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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SILL LINDSAY'S
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Better To Be a Lobster Than a Wise Guy
PELS' HELD
Former Coast League Star Should
Prove Good Man at
Third Base.
N r L\Y ORLEANS, De". 23.—The
announcement from Portland,
Greg, that Bill Lindsay would
he transferred to New Orleans next
season Is a strong illustration of the
intention of Charley Somers to put
the very best minor league team at
his command in this city in 1914.
When it was reported some time
ago that Lindsay would come here,
denial was made both at Cleveland
and Portland, and It was said that
Manager McCredie, of Portland, con
sidered Lindsay so valuable that Tie
would not part with the infielder.
Somers changed his mind, though,
realizing that Lindsay's return to j
New Orleans would be a highly popu
lar move.
For a long time It was doubtful
whether clubs in the Pacific Coast
League would waive on Lindsay, as
! i. was considered the star Inflelder of |
that association last season. Baseball I
politics entered into it, however, and
..ne thing that is said to have induced
the Coasters to let Lindsay get out
was tiie consent of the New Orleans J
club lo Artie Hofman. the Once great
est utility player in the game, going
from Nashville to San Francisco.
Former Manager Frank held up
Hofman’s transfer as long as he
thought he would control the desti
nies of the Pelicans in 1914, thinking
i; a bad move to let Hofman get out
of the league, and desiring, If Hofman
made any change at all, to bring “Cir
cus Holly" to New Orleans.
Lindsay's coming to New Orleans
Insures a first-class third baseman
for the local team next season This
is where the Pelicans have been re
garded as somewhat weak, compared
with the other teams in the league.
Lindsay is not only one of the best
infielders in the minors, but is one of
the best hitters. His record both last
year and the year before lias secured
this rating for him.
The Pelicans new appear to be pro
vided with one of the strongest ar
rays of inflelders in the Southern
League,
'Famous Plays’—By Heisman! Whitney’s Style of Fighting Should Prove Effective Against Briton
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No. 1—The Simple ‘V’ Wedge
By .1. W. Heisman.
Tulane and L. S. U.
May Quit S. I. A. A.
A big change may be made In the
make-up of the S. 1. A. A. before the
next football season opens and a new
organization is likely to be formed.
Refusal of leading members of the
S. 1 A. A., which includes Auburn.
Vanderbilt, Georgia, Sewanee ami Geor
gia Tech. t<» give Tulane or Louisiana
State games next season is the cause
of the whole affair The new collegiate
organization, to be known as the South
western. embracing laniislana, Texas.
Oklahoma and irkanaaa* within tha
next few months, says The Daily States,
a New Orleans publication.
The new organization, according to
information from an authoritative
source by The States, is looked upon
favorably by Tulane. L. S. U.. Missis
sippi A. and M.. "Ole Miss." Texas IE,
Texas A and M., Arkansas and Okla
homa The first seven named colleges
are S 1 A. A. members at present, but
are reported in a receptive mood t
join the proposes! body, whose pun>4>se
will be to Insure high-class football in
this section.
\ 7'15RY frequently indeed during the football season I am asked to explain
or to describe this or that famous play of a day long gone by; hut at
that time of the year there Is scarcely room In the sporting pages
for all the live news, let alone the dead. Now, however, I have opportunity
lo outline a few of the old-time great plays that may prove of Interest to
Ihe football fan.
The accompanying diagram illustrates the play that was used by all
teams a quarter of a century ago with which to open the game. It is a
simple wedge, or “V," as it was called. This must not be confounded with
the famous flying wedge, which came into existence at Harvard some five
years later, and which I will describe in my next number.
While the rule that a game of football must start with a kickoff at or
near the center seemed to come into existence for the first time in 1894,
yet It Is a fact that the rule always has been in the game. But up to 1894-
the time when the rule first insisted that the kick hud to be actual and
bona fide—all teams got around the matter by simply picking up the ball
and scraping it across the toe of the shoe, thus making a constructive kick
of it, or a kick so easy and short that It was caught again in the hands
of the player picking It up after a flight of but an Inch or two.
