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TO PRES. HIK
"Boy Manager" Explains the
Welchonce-Callahan Deal; Also
Talks of Perry Trade.
N ^XSHVILI.E. Dec 31 ManaK-r
Schwartz save out the follow
ing; statement last night in re
ply to President Hirsig* article of
Saturday afternoon.
As is well known. Harry Wei- ;
chonce was drafted in 1912 by Wash
ington. Then, prior to the American ;
Association meeting, which was held!
in November a! Milwaukee, Mr. Far- ,
rell, secretary of the National Com- j
mission, issued a bulletin whereby all j
cla ms for drafted players by the ma
jors would have to be filed by Feb
ruary 1, 1913. 1 advised Mr. Hirsig j
at this meeting to claim player Wel-
chonce, which, as we all know, was
not done. I suppose it was either an
oversight of Mr. Hirslg's, or he!
thought the national agreement rul- |
ig which reads that all ('lass A
players drafted by the majors were,
to be turned back to dubs from which ;
the\ were drafted, still prevailed.
'In .January. Mr. Hirsig wrote me
of the Callahan proposition and. j
knowing that the Nashville <*lub wa-
absolutely without funds, for at tin
end of the season thej were unable j
to pay me jny salary and I agreed t*> 1
accept a one-year note for $1,000,
which is still unpaid, and also labor
ig under the impression that Calla
h»n would be given to the Nashville
dub for claim on Welchonce, I then
wrote the letter which Mr. Hirsig
published.
• • •
af w coining to Nashville for spring!
^ ’raining in 1013 I was surmised
to hud that Mr. Hirsig had failed to j
file claim for Welchonce and that
Atlanta was boasting of 'putting one
ver’ 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
flub 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
chonce 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 tliis fact so irritated us
that we decided to stand pat and hold
our ground
“About this time 1 was called 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
• nformatlon I immediately wired
President Hirsig as follows:
'“March 2S. 1912. W. G. Hirsig.
President Nashville Ball Club, Nash -
vilb . Tenn : Can not leave before
Monday. Will see Herrmann at Cin
cinnati on Welchonce matter. If pus-
sibc meet me there Wire me at
Akron.
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ.’
* • •
*< r T'llS telegram can bo suhstan-
t t a ted by Mr Bloomsbein at the
Western I’nion >fflce, from whom l
received the above copy yesterday
afternoon It was my purpose to
hold on to opr claim for Welchonce
and land h in as soon as poaviible, but
1 was surprised tu receive a tele
gram from Mr. Hirsig two or three
days later stating that the Callahan-
Welchonce deal had been mode.
1 was always a warm admirer of
Welohonce's ability as a player, and
1 he rea n the world I eyer
considered getting rid of him was on
account of the condition of ihe treas
ury of the Nashville basebe.ll club.
• • *
*»1\ referring to the Perry-Berger
1 trade. Mr Hirsig lays particular
stress 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 my ball club with certain trades
1 would have been glad to trude Per-
r\\ and i had even considered trad
ing him to clubs in this league. That
was a matter that was strictly up to
my judgment. But Mr. Hirsig does
not state in his article that Mobile
wired us right after the Columbus
meeting that they would be willing to
- vc $200 and Berger for Perry, and
T hat 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.
• • »
“|\ respect to Mr. Hirsig.« recent
1 conversion to the fact that 1 was
per laps not the best manager he
could secure a fact that I am fully
a*a:e of. I would not like the im
pression to become prevalent that 1
diti not attempt to strengthen my
1 lub last year or that I thought it to
be good enough, even when we were
winning during the first month. In
fact while w e were ill second place. I
went to him with one of the advisory
board and told him we were skating
>n thin icc. and that T realized the
bub ought to be strengthened in or
der to maintain its position in the
f r '’ division. He treated the matter
And said that the team would
. there w th the mater.al we
bad.
"1 n-.a tb s statement to show the
'■ 4n " where l have stood over these
matters, and also to bring out certain
‘ ic s that seem to have been over-
»c*ried b; M: Hirsig. No one regrets
? te Troubles 'hat have arisen more
ian myself ,»> my relations with Mr
H rsig had been of the most friendly
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PROPERTY RE
NASHVILLE
Hirsig Declares That He Has
Never Been Able to Secure
Waivers on Him.
