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If They Could Do Aw ck to Its Own ici me BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS t>r> NOT HI<*H TeT Vi^TT until v/c ur* % 0 HKiH VC CAN'T breath "den —\VE ARE 20000 foors up: oh: dot isa ' >T. DFF»NAKU doc - He COES UP IN DE FOUNTAINS AND IF HE FIND SOME ON? 00 T IS LOST HF. "|<ivf den sqite l|IS Nane is ' PEORlCK - HE ISS VOT TOO CALL A LIFE SAVER >N AIT ERIKA POK COODNCSS T>A,NF what is That - a SVlTZ chcese lion? Hov ANT ONE ™ IN SWITZERLAND k, n Live on the LEve L vy*TH ALL these [~\ MOUNTAINS! I MK.JUiGV WHAT IS THE MATTER | WITH TOD "' IN CASE TOO <ilT LOST EH ' WELL. 1 DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM ^V/HAT^S *— THE BARREL ON HIS NECK FOR? here FREDRICK HERE FREDRICK FSRANOy OUT OF DOT KEO -* HOV (J; HKH are WE r NOV? V Manager Billy Smith Admits Is Afraid to Look the List in the Face. A pproaches now the season for sending out contracts, but Billy Smith, Cracker manager, K not flourishing any trumpets. "Say—I’m afraid to look the list n the face,” Billy said Friday. "It’s ■ long one, and I’ll be able to tell more about it when we get the con tacts signed, sealed and delivered, arid all that sort of thing. But even then—” Billy went on to say something about one bird in Class A company eing worth a good many more than iwo in the bushes. The contracts will be mailed out next week. ur'OT another pig in a poke just F 1 now," Mr. Smith added. "Name's Sindle, and he’s a left-handed pitcher Jack Ryan got sweet on, up New York way. Says he has the goods. Any how, we’ve got his contract.” Which will run the list of reserve contracts up to about three dozen,- to be pruned down to half that number lire day before the season opens. Billy also is worried about the Es mond deal. He doesn’t know which way it is going to jump. By ‘Bud 9 Fisher Jeff Simply Has to Have a Pet Around the Place IX the meantime, Billy isn’t having * such a bad time. He looks sleek, .und has lost several crows’ feet that were to be seen around his lamps to ward the shank of the past season. Friday afternoon, Billy and C. T. Nunnally were going out on the lat- ier's invitation to frisk a couple of hundred acres of real estate for an alleged covey of birds. Mr. Nunnally wanted to try out a new dog. Billy was to supply a brace of big sweat ers for the pair and one (1). set of •Id pants for himself. Reports have not yet reached this office from the expedition. W6CL, I FrtMU-Y ftoV K.H) OF JEFFS &NAKB YlEsvefcOAT. a \ Reader WtOTG A LETT'S* TO the ARTIST SAVING THAT TH6R£ . WAS, 1 NO NOM.OR. (N A SNAKfc AND iF THEY \ DIDN'T SET RT> op IT THAT r ' all our. RSAOEtb. S« TUT j AR.Tiyt AAAoe JEFF- KILL J TH6 &NAKR* y WHAT TH6 f 1 - T T HO OGHT Yov Killed l1v X He A* HIM COfAlNfe NOU. I’LL NICE TO HIM AND CHSC* HIM UP BECAUSE L... HE’LL BE ALL BR.Ok.EN OP ABoor losing his pet snake, r'' Fanny. J ! H&LLO JEFF. X S !iXPECTSD*TO *«€ I You ALL DRokEN J UP AFTSK LOSING \ Your pst gnakc oh.l Bit) kill fannv,ftur this is her BPoThtfc P6Y6 \ TELEPHONE call from George * * Stallings, at Haddock, Ga., in formed Messrs: Smith and Callaway, iid other directors of the Atlanta lub, that two friends of the Boston manager, Thomas Heath and a Dr. McGaine, would be in Atlanta Sun- nay, on their way to visit Mr. Stal lings at his big plantation. Mr. Stallings said his frineds were »itits about golf, and urged Mr. Nun- nally and the others to show ’em some of the Atlanta brand. Mr. Nun- nally fancied they might like to watch Chick Evans play at East J ,a ke. ‘T don't play that game,” he said. “YV ELL, I do," announced Billy, v v “I played twice at Chevy Chase, in Washington, last time 1 was ihcre. I hit the ball and 1 busted ihosS/nat—the stick, I mean 1 . Oh, it’s some game.’’ Bill also admitted that he had been inveigled into placing out at East Bake one time. "But T don’t suppose 1 would give < hick Evans a tussle yet," he ad mitted. “[ think I’ll go out and watch him. He must be a wonder, From all accounts. Chief Bender is i he best golf player I ever saw. That Indian does anything well.’’ k 0 A XOTHER circumstance that will enable Mr. Smith and the dilec tors to bear with fortitude the sus pense of waiting for the contracts is hunting party on the large estate f the same Mr. Stallings referred to previously. Mr. Stallings says the birds around is place near Haddock, Ga., are very Plentiful and lazy, and require to be stirred up. Messrs. Smith. Callaway, Ryan and Nunnally desire to be put n record as the gunmen who can do 1 ne stirring. The invitation was is sued some weeks ago, and has now '•een accepted for the latter part of iext week. Sidelights on Sports By A. H. C. MITCHELL L BOXING News of the Ring Game IMPRESSIONISTIC. 