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l r, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AN U NEWS. TheUnipire H;is Notliingon the Manager Who Get»tlieJol> of Running aTail End Clul> j (SHTO'Jf ® |T 1 -TOO C5-00D \ A 60'/ UKE'VO'J ri.LTE.U- '/O'-' ' •uqO S£'» £ ’' 3m ^ Jfl wco 0 0 AM THAT* HO LIP ( vfMV -SAT IF \ ujAsnT^ TVt BO 5 5 N 6^>M£V^ THe-V'D ALL PA n TV A T O^jj. Tvt \ u^TEH TO I @01-0 nO'M AMO VOUAE" fB£ OLO BO'/tt+AT (CIM PlOp. A Mltf GrRL OVJX X tell voo ' -|Ve TR.OTH t>ICM I THOU&rtT st+e 'A a s am quo CRO'A' V ME 5Ct-A^- OFAOcTWE HO l*S-V i eue^k IAmj SHei rnfc' " Gooo n 16- 1 \W HAT A F / she \ . i must \ •J ’* wo*!Y- PIPE TV*6 pmotieg-i OF RAL.P GAL < Tt IT WJI- GflAM MOT NDOOf* 3P0BTS — lyrTiMG- THE O'L- OM THE CASM'E®-^ CHOI CE ^I'll zvsr G-iueTHAT" V/IINOO'M THE omce OUEP. NA'/iELF - THERE MuJT Be AOMETWlMfr THeB-E , TO Be com 7~? aj u e u> SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Merely Taking a Peek, ’s All 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. • * • \ 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 To Box Jeannette GfcE. yjHtz- I ‘ HOOK AT THAT B£M* - I wtNETi WOTI CEt> HER gPPQWfc \ X \ I IT ML-MOO- \l . I||li Gfce THE JUOCrE a, i.l'i CAiL-t eruBW TH-AT 5 HE Y —vY UJK TYItRE ( 5°"'? \ ' r Ki0 ( MAFfty j CHICK [VANS TAKES A TURN AT DRUID RILLS 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 I v#v v •v • •'« v • *’* *!•••!• 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 - • 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 \ LETTER ‘ * from 1 «-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. Uy \Y. \Y. Naughtou. 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. YpEX .J HOpium WkUk«i m m lit Hoocir Il. 4 i iMjPVwr. DK B M wflHtBSaalurlaa*. Atlmr . WhUk.y mmd Drue H«ble« it Sanitarium. Book •*» •«k)^ B. M. WOOLLEY. *•»*. ■ Sanitarium. Atlanta. G«ors*u 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* ruro. T«i>rtr- stre* It jf*' ‘ r-lW lo a!) >.kb> <l<« «. «:i< Ii ai r r-rna. » ncr' rfri. r»'i ,l:.h. Jt has t, M K i rrrl»ein8! -I'laMt?'* to go 1 ‘Hr ,-jihbp D, r?llc7*t th‘i effrt-t / i Get U t" -lay -Tetterir,* •' 50r at drilHht* hv mat 1 8HUPTRINE en SAVANNAH. OA