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1IKAKXT"s si M)AV a.MKUK’AN. ATLANTA, (l.V. SUN’DAY. DECEMBER 28, 1013. 9 D Minday American Sporting 1 Pages Lead AED Other RECALLS THREE PREVIOUS Union Association Made First Fight Against National in 1884 Without Success; American, After Two Years’ War, Finally Secured a Foothold. W ITH bo much activity in the ranks of the Federal League and rumors of desertions from organized baseball going about, the ; ays of the big fight back in 1900 are brought to mind. As a matter of fact, there have been three incursion* of ■‘barbarians” into National League fields during the last twenty years, only one of which was a success. In 1884 the Union Association’s invasion came to naught, and in 1890 the Play ers’ League also failed to gain a foot hold. But In 1901 the American League, guided by a master hand, achieved its object and secured a per manent footing in baseball. In 1900 the Western League changed its name to the American League, and in 1901, like the Federal League at present, placed clubs in National League territory. It offered alluring inducements to the best play ers, and in three years, 1901* 1902, 1903, succeeded in influencing 109 to join its standard. Of these 109 play ers several were assisted in their “jumps” by the clubs which had reg ularly paid their salaries. They were bounced Instantly upon the discovery that, while accepting their salaries with one hand, they, with the other, were signing teammates to contracts of the opposition. In the first year, 1901. there were 55 deserters, and in 1902 there w*ere 40. By the time the season of 1903 rolled along, peace was declared between the warring leagues. But before the papers were signed fourteen more players had abandoned the old ship. The players w’ho jumped during the two years' war were as follows: New York. 1901—Pink Hawley, Frank Sparks, Virgil Garvin and Joe Conners, to Milwaukee; Winnie Mercer, Mike Grady and William Carrick, to Wash ington; J. B. “Cy” Seymour, to Bal timore; William “Kid” Gleason, to Detroit—9. 1902—George Davis and Sam Strang, to Chicago; Jack Warner and Charley Hickman, to Boston; Albert Selbach, to Baltimore; Luther "Dum my’' Taylor, to Cleveland—6. Philadelphia. 1901—Chick Fraser, Nap Lajoie, Wiley Piatt, William Bernard and Joe Dolan, to Phialdelphia; Joe Sulli van. to Chicago—6. 1902—Ed Delehanty, Harry Wolver- tin, A1 Orth and John Townsend, to Washington; Monte Cross, Elmer Flick and William J. Dugglebv, to Philadelphia; Frank “Red” Donahue and Bill Dougless, to St. Louis; Ed McFarland, to Chicago—10. 1903—Guy Harris White, to Chica go—1. Boston. 1901—Chick Stahl, John Freeman, James Collins and H M. Lewis, to Boston; Hugh Duffy, to Milwaukee; Catcher Bill Clarke, to Washington; Catcher Bill Sullivan, to Chicago; Vic Willis, to Philadelphia—8. 1902— Bill Dineen, to Boston—1. 1903— Herman Long, to New York; Eugene Demontreville, to Washing ton—2. Brooklyn. 1901— Lave Cross, Dave Fultz, Mor ris Steelman, to Philadelphia: Joe McGlnnity, Harby Howell, to Balti more; Fielder Jones, to Chicago; Joe Yeager, to Detroit; John Anderson, to Milwaukee—8. 1902— Joe Kelley. Jim Sheckard, to Baltimore; Adrian Joss, John P. Goch- nauer, Eugene Wright, to Cleveland; Tom Daly, to Chicago; Jim McGuire, to Detroit—7. 1903 —“Wild Bill” Donovan, Frank Kitson, to Detroit; Billy Keeler, to New York; Charley Farrell, to Bos ton; Jay Hughes, to Seattle; E. John Newton, to Los Angeles; Charles Ir win, to San Francisco—7. Chicago. 1901— Clark Griffith, John Callahan, Sam Mertes. Roy Patterson, to Chi cago; Bill Bradley, John A. McCar thy, to Cleveland—6. 1902— David Jones. Barry McCor mick, to St. Louis; Fred F. Hartzel, Ed (“Rube”) Waddell, to Philadel phia; Danny Green, to Chicago; Tom Hughes, to Baltimore—6. Pittsburg. 1901— Jimmy William*, to Balti more; Fred Elv and Harry Smith, to Philadelphia—3. 1902— Jack O’Connor, to New York —1. 1903— Jack Chesbro, Jesse Tanne- hill, William (“Widow”) Conroy, to New York—3. Cincinnati. 1901— Erve Beck. Edward Scott, to Cleveland; Rob Wood, to Chicago; James Barrett, to Detroit; Phil Geler, to Philadelphia; Hobe Ferris, to Bos ton: George Rohe, to Baltimore—7. 1902— Dick Harley, to Detroit—1. 1903— Sam Crawford, to Detroit—1. St. Louis. 1901—John J. McGraw. Wilbert Robinson, Billy Keister. Mike Donlin, to Baltimore; Denton (“Cy”) Young, Louis Criger, Ossie Schreckengost, to Boston; Fred Buelow, to Detroit—8. 