11 hen we would limn the While Hope The only words that come, I'i pc yon with !hr right dupe. Ire: “Lowlife! Lon fee! Hum!” v m if When you consider iliat there was orl> ’• pounds differenc e in the weights, we udder to think what Levinsky would ive done to Coffey if the New Yorker ad been about ten pounds lighter. * * » Is Gunboat Smith entitled to be known as a knocker-out?’’ asks Old Bill Xaughton. And, then again, is Gunboat ^mith entitled to be known? V * ¥ In reply to many queries we would -ay that we see nothing the matter with he heavyweight fighters of to-day ex- epting that their service is weak, their delivery poor, they slice their drives, pull away from the plate and hav. loo mnoh lead in their keels. • » * ^basing rabbits with greyhounds is Bud Anderson’s training specialty, con duct which might easily be construed as ft slur at his opponent, Mr. Cross. * * + Georges Carpentier, the French cham pion, must surely be some drawing card or the music halls in Paris and Lon don. for he is receiving $2,500 a week ’ the Folies Bergeres in Paris at pres uit giving boxing exhibitions, and will '°ceive a similar amount from th* Pal ladium Music Hall in London after his engagement in Paris is finished * * * ■loe Thomas, Charlie White s trainer. * anxious to send Ruby fllrsh. a Chi ago bantam, here for some bouts Hirsh lias fought the best 115 bo> s around the Windy City, and alwa- ki\ps a good account of himself. •!"<• ''ritrs that h« will lot Hirsh light an; o here *u a winner lake ai basis. C LARK GRIFFITH, manager of the Washington team, is one of the sensible baseball men. He has exploded the idea, that it is necessary for a ball club to start South soon after New Year’s Day and hike down to the lower end of Florida or Texas to properly condition a team for the championship season. For two years Griffith has taken his ball players down to Char lottesville, Va., which is about 100 miles south of Washington. He starts practice about the first of March. For the past, two years his team has finished second in the American League race. He has, in those two years, got a good start when the championship sea son opened and has held a good position throughout the race for the pennant. His system not only displays common sense, but is a great saving of money. Big league baseball is one of the most waste ful businesses in the world. Coal Oil Johnny. Death Valley Scott, the late Charlie Gates and other spendthrifts have nothing on big league baseball when it comes to throwing money away. * if * ■jV/TV.XACEKS are to blame. They get the idea that some other manager will “put something over” on them by starting spring practice in the middle of winter so they utge the club owners to allow their team to go South two months or more b-' *he sea son opens. The club owners, fear ful that the manager will have an alibi if his team doesn’t gel a good start, consent. The result is about three weeks or a month of training that is unnecessary. * * 3 I '!’ costs six to eight thousand 1 dollars to train a big league ball club in the South, in spite of the fact that the players are not paid for their work. A considera ble part of this could be saved if the chibs did not start South s«» < ai X in the year. It would be a good idea if they would all consent begin training not earlier than March 1". But th«-v won t. “1171 BN I first suggested char- vv lottesville," said Griffith, "everybody thought l was making a big mistake. Most folks thought that, a team had to go to ex tremely Southern cities where the temperature at all times was around 8u and 90. "My earlier experience as man-* ager taught me that this was an error. The players get down into the warm climate, and become ul-'T to it in • few* weeks. Thep they must go North. The weather in the Northern section is near ly always bad. The men, fresh from the South, take colds, their muscles stiffen, and they usually are in bad shape for a full month. And when your men aren’t in sha^ to ’'•v ball ’"ring the first month, some other team is quite liable to get a big ‘edge’ on you. * * * OY PLAYING at Charlottesville my me* meet practically the same climatic conditions in March and early in April as they meet in the middle of April. They are then used to playing in cold, raw and drizzling weather and they do not mind it, nor are they sus ceptible to colds and stiffened joints. * * * THE New York Yankees last 1 spring trained at Bermuda, where it was intensely hot. When they reached the Tinted States, the sudden change in weather worked havoc with the team’s condition, forcing Frank Chance, manager, to vow that never again would he go so far south to con dition Ills charges. * ■* * ( ) F the temperature is the same w in Washington as it is in Charlottesville, why don’t you train in Washington?" Griffith was asked. "Because, if we did. we wouldn’t be any drawing card at home for our exhibition games." answered Griff with a grin- BLOOMINGTON SIGNS UP PAIR. BLOOMINGTON. ILL.. Dec. 27.