-p HIS clever evasion of the kicking rule was first hit upon by Lehigh
* about 1885. It has sometimes been ascribed to Princeton, but this is
Incorrect. After using it one year, Lehigh dropped the play on account of
the fact that they did not accompany the maneuver with a sufficiently clever
formation of the rush linemen to give aid to the runner. Here was where
Princeton Improved the play, and the "V” was then at once adopted by all
teams. \
The reason why every team in thy land so quickly followed in the
lead of Lehigh and Princeton in adopting the wedge with which to open
the game was that In those days the defensive pln.v of all teams was
lamentably weak as compared with their offense; hence they hated to sur
render the ball to their opponents right at the outset by actually kicking
it to them, whereas by the use of the “V" they could legally kick it, yet
retain possession of it.
The diagram shows how the team with the ball set. itself—some eight
men forming a wedge, with a quarterback and both halves Inclosed in the
angle of the wedge. When all was ready, the center rush stooped, grasped
the ball, scraped it across the front of his right foot, snapped it back to
the quarter, who passed It to the first halfback, and instantly the whole
crew, as one man, were off either to the right or the left at top speed and
bearing down on Ihe defensive players like a battering ram.
Meanwhile the other chaps were spread out ten yards in front of the
ball, and stood tense and watting for Ihe sound of that shrill whistle which
Ragan Considering
Offer From Federals
OMAHA, NEBK., Dec. 20 —"Pat" Ha
san. pitcher of the Brooklyn National
league club, who lives in Omaha. Is se
riously considering overtures made to
him by Federal league officials.
"They offered me a two years' con
tract at a much better salary than the
Brooklyn club lias paid me." said Ra
ttan last night "While 1 prefer to re
main in organized baseball, sentiment
is a small consideration, and, like every
other ball player. I am prepared to take
advantage of any proposition that car
ries a satisfactory financial agreement."
Ragan declined to say what financial
induc ements had been held out to him.
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should vslier lu pandemonium. Some of them ran forward as soon as the
whistle blew and threw themselves under the feet of the wedge, trying to
trip it up; others tried to catapult Into it so hard that their force should
carry them clear through It; others dove deadlong over the top and tiled
to get the runner inside around the neck, while the ends stayed out and
looked for a cut-out on the part of the runner.
Oh. It was a fine thrill you got while waiting for that infernal whistle,
and that no matter which side you were playing on. It gives me the "jim
mies" yet to think of times when I have stood in my place in the one
side or the other of that wedge and waited for the mad Huns to leap into
us like so many panthers, or have crouched low, with the defensive team,
and with dry tongue counted the second until that Carthaginian juggernaut
of destruction should be set In motion and then sweep over us.
rvLl) BAI.LIKT, one of the greater! centers that ever lived, was one of
the l>est men to head his wedge. In m.v day we had to go against him
ai Lehigh, but later he went to Princeton, and there he was even a worse
man to have to encounter.
If the “V” shot off' to the left it was manifestly easier for the defense
to cave in its right side than its left; but at this juncture the right half
with the ball would pass It back and out to the left half, and then, the
quarterback in front and the fullback behind, the remaining three backs
would jump to the right side of the "V" to take the places of the right
guard, right tackle and right end, who had gone down and ont. Thus a
secondary "V" would shoot off from the primary and the ball keep on go
ing.
T.auric Bliss and Harry Williams (now coaching Minnesota! were very
clever In taking advantage of this superb interference and in passing the
ball to each other back in the corral, and Yale gained tremendously nearly
always on this opening play And I remember several times seeing this
opening play go all the way for touchdown.
