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*■ 'll* * l'h ALL US ''Ll SOL) 'Sit l S PE?R Iptsc E I.M tk I3UT FIRST ' La/IJ? "l^ulted Some ^Ot C At !_£• D ME A flPKHE Sr E WAS vi»r^ K , R •• wvis lATHLR 'HAT MEANS V/OULD YOU like, ro HAVE A DRINK >” * ALL TvwKX ^OTZERcmso <,000 ^ V/ AUs;IN u» NOUNTALNS AND V/HEN <5*T To TMg TOP t HE cntv thins Y °° ACCOMPLISH a tmif$^ t . N \, T " ^ 3 **" •.. hOCHTEM S!E WAS TRiNKEM? 1 '-’ON t K NOW w w*t tour? talkin' aboot ' But i suppose touse want me TO MOVE ON f?t ALLY S^sIS BSE?" OH-SIR 1 . A man aOST AROUND THE CORNER STANDING NEAR A LAMP POST JUSTADRESSED ME HE SAID”WHOSE' LITTLE CHICKEN ARE YOU ? " WON'T YOU AS A >. gentleman chastise him for Ahis impudence?• ,—l. y WILL. I CHASTISE HIM ' HIS DOOM IS SEALED 1 IN A MOMENT VOU WILL HEAR HIS Screams for. mercy MAtfH ,4 r BOXING News of the Ring Game mi-: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. II I hey Could Do Away With Jockeys, the Racing Game Might Come Back to Its Own BE OUTNEXTWEEK Manager Billy Smith Admits He Is Afraid to Look the List in the Face. By O. B. Keeler. A }-1'ROACHES now the season for sending out contracts, but Billy Smith, Cracker manager, is 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 eon- racts signed, sealed and delivered, and all that sort of thing. But even then—” Billy went on to say something about one bird in Class A company Leinar worth a good many more than ■ wo in the bushes. The contracts will be mailed out next week- * * * hPOT another pig in a poke just now,” Mr. Smith added. ‘ Name’s S adie, and he’s a left-handed pitcher tck 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 •ntracts up to about three dozen, to be pruned down to half that number the 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. [X the meantime, Billy isn’t having l such a bad time. He looks sleek, rid lias 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 her’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 i'fice from the expedition. * * * A TELEPHONE call from George ** Stallings, at Haddock, Ga., in formed Messrs: Smith and Callaway, and other directors of the Atlanta lub, that two friends of the Boston manager, Thomas Heath and a Dr. McGaine, would be in Atlanta Sun ny, on their way to visit Mr. Stal lings at his big plantation. Mr. Stallings said his frineds were nuts about golf, and urged Mr. Nun- al the others t<» show 'em Ttrne of the Atlanta brand. Mr. Nun nally fancied they might like to watch Chick Evans play at East Lake. ’ l don’t play that game,” he said. * * * “W ELL. I do,” announced Billy vv *‘I played twice at Chevy ' base, in Washington, last time I was there. I hit the ball and I busted ne bat—the stick, 1 mean. Oh, it's some game.” Bill also admitted that he had been • nveigled into playing out at East Lake one time. “But I don’t suppose I would give 'hick Evans a tussle yet,” he ad mitted. “I think I’ll go out and watch him. He must be a wonder, from all accounts. Chief Bender is the best golf player I ever saw. That Indian does anything well.” * * * A NOTJHER circumstance that will enable Mr. Smith and the direc ts 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 ■birred up. Messrs. Smith, Callaway. Ryan and Nunnally desire to be put m record as the gunmen who can do 1 he stirring. The invitation was is sued some weeks ago, and has now " » n accepted for the latter part of next week. IMPRESSIONISTIC. " hen we icould limn the White Hope The only words that come, I" fix you with the right dope, 4re: “Lowlife! Loafer! Bum!” ¥ * ¥ When you consider that there was only -*■ pounds difference in the weights, we s hudder to think what Levinsky would liav e done to Coffey if the New Yorker ad been about ten pounds lighter. * * * Is Gunboat Smith entitled to be mown as a knocker-out?” asks Old Bill mughton. And, then again, is Gunboat > mith entitled to be known? ¥ * * hi reply to many queries we would ~ay that we see nothing the matter with e heavyweight fighters of to-day ex iting that their service is weak, their delivery poor, they slice their drives, away from the plate and have too 'nuch lead in their keels. • * * Phasing rabbits with greyhounds is '*ud Anderson’s training specialty, con- met which might easily be construed as slur at his opponent, Mr. Cross. * * * Georges Carpentier, the French cliam- "n, must surely be some drawing card '/ )r l he music halls in Paris and Lon- m. for he is receiving $2,500 a week the Folies Bergeres in Paris at pres et giving boxing exhibitions, and will meive a similar amount from the Pal- '<lium Music Hall in London after his Engagement in Paris is finished. * * * ■loe Thomas. Charlie White's trainer. ' anxious to send Ruby Hirsh, a Chi go bantam, here for some bouts. 1 irsli has fought the best 115 boys found the Windy City, and always : ves a good account of himself. Joe ’ fites that he will let Hirsh fight any y here on a winner take all basis. Sidelights on Sports By A. H. C. MITCHELL C i 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. * * * A T\XAGKHS are to blame. They l' 1 get the idea that some other manager will "put something over” on them by starting spring practice in the middle of winter so they urge the club owners to allow their team to go South two months or more be' ’he sea son opens. The club owners, fear ful that the manager will have an alibi if his team doesn't get a good start, consent. The result is about three weeks or a month of training that is unnecessary. ... I T costs six to eight thousand • 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 clubs did not start South so early in the year. It would be a good idea if they would ali consent to begin training not earlier than March 10. But they won’t. ¥ lit * «i\17’iEN I first suggested <'hur- vv lottesville,” said Griffith, -everybody thought I 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 8h and 90. "My earlier exo^rLou e as man ager taught me that this was an error. The players get down iri*o the warm climate, and become U o-d to it in few weeks. Then 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. ♦ • * DY PLAYING at Charlottesville L my mpi’ 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 4 spring trained at Bermuda, where it was intensely hot. When they reached the United 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 his charges. ¥ * * (Y F the temperature is the same ^ 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 c ard at home for our exhibition games,” answered Griff with a grin. 250 Tots Get Gifts At Owls’ Xmas Tree Two hundred find fifty children were made happy by a Christmas tree at the Owls’ Club Friday after noon, and each child drew' an armful from the 2,000 toys that graced the huge tree. When Banta Claus arrived he found the great room of the club taxed to its capacity with the crowd of chil dren and grown-ups. The older per sons also were remembered. Holly and cedar boughs were used to dec orate the clubrooms, and the walls were completely hidden by the masses of foliage on every side. Montreal Has Water Famine; Main Breaks MONTREAL. Dec. 27.—More than 100,000 persons are suffering from a water famine here to-day. Manufac turing plants are shut down. (’arts are delivering water to hospitals, while citizens are melting snow for drinking water. These conditions • xist «s the result of a 60-foot break in the main water supply conduit. Mine Guarded After Riot Fatal to Two JAMESTOWN, ARK.. Dec-. 27.—A heavy guard w-as placed about the property of the Jamestown Mining Company to-day, following a riot last night in which two men were killed and eight seriously hurt. Investigation showed there was no trouble between the miners and the company, but that a belated Christ mas celebration got beyond control of the local police. Power Plant Offices Go to Chattanooga CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 27.—The general offices of the Tennessee Pow er Company, controlling the hydro - electrical developments on the Ocoee River, have been moved from Cleve land, Tenn., to Chattanooga. With the exception of the resident engineer, who wi11 be at Ocoee, all officials of the concern will be sta tioned here. BLOOMINGTON SIGNS UP PAIR. BLOOMINGTON. ILL.. Dee. 27.—Con tracts were received h th** Bloomington Association t< -day from Outfielder T P. Lapps, < .* Dewar. U'.lu., aiy. Se-.onu Harman Fred Hill of Denver, Colo. Troops Guard Plant Of Mining Company JAMESTOWN, ARK. Dec. 27.— Following a general row' at the Jamestow-n Mining Company’s plant, in which two were killed and eight seriously injured, a company of State troops was to-day sent to guard the mining property. There is no strike, but the rowdy ism had got beyond control of local officers. Stork Brings Storks Another Little Stork WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.- Tim stork presen;< <1 Mr. ar.d Mrs. Ivlgur VY. Stork with a little Stork. Sporting Food By GEORGE E. PHAIR i LINES TO G. HERRMANN. What though your infield he heavy and short What though it never amount to so much? Herzog and Hoblitzell, \cihoff and (iroh— Think what a hit it will make with the Dutch! A story of a Cincinnati baseball pame next summer will bear a strik ing resemblance to an account of a achuetrenfest. Jf you were to ask Tom Lynch what are the chief requirements of a president of the National League he would tell you a pair of brass knuckles. Frank Gotch announces that he has Heard the call of the mat, but the said call sounds suspiciously like the jingle of a dollar. THE SPLASHFUL SECOND. Were / on the boxing commission. Were / in the proper position. If I had the right / would rise in my might And sentence one man to perdition. Vd smite him and /fay him and clout him, And utterly conquer and rout him— The second, / mean. With the ivory beau. Who splashes the tea ter about him. 