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TO THE YANKEES
New York Critic Thinks Farrell
Could Well Afford to Pay Big
Price for Georgia Boy.
By Frank G. Monke.
N EW YORK. TVc. 27.— A ml now
th» old question bobs up, "If Tj
Cobb were planed on the am:-
|hon block, how much would be
fcrtnt':'
It's a question that may never j
know *n answer, for the Ti@er own
ers think quite a bit of the said Mr.
Cobb and may keep him on their ros
ter until hia playing days are over.
But If we owned the New York Tan- |
kees and Cobb was for sale, we'd
start bidding for him with a mention ,
of *800.000. arid If there tvas any fur-
tharr competition we'd shove the
amount to *500,000.
A half million dollars for one ball j
pltryer of more than unusual ability ]
seams Ukc a lot of money But Inj
five vears' time, as a member of the
'Yankees. Cobb would bring in some
thing like *500,000 In excess of the j
*500,000 purchase price. And the'
money he would bring 111 after that,,
because he Is a drawing card, would i
Ibe what is termed In poker circles ns!
“velvet."
• • •
W E don't tlitnk Cobb would be
worth that amount to any other
club than the Yankees. And here
are the reasons that make us think he
is worth that much money to the New \
York American 1/eaguers
Every day in the year at leant 500,-
00(1 out-of-town people visit New
York. At least 200.000 of this number
<ome from the small towns—towns
woeie big league baseball-ha- not
heen played. But In these towns
they have beard of Cobb for years -
have heard of bis wonderful batting
stunts, of hts dashing, daring base
running or bis spectacular fielding.
They have heard Cobb's praises sung
day after day. year after year, and
there has come to them the hope that
some day they may see the peerless
Georgian in ai t ion.
Playing with Detroit. Cobb appears
5n New- York City only eleven times
each year. The Yankees have 77 home
games. If Cobb were a Yankee, that
would make 77 games In which he
would perform in New York.
It s a safe bet that, with Cobb ap
pearing Ir. a New York uniform, lie
would draw at leaat 1.500 of these
transient visitors to the bull park
every day.
No matter where the Yankees stood
Ir. the race, they would he willing to
pay out their money simply to see
Cobb.
It seems a certainty that at least
1,500 of the great army of New York
fans who save their money- to ace the
New York (Hants perform would de
sert the Giant cause and swear alle
giance to the Yankees If Cobb was a
member.
• * *
T HCS. as we figure it. Cobb each
day would draw 3.000 fans to the
Yankee hall park. At an average
price of 50 cents per head a con
servative figure -It will be seen that
the Increased daily Income, with Cobb
as a drawing card, would be *1,500,
or a yearly total of approximately
*100.000 for the 66 extra days that
Cobb would perform 111 New Y'ork
In five years the total would be *500,-
000.
Cobb 1* the greatest drawing card
on the read. His presence on the De
troit team Is the reason for the big
profits made year after year by the
Tigers. As a Yankee he would draw
Just as well, and, as we view it, the
road receipts of the Yankees would
he. Increased about *50,000 at icu-d
eardi tear, or *250,000 in five years.
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\ NI> one thing more: Cobb alone
can't quite win a pennant, but
with a little more help here and there
he can at least put a team in the
tight.
With Cobbs help the Yankees
might loom up as championship pos
»i bill ties A winning team always is
s good drawing card. Hnd as such Hie
Yankee treasure vaults would be In
creased each year by another *30,000,
or *250,000 ill five years.
Therefore looking at it from our
viewpoint. Cobh in five years would
put something like *1.000,000 real,
regular dollars into the Y'ankee cof
fers. Doesn't it seem. then, that lies
worth at least *500,00(1 to the club,
especially in view of the fact that lie
lias something like ten years of good,
first-class baseball in Ills system?
Yes, President Farrell could well
afford to pay tins big price for the
T»gcr outfielder.
Carpentier Agrees
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CHICK [VANS
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Dinner Party Is Given Famous
Golfer Friday Night by
George Adair.
A FTER, trying out the saturated
turf at Bant Lake for a couple
of ungenial days of highly ex
cited elements, Chick Evans went out
.Saturday morning lo take a turn on
the new Druid Hills course, made
even more sporty than usual by ilie
tendency of his shots to bound in
sanely from a fairway frozen In spots.
When you add to that, the cireum-
Ktanee that Mr. Evans also was Migh*.-
ly frozen In spot*. the difficulty of par
golf becomes plainly evident.
