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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Vaudeville Actors Will Be Happy When Ball Players Decide to Stick to the Diamond ii °y 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, Bv ia<- X \ o 31 ina- last gen- 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. w 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. 31 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. 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