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KEEPS HINDS
IN .300 CLASS
Rule Suggested Six Years Ago
Enables Wagner to Maintain
Unbroken Record.
B\ (). B. Krolor.
| N the Intervals of rumors con
I ccrnlng Billy Smith and his pend
ing: deals for Desperate Esmond
and Thlrd-sarker Teaser, of Montreal
that one looks as if it will allp. hv
the wav and other gossip of a slm!
lar nature, we note that the reason
for our old friend. Honus Wagner, Ret
ting onr-e more Into the National
Deague Society for Three Hundred
Hitters nates back about six years
ago
Hans Ieobort and Zack Wheat also
horn In under the same conditions
and, in fact, that exclusive society,;
this year numbering 23 member.'*
would have been curtailed by three
had it not been for something that
happened half a dozen > ears ''back.
We refer to the sacrifice fiv rule.
POLLY AND HER PALS By Cliff Steritt
S IX \ oar5 ago Billy Murray, now a
Pirate scout and then manager of
i he Phillies, instituted a motion to
credit with n sacrifice hit the useful
bloke who should arise in the pinch
and smite a long fly to the ouflsld on
which a runner on third scored.
This was a deserving clause in the
f* •>< ing rules, and has proved a popu-
'ar measure since its adoption, hut
nevei more so t an this ’ear.
• * •
U 7ITHOUT that saving clause, dat
ing six years back, good old Ho-
nus. for the first lime in all his long
end honorable National League ca
reer, would have finished outside the
charmed circle of 300 wallopers.
As ii was. Hans batted an even 300
1> the official figures. Without the
credit of sacrifice fli<deducted fxom
r . a' hats." tiie Klyii.* Dutehmar
, <Pt- (i pret t v
fair ■ itt' a\ ei age. by t.ite v* ,y. but a
whole lot of a margin •'hen those i
wretched little two pQif?Ut would have
separated tin* shortstop from |
! v igh.tfu’ olaev in i: ‘ noble three
hundreef ctass.
DltBKRT atrl D'heat would
have
been hauled >twn to a miserable
.:97 each had thvy VX’d> charged with i
times at hr,t on ihe several occa
sions when their long -punches counted
runners from third
Among the other »wutters who
profited b> the rule were lake Dan
Leri, who led the National 1 eagu* by
h margin of .002. (ti*wv Orsvath,
w ho ran second, would have lost 005
from his record had Ms sacrifice flies
teen plain “at bats." and Ilelnle Zim
merman gained still more, finishing
.007 better than he would have If Mr
Murray had not fathered that bright'
idea six years ago.
• • •
\ MONO the .300 hitters who did not
** pole any sacrifice file', were Mil
ler, Collins, Brown, Schmidt. Hess
Hartley. Hooper and Frandall. Jack
Miller, of Pittsburg, hit the most sac
tifice flies, ids total being fifteen Kd
Konetchy walloped thirteen, and two
Cubs—Zimmerman and Saier were
next in order, with eleven and ten.
respectively.
| FT. to our way of thinking, the!
best thing that sacrifice fly F’ingj
I a« done In its six years of ■ para-
t on 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 wa*
damaged and running on one side b\
leason of a busted knee and had no
chance to hit in his usual stride- we
rame to bat with this little asser
tion
“Honus will bat .300 with a crutch,
if necessary."
And Honus did it.
Thanks to Mr. Murray.
AGAIN STOPS
[sporting Food And Where Are Our Champions?
i By GEORGE E PHAIR < +#+ +•+ +•+ +,+ +• + +*+
Yes, ‘Where?’ the Echo Answers
Referee Halts Bout in the Fifth
Round to Save Pittsburger
From Knockout.
$10,000.
The shades <tf night were Tall nig fast
H hen from a banc ball meeting passed
I magnate full of liquid joy
j Who saiil: "I'll hand you, Joe, old
boy,
.)110,000."
II to n Joseph heard the gladsmne
nt tes
It thrilled him to the very shoes.
"I'll even play in Kankakee*' ,
He said, "if you present to me
$10,000 ”
Dec.
’hip, Scranton
apparently
To-day he
Buckingham to Coach, [°<‘J
i George A
. dleweight
come to stay,
be taken seriously in the
gle for championship honors,
put himself right tip in the
ranks last night, when, for* the sec
end time, he knocked out Prank
Klaus, local star. This time the fin-
1 ish came in tlie fifth round of a six-
round bout.
