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MAKES REPLY id rats, ii "Boy Manager” Explains the Welchonce-Callahan Deal; Also Talks of Perry Trade. T\FH\II.I.E. Dr SI. Manager TV T 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 *•* 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 * 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. w 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 ilia 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. N 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. 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