But the scene that dwells most vividly in my recollection with refer
ence to this "V” play and its execution Is the way the giant Heffleflnger, of
Yale, used to bust the blooming thing up. He stood about C feet 2 Inches in
his stocking feet, and weighed about 195 pounds stripped. With it all he
was able to make the hundred in about “ten and a half," and was, alto
gether, the best football player I have ever seen. Playing left Vuard (H on
diagram), he set himself just like a sprinter on his mark, and the instant
the ball went Into play he would shoot forward at the mass of his op-
j>onents like a bull making for a red blanket. But just before the collision,
high in the sir arose hts huge figure, and he threw his lilp squarely upon
the heads and shoulders of the opposing guard and tackle so that it was
quite lmjiosslble for them to sustain the shock of his ponderous weight and
momentum.
Down they invariably went in a heap, while ' Heft's" onward flight gen
erally carried him right on to the runner himself, whom he would catch
under the chin and yank back out of the rear of the wedge like some
mighty hook snagging a tiny fisli rfnd the whole thing generally ended
right there.
It would have made a great subject for the "movies."
PROMOTERS SHOWER WELSH WITH BIG OFFERS
By Left Hook.
D ESPITE the fact that Freddie
Welsh recently announced that
he would seek a boui with Wil
lie Ritchie immediately after his
match with Frank Whitney at the
Auditorium January 6, promoters all
over the country are showering of
fers at the British champion.
Harry Pollok, manager of Welsh,
writes that he has no less than ten
offers for Welsh, and all of them are
worthy of consideration. Milwaukee
wants Welsh to meet Charlie White,
the Chicago sensation; New York is
after Freddie to light Jack Britton;
Salt I>ake City, Utah, would use the
British champion against some good
boy; Denver wants him for Steve
Ketchel, while Tom McCarey would
like to match Welsh with the winner
of the Ueacli Cross-Bud Anderson
affair. These are only some of the
promoters after the foreign star.
All these offers are in Pollok’s
hands at the present time, and are
causing the little manager consider
able worry. Ever since Freddie forc
ed Ritchie to run out of a match with
him at Vancouver a few months ago,
promoters have been after his serv
ices. However, it is doubtful whether
Pollok will accept any of these
bouts. Welsh has asked Pollok to
get Ritchie for him, and he will not
rest until he drags the American
champion into the ring with him.
I^REDDIE claims that Ritchie is
* doing everything in his power to
dodge a fight with him, but says that
he will follow Willie all around the
country and force him into a fight.
Welsh expects his set-to with Whit
ney to be his last b!>ut before fight
ing Willie, as it is his present plan
to start for the coast right after his
battle with the Cedar Rapids "Fight
ing Carpenter.”
Before taking on Whitney, Welsh
clashes with Johnny Dundee in New
Orleans on New Year’s afternoon, but
expects to win handily over the
Italian ringman. He does not think
Johnny ranks in the same class with
him, especially over the ten-round
route. In glancing over Freddie’s
record, it will be noticed that only
one boxer has ever defeated Welsh
in ten rounds, that gentleman being
Packey McFarland, who was given a
questionable decision over the Brit
ish champion in ten rounds at Mil
waukee way back in 1908. After that
fight Welsh held Packey to a 20 and
25-round draw, thereby proving that
he was as good as the Chicago mar
vel. When it is taken into considera
tion that Welsh has been fighting
since 1905, his record is all the more
wonderful. He has never dodged an
opponent, always being willing to
meet the best boys in the game.
pCH’NT LOU (’ASTRO announced
yesterday that he expects Whit
ney to arrive here Wednesday.
Whitney will immediately open
training quarters and finish
working out for the fight. Frank’s
aggressive style of milling should
make a big hit against Welsh. True.
Freddie has a much better record
than Whitney, but it must be taken
into consideration thjit Frank has
always lacked a good manager. This
alone has kept many fighters from
reaching the top of the ladder.
Also the writer is expecting to see
Whitney’s style of fighting prove very
effective against Welsh. Charlie
White told us after fighting Whit
ney that the latter is the hardest boy
in the lightweight division to hit.
Frank’s awkward style of fighting, is
very hard for an opponent to solve.
Frank always keeps on top of his
rival, never giving him a chance to
draw back his hands to deliver a
solid blow. Whitney is also a glut
ton for punishment, and does not
know what the word quit means. The
"Fighting Carpenter" may be beaten,
but one thing the fighting public can
vouch for, and that is that Whitney
will give them the best he has.
T HE Cedar Rapids boy has fought
before an Atlanta following for
two years, and has yet to make one
unsatisfactory fight. And Frank has
met some of the toughest. He has
stacked up against Grover Hayes, Jake
Abel, Battling Nelson, Joe Thomas,
Eddie O’Keefe and Charlie White.
Local fans who saw Whitney in these
bouts know’ that he put up a
rattling scrap on every occasion.
Against Welsh, Whitney will be
forced to meet the best boy he has
ever been up against. Welsh is
a champion, and there are many ex
perts who think that he can take
Willie Ritchie to a lacing. He did
it once, and this will always be a
black mark on Willie’s record, un
less he meets the Englishman and
erases it himself.
'T'HE three companies of the Fifth
* Regiment who are promoting the
Welsh-Whitnev scrap have instructed
Matchmaker Castro to get a good bill
of preliminaries, and the Count is
busy lining up some top-notch
matches.
It's Up to Ebbets
To Secure Tinker,
Declares Herrmann
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.—Garry Herr
mann, president of the Cincinnati Na
tional League baseball club, to-day is
sued a statement to the effect that he
was through with the Joe Tinker case.
"It Is up to Brooklyn to get Tinker
or get stung," said Herrmann. "Presi
dent Ebbets, of the Dodgers, has paid
the. Cincinnati club $15,000 as the pur
chase price. Cincinnati has accepted the
money and will keep it."
Did Johnson Fight
His Brother-in-Law?
A story, which comes from Chicago,
is in circulation to-day, which says
that Jack Johnson pulled off one of the
rawest fakes In the history of pugi
lism in his recent fight in Paris.
It is said that Johnson’s opponent
in this bout was his brother-in-law, Gus
Rhodes, a powerful built negro, who is
something of a fighter, and who accom
panied Johnson when he jumped bail
and fled to Canada, on his way to
France.
These persons insist that Johtfcon tvdd
them before he left Chicago that Rhodes
would be his first opponent in a bout
in France, for the reason that he wanted
It) a void a real fight with Sam Lang-
ford as long as possible.
They declare that Rhodes is a ringer
for Battling Jim and could easily be mis
taken for the latter when stripped for
action. The story has been cabled to
the French Federation of Boxing by Chi
cago men who are hostile to the eham-
pion. and it is expeeted that there will
be a thorough investigation. If it turns
out that LIT Arthurs antagonist was
hts brother-in-law. it is believes! that he
will be harreil from further ring con
tests in European countries.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
TO THE RED DIRECTORS.
Here's to you, merry gentlemen,
Keep on the job, we pray;
Your every move and chirrup
Gives us a laugh a lieu y.
Konetehy is quoted as being "dissat
isfied with conditions in St. Louis." This
seems to make it unanimous.
It is now four days since Charley
Murphy has issued a statement on the
Tinker situation, thus breaking the
world’s record for self-control.
"If the pitchers come up to form and
expectations," says Connie Mack, "the
Yankees may finish as high as fifth/’
Thanks for the lobster.
Manager Branch Rickey has a pick of
thirty-seven athletes from which to build
up his mil combination. Thirteen <>f
them played with the Browns last sea
son. while twenty-four of them are new
comers.
Bill James, the former Cleveland hurl-
er, has been secured by the Browns from
the Pacific Coast League.
Infielder Eddie Grant, who was lucky
enough to be in for a share of the
world’s series coin last October, is said
to be headed for Memphis. * Grant is a
Harvard Law School man.
