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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
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BILL LINDSAY’S
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PELS’ HELD
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Better To Be a Lobster Tkan a Wise Guy
Former Coast League Star Should
Prove Good Man at
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announcement from Pnrthir.i.
Orer.. that Bill I.lndnay Would
be transferred to New Orleans next
reason is a strong illustration of the
intention of Charley Somers to pu' j
the very best minor league team at j
ills command in this city in 1014.
When it was reported some time
ago that Lindsay would come here,
denial was marie both at Cleveland
and Portland, and it was said that
Manager MeCredie, of Portland, con
sidered Lindsay ro valuable that he
would not part with the Ihtielder.
Somers changed hts mind, though,
realizing that Lindsay - * relurn to
New Orleans would be a highly popu
lar move.
For a long lime il was doubtful
whether clubs ill the Pacific Coast
league would waive on Lindsay, as
he was considered the star liilielder of
that association hurl season. Baseball
politics entered tnl<> it. however, and
one thing that is stud to have induced i
the Coasters to let Lindsay get out
was the consent of tlie New Orleun
club to Artie Hofman, the once great
est utility player in the game, gniny
from Nashville to .-tali Ftaneisru.
Former Manager Frank held up
Hofman's transfer as long as lie
thought he would control the desti
nies of the Pellean* in 1914. thinking
it a i.ad move to let Hofman get out
of the league-, and desRlrlng, If Hofman
snade any change at sell, to being “Cir-
. us Solly" to Ne w Orleans.
Lindsay’s coming to New Orleans
Insures a first-class third baseman
fejT the local team ne-xi season. This
is where the Pelicans have been re
garded as somewhat weak, compared
with tl>e other teams ill the league.
Lindsay is not only one of the best
Intleleiers in the- minors, hut is eene or
the best hitters. Ilis record both last
>ear and the year befeere has secured
this rating for him.
The Pelican* now appear to lee pro
vided with eene of the strongest ar
rays of lnflelderg in the Southern
League.
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‘Famous Plays'—By Heisman
No. 1—The Simple ‘V’ Wedge
Whitney’s Style of Fighting Should Prove Effective Against Briton
PROMOTERS SHOWER WELSH WITH BIG OFFERS
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Bv Left Hook.
\ TtoRY freeiuently Indeed during the football season I am asked to explain
/ or to describe this or that famous play of a day long gotie by; hut at
thal 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
to outline a few of the old-time great plays that may prove of Interest to
the football fan.
The accompanying diagram Illustrates the play that was used by all
teams ii quarter of a century ago with which to open the gHine. 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 1S94,
jet it is a fuel that the rule always lias been in the game. But up to 1894—
the time when the rule first insisted that the kick had to lie actual and
bona fide- all teams got. around tlie matter by simply picking up the ball
and scraping il across the toe of the shoe, thus making a constructive kick
of it, or a kick so easy and short that il was caught again In Ihe hands
of the player picking il up after a flight of but an inch or two.
Tulane and L. S, U.
May Quit S. I. A. A.
\ Luff change may be made In the
make-up of (ho N. ). A. A. before the
next foot$>all Reason opens and a new
organization is likely to In* formed.
Refusal of leading members of the
S i. A A . which includes Auburn.
Vanderbilt. Georgia. Sewaaee and Geor
gia Tech, to give Tulane or l*ouisiana
State games next eeaeon is the cause
..f the whole affair. The new collegiate
organization, to be known as the South
western. embracing laiulaiana. Texas
Oklahoma and Arkansas, within the
next few months, says The Pally States,
,i New Orleans publication.
The new organisation, according to
Information from an authoritative
source by The States, is looked upon
tavorablv by Tulane. L. S. U.. Missis
sippi A and M . "Ole Miss.'’ Texas l .
Texas A and M., Arkansas and Okla
homa. 'Phe tlrst seven named colleges
are S 1. A. A. members at present, but
are reported in a receptive mood to
join the proposed body, whose purpose
will be to insure high-class football in
this section
•t* Ills clover evasion of the kicking rule was first hit upon by Lehigh
* about 1XS5. II lias sometimes been ascribed to Princeton, bur 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
tea ms.
The reason why every team bn the land so quickly followed in the
lead of Lehigh and Princeton in adopting Ihe wedge with which to open
Ihe game was that, in those days the defensive play of all teams was
lamentably weak as compared with their offense; hence they hated to sur
render the hall to their opponents light 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 light 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 the defensive players like a battering ram.