All Friday Mr. Evans was at East
Lake.
“I am not braggiug about the scores,
however,” he said Saturday morning.
"It was great sport: keen sport, l
might say, remembering the breeze.
But our two rounds brought out cards
of not far from 80 on the wrong side
by all hands. I believe I did slip in
a 78, at that.”
Anyway, Mr. Evans and one part
ner were victors In one round, and
Mr. Evans and another partner were
defeated in another round, both tight
matches they would have been h u
matches in ordinary weather -and
they all had a great day of it. "Time”
Tiehenor got into the afternoon round
and covered himself with consider
able glory, and Stewart Malden
played his usually steady game in
spite of the cold.
The Saturday schedule included
play at Druid Hills in the morn
ing and at East Lake in the after
noon, the round beginning at 2
o’clock.
“It’s a grand day," Mr. Evans an
nounced. "I don’t think we’ll have
much trouble keeping warm to-day.
It certainly tends to speed up a man’s
•mine between shots und while milk
ing them.”
Friday night Mr. Evans was the
guest of honor at a dinner party
given by George Adair at his honu
Among the guests—all golfers, by the
way were Forrest Adair. \\ . li.
Tiehenor, Lowry Arnold, H. .\1. At
kinson. Dr. \V. Elkin. John E. Mur
phy, Will Rov\an and Dr. Frank Un-
land.
INDOOR SPORTS
By Tad I Ritchie’s Own Story of Career
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Battles Wolgast Four Rounds
Charlie White Declares Whitney Will Give English Champ Hard Scrap
WELSH TO TRAIL RITCHIE AFTER BATTLE HERE
Movement to Bring
The Army-Navy Game
To Nation's Capital
WASHINGTON. Deo. 27 officials of
the local civic organization who have
been working to bring the Army Navy
football ganu> to Washington perma
nently have decided that their plans can
| not i>e carried out without Fongres-
slonal nr outside aid.
\ftor conferring with officials of the
Army and Navy Departments they have
decided the amount of money needed to
stage the big game each year is too
great to bo raised by private subscrip
tion only
A movement to ask Fongress to ap
propriate fur a mammooth memorial sta
dium in the capital, which could be used
for athletic and other public events, is
being considered.
Illini Nine to Come
South Next Year
bpec.ai CeUie to The Atlanta Georgian.
PAULA. l>et 27- T;f*orgDS Farpentier
Pas agreed to box Joe Jeannette of
lloboken. N. J , who was recently out -
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Although a definite announcement has
not been made it is believed that the
men will climb through the ropes in the
very near future.
CHANCE ORDERS EARLY START.
NEW YORK, Dec 27 Manag. r
I Tank Chance, of the New York High
landers. wants to his pitchers started
ertily and has decided to semi them to
the Hot Springs camp on Februar> 1G
Chance has ordered Ford, Warhop, Fish
er. Faldwell. Cole. Friss AlcHale and
S< liultz pitchers, and Sw *-ene\. Gos
sett and Reynolds, catchers, to join him
a« the tamp on that date
PROMOTER SEEKS BOUT.
MILM U K EE. Dec 27 Toni An
drews, lot al prize tight promoter, to-day
found himself holding a loa^o on the
• Auditorium for New Aear's E\e wiihou:
• ho - test to-«ta*e Ki
out" Brown, of New York, w irod \t
drew a that lie Y\as s rk and could no?
Ad \Yoiga , -i former lightweight
.king another match.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. Dec 27. Director
George Huff to-day announced the
schedule for the annual Southern trip
of the Illinois baseball team The Illini
will play five gainer ami will visit the j
States Alabama. Kentucky and Geor
gia. The schedule Is us follows
April '■*. Fnivereity of Alabama, at)
Tuscaloosa; April 10 and 11. Georgia In >
siitute of Technology at AtlaJllu: April
12. University of Georgia at \thens;
April 14. Kentucky State at Lexington
AFTER JOB AS TRAINER.
Portland. <»kkg., iw 27
Moulton, the famous Stanford t'niver-
sity track and field coach, has written *
Manager Walter McFreedie. of the Port- 1
land baseball club, filing application for
ilie position as trainer of the Beavers ,
While McFreedie viewed the applies- !
lion with h groai deal of favor, he |
would not state win liter be w uld cm- j
ploy Moulton
WOMEN IN WISCONSIN SKI CLUB
MADISON. WIS . Dec 27 W.mrn
students will be admitted to member-, 1
ship in the rew -ki dub t.» be organizr. , -
at ih«- f niversity of Wisconsin early
next month, it was announced to-day. i
It !- sain’ tl • proposed new club w i!! j
hr the opt* such organization in this »
count»w to nave women members.