—Con- i tract.- 1 were received by tl ? Bloomington | A.-snciatioii t"-day from Outfielder T. r. I^appH. • *f Dewar. Okla.. and Set-urn. Baseman Fred Mill, of Herner, Local Five Meets Mississippi A. & M, Quintet To-night The Atlanta Athletic Club basket ball team plays its fourth game of the sea son to-night against the Mississippi Ag ricultural .College quintet. The game is expected to be by far the hardest fought of the season as neither team has met defeat. The Mississippi aggregation holds the championship of the Southern Intercol legiate Athletic Association and have only been defeated once in two years. All the players on this year's team arr veterans which means that the local squad is to. have a tough time of it to night. Both teams arc in great shape for Die fray. Joe Bean, especially, lias had his boys hard at work. The game should prove a corker. Chance Offers $5,000 Bonus to Get Tinker LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27. While dis cussing the proposed transfer *»f loe Tinker from Cinc innati to Brooklyn. J Frank Chance made Die sla'ement that he would give Charley Ebbeis. the Brooklyn magnate. $5,000 bonus for his bargain. He added that if Gibbets would consider such an offer he would be de lighted to turn over the cash to him without delay. “Tinker is worth every dime of the $25,000 that Kbbets is reported to have offered for Tinker." said Chance. "Joe is a high-class player and well worth that, sort of money. If Ebbets does not think so he will do ine a favor by allow ing me to pay him a $5,000 bonus for his bargain. “I do not think thai Tinker would go to the outlaws if his demands were not met regarding the $10,000 bonus l.e wants for signing, but he has an in tense nature and there is no telling what he would do.” George Chip to Fight Greek Brown Jan. 1 CHICAGO. Dec. :’7. George Chip w ill have a pleasant time trying to slop hi» next opponent. George Knockout Brown, the local Greek sidewheeler, is going to str-p six t'ounda with Die con queror of Frank Klaus in Pittsburg Now Year’s Day. Brown is training on raw meal, as usual, and when he starts the pyrotech nics Chip w ill do w oil i<, i.r out of rang'*. Chip will he i whale if he at"p- the Chj< agnail in six / "unds. Sporting Food By GEORGE E. PHAIR LINES TO G. HERRMANN. What 1 hough your infield be heavy and sloir? What though it never amount to so much? Herzog unit HoblHzrll, Xeihoff and (Jvoh— Think what a hit it will make with the Hutch ' A story of a Cincinnati baseball game next summer will bear a strik ing resemblance to an account of a schuetzerfest. If you v. ore to ask Tom Lynch wha. arc the chief requirements of a president of the National League he would l el I you a pair of brass knuckles. Frank Gotch announces that he has heard the call of the mat, but the said call sounds auspiciously like the jingle of a dollar. THE SPLASHFUL SECOND. Were t on tlw In,.ring commission. Were I in the proper position. 1)1 had the right / would rise in my might And sentence one man to pad it ion. I\l smite him am! /lay him and < lout h i m, \nd utterly conquer amt rout him — The second, / mean. With the ivory bean. Who splashes the water about turn. It is estimated that there is enough water splashed on the spectators at the ringside every year to irrigate every acre of the Desert of Sahara. There must be a mistake in the re port that Tom Jones has a cold thpt makes it difficult to talk. Tom would not find it difficult to talk even if ht had a broken jaw. Ad NVolgas»l wants to wreak ven geance on Charlie White. He tame to this conclusion after counting his share of the gate re< eipu Goorgc Rodel may now be ronaid- erod ;< regular heavyweight He has joined the vast army <»f fighters who lutv whipped Jim Flynn. Virginia Eleven to Play Yale for First Time Next Season NEW HAVEN, CONN.. Dec. 27.