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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
You Have a Right to Think: Many Things You Have No Right to Sav
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TINKER TELLS
SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT
Hurry Up; It's Nearly Time to Swear Off
Ebbets’ Love for Free Advertising
Caused Ex-Cincinnati Manager
to Join Outlaws.
By Bill Bailey.
C HICAGO, Dec. 31.—Joseph H.
Tinker, who hurled the mon
key wrench into the wheels of
organized baseball when he signed a
Federal League contract, made the
statement to-day that the machinery
would have gone along smoothly with
never the slip of a cog if Charles H.
Ebbets, the Brooklyn magnate, had
cared less for free advertising.
Much has been written about the
love of the Brooklyn magnate for
double-headers and his celebrating
holidays. President Herrmann, of
the Reds, has declared also that Eb
bets was seeking free advertising
when lie sought Tinker for $25,000. J
And now it is Tinker who declares
that it was the magnate's love of
fiee advertising that resulted in his
signing a Federal League contract.
And it must lie admitted that it was
the signing of Tinker and Brown that
really made the third league formid
able.
One step backward and you have
Tinker as the big fellow, for it isn’t
likely that Brownie would have taken
the plunge along.
Here is the story as told by Tinker
to-day:
‘When I read that I had been sold
to Ebbets 1 wasn’t pleased,” began
Joe. "But when 1 hoard that I was
to receive a cash bonus of $10,000 for
signing you can wager that my feel
ings underwent a change.
"No one can find fault with mo for
going where I can get the most
money, if a man possesses talent he
ran not be blamed if he turns it to
the best account.
Heard Nothing From Ebbets.
"I waited a few days and heard
nothing from Ebbets. Then T tele
graphed him. I received no answer
to my message. 1 wanted to know
where 1 stood, whether the story of
the $10,000 bonus really went.
"I waited until I knew that Ebbets
was in Cincinnati. Then 1 wired and
asked him whether he would be in
Indianapolis on the following day.
There was no answer.
"I did not go. On the day that I
should have met him. I received a
telephone call from Manager Wilbert
Robinson, of the Dodgers. He told
me that Ebbets was angry because I
had wired and asked him about the
bonus and the terms.
Then came a letter. It was from I
Ebbets. He offered me a salary of j
$5,000 a year for three years and the
bonus of $10,000.
“Here is where the publicity stunt
< ame in. I was to go to the National
League meeting in New York in Feb
ruary. The contract and the cer
tified check would be there. There
would also be a group of newspaper
photographers. There would be a lit
tle party and the check would be
photographed.
Letter Arrived Too Late.
"That was the first and only time
that I heard from Ebbets. His let-j
ter was just a bit too late. The deal
with the Federal League had been
ompleted, and I had decided to cast
my fortune with them, even if the
contract had not been signed.”
And there you are. If the owner
of the Dodgers had met Tinker on
that Sunday in Indianapolis and had
placed the check for $10,000 in front
of him the chances are that it would
have been in Joe’s pocket and his sig
nature attached to a contract within
;i fe wminutes. For at that time
Tinker didn’t know what arrange
ment he would make with the Fed-
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New Orleans Club Is Building Up
Smith and Pelky
Ready for Fight on
Coast To-morrow
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 31. -Both
Gunboat Smith and Arthur Pelky to
day declared themselves fit for their
Battle to-morrow afternoon at Daly
City. Smith is ruling favorite in the
bftting to-day at odds of 10 to 8. but
when the men go into the ring it is
expected that even money will pre
vail.
By 0. B. Keeler.
H ERE is yet another chapter in
that more or less absorbing
serial story, "Where Is Kid
Elberf eld At?”
The report now emanates from
Pelicanville that the Pepper Kid may
not play for any of the Somers ball
clubs, let alone managing the Peli
cans. It was for that job that Count
Castro, telephoning from The Geor
gian office the night of the last day
of last season, ostensibly signed the
Kid to Charley Frank.
The first grumble of the well-known
Dogs of War was heard when Frank’s
connection with the New Orleans club
was severed.
* • •
THEN there was a row about the
1 stipend.
It is said that Somers offered to
use the Kid, the New Orleans job
passing with C. Frank, on one of his
other ball clubs at the same salary
Frank had signed him for.
That was where the trouble came
in. Frank insists that the stipend
was to have been $3,250 for the sea
son. lOlb^rfeld’s impression was $4,500.
Also, Klberfeld asserted he wouldn't
take any less.
* * *
THU Pepper Kid evidently had an
* eye on the new Somers club at
Portland. But Mr. Somers had other
ideas. Then Johnny Dobbs, also a
Somers protege, was put in command
of the Pels, and there evidently was
no place on the payroll for the Kid.
