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ay a* 'eer ast ' iljhty to than i hope* I jusi y nund a s \- l must • US I e stylT and ]fl I "I . an«i r| re e a lot J tertioi led le pa<| it thd it this! SayloH o fight ? car e bat- aining, a big tank* oss on I! lid;, ;ood. iladeli ook 0! that 1 le, but ost ol t that, e my- e, and out l feel' I de ncisco. man g and id, we as no 1 sorts he big >le lot leliev 3S out d An went ester n fc Da: rout** Floyd with. usual irring with. s sides g and •unds. JaclD m iaj m. AME. 'a&ge, will d en f the nt of it the final- ►*«* ,f * iabj<** yf.+* d<H- rery. A Gila’s a Gila, but Not a Monster Rule Suggested Six Years Ago Enables Wagner to Maintain Unbroken Record. Gee THAT'S, Too BfM>, K\y per Mo«sYtw chaset> jeer'5 Bows, f\ note amb Totm ' JUPPose '"t'V-e LOST 'EM , ANt> eGR.THeP.(vV0R.e THe Gila monstcil eats snakc^ so) Ht'LL eAT YOCR.S flNb THBH r <eo to sceep (a, THe note andJ t ' l L NeNfcR. <c>e Tf HlPAOOY C-'IZ / . By (>. B. Keeler. I N the intervals of rumors ion- corning Billy Smith and his pend ing deals for Desperate Esmond ■ind Third-saeker Yeager, of Montreal that one looks as if it will slip, by 1 *♦ * way—and other gossip of a simi- :*r nature, vvc note that, the reason for our old friend, Honus Wagner, g^t- • ing onee more into the National League Society for Three Hundred Hitters nates back about six years ago. Hans Lobert and Zack Wheat aiso horn in under the same conditions, and, in fact, that exclusive society, this year numbering 23 members, would have been curtailed by three had it not been for something that happened half a dozen years back. We refer to the sacrifice fly rule. ffeoR swAfct f ccad tp The hole S IX years ago Billy Murray, now a Pirate scout and then manager of he Phillies, instituted a motion to credit with a sacrifice hit the useful bloke who should arise in the pinch and smite a long fly to the oufield on which a runner on third scored. This was a deserving clause in the scoring rules, and has proved a popu- ;ir measure since its adoption, but never more so than this y^ar. POLLY AND HER PALS YY^THOUT that saving clause, dat ing six years hack, good old Ho nes, for the first time in all his long and honorable National League ca reer, would have finished outside the charmed circle of .300 wallopers. As it was, Hans batted an even .300 ii. * he official figures. Without the ■ red it of sacrifice flies deducted from his “at bats,” the ^Flying Dutchman would have hit just .298—a pretty fair little average, by the way, but a whole lot of a margin when those wretched little two points would, have separated the great shortstop from his rightful place in the noble three hundred class. -_jL_ ; % . : f R OBERT and Wheat would have been haifled down to a miserable .297 each had they been charged with rimes at hat on the several occa sions when their long punches counted J runners from third. Among the other swatters who i"ofi;ed by the rule were Jake Dau- hen. who led the National League by margin of .002. Gavvy Cravat h. a* io ran second, would have lost .005 from his record had his sacrifice flies Been plain “at bats.” and Heinie Zim merman gained still more, finishing >07 better than 1m would have if Mr. Murray had not fathered that bright idea six years ago. rfiijSi pl!^; ii . Hf iwli'-L . Ml- - ~ ' ' • TVy'C . iiii I ^ ■ ■ I . TliLi n;b»iJ = .V't'S.lSfttiJiirfeiVHi'' Ii,': .f ■ !: ■ r-LL! .......... ■■ Y-/*, «K9 iHte. Mfpiii ■ i ',[• ... ! |§f y i j%ft JSfe 7, ■ • ■■ HI tmM \ V iliiMl ' ■ . ' : ; "Ai And Where Are Our Champions? f V«V T• V V• • .U i W A MONG the .300 hitters who did not r pole any sacrifice flies were Mil Mr, Collins, Brown, Schmidt, Hess, Hartley. Hooper and Crandall. Jack Miller, of Pittsburg, hit the most sac rifice flies, his total being fifteen. Ed Konetchv walloped thirteen, and two >'r,bs—Zimmerman and Saier—were liext in order, with eleven and ten, respectively. T LIT. to our way of thinking, the best thing that sacrifice fly thing ms done in its six years of opera- ion was to keep old Hans Wagner where he belongs—in the most exclu der and select batting circle of his league—in the Society of Three Hun dred Hitters. We always said Honus. could hit .:>u0. When it was reported he was damaged and running on one side by reason of a busted knee—and had no a nee to hit in his usual stride—we ame to bat with this little asser tion: • Honus will bat .300 with a crutch. ' necessary ” And Honus did it. Thanks to Mr. Murray. Yes, ‘Where?’ the Echo Answers rp Fifty Motorcycle Demons to Start in 300-Mile Marathon Bv Left Hook. HE ring statistician who cuts loose once a year with a review of the champions will find him self all out of material when he reaches for the 1912 “dope.” Jack Johnson had a lively year, In jail and out, mostly in. but as heavy weight champion the Big Cinder was not called upon to defend his title. The wholesale movement to "legis late” Johnson out from under the championship failed for the simple reason that none of the pale heavies were able to make a decent showing. As championship candidate-* our White Hopes run muchly to gorgon - zola, the same being a fine brand of ripe cheese recently discovered^ by Joe Reichl. Ah! yes; the middleweight cham pions, some flock. We have Jimmy Clabby, middleweight champion of Hammond, Ind. And George Chip, •hampion of Scranton, run for the past twelve months, leav ing all the fighting in this class to Williams, Ledoux and Campi. Wil liams is the best of the bunch and is the bantamweight king in everything but name. Not a title changed hands, not a champion (save Ritchie) took a * • , n . . , 0 . , fighting chance. Nothing about th American League President Said year 1913 for the ring birds to grow IRE SIB excited over. Giants Announce Spring Training Trip Schedule for 1914 to Have Signed Two New Arbiters—One ‘Fired.’ C Buckingham to Coach Denver Gridiron Boys NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Secretary John K Foster, of the New York National 1 eague club, last night announced the spring training trip schedule of the ’Lam. For the first time in many years .... . , , „ -- . 1-e Giants will not play an exhibition i middleweight champion of Scranton, game on the Polo Grounds before the ; Pa. And Frank Klaus, middleweight . I 'ginnirrg^of the regular season, {champion of Pittsburg. And Frank I Following is the training schedule of ! Mantel!, middleweight champion ft i- o, o«» .» ,, »» ^-.(•r-imentn And Uillv mi ' L March 14, lo, 21. 22. Dallas; 28. 29. Sacramento. Ana BUIS 4 apke, mid 31, Houston; April i, Beaumont; a pril 4, 5, 6, 7, New Orleans; April 8 DENVER, Dec. 24.—H. G. Bucking ham. of Alemphis. Tenn., was last night • I 'pointed coach of the University of Denver football team. He formerly was a ' each of the University of Tennessee. Cured Forever By a true specialist who possesses the experi ence of years. The right kind of experience—doing the same thing the right way hundreds and per haps thousands of times, with unfailing, permanent results. Don’t you think | it's time to get the right 1 treatment? I will cure you or make no charge, thus proving that my rrpsent day. scientific methods are absoiute- 5 certain. I hold out no false bop<?3 if I find . . . Papke, mi.! j, 31, Houston dleweight champion of something or other. Clabby appears to be the best of the lot, with Chip a suspicious seconu. The remainder of the herd might possibly qualify as sparring partners for a real fighter. Packy McFarland is the welter weight champion, but he isn't printing this fact on his letterheads, for fear that he may have to meet Mike Gib bons. Mention these two boxers and you have talked about the entire 142-pound division. Willie Ritchie has worked like the ! regular lightweight champion that he i is. Since taking the title from Wolgast, ! the San Francisco boy has beaten his j two most dangerous trailers—Joe ! Rivers and Leach Cross—and is now ! rematched to meet the veteran “Har- I lem” Tommy Murphy. Rut it is up to j him to fight Freddie Welsh as soon as I possible. j As featherweight, champion. John nie Kilbane had an easy year of 1 He ic I Dund cinnati, until that youth never hope to amount to anything, and picked a few “plants.” Johnnie Coulon, as bantamweight champion, is the most pitiful speci men of a title owner we have ever had to look upon. Coulon has been on the J'obile: April 9. Chattanooga; April' 11, 32, 1.3. Baltimore. The training schedule of the second team follows: March 7, 8. Dallas; March 14, 15, 21, Si. Waco; .March 28, 29, Dallas; March f . Denison; March 31, Sherman; j pril 1. Bonham: April 2, Paris; April 3. r < xarkana: April 4. 5. «>, Memphis; April Nashville; April 8. Knoxville; April 9. Asheville; April 10. Richmond; April 11! Portsmouth. Fourteen Games for 1914 Rutgers Nine [iibnrn- had an easy year of I*. L l / a rase is incurable. If vou desire to ■x.n- "• reliable, long-established specialist < I experience, come to me and learn what le accomplished with skillful, scientific ■ atment 1 can cure Blood Poison. Van- ' eins. Ulcers, Kidney and Bladder dis- ’* Obstructions, Catarrhal Discharges ’ ' find Rectal troubles and all nervous and • > ic Diseases of Men and Women. •unination free and strirtlr confidential '' a. m. to 7 p. in.; Sundays. 9 to 1 CATARRH 1 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Dec. 2 — The Rutgers College 191.4 baseball sched ule*. consisting of fourteen games, was announced to-day. The local college is to have a Saturday game with Prince ton. 'I he schedule for the Southern trip, to follow the Princeton g been announced yet. The lows: March 28 - West Point, at April 4 Princeton, at Princet 1.5, Hamilton, at home; April 18, R. I I.. at home; April 25, Union, at home; April 2*9, Ursinus. at home. May 2—Swarthmore, at home; May 6. Stevens, at home; May 9. New York University, at home: May 13, Dickinson, at home; May 16. New Y'ork University, at New York; May 23. Delaware, at Newark, Del.: May CO, Union, at Sche nectady. .June 13—Stevens, at home HICAGO, Dec. 24—While the magnates and managers of major league clubs are scouting around for material to strengthen their clubs for the 1914 .campaign, President Ban Johnson is not sitting around idle. Big Ban Is searching the Class A leagues for good umpires, because he needs them badly. Tho staff as it is at present is none too good. Reports have it that the czar of the American League has signed two new callmen. Thty are “Red” Field, the St. Louis boy, who last year did good work in the Pacific Coast League, and Ollie Chill, of the American As sociation. Held has been in the game a long time, and wherever he went he has cone well. He umpired in the Con- SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 24.