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1 COLLEGES
ILL NUMBER
New System Is Welcomed by the
Football Enthusiasts All Over
the Country,
Bv Frank <L Menke.
N EW YORK, Dec. 25.—In keep
ing with the Yuletide spirit,
most of the big colleges in the
, untry came along to-day with a
' n,.»st acceptable gift for the football
. mhusiasts—the announcement that
P.-xt season they will number their
• 'ball gladiators.
In the East Princeton, Pennsylva-1
:i ,-i. Brown, Cornell. Dartmouth and
\ irlisle came out in favor of the plan.
So have Holy Cross, University of
Maine, Colgate^ and a number of the
,-mailer colleges. Washington and!
Jefferson College has numbered its
■player* tor two years. The Army of-
. tr ials declared they would number
:,ieir men if the Navy did; the Navy
said it would number its men if the
Arm.' did. So it seems certain that
both these institutions will fall into
line.
•V f- * * *
I X the West the conference colleges
* have announced they would num-
► her their players next year. The
-mailer Western colleges have fol
lowed the larger ones in approving
1 he plan.
This leaves only Harvard and A ale
among the big institutions in the en
tire country that have not openly fa
vored the plan. However, it is said
that the officials at both these col
leger have changed their recent
=views on the subject, and that when
i;c}4 rolls around they will not hold
out against the numbering plan.
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A URGE flock of persons in this
-V i iin d of the free and home of tIre
rave leadlly aj?i ee with Boli Fitz-
-immons in his statement to-day
litat, as old as lie is, he could go into
he ring and hummer into oblivion |
1 bont 90 per rent of the persons who
appear therein and obtain the pub- ,
Jfr’s money under the false pretense
•if fighting.
Fitzsimmons' is something over .if.
lie's otft of training, his wind is not ;
good as it used to be, lie's a hi!
dabby here and there, and some of
muscles and joint* have stiffened |
til age. But after watching the an-
of Carl Morris, Jim Flynn. George :
lio'lel; Jim Coffey. Soldier Kearns,]
. Jc.-s Willard und legions of other j
(•ngshoremen, street car conductors
ail railroad firemen, thinly disguised
,is "white hopes," we're willing to
Igor money on Fitzsimmons against
till field, atid give big odds us well.
Juarez Racing
Results
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST Six furlongs. BtrUa IF;
'feneyi. 4. 8-5, 1-5. won; Genera!
alien 07 (Nevlonl, J. even. 1-2. see
„1 ,t,t Got eh ins (Kirsohbauini. !. X-o,
’• third. Time. 1:14 1-5. Also ran;
■nth V . Colonel Mel 'uueull. latile Hit,
oof. Thomas, Hare Uarona. Vava.
lahama Ham. George. I'urln. hool
Fortune and Barbara Lane.
si;gond Mile: Little Marchmont
, Loft,is). 2. 2-5. out, won; Joe
,,,„ls 107 (MeMartin), 8. 3. 3-3. »ec-
• 1; Eye White 107 (Neylon). 4-o, 1-5.
i. third. Time, 1:40 3-5. Also ran:
i,lie Shapiro, Stonettian, Ben > ncas
id Commendation. , , A .
THIRD—Six furlongs: ttsapie l ho
• nylon, 0. 8-5, 4-5, won: Manganese
it (Gentry), 7, 5-2, 6-5. second; Hlar-
Ii4 (Gross), 6. 2, even, third, 'l ime.
i;j 2-:. A'so ran: Janiel, Fi;- ,l4trr > ;
iMpath. Milton Koblee. Bing and
liitii W. . ,. . ,
Ril’KTH -Five furlongs: Sir Fretful
■ (Taylor), 4. 6-5, l-2. won; Bonne
>iance 105 (Neylon), 7-2, even. l-i>.
ond; Bert Getty 100 (Matthews),
i-2, 2-5. third. Time 1:26 45. Also
!'•■ Transparent. Voladay. Jr., Nicias.