As a matter of fact, it appears El-
berfeld was on the Chattanooga re
serve list when he "signed” with
Frank, and if that was the case, the
contract wasn’t worth the physical
exertion it took the Kid to sign it,
as he wasn’t eligible to talk business
with any other club.
Of course, it was Elberfeld's idea
that he was a free agent.
The question is, where is he at?
Also, will the Southern League lose
Its scrappy little pet?
* » *
I N the meantime, the astute J. Dobbs
* and the equally shrewd prexy. A.
J. Heinemann, are scraping together
<a ball club that is not going to finish
in the cellar we ll make that predic
tion this far ahead.
Big Jim Baskette. sometime slab
operator In the American Association,
and later with Cleveland, lias been
shunted down to the Pels, and he
ought to be a tower of strength,
-something on the Coveleskie order,
to that bunch. Bill Lindsay, of the
Coast League, is going to play third
base, and with Jakey Atz at short
or second, the infield has already
rounded well Into shape. That warm
favorite of the Atlanta fans, "Finis’
Wilson, who wrote "finis” with a
stout left hand under Mobile’s pen
nant chances last season, will doubt
less revoke some of his Atlanta popu
larity when he works here next sea
son. although he’ll always be a hero.
Take it all around, New Orleans is
looking up—what?
‘Fighting Carpenter’ Arrives To-day for' Go With British Champion
DUNDEE AND WHITNEV WORTH! FOES FOR WELSH
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Fans Back Cross
To Beat Anderson
LOS ANGELES. Pec. 31.—There was
ively betting here to-day on the Leach
r«iss-Bud Anderson fight, which takes
to-morrow afternoon. Cross has
• e e 11 made the favorite by his New'
Vork friends and they are freely wager-
ng that the Bowery dentist will again
’'hip Anderson.
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American Golfers
To Try for British
1914 Championship
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Four Ameri
can golfers—Jerome D. Travers, Fred
Herreschoff, Francis Ouimet and Hein
rich Schmidt—have decided to try for
British amateur golf championship for
1914, according to announcement here.
They will leave for England early in
the spring.
"Ouimet was quoted here to-day as
saying: “I may never get another op
portunity and 1 intend to make ths
most of it. I am planning to start forjj
England early in April to get used to j
conditions and surroundings."
Fred Lake Arranges
Games With Pilgrims
BOSTON', Dec. 3..—Fred Lnl<e, who
is to manage the Fitchburg club in
the New England League next .season,
has arranged two exhibition games
for Fitchburg on the morning and
afternoon of April 20, when Patriots'
Day will be celebrated, with the
strong semi-pro nine that Chick Mc-
Laugnlin, the former Harvard cap
tain. is to organize next season. Mc
Laughlin's team will play under the
name nf the pilgrims and expects to
arrange games with several of the
other New England League clubs bo-
before the opening of the champion
ship season.
Red Sox Release
Six Players; Hall
Only Veteran to Go
BOSTON. Her 31.—Secretary Reilly,
of the Boston Americans, announced
last night that six players have been
s ent to minor league clubs. Charles
Hall, pitcher, was the only veteran to
be let out lie was released to the St.
Haul American Association.
Grover Cleveland Brant, a pitcher,
goes to Beaumont, Texas, and First
Baseman Mundy, formerly of ;he Nor
folk. Ya.. club, will play next season
in Worcester.
The Boston National management has
signed for next season Jack Martin, a
pitcher, formerly of the New York
Americans, and later with Rochester
j "f the International league, and Rich-
I ard L. Crutcher, a pitcher from the St.
! Joseph club, of the Western League.
GOLFERS AT PINEHURST.
PINEHURST. N. C.. Dec. 31.—As the
result of yesterday's play in the annual
I holiday golf tournament. Henry V. Seg-
| german. Englewood: C. I, Becker.
Woodland; B. F. Merriman Waterbury
and W E. Truesdell, Foxhllls. will com
pete in to-day's semi-finals Seggeman
is matched with Becker, and Merriman
with Truesdell.
HERZOG SECURES CATCHER.
CINCINNATI, Deo. 31.— Manager Her
zog, of the Cincinnati National League
team, to-day wired President August
Herrmann that be had signed a college
catcher named Frank Mellen. who had
played with the St. John's College
team.
FAILS TO MAKE MATCH.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31. Promoter
Tom McCarev announced last night that
he bad given up his effort to match
Jimmy dabby and Jack Dillon. He
will await th»* coming of Larney Lich
tenstein, Clubby's new manager.
By Left Hook.
F iEDDIE WELSH, the British ti-
tie holder, who meets Frank
Whitney at the Auditorium-Ar
mory on January 6, is to face a tough
foe in Johnny Dundee, the Eastern
sensation, at New Orleans to-morrow
afternoon. Dundee is piling up a
wonderful record this year, and many
of the wise ones are picking him as a
coming champion.
