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"Boy Manager” Explains the
Welchonce-Callahan Deal; Also
Talks of Perry Trade.
T\FH\II.I.E. Dr SI. Manager
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1^ Schwartz ?ave out the follow i
ing statement last night In
ply to President Hlrsig's article of J
Saturday afternoon.
"As is well known. Harry Wel-
rhonce was drafted in 1912 by Wash
ington. Then, prior to the American
Association meeting which was held j
.n November at Milwaukee, Mr. Far
rell, secretary of the National Com
mission, issued a bulletin whereby all
< la;ms for drafted players by the ma
jors would have to be filed by Feb
ruary 1, 1913. I advised Mr. Hirslg
ut this meeting to claim* player Wei- .
i honce, which, as we all know, was
not done. I suppose it was either an
oversight of Mr. Hirsigs, 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
they were drafted, still prevailed.
"In January. Mr. Hirsig wrote me
of the Callahan proposition and.
knowing that the Nashville club was
absolutely without funds, for at the
erTd of the season they were unable
to pay me m\ salary and I agreed i i
accept a one-year note for $1 J*o0, '
which is still unpaid, and als#i labor
ing under the impression that Calla
han would be given to the Nashville
club for claim on Welchonce, I then
wrote the letter which Mr. Hirsig
published.
“A\ T coming to Nashville for spring
^ training in 1913 1 was surprised
to find that Mr. Hirsig had failed to
til*- 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 next bulletin We were still
in doubt as to our rights in the case
and as a precaution I asked Del
Young to write Welchonce warning
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-
- honce could be brought back here
and. in case we 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 I was called to
Cleveland, Ohio, by the death of rn>
mother, and while in that city I had
a conference with Mr. Bernard, vice
president of the Cleveland baseball
» lub. and he assured me that there
was 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 2S. 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-
s be meet me there. Wire me at
Akron. *
'WILMAM SCHWARTZ '
. APoLO&JfcE S" To
Cocyp.iocr f o*3 Bv - An V8^Dv
PROPER!! OF
1ASHVILLE
B() x IN G Famous Plays—By Heisman
News of the Bing Game
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OLD FITZ.
If is an ancient warrior.
No. 3—The Old Guards' Back
He stopped h not a clock *
lime won, he'd take thin White Hope
crew,
Some day when he'd no work to do
And stop the whole hum flock.
By J. W. Heisman.
ELDOM. indeed, nowadays, do wo sec any such bucking and running
the ball by linemen as we used to se»‘ in the olden days of the
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
S ELDOM
with
I gu me.
Just why this popular and affective method of advancing the ball has
Hirsig Declares That He Has
Never Been Able to Secure
Waivers on Him.
If members of the boxing commission ! fallen into decadence I call not sa.v, for certain it is that it is quite as
ran be suhstan-
*«*"rilS telegram ran
* tinted by Mr Bloomstein at the
Western Cnlon office, from whom I
received the above copy yesterday
afternoon. It was mv purpose to
hold on to our claim for Welchonce
hnd land him as soon as possible, but
1 was surprised to receive a tele
gram from Mr Hirsig two or three
days later stating that the Callahun-
\\ elchonce deal had been mad*
"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 of the condition of the treas
urj of the Nashville baseball club.
*»IN T referring to the Terry-Berger
1 t
trade. Mr. Hirsig lays particular
stress on the fact that I had been
willing to part with Terr, prior to
bis actipn In Atlanta. This is no se
* ret and has no bearing on the dis
pute at all. Had I been able to bet
ter my ball club with certain trades
I would have been glad to trade Ter
ry. and I had even considered trad
ing him to clubs in this league. That
was a matter that was strictly up to
rm judgment But Mr. Hirsig does
not state In bis article that Mobile
wired us right after the Columbus
meeting that they would he willingeto
give $200 and Berger for Terry, and
that I refused to consider the deal.
This was nearl> a month before the
Terry deal was made, and wo had no
further conversation on the matter.
Bv Jack N’yo.
N ashville, tenn., Dec. 31 —
In summing up the ma
terial left over from last
season, baseball fans have gen
erally overlooked the fact that Artie
Ilofman. former Cub and Pirate star,
who finished the year with the local
club, is still on tho Nashville roster
I’ntil otherwise disposed of, Hof man
must be considered a 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 larger salary
for his servlets and also play several
more month* during tne year. *
Artie signed with Nashville through
personal friendship for Bill Schwartz.,
ami it can not be said that lie didn't
do all within his power to lift the
Vote from their lowly position next to
the bottom. Be didn't succeed, but
tlie fans saw that he was playing his
best, and before the season closed
practically all of the hleacherites*
were Artie's strong admirers.
It is understood that Manager
Schwartz, would be glad enough to let
him go to the coast If he could bo
gotten out of this league.
are honest about wanting to keep Fitz
In his grave clothes they should take
steps to prevent Fred McKay from pub
lishing any more challenges. There, is
a llnut to the old man's endurance.