By Left Hook.
F reddie welsh v« wtnie
Ritchie for the lightweight
championship of the world on
February 2 2 (Washington’s Birth
day). Harry Pollok, manager of the
British champion, wired on from New
York last night that this bout prac
tically is a certainty. That is. Pol
lok says it will he no fault of his if
it doesn't go through.
Pollok claims he has a Coast pro
moter who will match the boy a at
once over the twenty-round route,
but that no definite action will be
taken until after Ritchie's fight with
Tommy Murphy next month. Welsh
is at present training in New Or
leans for his bout with Johnny Dun
dee on New Year's Day ami expects
to give the Easterner a trimming.
Welsh's decision to make another
attempt to get on with Ritchie
means that local fans will see the
British champion in his last ten-
round appearance before lie clashes
in a title bout with the American
'•Itauipion. Welsh meets Whitney
here on January G. and after that
bout will leave at once for San
Francisco, where he will be at the
ringside to challenge the winner of
the Murphy-Ritchie bout. Although
Pollok does not state who the pro
moter i** who wants to stage the
Welsh-Ritchie go, it is our humbie
opinion that Jim FofTroth is the
man.
Tom McFaiey. t Los Angeles
promoter, and Goff 10th are two pro
moters who have long been aftei
Kit< e to meet NYels.i. Anyway. Pol
lok writes that he has everything set
tled for the bout, unless Welsh should
looks as if Count Castro made a
master stroke when he landed this
match for Atlanta. Welsh has for a
long time been recognized as one of
the greatest lightweights in the world,
holding the British championship, and
being the only man to have held
Pa ('key McFarland even in two bouts.
Welsh also holds a tw enty -round vic
tory over Ritchie and this alone
should entitle him to a crack at the
champion.
However, Willie will not be able to
dodge Welsh much longer. Pollok
plans to start one of the hottest cam
paigns in the history of tfic pugilistic
game and hopes it w ill end by Welsh
dragging “Ritchie into the ring with
him on February 22. That Freddie
is entitled to the match no one can
deny lie holds the greatest record
of any lightweight in the game to
day. not even barring Tommy Mur
phy. Ritchies next opponent.
• * *
as good as Welsh is, he will not
have any set-tip in this Whitney
party Frank may not be a cham
pion, but ii there is a more willing
tighter in tiie world than Frank, we
have not had the pleasure of seeing
him. Every time Whitney steps his
foot in tiie ring the fans can be as
sured they will see a light. He can
be counted on to keep on top of
Welsh at all times, and, believe 11s.
Freddie will have to step some on the
night of January 8
Whitney has yet t«* make a bad
fight in Mlanta. and the "Fighting
Carpenter" wants to keep his slate
clean. Ho will arrive here in a couple
ol lays to finish his training grind.
Frank has been working at his home
in Cedar Rapids and will need but
little work to put him on edge for
the battle of his life
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«-ago .oeusation. Chari
c more boxing the
ttvla that he ha> don
work to entitle him to a few days’
res:. Charlie says he is glad to hear
that Atlanta has landed the Welsh-
Whilney fight and hopes to get on
with the winner at a later dale.
Whito has also a few good words
for Whitney. Charlie has always
claimed that Frank is one of tiie
toughest boys he has ever met, and
he expects to see him give Welsh one
grand tussle. White has met the
toughest boys in the world and his
praise for Whitney means much.
Jack O’Brien Ready
To Re-enter Ring
NEW YORK. Dec. 27 Stirred into
action by the announcement that Bob
Fitzsimmons was about to re-enter
the arena. "Philadelphia Jack"
O'Brien, ex-champion Jiglu heavy
weight boxer, has cast his gauntlet
at the feet of all the "white heavy
weights in the world" O’Brien is
much in earnest in his intention to
box again. He has placed himself
under the direction of Daniel Mor
gan. the "silent man” of boxing.
"1 am sure that if Hob Fitzsim
mons. a man past bis fiftieth birth
day. has the courage to challenge
the white heavyweights of ihe pres
ent time. 1 have little reason to fear
the outcome of a match with them.
1 am in good condition, and know
that 1 could go the distance. With
one or two exceptions, they are a
lot of jokes.”
ONLY ITALIAN BATTERY.