Meanwhile the other chaps were spread out ten yards in front of the
ball, and stood tense ami waiting for the sound of that shrill whistle which
Ragan Considering
Offer From Federate!
OMAHA. NEBK., Dec. 29 "Pat" Uu -
can. pitcher of the Brooklyn National
League «-lub. who lives in Omaha, is se
riously considering overtures made t<>
him by Federal League officials
"They offered me a two years’ con
tract at a much better salary than the
Brooklyn dub has paid me." said Ka
gan Iasi night. "While l prefer to re
main in organized baseball, sentiment
is a small consideration, and. like every
other hall player. I am prepared to take
advantage of any proposition that car
ries a satisfactory financial agreement.'’
Kagan declined to say what financial
inducements hud been held out to hint.
D ESPITE the fact that Freddie
Welsh recently announced that
he would seek a bout with Wil
lie Ritchie immediately after his
match with Prank 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 fight Jack Britton;
Balt Lake 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 Leach Cross-Bud Anderson
affair. These are only some of the
promoters after the foreign star.
Ail Hit*"*’ offeri arc lfi Pollok 1 •
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 lie will not
rest until he drags the American
champion into the ring with him.
ney to he his last bout 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. lie 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 lias 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 hoys in the game.
P REDD IE claims that Ritchie is
* doing everything in Ins power to
dodge a fight w ith 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-
pOCNT LOT CASTRO 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 that Frank has
always lacked a good manager. This
alone has kept many flghtertT 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 fdr 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
w r ill give them the best he has.
Ritchie Ignored by Ad Wolgast
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Willie Is Told to Get a ‘Rep’
This is the twelfth of a series of stories of the life and battles of Light.
weight Champion WilUe Jiitchtc, written exclusively for The Georgian.
Bv Willie Ritchie.
THE Cedar Rapids boy has fought
* before an Atlanta following for
two years, and lias 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. Ho 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.'
'’THE three companies of the Fifth
* Regiment who are promoting the
Welsh-Whitnev scrap have instructed
Matchmaker (’astro to get a good blli
of preliminaries, and the Count is
busy lining up some top-notch
mate-lies.
It’s Up to Ebbets
To Secure Tinker,
Declares Herrmann
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.—Carry Herr
mann, president of the Cincinnati Na
tional League Baseball club, to-day Is
sued a statement to the effect that lie
was through with ihe Joe Tinker case.
"It is up to Brooklyn to gel Tinker
or got stung." aald Herrmann. "Presi
dent KbbrtB, of the Dodgers, lias paid
the Cincinnati club $15,000 as the pur
chase price. Cincinnati has accepted the
money ami will keep it."
Did Johnson Fight
His Brother-in-Law?
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Opposite Thir
>• Broad Mreet. Atlanta, t.u
should m . i iu pandemonium. Some of them rail forward as soon as
whistle blew and threw themselves under the feet of the wedge, trying to
trip it up; others tried to catapult into il so hard that their force should
carry them clear through it : others dove headlong over the top and tried
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 "jtm-
I mies” yet to think of times when I have stood iu my place in the one
j 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
ot destruction should be set in motion and then swoop over us.
, LD BALLIFT. one of the
realei
centers that ever lived, was one iff
ALU BA
^ tin' be:
ui Lehigh, but later he went to Princeton, and there he was even a worse
man to have to encounter.
If the "Y” 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, tlie
I quarterback in front and the fullback behind, the remaining throe backs
I would jump to the right side of the Y " to take the places of the right
guard, right tackle and right end. who had gone down and out. Thus a
secondary "V" would shoot off from the primary and the ball keep on go
ing.
Laurie lilies and Harry Williams mow coaching Minnesota) were very
clever in taking advantage of this superb Interference and in passing the
ball to each other hack in the corral, and Yule gained tremendously nearly
I always on this opening play. And I remember several times seeing this
Opening play go all the way for touchdown.
But tin* sc»*ne that dwells most vividly in my recollection with refer
ence to this Y" play and its execution is the way the giant Hefflefinger. of
Yale, used to bust the blooming thing up. He stood about 6 feet 2 inches iu
his stocking feet., and weighed about I5ff> 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 1 have ever seen. Playing left guard (H on
diagram), he set himself just like a sprinter on his mark, and the instant
the ball went into play lie would shoot forward at the mass of his op
ponents like a bull making for a red blanket. But just before the collision,
high in the air arose bis huge figure, and lie threw bis hip squarely up«»n
the heads and shoulders of the opposing guard and tackle so that it was
I quite impossible for them to sustain the shock of his ponderous weight ami
momentum.
Down they invariably went in a heap, while Hoffs onward fiiglit gen
] eralh carried him right on to the runner himself, whom he would catch
! under tli chin and yank back out of the rear of the wedge like some
j miglr. hook snagging a iin> fish r and the whole tiling generally ended
| r; ah* Hu •'
i it would have made a great subject tor the movies.
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 iu 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
Fra nee.
These persons insist that Johnson told
them before ho left Chicago tlmi Rhodes
Would be his first opponent in a bout
iu Fratiee, f"i* the reason that he wanted
t•» avoid a real tight with Sam Lang
ford as long as possible.
Thev declare that Rhodes is a ringer
for Battling Jim and could easily he mis
taken for the latter when stripped fori
action. The story has been raided to
the French Federation of Boxing by Chi
cago men who are hostile to the chain
nu n. ami it is expected that there will
no a thorough Investigation. If it turns
out that Li 1* Arthur’s antagonist was
his brother-in-law*. It is belle,veil that he
will he barred from further ring con
tests in European countries.
rj * QT7Q ATT! 1 Athletic Club Five
r>/\orhr>ALLi: pi a y S Columbus in
Diamond News and Gossip j
Big Game Saturday
TO THE RED DIRECTORS.
Here's tit you, merry gentlemen,
Keep on the job, wc pray;
Your every more a ml chirrup
(Jin* ue a laugh alicay.
Konetchy is quoted as being "dissat
isfied with conditions in St. Louis.” This
seems to make it unanimous.
It is now four days bince Charley
Murflhy 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 bis 1914 combination. Thirteen of
them played with the Browns last sea
son, while twenty-four of them are new
comers
BUI James, the former Cleveland hurl-
cr, 1ms 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.
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 26. Joe Bean’s players
are expecting the tussle of their young
lives and tlte men vx ill he put through
a week of stiff practice.
So far this season the teams have
won all their games, both having placed
four.
Columbus won from Bessemer, G9 to
t.3. and the following night the Atlanta
boys mopped with Bessemer 46 to 14.
Last Friday night Columbus whipped
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
104 to 15 and Saturday night Atlanta
Won 66 to 29. Although dope slightlv
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.
Forbes rf.. .
Smith If.. ,
DuBarrl .. ., .. . .c.. .
Carter rg.. .
Weaver lg..
Colu mbus.
. . . Kilerease
Paddy
. .. Massey
.. Newman
.. ..Dozier
A close friend of Manager Mc-Graw
says there Isn’t a, chance of any team
landing Fred Snodgrass from the (Rants.
He sa>s that McGraw thinks Snodgrass
is the best gardener in the business.
Giants Deny Owing
Cardinals a Player
NEW YORK. Dee. 29 John B. Foster,
Keorciary of the Glams, to-day said thut
ns far as he knew i lie club did not owe a
ball player to the St. Fouls Cardinals.
At the time Pitcher otls (’randall wan
returned by the Cardinals to the Giants
It was said McGraw agreed to give the
Cardinals an outfielder at the end of the
season.
The Cardinals recently made a request
for the out Holder, and Foster to-day an
swered it bv saving that as far as he
knew the Cardinals did not have one
• >>nting
GRIFFITHS MEETS TEMPLE.
MILWAUKEE. Dec. 29. .Milwau-
*1
Pecans to-night will get n glimpse of
ing star when Johnnx Grif-
Akron. Ohio, begins to shoot
right' mid lefts into Ray Temple. Ins
opponent, in a ten-round scrap be
fore the Kiverview Athletic Club.
fit!
A'illy Do>le, scout for the Naps, has
leased parks at Portsmouth, lronton.
Chlilieothe and Charleston, and will
start u school for baseball rookies about
April 1. Doyle; as principal, will divide
his work among four classes.
Ruby Bob' Denounces
Boxing Commission
PLAINFIELD. X. J.. Dee. 29 —Bob
Fitzsimmons is denouncing the mem
bers of the Xw York Boxing Commis
sion for their refusal to allow him to
box.
