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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Just a Little Surprise for the Judge
BASE OH
Hank O’Day Comes to the Bat
With a New Plan, Hard to
Understand
Bv 0. B. Koelor.
H ERE romps Hank O'Day, some
umpire, who once managed *h»*
Cincinnati Reds, with a brand-
new idea for a rule to prevent th?
intentional passing of a heavy bat
ter at a critical Juncture.
Candidly, we don’t get Hank.
Take a slant at the report, exactly
as published in the daily prints, and
se«- what you think about it.
‘M
[AKING the pitching box narrow
er would accomplish the de
sired object," is Mr O’Day’s reported
opinion.
As previously stated, we don’t get
him.
In the first place, there hasn't been
any “pitcher’s box” for quite a while.
There used to be. and a guy could
wander around as far ns its limits
would let him. But these days it’s a
slab, and all the slabman has to do in
pitching is to start with his hind foot j
in contact with said slab and not take ■
more thnn one step from it in the |
process of delivery.
If Mr. O’Day meant "make the slab)
narrower,” we still would fall to see i
if hat effe
straining
four wide ones.
Chick Evans Leaves Atlanta
-I- • v v • v v • *!* 4* • *!*
Expert Praises Our Golfers
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
KERSES, KERSES. KERSES.
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Chick Evans
I T' WILL be hard for me to get back to Chicago for work after living in
the warm-hearted hospitality of Atlanta. My games of golf over the
Atlunta courses will mark a most enjoyable occasion, and big, dirty,
<*t that would be- toward re-j noisy Chicago will seem almost unbearable l>ecauso mv mind will be full
a pitcher from lobbing over ! 0 f
VI R bj)AY
^ Vl tackle the
isn’t the, first one to
problem of making a
pitcher put it over—and it seems to
us that nobody wi 11 succeed in that
undertaking without the aid of hyp
notism. Certainly some managers
owning wild burlers with lots of stuff
would be very grateful to Mr. O’Day
if ho would devise a plan to keep the
ball over the plate. Also, if Mr.
O’Day, by a Juggling of the slag
mea wroments, can compel a pitcher
to Ion p his product just over the cor
ners of the pun. Mr O’Day wmuld bet
ter give up umpiring und working on
the rules committee, and start man
aging another ball club.
lie would have some valuable
pitching service—what?
S O far as our research extends, only
nne rule ever has been proposed
that Memed at all likely to prevent
the intentional passing of a heavy
hitter in a pinch. We forget whi
suggested it- but it had an air of
plausibility er.tlrelv lacking from Mr.
O’Day'» hunch, so far as understood.
The idea was that the batter re
• eiving four wide pitches had the op
tion either of taking his base or of
remaining at bat and allowing 'he
n«xt batsman in order to take the
base for him.
CUPPOSE. for example,
^ ry Wrlchonce was
A
that Har-
up, wPh
Tommy Long on second or third and
a right-hand pitcher on the slab. Sup
pose the r. h. pitcher had been pun
ished severely by Harry, buT had been
getting” Wally Smith and Bisland
without difficulty.
a Then It might not he out of order
to suppose that, with two out. the p ar ^ 0 f
pitcher would ra'her see Harry on
first than waving his big stick at the
ftlate.
All right. Four balls. Put Harry
declines the offer, at a signal from
his boss. Wally Smith trots on down
to first , Harry remains at bat. Four
more halls? Maybe. Then Bislanl
walks and the bases are full—and
"Welchonce still at hat.
my
happy events in your clean, delightful little city. I can not ever
adequately express how much I owe to the generous hearts of Mr. and Mrs.
George Adair.
Interest In golf has grown very rapidly in the last few years in the
Southern States, and nowhere in the South do I think that golf enthusiasm
is greater than in Atlanta. The natural result of so much enthusiasm has
been the development of some very good Southern players, yet it is always
a matter of surprise that these players do not go farther in the National
Amateur, whose very efficient vice president, Mr. Milton Dargan, lives here,
or in the Western, which lias a deep interest in Southern players. One
would think that the Southern player had certain natural advantages in
the opportunity to play the year around. Of course the game is young in
the South, hut the time is rapidly approaching when Southern golfers should
reach a higher championship standard.