MONTREAL, Deo. 27.-- The Old' Ital
ian battery in organized baseball will
be seen in action in the International
League next season. The Montreal
club lias signed Tony Car to. a Chicago
semi-professional, and Catcher vThn
j Smith, whose real name is Gughelnio
j Peoli. of New York, who formerly
I played with the Kingston and New York j
| American League clubs.
OLYMPIC GAMES POSTPONED.
NEW VnRK Do. 27, The Greek’
< •]> tnpic garni a. which wme to be
at Athens in the spring *<f IT' have'
been indefinitely postponed. Tiie emu-
J iniltee in charge has found it impossible
I to make adequate preparations in so 1
short a time after the war
ARTHUR PELKY
CHANGES HIS
BOK STILL
Gunboat Smith's Next Opponent
Will Apply Burns’ Methods
on New Year's Day.
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S AX FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 27.
Tommy Burns, the one-time
champion of the world, who is
here directing the train ng of Arthur
Pelkv for the latter's New Year Day
bout with Gunboat Smith, claims to
have completely remodeled his pro
tege's system of fighting.
It has taken Tommy six months,
according to his own telling, to trans
form Arthur from a swinger into a
straight hitter. and the results
achieved have justified the time and
pains devoted to the undertaking.
It may be. as Burns says, teat
1 Vlky has discarded the sidewinder
for that more graceful form of as
sault. the straight punch, but the
chances are that one stinging jab
on the nose will cause Arthur to for
get all that Burns had heen at such
trouble to teach him and go light
back to the windmill tactics he em
ployed in his other fights.
Of course, there is this to it: Pelky
may be more tractable than the
average pugilist, and may he impress
ed with the innovations counseled by
Burns In such case he may have
applied himself to the task of acquir
ing new ideas in such manner as to
warrant the belief that anything he
has learned will remain with him
pei manently
If lie is a fellow of iha stamp, he
to l*o congratulated "it having a
man like Tommy Burns for a mentor,
for the latter was true a hitter
and as faultless a timer a«s ever
straightened an arm.
This is the eleventh of a series
Lightweigth Champion Willie Ritchie,
By Willie Ritchie.
S AX FRANCISCO, Dec, 26.—I was
a very busy young man during
my first visit East. In fact, they
kept me on the job all the time, and
I had seven fights in seven weeks,
which I considered pretty good for a
boy away from home for the first time
and just taking a chance.
At last the old homesick feeling be
gan to creep over me. I wanted to
get back among my folks and my
friends. I felt worse with every let
ter I received, and at last I decided
to pack my things and return to San
Francisco, although I passed up at
least four or five matches. But this
did not bother me at all.
For the first time in my life 1 really
felt independent, for I had $3,500 in
the bank, and T figured that I would
not Have to worry for a while, no
matter what might happen to me.
Still, I was ambitious, and wanted
more, and I believed then that T would
be able to Hand some good matches in
my native city.
1 landed home about the middle of
March of last year, and all my old
friends seemed very glad to see me
My Eastern record was a good one,
and 1 felt proud of it. I saved all
the clippings of my fights, and 1 used
to take great pride in showing them
to everybody who took any interest in
the fighting game.
Wolgast Agrees to Match.
But the game was rather dead in
San Francisco then, and I was un
able to land anything. I just laid
around, for I did not care to go back
| as a foui'-rounder, because I believed
f that my Eastern experience ought to
put me 1n line for some better
matches, f passed up several good
offers to go over the jumps in the
short distance game.
Finally I took it into my head to
see Wolgast. He was doing a theat
rical turn her.e, and I had heard that
lie was gelling ready to try himself
out in a short distance bout, and I
felt that J had just as much license
as any of them to get on with the
( hampion, and 1 was not a bit afraid
of him, either.
j "Will you give me the first chance
when you decide to get back in the
I game. Ad?" I asked. "You can make
j the terms."
"AH right, kid," said Wolgast, “but
F am sorry that you have not got n
reputation, for T will tear right after
you.”
"That’s all right. You can tear as
j hard as you like. I have been up
against some pretty tough ones late
ly."
A touple of Pittsburg promoters
wanted 1 to stage the match, and I
went lo see Wolgast about it. but he
said that he preferred to fight in San
Francisco, although he was not ready
then. He again promised me that he
would let me in on the first crack at
him.
Coffroth Arranges the Bout.
