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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Vaudeville Actors Will Be Happy When Ball Flayers Decide to Stick to the Diamond 2 °y HIKES REPLY ii puts jib “Boy Manager" Explains the Welchonce-Callahsn Deal; Also Talks of Perry Trade. The Bunch Wishes All a Happy New Year By ‘Bud’ Fisher N ashville, d©c. 31 Manager Schwartz gave out the follow ing statement last night In re ply to President Hirsiga article of Saturday afternoon. "As is well known. Harry Wel- rhonce was drafted in 1912 by Wash- | ington. Then, prior to the American j Association meeting. w r hich was held in November at Milwaukee. Mr. Far rell. secretary of the National Com- | mission, issued a bulletin whereby all * claims for drafted players by the ma jors would have to be filed by Feb ruary 1. 1913. I advised Mr. Hirsig! at this meeting to claim player Wei- I ehonce, which, as we all know. w£ not done. I suppose it was either an oversight of Mil Hirst’s, or he | thought the national agreement rul- ing, which reads that all Class A players drafted by the majors were to be turned back to clubs from which ihev were drafted, still prevailed. "in January. .Mr. Hirsig wrote me »f the Callahan proposition and. knowing tliat the Nashville club was absolutely without funds, for at the end of th** season they were unable to pay me my salary and I agreed to accept a one-year note for $1,000. which is still unpaid, and also labor ing under the impression that (’alia hau would he given t<> the Nashville club for claim on Welchonce. 1 then wrote the letter whlMi Mr. Hirsig published. • • • uA\’ coming t«* Nashville for spring '•s training in 1913 I was surprised to find that Mr. Hirsig had failed to file claim for Welchonce and that Atlanta was boasting of ‘putting one over’ on the Nashville club. We then immediately explained our position in the matter to Secretary Farrell, who at once recognized our claim and put it in his next bulletin. We were still n doubt us to our rights in the case and as a precaution 1 asked Del Young to write Welchonce wirnins him against signing an Atlanta con tract if he was turned over to that club by Washington. This fact will be substantiated by both Young and Welchonce. 1 consented to negotia ting with Atlanta for Callahan be cause we were not sure whether Wel- ehonce could be brought back here j and. in rase w* lost him. I wanted to get another good outfielder. "Atlanta still persisted in their claim that Welchonce was their prop erty and this fact so irritated us that we decided to Stand pat and hold our ground. "About this time 1 was called to Cleveland, Ohio, by the death of my mother, and while In that city 1 had a conference with Mr. Bernard, vice president of the Cleveland baseball club, and he assured me that there w as no doubt that we would get Wel chonce by appealing to Mr. Herr mann or the commission. "After receiving this encouraging information 1 immediately wired President Hirsig as follows: "March 28. 1912 W. G. Hirsig. President Nashville Ball Club, Nash ville. Tenn.: Can not leave before Monday. Will see Herrmann at Cin cinnati on Welchonce matter if pos- sibe meet me there. Wire me at Akron. " WILLIAM SCHWARTZ.’ • • • »< r T.lI8 telegram can be substan- 1 tiated by Mr Bloomstein at the Western Fnion >fflce. from whom I received the above copy yesterday afternoon It was my purpose to hold on to our claim for Welchonce and land him as soon as possible, but I was surprised to receive a tele gram from Mr. Hirsig two or three days later stating that the Callahan* We’ bonce deal had been made. "1 was always a warm admirer of Welchonce’s ability as a player, and the only reason in the world 1 ever considered getting rid of him was on account <»f the condition of the treas ury of the Nashville baseball club. * * • u|V referring to the Perry-Berger l trade, Mr. Hirsig lays particular stress on the fact that l had been willing to part with Perry prior to his action in Atlanta. This is no se cret and has no bearing on the dis pute at all. llad 1 been able to bet tor my ball club with certain trades 1 would have been glad to trade Per ry. and 1 had even considered trad ing him to clubs in this league. That was a matter that was strictly up to my judgment But Mr. Hirsig does not state in his article that Mobile wired us right after the Columbus meeting that the> would be willing to give $200 and Berger for Perry, and that I refused to consider the deal This was nearly a month before the Perry deal was made, and we had no further conversation on the