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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, 7 You Have a Right to Think Many Things You Have No Right to Sav TINKER TELLS SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Hurry Up; It's Nearly Time io Swear Off Ebbets' Love for Free Advertising Caused Ex-Cincinnati Manager to Join Outlaws. C Bv Bill Bailey. 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 nevor the slip of a cog if Charles H. Ebbets, the Brooklyn magnate, had eared 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 P.eds, has declared also that Eb bets was seeking free advertising When he sought Tinker for $26,000. And now It is Tinker who declares that it was the magnate’s love of free advertising that resulted in his signing a Federal League contract. And it must be 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 Hkely 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 I wasn’t pleased,’’ began Joe. "But when I heard 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 me for going where I can get the most money. If a man possesses talent he can 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 I tele graphed him. I received no answer to my message. I wanted to know where I stood, whether the story of the $10,000 bonus realW went. 'T waited until I knew' that Ebbets Was in Cincinnati. Then I wired and asked him whether he would be in Indianapolis on the following day. There w r as 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 Ebbets. He offered me a salary of $6,000 a year for three years and the | bonus of $10,000. “Here is where the publicity stunt came 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 he 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. ter was just a bit too late. The deal with the Federal League had been completed, and T 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 ft fe wminutes. For at that time Tinker didn't know what arrange ment he would make with the Fed erate POLLY AND HER PALS A Bit of a Blow for Ashur, Old Top Where Is Elberfeld's job, If Any? -r • -!-•+ *!*•+ New Orleans Club Is Building Up By O. B. Keeler. H ERE is yet another chapter in that more or less absorbing serial story, “Where Is Kid Elberfeld At?” The report now emanates from Pelicanvilie that the Pepper Kid may not play for any of the Somers ball clubs, let alone managing the Peli- His let- j 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 Prank. The first grumble of the well-knotvn Dogs of War was heard when Frank’s connection with the New Orleans club was severed. Smith and Pelky Ready for Fight on Coast To-morrow SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81.—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 betting 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. Fans Back Cross To Beat Anderson LOS ANGELES. Dec. 31.—There was lively betting here to-day on the Leach Cross-Bud Anderson fight, which lakes Place to-morrow afternoon. Cross has Been made the favorite by his New York friends and they are freely wager ing that the Bowery dentist will again whip Anderson. The reason’s most pleasing and popular *»odel. •izea 2 for 25c fe \ liver Qollars * re rssy to put on and take off—perfect fit- *‘ n f —comfortable—durable. Hare—exclu sively— Linocord Unbreakable Buttonholes. mm SHOE & CLGlKiNG CO. 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 w r as to have been $3,250 for the sea son. Elb'erfcld’s impression was $4,500. Also, Klberfeld asserted he wouldn’t take any less. * * ■* THU Pepper Kid evidently had an 1 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? * * * [N the meantime, the astute J. Dobbs 1 and the equally shrewd prexy, A. J. Heinemann, are scraping together a bail 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, has been shunted down to the Peis, and he ought to be a tower of strength, ■something on the Coveloskie 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 w r orks here next sea son, although he’ll always be a hero. Take It all around, New Orleans is looking up—what? American Golfers To Try for British 1914 Championship NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Four Ameri can golfers—Jerome D. Travers, Fred Herreschoff, Francis Oulmet 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. “Oulmet was quoted here to-day as saying: “I may never get another op portunity. and I intend to make the most of it. 1 am planning to start for Red Sox Release Six Players; Hall Only Veteran to Co BOSTON. Dec. 31.—Secretary Reilly, of the Boston Americans, announced last night that six players have been sent to minor league clubs. Charles Hall, pitcher, was the only veteran to be let out. He was released to the St. Paul American Association. Grover Cleveland Brant, a pitcher, goes to Beaumont, Texas, and First Baseman Mundy, formerly of the Nor folk, A a., 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 England early in April to get used to ar l^ Ia , te £ with Rochester, .. . , , of the International Leaerue. and Rich- conditions and surroundings.” Fred Lake Arranges Games With Pilgrims BOSTON, Dec. 8-.—Fred Lake, 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 Laughlin, the former Harvard cap tain, is to organize next season. Mc Laughlin's team will play under the name of the Pilgrims and expects to arrange games with several of the other New England League clubs be- before the opening of the chanipion- aaijp season. the International League, and Rich ard 1.. 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 holiday golf tournament, Henry V See german, Englewood; C. I. Becker Woodland; B. I’. Merrtman WaterbmV and W. E. Truesdell, Foxhills, will com.’ pete in to-day’s semi-finals, Reggeman Is matched with Becker, and Merriman with Truesdell. HERZOG SECURES CATCHER. CINCINNATI, Dec. 21,—-Manager Her zog. of the Cincinnati National League team, to-day wired President August Herrmann that he had signed a college catcher named Frank Mellen. who had played with the St. John's College team. FAILS TO MAKE MATCH. LOR ANGELES. Deo. 31.—Promoter Tom McCarey announced last night that he had given up his effort to match Jimmy Clabhy and Jack Dillon He will await the coining of Larney Lich tenstein. Clabhy « new manager. ‘Fighting Carpenter’ Arrives To-day for Go With British Champion DUNDEE AND WHITNEV WORTHY FOES FOR WELSH I— for Sport Fans nrOED RG E E PH A IR. ]■ F By I left, Hook. 