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
old FITZ.
It in on undent warrior.
He ntoppith not a clock •
Time won. he'd take thin While Hope j
Famous Plays—By Heisman
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No. 3—The Old Guards' Back
By J. W. Heisman.
j ELDOAI. indeed, nowadays, do we see any such bucking and running
mnr tin ft nhm hr d no noth to do, | with the ball by linemen ns we used to se* 1 in the olden days of the
i fid slop the whole bum flock. w
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
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N ASHVIT,1,B, TENN, Dec.
In Bumming up t lie
tcrial left over from
season baseball fans have
p rally overlooked the fact that
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last
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Artl
Just 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 num is good, the formation
correct and the ground dry.
But outside of tin* Tech team hardly any eleven In the South ever uses
the rattles when he gets a punch in the a lineman for this purpose; and neither do many- of the Northern or
jaw.’ This Is not exactly the truth. J
Eastern teams, though once upon a time Heffleflnger, Cowan, Winter, Dill,
Cranston, Bowser and a host of the star linemen were about as much relied
Hofman. former Cub and Pirate star, j
who finished the year with the local
elub, is still on the Nashville roster.
I ntil otherwise disposed of, Hofman
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 ids services and also play several
more months during tne year
Artie signed with Nashville through
personal friendship for Bill Schwartz,
and it can not be said that he didn't
do all within his power to lift the
Vols from their lowly position next to
the bottom. He didn’t succeed, but
the fans saw that he was playing his
best, ami before the season closed
practically all of *hc bleacherites
were Artie's strong admirers.
It is understood that Manager
Schwarts would be glad enough to let
him go to the coast if lie could bo
gotten out of this league.
• • •
UOFMAN is not desirous of retwrn-
1 1 ing to Nashville, according to
his own statement, but Just how he
can keep from it if he can not be
gotten out of the league 1* hard to
sav. Should Mr. Hirsig win nut in
the courts in the present squabble, it
is stated that he is desirous of bring
ing Hofman here as a manager, as he
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 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.
Artie has always had a desire to fight
the “baseball trust" ami could do it
no better than to align himself with
the Feds, who seem to be in a fair
wav 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
witti him again.
• •
TJi‘FM AN’S roa»; in organized base-
* * 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
trailed to Pittsburg The suit is still
l ending in the courts, but it is said
that Hofman has a good chance to
win
Rut for this suit, it i« the general
opinion that Artie would still be in
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
nnsented to let Pittsburg send him
<' ' of the majors, thereby hinting
largely at a "frameup."
If members of the boxing commission
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 limit to the old man’s endurance.
* * •
Mr. Fitzsimmons says that “the av
erage fighter nowadays gets a case of i
the rattles when he gets H punch in the
jaw.” This Is not exactly the truth,
lie g* ts a case of rattles at the thought
of getting a punch in the jaw. >
• * •
And then, if you want to think try j upon as the backs in this respect,
to figure how bad Fitz is to-day if Bill | * * * *
Bang could knock him out four years , .. . .... , ,, . . . , f
ago. i —OW it is trtio Hint running a lineman could not be thought of on a
|V| wet Held, 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 be negotiated on wet or slippery footing. Rut on a dry Held
an agile man can. with good cleats, make the turn with no difficulty; and
him once in a while will give the backs a rest, while, at the same
tun Coffey says that ”I<evtnsky is the
only boy I ever had to bunt 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 hv staying a scant ten yards In
front all the way.
• • •
Wo are pleased to note that Paris has
charged Jack 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.'
Young Saylor and Rav Bronson, the
American fighters who have landed iti
Australia, have already been signed up
for bouts at Sydney. Savior is to meet
another American fighter. Pal Brown,
of Minnesota, for 110 rounds on next
Monday night, while Bornson will go
j against Johnny Summers, the English
I welterweight champion, on
I January 1*
| usin
time, it is >i play so widely at variance with till those involving the use of
ia 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
j the thing: it makes a good variant.