Mr. Fitz.simmons says that “the av
erage fighter nowadays gets a case of
the rattles when he gels 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
possible to make good ground by using a guard or a tackle to gain ground
with the ball as anybody else, provided the man i* good, the formation
correct and the ground dry.
But 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. Gill,
Cranston. Bowser and a host of the star linemen were about as much relied
upon as the backs in this respect.
N OW .
wet field, for the reason that starting from one’s position on the line
and turning sharply around the quarterback calls for a very short
“IN respect to Mr. Hirsigs recent
‘ conversion to the fact that I was
perhaps not the best manager he
could secure, a fact that 1 am fully
aware of. I would not like the im
pression t<* become prevalent that 1
ild not attempt to strengthen my
rlub last year or that I thought it to
e good enough, even when we were
winning during the first month. In
fact, while we were in second place. 1
went to him with one of the advisory
board, and told him we were skating
• n thin ice. and that 1 realized the
club ought to be strengthened in or
der to maintain its position in the
first division. He treated the matter
1 ghtly, and said that the team would
finish there with the material we
had.
"i make this statement to show’ the
fans where I have stood over these
matters ami also to bring out certain
mots that veem to have been, over
looked b\ Mr Hirsig No one regrets
the troubles that have arisen more
M an myself, ns my relations with Mr
HTsig had been of tne most friendly
UOPMAN te not desirous of return-
1 1 ing to Nashville, according to
his own statement, but just how he
can keep from it if he can not he
gotten out of tho league is hard to
say. Should Mr. Hirsig win out in
the courts in the present squabble, it
is stated that he is desirous of bring
ing Hofman here as a manager, as lie
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 ho made of him
and it Is rumored that tf things don’t
go to suit him he'll sign up with Joe
Tinker or Mordecai Brown, his old
i 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 he in a fair
way to achieve success this season.
He admires Tinker as much asVnv
man in baseball and there is no doubt
of the fact that he would like to play
witn l\im again.
And then, if you want to think try
to figure how bad Kitz. is to-day if Bill . „ 14 . . . . ... . „ , ,
i.ang could knock him out four years I turq. especially if it is the guard who is to run with the ball: and such a
u f° j turn can not be negotiated on wet or slippery footing. But on a dry field
n n * * * 1 an agile man can, with good cleats, make the turn with no difficulty; and
oniy m boy I evSr S had to hunt for when usin £ him <» n ™ in » white will give the backs a rest, while, at the same
l wanted to start a punch ' in some time, it is a play so widely at variance with all those involving the use of
vag.ie way this recalls the story of the . a back to carry the hall that the play constitutes an added difficulty for
hunter who brought the beur hack to 1
camp by staying a scant ten yards lri
front all the way.
We are pleased to note that Paris has
charged lack Johnson with faking.
Paris being the only civilized commun
ity up to this time that has not charged
him with something
"In Paris." said Jack Johnson recent
ly." they called me the. "invincible."
Also, "faker" ami “bum.'
The Guard, 's Buck
/{fy: -> Passing Ball
7 >-Course of Ball
-r " of /ntetference
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Young Saylor anti Ray Bronson, the
American tighter* who have landed in
Australia, have already been signed up
for bouts at Sydney. Savior Is to inert
another American tighter. Pal Brown,
of Minnesota, for 20 rounds oh nevt
Monday night, while Bornson will go
against Johnny Summers, the English
welterweight champion, on or about |
January lf>
Jack “Rapper O'Neil, the clever En
glish light w tight who made good In
his dehut tn this country by winning
in decisive fashion from Fred Halsland
in New York, has been matched to fight
Johnny Marvel, the Gotham lad. In New
York on New Year’s afternoon.
1 Freddie Welsh is receiving offers al-
1 most dally and could box twice a week
so far as the promoters are concerned,
i His latest offer is from Salt Lake City
' to meet* Gilbert Gallant, the Boston
lightweight. January HE He has offers
to box at Memphis January 4 and at
Milwaukee January 20.
The constant knocking Jess Willard
received ut the hands of the many box
auu proper set and charge to stop
the defense both in the way of diagiK
the thing: it makes a good variant.
Refereuee 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 normal formation of both the line and the backs: indeed, in those (lays
we had hardly any other formation for any kind of play. It will l>e 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.
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J ELL, on the instant of the snapping of the hall these three backs,
maintaining carefully their relative positions with reference to
Ing expert, .round the country must I * * w* other, all plunged right at the back of their own tackle; and
hav. done the Kansas Pity heavyweight j one can stv by noting the three black spots just back of the right tackle
Hnuch good Jess stopped George Rode! j what a splendid interference-pocket they thus formed for the left guard
MiT I «m>ln K iHilml- The right half watched that the opposing left end did not
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other nignt. and is now in line for; *“T*” : * ‘ ~ r 7" ~~~r TV ~7”. " T TV ~
atch with the winner of the Smith get in too far and get the runner, while the left half primarily bellied the
Pclky go at San Francisco to-morrow .
