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ON STOCK FOB Tl SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT The Judge Gets One Anyway If Shafer Retires From Game Mt- Graw Will Probably Use For mer Mobile Star. By Damon Runyon. N j*EW YORK. Dec. 24.—Assuming I for the purpose of a column or I so of linotype lines In this In conspicuous corner of the evening j paper, that “Tlllle" Shafer will keej his threat against Dos Angeles t" remain In that city all next season, and for many seasons to come. Mil- ton Stock, alias "Goat.” becomes Heir i Apparent to third base. As we have patiently explained at ] great length heretofore, there is real- ! ly no great hopes that "Tillie” will j not be present with tin* Giants in; 1914. third-basing after his own pe- | culiar fashion, but in the interim, j w hile he is busily occupied retiring j . cont e ca piat e th« sad and silent spectacle of M Stock, the Heir Apparent. Charles Wahoo Murphy, the Chica- . go •“onversatlonallst. earnestly en- deavorel to steal Milton from under the vers eyes of "Sinister” Dick Kin- sella. the demon Ivory hunter, last fall, and Milt was rescued by John J. \fi Graw only after a lot of intense | thought had agitated the bean o! j John !>. Poster, Champion Catch Weights Secretary of the World. “Crazy*’ Schmidt, the celebrated southpaw antique, unearthed Milton up at Pond du Lac in the Wisconsln- Illinois 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. • * • \ OW, that ended the Giants’ privl- ’ lege to recall Stock under an op tional agreement, and he became the pioperty 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 the proper channels in due form. There is a rule that purchased players must report 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 case, 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 Wahoo 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 from Mobile, at the draft meeting in Cincinnati. Murphy hunted up “Bud” Sharp, scout for the Stallings forces, and asked him what man he wfls after. Hogg.' said Sharp, meaning C. Bradley Hogg, a pitcher. “Draft Stock,” urged Murphy, “and I'll give you a good trade for hint.” Thus, when Sharp named his Mo bile draft it was Stock, and not Hogg. Soon after Murphy ran into "Sinis ter" Dick Ktnsella. who was at the meeting, and Jeered at the distin guished ivory hunter. “You follows have lost .Stock,” he said, 'lie'll be playing in my infield # next season as a regular." * * • T HE sinister one bustled about quite furiously until be bad learned the circumstances of the case, then be hastened to Chicago to see McGraw. Meantime Stock, who lives in Chicago, had appeared around the Auditorium Hotel to greet bis former accomplices In baseball, the Southern League season having ended. Mc Graw sent for Foster, and Foster re called the circumstances of the case. The Giants jy ere leaving for St. Louis that night, and McGraw took no fur ther chances. He bundled Stock aboard the train, although Milton had not been ordered to report to the 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 paid. Yes, he had told him 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 a-as not at fault, and so the National Comraisisoo let Me 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. « %rHli hi SNA HOO- is^e HARM COMING AnO H£ HAi A TVKft.e</- HERfc'i a CHANCE ■For* AM OUT- I ICAUEVC GOT a cewr Out i'au K-10 HiM iwro GAmBl/wG- FOR f+is TURK-e-/ ONJt FLOP oAthe . Pli£ FOR THE TORCeV ikxPZ- OlLt. - V^ELL THJVT-'S DlSH — FOUR V* m owe SvmE THAT tHET ONCE OVER- K'D INDOOR SPORTS By Tad 133-POUNDERS Charlie Does Not Claim Title Be-1 cause of His Victory Over Ad Woigast. By Sol Plox. C "A HR* AGO, Dec. 24. -Charlis White is a big man among the 133-pounders now as a result of his victory on clean hits over Adolph Woigast tn Frank Mulkern’s arena at Milwaukee Friday night. We say victory because in our mind there I* no question that the Chicago Hebrew had a comfortable margin on boxing points after the half hour of savage milling. It is not our intention to give the impression that Woigast fought like a fast-fading man and a “has been." Far from it. The Cadillac Dutchman was mighty good Friday night. There was no suspicion of a fat stomach, as we | )a ,i been told there would be. Woigast was in good shape, n» fine as he can got in these days. He was tough and strong and he was hitting with terrific force for seven rounds. Ad sloped up materially in the las; three periods, but