FIFTH - Six furlongs: Parlor Boy 10
Benton), 4, #-5, 4-5. won; Barsac 10<
Matthew's'), 3. 2, even, second: Mack
’•• Kubanks 100 (Woods). 3, even. 1-2,
Ijird, Time 1:13 1-5. Also ran: Seneca
• w**i of Asia. Amon, Jessupburn, Gold
inn. Swish. Hardy. , ^
SIXTH Mile and one-eighth—Gordie
89 (Noyhm). 8-5, won; Sugar Dump,
=10. second; Sir John, even, third,
’ime 1:54.
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P, 0. Men Rest First
Time in Three Weeks
The first leisure moments the work
ing force at the Atlanta postoffice have
ki.-twn for three weeks came Christ-
Day at noon, when all departments
(, f the big establishment were closed
find the men went to their homes to
‘mend the rest of the day with their
families and friends.
The general delivery window's and
' 'H p of the stamp windows were kept
pn all morning and two city deliv-
'"‘p* were made by the carriers and
"■n parcel post wagons.
Carlisle drops Dartmouth.
p ARUISLK. PA Dec. 26.—Coach
{ »l«fnn Warner, on liis return yesterday
fr,, m a shooting trip In the South, said
” <c Dartmouth probably will be
'Tapped from the fotball schedule of
">y '■’arlisle Indian School next year.
, The Indians have been Invited to play
• n Hanover next year, but owing to
p long trip and the probability of
: 1 1 financial returns. Warner said
arhsle, felt compelled to decline The
Indians would have liked a Dartmouth
Karne in New’ York or Boston, but this
prevented by Dartre out h faculty re-
•trictiona.
ill Schwartz To Be Tinkerized
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F Vols’Manager Refuses to Weaken
ijM Cures !n 1 t« 5 day*
MM 1 unnatural dl»* barges.
RTa « ■ * Im. mu.n nofhiW>«C
W mMw'w IT may *• «ki fun
strength absolutely
without fear. Guarau-
n stricture. Prevent* <ontagl<>n.
„y w Y NOT CURE YOURSELF"
,• or by parcel post. $1 or
,ori ie« $2.75. Particulars with each
>'i l i e c * r mailed on request
EVANS CHEMICAL COMPANY
Cincinnati, O.
Jimmy Johnston Threatens to Bet
$5,000 on Boer Against the
Smith-Pelkey Victor,
By Ed Curley.
N - KW YORK, Dec. 25.—Joimes
Johnston, the hoy manager of
these here and other parts,
breezed over our parquet floor lawst
evening simply puffing himself away
in an excited manner. And Joimes is
some puffer.
The way that young man was
worked up was simply scandalous.
“Nothin’ extraordinary,” lie gasped,
when he noted the looks of alarm on
our alabaster features. “Just fell in
to inform you and the world in gen
eral that George Rodel, the Boer war
rior, is anxious to meet the winner of
the Gunboat Fmith-Arthur Pelkey
tight, which takes place on the coast
on New Year's Day, and also to in
form you that I am willing to let
Rod’el fight the winner of that bout
on a winner-take-all basis, and if
that proposition is not satisfactory,
then I will dig and get together $f».-
000. which I will let stand as a side
bet. All I want is to get the winner
of that fight, and Rodel will meet that
winner on February 22. which I be
lieve is Washington’s birthday, so I
am informed, and if Rodel can not
beat the winner of the Gunboat
Smith-Arthur Pelkey fight, then i
will ship Rodel to South Africa via
the Pacific Ocean, the via meaning
that I will take him down to a dock
in San Francisco, point out the way
to South Africa and let him swim the
remainder of the distance. Then ”
That's all we would listen to, and
calmly but gently tossed him out of
the twelfth-story window. The chal
lenge has been forwarded to San
Francisco audit’s up to Messrs. Smith
and Pelkey to give it the “once over
if they feel so inclined.
Touching on the little affair be
tween Gunboat Smith and Pelkey, it
has to be a regular show or there
won’t be a “white hope” left in the
country. If there is he will be locked
up as a vagrant. ,
From the showing of Pelkey around
here many moons ago it looks to a
fellow 3.000 miles away as if Smith
should grab off the wave of the ref
eree's mitt. Still (as a saver), you
can never tell.
