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a THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. Pavim£ £25,000 fora Ball Plover Is Showing Beef Trust Howto Boost Cost of Living BILL LINDSAY’S 5S 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 Third Base. P SL Twe'^e'i rHio-r OMEU.m€H|; /CV6-0.ik/- Scit^e iorviE SRo^ri. -JATJSM ORl.liANS Op -Til" 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. j— ’N*' fcK™ ’/ OH 01 V' I - rHtn.es rveft-'r Li rrue ra A v MV i rvt t>*€ 5 11- < HftT~ ACrbcN- OH 01 Ml > Hes!! / she got .me , r / I’LL JUiT , i P-0 0 Wv ) F01>. TH€ C.ML \ It* H't NUMBe-B-’ ‘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 IF W. Hcisnmii. 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 v** 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? the Weak, Nervous and Diseased Men Permanently Cured Dr. Hug lies is an an experi enced Specialist, who successfully treats and per manently cures Blood Poison, tiktn Diseases, Nervousness, Var- l-c-o-s-e Veins. Kidney and Kind lier Troubles. Ob structions. Catarrhal Discharges anti all nervous and chronic dlM-ases of Men and Women 1 am ag.ifhst high and extortionate fees charged by some physicians and specialists You w ill find my * hnrges very reasonable and no more than piu are able to pay for skillful treatment. Consult me in person or by letter and learn the truth about your condition, and perhaps save much time, suffer ing and expense. 1 am a regular graduate and licensed, long establish ed. and reliable. FOR *0 DAYS MY FF.K MILL UK J 1ST ONK-HALK WHAT OTHER SPECIALISTS CHARGE. WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS AC CEPTED I use the latest serums and barte ring for the treatment of chronic con ditions which have failed to >ield to ordinary treatment. FOR WEAKNESS. LYMPH COM- POUND, combined with my direct treatment will * eatora the >lta. forces o the fullest degree. IN CHRONIC DISEASES my pa tients are cured in let-# time, qu kl and I use the latest Improved meth ods. Consultation and advice FitEK. Call or write. Hours '* a. ni :.t 7 p. m, SUNDAYS 9 to 1. DR HUGHES, Specialist iird National Rank.' 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 KETCHEL TO BOX M'CORMICK. Tl'imtK HAFTK. INI' , He, its. Kd- ’ flir* K>ti iifl, tfip Grand Rapids light-j n I _ on I New icars nigai here. * ' ' 1 * . If’ t' 11 ■ ’ I veiget. 1 hs been matched to bnx \r Me* r mi irk. of S'. Ls'nis, ten ruunds m given a chance. But the best I goe was a laugh from Leach and .all 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 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. DON SCRATCH If you only knew how quickly and Tetiertnf* cures ecwma. e*en wh«re ererviuiM* i else falls, you rrouldn'r suffer snrt ■wraton. Tetterine Cures Eczema -.Murr. '"’fciakay aad Dru- HaMts «eat«4 |s» Hoot* or at Saoitar'ona. Rook on aukie* ■ fVoo. DR B. M. WOOLLEY. fc.N. Vi*0t Itanltarlom, Atlaata, Gooiv* ^ { Read what Mrs. Thomas Thompson. CUrkM j flile. Os., says: . ,. „ i suffered fifteen vear* with ter want I r»« eczema. Mad the heO doctors, **ut n#tn»n« ’ did me any good until I got Tetterine. o ’ cured me. I »m an thankful. Ringworm, ground Itch. It-hint r;!«e ij akin troubles yield as readily. Get it today — f Tetterine. „ . 50e at dri"i|lsts. sr hy mall. j SHUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA * -