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wcm weirr-m ii — 'iimn The Knocl ^ont Puncli and the Home Run Are J i j >» it. Bread Winners in Pwo Weil ks of J Life T BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS FEDERAL LEAGUE President Fultz Declares Players’ Organization Is Ready to Rat ify Peace With Majors. N By W. J. McBeth. TEW YORK, Dec. SO.—The Fed- < i.M League will have to stand on Its own feet—if it stands at Whatever support it may have loped for from the Baseball Players’ Fraternity will doubtless be found king when the National Commis sion treats with this body in Cincin nati on January 6. David L. Fultz, president of the fraternity, declared yesterday that his sissoeiation, far from being disgrun- led at the sway of the triumvirate, -od ready to ratify peace and good will if the commission stood ready to pursue its broad-minded policies of the past. “We have no objection to the re serve rule,” declared Fultz. “We realize that whatever evil may be embodied in the clause is absolutely essential to the good of the game. “We believe, however, that a player who has served ten years with a club should be given his unconditional re lease if his services are no longer de sired in the major leagues. This will save some the humiliation of being thrust back with some minor league club. “There have been instances of faithful veterans being sent back to the 'sticks’ as ordinary privates, when unconditional release would have paved the way to managerial promo tion. “This suggestion of minor amend ment to the reserve rule has been in dorsed unofficially by most of the major league club owners, I am told. 1 do not anticipate any difficulty w hatever. “Our association has been request ed to send a committee to confer with the National Commission and the Na tional Association. In all probability Jake Daubert, John Henry. Ray Col lins. Edward Reulbach and myself will tender the players’ suggestions.” For several weeks past the Federal League lias, promised from time to time to make known on some certain date the names of the major league players ready to desert to the new “outlaw” circuit. Each time the en suing delay was explained away over some mysterious action the fraternity might take at the annual meeting of the commission in Cincinnati Janu ary 6. s The attitude of Fultz clearly indi- ates tbat the fraternity is not offi cially backing the Federals or trying to influence players in good standing to desert their colors. The Federal league, which did business independently of organized baseball in 1913, employed a reserve clause similar to that in effect in or ganized baseball. Contracts that have been sent last year’s players contain this identic*! article. It would not appear, then, that If the Federals feel j themselves strong enough for war, ' they will make the reserve clause the bone of contention. Few believed the Federal League ever had serious intentions of an Eastern invasion. It would entail an unwieldy circuit—one whose long jumps would ruin even an estab lished minor circuit of Class AA rat- ing. Nowhere in the East has any step been taken to provide a park, let alone secure players. Major league parks '■an not be equipped in a few days; most certainly not in the winter time. If the Federals have ever had serious intentions of expansion they seem to have lost a lot of valuable time in talk. Mr. Jack Has His Own Opinions of the Cabaret By James Swinnerton ll'ul,UI_ YOU MA-A-ADE ME LOVE^OU. , AND I D'DN T WANT TO DO Y- • 'You made MV HEART SO GLA-A-AD t IllttW. j;vivuviw RuJ/n? 'And ill wove Vou-uaj •TILI The SANDS THE. I desert GROW COLD y ywim i l II 1 *“■ Ebbets Blamed for Letting Joe Tinker Jump to Outlaws NEW 'YORK. Dec. 30— In major league circles to-day Charles H. Eb bets. president of the Brooklyn club, • s being blamed for the Federals coup in securing Joe Tinker, the crack shortstop. The moguls declare that If Ebbets hadn’t been so niggardly pith his funds lie would have met Tinker’s demands, kept him in organ ized baseball, and thus kept from the Federals the biggest drawing card they have. Tinker wanted a Ihree-vear con tract from Ebbets at $7,500 a year in addition to his $10,000 bonus. FOR HEIST Whitney Will Arrive To-morrow for Scrap With British Champion WELSH RECEIVED BET $2 FOR HIS FIRST BOLT . Sporting Food ttnonoa E PNAJft- Wisconsin Boxing Board Upholds Ad in White Case—Promoters Bid for Return Bout. Navy Nine to Play All Games at Home ANNAPOLIS, MD, Dec. 30—A ^ood schedule of games for the 1914 Naval Academy baseball team was nnounced to-dav. The aggregations which will meet the midshipmen this \ear cover a particularly wide range of territory. All the games, including the Army Eame on Decoration Day. will be Played on the local grounds. An ef fort is also being made to bring one r more of the professional league teams to Annapolis during March. The schedule of games follows: March 21, Maryland Agriculture r allege: 25, Swarthmore: 28. Unlver- p 'iv of Pennsylvania: April 1. La- fivette; 4, Amherst: 8. Pennsylvania S(;«te College; 9. Holy Cross; 11. Le- -h; 15, Johns Hopkins: 18, I’niver- ' of Georgia; 29. University of N rth Carolina; May 2, Dickinson: ' Georgetown; 9, Catholic Univerwi- ’ v 13. Maryland Athletic Club; 16. Notre Dame University; 20, St. John’s •'ollege: 28, Georgetown: 27. F* Jo seph’s; 30, United Slate Military A< udemy. C HICAGO, Dec. 30.