This piny as used by all the big teams of the East twenty and mortr
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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Jack “Sapper O’Neil, the clever En
glish lightweight, who made good In
Bis debut in this country by winning
In decisive fashion from Fred Hslsland
in New York, has been matched to fight
Johnny Marvel, the Gotham lad. in New
York on New Year's afternoon.
• * *
Freddie Welsh is receiving offers al -
! most daily and could box twice a week
j so far as the promoters are concerned.
His latest offer is from Salt Bake City
to meet Gilbert Gallant the Boston
< lightweight. January 16. lie has offers
| to box at Memphis January 4 and ut
Milwaukee January' -0
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-
Pel ky go at San Francisco to-morrow.
ELL, on the iustant of the 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,
about | forming a splendid interference for the left guard coming behind. The
right half watched that tin* 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 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 off 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 may lx? those two, coming like a 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 th«n he cut on through to meet
the play over ou the other side of center.
N‘
OW this formation, and tho 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
1 have here explained them, but the best teams aimed to perform the play
Frank Baker rot himself tn bait with j this way; and with the weak defense of that day I can tell you that the
local fans when he had a false report play was a whale. Why. Ueffletinger at left guard for Yale. Cranston at
flaffney e at‘Sala.o week 111 Krank i r !« ht - ninr, ‘ ( f or Harvard Bowser at left guard for Penn and Winter at
was In line for a match with Mike Saul , right guard for Tale used to make as much ground on this play as the
at the Auditorium on January t>. but he backs averaged. Ueffletinger in particular was a perfect demon and. after
stands little chance of getting the bout bursting through the other side of the Hue, would come tearing through an
i open field for 10, 20 or 30 yards like a halfback.
Athletics to Play
Series With Cubs
CHICAGO. Dec. 31.—The Chicago
Nationals will play six games with
the Philadelphia Americans during
the spring traininr in Florida, it was
| announced by President Murphy, of
the Cubs, to-day.
The first three games will be plav-
rd on March 12. 13 and 14 at the
Cubs’ training grounds at Tampa I
The others will be played March lt».
IT and 1S at Jacksonville, where the j
world s champions will train. *
C OWAN, left tackle for Princeton in 'S7. ’88 and *.89. was one more mad
bull when he got started in a tackle around tackle play. This was
worked just the same as when the guard carried the hall. The only
iifference was that he did not get the help of the end rush following up
and pushing from behind; but as he pot a better swing of his own. because
or 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 bad been no interference whatever. Never have 1
seen a player who could still 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 tacklers 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 t«» weigh hint down so long as you let him have his h gs free with
which to navigate.
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 soys 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 j
the easiest to whiff, going down on
strikes 106 times in 153 games.
The Washington University at St. j
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 1913 campaign closed
Heine has been traded something like
five times.
w * *
“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 r.ot 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 fof the National
T^eague 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.
TO PROSECUTE
TOE 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 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.
Atlanta Quintet Put
Through Hard Drills
For Columbus Came
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 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 pui
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
the preliminary work.
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.
Bar. Johnson, president of the .in-
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.
”1 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.
* • *
GT 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 1 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.
Outlaws Planning to
Pitt Club in Gotham
CHICAGO, Dee. 31.—James A. Gil
more, president of the Federal League,
is in New York to-day “looking over
tbe 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. *
New YorK millionaire produced a cer
tified check for $100,000 to guarantee a
club in New York. Weeghman said It
was true that Knabe bad signed t 0
manage Baltimore, and added that John
Miller, who went to St. Louis f^om
Pittsburg, would manage the Toronto
club.
M’CORMICK SIGNS PITCHER.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. Dec. 31
Manager McCormick has announced
the purchase of Turner, a right-hard
pitcher, from the Hendersonville club
of the Kitty League. This gives the
Lookouts nine pitchers.
MAY GET BOXING.
EVANSVILLE. IND., Dec. 31.—Local
fight fans are inclined to believe that
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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ATHENS WINS CLOSE GAME
ATHENS, Dec. 31.—Athens Y. M
A. basket ball team defeated the Fifth
Regiment five last night. The game was
decided in the last minute of play-
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