19Q2—Rhody Wallace, Jessie Bur kett, pick Padden, Emmet Heidr'ck, John Powell, William Sudhoff, Charles W. (“Jack”) Harper, to St. Louis; Dan McGann, to Baltimore—8. In 1901 the American League pub lished a “blacklist” of players who. it claimed, signed contracts and then returned to the National League. The list contained the following names: Christy Mathewson, Roger Denzer and Luther Taylor, of the New York club; William Dineen and Victor Willis, of the Boston club; James Sheckard and “Leyt” Davis, of the Brooklyn club, and Emmet Heidrick, of the St. Louis club. SPORTING COMMENT By Ed W. Smith. I UST offhand and without any further preamble we should say that most of the trou bles in the boxing game could and would be avoided if decisions <-i>uld and would be rendered in all of the contests that are held in different parts of the country. There is every reason in the world to believe that a great ma jority of the petty annoyances and some of the graver troubles ihat threaten the game are due to tills very same no-deeision rule that prevails so generally. ' N no other branch of sport does 3 this thing of not deciding of ficially who has won a contest prevail. As a matter of fact, in every other line of competition that one can name there always is a winner and a loser and the matter is not left to a bunch of newspapers. Mind you, we’re not saying that a newspaper man’s decision is not often as capable as might be a referee's, but when as many as a dozen papers are deciding the same thing there is bound to be a wide diversity of opinion. J E'VE always maintained that fighters might do a whore lot better in the ring if they were forced to face the verdict of a good and disinterested arbiter in i he ring. As it is at the present time, many a fighter goes into a scrap in indifferent condition that is not readily apparent to the eye of the examiner. He goes in be cause he needs the money and hopes that he can stall along through a contest without mate rial damage to his reputation be cause there will be no "official” decision. Afterward he can al ways claim that an adverse de- Ision was all wrong and that he really won the.contest. 'THERE is much of this sort of k thing going on right now. A •rtain opinion is expressed by a newspaper and immediately there a big howl from the fighter who is hit by it. He presents i' h a favorable looking alibi ■t usually h« Is given the ben- efi' < f the doubt and thus ■' > without getting a great deal the worst of it, when as a mat- 'V s uf tack a referee might then and there have registered a de feat against the fle-hter. * • * /'COMPETITORS in every other line of sport are forced to stand before the public strictly on their merits. Not sV> in the boxing game. The man with the price of a telegram can at the conclusion of a boxing bout in a distant city make the home folks feel good by declaring that the papers in the town in which he was fighting gave him very’ much the worst of it because the man h*> was fighting was a strong lo cal favorite, etc., etc. It’s a tire some situation, but one for which there is little remedy. ♦ * * T HE claim often has been made that the no-deeision plan does away with a lot of betting, etc. We don’t believe it. There’s just as much betting to-day as there ever was, because the bet ting men merely leave it to,this critic or that one and decide their wagers on his printed reports. ‘Take Care of Eyes,' Advises Nap Lajoie CLEVELAND, Dec. 27.—Napoleon La joie say’s that young baseball players pay too much attention to developing speed without giving a thought to what he considers the most important asset in an aspiring young recruit. Lajoie says a perfect pair of eyes can do more to mak^ a player successful than any other adjunct. Plenty of nerve, intelli gence and strength enter into it, but the largest item is good eyesight. The veteran star says that when he first began to play professionally he shunned chances to read at night or on fast moving trains. Lajoie recalls sev eral players of great promise who were inveterate readers. One by one they lost their batting powers and dropped out of the big leagues. I^ajole gives most all the credit for his wonderful career as a hitter to the care he has taken of his eyes. WOMEN IN POLO MATCHES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 27.— Society women of San Mateo and Bur lingame, suburbs of this city, have ar ranged to play a series of polo games in the San Mateo J’olo Club's field. The first of the contests will be played about the middle of January. PURDUE ELECTS CAPTAIN. LAFAYETTE, IND., Dec. 27.