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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Vaudeville Actons Will He H appy When IJall Players Deeide to Stick to the Diamond ♦G POETS' COVERED 4k -KF tms* 11 sen jj]}/ The Bunch Wishes All a Happy New Year - - ... - By ‘Bud’ Fisher ‘‘Boy Manager" Explains the Welchonce-Callahan Deal: Also Talks of Perry Trade. N r\SHVILLE. Dec 31 Manager | Schwartz gave out the follow- ; ing statement last night in rr- pl\ to President Hirsig s article of | Saturda> afternoon. "As is well know n. Marry W<*1- j c honre was drafted in 1912 by Wash ington Then, prior to the American Association meeting, which was held] in November at Milwaukee. Mr. Far- reil. secretary of the National Com- j mission, issued a bulletin whereby all claims for drafted players by the ma- j Jors would have to be filed by Feb- j ruary 1. 1913. I advised Mr. Hirsig; at this meeting to claim player Wei- ■ chance, which, as we all know, wa j not done I suppose it was either an * oversight of Mr. H.rs’.g's. or he i thought the national agreement rul- I ing. which reads that all (’lass A players drafted by the majors were j to be turned back to clubs from which they were drafted, still prevailed. “In January. Mr. Hirsig wrote trie, of the Callahan proposition and. knowing that the Nashville club was i absolutely without funds, for at the' end of the season they w.-re unable to pay me iny salary and 1 agreed i<»| accept a one-year note f»>r ll.OOo which is still unpaid, and also labor ing under the impression that Calls - ' ban would be given to the Nashvilh i club for claim on Welchonce, I then wrote the letter which Mr. Hirsig! published. * • * **( \\ omirig t«> Nashville for spi iu.' , training in 1913 1 was surprised i to find that Mr Hirsig had failed to i 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 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. I consented t<» negotia ting with Atlanta for Callahan be cause we were not sure whether Wel chonce could bo brought hack here and, in case we lost him, 1 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 ('ailed to Cleveland. Ohio, by the death of my mother, and while in that city I had a conference with Mr. Bernard, vice president of the Cleveland baseball club, 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 l immediately wired President Hirsig as follows: “‘March 2*. 1912. W. Hirsig. Prescient Nashville Hall Club, Nash ville, Tenn.: Can not leave before Monday Will see Herrmann at Cin cinnati on Welchonce matter. If pos- eibe meet me there. Wire me at Akron. W1M.1AM SCHWARTZ.’ * * * • « r r IIS telegram « an be substan- ' Mated by Mr. I’loomstein at the Western I n on .dice, from whom 1 received the above copy yesterday afternoon. It was my purpose to i hold on to util' claim for Welchonce and 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 Callahan- Welchonoe deal had been made. I w a> alwa « - t warm admirer of Welchonce’S'ability as a player, and the <*nl> reason in the world 1 over considered getting rid of him was on account of the condition of the treas ury of the Nashville baseball club. * • * “IN referring t«» the Perry Merger * trade. Mr. Hirs.g lays particular stress on the fact that I had been willing to part with Perr prior to his notion in Atlanta. This is no se cret and has no bearing on the dis pute at all. Had 1 been able to bet ter my ball club with certain trades 1 would have been glad to trade Per ry. and I had even considered trad ing him to clubs in this league. That was a matter that was strictly up to my Judgment. Hut Mr. Hirsig does not slate in his article that Mobile wired us right after the Columbus meeting that they would he willing to give $200 and Berger for Perry, and that l refused to consider the deal. This was nearly a month before the Perry deal was made, and we had no further conversation on the matter. • * • “IN respect to Mr Hirsig s recent 1 n to the fact that 1 w as perhaps not the best manager he could secure, a faCt that 1 am fully aware of. 1 would not like the im pression to become prevalent that 1 did not attempt to strengthen my club last year or that 1 thought it to be good enough, even when we were winning during* the first month. In fart, while we were in second place, I went to him with one of the advisory- board. and told him we were skating on thin ice, and that I realized the club ought to he strengthened in or- lin its position in the He treated the matter (Z I'LL Http Youse fi-AY VH$~ TOIK.CY aw, suce Bicp AND PetUClV Copies, jepfand I NA*te <^e N vou r Htt» XMNN6S. «N Tut «ak spirit TWO e **»H,600 £ ,«,u , « T ' 5 -V f. PRDPEHTY Ilf NASHVILLE Hirsig Declares That He Has Never Been Able to Secure Waivers on Him. BOXING News of the Ring Ga I > v lac Nv 3!. N ashvii.uk, tenn., i>< In summing up the ma terial left over from last season, base ha 11 fans have gen erally overlooked the fact that Artie Hofman. former Cub and Pirate star, who finished the year with the local club, is still on the Nashville roster. Fntil otherwise disposed of, Hofman must he considered a member of the team, although last season he ex pressed a desire that lie be allowed to go to the coast next season, where he OLD FITZ. It ix an ancient warrior, ll<- atoppeth not a clock ' Time irax, hokl take this White Hope [ crew, Sonic day wtu n he'd no work to do, And stop the whole bum flock. ♦ * * If members of the boxing commission ' hi«* 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 limit to the old man’s endurance. * • • Mr Fitzsimmons says that “the av erage tighter nowadays gets a case of the rattles when he gets « 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 Ftiil laiiig could knock him out four years ago. Jim Coffey says that “Levinsky is the only boy I over had to hunt for when I wanted to start a punch.’ In some vague way this recalls the story of the hunter who brought the hear hack to camp by slaying a scant ten yards in front all the way. We are pleased to note that Paris has charged Jack Johnson with faking. Marls being the only civilized com mu n- ■ Ity up to this time that has not charged could demand u much larger salary him with something. for his services and also play several I more month!, during me vein- I, '.'.In Paris." sajd .lack .tohnson re.-ent- \ioi. \ i n i MV they called me the invincible. Artn signed with Nashville through Also, faker'’ and “hum.’ personal friendship for Bill Schwartz, and it can not be said that he didn't do all within hi» power to lift the Volt from their lowly position next to the bottom. He didn't succeed, but I the fans saw that he was playing his best, and before the season closed ! practically all of the bleacher! tes j were Artie's strong admirers. Young Saylor and Ray Bronson, the American fighters who have landed In Australia, have already been signed up for bouts at Sydney Saylor is to meet ! another American lighter Mai Brown,! of Minnesota, for "0 rounds on next Monday night, while Bornson will go against Johnny Summers, the lOnglish welterweight champion, on or about i. < i - , i «*,.verwelgl It is understood that Manager | January 15. Schwartz would he g' nl enough to lei j • • * him go to tin- coast if he could l>.* i tack “Sapper O’Nc'.l, the clever Eti- gotten out of this league. 1 glish lightweight, who made good in 0 , m | his dehut in this country b\ winning m decisive fashion from Fred Halsland in New York, has been matched to fight Johnny Harvel. the Gotham lad. in New York on New Year's afternoon. receiving offers al mid box twice a week TJOFMAN is not desirous of return ing to Nashville, i according to his own statement, bur just how he ran keep from it if he rati not he j 1 gotten out of the league Is hard to I Freddie Welsh say. Should Mr. Hirsig win out in I moat dally and ( the courts in the present squabble it i !J ° far HH ,h, ‘ promoters are concerned, is slated tli.u lie is desirous ,, r |„„, S . ; "Is latest offer Is from Salt l ake city r to meet Gilbert Gallant, the Boston , . i"ic ,is a manager, as tie lightweight. January It* He has offers has already stated that Schwartz, will 1 to box at Memphis January 4 and at not return if he retains control. J Milwaukee January 20. Hofman is now wintering at his I * * * homo at Akron, Ohio, awaiting what- j The constant knocking Jess Willard ever disposition shall he made <>f him ‘ received at the hands of the many box- and it is rumored that if thlnm don't i !” K around the country must 0,. tn kin, i 'h . have done the Kansas City heavvweight T oler L , .. f." UP 'tmieh Rood. .less stooped , :eor K r Rodel Ul v< r oT Mordeial Blown, his old m nine rounds at New Haven, Conn., I teammates, in the Federal League. ; the other night, and is now in line for Artie has always had a desire to fight a match with the winner of the Smith Famous Plays—By Heisman •!•#•!• **••*#• •*••**• ^§4* No. 3—The Old Guards’ Back By J. \Y. Heisman. S ELDOM, indeed, nowadays, do we see any such bucking and 1 running with the ball by linemen as we used ft) see in the olden days of the game. .lust 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 tlie 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 hacks in this respect. * * * • N OW it is true that running a lineman could not be thought of on a 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 turn, especially if it is the guard who is to run with the ball; and such a turn can not he negotiated on wet or slippery footing. But on a dry Held 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 defense both in the way of diagnosis and proper set and charge to stop the thing: it makes a good variant. 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 days we had hardly any other formation for any kind of play. The fullback was slightly forward of the two halves, and tlds formed a good set of the hacks for end running and many other popular plays as well. * * * * ELI., 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 hack of their own tackle, forming a splendid interference for the left guard coming behind. The right half watched that the opposing left end did not get in too far and 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 Mulling tlie ball into the left guard's stomach the quarter caught him by the left arm and swung him around with a “eraek-tlie-whip” swinj anil helped him to turn 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 jumped into tlie guard's place and took off his man so as to prevent the latter from nabbing tlie runner from behind, and tb- i he cut on through to meet the play over on the other side of center. BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip 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 106 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'" 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, 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 he 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. TO PROSECUTE THE FEDERALS American League to Ignore Sto vall’s Case While National Fights to Get Tinker. 