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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Vaudeville Actors Will Be Happy When Ball Players Decide to Stick to the Diamond
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BILL
MAKES REPLY
T0PDES.HB
"Boy Manager” Explains thei
Welchonce-Callahan Deal; Also
Talks of Perry Trade.
N TVSHVILI.E. Dec SI.- Manager j
Schwarts gave out the follow
ing statement last night in re- j
ply to President Hirsigs article of
Saturday afternoon.
"As is well known, Harry Wel-
chonce was drafted in 1912 by Wash
ington. Then, prior to the American
Association meeting, which was held
in November at Milwaukee. Mr. Far
rell. secretary of the National Com
mission. issued a bulletin whereby all j
claims for drafted players by the ma
jors would have to be filed by Feb
ruary 3. 1913. I advised Mr. Hirsig j
at this meeting to claim player Wei-
ehonce, which, as we all know, was
not done. I suppose it was either an
oversight of Mr. Hirsig s. or he
thought the national agreement rul- !
4 ng. which reads that all Class A J
players drafted by the majors wen-
to b turned bar*!^ to c lubs from which
thej were drafted, still prevailed.
in Januafy. Mr. Hirsig wrote me'
<>f the Callahan proposition and.
knowing that the Nashville club wa
absolutely without funds, for at tic
end of ti>p season they were unabl
to pay me m> salary and I agreed )•<
accept ? one-year note for $ 1.00b.
which is «till unpaid and also labor
;rig under the impress on that (alia
ban would be given to the Nashville!
dub for claim on Welchonce, l then j
wrote the letter which Mr. Hirsig;
published.
• • •
) s miing to Nashville for sprint
^ training in 1913 I was surpris'd:
to fuui that Mr. Hirsig hud 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 1 asked Del
Young to write Welchonce warning
him against signing an Atlanta con
tract if he was turned over to that
rluh by Washington. This fact will .
be substantiated by both Young and J
Welchonce. I consented to negotia
ting with Atlanta for Callahan be
cause we were not sure whether Wel
chonce could be brought back here
and. in case we lost him, I wanted to
get another good outfielder.
"Atlanta still persisted in their
da m 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 my
mother, and while In that Mty I had
a conference with Mr. Bernard, vice
president of the Cleveland baseball
<dub. and be 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 I immediately wired
President Hirsig as follows:
•March 28. 1912. W. O. 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
Ak: < n.
Wl LI -I A M SCHWARTZ.’
• • •
oTIIS telegram an be substan-
* Hated b> Mr. Bloomstein at the
Western Union ifflee, 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
tiavs later stating that the Callahan-
\\ < . bonce deal had been mad-
I was always a warm admirer of
Web home's ability as a player, and
the only reason in the world l ever
considered getting rid of him was on
a count of the condition of the treas
ury of the Nashville baseball club
• • •
♦ ♦IN referring to the Perry - Berger
* trade, Mr. Hirsig lays particular
'•tress on the fact that i had been
willing to part with Perr. prior to
his action in Atlanta. This is no se
cret and has no bearing on the dis
pute at all Had I been able to bet
ter m> 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. Bnt Mr. Hirsig does
not state in his article that Mobile
wired us right after the Columbus
meeting that they 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.
• • *
• »|N respect to Mr Hirsig's re.-ent
* conversion to the fact that 1 was
perhaps not the best manager be
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
be 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
■lub ought to he strengthened in or
der to maintain its position in the
fir*; division. He treated the matter
- ‘ , and sa d that the team would
r ' r •- ' there with the material we
had.
"1 make ih.s statement to show the
- • - • • • • stood oysr t Hom
matters and also to bring out certain
facts that seem to have been over
looked b> Mr H r-.g No one regrets
tlm troubles that 'nave arisen more
'nan myself, as my relations with Mr
; Lrsi| haM been of the most friendly
knd. Y
The Bunch Wishes All a Happy New Year
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
PROPERTY IF
NASHVILLE
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
OLD FITZ.
// is an anrirnt warrior,
• He tttoppi fh not n clock
I Time was, he'd take this White Hope \
crew,
j Some dap when he’d no work to do,
And stop the whole hum flock.
Famous Plays—By Heisman
No. 3—The Old Guards’ Back
S
By ,J. \V. Heisman.
