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TTTF. ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. The Umpire Has Nothingon thcManager Who Oetsthejob of Rtitming a I ail Unci Clnfo Is °y SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Merely Taking a Peek y ’s All TO THE YANKEES New York Critic Thinks Farrell Could Well Afford to Pay Big Price for Georgia Boy, By Frank G. Menke. N EW YORK, Deo. 27.—And now the old question bobs up, "If T$ Cobb were placed on the auc tion block, how much would he bring?" It’s a question that may never know an answer, for the Tiger own ers think quite a bit of the said Mr. Cobb and may keep him on their ros ter until his playing nays are over. But if we owned the New York Yan kees, and Cobb was for sale, we’d start bidding for him with a mention of $200,000. and if there was any fur ther competition we’d shove the amount to $500,000. A half million dollars for one ball player of more than unusual ability seems like a lot of money. But in live years’ time, as a member of the Yankees, Cobb would bring in some thing like $500,000 in excess of the $500,000 purchase price. And the money he would bring in after that, because he is a drawing card, would he what is termed in poker circles as "velvet." • • • \V/E don’t think Cobb would be W worth that amount to any other < lub than the Yankees. And here are the reasons that make us think he is worth that much money to the New York American Leaguers: Every day in the year at least 500,- 000 out-of-town people visit New York. At least 200,000 of this number! come from the small towns—towns where big league baseball has not ; been played. But In these towns j they have heard of Cobb for years— have heard of his wonderful batting stunts, of his dashing, daring base running, or his 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 action. Playing with Detroit. Cobh appears in 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 Y’ork. It's a safe bet that. \\8th Cobb ap- i pearing in a New York uniform, he j would draw at least 1,500 of these transient visitors to .the ball park, every day. No matter where the Yankees stood 1 In the race, they would be 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 w ho save their money to *ee tho New York Giants perform would de sert the Giant cause and swear alle giance to the Yankees if Cobb was a member. • * * T HUS, as we figure it, Cobb each day would draw 8,000 fans to the Yankee ball 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 in New York ]n five years the total would be $500,- 000. Cobb Is the greatest drawing card on the road. His presence on the I>e 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 be increased about $50,000 at least ,ach year, or $250,000 in five years. * * • ANI) 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 Cobb’s help the Yankees might loom up as championship pos sibilities. A winning team always is s good drawing card, and as such the Yankee treasure vaults would be in creased each year by another $50,000, or $250,000 in five years. Therefore, looking at it from our viewpoint, Cobb in five years would put something like $1,000,000 real, legular oollars into the Yankee cof fers. Doesn’t It seem, then, that he s worth at least $500,000 to the club, especially in view of the fact that he l as something like ten years of good. Urst-class baseball in his system? Yes. President Farrell could yell nfTord to pay this big price for the Tiger outfielder. Carpentier Agrees To Box Jeannette Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec 27. -Georgia Carpentier las agreed to box Joe Jeannette, of Hoboken. N. J.. who was recently out pointed by Sam Langford. 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. Deo. ■€? Manager Frank Chance, of the New York High- landerF. wants to pet his pitchers started early and has decided to send them to I he Hot Springs camp on February 15. Chance has ordered Ford. Warhop, Fish- * r, Caldwell. Cole, Criss McHale and Schultz, pitchers, and Sweeney. Gos- tett and Reynolds, catchers, to join him fct V-it* camp on that date. PROMOTER SEEKS BOUT. MILWAUKEE. Dec. 27.—Tom An drews, local prize fight promoters to-day lock'd himse'f holding a lease ori the Auditorium for New Year’s Eve without a bvxing contest to stage in it. “Knock- Mi w York, wired drew! 3X i he was sick and could not niee . Wolgast. former light weight champion, on that date The promoter & seeking another match. A CHICK EV3NS TIKES 1 TURN INDOOR SPORTS - - By Tad Dinner Party Is Given Famous Golfer Friday Night by George Adair. 1 A FTER trying out tho saturated turf at East Lake for a couple of ungenial days of highly ex cited elements, (’hick Evans went out Saturday morning to take a turn on | the new Druid Hills course, made j even more sporty than usual by the tendency of his shots to bound in sanely from a fairway frozen In spots. When you add to that the circum stance that Mr. Evans also was slight ly frozen in spots, the difficulty of par golf becomes plainly evident. All Friday Mr. Evans was at East Lake. "1 arn not bragging about the scores, , however," he said Saturday morning, j “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 bands. 1 believe 1 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 n * matches in ordinary weather—and | they all had n great day of It. "TIck" 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 uo a man s "ame between shots and while mak ing them.” Friday night Mr. Evans was the guest of honor i.t a dinner party given by George Adair at his home. Among the guests—all golfers, by the way -were Forrest Adair, W. 1L Tiehenor, Lowry Arnold, H. M. At kinson. Dr. W. Elkin. John K. Mur phy. Will Rowan and Dr. Frank H >.