matter. * *• • »*IN respect to Mr. Hirsig's recent l conversion to the fact that 1 w ls perhaps not the best manager he could secure, a fact that 1 am fully aware of. 1 would not like the im pression to become prevalent that 1 did not attempt to strengthen my club last year or that I thought it to l>e good enough, even when we were winning during the first month In fact, while we were in second place. I went to him with one of the advisory board, and told him we were skating on thin Ice. and that I realized the club ought to be strengthened in or der to maintain its position in the first division. Me treated the matter lightly, and said that the team would finish there with the material we had. "1 make this statement to show the fans where I have stood over these mati -rs. and also to bring out certain facts that seem to have been over looked by Mr llirsig. No one regrets the troubles that have arisen more than myself, as nay relations with Mr Hirsig had tyeen of the most friendly ( AND petUClv I ' OfAKSj JKPFAnd I VOU thg 3f*iR*r I ?f. nw SPIRIT I Tw't ~ «COI»WU suce biro BOXING News of the Ring Game Hirsig Declares That He Has Never Been Able to Secure Waivers on Him. Bv ia<* Nye. 31 — ma- lasl gen - N ashville, tenn.; Dec. In summing up the tertal left over from season, baseball fans have erall.v overlooked the fact that Artie Hofman. former (Tub and Pirate star, who finished the year with the local club. Is still on the Nashville roster Fntll otherwise disposed of, Hbfman must be considered u member of the team, although last season he ex pressed a desire that he be allowed to go to the coast next season, where he could demand a much larg#r salary for his services and also play several more months during the year. Artie signed w ith Nashville through personal friendship for Bill Schwartz, and it can not be said tliat he didn’t do all within his power to lift the Yols from their lowly position next to the bottom. He didn’t succeed, but the fans saw that he was playing his best, and before the season closed practically all of the bleacherites were Artie's strong admirers. It is understood that Manager Schwartz would he glad enough to let him go to the coast if he could be gotten out of this league. • • • IJOFMAN is not desirous of return ing to Nashville, according to hi** own statement, hut just how he can keep from it If he can not be gotten out ol* the league Is hard to say. Should Mr. Hirsig win out in the courts in the present*Squabble, it i» stated that he is desirous of bring ing Hofman here as a manager, as he has already stated that Schwartz will not return if he retains control. Hofman is now wintering at his home at Akron, Ohio, awaiting what ever disposition shall be made of him and it is rumored that if things don’t go to suit him he’ll sign up with Joe Tinker or Mordecai Brown, his old teammates, in the Federal League. Artie has always had a desire to fight the "baseball trust" and could do it no better than to align himself with the Feds, who seem to be in a fair way to achieve success this season. He admires Tinker as much as any man in baseball and there is no doubt of the fact that he would like to play witn him again. • * • TJOFMAN’S road in organized base- 1 1 ball has been none too smooth since he instituted a $3,000 suit against President Murphy, of the Cubs, for salary due him after he was traded to Pittsburg. The suit Is still pending in the courts, but it ls said that Hofman has a good chance to win. But for this suit, it is the general opinion that Artie would still be in the big leagues, for he is undoubtedly one of the brainiest and wisest out fielders in the game, although not as young as he once was However, there are a number of clubs, includ- 1 ing the Browns and Cards, that could I use a man of his ability, yet they consented to let Pittsburg send him out of the majors, thereby hinting largely at a * frameup." \ OLD FITZ. II is mi ancient warrior, He stoppeth not a clock Tim$ teas, he'd take this White Hope crew, Same day when he'd no work to do. And slap the whole hum flock. If the boxing commission are hon est about wanting to keep Fitz in his grave clothes, they should take steps to prevent Fred McKay from publish ing any more challenges. There is a limit to the old man’s endurance. * * • Mr. Fitzsimmons says that "the av erage lighter nowadays gets a case of the rattles when he gets a punch In the Jaw."’ This is not exactly the truth. He gets a case of rattles at the thought of getting a punch In the jaw. • ♦ * And then, if you want to think try to figure how bad Fitz is to-day if Bill Lang could knock him out four years ago. * • • Jim Coffey says that "Leviimky is the only boy 1 ever had to hunt for when l wanted to start a punch.’ In some vague way this recalls the story of the hunter who brought the bear back to camp by staying a scant ten yards in front all the way. • * * We are pleased to note that Paris has charged Jack Johnson with faking. Paris being the only civilized commun ity up to this time that has not charged him with something. ^ * * * "In PaHs," said Jack Johnson recent ly." they called me the ‘‘Invincible.’’ Also, "faker" and "bum.’ Young Saylor and Kay Bronson, the American fighters who have landed in Australia, have already been signed up for bouts at Sydney Saylor is to meet another American fighter. Pal Brown, of Minnesota, for 20 rounds on next Monday night, while Bornson will go against Johnny Summers, the English welterweight champion, on or about January lt>. • • • Jack "Sapper O'Neil, the clever En glish lightweight, who made good in his debut in this country by winning in decisive fashion from Fred llalsland in New York, has been matched to fight Johnny liarvel. the Gotham lad. in New York on New Year’s afternoon. * * • Freddie Welsh is receiving offers al most daily iind could box twice a week so far us the promoters are concerned. His latest offer is from Salt I^ake City to meet Gilbert Gallant, the Boston lightweight. January Pv He has offers to box at Memphis January 4 and at Atlanta January 6. * * • The constant knocking Jess Willard received at the hands of the many box ing experts around the country must have done the Kansas City heavyweight much good. Jess stopped George Model in nine rounds at New Haven. Conn., the other night, and is now in line for a match with the winner of the Smith- Pelky go at San Francisco to-morrbw • * • Frank Baker got himself in bad with local fans when he had a false report published concerning his go with Jeff Gaffney at Savannah last week. Frank was In line for a match with Mike Saul at the Auditorium on January 6 but he stands little chance of getting the bout now Famous Plays—By Heisman •!♦•*!• v • v *!••►!• *!* • v +•+ No. 3—The Old Guards’ Back S ELDOM, indeed, nowadays, do we see any such bucking and running with the hair by liucmen su/'h as we used to see in the olden days of the game. Just why this popular and effective method of advancing the ball has fallen into decadence I can not say, for certain it is that it is quite as possible to make good ground by using a guard or a tackle to gain ground with the ball as anybody else, provided the man is good, the formation correct and the ground dry. Hut outside of the Tech team hardly any eleven in the South ever uses a lineman for this purpose; and neither do many of the Northern or Eastern teams, though once upon a time Hefflefinger, Cowan, Winter. (Jill, Cranston, Bowser and a host of the star linemen were about as much relied upon as the backs in this respect. * * * * N OW it is true that running a lineman could not be thought of on a wet. field, for the reason tliat starting from one’s position on the line and turning sharply around the quarterback calls for a very short turn, especially if it is the guard wliojis to run with the ball; and such a tur nean not Tie negotiated on wet or slippery footing. But on a dry field an agile man can, with good cleats, make the turn with no difficulty; and using him once in a while will give the backs a rest, while, at the same time, it is a play so widely at variance with all those involving the use of a back to carry the ball that the play constitutes an added difficulty for The Guard.’<s Buck. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip Aey: -> Passing Ball > Course of Ball " ^f Inteyfertnee Athletics to Play Series With Cubs CHICAGO. Dec’ 31.—The Chicago Nationals will play six games with the Philadelphia Americans during the spring training In Florida, it was announced by President Murphy, of the Cubs, to-day. The first three games will be play ed on March 13, 13 and 14 at the Cubs’ training grounds at Tampa. The others will be played March lti, 1? and IS at Jacksonville, where the world's champions will train. the defense both in the way of diagnosis and proper set and charge to stop the thing: it makes a good variant. Referent* to the diagram will show that this play as used by all the big teams of the East twenty and more years ago was usually worked from a uorrnal formation of both the line and the backs: indeed, in those days we had hardly any other formation for any kind of