LLDoM. Indeed, nowadays, do we see an) such bucking and running
with the ball by linemen as we used to see in the olden days of the
gu me.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
If members of the boxing commission , Just why this popular and effective method of advancing the ball has
Hirsig Declares That He Has Th'r.SSv^h^V^y IhSZ I ‘"to decadence . can not say. for certain it. is .hat it is quite as
.'-mps to prevent Froc1 McKay from pub- possible to make good ground bv using a guard or a tackle to gain ground
li9hing any more challenges. There is .... , ' . . . -
Never Been Able to Secure
Waivers on Him,
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Artle
N ASHVILLE, TENN., Dec
In summing up the
torial loft over from
season. basebell fans have
erully overlooked the fact that
Hofman. former t’uh and Pirate star,
who finished the soar with the local
club, is still on the Nashville roster.
Until otherwise disposed of, Hofman
must be considered a member of the
team, although Inst season he ex
pressed a desire that he bo allowed to
go to the coast next season, where he
could demand a much larger salary
for his services and also play several
more months during tne year
signed with Nashville rhrough
ai,,< uuiir uuniii.iigc.'' i jh . . , , ,,
a limit to the old man’s endurance. j with the ball ns anybody else, provided the man is good, the formation
* * * correct and the ground dry.
PPBgV n«bfi!r'm?wada*s H Rets’ a ' asAuf j But outside of the Tech team hardly any eleven in the South ever uses
the ratlles when hei gets a punch In th« n lineman for this purpose; and neither do many of the Northern or
Jaw This Is not exactly the truth. _ ....
He gets a case of rattles at tho thought [ Kastern teams, though once upon a time Ib'fflotiiurer, Cowan, Winter. <.111,
■ f r, Hug a punch in the jaw. Cranston, iiowser and a host of the star linemen were about as much relied
• • *
An.l then If you want to think try I upon as the backs in this respect,
to figure how bad Fitz Is to-day if Bill „ « * * *
I*ang could knock him out four
ago.
JIW
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
on in no v i ever bad to hunt for when and turning sharply around the quarterback calls for a very short
la'gur way l0 thlR , ^c» a u« r ”t hr h story" of The j ' ,irn ’ especially if it the guard who is to run with tho boll; and such a
hunter who brought the bear back to j turn can not negotiated on wet or slippery footing. But on a dry field
atnp by staying
front all the way
a scant ten yards in
\Ye are pleased to note that Parts 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" and "bum '
Artii
personal friendship for Bill SchwartL.
and It can not be said that he didn't
do all within his power to lift tne
V'oU from their lowly position next to
the bottom. He didn't succeed, but
the fans saw that he was playing his
boat, and before the season closed
practically all of the bleacherites
were Artie's strong admirers
It is understood that Manager j January t5.
Schwartz would be glad enough to let ] • • •
him go to the coast If he could be j lack "Sapper O'Neil, the clever En-
gotten out of this league. idish lightweight, who made good in
# . ) hla debut in this country by winning
in decisive fashion from Fred Halsland
Young Saylor and Ray Bronson, the
American fighters who have landed in
Vustralia. have already beer, signed up
for bouts at Sydney Saylor is to meet
another American fighter. Pal Brown,
of Minnesota, for 20 rounds on next
Mor.dav night, while Bornson will go
against Johnny Summers, the English
welterweight champion, on or about
an agile man can, with good cteats, 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 mor*
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 this formed a good set of the backs for end running and many other
popular plays as well.
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tlOFMAN is not desirous of ret urn-
1 4 ing to Nashville, according to
his own statement, but just how he
can keep from It if he can not he
gotten out of the league is hard to
say. Should Mr. Hirsig win out in
in New York, has been matched to tight
Johnny Harvel. the Botham lad, In New
York on New Year's afternoon.
* * •
Freddie Welsh is receiving offers al-
st daily and could box twice a week
till- courts In the present squabble it s » far “ s 'he promoters are concerned
.* stated that he is desirous of hrlnfr- | " is la, ". sl V,?* r '» **'.*+** £tty
:, ,, , to meet Gilbert Gallant, the Boston
ng Hofman here a manager, as lie
has already stated that Schwartz will
not return if he retains control.
Hofman is row 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
Vrtie hae always had a desire to fight
the “baseball trust" and could do it
no better than to align himself w ith
the Feds, who seem to be in a fair
wav to achieve success this season.
lightweight. January 16 He has offers
to box at Memphis January 4 anti at
Milwaukee January 20.
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 Rodel
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-morrow.
ELL. on the instant of tho snapping of the ball these three backs,
maintaining carefully their relative positions with reference to
each other, all plunged right at the back 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 loo far and get
the runner, while the left half primarily helped the right guard handle the
opposing guard. The right tackle and eud united to turn the opposing
tackle out. and if they needed more 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-tLie-whip” swing
and 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 I 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 cut on through to meet
the play over on the other side of center.
