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CHICK EVANS’ STORY OF FIRST DAY’S SPORT AT EAST LAKE COURSE
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SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
O-o-o-only J-j-j-just Oc-oc-oc-occasionally
The Georgian's Expert Greatly
Admires Association of Town
and Country Club Functions.
Bv
“Chick” Evans.
B ACK in *1911 I spent two happy
month* in Atlanta, playing
daily over the East Lake
course. During almost the whole timen
I stayed out at East Lake, making t
only occasional trips to the city, for I |
was industriously preparing to enter j
the British amateur championship at
Prestwick, Scotland, and I wanted to
make as creditable a showing as pos
sible. 1 had left Chicago frostbound
much too cold for golfing, and 1 found
Atlanta comparatively warm and golf
playing in the open air a comfortable
performs nee.
I enjoyed every moment of mv visit
a: East Lake, for owing to the kindly
< ffiees of Mr. Thomas Paine,Mr. George
Adair and Mr. Lowry Arnold, every
courtesy of the club was extended to
me, and 1 think my * hief regret at
not going further in the British am
ateur was that I had disappointed my
generous hosts in Atlanta.
T HE weather man has been decid
edlv kinder to Chicago this fa
than usual, hut the ground is carpet- j
ed with snow up there just now. and J
even under the best conditions there
is much difference in the temperature
*>f i he Chicago of the North and the
Chicago of the South. It was very
glad to leave the Northern Chicago at
this time of the year, and when Mr.
Chicago of the South. I was very
sound of his pleasant voice carried
me hack t£> the happy days during
INDOOR SPORTS
By Tad
he spring mf 1911, and after a night
spent under his hospitable roof I
iwoke with a feeling in spite of the
weather, that Christmas in Atlanta is
a most delightful occasion.
Soon after a delicious Southern
breakfast with Mrs. Adair and her
charming family. Mr. Adair and I
went out to East Lake in a violent
rainstorm, where a match had been
arranged between Mr. William Rowm
and Stewart Maiden and Mr. Adair
and myself.
AM alwavs Interested in the roads
traveled! and the one to East l>ake
was suggestive of pleasant memo
ries, and although somewhat changed,
it is a very agreeable jaunt through
wooded stretches and past beautiful
houses As we approached East Lakp
I was watching eagerly for the first
view of Mr. Tom Paine’s pretty house
and perhaps a glimpse of the family.
Including little Douglas, who had been
so good to me on my former visit.
T FOUND the course
1 changed since 1911.
wonderfully
There were
many pits and traps, and T learned
that they were for the new course
Mr. Adair has shown me a plan of
the new arrangement and after to
day's familiarity with the lay of the
land, traps. distances apd other
things, I hope to be able to tell you
what T think about It.
It was a great pleasure to play over
the present links yesterday, notwith
standing the blustery weather condi
tions. and our match was a most in
teresting one. especially in the morn
ing. when we had a close contest, for
we finished all square after each side
had been two up at one time
In t*ie afternoon round Mr. Adiar
and 1 won four out of the first five
holes, giving us a lead which our op
ponents were unable to cut down In
spite of the score-destroying wind
and rain, and even snow, the cards
were fair!v good, and although it was
a best-ball four-ball match, all putts
were holed out and therefore none
were approximated
'The scores were: Mr. Adair. 80 and
S4 Mr Rowan. S3 and 8". Stewart
Maiden. 75 and 81, and 1, 75 and 76.
FIGHTER-FLOTD
Notable Successes of Prize Ring
Have All Made Enemies, Says
Pugilistic Expert. ,
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Bv Otto C. Floto.
D RNVER, Dec. 26.—"I lov
for the enemies you’ve made,”
so spoke a well-known man
of the world the other day to his
warm particular friend. Never was
there an expression with which the
writer is so thoroughly in accord.
Life's path is strewn with successes
made possible by the constant swing
ing of the sledge on some person who
thrived and prospered under the
Bhower of blows as they descended
cn his person. Of course we mean
that a man must have his contin
gent of friends. However, the fel
low who has nothing but friends and
registers no enemies -well, put him
down as a failure.
While in New York recently Willie
Ritchie and myself dined on Broad
way one night and he told me that he
attributes the great cause of his suc
cess—next to his ability to fight—to
the constant knocking that has been
heaped on him from several direc
tions. “I want people to speak well
of me,” he said. “On the other hand,
if they can’t say a nice thing about
me, 1 pray and hope they’ll knock me.
I want to have them always keep, my
name before the ptiblic—if they’ll do
that either in saying good or bad
things about me well, I’ll reap the
harvest and my future is secure.”
Knocking Means Something.
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1 \ M much interested in the connec
tion of the East T^ake Club with
the Atlanta Athletic Club, and I hope
to lay the facts of the successful
working of n plan that provides a
country club for an athletic associa
tion hefore the Chicago Athletic As
sociation.
1 have heard the members of that
club suggest many times the advis
ability of a country dub for the as
sociation, but always the practicabil
ity of such an undertaking has been
doubted, yet here in Atlanta is the
very plan successfully carried out.
Naturally there will he a congestion
on the course of a large association,
but stringent rules and a strict re
gard for the rights of the other fellow-
ought to minimize the difficulties If
T am not mistaken, the Hast Lake
course is the pioneer golf grounds of
in athletic club, and the idea seems
good enough to he more widely
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How true all this is and how often j
have we seen it exemplified. The old
adage about never knocking a sucker |
is certainly true. When you see some j
one in public life knocked, you know \
he amounts to something or the darts !
of the knockers’ arrow s would not j
be aimed at him. More successes have I
undoubtedly been tpade by knock- |
ers than were ever created by boost
ers. The records stand for that.
Recently, when Jimmy Clabbj was
in Frisco, llafry Foley gave him this
advice: Say. Jimmy, are you in the
fighting game for the money?’’ asked
Harry. To which Flabby replied In
the affirmative. “Then go out and
make all the enemies you can. When
you have done this your popularity
has suffered some, but your bank ac
count will have swelled to great di
mensions. You can’t eat three squares
on popularity, but the coffee and
sinkers w’ill come with great regular
ity if you have the old certified check
at your command.”
These Are Well Fixed.
Just look back on your memory a
bit and note how* many fighters that
have got a hank account enjoyed
popularity. John L. Sullivan seems
to be the only exception and he only
got hold of his bank roll after he
ceased being a good fellow and bank
ing on popularity at that Jim Cor
bett. who is well fixed; Ad Wolgast.
who has several hundred thousand
dollars' worth of real estate; Packey
McFarland, the J. P. Morgan of the
fight game; Tommy Ryan, a Syra
cuse house owner; Tom Sharkey, the
New York boniface; Tommy Burns,
a rich Canadian merchant, and others
too numerous to mention, were at
tacked almost daily either in the
press or by some of the fight follow
ers But at the same time well say:
‘‘They'll have to give no benefits for
any of that bunch because of old
age and the down-and-out affliction.”
Then go over your list of popular
ones and note the difference. For in
stance
George
Tommy West. Jem Hall. Young Grif
fo. Buffalo Costello. Young Corbett.
Terry McGovern and others of that
ilk—what's the answer? The flfst
named group were knocked, the last
named boosted
The Atlanta Athletic Club basket
i all team will have for their opponents
n the fourth game of the season to-
I norrow night the Mississippi Agricul-
! ural and Mechanical College five The
! lississippi players are strangers in this
ection hut not in college circles, hav
ing handed out defeats last year to
: Vuburn. Sewanee. Tulane. Vanderbilt
i ; nd others. They captured the cham-
! vionship of the S. I. A. A. last sea-
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j The team Is composed of last year s
veterans and are going to be a hard
k*lub for the Joe Bean men to trounce.
GETTINKERJS
CHICAGO 1
, JoRnny Aiken Injured
In Motorcycle Spill;
Savannah Race Off
Crack Shortstop Flatly Refuses
to Join Brooklyn Club—Mur
phy in Cincinnati.
SAVANNAH, GA„ Dec. 26.—John-
ny Aiken, of Atlanta, manager of the
Southern Motorcycle Company, and
who entered the 300-mile grand prize
motorcycle race last night, which was
postponed until Saturday, was hurt
while rounding one of the turns.
Aiken is not seriously injured and
may be entered In the event Satur
day.
Ebbets Declares He
Will Take Over Egan
BROOKLYN, Dec. 26.—Dick Egan will
be taken over by the Dodgers from the
Cincinnati club for $5,000. according to
President Ebbets. of the Brooklyn club,
irrespective of whether the Redland
people exercise options on Pitcher Earl
Yingling for $8,500 and Outfielder Rob
ert Moran for $.000.
Egan batted .242 in 60 parries last year.