A close friend of Manager McGraw
says ihere isn't a chance of any team
landing Fred Snodgrass from the Giants,
lie says that McGraw thinks Snodgrass
is the best gardener in the business.
Vill.v Doyle, scout for the Naps, has
leased parks at Portsmouth, Ironton.
Chillicothe and Charlestijn. and will
start a school for baseball rookies about
April 1. Doyle, as principal, will divide
his work among four classes.
Giants Deny Owing
Cardinals a Player
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—John B. Foster,
secretary of the Giants, to-day said that
as far as he knew the club did not owe a
ball player to the St. Louis Cardinals.
At the lime Pitcher Otis Crandall was
re turn ex! by the Cardinals to the Giants
it was sai<! McGraw agreed to give the
Cardinals an outfielder at the end of the
season
The Cardinals recently made a request
for the outfielder, and Foster to-day an
swered it by saying that as far as he
knew the Cardinals did not have one
coming.
GRIFFITHS MEETS TEMPLE.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 29.—Milwau
keeans to-night will get a glimpse of
a real ring star when Johnny Grif
fiths. of Akron. Ohio, begins to shoot
rights and lefts into Ray Temple, his
opponent, in a ten-round scrap be
fore the Riverview Athletic Club.
'Ruby Bob' Denounces
Boxing Commission
PLAINFIELD, X. J.. Dec. 29.—Bob
Fitzsimmons is denouncing the mem
bers of the New York Boxing Commis
sion for their refusal to allow him to
box.
"It's box or starve with me," said
the once great champion of the ring
here to-day in a lengthy statement. He
renounced his American citizenship
caustically, compared treatment in this
country with that receivetl by English
athletes, and expressed his regret for
ever leaving the latter country.
"Ruby Rob" declared he is better now*
than when he fought Jeffries.
WOLGAST MAY FACE REDMOND.
MILWAUKEE. Dec. 29.—Ad Wolgast
and Jack Redmond may box ten rounds
before the Queensberry a. O. at the
Auditorium here on the afternoon of
New Year's Day. It was while fighting
Redmond two years ago that Wolgast
broke a bone in his left hand, thereby
.starting a train of accidents to the then
champion.
Athletic Club Five
Plays Columbus in
Big Game Saturday
The Atlanta Athletic Club basket ball
team journeys to Columbus next Satur
day afternoon to meet the champion Co
lumbus Y. M. C. A. quintet on that
night. This will be the first road trip
for the local boys and also the hardest
game of the season.
The Columbus boys took the Atlanta
team into camp in both games last sea
son, the first on the Columbus court, 40
to 19, and on the local floor by the
count of 43 to 2G. Joe Bean’s players
are expecting the tussle of their young
lives and the men will be put through
a week of stiff practice.
So far this season the teams have
won all their games, both having played
four.
Columbus won from Bessemer. 59 to
13. and the following night the Atlanta
boys mopped with Bessemer 46 to 14.
Last Friday night Columbus whipped
Mississippi Agricultural a*id Mechanical
104 to 15 an<! Saturday night - Atlanta
won 66 to 29. Although dope slightly
favors Columbus, the Atlanta squad can
be counted on to give the champions
a tough battle.
The line-up of the two teams will be
as follows:
Atlanta. Position. Columbus.
Forbes rf Kil crease
^rnithi If Peddy
Du Bard c . Massey
Carter.. .. rg Newman
Weaver lg Dozier
Chip Doesn't Claim
Middleweight Title
PITTSBURG, Dec. 29.—George Chip
to-day disclaimed the maldleweight
championship. The conqueror of Frank
Klaus chanced to encounter a party of
sports who hadn't witnessed the com
bat. Chip modestly assured these men
that he didn't claim to be a cham
pion.