—H. S. O’Brien, of Wabash, Ind.. has been elected captain <»f the Purdue foot ball team for J914. He played half back on this year’s eleven. I Favorite 7 raining Stunts Performed by French Heavyweight Champion, Who Georges Carpentier Is Comins to America Only Five, Including Two Doubt ful, Remain in the American and National. Food for Sport Fans THREE PITCH QEOROB ft. PHAIR. Ritchie’s Indisposition Makes a Place for It in Pugilistic History. S AX FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-—In the grand scheme of pugilism the nose is coming into its own. Time was when it was an unconsid ered trifle. Not that this prominent feature did not bear more than its share of trials and tribulations, but from Its resiliency and its adaptability generally to wear and tear, that was what it was supposed to be for. It figured in our kindergarten fisti cuffs, for which of us can not recall with pride the school scrap in which the other fellow’s nose bled? When fighting became one of the arts and crafts, the nose was recognized c.» the first stopping place for the gloved hands of those who were learning their pugilistic pothooks and hangers. A reference to the pink sport sheets of 50 years ago will show that so com mon were assaults upon the nose the ring chroniclers of those days had to invent synonyms to avoid falling info mistakes of tautology. Hence the nose came to be known as the bugle, the conk, the beezer, the beak and the bazoo. A boxer was shy on credentials :t his nose bore no evidence of having been through the mill. At Important sport gatherings the bench show of noses was one of the incidentals. You saw noses with a list to port and oth ers inclined to starboard; some that were slightly dished and many that were completely spreadeagled. A damaged nose was such a com mon spectacle that it was compelled to associate with the cauliflower ear, the black eye and the split lip. Now this is all changed. An In flamed nose has been the cause of a world’s championship being post poned, and now the nasal appendage has attained the dignity of the solar plexus, the ulna and the os magnus, points of the anatomy which leaped from obscurity to prominence in a single night. Henceforward there will he a dis position to regard the nose as the seat of the emotions. Landing a punch on the nose will be recognized as a great er achievement than formerly, and the possession of a battle-scarred nose will he more of a badge of distinction than ever. All of which is In no measure an argument that Ritchie hasn’t a sore nose. It’s simply a line of thought suggested by the fact that this is about the first ime in pugilism the nose has had a chance to assert itself. GIANTS KEEP SNODGRASS. NEW YORK. T>ec. 27.—One who is in Manager McGraw’s confidenee says: “There is no chance of Fred Snodgrass being released or used In a trade, as John J. thinks he is one of the best gardeners and baserunners In the busi ness.” GRIFFITH RECALLS SPENCER. Manager Clark Griffith has recalled Spencer from the Los Angeles club in an effort to fortify his outfield. He has also signed up Muesel. an outfield er of the Los Ar.geles club. CARRIGAM BIDS FOR HOME. ALBURN. MAINE. Dec. 27. It has become known that the bidder who of fered a Tittle rr. ;re than $23,090 for Au burn Hall, the bid being rejected bv the city wn« Manager Carrigan, of the Boston Red Sox Bender, Plank and Coombs Were in Nineteen Out of Twenty-one World’s Series Struggles. I N 21 world’s series games, spread over the stretch of eight years, the Athletic leader has made the remarkable record of using only five pitchers. They were his three great veterans, Bender, Plank and Coombs; Bush, the youngster who won the third game from the Giants this year, and Andrew Coakley, who twirled a losing game against the Giants in 1905. That means that for over a period of eight years Plank, Bender and Coombs divided the other nine teen games. Jack Coombs is tne most consistent world’s series pitcher in the land. In two series he won four games with out a defeat, taking three from the Cubs in 1910, when he was backed by terriflic hitting, and winning one from the Giants before he broke down. Chief Bender has won six games and lost three. Plank has been the hard luck world’s series pitcher for the Athletics, and for that reason his brilliant showing this year was welcome to his teammates. Plank has had fewer runs scored against him than any of the Athletic pitch ers in the four series. Manager McGraw has participated in 23 world’s series games and has called upon eight pitchers in that time—Mathewson, Marquard, Mc- Ginnity, Tesreau, Crandall, Ames, VViltse and Demaree. Mathewson has pitched more games than any other pitcher of either team, yet he has won only five and lost fly**, one being tied. Three of these vi-tories were in the 1905 series, each b ing a shut out. The records of th*- pitchers of the two teams in the world's series follows: $ G. W. L. T. Pet. Coombs 5 4 0 0 1.000 Bush •. 1 1 0 0 1.000 Crandall 5 1 0 0 1.000 Bender 9 6 3 0 .607 Mathewson 11 5 5 1 .500 Marquard 7 2 2 0 .590 McGinnity 2 1 1 0 .500 Plank 6 2 4 0 .333 Tesreau 0 1 2 0 .250 Ames 3 0 1 0 .000 Demaree 1 0 0 0 .000 Coakley 1 0 0 0 .000 Wiltse ....