Frank Baker got himself in bad with
j local fans when he had a false report
j 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
1 stands little chance of getting the bout
I now
IJ H'MAX'S rood in organized bawe-
1 1 ball has been none too smooth
since he instituted a $3,000 suit
against President Murphy, of the
Dubs, for salary due him after he was
trailed to Pittsburg. The suit is still
pending in the courts, but. it is said
tHat Hofman has a good chance to
win.
But for this suit, it is tlie general
opinion that \rtie would still be tn
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
ing the Browns and Cards, that could
use a man of his ability, yet they
consented to let Pittsburg send him
out of the majors, thereby hinting
largely at a "iramaup."
Athletics to Play
With Cubs
Series
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 12. 13 and 14 at the
('ubs' training grounds at Tampa
The others will be played March 16.
17 and IS at Jacksonville, where the
world s champions will train.
right guard handle the opposing guard. Tin* right tackle and end united
to turn the opposing tackle out, and if they needed wore help the fullback
promptly gave it to them.
After stuffing the ball into the left guard’s stomach the quarter caught
him by the left arm and swung him around with a “crack-the-whip” swing
and helped him to turn short in. At the same time the left end abruptly
deserted his place on the lino 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. coining like n double locomotive on a
freight train, couldn't jam things over a fellow! The left tackle jumped
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 out on through to meet
the play over on the other side of center.
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TCW this formation, and the interference as outlined, has all the ele
ments of the l>est modern football; hence, I say. it Is difficult to
understand why it is no longer used. Of course not all teams of a
quarter of a century ago had all the details as thoroughly worked out as
1 have here explained them, but the liest teams aimed to perform the play
this way ; and with the weak defense oi' that da> 1 can tell you that the
play was a whale. Why, Hefflefinger at left guard for Yale. Cranston at
right guard for Harvard. Bowser at left guard for Penn, and Winter at
right guard for Yale used to make ns much ground on this play as the
back* averaged. Hefflefinger in particular was a pevfect demon and. after
bursting through the other side of the line, would come tearing through an
open field for 1U, 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 full. He says he waiits
to see what a New’ England winter is
like.
Larry Lajoie fanned least of all the
American League flatters last season.
In 137 contests the Cleveland veteran
took three swings just seventeen times.
I tanny Moeller, or the Senators, was
the easiest to whiff, going down on
strikes 106 times in 153 games.
The Washington University at St.
Louis has 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 191.3 campaign closed
Heine has been traded something like
five times.
“Dots" Miller, 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,
tlie 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 tho league to have a better year
next season than it had last.
Up in New York they have it that
ihree 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: “T have
repeated 1 ' - stated that Zimmerman was
not on the market.”
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 besL in this country
and Europe, said that the former
middleweight champion is through as
n fighter because of careless training.
He said that he and Klaus in the
several years they had been together
had made $125,000.
THE FEDERAL!)
American League to Ignore Sto
vall’s Case While National
Fights to Get Tinker.
Bv James Clarkson.
C HICAGO, Dec. 31.—Let the lit-
tie old National League warn,
threaten and abuse the Feder
ate. 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 that 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. ^
UT AM not interested in the report-
1 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 shall
permit my colleagues on that board
to take the initiative."
A LL 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 hand, 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 of St. Louis. It is doubt
ful if the Browns figure him as an
asset, anyway. With Tinker and
BroVn it is different. Charles Her
cules Ebbets. of Brooklyn, has just
paid $15,000 for Tinker, and his phi
lanthropic activity has never before
reached such proportions. So the
Dodger Dedicator is sure to yelp if
he doesn’t And 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 round his squad into the best of shape
for their clash with the champion Co
lumbus five on the latter's floor Sa
urday afternoon.
Although the Columbus team rules a
strong favorite, (/oach Bean is by no
means conceding them the victory He
is going to take his boys down to Co
lumbus Saturday tit 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 the
are not leaving any stone unturned in
.he preliminary work.
Outlaws Planning to
Put Club in Gotham
CHICAGO, Dec. 31 James A. 01!
more, president of the Federal Leagu*.
is in New York to-day “looking over
the ground with reference to getting a
ball park.’V, according to Charles
Weeghman. president of the Chicagf
Federal League club.
. Weeghman said that at the meeting
here last Saturday of those interested
in expanding the new organization, *
New YorK millionaire produced a cer
tified check for $100,000 to guarantee a
club in New York. Weeghman said t
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 ♦
IVTCORMICK SIGNS PITCHER.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Dec. 3
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 GA.VS.
ATHENS. Dec. 31.—Athens Y. M. C
A. basket ball team defeated the Fifth
Regiment five last night. The game w»*
decided in the last minute of play.
MAY GET BOXING.
EVANSVILLE, 1XD . Dec. 3L—Local
fight fans are inclined to believe tha;
this city will have boxing contests after
Mayor-elect Ben Bosse assumes his of
fice shortly after New Year's Day.
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