the fast pace would have told on a youngster. White told us after the fight that he knew Woigast was “In” in the last round, but that he was too tired to hit him hard enough to score a knockdown or a knockout. ^ os, Woigast showed up surpris ingly well. If he keeps in the same excellent condition this winter he’ll whip most of the lightweights he tackles, ft will take a whale of a tighter to hand him a real trimming. White won because he fought the light of ids life, and to Wolgast's • '■edit may It be said that he made W hlte fight. There was no other re course In the face of the persistent W olgast attack White simply had to fight. Nate Lewis, White’s manager yes terday Issued the following state ment ; I don’t think there is any doubt in the minds of all fair-minded critics that White beat Woigast. Ad, be fore the fight. announced that he would claim the 133-pound chain- juoviship if he won. Now that White has outfought him 1 want to say this: 1 am not out claiming the title tor White in the real 1i3-pound light weight division. But 1 think ho stands as close to the top as anv- b°d\ On the strength of this. I wish to announce that White 1 9 open to meet any 138-pound bov In the game, and if any one of them laces him I will step aside and say his conqueror is the champion. I think Charlie is the best boy in the world at 133, but he l| have to beat a couple more good ones before he can clinch the cham pionship. The men 1 would like most to send him against are Leach Cross and Johnny Dundee. If thev will sign articles I will guarantee to fur nish a club that will offer them satis factory inducements." Richie's Own Story of Career *r • *1* v *i* • *1* Willie Takes First Trip East Thin is the tenth of a series of stones of the life and hatties of fAsht- irriyht Champion Willie Ritchie, written exclusively for The Georgian. Sporting 1 Food Sidelights on S ports BOXING News of the Ring Game 1 By A. H. C. MITCHELL p — Canterbury A Tcnr *h»pHy co':»r, admirably o*’.»»c^din It* proportion* A great favorite w :fc rontlf thoao who wnta to be «p to the mark in Ide Silver ColJars for 25c alwa^a fit well and never gap at the top. Th^v ttanri for precision, accuracy, nfiai'.e nicety of deta ; and all-ronnd Hghinea*. Larlton Shoe k Clothing Co Moran Hopes to Get Fights in New York SAX FRANCISCO, Dec 24. -Owen Moran, the British lightweight, disgust ed with the poor showing which he made against Joe Azevedo over in Oak land a few nights ago. has decided to shake the dust of California from his shoes and take a chance at the ten- round game in New York He depart e-l for the East, promising to return tn good form. Moran says that he ran get on in New York, and he expects to start there tn a few weeks after lie does some training If there is nothing doing for him around Gotham, Moran intends to return to London, where, he says, he can always get plenty of work in the ring CARDS PLANS SOUTHERN TRIP ST. AUGUSTINE. FLA . Dec. 24 — Word was received to-day from Man ager Huggins of the St. Louis Cardi nals saying that the advance guard of the team twenty men will arrive here February 20 for spring training Fifteen or twent> more men will ar rive on the first of March All of them will remain iiere until the April series with the Athletics is' completed I The shades of mpht were falhnp fast I When from a baseball meeting passed | A magnate full of liquid jog ! Who said: “1*11 hand you, Joe, old boy, S 10,000." When Joseph heard the gladsome news It thrilled him to the very shoes. "I'll even play in Kankakee He said, "if you present to me $10,000." And then the Cincinnati crowd Spoke up in accents harsh and loud: "Hear Sir—We swear to eat our hat Before you get your hands on that S10,000 " The news was printed far and wide, f On hilt and plain and countryside, And as it flashed about the earth As advertising it iras worth $10,000. V • • In spite of ail the press agent work! In hi< behalf, Joe Tinker refuses to in fest the stage, thereby making himself the idol of theater patrons. • * • The fact that Mr. Tinker demands a three-year contract to play in Brooklyn shows that he Is a glutton for punish ment. * • • Far be It from us tp offer any advice ' to the Cincinnati directorate, but 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 ja 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. \I1K Cincinnati Enquirer The remains of the 12-foot giants! ound in l^ouisiana are said to have re markably thick skull? This shows that . even in