Wolgast went South on some busi
ness, and returned a couple of weeks
of stories of the life and battles of
written exclusively for The Georgian.
late. Then he told me that ho would
be ready to give me a four-round
whirl early in May. and suggested
that Promoter Jim Coffroth handle
the match, with Jack Welsh as the
referee.
I went to Coffroth and put the
proposition before him. He seemed
to like the idea, although he had
never handled a four-round match
J before. We did not have any trouble
in reaching an agreement, for I was
w illing to fight for practically nothing
just to get a chance to show what I
could do against a real champion.
Wolgast was to get practically even -
thing he asked for, which was fair
enough then.
We signed to fight on May 11, and
I had a couple of weeks 1n which to
train, and, believe me, I sure did work
hard. This is where I had a good
edge on the champion. He felt sure
that I would be an easy mark, and he
did not do as much work as he
should have. But that was his fault
and not mine. Wolgast always was
careless.
I trained at the Seal Rock House,
and Wolgast worked out right across
the way. Many of the fans smelled
a rat and said that we probably were
framing up a little love feast, and
this kept the crowd down at the figh!
However, those who did show up cer
tainly saw more action in four rounds
than they ever saw before.
Knocked Down by Champion.
Well, Wolgast tore right after me
when the bell rang, and I knew that 1
was in for a merry time. He kept
swinging and rushing, and I stopped
many a hard wallop. The crowd
cheered, for they thought that the
champ was back in form after his re
cent operation.
But I just stood up there and slug
ged back. J guess that he had a nice
little lead in the first round, for he
was the aggressor, and kept right on
top of me all the time, and T could
not get up. We stumbled over each
other in the second round, and I help
ed the champion up. We were fight
ing like mad every inch of the way.
and the fans were on their feet, cheer
ing and hollering all the time.
Hr 4 caught me a right-hand Swing
to the jaw in the third round and 1
fell like a log. I really believe that
this was the hardest blow I ever re
ceived, but still I was not dazed nor
even groggy. I took the count of
nine and all the time I was planning
how I would stall when I got to m.'
feet, for he was standing over me.
Finally 1 got up and went into a
clinch. He tried hard to put me
down again, but 1 was strong and
fought right back. We were slam
ming away at each other when the
bell rang. Believe me, this was one
of the speediest rounds I ever fought,
and I felt all right after I got to my
feet. Confidence again helped me.
He tired in the last round and 1
finished strong. 1 think that I had a
good lead and was entitled to the de
eision. But it was a no-dccision af
fair, although the majority of the
newspapers said that Wolgast had a
lead over me. However, I did nor
kick, for I knew that my reputation
had been made then.
Motorcycle Demons
In 300-Mile Race
AtSavannah Today
SA\ ANXAH, Dec. 27.—The 300-mile
motorcycle race wil be held to-day,
weather permitting.
Forty-eight entrants, representing the
cream of the professional and amateur
motorcycle riders of tiie world, will
compete for the $1,000 in prize money
and ilie handsome silver trophv that
has been hung up for the race.
The start will be at :* o’clock. The
winning rider will have to average about
65 miles an hour to win the race.
Hal Gilbert, of Atlanta, on his At
lanta-made motorcycle. Betsy. .Ir.. is at
tracting considerable attention.
Hugh Mehegan Beats
Brown in 20 Rounds
Eleventh Cavalry
Plays All-Scars on
Gridiron To-da;
CHATTANOOGA, TENX., Dec. 27
The Ail-Star Eleventh Cavalry football
game, which was scheduled for Christ
mas Day and postponed on account of
the weather, will be played to-day.
Four Tech players, three Vanderbilt
players, two Sewanee players and play
ers from Tennessee 1'rep School wh
compose the All-Star team.
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Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. Dec. 27.
- Hugh Mehegan. th* Australian light
weight champion, last night won the de
cision over Pal Brown. of HibbbiK
Minn., in a fast 20-round fig a This
t%as tiie opening l»oui of 1 ^ annual box',
ing dw\ * ■ < < was W: ; . ?«<■».i 1 • .-nr,--
than 10.000 spertat*»r\- »:> winning M<
began evened up inntt-rs with Grown,
who defeated ihc former a Sy«inc\ ui
October.
ITCHING PILES
Er^ry sufferer from Ketone pi’s* should read
ihes° words from H. S. Hood, of Bellslre. Mich.,
•'bo was
Cured by Tetterine
For dvtoen years I had been a <uff* r *r
from itrhini pile* I e**t * h**« of T>ttrr!s«
and lew than half a box mad* * r*
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