• 2 0 0 0 .000 HUGHES MAY UMPIRE IN VIRGINIA Maybe Torn Hughes will still land a job as umpire. Griffith having failed to land him a job handling the indi cator in the American. National, inter national and American Association, has given up the task, but now comes the Virginia league offering the right hander a job as ump. There is a chance that he will accept. BIRMY GETS GAS CART. CLEVELAND, Dec. 27.—President C. W. Somers, of the Naps, to-day ad mitted that he had presented his man ager. Joe Birmingham, with a new sev en-passenger automobile. “It was in appreciation of his great showing with the Naps the past season,” said Somers. DE ORO TO PLAY MORAN. CHICAGO. Dec. 27.—Alfred DeOro, of New York, champion three-cushion bil-t liard player, to-day accepted the chal lenge of Charles Moran, of Chicago, for a match here January 5, 6 and 7. HARTSEL GOES TO LEXINGTON. Topgy Hartsel. former member of the Athletics and who managed the Toledo Mud Hens the greater p«xt of last sea son. will m.mage the Lexington club, of the Ohio State League, next season. 1 Lives of owners all remind us Baseball is a sport no more, For ire left that stuff behind us In the simple days of pore. Baseball's real, baseball's earnest, And the dollar is its goal. Dust thou art and thou returnest Always to the owner's roll. Let us then be up and doing Frtrnd and foeman day and night, Double crossing and pursuing All th edust there is in sight. * * • The Tinker deal, we are told, will stand, but Cincinnati will net players instead of cash. Tinker's share, we pre sume, will be a couple of outfielders. • • • Whatever may be the outcome of the National League palaver, there Is a deep suspicion that Tinker will be presented with a perfectly good specimen of citrus fruit. • • • Mr. Murphy arises to remark that the Cubs are due for another shake-up. He works on the theory that every little shake-up gets a column all Its own. * • * Sometimes It Is the expected that hap pens. For instance, the National League announces that It will not pen sion Cap Anson. * 4 • Quoth Governor Tener: “Anson Is strong, physically and mentally.” And yet the Cap appear® In vaudeville. • * • Yes, Rollo; that heavyweight affair in Paris was a case of too much Johnson. I We gather that Jack Johnson Is al most as popular In France as a German airship. ... ■ Charlie Herzog nvers that at this time next year he will have plenty of expe rience. Not to mention plenty of tin ware. We thought Colorjel Goethals had a big job on hla hands, but here we have Tommy Burns tryjng to make a boxer out of Art Pelkey. * • • Oh, many a time on a Christmas morn In the winters of hmg ago I greeted the day with a heart forlorn And a soul that was heavy with woe. And all day long J was deep in the blues, And I wept till the day was done. For all / got was some stuff I could use When I wanted a knife and a gun. • • • Handing a kid a useful present at Chrlstmastide Is much like handing a man a ham sandwich at a banquet. The Sox and Giants will celebrate New Year's on water. Neither Ping Bodle nor Larry McLean Is with the party. * • • It must be snld in iustice to Joe Tin ker that he never exceeded the speed 1 in 11 when he was driving the Cincin nati machine. One Is vividly reminded of the high c >st of lemons when one reads that New York boxing shows have drawn $2,200,- 0K) to the last two years. • * • Ivan Mamutoff claims that he once threw the Russian Lion. He Is now learning to throw the American Bull. * * * You may beat him and flay him and clout him all day. You may plaster him flat on the floor, But the battered ex-champion always will say: “I am better than ever before!" George Mullin Now Holding a Political Berth in Detroit DETROIT, MICH., Dec. 27.—George Mullin, the well known American league pitcher, and once the pride of the Detroit Tigers, is now an entry clerk in the office of County Treasurer Stein at Detroit. He went to work last week, but Instead of a baseball or a bat, Mullin used for weapons a com mon or garden variety of pen holder and lead pencil and his first duties con sisted of the adding of a column of In terminable figures. “This is worse than pitching in front of 30,090 people,” was all the comment George made as he buckled down to work again. Since he Jumped the Mon treal team, in the International League, the former Detroit pitcher has been playing some independent ball. County Treasurer Stein, who is an old-time ball player himself, received an application from Mullin some time ago, but did not recognize the name at first. When his attention was called to it he soon found a place for the former Tiger. PLAN INTERSECTIONAL POLO. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Organization of a new polo club in Chicago was perfected Wednesday and an option which the club holds on an 80-acre tract on the lake shore was considered. Besides the polo field a race track will be laid out for amateur contests. The club plans to bring together East and West in polo. Challenges will be issued to the polo clubs of Cincinnati, the Meadow Brook Club and others. H OW many more years before the playing managers will be en tirely out of existence in the major leagues? Next season there wbl be Just two playing leader* in the I American League, while there will be about three or four In the National. Not so many years ago this was entirely changed. Most of the man agers for ball clubs took active part on the diamond, but at the present time most of them do their managing from the bench. When the 1914 campaign opens, there is a possibility that only Joe Birmingham, of the Naps, and BUI Carrigan. of the Red Pox. will be play ing managers. The other six will act from the bench. Carrigan, being a catcher, and with good understudies, may not participate in a great num ber of games, while Blrmy also may be keipt on the bench owing to a bad leg. If this Is the case, there will be no playing leaders In the A. L. Frank Chance and Jimmy Callahan, not so long ago, were playing managers, but retired In 1913, and there Is hardly a chance they will return in 1914. This Is altogether different from the start of 1913, when George StovaU, Jake Stahl, Joe Birmingham, Jimmy Callahan and Frank Chance were the playing leaders. But times change everything, and the national pastime Is no exception to the rule. It will be a little different In the senior body. There were four playing leaders in the organization which will bo presided over by Governor Tenor, of Pennsylvania, while In all proba bility there will be a like total during 1914. Those who took active part on the diamond and also handled ball lucsb In the National during 1913 were Miller Huggins, of the Cardinals; Johnny Evers, Cubs; Joe Tinker, Reds, and Charley Dooin, Phillies. At that, the latter did not play so very regular, i letting Bill Klllifer, the former Brown!#, do most of the catching. UnZ)f8 the unforeseen happens. Mill*» Huggins, Johnny Evers and Chartyy Dooin wdll again manage from the field in 1914, while the Cin- | clnnati club has secured Herzog to take Tinker’s place. The managers for major league clubs in 1913 and 1914 . American League. ISIS. | Stovall, p. ... Stahl, p : Mack, b Griffith, b Jannlng*. b. .. j Birmingham, p. Chance, p Callahan, p. . Team. 1914 ..St. I-ouis Hickey, h. ..Boston Carrigan. .. Philadelphia “ ' .. Washington . Detroit, . Cleveland . . New York . Chicago ... Mack', I Griffith. V ...Jennings, !>. Birmingham. p. Chance, h. . Callahan, b. National League. Huggins, P Ht. I«ouls Huggns. p. Kvers, p. ........ Chicago Evers, p. I Clarke, b Pittsburg Clarke, n. Tinker, p Cincinnati Heraog, p. McGraw, b New York McGraw. b. Stallings, b Boston Stallings, b. Dahh-n, b Brooklyn Robinson, b. Dooin, p Philadelphia Dooin, p. p Playing manager; b Bench manager. "Away Above Everything” r Bluest Railway Engine m ihe, World. n A TRAIN of 50 freight cars is considered a pretty good load, but this giant of the Frisco line can pull 277 cars each of an average weight of 120,000 pounds. It has 16 drivers, a fire-box 10 feet long and 7j/£ feet wide; is 95 feet 2 inches in length and weighs 586,300 pounds. English Stroke Not For Crews of Yale NEW HAVEN. Dec. 27.—Although matters have not been finally settled. It seems to be an assured fact that Yale crews will not use the English stroke next season. It seems to be the intention of Rich ard Armstrong, graduate head coach, to return to the former system of Old Eli’s great success on the water. HENRY TO COACH AT HOCKEY. AMHERST. MASS., Dec. 27 —John ITenr.v, catcher of the Washington American League baseball team, has been appointed coach of the Amherst hockey team. Henry, who was grad uated from Amherst In 1910, was promi nent as a hockey player while in col lege. Big 0 Curm in 1 to 8 day* unnatural dlarnargaa. Contains no poiaona and may t>« uac.l full strength absolutely without f*ar. Guaran teed not to stricture. Prevents rontaglon WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Druggists, or by parcel post. $1 or 3 bottles $2 76 Particulars with each buttle or mailed on request THE EVAN C CHEMICAL COMPANY Cincinnati, O. 66 flye it Away Above Everything” It would require many engines of the “Mallet” type to haul the annual shipment of Lewis 66 Rye— so great is its popular demand. For nearly 50 years Lewis 66 Rye has been the accepted “Standard Whiskey of the South” because of its purity and all round goodness. Case of Four Full Quarts $5.00. Express Prepaid. For Sale by all leading mail order houses and cafes. 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