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 hi.s
practice each fall, lie says he wants
to see what a New England winter i3
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.
* tf «
The Washington University at St.
Louis has lifted the ban on baseball
after having the lid clamped down hard
for three \ ears 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 <»f 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 organisation. 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.
TB PROSECUTE
THE FEQERfiLS
American League to Ignore Sto
vall’s Case While National
Fights to Get Tinker.
N'
Off this formation, and the interference as told above, 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 not all teams of a
quarter of a century ago had all the details as thoroughly worked out as
I have here explained them, but the best teams aimed to perform the play
Frank Baker got himself in bad with j this way; and with the weak defense of that day 1 can tell you that the
local fans when he had a false report ; play was a whale. Why, Hefflefinger at left guard for Yale. Cranston at
published concerning his «» with Jeff r |gj,t guard for Harvard. Bowser at left guard for Penn, and Winter at
He admires Tinker as much as any .
in in baseball and there is no doubt ^'“ s n* f ‘fSrY'ma'tch whhElIke Saul right guard for Yale used to make as much ground on this play as the
of the fat t that he would i.Ue to plat a( , tlP Auditorium on January if but he ; hacks averaged. Hefflefinger In particular was a perfect demon and. after
stands little chance of getting the bout |, urs {ing through the other side of the line, would come tearing through an
H .,.„. * * , ; m '* open field for 10, 20 or 30 yards like a halfback.
Oh MAN 8 road in organized base- 1
ball hnu boor, nono t>yn smnAiU I
tackle for Princeton in ’87, ’SS and ‘S9. was one more mad
he got started in a tackle around tackle play. This wa
worked just the same as when the guard carried the ball. The only
lifferenee was that he did not get the help of the end rush following up
j and pushing from behind: but as he got a hotter swing of his owh, because
The Chicago
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."
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 thev had been together
had made $125,000.
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, Comiskev, 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.
• • *
(* 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.”
* • •
\ LL of which Is expected to quell the
; ** determined efforts of the National
League to precipitate itself into a
j 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 tfiiat 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 SI5.000 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 his players through a
stiff drill every afternoon in an effort
to round his squad into the best of shape
for their clash with tho champion Co
lumbus five on the latter's floor Sat
urday afternoon.
Although the Columbus team rules a
strong favorite. Coach Bean is by n*
means conceding them the victory. He
is going to take his boys down to Co
lumbus Saturday fit and ready to pu;
up the battle of their lives. A victor
over the Columbus team will be a b*
feather in the local boys’ caps and he'
are not leaving any stone unturned
Ihe preliminary work.
Outlaws Planuing 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
hall park," according to Charles
Weeghman. president of the Chicago
Federal League club.
Weeghman said that at the meeting
here Iasi Saturday of those Interested
in expanding the new organization, a
New Yor.\ millionaire produced a cer
tified check for 5100,00ft to guaranty a
club in New York. Weeghman said it
was true that Knahe had signed
manage Balti.oore. 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 dub
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
Flegiment five last night. The game was
decided in the last minute of play.
Weak, Nervous and
- Diseased
ball has been none too smooth I
since he instituted :\ *3.000 suit
against President Murphy, of the)
Cubs, for salarv due him after he was
traded to Pittsburg. The suit is still
pending in the courts, but it is said
that Hofman has a good chance to
w In.
But for this suit, it iv Hie general
opinion that Artie would still be In
tiie big leagues, for he is undoubtedly''
one of the brainiest and wisest out
fielders in the gam*?, 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 mujors. thereby hinting
large's al a Irameup."
Athletics to Play
Series With Cubs
MAY GET BOXING.
i EVANSVILLE, 1NP.. Dec. 31.—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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CHICAGO. De-
Nationals will play six games with
the Philadelphia Americans during
the string 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 a; the
(''ubs* training grounds at Tampa
The others will be played March H?
17 and 1* at Jacksonville, where
World's champions will train.
the curve not being so short, he could hit the line with more of his own
force than could the guard, and 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 l»oen no interference whatever. Never have I
seen a player who could srill hold his feet and drag on for yards and yards
and yards the way he could, carrying sometimes two. three and even four
men at a time. Of course the tackling in that day was not as low and
keen 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 « free ride, for you could not pile enough men on him
the that way to weigh Jiim down so long as
i which to navigate^
you lot him have his legs free with
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