- land. Movement to Bring The Army-Navy Game To Nation's Capital WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Officials of the local civic organization who have been working to bring the Army-Navy football game to Washington perma nently have decided that their plans can | not be carried out without Congres sional or outside aid. After conferring with officials of the Army and Navy Departments they have decided the amount of money needed to stag** the big game each year is too great to be raised by private subscrip tion only. A movement to ask Congress to ap propriate for a nmmmooth memorial sta dium tn the capital, which could be used for athletic and other public events, is being considered. m H H 0 F/VlaTH E HO MEW TWCrl i emek *** _ s H£sr*£ L ' M, y (3OO0 NifrST- v>i w(vt A FACE, T TELL VOO -[>'£ TROTHJDICF. |THOU &H> SHE vo A s A,J old crRo^ me seuF he voasmT^" the Bos5' N ^pweu° Txe-y’O ^ uL - 'Pan that Ritchie’s Own Story of Career Battles Wolgast Four Rounds This is the eleventh of a series of stories of thrjife and battles of Lightmeigth Champion Willie Ritchie, written exclusively for The Georgian, AMP vo uP-ET THE OLO gov THAT KIN VlCFC A GrRL OVT too GOOD fo*- AfcoV LIKE V00 I’LL TEEL VOU- v 0 U PESEf^E A RIME G-ll^ 1 - , ^oo OOM TAM'S NO KtP 7s o A , N TSH£ pi CIA 7 Charlie White Declares Whitney Will Give English Champ Hard Scrap WELSH TO TRAIL RITCHIE AFTER BATTLE HERE Illini Nine to Come South Next Year CHAMPAIGN. ILL, Dec 27.—Director George Huff to-day announced the 1 schedule for the annual Southern trip , of the Illinois baseball team. The Illini will play five games and will visit the : States of Alabama. Kentucky and Geor gia The schedule Is as follows. April 9. University of Alabama, at ’ Tuscaloosa: April 10 and 11. Georgia In stitute of Technology at Atlanta. April I 18. University of Georgia at Athens; j April 14. Kentucky State at Lexington. AFTER JOB AS TRAINER. PORTLAND. OREG.. Dec 27. ’Dad" Moulton, the famous Stanford Unlver- • sity track and field coach, has written Manager Walter McCreedie. of the Port land baseball club, filing application for the position as trainer of the Beavers. While McCreedie viewed the applica tion with a great deal of favor, he would not state whether he would em ploy Moulton. WOMEN IN WISCONSIN S*V CLUB. M A I »IS* *N. W1S . Dec N Women students will be admitted *o member ship in the new ski club to be organized at the University of Wisconsin early next month, it was announced to-day. It is said the proposed new club will be the only «uch organization in this country to have women members. By Loft Hook. F reddie welsh vs. winie Ritchie for the lightweight championship of the world on February 22 (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 be no fault of his If it doesn’t go through. Pollok claims he has a Coast pro moter who will match the boys at once over the twenty-round route, but that no definite action will be taken until after Ritchie's light 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 and 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 he clashes In a title bout with the American champion. Welsh meets Whitney here on January 6. 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 is who wants to stage the Welsh-Ritchie go, It is our humble opinion that Jim Coffroth is the man. Tom McCarev, the I>os Angeles promoter, and Coffroth tire two pro moters who have long been after Ritchie to meet Welsh. Anyway, Pol lok writes that he has everything set tled for the bout, unless Welsh should happen to meet defeat at the hands of either Dundee or Whitney. • * • I OCAL fans are already showing much interest in the scrap be tween Welsh and Whitney and it 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 Packey McFarland even in two bouts. Welsh also holds a twenty-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 the pugilistic game and hopes it will end by Welsh dragging Ritchie into the ring with him on February 22. That Freddie is entitled to the match no one can deny. He holds the greatest record of any lightweight in the game to day, not even barring Tommy Mur phy, Ritchie’s next opponent. * • * \ S good as Welsh is, he will not have any set-up in this Whitney party. Frank may not be a cham pion, but if there is a more willing fighter in the world than Frank, we have not had the pleasure of seeing him. Every time Whitney steps his foot in the ring the fans can be as sured they will see a tight. He can be counted on to keep on top of Welsh at all times, and, believe us, Freddie will have to st4p some on the night of January’ 6. Whitney has yet to make a bad fight in Atlanta, and the "Fighting Carpenter" wants to keep his slate clean. He will arrive here in a couple of days 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. * • • A LETTER was received last night * * from Charlie White, the Chi cago sensation. Charlie will not do any more boxing this year, as he feels that he has done enough ring work to entitle him to a few’ days’ rest. Charlie says he is glad to hear that Atlanta has landed the Welsh- Whitney fight and hopes U> get on with the winner at a later date. White has also a few good words for Whitney. Charlie has always claimed that Frank is one of the 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 w’orld 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 Boh Fitzsimmons was about to re-enter the arena, "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, ex-champion light 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. "I am sure that if Bob Fitzsim mons, a man past his fiftieth birth day, has the courage to challenge the white heavyweights of the pres ent time, I have little reason to fear the outcome of a match with them. I am in good condition, and know that I could go the distance. With one or two exceptions, they are a lot of jokes.” CHANGES115 1C STILE Gunboat Smith’s Next Opponent Will Apply Burns’ Methods on New Year’s Day. ONLY ITALIAN BATTERY. MONTREAL, Deo. 27.