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President Fultz Declares Players’
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N EW YORK, Dec. 3<l.—The Fed-
oral League will have to stand
on its own feet—if it stands at
all. -Whatever support it may have
hoped for from the Baseball Players’
Fraternity will douotless be found
lacking 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
association, far from being disgrun-
iled at the sway of the triumvirate,
stood 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 ba^k 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
whatever.
“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 wteeks past the Federal
League has 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 wag explained away over
some mysterious action the fraternity
might take at the anmial meeting of
the commission in Cincinnati Janu
ary 6.
The attitude of Fultz clearly indi
cates that 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
husiness 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 identical 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
can 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.
Ebbets Blamed for
Letting Joe Tinker
Jump to Outlaws
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.—In major
league circles to-day Charles H. Eb-
hets, president of the Brooklyn club,
is being blamed for the Federals coup
in securing Joe Tinker, the crack
shortstop. The moguls declare that
1f Ebbets hadn’t been so niggardly
vv'ith his funds he 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 three-year con-
tract from Ebbets at $7,500 a year In
addition to his $10,000 bonus.
Navy Nine to Play
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Whitney Will Arrive To-morrow for Scrap With British Champion
WELSH RECEIVED BUT $2 FOR HIS FIRST BOUT
Wisconsin Boxing Board Upholds
Ad in White Case—Promoters*
Bid for Return Bout.
AXXAPOLIS. MD.. Dec 30—A
pood schedule of games for the 1914
Naval Academy baseball team was
announced to-day. The aggregations
which will meet the midshipmen this
vear cover a particularly wide range
'•f territory.
All the games, including the Army
came on Decoration Day, will he
Mayed on the local grounds An ef
fort Is also being made to bring one
"r more of the professional league
■ earns to Annapolis during March.
The schedule of games follows:
March 21, Maryland Agriculture
College; 25, Swarthmore: 28. Univer
sity of Pennsylvania: April 1 La
fayette; 4, Amherst: 8. Pennsylvania
^tate College; 9. Holy Cross; 11. Le-
>igh; 15, Johns Hopkins; 18, Univer
sity of Georgia; 29, University of
North Carolina: May 2, Dickinson;
T Georgetown; 9, Catholic Universi
ty; 13. Maryland Athletic Club: IB.
Notre Dame University: 2<>. St. John’s
''ollege; 28, Georgetown; -’7, S: Jo
seph’s; 30, United State Military
Academy.
C hicago, lj*-. 30.—au woiga*t
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
drew's asserts he is prepared to of
fer better inducements than Mulkern,
as the Auditorium, which he con
trols, has a seating rapacity 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, but 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 36
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 (111.)
club January 5. Donahue recently
whipped Mickey Sheridan, whom
White stopped in Racine
weeks ago.
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TEXAS MAY MEET ILLINOIS.
UR BA NA, ILL., Dee. 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. TND.. Dec. 30.
George Grammell. a local boxing pro
moter. telegraphed .Jimmy I time, man
age?- of George Chip, offering a match
with Jack Dillon the first week in Feb
ruary.
By Loft Hook.
\ LTHOUGH Freddie Welsh, who
r\ meets Frank Whitney at the'
** Auditorium-Armory January 6,
must be worth approximately $100,-
000 at the present time, the British
champion found it awfully hard
sledding when he first entered tho
pugilistic game.
In response to a letter sent by the
>vriter to Freddie a few days ago,
Welsh tells of his start in the pu
gilistic game. Promoters all over the
country weref 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 was 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
saloon.
He won that fight over the K. O.
route, and received the handsome
sum of $2 for his victory. After this
battle 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, a/ul wherever you see
Welsh you aee a copy of The Fra or
The Philistine. When Welsh does
road work, he usually takes the trusty
Era along to relieve the monotony,
and carri.s it to bed with him for a
sleep-producer at night. According
to Welsh, that magazine Is very ver
satile.
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T HE great English boxer is at pres.
ent working like a Trojajn fir
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 New
Orleans for the past ten days, and
reports from hiR 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 WIFE IS MAKING TOUR OF THE WORLD
N E^’ ORLEANS, Dec. 30.—Joe Mandot in -not. only the light
weight who believes in the tango as an aid to training. Freddie
Welsh likes to tango so well that he is 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 w r ay 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
Y ork:
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 Whitney on January 6. Mrs.
Welsh and her sister left San Fran
cisco several months ago on a tour
that has taken them nearly half
around the world while Fred nus
been busy boxing in the United
States.
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F 'RANK WHITNEY, following his
usual custom, will be on the bat
tle ground several days before tho
conflict. Frank will arrive some time
to-morrow and will .mmediately 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 Frar.k manage to gain a
decision over the British champion,
he will at once Jump Into the front
rank of the lightweight division. Lo
ral fans who *aw Frank fight before
know that the “Fighting Carpenter’’
Is always on the Job when once in
side the squared circle. Freddie may
have a groat reputation, and all that,
but w'e 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 ran take
the Chicago boy's wallop on the
chin and not go down, hut Frank
proved himself an exception.
The three companies of the Fifth
Regiment under whble auspices the
bout is to be staged at the Audito
rium announce that they will have
the 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 ten
rounds with Mike Gibbons at 154 pounds
the match Is awaiting him for the third
week in January. Promoter Dominick
Tortorich wants to stage It here and
Gibbons has already signed. If it Isn’t
another Paqkey-Britton affair, it should
be a beautiful fight.
Sutton Offers Hoppe
A Side Bet of $5,000
CHICAGO, ILL,., Dec. 30.—After re
ceiving an Indefinite letter from George
Wa!»h, manager for Willie Hoppe, the
18.3 halkllne champion, George Sutton
yesterday made a propoaition to the
New Yorker.
He will play Hoppe for $500. 12.000 or
85,000. As Hoppe's first proposition
was to play an exhibition game in Chi
cago Sutton is willing to accommodate
him, winner to take 60 per cent and
loser 40, or winner take all. If ijiis is
riot agreeable to Hpppc. Sutton will
play him for a stake of $2,000. winner
to take 60 tier cent of ail stakes and re
ceipts, or winner to take all.
Sporting Food
-By a«oMI E. PHAIB-
FITZ.
Thru in an old fellow named hitz,
Who onct nan a whale with his mitz.
He's iin old fellow now
With no hair on his broie,
But oh! how the old fellow hitz!
Mr. Fitzsimmons, who once w«s
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.
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Max Carey, of the Pirates, is sell-
ing diamonds in St. Louis, 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 $100,900, hut we’d hate
to take the Job 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.
Those who were about; to wish Ar
thur Pelky a Happy New Year are
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 a|| 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.
! Local Quintet In
Hardest Game of
Season Saturday
The fifth game on the schedule for the
Atlanta Athletic Club basket ball team
Is to bo played Saturday night away
from home. The local quintet will travel
to Columbus to plgy the champion Co
lumbus team, in what is expected to be
the hardest fought garfie of the season.
The odds are against the Atlanta boys,
hut 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 beat of
shape for a stiff tussle.
The line-up of ine two teams will he
as follows:
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Columbus.
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Baseball College
To Open January 2
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Dec. 30 -Char
ge Carr's professional baseball college
will he opened In Texas on January 2,
according to the announcement made
here by the hustling manager of the
“great idea."
TETTER
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I had a severe case of tetter an betlt
handr. and I finally got helpless. A leading
physcian knew of no cure. I decided to gfve
tetterlne a trial. To my utter surprise and
satisfaction It worked a speedy curt.
Use Tetterine
It Hire* err.ema. tetter, erysipelas. IteMna i
, piles, ground Itch and all sktu maladies.
50c at druggists, or by mail.
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