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Rule Suggested Six Years Ago
Enables Wagner to Maintain
Unbroken Record.
By (). FT Keolor.
| N the intervals of rumors con-
I < erning Billy Smith and his pend
ing Heals for Desperate Esmond j
and Third-sac ker Yeager, of Montreal
— that one looks as if it will slip, h.v
the wax and other gossip of a simi
lar nature, we note that the reason
for our old friend. Honda Wagner, get
ting once more into the National
League So<fetv for Three Hundred
Hitters uates bark about six years
ago
Hans Lobert and Zaek Wheat also
horn in under the same conditions,
and. In fart, 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.
* * •
S IX yrar* .iro Billy Murray, now a
Pirai» ■srout and thrn mannKor of
thr Phillies, instituted a motion to
credit with a sacrifice hit the useful
bloke who should arise in the pinch
and smile a lone fly to the outlaid on
which a runner on third scored
This was a deservlne clause In the
scorlne rults and has proved a popu
lar measure since Its adoption, hul
pc\ el more so than this year.
• * *
U WITHOUT that saving clause, dat-
. im t,g i v fowl old Ho
nils, for the first lime in all iiis loot
and honorable National League ca
reer. would have finished outside tile
charmed circle of Ittlft wallopers.
As It was Hans hatted an even TOO
It: ttie official figures. Without the
credit of sacrifice files deducted from
his "ai hats." the Plying Dutchman
would have lilt Juat 298—a prettx
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 lightful place in the noble three
hundred class.
• • •
R OBERT and Wheat would have
been hauled down to a miserable
.297 cacti had they been charged with
times at hat on the several oeea
sions w hen ibelr tong punches counted
runners from thtid
Among the other swatters who
profited In the rule were .lake Dnu-
hert. who led the National League by
a margin of .002. Gavvy ('ravath, I
who ran second, would have lost ,00k ^
from his record had tils sacrifice files
been plain "at lints.' and lfelnte Zlm
merman gained .still more, finishing
007 better than lie would have if Mr |
.Murray had not fathered that hright I
Idea six .years ago.
• • •
\ MONO the .300 hitters who flirt not
pole *n\ sacrifice fllc c were Mil
ler. Collins. Brown. Schmidt. Hess
Hartley, Hooper and Crandall, .lack
Miller, of Pittsburg, hit the most sa*
rifloe flies, his total being fifteen Ed .
Konetchy walloped thirteen, and two I
Cubs-Zimmerman and Saier—were
next in order, with eleven and ten.
respectively.
• * »
I ITT. to our way of thinking, the
best thing that sacrifice fly thing
has done in its six years of opera
tion was to keep old Hans Wagner
where he belongs in the most exclu
sive and select batting circle of his
league In the Society of Three Hun
dred Hitters.
We always said Honus could hit |
300. When it was reported he was
damaged and running on one side by
icason >f a busted knee and had no
chance »n hit in his usual stride we j
Dame to bat with this little asser-
t ion:
Honus will bat .300 with a crutch ,
if net essarv
Anti Honus did it
Thunks to Mr Murray.
POLLY AND HER PALS
By Cliff Steritt
GEORGE CHIP
AGAIN STOPS
E
Referee Halts Bout in the Fifth
Round to Save Pittsburger
From Knockout.
Buckingham to Coach
Denver Gridiron Bovs
DENVER, Dec. 24 H. G. Bucking
ham. of Memphis. Term., was last night
appointed coach of the University of
Denver foot hall team He formerly was
a coach of the Cniversity of Tennessee.
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I "JITTSBURG, PA., Dec 24.—
George Chip, Scranton mid
dleweight, apparently ha*
come to stay. To-day he must
be taken seriously In the strug
gle for championship honors (’hip
put himself right up in the front
ranks last night, when, for the sec
end time, he knocked out Prank
Klaus, local star. This time the fin
ish came in the fifth round of a six-
round bout.
Chip heat Klaus into a helpless]
condition, and Referee Dillon stopped
tho bout to prevent serious injury.
Landing a hard left on the Jaw of
Klaus started the Pittsburger over'
the dizzy road. Chip then closed in i
and siu>! a -luTt right to tha Jaw.I
Klaus became weaker, and Chip con- |
i.nuod raining blows on his weaken
ing opponent, putting ' him down.
Klaus got up at the count of seven,
but was very weak. Chip was after I
him like a flash, raining blows on his
jaw and head
'Pile arms of Klaus dropped to his
side, and Referee Dillon stopped the
bout. Although on ids 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.
ACKERLAND DIES.
CINCINNATI. Dec 24 Max Acker-
land, 57 years old, brother-in-law of ex-
May or Julius Pleischmann, died at his j
home here yesterday from a protracted ;
illness. He leaves u widow and several j
children A brother. Harry Aekeriand.