His fielding average4.s were .972 for 37
games at second base, and .927 for sev
enteen games at short.
Leach Cross Favored
Over Bud Anderson
Nashville Directors
Notify Kavanaugh
Of Hirsig’sDownfall
RINGSIDE NOTES
I.ITTLkA'rOCK, ARK., Dec. SB
Judge V M Kavanaugh. president of
the Southern Baseball League, staled
to-day that he was in receipt of a
egtam from Fred Uaury. secretary
THE RINGSIDE BUG.
They may hare their ho-railed fight
ers who cavort about the ring.
And irho tightly smite each other
with a puny jfib or swing.
ofI / would rather see the fellow who
has bought a ringside seat
from Fred
the Nashville baseball club, stating that
at a meeting of the club directors, held
Tuesday night, \Y. g. liirsig was de- I As he jabs and hooks his fellowmen
posed as president and Clyde Shropshire I ' , .
was elected to fill the vacancy. He said ' and stamps uvon their feet.
asked him to / X could never sit neside him, for 7
notify the presidents of the othfer clubs | 3
dearly love my life,
in the Southern League of the action
of the Nashville directors.
Judge Kavanaugh said that tin til he
could get further reports In verification
of Die telegram he would withhold the
notification. When asked what action
he would take In the matter, he said
that the trouble was local to the Nash
ville club and he had no Interest In the
matter and would take none
quick knockout
Wells.
win over Bombardier
F^al Brown, the Western lightweight,
is p big favorite With the followers of
pugilism in Australia. Since Brown has
been there he has defeated every fighter
be has met. In bis first battle he fought
Mehegan. The fans offered odds of 3
to 1 on the Australian champion, hut
Pal gave him such a terrible heating
^iat he was lucky to last 20 rounds.
lEx-iSouthern League
Twirler to Coach
Minnesota Ball Club
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN,. Dec. 26.—R
G Parsons, once a pitcher in the Amer
ican Association, has been engaged as
roach for the University of Minnesota
baseball team, according to announce
ment made to-day. Parsons left the
American Association to go to the Mem
phis club, of the Southern league He
succeeds Dennis Sullivan, who reconi
mended Parsons for the position.
and note the difference. For in- i -r-.. -* T
1 e lack McAullffr. Kid l.avigne MOlll ft MVP, N Of tfl
ge Dixon. Wilmington Jack Dnl> llVi. Vi U t LU
Have Team This Year
Pelicans May Get
Lindsay From Coast Mobile team had a great bunch of
i/ hall tossers on its line-up and
PORTLAND. OREO . Dec 26 • Rill
Lindsay, third baseman of the Portland
team, in the Pacific Coast League, will
he sdd to New Orleans, according to an
announcement to-day b> Manager M. -
Oredie. of Die Portland team. All Coast
League clubs have granted waivers on
l.indsarj
The Mobile Y. M. C. A basket ball
team, runner ups for the past fofir
ears to the champion Columbus Y. M
c V. team, will not have a team this
■ ason The Mobile quintet carries the
high honors of being the only team to
defeat the Columbus aggregation on the
Columbus court in five seasons. They
The
basket
_nd was
feared by every team of note in the
section. The team last year 'ined up
follows Soost ami Penny, forwards:
Ebb* ok. center: Maiden, RadclifT and
Baunkouer. guards.
No special reasons are quoted by Mr.
W. R Christian, las, year’s manager,
for the Alabamans not having a team
this season.
And 1 do not rare to mingle in a use
less form of strife,
But I lave to sit and wateh him as
he deals out hook and swing.
For he always battles harder than
the fellows in the ring.
George Chip delivered again. George
repeated his knockout victory over
Frank Ivlaus at Pittsburg Tuesday
i night, this time putting Klims away in
five rounds. This Chip boy must be a
wonder, and Its about time for the pub
lic to recognize him as the real mid
dleweight champion.
LEVINSKY DEFI/.TS DRISCOLL.
NEW YORK. Dec. 26—Battling Levln-
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26.—Leach Cross
and Bud Anderson are down to haxd
on New
sky, the Philadelphia fighter, Js still Yew’s" Day.* - thC ' r flSh ' h ° r6
mounting higher to the front ranks of
the “white hopes.” He added another
victory to his list last night W’hen he
hammered Jack Driscoll for six rounds,
despite the fact that the latter had ten
pounds the better of the weight.
Levinsky could have put his man out
any time after the seventh round, but
was content to keep his advantage.