"But," lie added. "I have a good
punch, can take some hard wallops
without going over and box some. How
ever. I'll be fair to you and say that my
legs are not speedy. Ever since I got
into the game that's been my handi
cap. Hard w’ork hasn’t helped much. I
have played baseball and run races in
hopes of getting more speed, but every
thing fails. Slow feet and all. I am
ready for the big guns in the middle
weight bunch."
HIT BY BASEBALL: SUES CITY.
DENVER, COLO.. Dec. 29.—A base
ball pitcher has involved ihe city and
county in a damage suit for $3,000.
Mrs Hazel E. Lehew in a complaint filed
in the District Ct>urt asserts that on
September 21. while she was passing the
baseball grounds maintained by the city
at Washington Park, her nose was’
broken by a ball. She asserts that the
backstop behind the catcher was too low
to stop a badly thrown ball.
KETCHEL TO BOX M’CORMICK.
TERRE HAUTE, 1ND., Dec. 29.— Ed
die Ketchel, the Grand Rapids light
weight. has been matched to box Art
McCormick, of St. Louis, ten rounds on
New* Year's Light here.
Ritchie Ignored by Ad Wolgast
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Willie Is Told to Get a ‘Rep’
This is Ihe twelfth of a series of stories of the life and battles of Light
weight Champion Willie Ritchie, written exclusively for The Geoigian.
Bv Willie Ritchie.
S AX FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—That
four-round bout with Champion
Wolgast convinced me of one
thing, and that was of my ability to
lick him. I did not claim then that I
could beat any lightweight in the
world, but I made up my mind that
I had Wolgast's number, and nobody
could make me believe otherwise.
"You’re pretty lucky, kid, that I did
not knock you out," said Ad after the
battle. “I was just testing myself,
and I came near flattening you."
“Say, I've got your number,” I re
plied, "and any time you want to take
another chance, just say the word. I
know I can beat you."
"That’s the funniest thing I ever
heard in all. my life," said Wolgast.
“You go back with the four-rounders,
where you figure.”
Rut I did not go back among the
four-rounders. I just went around
making speeches about Wolgast. 1
called on Promoter Jim Coffroth and
asked him for a twenty-round match
with the champion. Coffroth treated
me very nicely and listened to what I
had to say, but he told me that I was
not quite a big enough card to seiuf
in against a champion.
Some of my friends laughed when I
told them that I intended to keep on
Wolgast's trail, and others agreed
with me. This little bitN>f encour
agement which I received helped me
along a whole lot, for I felt that I
had a few boosters left and that !
might possibly get on with the cham
pion by taking a long chance.
Camps on Wolgast’s Trail.
Three days after the battle Wolgast
departed for Chicago. When I heard
of his leaving I came to the conclu
sion that I might just as well trail
right after him, so I boarded the train
the next morning and landed in Chi
cago right at his heels.
Wolgast got a good hand in the
Windy City, and he told the sporting
writers there what a joke the battle
was and how he simply stalled around
with me. And he got away with it,
too, for the Chicago papers did not
take me seriously at this time. They
stated that the champion simply took
me on to pick up some expense money
and also to try himself out after his
operation for appendicitis.
But before I left San Francisco I
did a little press agent work. I gath
ered up a bunch of clippings from the
local papers and also secured a few
photographs showing Wolgast and
myself on the floor and Wolgast in
distress in several of the rounds.
There was great action to them, and,
as everybody knows, the camera never
tells lies.
Well, there was a different story to
relate after I had peddled mv stuff
around Chicago. They were willing
to admit then that there must have
been something to the San Francisco
reports. They gave me quite a send-
off, and said that I was at least enti
tled to a match with one of the light
weight contenders, even if Wolgast
did pass me up.
Turned Down by Champion.
Wolgast jumped to New York and
I jumped right after him. I saw that
the advertising I was getting helped
to boost me along, and that the best
thing I could do would be to set my
self In as strong as 1 could.
Promoter Billy Gibson, who alwavs
has been a good friend of mine, saw
a chance to make up a big card by
putting AVolgast and myself on in
Madison Square Garden for a tey-
round mix-up. I accepted right riff
the reel and agreed to fight for little
more than training expenses.