—The only Ital ian battery In organized baseball will be seen in action in the International League next season. The Montrea club has signed Tony Carto. a Chicago semi-professional, and Catcher oJhn Smith, whose real name is Guglielmo Peoli. of New York. who formerly played with the Kingston and New York American league clubs. OLYMPIC GAMES POSTPONED. NEW YORK. Dec 27.—The Greek! Olympic games, which were to be held I at Athens in the spring of 1914. have ! been indefinitely postponed. The com- I mittee in charge has found it impossible . to make adequate preparations in so i short a time after the war. By W. W. Naughton. S AN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 27. Tommy Burns, the one-time champion of the world, who is here directing the training of Arthur Pelky 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, that Pelky 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 been at such trouble to teach him and go right 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 x the average pugilist, and may be impress ed with the innovations counseled by Burns. In such case he may have applied himself to the task of acquir ing new T ideas in such manner as to warrant the belief that anything he has learned will remain with him permanently. If he is a fellow* of that stamp, he is to be congratulated on having a man like Tommy Burns for a mentor, for the latter was as true a hitter and as faultless a timer as ever straightened an arm. By Willie Ritchie. S AN 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 w’eeks, w’hich 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 w’orse w r ith 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 I really felt independent, for I had $3,500 in the bank, and I figured that I would not have to worry for a w’hile, no matter w’hat might happen to me. Still, I was ambitious, and wanted more, and 1 believed then that I would be able to land some good matches in my native city. I 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 I felt proud of it. I saved all the clippings of my fights, and I 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 w r as rather dead in San Francisco then, and I w r as un able to land anything. I just laid around, for I did not care^to go back as a four-rounder, because I believed that my Eastern experience ought to put me in line for some better matches. I 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 here, and I had heard that he was getting ready to try himself out in a short distance bout, and I felt that I had just as much license as any of them to get on with the champion, and I was not a bit afraid of him. either. “\Vill you give me the first chance when you decide to get back in the game, Ad?” I asked. "You can make the terms." "All right, kid," said Wolgast, "but I am sorry that you have not got a reputation, for I will tear right after you." a "That’s all right. You can tear as hard as you like. I have been up against some pretty tough ones late ly.” A couple of Pittsburg promoters wanted to stage the match, and I w’ent to 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 woi*d 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 late. Then he told me that he 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 before. We did not have any trouble in reaching an agreement, for I was willing 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 every thing he asked for, which was fair enough then. We signed to fight on May 11. and I had a couple of weeks in 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 I 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. I 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 I 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. He caught me a right-hand swing to the jaw In the third round and 1 fell iike 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 ail the time I was planning how I would stall when I got to my feet, for he was standing over me. Finally I got up and went into & clinch. He tried hard to put mo down again, but I 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 I finished strong. I think that I had a good lead and was entitled to the de cision. But it was a no-decision af fair, although the majority of the newspapers said that Wolgast had a lead over me. However, I did not kick, for I knew that my reputation had been made then. Motorcycle Demons In 300-Mile Race At Savannah Today SAVANNAH. 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 the world, will compete for the $1,000 in prize money and the handsome silver trophy that has been hung up for the race. The start will be at 9 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. Jr., Is at tracting considerable attention. Hugh Mehegan Beats Brown in 20 Rounds Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. Dec. 27. —Hugh Mehegan, the Australian light weight champion, last night won the de cision over Pal Brown, of Hibbing Minn., in a fast 20-round fight. This was the opening bout of the annual box ing day and was witnessed by more than 10.000 spectators. By winning Me hegan evened up matters v. « Brown, who defeated the former at -Sydney iii October. Eleventh Cavalry Plays All-Stars on Gridiron To-da CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. Dec. 2" The All-Star Eleventh Cavalry fnotb game, which was scheduled for Chri: mas Day and postponed on account the weather, will be played to-day Four Tech players, three Vandert players, two Sewanee players and pl( ers from Tennessee Prep School v compose the All-£tar team. CHIN , Every sufferer from itrhlng pile** should read ; i these words from H. 8. Hood, of Bellaire. Mica • . who was Cured by Tetterine For sixteen years I had b-en from Itching plies. I *ct a box #f Tettenn# and less than half a box mad* a c* xplots . Tetterine gives Instant relief to all sMn eases. «'»ch as enema, tetter, rinfw rm. Itch, eu;. It has the right medicinal i to get at the cause and to relieve the eirei- , Get It to-day—Tetterine. 50c at druggists. r by mall. 8HUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA. S’