Cross is the choice of the bettors,
although, so far. little money has been
wagered on the result. Each man claims
he will be in fine condition w'hen the
time arrives for action.
DENVER HAS NEW COACH
DENVER, Hoc. 26.—It. G. Bucking
ham. of Memphis. Tern., has been ap
pointed coach for Denver University
football team.
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By James Clarkson.
HICAGO, ILL., Dec. 26.—Tin'
Tinker case is still as mud
dled as ever, but from behind
all this mixup comes a voice that tells
the writer that the veteran shortstop
and recently manager of the Reds
will be back with the Cubs next sea
son. In a way the entire matter has
taken on a different aspect.
To-day Tinker flatly refused to r>
to Brooklyn, declaring that Chicago
is his favored berth and that it is
with the West Side team he wants to
play next year. He seems to disre
gard the $10,000 bonus offer en
tirely.
This stand by Joe and the fact that
President Murphy is in Cincinnati,
where he and Garry Herrmann have
held a conference lasting hours,
makes it appear as though Joe knows
more than he cares to say, that if he
dared say it it -would be along the
lines that the chances of the Cubs
getting him back are mighty bright.
From one closely connected with
the Cub chief comes the story that
Murphy yesterday offered Bresnahan
and one other Cub in one deal and
Bresnahan and two youngsters In ex
change for Tinker and that Joe would
be made a Cub again within the next
few days. Cincinnati sent the story
that Murphy was ready to give Bree
nahan, Lavender and an outfielder for
Tinker.
There Is something strange In all
this mixup and it wouldn’t he sur
prising if it developed that Murphy
boss of the Cubs, and Garry Herr
inann, chief of the Reds, had closed
long ago for Tinker and, that all this
wrangle and talk was a lot of press
work to keep the National League
before the public. Such things are
often pulled in baseball.
You’ve got to hand it to Daniel Mor
gan, of the firm of Morgan & McKetrirk,
of New York, when it comes to pushing
a fighter along the busy path. Dan
loves an argument and can hand out
language that Daniel Webster never
heard of. hut at the same time always
lias several words of praise for his
fighter.
Chicago Joe Thomas. Charlie White's j
trainer, has been offered a job to travel i
with the Washington Senators next sea- !
son. Joe deserves much credit for I
Charlie's ring success, as he has been 1
with the Chicago boxer for nearly three
years. He Is also a grand little fellow.
Sale Going On in 15 Cities at Once
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Morgan's weekly letter arrived yes
terday. ami he has several words to
say about several of our “white hopes.”
Dan wants to send “Battling” Levin
sky. his latest heavyweight sensation,
against George Rodel. Gunboat Smith j
or Arthur Pelky. and declares that he i
will not rest until he drags them all j
into the ring with his protege
“Kid” Williams, of Baltimore, and
Eddie “Rmpi, the San Francisco ban
tam. have signed articles to fight twen
ty rounds on Lincoln’s birthday, Febru
ary 12. A year ago on this date Wil
liams shaded Campi in a twenty-round
go. and the San Franciscan has been
after a return scrap ever since.
Cleveland Will Hold
Boxing Tournament
Dan made a star out of Jack Britton
when Jack was drifting about the coun
try ns a fairly good lightweight, and
he did the same with Knockout Brown,
who was never better than a good sec
ond-rater
Michael Saul, with his green kelly in
hand, was an early caller yesterday.
Michael has assumed the management
of Meyer Pries and has some cruel
words to say about “Kid” Young I
see that Young is looking for a* bout
around here.” started Michael. “Well,
I saw Pries hold Young practically to
a draw at Athens, and 1 know Pries
can beat him in a return go If some
promoter will match these bo> s. they
can have a little of my money on
Meyer." after which Mr. Saul went on
his way.
Billy Gibson, manager of the Garden
Athletic Club. New York, yesterday
< abled Georges Carpentier. the French
heavyweight, an offer of $10,000 to come
here and box Gunboat Smith. Carpen
tier gained much .distinction b> his
CLEVELAND. Dec. 26 It ha« been
arranged to hold the Amateur Athletic
Union boxing tournament here on Janu
ary 9 ami 16.
Six classes. 108. 115. 125. 145 and 158
pounds, will be decided, the winners to
be entered in the national tournament
which be held at Boston in April. Box
ers from Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Michi
gan. Wisconsin. Minnesota and Iowa are
free to enter the contests here.
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