To-morrow, however, Dundee will
be up against a past master at the art
of boxing. Freddie Welsh is one of
the old students of the game, and
should give Dundee a boxing lesion
for ten rounds. Johnny is one of
those aggressive fighters who always
keeps coming, and is a glutton for
punishment. He also has a funny
style of jumping in th^ air when
landing a blow, which makes it hard
for his opponents to solve his style.
But Welsh knows too much for John
ny, and after the first few rounds we
are looking for the Englishman to
roll up enough points to give him a
good shade.
A defeat at this time will be a se
vere blow for either boy. Welsh has
his heart set on beating Dundee and
then coming to Atlanta for his whirl
with Frank Whitney. The British
champion is out to force Willie
Ritchie into a fight with him, and
hopes to eliminate both Dundee and
Whitney before taking a long trip to
the coast. Freddie has picked out
two tough boys, and if he succeeds in
beating them his feat will be deserv
ing of much credit.
* * *
N EITHER Welsh nor Dundee has
been defeated so far this year.
Each is anxious to complete the 1913
campaign with a clean slate, and it is
interesting to see which of the two
will be successful. •
After Freddie gets through trading
wallops with Dundee, he will board a
rattler for Atlanta to mix matters
with Whitney. Welsh has already-
been tipped off to the "Fighting Car
penter," and will not be caught nap
ping when he steps into the ring at
the Auditorium-Armory on the night
of January 6. Charlie White and
"Battling” Nelson have both informed
Welsh of Whitney’s fighting qualities,
and they should know. White an .
Nelson have fought the very best in
the boxing game, and words of praise
from them mean much.
* * •
ll/ELSH will not have to do mudi
VV work here, as he will be in faL -
ly good shape from training for his
go with Dundee. Freddie has been
working in New Orleans for ten days,
and reports fron. the Pelican CLv
state that the Briton looks better than
ever ip his life.
Harry Pollok, manager of Welsh,
thinks that his protege is fighting
better now than on his former visit to
this country. Pollok Rtopped off fora
short stay Monday afternoon on his
way to New Orleans, and had a few
words to say about Freddie. Pollok
has been Welsh’s manager for years,
ind stated that Welsh will surely beat
Ritchie if he ever gets the American
champion into the ring with him.
Pollok said that Ritchie proved he
didn't w'ant any of Welsh’s game
when he ducked out of that Vancou
ver match. Ever sine' that day Welsh
has been claiming the lightweight
championship, as Willie ran out of the
bout after he had already posted a
forfeit. v
* * *
WILL let Welsh meet Ritchie at
1 any date, and will also get a
club to stage the go," stated Polloi!
when here. "I have a club in Lon
don that will give a $25,000 purse For
the mil], which is more than the bo\,.
can get on this side. Ritchie will ac
cept these terms if he i. a real cham
pion, but i doubt it. He met Welsh
on the Coast once, and I don’t think
he wants any more of his game,” con
tinued the little manager.
Pollok expects to force Ritchie into
i a match when he arrives on the Con: t
; after meeting Whitney here. He did
not want to speak much of getting
Ritchie yet, as lie realizes that Welan
has two tough customers to dispose of
first in Johnny Dundee and Frank
\\ hitnev. Pollok has had enough ex
perience in the boxing game to know
I what it means to count your chickens
before they are hatched. Upsets are
frequent In the pugilistic world, and
who but knows that Dundee or Whit
ney may spring tlie surprise of the
fistic year?
• * *
A LTHOl’GH the writer does not
** know much about Dundee, one
thing is certain—the latter* record
gives one reason to believe that ho
has the class of a top-noteher and
should make things interesting for
the foreign star.
In Whitney Welsh will be facing
one of the most determined ringmen
in the game. Always willing and ag
gressive, the "Fighting Carpenter’s’
style of fighting is well liked in At
lanta. Too much tan not be said of
Frank, as he has always lived up
to advance press notices when boxing
here. He will have all his old sup
porters rooting for him when th*
gong sounds in the first round calling
him to the center of the ring to me/t
the British wonder.
“DUBE" GOLDBERG, the N» w
York cartoonist, wifi probably
be tilt- third man in the ring. Welsh
and Whitney have practically agreed
on him to referee. Goldberg will bo
at the Forsyth during th< week of
the bout, and there should be little
trouble in getting him to act as th ?
official.
Matchmaker (’astro announce 1
yesterday that Whitney is expected
to arrive here some time to-day.
SPORTING COMMENT
By Ed W. Smith.
\ 7'OU usually can depend upon
the fighters to come to the
front from time to tim^
with something entirely new.
Here’s the yarn of a fight pro
moter who put the gloves on
with an aspirant for a fight at his
club and injured him so severely
that the fighter couldn’t work.