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 manv 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 lesson 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 the 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 w r e 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 cither boy. Welsh iias 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 wdth 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 pn the night of January 6. Charlie White and “Battling" Nelson have both Informed Welsh of Whitney’s fighting qualities, and they should know. White and Nelson have fought the very best In the boxing game, and words of praise from them mean much. * * • W ELSH will not have to do much work here, as he will be in fair ly good shape from training for his go with Dundee. Freddie has been w orking in New Orleans for ten days, and reports from the Pelican City state that the Briton looks better than ever in his life. Harry Pollok, manager of Welsh, thinks that his protege is fighting better now than on his former visit to this country. Pollok stopped off for a 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, and 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 want any of Welsh’s game when he ducked out cf that Vancou ver match. Ever since that day Welsh has been claiming the lightweight as .Willi* ran out. ol th« bout after he had already posted a forfeit. * • • “J WILL let Welsh meet Ritchie nt any date, and will also Ret a club to stage the go,” staled Pollok when here* “I have a club in Lon don that will give a $25,000 purse for ihe mill, which is more Ilian the bovs can get on this side Ritchie will ac cept these terms if ho L a real cham pion, but 1 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 a match when he arrives on the Comst after meeting Whitney here. He did not want to speak much of getting Ritchie yet, as he realizes that Welsn has two tough customers to dispose of first in Johnny Dundee and Frank Whitney. Pollok has had enough ex perience In the boxing game to know what it means to count your chickens before they are hatched. Upsets are frequent in fhe pugilistic world, and who but knows that Dundee or Whit ney may spring the surprise of the fistic year? ALTHOUGH the writer does ** know much about Dundee, not onu thing is certain the latter® record gives one reason to believe that h* has the class of a top-notcher and should make things interesting for the foreign star. In Whitney Welsh will be faHng 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 can not he said of Frank, as ho has always lived tip to advance press notices when boxing here. He will have all his old sup porters rooting for him when the gong sounds in the first round calling him to the center of the ring to mest the British wonder. “DUBE” GOLDBERG, the New *'■ York cartoonist, will probably be the third man In the ring. Welsh and Whitney have practically agreed on him to referee. Goldberg will be at the Forsyth during the week of the bout, and there should be little trouble In getting him to act as the official. Matchmaker Castro announce! yesterday that Whitney is expected to arrive here some tirna to-day. Y' By Ed W. Smith. r OU usually can depend upon the fighters to come to the front from time to time 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 all battles before the Southern Athletic Club of that place. The unfortunate fighter is Willie Rothwell, of Brooklyn. • • • IJ OTHWELl is no relation to the original Willie, who was 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 Bridges, the young man who battled Jack White in Memphis the other night. They were to have gone on a couple of weeks ago, but Haack rather doubted Rothwell'g 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 lick anybody,” remarked the willing Haack, who can go a trifle himself with the gloves. So drop 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 changed a few minutes later, for Haack Lore into him and with a well- directed right to the Jaw sent Rothwell spinning to the mat. • • • r^URTHER than that, when 1 Rothwell Jumped to his feet, he didn’t liave the wild rage of the real fighter shining in his eye. Instead he turned about and shot out of tiie ring holding hi9 jaw with both hands. It is needless to remark that the 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 club. Ed Konetchy Will Report to Pirates PITTSBURG, 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 the veriest bunk by President Barney Dreyfuss, 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 out- ground. We knew that Konetchy wanted to play in Pittsburg and that there will be no trouble over salary matters.” Dreyfuss was asked concerning the report that the “Big Train” was paid at the rate of $6,2i>J 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. / remember, J remem bei' When baseball waft a sport. The magnates ?iercr threatened then To drag it into court. Hut when the pastime tea-red and grew, And. people learned to love it, Get-rich guide men. came butting 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 aceatest In the history of sport. It always is. The report that Arthur Pelky Is train- log 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 the last year Is that Sam Langford and Joe Jeannette met on only two oc casions. In tills respect the year was far behind the average. The last argument between Messrs. Langford and Jeannette drew $11,370. showing that Paris also has a birth rjte of one per minute. Fom* of the athletes on the world’s tour were afflicted with mal de mer. This is due to the fact that their stom achs arc not accustomed to unvthing 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 late per. And with the lawyers stand. While baseball magnates scatter wealth About the blessed land. If Mr. Bryan It not too busy with hla Chautauqua dates It behooves him to butt Into the baseball imborgllo and pour grape Juice on the trouble waters. The White Sox will open the season with tne Browns, thereby getting a run nlng start toward the top. New York's boxing commission did well to declare Bob Fitzsimmons too old to re-enter the ring. Why, he is 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. The Cigarette of “Quality Piedmont stands alone—far above all imitators—the highest grade cigarette ever sold for the price. In quality of tobacco and workman ship it is always absolutely uniform— always pleasing and satisfying—always ripe, rich and mellow. Is it surprising that Piedmont should be the biggest selling 5c. cigarette in America? Whole coupon in each package. I /O forfi^