—The University of Virginia, for the first time in football history, will line up against Yale's team next season. The date is set as October 3. Only one game remains to be clinched, the first of the schedule. Wesleyan has severed football relations with Yale. Trinity has declined the offer of the date and the other small colleges do not seem especially anxious to play here. At present the schedule shows, be sides Virginia, games with Colgate. Brown. Lehigh, Maine. Princeton and Harvard. All games except that against the Tiger will he played here. Ebbets Says He’s Through With Tinker NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—President Charles H. Ebbets, of the Brooklyn club, to-day declared that no further Inducements would bo held out to Joe Tinker to get him to sign a. three-year contract with Brooklyn. "We have of fered him a salary consistent with his ability,’’ said Ebbct*. "This salary, to gether with his $10,000 bonus, will make him one of the highest priced men in baseball. Wo have gone as far as we can go." Ebbets Would not divulge the amount of salary offered, hut it is reported to he between $5,000 and $0,000 a yetor, for three years. This, with the bonus, would make Tinker’s three-year income around $2R,000. PUBLICITY. When the chatter of 'linker is cold and slarl, And the fans no longer will fall for the same. Some god of the bleachers comes up to the mark Willi the good old whimsy: "I’m through with the game!** • « * After a number of years of study we have c oncluded that baseball Is the easi est of commercial fields. Every one al ways gets the best of every deal o m "We have a first division club over here.'* says Mr. Ebbets, and ff they cun ever get over the habit of finishing in the second four they will undoubtedly prove it. ♦ * * "I think. Diinks Mr. Tener "an um pire should be conciliatory but firm, positive but polite, quick but undemon strative. strict but. reasonable " For all of which he sometimes drags down as much as $10 a day when be works. * * u Mr. Ebbets says he is in no hurry to sign Tinker. Since it involves an out lay of about >25,000, * .>14 c an hardly blame him. * * » Consider the benefits of travel. Fred Merkle never knew how close he cam# to going to St. Louis. * * « THAT $25,000 The shouting and the tumult quits. And Tinker comes and others go: And. though we strain our agile v:\is t We can't see who's out alt thai duy ft. "Speaking as president of the Na» League/’ speaks Mr Tener. see no reason why Anson should have a, pension." And. on the other hand, there are 1.800 reasons a year why he should not. • * * $5 PER. "We. can't afford no pensions." Said the magnate ivith a high: “lfV have the best intentions. tint the price of trine is high." • * * Many big and Southern Leaguers are playing ball in the New Orleans Win ter League. We glean the following names from the box scores: Schulte, Casey. Kirke, Hauser, Sentell. Martina, Bush, Jordan and Pobard. * * * Matty Matthews is still training lie is taking exercise every day for his un derpinning. He is chasing up eighft flights in one of the biggest buildings iri the city—in an elevator. Frank Klaus Through With Boxing Game PITTSBURG, Dec. 37 —Frank Klaus, who was the principal claimant for the middleweight championship until knocked out for the second time in sev en weeks by George Chip, is through with the ling Buck Grouse. who knocked out Chip some time ago. J«j demanding a fight with Chip. Klaus’ friends say he is inclined to go Last and become a hotel and saloon proprietor. He was recently married, and is by no means pauperized b.\ hiv finish a> 'he hands of Chip. PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY «•* you have b*an taklni treatment fer weak* and manthe and My infl out VOID hard earned money *tth*ut bolnfl curt*, Uaii t jrau think it la high time to accept Dft. HUGHES URAMD OFFER? Vou will certainly nut be out any mure money If not cured. Cental* to lion and Examination are Free tor the next thirty day*. if I dei'Me that your condition will nut yield readily iu my treat ment. I wh! be honest with you and tell you to. and not accept your money under a promise of a cure. , My trMtm.nt will po.lllvtl* ,ur, tr I will mat, van n« ,h»rH a —J fur the following disease*: KIDNEY', BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE, PILES. VARICOSE VEINS, FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS. RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. CONSTIPATION Eczema, Rheumatism. Catarrhal Affections, Piles and Flitula and alt Nerveut and Uhreale Diseases ef Men and Women. Ne» and Chronic Cares nf Burn Inf. Itching and Inflammation stopped In 24 hours I am sfainet high and extortionate fees charger) i»y gome physicians end apecUUils. My fee* am **asr*nable and no more than von ere wilting to pay for a cure. All medicines, the pureet and be*' of drugs, are supplied from my own rrirat* Laboratory. OUT OF TOWN’ MEN T18ITIM5 THU E-'TTT <0/ «uit me at on<’e upon arrival, and maybe you caa be cured before returning t'oai*. Man* ra«»e < an ha cured in one or two rmtj. CAM, on WRITE No detention from business. Treatment and advice epofl-jenda]. Reura J* J r '' ’.am ^unda- . J to I If rou < *r rsii write and a»«e me full description of ^our «aje to your o'ro words A complete consultation coels you nothing and If I» an help you T will DR. HUGHES Opposite: Third Nation*! Bank, North Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga M