erne fight the old feel* 1 ing to return home got me. so I de«j eided to go back to San Francisco. Up to this time Thiry had been man aging me, but as I was leaving and) as he w r as busy with McFarland, we agreed to split up. There was no trouble between us, although all sorts of stories were printed about the bi?j smashup. i still think a whole lot of Thiry and Packey, and I believo| they think the same of me. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. •t Anderson and Cross In Stiff Workoutl LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.—Bud An derson and Leach Cross each wen:| through a strenuous workout yester day afternoon in preparation fofj their big match on New Year's Day. Bud went over the four-round rout*| with Solly Burns and two with Floydl Greenleaf. Besides the work with! the mitts. Anderson did the ufua![ rope skipping and shadow' sparring| stunts. Cross w r ent three rounds each wit ill Kid Dalton and Babe Picato besides! skipping the rope, shadow boxing arui| punching the bag for several rounds. Cross is doing his training at Jacfc| : working out at the Vernon Arena. WAAGE TO ENTER NOTRE DAME.| CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—George Yaag*'- the middle distance track man wi.l| leave the University of ChicAgo at.- ter Notre Dame after the first of ’ year. This was the announcemer ' the former Lane High School t - * ’ “ . terday. Waage had been enrolled n\ J Midway since September, but Ita ly been induced by influential Hoo?:- 1 men to go to Notre Dame. I at Horn* or N V .•-» | I Free. DR. B. M. WOOIXJY. R Senltadw**. Atlanta. FULL OF SCABS * JSS- "*'wf hav» Iwn usln, your Tetterloo. It. the beet on earth for skin ailments. *»r*. 8 C. Hart uu a .l,ht to •». Hor fMJ wa, a mas, ot .cabi. Tottorln, ha, curtu Cured by Tetterine Tettertne rurea acawna. p*»w»d Iteb, norm and all skin troubles. Iu < ffecl 50c at druoflsts. or by man. i magical. SHUPTSINE CO.. SAVANNAILGA^