« f Pittsburg. Is a stockholder In the
Chicago National league baseball club. |
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Sporting Food
By GEORGE E P*4AIR <
$10,000.
Th* shades of night were falling fast
When from a baseball meeting passed
A magnate full of liquid joy
Who said: "1*11 hand you, Joe, old
boy,
S 10,000.**
11 hen Joseph heard the gladsom-e
news
It thrilled him to the eery shoes.
"I'll even play in Kankakee
lie said, "if you present to me
$10,000.**
And then the Cincinnati crowd
Spoke up in accents hjirsh and loud:
"Hoar Sir —We swear to eat our hat
Refine uoy get your hands on that
$i 0,000.**
The news was printed far and wide,
fin hill and plain and countryside,
And as it flashed about the earth
l v adiwrtising it was worth
$10,000.
* • •
In spite of ail the press aqent work
In his behalf, Joe Tinker refuses to in
fest the staae. 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.
• • •
Car be it from us to 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
m strike
• • •
Having perfected a foolproof aero
plane, It behooves Orville Wright to
move to Cincinnati and start work 6n a
fool-proof ball club.
• • •
The remains of the 12-foot giants
found In Louisiana are said to haye re
markably thick skulls This shows that
even In prehistoric times there were
white hopes
Feds Make $45,000
Offer to Joe Tinker
And Where Are Our Champions?
+ •+ •!•••$• +•+
Yes, ‘Where?' the Echo Answers
A rrry shapely collar,
I •'* b> it ably b«la nerd tti
its proportion
A *re*t favorite with voting tnen.snd those
wu* wish lo be up to the mark in style.
Ide f//i cr
CoJJars
for
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• ’war* St w-n sod nerer jap at the top.
Th^r stand for pr^c Ton . accuracy, 1 « Gait#
• icety of detail sad all-round rightness.
i wui iiuU siioefruoiUtnglo.
CHICAGO. Dec 24.—The Federal
league Is hot on the trail of Joe Linker,
former Cub and recent manager of the
Beds, and if they can get him. $45.-
hOU tor three years wili not be too high
w price 'Linker and the heads of the
Chicago Federal league club are to
meet again to-day, It is reported to
*ilk signing. The minute Tinker is
ivad' t». 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
Jn the hope that Charlie Murphy, of the
Cubs, ran get hint.
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COLUMBUS FIVE WINS.
t’OLl'MRI'S. <;\ De. J4 In a bas
ket ball gamr last night. Columbus Y.
M c \ defeated Central College. Mis
souri. 114 t«» Peddy, for the locals,
made kt» points.
By Left Hook.
T HE ring statistician who cuts
looae once a year with a review
of the champions will And him
self all out of material w’hen 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 candidates mir
White Hopes run muchly to gorgom -
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
dabby, middleweight champion of
Hammond. Ind And George Chip,
middleweight champion of Scranton,
Pa. And Frank Klaus, middleweight
champion of Pittsburg. And Frank
Mantel!, middleweight champion of
Sacramento. And Billy Papke, mid
dleweight champion of something or
otficr.
dabby 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*sn’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
is. Since taking the title from Wolgast,
the San Francisco boy has beaten hi9
two most dangerous trailers—Joe
Rivers and Leach Cross—and is now
rematched to meet the veteran “Har
lem” Tommy Murphy. But it is up to
him to fight Freddie Welsh as soon as
possible.
As featherweight champion, John
nie Kilbano had an easy year of it.
He tangoed for twenty rounds witn
Dundee, kicked “Young” Mars, of Cin
cinnati, until that youth never can
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
run for the past twelve months, leav
ing all the fighting in this class
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
lighting chance. Nothing about th.»
year 1913 for the ring birds to grow
excited over.
Fifty Motorcycle
Demons to Start in
300-Mile Marathon
SAVANNAH, GA., Deo. 24.—Fifty ma
chines are expected to compete
in 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 cupa 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 Club Is a member, and under
the sanction of which I he event will be
run. has sent down Arthur Mitchell, of
Chicago, as official referee for the
race.
While the entries are piling in the
road work has not been left undone.
The Chatham County Commissioners
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-
mile race for the world's record for the
distance -and this record will probably
stand unless another race is attempted
at Savannah.
Giants Announce
Spring Training Trip
Schedule for 1914
NEW YORK, Deo. 24.—Secretary John
R Foster, of the New York National
icague club, last night announced the
spring training trip schedule of the
earn For the first time in many years
he Giants will not play an exhibition
amp on the Polo Grounds before the
♦ ginning of the regular season.
Following is the training schedule of
the team:
March 14. 15. 21. 22, Dallas; 28. 29.
0. 31, Houston; April 1, Beaumont;
v\pri! 4. 5. 6. 7, Now Orleans; April s.
I 'bile April 9. Chattanooga; April 11,
22. 13, Baltimore.