play. It will l* noticed that the fullback was slightly forward of the two halves, and this was a good set of the backs for end running and many other popular plays as well. * * # * x \ j ELL, on the instant of the snapping of the ball these* three backs, \ Y maintaining carefully their relative positions with reference to * * each other, all plunged right at the back of their own tackle: and one can see by noting the three black sjaits just back of the right tackle what a splendid interference-pocket they thus formed for the left guard coming behind. The right half watched that the opposing left end did not get In too far anil get the runner, while the left half primarily helped the right guard handle the opposing guard. The right tackle and end united to turn the opposing tackle out, and if they needed more help the fullback promptly gave It to them. After stuffing the ball Info the left guard's stomach the quarter caught him by the left arm and swung him around with a “crack-the-whip” swing and bellied hint to t<iru short In. At the same time the left end abruptly deserted his place on the line and came around behind also. Being a faster man than the guard, it was no trick at all for him to put his hands on the guard's hips and shove with all his might just as the guard hit the opposing rush-line. And maybe those two. coming like a double locomotive on a freight train, couldn’t jam things over a fellow! The left tackle junqied into the guard’s place and took off his man so as to prevent the latter from nabbing the runner from behind, and then he cut on through to meet the play over on the other side of center. • O • * N OW this formation, and the interference as outlined, has all the ele ments of the best modern football: hence, I say. it Is difficult to understand why it is no longer used. Of course n t all teams of a I quarter of a century ago had all the details as thoroughly worked out as ! 1 have here explained them, but the best teams aimed to i>erform the play 'this way: and with the weak defense of that day I can tell you that the play was a whale. Why. Hefflefinger at left guard for Yale, Cranston at right guard for Harvard. Bowser at eft guard for Penn, and Winter at righT guard for Yale used to make ns much ground on this play as the backs averager! Hefflefinger in particular was a perfect demon and. after bursting through the other side of the line, would come tearing through an 1 oi»«n field for 10, 20 or 30 yards like a halfback. Outfielder Lewis, of the Red Sox. has decided to make Boston his home throughout the winter, instead of jour neying to California, as has been his practice each fall. He says he wants to see what a New England winter is like. • * • Larry Lajoie fanned least of all the American League batters last season. In 137 contests the Cleveland veteran took three swings just seventeen times?. Danny Moeller, of the Senators,, was the easiest to whiff, going down on strikes 1Q6 times in 153 games. * * * The Washington University at St. Louis lias 'lifted the ban on baseball after having the lid clamped down hard for three years. The coming spring the institution will allow its team to compete for the Missouri Valely honors. * * * This is a busy winter for Heine Zim merman. clouting third sacker for the Cubs. Since the 1913 campaign closed Heine has been traded " something like ^five times. "Dots" Millfer, the Pirate infielder, is the latest ball player to take .up golf ing. • * * "There never was a better umpire in the history of the game.” says Nap Lajoie. commenting on Jack Sheridan, the veteran of the American League staff and the dean of the arbitrators. * * * Jimmy Archer was in Chicago for a few days recently with his wife, and says that he is ready for the start of the 1914 campaign. Archer and his wife will spend the winter at Ormond, Fla. Archer will go right from his home to Tampa when the spring train ing trip starts. * * * Charles Carpenter, president of the Tri-State' League, does not favor an eight-club organization. Carpenter thinks that six teams are enough for the league for the season of 1914. He expects the league to have a better year next season than it had last. * * * Up in New York they have it that three clubs, the Giants. Phillies and Cubs, will fight it out for the National League pennant the coming season. May be this will turn out to be a fact, but then some team is liable to bob up and spring the biggest surprise of many days on the other fellows. Heinie Zimmerman Will Stay With Cubs CHICAGO. Dec. 31.