IOWATO KEEP HAWLEY.
IOWA CITY. IOVs A, Dec. 2o —The
Iowa athletic hoard has voted coach
b Hawles a substantial raise in
-alarv for the coming season, and ap*
pointed a committee t<> proceed »
once with the drawing up of a contract
to be offered to him.
N ashville, t.enn , tfec. 26-
Out of the mass of charges and
counter charges burled by
.Manager Bill Schwartz and Presi
dent William “Alibi'' Hirsig, of the
Vols, in their violent argument grow
ing out of the Pcrry-Bcrger deal,
about the only thing which the fans
in Voltown can find out to he a posi
tive fact is that the boy leader stands
a fat chance of being decorated with
the tinware simply because he de
cided lie would actually be manager
and not an errand boy.
Yes, sir! Schwartz is about to be
Vinkerized. That is, unless lie gets a
move on himself and takes back all
the mean and nasty things lie said'
about Mr. Hirsig, who is real cross
with Bill. All Bill will have to do
will be to have an announcement made
through the press that he didn’t tell
the truth about being consulted with
in regard to the Perry-Berger deal no
matter if he already has emphatical
ly stated that the trade came as a
great surprise to him, since he in
tended holding on to Clayt unless
waivers could be secured and the
Omaha sale put through. In other
words. Hirsig simply wants Bill
Schwartz to publicly brand himself
as a liar and he can have the mana
gership, with a lot of nice little
strings tied to it. Nobody in the
Southern circuit who has ever talked
for five minutes thinks that he would
stoop to the level made by Hirsig 1n
order to hold onto his job. Not if he
had to subsist on a snowball diet for
the remainder of the winter.
• * *
N OW that the mess has spread
through the board of directors,
these moguls, with an exception of
two, have lined up behind Schwartz,
and declared their intention of stick
ing until the finish. One of two
things seems certain. Either Hirsig
or Schwartz will have to get out of
baseball In Nashville, and the, fans
are all behind the boy leader, and are
pretty sick of Hirsig. The way the
situation sizes itself up just now,
with both Schwartz and Hirsig hav
ing delivered themselves of their ul
timatums, It puts baseball in Voltown
on a mighty shaky footing. Schwartz
wants Hirsig to keep hands off of
trades, sales, etc., and let him run
the club from the bench Just as he
thinks best. Bill thinks he has enough
baseball sense and judgment to be
justified in making such a request.
Hirsig doesn't think so; he wants his
finger in the pie all the time, and
there you are for a nice heluva tan
gled situation. One of the strangest
developments in the entire busineeh
is the fact that Bill has never as yet
.signed his 1614 contract. “I Just kept
putting it off from time to time, and
haven’t ever attended to the matter,''
is the only explanation Bill offer?.
Now. since he and Hirsjg have got
ten into this argument, Bill has drawn
up a contract offering to accept ;i cut
of $1.<»00 in salary should :he Vols
fail to finish 1-2r3 in 1914 BUT.
w ould you believe it, Hihshig wouldn’t
sign It just because Bill acted naughty
and told I he fans .iu.-st who Hie real
manager is and who the bat boy is.
(’an you beat it? Bill deserved *»
whole lot of credit for ever waking
up to the fact that he was being made
a rummy of, by Hlrsblg. but getting
his backbone up i* going to be a
mighty costly experience if all the
signs don't fail
• * •
OH FORE Hirsig went down to At
O lanta he gave Schwartz a prom
ise that no deals or trades would be
arranged. So when the pews came
back that Perry had been traded for
Berger and a cash consideration, Bill
almost threw' a fit, arid gave it out
that he didn't believe the deal had
been made. Now, when Hirsig re
turns to Nashville, he verifies the
reported swap, and the more Bill
thought about it the madder he got
at being made the “goat,” so he ups
and admits that lie iyn’t a real, hon
est-to-good ness manager at all. but a
plain, ordinary bat boy whom Mr.