The fight promoter is Billy
Haack, of Memphis, who also acts
as referee In al.’ battles before
the Southern Athletic Club of
that place. The unfortunate
fighter Is Willie Rothvvell, of
Brooklyn.
• •
D OTHWELl is no relation to
1X tin- orlgina I W 1
known to the ring as Young Cor
bett, the first man to whip Terry
McGovern. But when he landed
In Memphis he claimed to be the
same sort of a fighter. Haack
wanted a young man of about his
size and matched him at once
with Cleve Bridge* the young
man who battled Jack White in
Memphis the other night. They
were to have gone on a coup! •
of weeks ago. but Haack rather-
doubted Rothwell’s standing as a
« fighter and took a novel means of
finding out whether his suspi
cions were correct.
• • •
“I F he can't lick me, he can’t
1 lick anybody.” remarked th
willing Haack. who can go a trifle
himself with the gloves. So droo
ping around to the gymnasium
one afternoon, Haack offered to
put the gloves on with Rothwell
"Just for a little exercise.” The
unsuspecting Rothwell was
pleased, but his feelings chang< d
a few minutes later, for Haack
tore into him and with a well-
directed light to the jaw sent
Rothwell spinning to the mat.
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FURTHER than that, when
1 Rothwell Jumped to his feci,
he didn’t have the wild rage of
the real lighter shining in his eye.
Instead he turned about and shot
out of the ring holding his jaw
with both hands. It is needless
to remark that ihe Rothwell
match was called off at once.
That’s how Jack White came to
get the engagement in Memphis
Haack isn’t a big fellow, but he
is "all horse." He is thinking of
making himself the regular trial
horse for the dub.
Ed Konetchy Will
Report to Pirates
PkTTSBURG, Dec. 31.—The state
ment emanating from St. Louis that
Ed Konetchy.. the star first baseman
secured by the Pirates from the Car
dinals, was "sore” and might jump to
the Federal League, is classed as th?
veriest bunk by President Barney
Drevfuss, of the Pittsburg club.
"Konetchy will play for Pittsburg,"
said Dreyfuss. "I am as certain of
this as I am that I am alive. Before
we made the deal with Messrs. Brit
ton and Huggins we were sure of our
ground. We knew that Konetchj
wanted to play in Pittsburg and that I
there wfill be no trouble over salary
matters.”
Dreyfuss was asked concerning the |
report that the "Big Train” was paid
at the rate of $6,250 last season.
"The question of salary is one that
concerns only the player and the club
owner,” was the reply. "I will say.
however, that when the time comes a
settlement will be effected without
trouble.”
BUSINESS.
/ rcmvinhcr, I remember
II In n baseball inis a sport.
The magnates never threatened then
To drag it into eourl.
Uni when the past inn wared and
grew,
And people learned to tore it.
Get-rieh-gnirl, men eann batting in
And made a business of it.
A diagnosis of baseball reveals the
fact that it is afflicted with fatty de
generation of the bank account.
Looking over the expert dope, we find
that as usual the dying year has been
the oreatest in the history of sport. It
always is.
The report that Arthur Pelky is train
ing in secret reminds us that Bill
Squires also trained that way.
Training a near-champion in private
has a twofold purpose. It serves as a
press agent stunt and it prevents the
public from learning what a fearful dub
he is.
Mordy Brown has volunteered to play
In St. Louis, but he has the satisfac
tion of knowing that he will not be
connected with the Browns or Cardinals.
There are several bright spots to be
found in the year of Our Lord 1913.
For instance, Frank Gotch wrestled only
once
One of the most startling features of
the last year is that Sam Langford and
Joe Jeannette met on only two oc-
casions. In this respect the year wa.«
far behind the average
The last argument between Messrs
Langford and Jeannette drew $11,370
showing that Paris also has a birth rate
of one per minute.
Some of the athletes on the world's
tour were afflicted with mal de mer
This is du** to the fact that their atom
arhs are not accustomed to anything
richer than free lunch during the off
season.
While Sam Crawford was not at home
on the ocean, he demonstrated later
that he is a whale on dry land.
WAR.
Oh, to be a lawyer,
And with the lawyers stand,
While baseball magnates scatter
wealth
About the blessed land.
If Mr. Bryan is not too busy with his
Chautauqua dates it behooves him to
bust into the baseball imborgllo and
pour grape juice on the trouble waters.
The White Sox will open the season
with the Browns, thereby getting a run
ning start toward the top.
New York's boxing commission did
well to declare Bob Fitzsimmons too
old to re-enter the ring. Why. he if
almost as old as Jimmy Sheckard!
Mr Fitzsimmons, however, will be
amply avenged. He threatens to re
nounce His American citizenship and
leave the U. S. A. flat on its back.
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