Anti then the Cincinnati crotcd
Spoke up in accents harsh amt loud:
i ITTSBl A P® c - -**•— "hear Sir—IVr swe%r to eat our hat
mid- i lief ore you get your hands on that
h.-ts | $10,000.”
must
strug- The news was printed far and wide,
t’hiPi On hilt and plain and countryside,
front .4 tu i a s n flashed about the earth
As advertising it was worth
$10,000.
• * •
I In spite of all the press agent work
tin beat Klaus into a belnless i i n hi * behalfl Joe Tinker refuses to In-
; !■ . , L ,, , ple **V feat the stage, thereby making himself
, Ltion. anti Referee Dillon stopped the idol of theater patrons.
Tlomrpr livinivnn RflVQ ! 1 1 )0!U to prevent serious injur> * • • •
L/LIIVCI VJliUIiUU Jjvf V O Landing a hard left on the jit# of The fact that Mr. Tinker demands
’ I Klaus started the Pittsburger over three-year contract to play In Brooklyn
DENVER. Dec 24 H. G. Bucking
ham. of Memphis. Tenn . was last right
appointed coach of the University of
Denver football team He formerly was
a coach of the University of Tennessee
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R
Apply any Agent.
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 hia weaken
ing opponent, putting him down.
Klaus got up ut the count of seven,
but w*aa very weak. Chip was after
him like a flash, raining blows on h1s
jaw and head
The arms of Klaus dropped to h'.s
aide, 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.
shows that he Is
ment.
a glutton for punish*
Far be it from ua 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 ef Charities
complains that the State haar»*t enough
Institutions to provide for Its Idiots.
The said board evidently attended the
alx-day bicycle race.
* • •
It may be true that Fred Clarke of
fered $35,000 for Joe Tinker, but he did
not apeak above a whisper.
By Left Hook.
fj>HE ring statistician who cuts
J loose once a year with a review
of the champions will find him
self all out of material when he
reaches for the 3912 “dope.”
Jack Johnson had a liyely year, In
jail and out, mostly in. but as heavy
weight champion the Big Cinder was
not t ailed upon to defend Ills 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 our
White Hopes run muchly to gorgon-
zola, the same being a fine brand of
ripe cheese recently discovered by Jow
Reichl.
Ah! yes; the middleweight cham
pions. some flock. We have Jimmy
Clabby, middleweight champion of
Hammond, Ind And George Chip,
middleweight champion of Scranton,
Pa. And Frank Klaus, middleweight
champion of Pittsburg. And Frank
Mantell. middleweight champion of
Sacramento. And Billy Papke, mid
dleweight champion of something or
other.
Clabby appears to be the best of the
lot, with Chip a suspicious second.
The remainder of the herd might
possibly qualify as sparring partners
for a reaJ fighter.
Packy McFarland la the welter-
Giants Announce
Spring Training Trip
Schedule for 1914
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How lucky it was for the National
ACKERLAND DIES. l.eague that Its meeting was not held
( CINCINNATI, Dec*. 24 Max Acker- in Cleveland, where the barkeeps are on
land, 57 tears old. brother-in-law of ex /i strike
j Mayor Julius FleUchmann, died at his. • • •
home here yesterday from a protracted Having perfected a fool-proof aere-
lillr.es*: He leas t s a widow and several j plane. It behooves Orville Wright to
j children A brother. Harry \ekerland. move to Cincinnati and start work on a
of Pittsburg. Is a stockholder in the fool-proof ball club.
[Chicago National league baseball club ] * • •
I The remains of the 12-foot giants
(found In Louisian^ are said to have re-
•markably thick skulls. This shows that
oven in prehistoric times there were
white hopes.
Feds Make $45,000
Offer to Joe Tinker
Canterbury
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adanrablv oalaaced in
ita proportion*.
A great favorite w(*ki vonng «te«,a«<1 tho
wk# wiab to be tip to tfa- mark i« atyle.
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j CHICAGO. Dec 24 -The Federal
league la hot on the trail of Joe Tinker,
former Cub and recent manager of the
: Keds. and If they can get him. $46.-
i000 for three years will not be too high
'a price. Tinker and the heads of the
j Chicago Federal League club at e to
meet again to-day. it la reported to
'alk signing The minute Tinker Is
ready to affix hia name to a contract
!the Federal people will poet the $45,000
In a bank to insure Joe that his money
will follow hia service. The offer meets
in the hope that Charlie Murphy, of the
[Cubs, can get him.
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COLUMBUS FIVE WINS.
! COIJ MBV’S, GA . Dec. 24. In a bas-
l ket hall game last night. Columbus Y.