Hirsig allows to hang around Hulphur
Dell. Hirsig contends that Bill knew
beforehand all about the Perry-Ber-
ger deal, and, as for that matter,
declares Bill is always consulted, dig
ging up as evidence the bones of the
wefrd Welchonee mistake. Now. if
there is one matter on which Hirsig
should be ashamed to look the Nanh-
villrf fans in the face, it Is the evil
Welchonee tale. “Old Alibi” told a
score or more different sorts of tales
about why Harry went to Atlanta,
but, strange to relate, he never hap
pened to tell the right one, because
he realized the bugs would go raving
crazy if he admitted that he just
gave Welchonee away because he
hated to part with the $1,500 draft
money necessary to have him re
turned lo the Nashville club.
* * *
OUT whether Bill Schwartz is the
Vols’ manager next season or nN,
he is going to make the fur fly from
Hirsig's back before he is done with
that gentleman. “I’ve got a grand
hand to play against that fellow,”
says Bill, “and I don’t believe he has
a chance in the world to beat me
out, unless he should, by some hook
or crook, get to a newspaper or two
and cut me off, and I don’t believe he
can do that. There is going to be
some curious looking things brought
out in this fight, but I have a whole
lot of faith in the baseball law, and
I’m going to tell a whole lot of things
that will make Mr. Hirsig awfully
sick of caving tried to ‘frame up’ any
of this kind of stuff on mo. If I man
age he has got to make a public
statement that I will have absolute
charge of everything, and I don’t think
he will be willing to do that. But
do you Imagine that I am going to
bar* up? Not Willie. Say, you can
make a lor of monev batting that 1*1 f
stick to tlie last inning on what 1
i»aid right at the start, and not one
word will I retra :. Anil that’s
final.”
Gunboat Smith
Not Consistent
With ICO,
Hr Possesses a Powerful Punch,
but Does Not Class With the
One-Blow Specialists.
B\ \Y. YV. Xaughton.
S \ N FRANCI8CO, Dec. 25.—Is
Gunboat Smith entitled to be
known as a knocker out?
Of course he has shown many
times that he possesses a punch pow
erful enough to put an opponent to
sleep, but on the strength of wha*t
be has accomplished in that line has
he earned the right to rank with the
one-blow specialists the game has
known?
Home think he has and some think
he lias not, and those who hold the
latter view adduce that while lie
knocked out some of his opponents, a
far greater number escaped being
knocked out.
There is no gainsaying the evidence
in the cage. Smith’s work as a fin
isher has laded continuity, and about
the best that can be claimed (or him
up to the present is that he Is an oc
casional knocker out.
John L- and Fitz Hitters.
Among heavyweight world cham
pions there were only two, namely
John L. Sullivan and Bob Fitzsim
mons. With Sullivan it was a right
hander, with Fitzsimmons it was any
one of half a dozen assaults. As a
finisher Fitzsimmons was in a class
by himself, and it will be many a
long year, probably, before the ring
will produce such another.
Jim Corbett was not a knocker out
by any means. He could, by prodding
and jolting, reduce an opponent to a
condition where a moderately hard
wallop would end the bout, but he did
not number among his deliveries a
blow calculated to turn the trick the
first time it landed.
Nor was big Jim Jeffries a knocker
out, for all his strength and all his
weight end brawn and ruggedness.
He struck bruising blow’s, but was
minus the smash that landed cleanly
and snappily and sent a man to the
land of dreams.
Johnson Not a Knocker Out.
Jack Johnson never has been a
knocker out. He had a right upper
cut that did great execution, but the
number of these punches assimilated
by Tommy Burns .and Fireman Jim
Flynn proved that Johnson had to
keep hammering at the one spot to
produce results.
Tommy Burns himself, who held
the title for a while, w'as a periodical
knocker out and nothing more.