But Wolgast would not listen to
anything that Gibson said. He flatly
refused an offer of J7.500 to meet me,
saying that he would not waste his
time with any of the second-raters.
Cross Also Passes Him Up.
It was shortly after this that Tom
McCarey made Wolgast an offer to
fight Joe Rivers in Los Angeles on the
following Fourth of July. Now, I real
ly believe Wolgast took that offer in
order to get out of a match with me,
and, besides, there was a chance for
him to make more money, and so no
body could blame him at the time.
When I saw that I could not get the
champion to go on with me. I began
to hustle for a crack at somebody
else. Leach Cross was the big noise
around New Y’ork, and I approached
him very humbly and asked to be
given a chance. But the best I got
was a laugh from Leach and ail his
friends. They would not even give
me a look in.
"Can’t afford to fight anybody with
out a reputation," said Cross, as ha
looked me over. "You go out and see
what you can do against some of
those second and third raters. If you
make good, come back, and perhaps
I will talk to you; but if you are beat
en, go home to San Francisco."
That was the way that Cro-s talked
to me then. But it’s different no.v.
He was lucky to get on with me in
New York last month, and he has
been after me ever since. But I beat
him once, and I guess that It’s up
to him now to fight himself back to
form if he wants to talk business
with me. He certainly gave me the
once over when I was trying to strug
gle along; but I guess he looked at it
in a business way.
For five weeks I hung around New
York looking for a match with some
fighter worth while. But it seemed
that the fates were against me. The
summer was well on, and most of
the boxing clubs had closed up for the
season. I felt down-hearted and dis
couraged, for there was nothing in
sight for me, although I was willing
to start against any of them.
_ Finally an offer came to me from
New Orleans, and this was a life-
saver. It meant a chance for me to
fight Joe Mandot, who was then in
hts prime and looked upon as the
lightweight champion of the South. It
looked to be too good for truth, but
when my ticket arrived I just hopped
on the boat and set sail for the South.
We did not have any trouble In
coming to terms. They offered me a
very liberal percentage, but I would
have fought for almost anything just
to get a crack at the Southern champ.
He was the big show in his home
town, and, naturally, nobody paid
much attention to me. I was looked
upon as a sort of fill-in fighter, with
out any class.
Feds Ready to Back
Players in Court
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29.—“The
Federal League will stand behind
every one of its players and in any
case where legal action is brought
against the men the league will fur
nish the defense,” declared J. Edward
Krause, a director of the Federal
League, to-day when told that the of
ficials of the Brooklyn club were
planning to enjoin Joe Tinker from
playing with the Chicago team of the
new organization.
"We think that the reserve clause
in the contracts of the ball players is
invalid and believe we can secure
such a decision if the matter is taken
into the courts,” Mr. Krause asserted.
New Cub Looks
Good to Murphy
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—"I have been vis
iting with my new pitcher. Harve'’
Uterecht, the Cincinnati high school
boy," said President Charles W. Mur
phy, of the Chicago Cubs, to-day. who
is back from a round of business en
gagements in Cincinnati.
"He seems to be a fine youngster wiTh
good head and brilliant possibilities.
Naturally the boy and his friends are
wondering if he will get a fair show in
the spring or be railroaded to the minors
with hardly an opportunity to show the
goods. They needn’t worry. The best
proof of my anxiety to secure the young
man is the amount of trouble and red
tape I had to go through in order to
land him. He seems to be’ well worth
the trouble, and I will give him a thor
ough try-out.’’
HANSON DEFEATS HERRICK.
EL PASO, TEXAS. Dec. 29.— vio
Hanson, the "Rocky Mountain Tiger. '
was given the decision over Jack Her
rick, of Chicago, at the end of 20 rounds
of fighting here at Juarez last night.
The battle was billed for the middle
weight championship of the Southwest
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