—When asked if he was thinking of trading Heine Zim merman. as reported. President Charles W. Murphy, of the Cubs, said: "I have repeatedly stated that Zimmerman was not on the market." IIFEDERALS American League to Ignore Sto vall’s Case While National Fights to Get Tinker. KLAUS’ EARNINGS $125,000. PITTSBURG, PA., Dec. 31.—George Engle, manager of Frank Klaus, who was knocked out twice by George Chip within seven weeks, after he had beaten the best in this country and Europe, said that the former middleweight champion is throifgh as a fighter because of careless training. He said that he and Klaus in the several years thev had been together had made $125,000. MAY GET BOXING EVANSVILLE. IND., Dec. 31.—Local fight fans are inclined to believe that this city will have boxing contests after Mayor-elect Ben Bosse assumes his of fice shortly after New Year’s Day. By James Clarkson. C HICAGO, Dec. 31.—Let the lit tle old National League warn, threaten and abuse the Feder- als. The American League isn’t going to pay any attention to them. Ban Johnson, president of the ju nior organization, probably remem bering how ineffectual the attempts to stop himself, Comiskey, Somers and others some years back proved to be, declares Jhat his organization will take no steps to combat the inde pendents and that George Stovall would not be prosecuted. "I do not believe that Tinker, Brown and Stovall have signed,” de clared Johnson when questioned last night. "If they have it’s a severe loss to baseball, as each one is an ex tremely capable player and has done much to help the game. • • * <«T AM not interested in the report- * ed move to prosecute players who have violated reserve clauses to join the Federal league, and the American League will take no case to court. "Should the grievance come up be fore the National Commission, it will not be at my Instigation, and I sh&ll permit my colleagues on that board to take the initiative.” All of which is expected to quell the determined efforts of the National League to precipitate itself into a law suit with the third league. John son’s attitude can not well be ig nored. On the other han^, it is the National League that has suffered the most. Stovall was out of the American League as far as playing was concerned, although he is still the property ofrSt. Louis. It is doubt ful if the Browns figure him as an asset, anyway. With Tinker and Brown it is different. Charles Her cules Ebbets. of Brooklyn, has Just paid $15,000 for Talker, and his phi lanthropic activity has never before reached such proportions. So the Dodger Dedicator is sure to yelp if he doesn’t find a way to get the mon ey back. Atlanta Quintet Put Through Hard Drills For Columbus Game Joe Bean, coach of the Atlanta Ath letic Club, is a busy man these days. Joe is putting his players through a stiff drill every afternoon in an effort to found his squad into the best of shape for their clash with the champion Co lumbus five on the latter’s floor Sat urday afternoon. Although the Columbus team rules a strong favorite. Coftch Bean is by no means conceding them the victory. He is going to take his boys down to Co lumbus Saturday fit and ready to put up the battle of their lives. A victory over^the Columbus team will be a big feather In the local boys’ caps and ihev are not leaving any stone unturned in the preliminary work. Outlaws Plauuiug to Put Club in Gotham CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—James A. Gil more, president of the Federal League, is in New York to-day "looking over the ground with reference to getting a ball park,” according • to Charles Weeghrnan. president of the Chicago Federal League club. Weeghrnan said that at the meeting here last Saturday of those interested in expanding the new organization, a New YorK millionaire produced a cer tified check for $100,000 to guarantee a club in New York. Weeghrnan said It was true that Knabe had signed to manage Baltimore, and added that John Miller, who went to St. Louis from Pittsburg, would manage the Toronto club. M’CORMICK SIGNS PITCHER. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Dec. 31 Manager McCormick has announced the purchase of Turner, a right-hand pitcher, from the Hendersonville club of the Kitty League. This gives the Lookouts nine pitchers. ATHENS WINS CLOSE GAME. ATHENS. Dec. 31.—Athens Y. M. C A. basket ball team defeated the Fifth Regiment five last night. The game was decided in the last minute of play. ¥1 ii Opium Whiskey antf Dr<c Hebite treated •t Home or et Sanitarium. Book on auklaaP Free. DA B. M. 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