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H«km it at Sanitarium Book on »nkl«4
DB B. M. WOOLLEY Jl-N. Vinto*
ftuoitarlaaa, Atlanta. <.*•<*«
Food for Sport Fans
-nToE'JROE E PHAIR.;
OMAR AT THE MEETING.
10 P. M.
A Ithclii player that I want to
Htrnp,
A flock of tetne, a bunch of kale cop,
And / nhould worry ’bout them guys
at home!
W hat I say goes!—another quart, old
top!
2 A. M.
Will Tinker yellf dust lei your unelc
volte
This dope out for you here to
night.
Another quart! Now, lemme see
'bout this
Ten thousand beans will fljn that
guy all right!
9 A. M.
// seems to me these guys I've loved
so long
Have grabbed my shoe I stop from me
for a song.
dee, irhat a head! And note, those
mutts out home -
Here's when' your t nele Omar gets
the prong!
FOOLISH LIKE F^XES.
Consider the mat men
The boneheaded fat men,
For whom all the wise people fall.
Hr kid I hem and flay them,
Hut richly ue pay them—
They aren't such bone heads at all.
The Parisian wrestling fans who
threw vegetables at Jack Johnson
must have been mighty wealthy, or
they must have been mighty mad.
January 23 is the dny on which
Willie Ritchie will meet Tommy
Murphy, If he does not change his
mind again.
Jiisl as Red Dooin’s prospects were
brightest a. lot of experts up and
picked him to win the pennant.
Fred Clarke bases his Hopes for
next season on the fact that the
critics have not even given his team j
a second look. 1
Quoth Ned Hanlon: “Brooklyn does
not want two big league teams." In
fact. Brooklyn has existed for years
without any.
“Baseball,” say* an Australian critic,
“larks the spirit of cricket.” That Is
why baseball is so popular.
Ail the Federal League needs for its
Invasion of Cleveland Is a baseball team
and a baseball park. It has the fran
chtse.
As we understand It, the chief cause
of trouble in Cincinnati Is that there
■re too many tinkers.
Many a time and oft we have won
dered how a lightweight can look a
weighing machine *n the face without
blushing.
J remember, I remember
The lightweight pugs tee had
In days of husky Aid Lavinge,
When r was but a lad.
The lightweights then were little
men,
Hut gaze upon them now!
The toads of beef they tote around
Would shame a full-grown cow.
CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE.
The fighters come and pass away;
They take their gate receipts and go
And are forgotten in a day.
Hut every second week or so
Ham Langford battles doe Jeannette
Lest we forgette, lest we forgette.
Having the Tinker deal to write
about, New York's baseball scribes do
not find it necessary to trade Russell
Ford oftener than onto a week.
Ther# is good even in tho worst of
us; in fact, we might even say that
there are some good traits in the var-
let who pinches the electric light
bulbs off our desk.
While Yale has abandoned the Eng
lish stroke, it still prefers football of
the vintage of 1893.
MISSED HIGH
GOLF HONORS
Did Not Wish to Play in Open
Championship Until President
Watson Persuaded Him.
B oston, d^. 25.—hi* *oif clubs
put away for the winter. Fran
cis Ouimet. of Brookline, the
youthful amateur whose victory in
the United States open golf cham
pionship surprised the golfing world,
told friends a day or two ago how
nearly he missed winning the title.
“I sigh now to think how I might
never have had a chance at the cham
pionship,” said Ouimet. “1 did not
want to compete in the United States
Golf Association’s championship tour
nament. This was because I felt I
had no chance to win. To close friends
who spoke to me about entering. I
said I would rather learn something
of the game from the prominent golf
ers who would play. I said I would
not be an entrant.
“Later, during the tournament at
Atlantic City, President Watson, of
the association, asked me why I had
not sent in my entrv for the cham
pionship. and I replied; ‘What’s the
use of a player of my standing at
tempting to compete in such an
event? I don’t want to make a boob
of myself.’
“ ‘That’s all right.’ the president
said, ’but we are trying to get a good
entry of amateurs, so just hand in
yours.’
“I did so, but as T turned away I
said to myself, ‘I’m doin'- this under
protest.’ "
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