The training schedule of the second
team follows
March 7. 8. Dallas; March 14. 15. 21,
2 Waco; March 28. 29. Dallas; March
U Denison March 31, Sherman;
April 1. Bonham; April 2 Paris; April 3.
Texarkana: April 4. .< t>. Memphis; April
V Nashville; April 8. Knoxville; April 9.
Asheville: April 10. Richmond. April 11.
Portsmouth.
LOADED BALL ABOLISHED.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 24.—The use
of the loaded ball in bowling was
abolished by the oiflcers of the Inter
national Bowling Association here
last night. Opposition to the loaded
ball was inaugurated by the inter
national association some time ago.
SHELTON STOPPED IN SIXTH.
ST LOV IS Dec. 24 -Carelessness on
the part of Jack Shelton at the begin
ning the sixth round eut a sudden md
t.» bis bout wth l.eo Kelly at th*» F\»
lure »’it> A C . List night The Como
t"ii Hili bo> landed a solid right across
to lack’s .taw which sent the former
shoemaker down for iL« count of ;eu
Freddie Welsh Made
10 to 8 Favorite
OverJohnnyDundee
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Dec. 24.—Fred
die Welsh. British champion, has been
made a 10 to 8 favorite over Johnny
Dundee, the Eastern lightweight, by lo
cal fans. Welsh has been working here
for the past week and is showing great
form in his daily workouts.
Harry Pollock, manager of Welsh, is
lool^pg for a sure win for his protege.
Pollock says he nas Welsh matched to
box Frank Whitney in Atlanta and feels
that a victory over Dundee will boost
Freddie's stock considerably. The
Eastern lightweight has oeen going good
of late and is being touted all over
the country as a contender for Willie
Ritchie's crortn. This means that
Welsh will have to be at his best to
win.
Dundee is expected here some time
to-morrow and will get down to real
work at once. A victory over Welsh
will be a big feather in his cap
Mississippi A. & M.
Has Strong Quintet
The Atlanta Athletic Club basket ball
team is going to have a hard battle on
i s hands next Saturday night when they
meet the Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College quintet.
Reports from the visitors' camp state
timl ,hey have a better team than last
season, when they made it hot for every
team they play^d In Mississippi. Ala
bama and lx'U.a.aua.
Western Magnates
May Get Control of
St. Louis Americans
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24. —It was
learned to-day from an Eastern baseball
man wintering here that a deal Is on
between President Maier. of the Venice
and Stockton clubs, and Bob Hedges
and the directors of the St. Louis
Browns, whereby the Coast League
magnates expect to obtain control of
the Browns and will back Hap Hogan
as magager of the team. No confirma
tion could be had of the story Hap
Hogan is manager of the Venice cluh,
In the Coast League.
Moran Hopes to Get
Fights in New York
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 24—Owen
Moran, the British lightweight, disgust
ed with the poor showing which he
made against .Toe Azevedo over in Oak
land a few nights ago. has decided to
shake the dust of California from Ms
shoes and take a chance a? the ten-
round game in New York lie depart-
ed for the East, promising to return in
good form.
Moran says that he can got on in New
York, and he expects to start there in a
few weeks after he does some training
If there is nothing doing for him around
Gotham, Moran Intends to return to
London, where, he sa.ss. he can ulwava
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 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
Fourteen Games for
1914 Rutgers Nine
NEW BRUNSWICK, N J., Dec. 24.—
The Rutgers College 1914 baseball sched
ule, consisting of fourteen games, was
announced to-day. The local college
is to have a Saturday game with Prince
ton.
The schedule for the Southern trip,
to follow the Princeton game, has not
been announced yet. The schedule fol
lows:
March 23—West Point, at West Point.
April 4—Princeton, at rrinceton; April
15. Hamilton, at home; April 18, R. P.
I., at home; April 25, Union, at home;
April 29, Urslnus, 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 York University,
at New York; May 23. Delaware, at
Newark, Del.; May 30, Union, at Sche
nectady.
June 18—Stevens, at home.
McFarland Is Still
In Good Graces of
NewYork'Commish'
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Packey Mc
Farland is still in the good of the
lew York State Athletic Commission.
There will be no suspension of the »'hi-
ago boxer because he offended in Wls-
onsin, which State ruled him out of the
r ng for a year. The boxing body of this
! State took up the McFarland case with
] s regular business yesterday, blit failed
jt> see why they should punish the Chi-
i cagoan.
i The commission, in discussing the
lease, declared the Wisconsin body erred
ifi suspending Packey without a hear
I ig. They went further to Intimate that
i was up to the commission to stop
! Packey from’ entering the ring that
light if he had offended and not wai’
t ntII the promoters got clear and then
place the ban on the boxer. Their con
1'ntlon is that the public is to be eon-
idered first, not the promoters.
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