prehistoric times there were white hopes. * T' j prints a cartoon showing a * donkey ii^ 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 aeason.” The don key 1« supposed to represent the Cincinnati baseball club. • • • C I.ARK GRIFFITH, manag-er of the Washington taam, who managed the Cincinnati team for three years, 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 PorU- totvn, he never had any misun derstanding with the chief execu tive of the club. The trouble makers tn the organization, says Griffith, are the Fleischmanns, 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 thev 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 ttdvice. It seems the manager turned on the would-be advisers •and talked to them In most un complimentary language Natur ally they became peeved at Tink er and decided that In the future Joseph could do ht^ talking to the directors of some other clVib. It was these gents and not Herr mann that gave Tinker the gate recently. • • • F 1 AN \ ou imagine hojv these gents felt when they read in the papers that Herrman had sold Tinker to the Brooklyh club for $25,000. of which $10,000 was to given Tinker? They hustled the other directors together and when Herrmann arrived in Cin cinnati from New York thty held a meeting and voted to repudiate the Tinker dea4. It must be nice to have any thing to do with the Cincinnati ball club M ANAGER BILL CARRIGAjf, of the Red Sox, has displayed much horse sense in deciding that March 8 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 w^eek ahead of time, the same as Carrigan plans to do. • * * HICK 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 jr 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. SHELTON STOPPED IN SITXH. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 24.—Carelessness on the part of Jack Shelton at the begin ning of the sixth round put a sudden end to his bout with Leo Kelly at the Fu ture City A. C.. last night The Comp- i#n Hill boy landed a solid right across to Jack’s Jaw which sent the former shoemaker down for the count ef ten. Carl Morris drew viown a little over $5,000 for his appearance in the ring within the past three months? - appear ances. not fighting. And then they blame a hobo for not working. ’Tis a funny world. • * * Frank Baker left these parts last night for Savannah, Ga., where he meets JelT 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 WolgaaL former lightweight champion, and / K. O. Brown, of New York, will clash In a ten round go In Milwaukee on New Year's Day. Woi gast and Brown met twice before for six rounds In Philadelphia and in New York for ten rounds. • * * Battling Levlnsky 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 Saul’s management. • * * Charlie Goldman, the New York ban tamweight boxer, thinks that his record of sixteen years In tne ring, in which time he has mingled in something like 420 bouts, entitles him to a chance at Johnny Coulon, the champion. So do Georges Carpentfer 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 way, that Is not in keptng with the gentility of the London way of boxing. Or, that is. we used to have. • * * “Peanuts' Schleberl. 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-Woigast scrap last Friday night and stopped his man In five rounds. Milwaukee critics are loud in their praise of Schieberi. who has been winning regularly for the past year He \» anxious to meet any of our 122-pound boya By AYill^o Ritchie. S AX FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.—After my battle with Freddie Welsh | in Los Angeles E felt that 1 was on my way to climb up to the top of the ladder. It gave me plenty of confidence, and. while I thought that I should have been entitled to at least a draw. I did not do any hollering, for I knew that my show ing would give me a reputation all over the world, and I 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 I figured that if L had class enough to give Welsh such a tough argument 1 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. I wanted another crack at W'elsh, and I issued a challenge to fight him in San Francisco right away. Welsh seemed willing enough, too, provid ed that 1 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 the purse, and after his cut there would be practically noth ing left for me, so the match fell through. • * * T T was then that Emil Thiry, raan- 1 ag:er of Paokey McFarland, came to me and talked the Eastern Idea into my head. “Come back with us, Willie, and take a chance," said Thiry. “I can land you all kinds of good matches back there, and I know that you can beat those fellows In the short dis tance game.” “But how about Packey?” I said. “Maybe he will get sore if 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 111 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. Yew can box with me, and I will do ail 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 Thlry’s ad vice and look the Eastern field over, anyway. • * • V17E 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 r 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 w’as entitled to a match with any of the Eastern lightweights, 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 to me. Anyhow, I 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 1 just left sunny Call- XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R, R. Apply any Agent. fornia, and I was not used to that snow and that sleet. Still, T figured! that I would have to put up with) everything that came along if I hoppd to make good in the ring. I just j knuckled down and made up my mind j to do the best I could. • * * TV Tf battle with Saylor was a glx- iVA round, no-decision affair. I mu«t confess that I was a bit nervous, for it was all new to me. I had been used to the rough and tumble style of the four-round game here, and I know that I did not give as good an exhibition as I might have. The battle was fast ’ht that. Saylor tried a lot of nny stuff on me and I took it all good naturedly. He was! the big favorite. They gave me a loti of “Native Son’* yells, but ' expected these, so I did not pay any attention! to them. Anyhow, they seemed to ! like my work all right, and the pa pers said that 1 showed promise, but that I had a lot to Igarn about the! game, 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 fight young Kohler, who was a big card there. But the day before the bat tle Kohler hurt himself in training so they sent me in against a big:,! husky fellow* named Yankee Schwartz. I tried my right cross on j him and flattened him in two rounds,] and this made me feel pretty good. They wanted me back in Philadel phia again, so I returned. I took onj Harry Trenda.H and Young Erai within a month. 1 thought that had a good lead in each battle, but] they were called draws by most o' the critics, so I let them go at tha because I learned how to handle my self in the short distance game, and this experience helped me out i whole Jot. After the Erne fight the old fil ing to return home got me. so I de cided • to go back to San Franclsoo.1 Up to this time Thiry had been man aging me, but as 1 was leaving and as he was busy with McFarland, ve agreed to split up. There was no] trouble between us, although all sorts- of stories were printed about the F(? smashup. J still think a whole lot) of Thiry and Packey, and I believs they think the same of me. Anderson and Cross In Stiff Workout LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24.—Bud An- derson and Leach Cross each wenl through a strenuous workout yester day afternoon In preparation fc>f| their big match on New Year’s Piy, Bud went over the four-round rotft4| with Solly Burns and two wttb Irtor.'d Greenleaf. Besides the work will the mitts. Anderson did the un*l rope skipping and shadow' sparrinfj stunts. Cross went three rounds each with Kid Dalton and Babe Picato besidefl skipping the rope, shadow boxing and punching the bag for several rounds. Cross is doing his training at Jack Doyle’s camp, while Anderson !• working out at the Vernon Arena. WAAGE TO ENTER NOTRE DAMS. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—George tVaaxft the middle distance track man will leave the University of Chicago and ^ ter Notre Dame after the. first of tn« year. This was the announcement the former Lane High School star terday. W&age had been enrolled #' Midway since September, but has hna - ly been induced by Influential Hoo?i pI men to go to Notre Dame. FULL OF SCABS What rould be more pltfftd tb*n tb« cotvH tlon told of in thl* letter from A. R. A«rr- 'Waterloo. N. Y.: inn It'* We have been u»ln* year ••tterin*. the beet on earth far ekln ailment* "<•*• 8 C. Hart wa* a tight til M* Jac. mi a mas* of scab*. Tatter In* ha* Cured by Tetterine Tettertne mres eczema, ground Itch. rta»| worm and all akin trouble*. IU *** BOo at druMlats. or by man. ■lacteal. A Pul 1 Mav V' % J luni] p Von to the Top, but Wil 1 It Kee] p You There?