"it's l>o\* or starve with me." said
the once great champion of the ring
here to-day in a lengthy statement, lie
renounced his American citizenship
caustically, compared treatment in this
country with that received 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 Queensberrv A. C. m the
Auditorium here on Fie afternoon of
New Years Da>. I was while fighting
Redmond two vears ago that Wolgast
broke .< bone in his left hand, thereby
> ailing a train of accidents to the then
champion.
Chip Doesn't Claim
Middleweight Title
to-daj disclaimed the middleweight
championship The conqueror of Frank
Klaus chanced to encounter a party of
sports who hadn't witnessed ihe com-
hat. 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 ami box some. How
ever. I'll be fair to you and say that my
legs are not speedy. Ever since t got
into the game that's been tnv handi
cap. Hard work hasn't helped much. I
have played baseball ami run races in
hopes of getting more speed, but every
thing tails. Slow feet and all. I am
ready for the big guns in the middle
weight bunch.”
HIT BY BASEBALL: SUES CITY.
I 'KNYKH, Olilsi. Iie e 21*.—A base-
1,all pitcher lias Involved tlte city anu
county in a damage suit for *3,000.
Mrs. Hazel K. T-ehew in a complaint filed
in the District Court asserts that on
September .11. while she was passing the
baseball grounds maintained by the oitv
at Washington Park. Iter nos- was
broken by a ball. She asserts that the
backstop behind the catcher was too low
to stop a badly thrown bail.
S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—That
four-round bout with Champion
Wolgast convinced me of one
thing, and that was of mj' 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 heat you.”
"That’s the funniest thing X ever
heard in ail my life," said Wolgast.
"You go back with the four-rounders,
where you figure."
But I did not go back among the
four-rounders. I just went around
making speeches about Wolgast. I
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 1
had to say, but he told me that I was
not quite a big enough card to send
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 bit of encour
agement which I received helped me
along a whole lot, for I felt that I
had a few boosters left and that I
might possibly get on with the cham
pion by taking a long chance.
Camps on Wolgast’s Trail.
Three days after tlte battle Wolgast
departed for Chicago. When 1 heard
of his leaving X 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
t\ indy City, and he told tlte sporting
writers there what a joke tile battle
was and flow 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 [ left Ran TYanciseo 1
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 tile 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 my stuff
around Chicago. They were willing
to admit then that there must have
been something to the San Francisco
reports. They gave mo quite a send-
ofl, 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
1 Jumped right after him. 1 saw that
the advertising I was getting helped
to boost mo along, and that the best
thing I could do would be to set my
self in as strong as I could.
Promoter Billy Gibson, who always
has been a good friend of mine, saw
a chance to make up a big card by
putting Wolgast ami myself on <n
Madison Square Garden for a ten-
round mix-up. X accepted right off
the reel and agreed to fight for little
more than training expenses.
But Wolgast would not listen to
anything that Gibson said, lie fiatlv
refused an offer of *7.500 to meet me,
saying that lie 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 Lrts Angeles on the
following ICourth of July. Now, I real
ly believe Wolgast took that offer in
order to get out of a match with me,
end. besides, there was n 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 begun
to hustle for a crack at somebody
else, tieach Cross was the big noise
around New York, and I approached
him very humbly and asked tri be
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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 sea
what you can do against some ot
those second and third raters. It 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 nos.
He was lucky to get on with me in
New York last month, and he has
been after me ever since. But X 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 mo ths
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 i t
fight Joe Mandot, who was then in
his 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 tlte boat and set sail for the South.
We did not have any trouble in
coming to terms. They offered me a
vhty liberal percentage, but X 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—“Tii»
Federal Leagnte will stand behind
every one of its players and in any
ease 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 19
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 be«n vis
Ring With my new pitcher. Harvey
Uterecht, the Cincinnati high school
hoy.’’ said President Charles W. Mur
phy, of the Chicago Cubs, to-day. who
is back from a round of business en
gagements in Cincinnati.
“Ife seems to be a fine youngstrr with
a good head and brilliant possibilities
Naturally the boy and his friends ar*
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 be*u
proof of my anxiety to secure the young
man is the amount of trouble and red
tape 1 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..— Vl ’
Hanson, the "Rocky Mountain Tiger,
was given the decision over Jack Her
rick, of Chicago, at the end of 20 round-*
of fighting litre at Juarez last nigh
The battle was billed for the middle
weight championship of the Southwest.
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