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 {lie market.” N' oer divi wi hat the team would i the material we 1 ?ment to show the stood over these • bring out certain have been • over- fir* No one regrets hat have arisen more . — my relations with Mr. Hirsig had been of the most friendly kind.' 1 I ir.ake Wf mau?rs. and als- farts that seem looked by Mr. H the troubles th. than myself. the “baseball trust'' and could do it 1 no better than to align himself with i the Feds, who seem to b. 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. Pelky go at San Francisco to-morrow. • • • Frank Baker got himself in bad with local fans when he had a false report published concerning his g.» with Jeff Gaffney al Savannah last week Frank was in line for a match with Mike Saul at the \uditorium on January 6. but he stands little chance of getting the bout now. Athletics to Play Series With Cubs 1J >FMAN”S road in organized baare- 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 1 traded to Pittsburg. The suit is still * pending in the courts, but it is said ! that Hofman has a good chance to I ” ” ^ win. j CHICAGO, Dec. 31 —The Chicago But for this suit, it is the general i Nationals will play six games with opinion that Artie would still be In j the Philadelphia Americans during ttu- bi* leagues for he i- un<!oubte<ll> spritw training In Florida, it was one of the brainiest and wisest out - I , ,, fielders In I sum, although n.>t as j announced by l resident Murphy, of young as he once was. However.) the Cubs, to-dav there .ire a number of clubs, includ- ! The tirst three games will be play ing the Brow ns and ( use a man of his a consented tn let Pitt tat could I ed on March 11'. 13 and 14 at the yet they I Cubs’ training grounds at Tampa . - oend him ! The others will be played March 16. out of the majors, thereby hinting j 17 and 13 at Jacksonville, where the largely at a "frameup." w-nrM 1 . ehamninns will train world's champions will train. t>\Y this formation, ami tin* interference as told above, lias 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 not all teams of a quarter of a century ago had all the details ns thoroughly worked out as I have here explained them, but the best teams aimed to perform the play tliis way; and with tlie 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 left guard for Penn, and Winter at ! right guard for Yale used to make as much ground on this pipy as the j backs averaged. Hefflefinger in particular was a perfect demon ami. after ! bursting through the other side of the line, would come tearing through an | oja'ii field for 10, -0 or ,’!0 yards like a halfback. • * * * C OWAN, left tackle for Princeton in 'T. "Ss and 'H. was one more mad bull when he got started in a tackle around tackle play. This was workeil just the same as when the guard carried the ball. The only lifferemv was that he did not get the help of the end rush following up and pushing from behind; but as he got a better swing of his own, because oi tlie curve not being so short, lie could hit the line with more of his own force than could the guard, aqd with a good man like Cowan it was just as tough a proposition to stop. And Hector Cowan would have made his big gains even if there had been no interference whatever. Never have I seen a player who could still hold his feet and drag on for yards and yards and yards tlie way he could, carrying sometimes two, three und even four men at a time. Of course the tackling in that day was not as low and kiH'ii as it is now. and often enough the taeklers were seen leaping up on top of the shoulders of the runners. When they tried to stop Cowan this way they simply got a free ride, for you could not pile enough men on him that way to weigh him down so long as you let him have his legs free with which to navigate. 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 through as a fighter because of careless training. He said that he and Klaus in the several years they had been together had made $125,000. MAY GET BOXING. EYANSVILtiE, IND.. Dec. 31.—Local light fans lire inclined to believe tha; 1 this cltv will have boxing contests after Mavor-elect Ben Posse assumes his of fice shortly after New Year's Day. B}* James Clarkson. C HICAGO, Dec. 31.—Let the lit- tie 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 that his organization will take no steps to combat the inde pendents and that George Stovall would not he 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 shall 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 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 Brown 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 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 lAs players through a stiff drill every afternoon jn 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 Sat urday afternoon. Although the Columbus team rules a strong favorite. Coach 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 victor* over the Columbus team will be a big feather In the local boys’ caps and they are not leaving any stone unturned in Lhe preliminary work. Outlaws Planning to Put Club in Gotham CHICAGO. Dec. 31.—James A. Gil more, president of the Federal League, is in Js'ew York to-day “looking over the ground with reference to getting a ball park,” according to Charles Weeghman, president of the Chicago Federal League club. Weeghman said that at the meeting here last Saturday of those interested in expanding the new organization, a New Tors millionaire produced a cer tified check for $100,000 to guarantee a club in New York. Weeghman 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. 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