M. C v. defeated Central College. Mis-J
aouri. 114 to 26. Peddy, for the locals,
made 66 points.
NEW YORK, Deo. 24.--Secretary John
B. Foster, of the New York National
,eague 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
arne on the Polo Grounds before the
eginntng of the regular season
Following is the training schedule of
the team:
March 14. 15. 21. 22. Dallas; 28. 28.
0. 31. Houston; April 1, Beaumont;
April 4. 5. 6. 7. New Orleans. April 8.
Nobile; April 9. Chattanooga; April 11,
12. 13, Baltimore.
The training schedule of the second
team follows
March 7, S. Dallas; March 14, 15. 21.
2. Waco: March 28. 29, Dallas: March
0. Denison; March 31. Sherman;
April 1. Bonham. April 2. PariR; April 8.
Texarkana; April 4. 5. 6. Memphis: April
7. Nashville; April 8. Knoxville, April 9.
Asheville April 10. Richmond: April 11,
Portsmouth.
LOADED BALL ABOLISHED.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 24.—The uae
of the loaded ball in bowling was
abolished by the officers 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. 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 V O . last night The Comp
ton Hill boy landed a solid right across
to Jack's jaw which sent the former
shoemaker down for the count of ten.
weight champion, but he isn’t printing
this fact on his letterheads, for f^ar
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 his
two most dangerous trailers—Joe
Rivers and L.eaeh 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 Kilbane 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 heen on the
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 bantamw elgnt king in everything
but name.
Not a title changed handa, not a
champion (save Ritchie) took a
fighting chance. Nothing about the
year 1913 for the ring birds to grow
excited over.
Freddie Welsh Made
10 to 8 Favorite
OverJohnnyDundee
NICW ORLEANS, LA., Deo. 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
looking 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 neen going good
of late and Is being touted all over
the country as a contender for Willie
Ritchie's crown. This mean* 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 bard battle on
its hands next Saturday night when they
meet the Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College quintet.
Reports from the visitors’ camp state
that they have a better team than last
season when they made it hot for every
team they played in Mississippi, Ala
bama and Louisiana.
Fifty Motorcycle
Demons to Start in
300-Mile Marathon
SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 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 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 Club is a member, and under
the sanction of which the 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.
Fourteen Games for
1914 Rutgers Nine
NEW BRUNSWICK, N J., Deo. 24 —
The Rutgers College 1914 baseball sched
ule, consisting of fourteen games, was
announced to-day. The locaJ college
Is to have a Saturday game with Prince
ton.
The schedule for the Southern trip,
to rollow the Princeton game, has not
been announced yet. The schedule fol
lows:
March 28—West Point, at Welt Point.
April 4—Princeton, at Princeton; 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 13—Stevens, at home.
McFarland Is Still
In Good Graces of
NewYork'Commish'
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Packey Me
Farland Is still In the good graces of th«
New York State Athletic Commission
There will be no suspension of the Chi-
ago boxer because he offended In Wisc
onsin, which State ruled him out of the
T ng for a year. The boxing body of this
( State took up the McFarland case with
1 s regular business yesterday, but failed
to see why they should punish the Chi
cagoan.
The commission, in discussing th«
case, declared the Wisconsin body erred
Jn suspending Packey without a heat
fig. They went further to intimate that
J was up to the commission to stop
Packey from entering the ring that
Tight if he had offended and not wait
until the promoters got clear and then
place the nan on the boxer. Their con
tentlon is that the public 1* to be ecn-
ldered first, not the promoter*.
Western Magnates
May Get Control of
St. Louis Americans
LOS ANGELES, Deo. 24.—ft wti
learned txx-day from an Eastern baeeball
man wintering here that a deal Is on
between President Mater, of the Venice
and Stockton clubs, and Bob Hedges
and the directors of the St. Louis
Browns, whereby the Coast League
magnate* expect to obtain control of
the Browns and will back Hap Hogan
a* manager of the team. No confirma
tion could be had of the story. ITap
Hogan is manager of the Venice club,
4n the Coast League.
Cigarette of
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 Joe Azevedo over in Oak
land a few nights ago has decided to
shake the dust of California from his
shoe* and take a chance at the ten-
round game In New York. He depart
ed for the East, promising to return in
good form.
Moran says that he can get 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 says, he can alwavs
get plenty of work in the ring
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CARDS PLANS SOUTHERN TRIP.
ST. AUGUSTINE. EL A. 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 srrive
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.
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