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 that makes it difficult to talk. Tom would not find it difficult to talk even if ht had a broken jaw. Ad Wolgast wants to wreak ven geance on Charlie White. He came to this conclusion after counting his share of the gate receipts. Qeorge Rodel may now' be ronsid- I ered a regular heavyweight. He has joined the vast army of fighters who have whipped Jim Flynn. Cows' Disease Is Fatal to Farmer I BINGHAMTON, N. V., Dec. 27 C, .1. [ Banta, a farmer, died from anthrax, a ■ biscaso highly contagious ami imviUi • bly mortal among cow?. 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 smull 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 be played here. Frank Klaus Through With Boxing Game PITTHBURG, Dec. 27.—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 ring Buck Crouse. who knocked out Chip some time ago, Is demanding a fight with Chip. Klaus’ friends say lie is Inclined to go East and become a hotel and saloon proprietor. He was recently married, and is by no means pauperised bv his finish at the hands of Chip. FODDER FOR FANS U, S, Walker Nearing End of World Tramp Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 27.—Joseph B. Me- Kulec, the American long-distance walker, now in London, says he is nearing the end of his tramp around the world for a wager of $30,000. Since May he has toured Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia and Bohe mia. He wins if he reaches New York in 1914. PUBLICITY. When the chatter of Tinker is cold and stark And the fans no longer will fall for the same, tiome god of the bleachers comes up to the mark With the good old whimsy: “Vm through with the game!" * * • After a number of years of study we have concluded that baseball Is the easi est of commercial fields. Every one al ways gets the best of every deul. * * * “We have a first division club over here,’ 1 says Mr. Ebhets, and if they can ever get over the habit of finishing in the second four they will undoubtedly prove It. * * * “I think.” thinks 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 he works. * • * Mr. Ebhets says he is in no hurry to sign Tinker. Since it involves an out lay of about $25,000, you can hardly blame him. * ¥ * Consider the benefits of travel. Fred Merkle never knew how close he came to going to St. Louis. ¥ T ¥ THAT $25,000. The shouting and the tumuli quits. And Tinker comes and others go: And, though ire strain our agile wits, We can't see who's out all that dough. • Speaking as president of tlie Na tional League,” speaks Mr Tener, ”1 see no reason why Anson should have a pension.” And, on the other hand, there are 1,800 reasons a year why he shonld not. * ¥ * $5 PER. / u We can’t afford no pensions,* 0 Said the magnate with a high* “We have the best intentions, f But the price of wine is high: 9 • ¥ * Many big and Southern leagues* art playing ball in the New Orleans Win ter League. We glean the following names from the box scores: Schulte. Casey, Kirke, Hauser. Kentell, Martina. Bush, Jordan and Dobard. • • • Malty Matthews is still training. Ho is taking exercise every day for his un derpinntng. He is chasing up eighi flights in one of the biggest buildings in the city—In an elevator. New Year Feast for, Atlanta Poor Planned Preparations for giving a New YeFfl feast to 1,000 poor person* of Atlanta next Thursday are being made by the Union Rescue Mission, at No, 234 Marietta street. Every poor person in the city will be wel come. The committee in charge of the dinner asks for contributions of money, books, food or toys. They should be sent to the Mission or to any member of the committee, which is as follows: C. W. O'Connor, secre tary; C. W. Hatcher, T. L. Thrower, C. A. London. C.. H. Burge, M. D. Smith. W. A Weathington, D. J. Fant and Van Bell. Monks Lose Statue Guarded 300 Years; Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, Dec. 27.—A priceless bron/.o statue by Benvenuto Celini Ik missing from the monastery of San Hetiig- n a no, Florence, where it has been constantly guarded by monks for 300 years. A marble worker who wr recently repairing the altar bus dis appeared. and is suspected. PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY ff you have been tafcino treatment f»r WMfcf end nuntte* e*4 OU Ina out vour herd earned money without think It In hlqh time to ueeeyt DR. MU0HE8 ORANO OFFtRt Tom will certainly not be out any more money tf not cured. Ctntii* tatlon and E/.amlnatfen are Free 1 or the next thirty If I decide that your condition will not jiattl readily to oar menf, 1 will be boneet with ywu tad Mil you eo. aod not accept your money under a promu»* of a cure. My treatment will petitIvaly aura *r I wMI mataa y*u «*• oRarpa for the following dlteaeee: KIDNEY. BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE, PILES. VARICOSE VEINS. FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS. RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. CONSTIPATION Catarrhal Affection*. Pile* and Fistula Ml all Nartowt aad Mirant* Oltoaae* of Men and Women. New amt Chronic Caaes of Hurnlna, J<chlnp and Inflammation etoppad In 24 hwun. 1 an ipainet high and extortionate fee* , arifed by some phyalrUna end epeataiista. 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