—Ad Wolgast will not be suspended by the Wisconsin Boxing Commission for his alleged "foul” tactics in his recent ten-round whirl with Charlie White. The Milwaukee Boxing Com mission refused to accept the plea that White was fouled or that Wol- gast was unduly rough in his glove play. Instead of talk of suspension. Pro moters Andrews and Mulkern, who conduct rival clubs, began a spirited bidding match to land a return bout between the lightweight cracks, which, it is cerftain, will be staged during the latter part of January. An drews asserts he is prepared to of fer better inducements than Mulkern, as the Auditorium, which he con trols, has a seating capacity for more than 10,000. whereas Mulkern can not accommodate a crowd of more than 4,000. White is eager to again meet the former lightweight champion, hut will insist, because of his recent victory, upon getting the lion's share of the purse. In the last match. White was forced to concede everything, even going so far as to accept 25 per cent of the receipts, while Wolgast got 35 per cent. Now White wants the split of the purse reversed, and asserts he’ll get It or there’ll be no match. White has been matched to meet Harry Donahue before a Peoria (Ill ) club January 5. Donahue recently whipped Mickey Sheridan. whom White stopped in Racine weeks ago. few TEXAS MAY MEET ILLINOIS. URBAN A, ILL., Dec. 30.—The base ball team of the University of Texas has been offered the dates of May 1 and 2 on the home schedule of the Uni versity of Illinois baseball team. WANTS CHIP TO MEET DILLON. TERRE HAUTE. IND.. Dec. 30.— George Grammell. a local boxing pro moter. telegraphed Jimmy I >ime. man ager of George Chip, offering a match with Jack Dillon the first week in Feb ruary. / By Left Hook. A LTHOUGH Freddie Welsh, who meets Frank Whitney at the Auditorium-Armory January 6. must be worth approximately $100,- 000 at the present time, the British champion found it awfuliy hard sledding when he first entered the pugilistic game. In response to a letter sent by the writer to Freddie a few days ago, Welsh tells of his start in the pu gilistic game. Promoters all over the country were not always after the Englishman's services, which made it very difficult for him to secure bouts in his early days. Freddie’s first encounter for cash was in New York. Having been a physical director at several gyms in that little burg, he knew the rudi ments of boxing. But at this par ticular time Freddie was down and out—so down. In fact, that he had been hitting the free lunch regularly. He happened one day In a saloon where the lunch whs above the aver age, and as he was eating his way to satisfaction the owner, oberving his hunger, agreed to put him on that night at a little private club over the saioon. He won that fight over the K. O. route, and received the handsome sum of $2 for his victory. After this buttle he fought around at different clubs In New York, receiving from $5 to $25. Taking advice rom a friend, the Briton later took a. trip to Phila delphia, and from then on things came his way. Freddie is a great admirer of El bert Hubbard, and wherever you see Welsh you see a copy of The Fra or The Philistine. When Welsh does road work, he usually takes the trusty Fra along to relieve the monotony, and carri.s it to bed with him for sleep-producer at night. According to Welsh, that magazine Is very ver satile. t * • T HE great English boxer Is at pres ent working like a Trojan for his ten-round engagement in New Or leans with Johnny Dundee Thursday afternoon. The Pelican City fans have taken a great liking to Welsh, and he now rules a 10 to 8 favorite over his Eastern rival. Freddie has been training in N^w Orleans for the past ten days, and reports from his training quarters state that he is rounding Into the best of shape. It also looks very much as if Fred die expects to stay on these shores for some time. Below is a copy of a tel egram sent by Mrs. ,Fred Welsh to WELSH TANGOES NIGHTLY IN REAL SOCIETY; HIS V/IFE IS MAKING TOUR OF THE WORLD N 1 " EW ORLEANS, Dec. 30.—Joe Mandot Is -not onlv the light weight who believes In the tango as an aid to training. Freddie Welsh likes to tango so well that he in frequently seen at one of the popular night restaurants, and when .Freddie has the floor the majority of the other dancers stop and watch him. His good looks, good tangoing, cheerful disposition and intelligent conversation have led him into highest society that frequents the cafe after the theater. He spends an hour this way nearly every evening, but, of course, bars wine and all alcoholic drinks from his menu. While Freddie is train ing and tangoing in New Orleans, Mrs. Welsh is making a tour of the world. She is now in Australia. the British champion and his reply: Melbourne, Dec. 15, 1913. Fred Welsh, St. Paul Hotel, New York: Awfully lonesome. Arrive France end January. Can you join me? An swer. Steamer Macedonia. Love. FANNY. New York, Dec. 15, 1913. Mrs. Fred Welsh, Care of S. S. Mace donia : Can not go to France. Welcome to New York. Come quickly. Love. FRED. The above telegrams, exchanged by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welsh the middle of this month, have led to a second invitation extended by Welsh to Welsh to come to Atlanta and meet the British champion while he is training here for hi. match with Frank Whitne.v on January 6. Mrs. Welsh and her sister left San Fran cisco several months ago on a lour that has takeu them nearly half around the world while Fred nun been busy boxing in the United States. « * * F 'RANK WHITNEY, following his usual custom, will be on the bat tle ground several days before the conflict. Frank will arrive some time to-morrow and wllr.mmedlately open training quarters here to finish training. Whitney wants to be in the best shape of his life for t is bout, as he realizes that he has the chance of a lifetime before him when he meets Welsh. Should Frank manage to gain a decision over the British champion, he will at once Jump Into the front rank of the lightweight division. Lo cal fans who saw Frank light before know that the “Fighting Carpent* ir ' is always on the Job when once in side the squared circle. Freddie may have a great reputation, and all that, but we would advise him to look out for Mr. Whitney. We saw Frank take them on the Jaw from Charlie White and never once did the boy from Ce dar Rapids stop coming. There, are few boys in the game that can take the Chicago boy's w'ailop on the chin and not gy down, hut Frank proved himself an exception. The three companies of the Fifth Regiment under whose auspices tin* bout is to be staged at. the Audito rium announce that they 'will have t,he entire card completed in a day or two. Tortorich Offers Clabby $2,000 To Box Mike Gibbons NEW ORLEANS, Dec 30. If Jimmy Clabby thinks $2,000 is good pay for ton rounds with Mike Gibbons at 154 pounds the match is awaiting him for the third week in January. Promoter Dominick Tortorich wants to stag.- it here and Gibbons has already signed. Jf it. isn’t another Fackey-Britton affair, it should he a beautiful fight. Sutton Offers Hoppe A Side Bet of $5,000 CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 30.—After re ceiving an indefinite letter from George Walsh, manager for Willie Hoppe, tlie 18.2 balkline champion, George Sutton yesterday made a proposition to the New Yorker. We will play Hoppe for $500. $2,0J0 or $6.kou. As Rvppe's first proposition was to play an exhibition game in Chi cago Sutton in willing to accommodate him. winner to take 00 per cent and loser 40, or winner take all If this is not agreeable to Hoppe. Sutton wall play him for a stake of $2,000. winner to take 60 far cent of all stakes and re ceipts, or winner to take all. FITZ. There ix an old fellow tunned Fitz, Who once was a whale with his mitz. IIe'x an old fellow now With no hair on his brow, Jtut oh! how the oId fellow hitz! Mr. Fitzsimmons, who once w«i known as Ruby Robert, threatens to come back and clean up a few of our white hopes. If he can't, he ought to be ashamed of himself. Max Carey, of the Pirates, i* sell- ing diamonds in St. Lou's, thereby proving that he is only a ball player. If he were a magnate he would be selling gold bricks. It is good policy to insure Walter Johnson for $100,000, but we’d hate ti take the ,H»h of insuring the fel lows he pitches against. One thing we can't understand about George ('hip is that he hit Frank Klaus on the jaw and failed to sustain a fracture of the mitt. Had we been a friend of Willie Ritchie, and had we thought of it at the time, we should have sent him an electric foot warmer as a Christmas present. Yesterday was peculiar in one way. Somehow the match between Johnny Coulon and Young Sinnet was not postponed. Thifse who were about to wish Ar thur iv ky a Happy New Year gre hereby requested to refrain. It is no use. On that day he will meet Gun boat. Smith. We have a certain amount of re spect for Gunboat Smith, who has eliminated a few white hopes, but if we were a member of a boxing com mission our first move would be to introduce a rule limiting all heavy weight fights to one moment. Charlie Carr’s school for baseball players may be a boon to the public, but what we need Just now Is a school for baseball magnates. ‘THE OLD RELIABLE 1 PtANTEN’S bl«ck far g. C,« a ? C)ll : P Local Quintet In Hardest Game of Season Saturday The fifth game on the schedule for the Atlanta Athletic Club basket ball team Is to be played Saturday night away from home. The local quintet will travel to Columbus to play the champion Co lumbus team, In what is expected to be the hardest fought game of the season. The odds are against the Atlanta boys, but this Is not discouraging to Joe Bean’s warriors. They are working hard every afternoon in an effort to per fect team play, and get in the best of shape for a stiff tussle. The line-up of the two teams will be as follows. Position. . R. F .. L. F *.. R. . L. G Columbus. Kik*rease . . Reddy Massey Newman Dozier CAPSULE REME DYfor M E N AT DRUGGI6T8.0RTRIAL BOX BY MAlLSOo FROM PLANTEN 93 HENRY8T. BROOKLYN MY -beware of imitations—