—Fifty ma chines are expected to compete for the 300-mile Grand Prize pro fessional motorcycle race over the shortened Grand Prize automobile course on Christmas day. The value of the cash prizes and cups to be contended for has attracted motorcycle riders from all over the country. So important, has the event, become that the Federation of American Mo torcyclists. of which the Savannah Mo torcycle Ulub is a member, and under the sanction of which the event will In run. has sbnt down Arthur Mitchell, of Chicago, as official referee fur the race. While the entries are piling in the road work has\ not been left undone. The Chatham County Commission* ■* have had a force of convicts at work for several weeks, smoothing out the rough places on the course and banking and improving the turns. This will not only be the longest mo torcycle event of its kind ever staged, but the first of its kind—the only 300- mlle race for the world’s record for the distance this record will probably stand unless another race is attempted at Savannah. AGAIN STOPS I McGoorty Battles Smith To-morrow; Other Bouts on Card McFarland Is Still ■ In Good Graces of NewYork'Commish' I CHICAGO. Deo. 24 -Some interesting Mights are billed fur to-morrow after- Referee Halts Bout in Round to Save Pittsburger From Knockout. NEW YORK. Dec. 24.—Packey Mc Farland Is still in the good graces of the Athletic Commission, ft pen sion of the Chi li e offended in Wis- ruled him out of the 11.‘‘Vinsky vs. .lavI- I n i.-. oil, i.-n rounds, ring for a year. The boxing body of this Y™uvis I rail a' T"" "I"' 1 . up case with the Fifth ‘<l.t Williams t . Krauhic Hra.il. v, si: 1 ! regular business yesterday, but faited i rounds, at Philadelphia: George Rodeliti vs. Howard yMorrow, ten rounds, at Sy racuse, N. Y.; Kid Kansas vs. Willie {Beecher, ten rounds, at Syracuse. N. Y.; iCarl Morris vs. Jack Geyer, ten rounds iUt Clovis, N. sr-- why they should punish the Chi- !cagoan. Ihe vommission in discussing tht* Mox. Jaurez Results FIRST-Six furlongs: Refont e 103 (Benton). 4, 2. even, won; “Prettydale 108 (Trahan), 6. 2. even, second; Dahl- gren 116 (Gentry). 6, 2. even, third. Time, 1:16 2-5. Also ran: Say. Ajax. Hattie Me., Tom Franks. Jessamy, Dear Abbey, Lookout and Iloricon. necticut League and then last year SECOND Six furlongs: Ramsy 116 went to the Pacitu roust, a (.lass AA (Cavanaugh), 5-2, 4-5, 2-5. won: Ilex 1.15 body. He had little trouble in the (Tuplln), 6. 2. even, second; Binocular Western I.eague with* players, many (111 (Neylong 4-5, 1-3. out. third. Time, of whom are former major leaguers. ILI**-.... Also ran: Blaze B. Rioja, The It is also rumored that Big Ban is P 1TTSBURG, PA., Dec. George Chip, Scranton dleweight, apparently come to stay. To-day he Pafliff’s Daughter. Zinkand, Wicket. Fire and about to correct the biggest mistake on his umpire staff. That is, to fire Charley Ferguson, who gained much notoriety in the George Stovall inci dent last summer. Johnson stuck by Ferguson until the end of the season but after the close of the campaign |Eddie Mott, Galiey’ siav he took some recognition of th THIRD—Six furlongs: Hazel C. 111 (Stevens), 4. 6-5, 1-2, won; Hyki 103 i Key ion). 3. even. 1-2. second: \\ » i fr* ; J >. 112 (Ford), 5-2. 4-5, 2-5. third. Time. 3:15 2-5. Also ran: Art Rick, Garden f Allah. Calethumpian, Madeline J., and Balronia. , . - . _ i FOURTH—Six furlongs: Mimorioso howls of the different managers. .jnj (Woods), 11-5. won: r See Jr 105 JfGentyr), 2-1, second; Zim 195 (Garner), trd. Time, 1:14. Also ran Dolly. Henry Walbank. I'.iystreak, Roberts ami Sonada. Me" $ Crack Btmner Coming iceton; «:To America in Spring i The A Manta V ’ ’ 1 team is going (•> have FIFTH -81x fiirlomr^: !*«-ier Grl.cc-, J’ ‘ : c f*x iNYyloni. 8-5, won; Orbn Sm!> i07 ’ (Stevens), 8-5, second; Bob I. nch 108 .M« -La. ! > ii* y. (Gentry), even, third. Time, 1:14 4-5. Repo, is fro.u t;.• - \i that they have a bett 24.-— mid- has must be taken seriously in the strug gle for championship honors. Chip pur himself right up in the front ranks last night, when, for the sec ond time, he knocked out Frank Klaus, local star. This time the fin ish came in the fifth round of a six- round bout. Chip beat Klaus into a helpless condition, and Referee Dillon stopped ! the bout to'prevent serious injury. ^ Landing a hard left on the Jaw of i Klaus started the Pittsburger over the dizzy road. Chip then closed in ! and shot, a short right to the jaw. { Klaus became weaker, and Chip con tinued raining blows on his weaken- ! ing opponent, putting him down. Klaus got up at the count of seven, but v/ru; very weak. Chip was after : him like a flash, raining blows on his jaw and head. 'The arms of Klaus dropped to his side, and Referee Dillon stopped the' bout. Although on his feet. Klaus was battered and did not know what was going on. Chip at no stage of the fight was in*danger. He was cool and put up a wonderful battle. OUTFIELDER TO JOIN BENEDICTS. ca-* , dec a red tiie Wisconsin body erred ii suspending Packey without a hear- i i;: The\ ui*nt further to intimate that j was up to the commission to stop 24. —Fr*d Williams, Packey ht if In >m noting the ring that had offended and not watt CHICAGO, De< ihe J-’iije _ • ' - • * v* . * i* 11 m I the promoters got clear and th«*r» bratc Christmas eve by joining the An ient and Honorable Order of Benedicts. He will bf*’married this evening to Miss Vada Perkins, of Goodland. Ind. The ceremony is to be performed at the home of the bride. ,plnce the ban on the boxer. Their con- COLUMBU5 FIVE WINS. COLUMBUS, GA., Dec. 24. -In a bas ket ball game last night, Columbus Y. M. C. .A defeated Central College, Mis souri, VI ! to :>». I'cddy,. for the locals, made 66 points. ntion is that the public is to be con sidered first, not the promoters. TIGERS LEAD CHESS TOURNEY. NEW YORK. Deo. 24. —Defeating Harvard in the second round of the twenty-second annual Ihtereollegiate Ciic- Tournament, Princeton yesterday took tl"* lead from the Cambridge play ers V, ith only Columbus to meet in th<- final round. Old Nassau has a good, chance of repeating her success of lf‘08. M'-ti r Mississippi A. & M. Has Strong Quintet ) basket bad .rd battle on it when they cultural and ., 0 ,*h. j . ^ The Cigarette of Quality NI’A\ xC>RK. I “h In a letter toj^] so ran: Herpes, Toqu’eta, Sigurd Matthew P. Ii.il|»iri, chairman of thejOrimar I>a/1, Cool. Mandadero, Fioijc athletic committee of the New York Athletic Club, Jean Bouin, holder of j the world’s -•■cord for running one hour, {.. ^4*S.TH~One anr j one-sixteenth mil* Annual Interest, ve scot. Doc Allen and Sir Al as camp si a team than la season, when they made it hot for eve: team they played in Mississippi, Al, barn a an<i Louisiana. mid annbunced ihat lie America next spring ter some of the open athletic meets t j >>iit t Bouin is he runner who at the Stock- i(’hasernali holm Olympic., * reated a sensation by Evllna his showing in the 5.000 meter race, in which he ran the winner, the redoubt- c w Kinney 110 (Tap! In). „.„K?Sv ,i°i KHwUa 105' CXeylon). - S-5. -iton ’’ nd probabb en- iMary Kmlly .105 (Woods), D : Time. 1:45 4-5. A1«.) ran: Miami. Tim Molesey, Lord Elam anfl LOADED BALL AEOLISHED. MINNEAPOLIS. LX <. 24.- The us.- of th*- io) led bail In bowling wa abolished by the officers of the Inter national Rowling Association her- i las* night. Opposition to the loaded j ball was inaugurated by the inter- &R. HUGHES. SPECIALIST Ono 16 1-2 Nt Ipposit# Third Nat 1 BanJ-. ■ North Broad St.. Atlanta. Ga Years ago Piedmont Ciga rettes captured the coun try with their goodness. And their high qualitystill keeps them popular. The v choice, mild tobacco and careful workmanship thatputs them sofarabbve all imitations, has made Piedmont the biggest selling 5c. cigarette in America. Whole coupon in each package. Chicago National League baseball park.' IQ for^* - ■