At the present moment the very best Southern players are many shots
behind the best players of the West and North. Of course the Southern
player must, travel far to the big tourneys', and consequently comparatively
few go. The Southern showing in the 1013 National was better than usual,
and Nelson Whitney, your champion, qualified well up. but no Southern
player yet has gone far in either Western or National. Many times I have
heard the reason asked.
In the upbuilding of champions, there are, I think, the following essen
tials: First, enthusiasm and the type of enthusiasm that is the essence of
patience. Golf looks so easy, and is in reality so hard, that it is the most,
discouraging game at times in the world for the player. Then comes exam
ple and instruction, and instruction should be either verbal or by example,
for young players Imitate readily. I think the best sort of instruction is
playing with a better player. The next essential is a good golf course re
quiring championship play. You can learn the shots on any course, provided
its condition allows the hall to fall and run the same every time. One
must be able to judge the roll of a ball, and know just what ground-behavior
can Is* expected of it. One can learn to hit the ball in the air. but unless
the ground is right, lie loses power to judge results. A good course aids
good play and penalizes bad. I learned my golf on a fiat 9-hole stretch of
ground, and then 1 improved it by playing a great deal at Chicago golf—a
championship course.
Christmas has pone,
Mew Yeaf soon will;
Hut the Tinker story
Is with us still.
The Federal League is now an estab
lished fact. Charley Murphy has begun
to issue long statements proving that it
doesn’t exist.
VOL BILL U
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
•’What’s this baseball game coming
to?” inquired Fred Clarke, anxiously.
Without accurate statistics we should
say about $4,000,000 net per annum.
fiersig Insists He Is Still
dent, While Schwartz
fuses To Be “Fired.
Presi-
Re-
Bob Fitzsimmons’ ambition to shine
again in the pugilistic limelight has re
ceived a decided setback at the hands
of the New York State Boxing Commis
sion. The commission has issued an I
edict prohibiting the former world's
champion from engaging in any bouts
in New York because of his age.
Famous Plays—By Heisman
v»-i- •!•••!- 4-
No. 2—The Old Flying Wedge
T THE prt'siMit moment Atlanta lias good Instructors, among whom is
“I am opposed to the intentional pass
ing of a batter,” says Mr. Johnson, “but
what are you going to do about it'.’”
That's just the way a lot of us feel
about the White Hopes.
Wo don’t know how the Tinker deal
will eventually pan out, hut we will bet
that Tinker gets the worst of It.
"Baseball,” observes a leading base
hall manufacturer, ”!s one of the fun
damental causes for the athletic su
premacy of America.” It was also the
eause of the same thing in ancient
Greece.
ONLY HERZOG.
Bren then there u man with heart so
. stout •
Ur. has not felt hi* nerve ooze nut
And his strong mind, go batty.
Whose spirits hare not turned to lead.
Whose inmost feelings have not bled
When he merit ed the sentence dread :
“You /nonage Cincinnati."
Whenever a ball player tries to tell
you he is not superstitious and does not
believe In signs, show him an ,S with
two lines drawn through it. thusly, S.
and watch results.
and a course-to-be at Hast I.alee that wilt doubly merit the title of ttie
champion course of the South; indeed, it would he called a good link In any
America. And there are already some very good players here.
Some of you play very good wooden shots, some very good Irons, and some
putt extremely well; In fact, the more successful Atlanta golfer plays gen
erally well, hut I would suggest more practice of Individual shots, a steady
methodical attempt to round out one's game.
A MONO the host players at Hast Hake is the champion of the club, Mr.
George \V. Adair. He is truly a good, accurate, thoughtful player. His
V r OI’ see the idea
* But even that wouldn't he nlto-
ehief trouble is with his wooden clubs, aval Is because the ascent and descent
of his club describe two different lines, and he does not throw the club head
through the hall crisply enough. Mr. Tlehenor plays well, and his shots all
lan e a suggestion of a hook. Perry Adair show s much promise, and Mr. W.
gelher a fair rule. | H. Itowun Is another good player with a future. I noticed several younger
Becoming candid again we don't men who take a deep interest In the garni', and it is very important that
sec how any rule is to he made that . jj l0v |„. encouraged to plav. 11 is good for them physieullv and morally,
will do ; justice between pitcher and | , im j u i us ures future champions.
Woaldnt* it be fine to have the bis National or Western eups in Atlanta?
Good luck !
batter ici thin respect In our opinion.
■ *
hitu-r i< sufficiently penalized by the
ndditioiml runner on the bases—an 1
\ on may easily recall Instance after,
instance! when the supposed “weak i
‘■ister” has come along: a d cleaned
up.
Anvwov. when it comes right down
to the point, how is any umpire going
to know for sure (if the pitcher ap
parently* tries to fret the ball over)
whether the base on ball* * inten
tional?
We iiva.t r. O’Day’s further elu
cidation of this “problem vexed.”
Heydler Leaves to Baker Poor Press
Confer With Tener Agent: Jeff Gaffney
Over 1914 Schedule
WILL MEET IN LONG WALK.
STROUGHTON. WIS , Dee 30
Sever Qciile. of Stoughton, has accepted
the challenge of August Raddats. of
Ghlcago. former champion walker of
Germany, to a 26-mile hike on a six
foot hardwood or sawdust track In some
larjo- city Raddatz will have the ad
vantage in age Quale recently nosed
him out bt a ten-mile walk In this city.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30 - Secretary
John Heydler. of the National League,
went to Harrisburg to-day to confer
with Governor Tener. recently elected
president of the National League, in
regard to the 1914 playing schedule
which is soon to he made up. Mr.
Heydler expects to leave Harrisburg to
day and meet Barney Dreyfuss at Pitts
burg These two have the tusk of ar
ranging the National League schedule.
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think It It Mfh tlm* ta ac»npt DR HUGHES' GRAND OFFER?
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tatlon and EaanUaattan ara Fraa far tha aa*1 thirty day»
If I derMe that your . ondlUoo will not yield raadUy '.o m. traat
«*nt. I wi11 tw honnat with y»wi and tall yvu *«. aud not accept
your money under a promt*# of a cura.
M> treatn»»n! will paattlaaty cure er I will make •• eh*r»t
far th# fallawir« dlMaan
Stopped Him in 5th
The report published last Sunday In
Atlanta that Frank Baker won over
Jeff Gaffney at Savanah in 15 rounds
was an error. Gaffney really stopped
Baker in five rounds, and. according to
reports Baker was outclassed all the
way.
It was Baker who brought the re
port here that lie defeated Gaffney, but
the latter aifived in Atlanta this morn
ing with newspaper clippings proving
that he stopped Baker Tactics followed
by Baker will not gain him anything
in the long run. Gaffney* has fought
some of the best boys in the game and
is anxious to gel on with some 122-
pounder here.
* • *
When one of these scandal monger
pessimists tackles you with a tale to
the effect of money is tight simply re
mind him that Joe Tinker has been of
fered $36,000 or thereabouts by the Fed
eral League, some of which is said to
be real money'.
There will be much jov water con
sumed on New Year’s evening, but every
day the National Commission meets it’s
New Year Eve for the members bf said
august body.
HANS STILL A KID.
Said Tinker (Joe) to 11 agner
(II onus)
"How do yon get a ten thou
sand. bonust"
Said Wagner (Hnnus) to Tinker
(Joe)
"Im just a youngster, I don't
know."
Willard Stops Rodel
In Nine Rounds
N ashville, texn., Dec. 30.—
The bitter factional feeling
which has existed in the Nash
ville baseball war for the past two
weeks reached a climax yesterday in
an exchange of torrid statements be
tween William Hirsig, majority
stockholder in the Nashville club, and
William C. Schwartz, last season’s
manager of the local team. Hirsig
emphatically declares in his state
ment that under no circumstances
will Schwartz manage the Nashville
club next season since "he has been
convinced that the ‘boy manager’ was
not the best leader the Vols could
get for 19L4." Schwartz is charged by
Hirsig of having approved of the
Welchonce-Callahan deal, repeatedly
denied by Schwartz previously, and
published a letter from Schwartz in
support of that contention.
Hirsig also attempts to saddle the
responsibility for the Perry-Berger
deal on Schwartz, offering to produce
numerous witnesses in order to sub
stantiate his accusations.
UTRSIG insists that he is still presi-
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NEW HAVEN', CONN'.. Dec. 30.—
Jess Willard, the Kansas City
heavyweight, who knocked out
George Rodel, a fellow "hope," in the
ninth round last night, turned two
longin, anxious, hopeful eyes to-day
toward the Gunboat mith-Arthur Pel-
ky row In California on New Year's
Day.
Willard said he would try to get a
match with the winner of the Smith-
Pelky affair, and there is no doubt
that a victory over the winner of the
Western fight would put Jess in the
very forefront of the "white hopes.”
end would earn for him the title of
white heavyweight champion.
It was considerable of a task for
Mr Rodel to eat anything to-day ex
cept spoon victuals as a result of the
right-hand uppercuts which spoiled
his evening last night.
This was the first twenty-round
fight held in the Nutmeg State since
Young Corbett knocked out Terry
McGovern more than a decade ago,
and has aroused the hope that at
last a permanent home has been
found for long distance fights in the
East. There was no interference of
any kind from the officials.
of the Nashville club, char
acterizing the midnight meeting of a
majority of the Nashville club’s
stockholders, at which he was de
posed and Vice President Clyde
Shropshire elected to succeed him, as
a “rump” gathering, illegal and con
trary to the by-laws of the Nashville
club. Numerous legal decisions are
offered to support the assertion that
this meeting was illegal.
Schwartz in his answer to Hirsig
explains the Callahan-Welchonce deal
by stating that the failure of the
Nashville club to have him returned,
after being drafted in 1912 by Wash
ington, was due to the inability of
the Nashville club to raise the nec
essary $1,500 draft price to secure his
return to the club from which he was
drafted and to no lack of effort on
his own part to have Welchonce re
turned. Schwartz published a tele
gram dated two clays before Nashville
released its elaim to Atlanta, in which
he asks Hirsig to meet him in Cin
cinnati, in order that they might con
fer with Garry Herrmann, of the Na
tional Commission, relative to pre
venting Washington turning the
1 player over to Atlanta. Schwartz was
' in Cleveland, Ohio, at this time, and
offers this message as proof that the
deal was made without his knowl
edge.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA., Dec. 30 —Fred
die Welsh, the English lightweight
champion, and Johnny Dundee, the Goth
am star, are hustling to get into shape
for their coming encounter on New-
Year’s Day. Welsh has a big advan
tage over his rival in that he lias been
here for nearly two weeks and is already
on edge Dundee has been here for five
days, but claims be is ready for the
fray
Welsh will enter the ring a pronounced
favorite. He will have a few pounds
advantage in weight and his long ex
perience is expected to offset the speed
of his young rival. The battle is ex
pected to bring out a monster crowd,
as ilic two rivals are well known.
S CHWARTZ also denies responsi
bility for the Perry-Berger trade,
claiming that he had requested Hir
sig not to make any deals while in
Atlanta.
Schwartz charges Hirsig with
being niggardly in supplying him with
players of ability around which to
build up a winning club, and charges
that when he approached Hirsig last
season he begged for new material to
bolster i:p his faltering ifoachine. he
was denied any assistance by Hir
sig. who refused to heed Schwartz’s
warning that the club was "skating
on thin Ice.’’ although later the Vols
took a slump from which they were
never able to recover.
Wallach Calls Halt
In Cross Training
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Dec. 30.—
Leach Cross, the New York fighter who
is scheduled to box Bud Anderson at
Vernon on New Year s Day, is don g so
nicely in his training that to-day Mana
ger Sam Wallach advised a let-up.
Cross is looking good, and his elaim
that he is in the best condition he ever
attained for a I»s Angeles tight Is borne
out by his general appearance and work
in training bouts.
“I am working out even’ day with Ivid
Dalton and Babe Picrato, the best train
ers 1 have had on the coast," said Cross
to-day. “Both are fast and swap
punches with me. 1 have not the least
doubt that I will best Anderson in our
second meeting Then I am going after
Joe Rivers again.'
Bud Anderson Is plugging away on
the same old strenuous schedule at his
training quarters.
According to reports, Nevada is plan
ning another heavyweight fight to a
finish. Bill Dailey, the San Francisco
theatrical man. is trying to arrange a
bout to be held during the first week
in July. He may match the winner of
next Thursday's bout between Smith
and Pelky with some suitable opponent.
Negotiations regarding the appearance
of Gunboat Smith in Paris to take on
Sam Langford are not expected to suc
ceed, as Smith is demanding his travel
ing expenses and a purse of $25,000.
Carpentier may get Langford if the
latter accepts a weight limit of 178
pounds.
A coast critic says: “Put old Bat Nel
son’s heart inside of Joe Rivers and he
would be the lightweight champion of
the world for the next five years."
Weighing 146 pounds Packey McFar
land insists that he is a lightweight.
Why not admit it and let him fight Gun
boat Smith for the title?
"Battling" Levinsky will box ten
rounds with Bob McAllister, the clever
middleweight of San Francisco, at Mad
ison Square Garden. New’ York, on Jan
uary 12. A match’ is pending between
“Snapper" O’Neil and Jack Britton for
the same night.
The receipts for the fight between
Jack Johnson and Jim Johnson
amounted to $5,179. Langford and Jean
nette drew $11,370 for their fight. Both
bouts were staged in Paris.
Charlie White will make his next
scrap against Harry Donahue at Peo
ria. 111., on January 5. White and Don
ahue will weigh 133 pounds at 6 o’clock.
Donahue is the boy who recently handed
Mickey Sheridan a neat lacing for ten
rounds.
The Ad Wolgast-K O. Brown scrap
scheduled tq take place in Milwaukee
Thursday night has been called off. The
New York Ijghtw'eight has taken sick
and will not be able to fill the engage
ment.
George “Knock ’Em Dead" Brown,
the Greek middleweight from Chicago,
has landed a match with George Chip
in Pittsburg on New Year’s Day. Brown,
formerly handled by Nate Lewis, is now
being managed by Larney Lichtenstein.
By J. W. Heisman.
I N THE fall of 1892, after the “V” from a standing start had been in niw
for over half a dozen years. Harvard came forward with something
distinctly new—the “Flying Wedge.”
This play was invented by a Cambridge man by name of De!and, and
was copied far and wide until legislated out of existence by the rule re
quiring that on the kick off the ball would have to be kicked an actual dis
tance of at least ten yards.
Deland had never played football himself, hut had been watching it for
tears on Soliders’ Field, and had often wondered why teams did not get
more variety into their attack.
The first time it was ever exhibited “on any stage” was in the game
between Harvard and Yale that year at Springfield. It fell to the lot of
the Crimson to kick off. and the Blue lined up ten yards away from the ball,
and prepared to attack the expected “V” in the usual way.
What was their amazement to see the Harvard team line up in a crazy,
new-fangled way to which there seemed to be no sense whatever. Instead of
the center getting over the ball the Crimson quarterback was guarding it.
About 20 feet to his left and somewhat back of him was stationed the right
half, and to the rear of this latter and also hack further was stationed the
other half. And then there was an Indian file of five, and another of three,
widely separated from each other. But the queerest thing about it all was
the fact that the eight men in these two files did not come up to the middle
of the field and toe the scratch there, but seemed content to take station
some 20 yards back of midfield, as though ’they intended to have nothing
whatever to do with the ceremonies incident to the opening of hostilities.
Joe Superior, the local bantam, would
like to get on in one of the preliminary
bouts to the Welsh-Whitney set-to o
January 6. Joe Is particularly wild to
tight ”Kid’’ Brooks.
Local fans are turning their atten
tion to New Orleans, where Freddie
Welsh and Johnny Dundee will mingle
for ten rounds Thursday afternoon. The
fact that Welsh will leave immediately
after the bout for Atlanta to box Whit
ney has added much interest to the fray.
Welsh rules a 10-to-8 favorite.
.Tack Dillon, the Indianapolis middle
weight, has been matched to fight Jim
my Clabby in a 20-round bout in San
Francisco or. January 10 for what is
styled the middleweight championship.
How about George Chip? Dillon will al
so swing the padded mitts with Gun-
Christie in Indianapolis on New Year’s
afternoon.
The Yale players stared blankly, and the Yale coaches looked their collet
?olor: no one of them could form a guess as to what might be coming off
or what should l>e done; the stands were awed with dumb, suppressed
excitement. The officials themselves stared and procrastinated, and asked
the Harvard and Yale captains twice each if they were ready. It appeared
impossible that the Harvard team could be ready, but each time Captain
Dudley Dean, of Harvard, calmly insisted that he was quite ready for the
doas of war to be unleashed, and so at length the whistle sounded its
shrill blast.
A
Owen Moran, the English lightweight,
who was disqualified in his bout with
Joe Azvedo on the coast recently, is now
on his way East. He may take part
in a few fights in New York before he
sails for home. Moran has been
matched to meet a British lad named
Kid Lewis, for 20 rounds in London
late in February.
Kid Williams, of Baltimore who has
been signed to fight Eddie Campi on
tho coast for 20 rounds on February 12.
will leave for California on .January 12.
After the fight with Campi Williams will
demand a tight with Champion Johnny
Coulon for the bantamweight fitle.
Auburn Willing
To Play Indians
Here Next Season
T ONCE the two lines of Harvard men started forward, seemingly ain*-
ing to come together at the point M. On they came, faster and faster.
! gathering momentum with each stride, but the quarter and the halves stood
j stock still, while the ball had not yet moved a hair’s breadth. And until it
did move the Yale players could not change forward; they could do nothing
‘ but wait in anxious doubt aud indecision.
Hut just before the right-hand column reached the point “P,” Dean, at
quarter, picked up the ball and passed it rapidly to the right half. The
, latter at once shied it over to the left half, then turned and also made for
| the point M. Meanwhile Dean, after passing the ball to the right half,
j sprang forward and tumbled under Yale’s right guard,
i After the ball had been scraped over Dean’s toe, in fake conformity to the
! kick-off requirement, it took but an instant for the two defiles of Harvard
players to effect a junction with the right half back at their apex, and with
j a, l steam up the way they hit the Yah' right tackle was something to remind
everybody of what a playful thunderbolt is like. With all that aroused
momentum it was out of the question for the defensive team to stop things
in their track, and a good 25 yards gain had been chalked off in favor of the
Crimson cohorts before Halfback Lake was finally brought to the sod.
Auburn has accepted the offer to meet
Carlisle on an Atlanta gridiron next fall,
asking that the game be staged two
weeks after Thanksgiving Day. It is
probable that the contest will be held at
either Grand Field or Poncy Park.
Cicotte Returns His
Contract Unsigned
GOLF PLAY POSTPONED.
PINKHl’HST. N C . Dec 30. Play in
the holiday golf tournament was post
poned yesterday on account of rain.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Eddie Cicotte.
who ranked next to Walter Johnson as
a pitcher in the American League last
season. Is said to be the first hold
out of the 1914 crop. Cicotte is re
ported from his Detroit home to have
said that although the figure named in
the contract was not satisfactory he
would have refused to sign at present
under any circumstances because he
had not been given permission b.i the
players’ fraternity.
iN THIS particular instance the play owed some .of its effectiveness to
the fact that to Yale it was a new stunt, and they could form no gues>
as to what was coining. But the next year everybody was playing it. an
all teams knew what to expect. Nevertheless, when well performed tD
thing had such a terrific momentum whooped up by the time it came int<-
collision with the defensive players that there was no stopping it slmrt
of a substantial gain.
^ think it must have taken nerve to fire into one of La* 1
“V’s” that operated from a standing start what would you say to the ir ■ tl
it took to wade into the flying wedge?
The fact is it was a very dangerous play for everybody concerned, a
that was the reason why the rule makers decided to eliminate it by insistii ■;
on an actual kick for the opening of a game.
Much was expected of Deland in the way of new plays after this initi-’
success, but. so far as I have ever heard, ho never invented anything "
great importance in the game after that.
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