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BRINGING UP FATHER
HUES REPLY
TOPRES. HIRSIG
"Boy Manager’’ Explains the
Welchonce-Callahan Deal; Also
Talks of Perry Trade,
By GEORGE M’MANUS
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31.
TV.SHV11.LK.
J “- hwartz gave out the
-Manager
follow
ing statement last night in re
ply to President Hirsig’s 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 waa held
in November at Milwaukee, Mr. Far
rell. secretary of the. National Com
mission, issued a bulletin whereby till
claims for drafted players by the ma
jors would have to be filed by Feb
ruary 1. 1913. I advised Mr. Hirsig
at this meeting to claim player Wel-
chpnee. which, as we all know, was
not done. 1 suppose it was either an
oversight of Mr. Hirsig a. or he
thought the national agreement rul
ing. which reads that all Class A
players drafted by the majors were
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to be turned back to dubs from which
the\ were drafted, still prevailed.
“in January. Mr. Hirsig wrote me
of the Callahan proposition and,
knowing that the Nashville club Was
absolutely without funds, for at the
end of the season they were unable
to pay me my salary and 1 agreed to
accept a one-year note for $1,000.
whirl! is still unpaid, and also labor-
:ng under the impression that Calla
han would be given to the Nashville
club for claim on Welehonce, I then
wrote the letter which Mr. Hirsig
published.
• • •
oA\’ coming to Nashville for spring
training in 1913 I was surprised
to find that Mr. Hirsig hud failed to
file claim for Welehonce 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 I asked Del
Young to write Welehonce warning
him against signing an Atlanta con
tract if he was turned over to that
«luh bj Washington. This fact will
be substantiated by both Young and
Welehonce. I consented to negotia
ting with Atlanta for Callahap be
cause we were not sure W’hether Wol-
chonce could be brought back here
and, in case w f e lost him. I wanted to
get another good outfielder.
“Atlanta still persisted in their
claim that Welehonce was their prop
erty and this 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 1 had
a conference with Mr. Bernard, vice
president of the Cleveland baseball
club, and he assured me that there
•was no doubt that wo would get Wel-
chonce by appealing to Mr Herr
mann or the commission.
“After receiving this encouraging
information i immediately wired
President Hirsig a* follows:
“•March 28. 1912. W G Hirsig.
President Nashville Hall Club, Nash
ville. Tenn.: Car. not Ibave before
Monday. Will see Herrmann at Cin
cinnati on Welehonce matter. If pos-
sibe moot me there. Wire me at
Akron.
’ WILLIAM SCHWARTZ.'
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oTJlS telegram can be substan
* tfated by Mr Bloomstein at the
Western i’nion office, frojn whom I
received the above copy yesterday
afternoon. It was my purpose to
hold on to our claim for Welehonce
and land him as soon as possible, but
I was surprised to receive a tele
gram from Mr. Hirsig two or three
days later stating that the Callahan-
Welehonce deal had been made
“I was always a warm admirer of
Welch cm ce’s ability as a player, and
the only reason in the world I ever
considered getting rid of him was on
account of the condition of the treas
ury of the Nashville baseball club.
• • •
4« f\ rN ref erring to the Perry-Berger
' trade, Mr. Hirsig lays particular
stress on thtv fact that I had been
willing to p^t with Perr. prior to
bis action in Atlanta, This ts 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
I 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 yj> 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
give $200 and Berger for Perry, and
that I refused to consider the deal.
This w'a~s nearly a month before the
Perry deal was made, and we had no
further conversation on the matter.
• • *
4*I\ respect to Mr. Hirsig’s recent
l conversion to the fact that I was
perhaps not the best manager he
could secure, a fact that 1 am fully i
aware of. I 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
far* while we were in second place. I
w’ent to him with one of the advisory
board, and told him we were skating
on thin ice, and that 1 realized the
club ought to be strengthened in or
der to maintain its position in the
first division He treated the matter
lightly, and said that the team would
finish there with the material we
had.
“I make this statement to show the
fans where I have stood over these
matters, and also to bring out certain
facts that seem to have been over
looked by Mr. Hirsig. No one regrets
the troubles that iia\e arisen more
than myself, as my relations with Mr
Hirsig had been of the most friendly
kind.”
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Famous Plays—By Heisman
No! 3
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INDOOR SPORTS
By Tad
The Old Guards’ Back
Bv ,J. W. Heisman.
KLDOM. indeed, nowadays, do we see any such bucking and running
with the ball by linemen as we used to so** In the olden days of the
game.
Just why this popular anti 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 man is good, the formation
correct and the ground dry.
But outside of the Tech team hardly any eleven in the tfoufh ever uses
a lineman for this purpose; and neither do many of the Northern or
Eastern teams, though on**e upon a time Hefflefinger, Cowan. Winter, <Jill,
('ranston. Bowser and a host of the star linemen were about as much relied
upon as tlu* backs in this respect.
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N OW It Is true that running a lineman could not la* thought of on a
wet field, for the reason that starting from one’s position on the line
and turning sharply around the quarterback calls for a very short
j turn, esjieoially if it is the guard who is to run with the ball; and such a
turn cun not he negotiated on wet or slippery footing. But on a dry field
an agLie man can. with good cleats, make the turn with no difficulty : and
using him once in a while will give the hacks a rest, while, at the same
time, it is a play so widely at variance with ail those Involving the use of
a back to carry the ball that, the play constitutes an added difficulty for
the defense lioth in the way of diagnosis and proper set and charge to stop
the tiling: it makes a good variant.
This play us used by all the big teams of the Fast twenty and mon
years ago was usually worked from n normal formation of l>oth 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
|k>pular plays as well.
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7 ELL, on the Instant 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 tiledr own tackle,
forming a splendid Interference for the left guard coming behind. Tin*
right half watched that the opposing left end did not get in too far and get
the runner, while tlu* left half primarily helped tin* right guard handle the
opposing guard. The right tackle and end united to turn tlu* opposing
tackle out. and if they needed more help the fullback promptly gave it
to them.
After stuffing tfio ball Into the left guard’s stomach the quarter caught
him by tin* left arm and swung him around with a “crack the whip” swing
ami helped him to turn slan t in. At the same time the left end* abruptly
deserted Ids place on the line and came around behind also. Being a faster
man than tin* 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 lie those two, coming like a double locomotive on a
freight train, couldn’t Jam things over a follow! The left tackle jumped
into tlu* guard’s place and took of!’ his man so as to prevent the latter
from nabbing the runner from behind, and tfi* :i he cut on through to meet
the play over on the other side of center.
N'
OW this formation, and the interference as told above, has all the ele
merits of tlu* best modern football, hence. I say, if is difficult to
understand why it is no longer used. Of course not all teams of a
quarter of a century ago Imd all the details as thoroughly worked out as
1 have here explained them, but the lies! teams aimed to perform the play
this way ; and with the weak defense of that day l tun tell jhm that the
piny was a whale. Why, Hefflefinger at left guard for Vale. (Tanston at
right guard for Harvard. Bowser at left guard for Fenti. and Winter at
right guard for Yale used to make as much ground ou tlds play as the
backs averaged. Hefflefinger in particular was a perfect demon and. after
bursting through the other side of the line, would come tearing through an
open field for 10, 20 or 30 yards like a halfback.
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BOXING
News of the Ring Game
OLD FITZ.
II in an ancient warrior,
He sloppeth not a clin k
Time was. he'd, take this H hite
erne.
Sonic datr when he'd tut work to do.
And stop Iht whole hum flock.
Diamond News and Gossip
H ope
If members of the boxing commission
Are honest about w ant mg o Keep Fit*
OM AN, left tackle for Princeton in ‘87, *8S and Si), was one more mad
bull when he got ^started in a tackle around tackle play. 'Phis was
worked just the same as when the guard carried the ball. The only
difference was that he did not get the help of the end rush following up
and pushing from liehiiul; but as he got a better swing of his own, because
ot 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 <V>wan it was just
as tough a proposition to stop. And Hector rowan would have made his
big gains even If there had U*en no interference whatever. Never have I
seen a player who could still hold his feet a fid drag on for yards and yards
and yards the way he could, carrying sometimes nvo. three and even four
men at a time, iff course the tackling in that day was not as low and
keen as it 1s now. and often enough the tackiers 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 to weigh him down so long ns you let him have bis legs free with
which to navigate.
yet-another Chapter in
absorbing
Is Kid
Elberfeld At?”
The report now emanates from
Pelicanville that the Pepper Kid may
K1f not play for any of the Somers ball
Ilk grave Uotf.es ”they i'hoJlif take ! alone managing- the Pell-
steps to prevent Fred McKav from pub ' ,,,lS l> Was for that job that Count
fishing any more challenges There is I Castro, telephoning from The Geor-
a irui.f to the old man’s endurance i gian office the night of the last day
♦ • » of last season, ostensibly signed the
VIr. FitzBimmqfcs feays that “the av- Kid to Charley Frank.
drnge tighter nowadays gets a case of j The first grumble of the well-known
th*> rattles when he gets n punch in the i Dogs of War was heard when Frank’s
jaw This is not exact 1* the‘truth, i connection with the New Orleans club
He gets a case of rattles at the thought I
of getting a punch in the jaw a erect. ^ ^ ^
* * * . THEN there w<i;
Anri then, if you want to think, try . 1 y , iri . n <
to figure how had Fitz is to-day if Bill \ \ . ’ .
Lang could knock him out four years. ** S ^L. .
ago j use the Kid, the
Where Is Elberfeld’s job, If Any?! BASEBALL
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New Orleans Club Is Building Up
H ERE is yet-another Cha
that more or less ah
•serial story, “Where
Atlanta Quintet Put ' Red Sox Release
Through Hard Drills ! Six Players: Hall
For Columbus Game! Only Veteran to Go
Jo® Bean coach of the Atlanta Ath
letic Club, is a busy man these day*.
Joe is put ling his players through a
stiff drill every afternoon In an effort
to round hi* squad into the best of shape
for their clash with tiie cnamplon Co
lumbus five on the latter's floor Sat
urday afternoon.
Ai;hough ti c Columbus team ru.es a
strong favorite. Coach Bean is by no
eding them the victory He
eans
going
take his
down
BOSTON. Dec 31.- Secretary Relllv,
of the Boat on Americans, announced
last night that six players have heen
sent to minor league clubs. Charles
Hall, pitcher, was the only v e te»an to
be let out. He was Feleased to the St.
Paul American Association.
Grover Cleveland Brant, a pitcher,
goes to Beaumont. Texas, and First
Baseman Mundy, formerly of the Nor
folk. Va . club, will play next season
in Worcester.
The Boston National management has
ambus Saturday flt and ready to pul I signed for next season Jack Martin,
uj l-.e b; j ' r *- of their fives \ victory I pitcher, formerly of the New T*®rk
u\« > • «' Aimhvis team will he a big I Americans, and later with Rochester
feat in i . i ie final boys* cap* and they .of the International league, and Rich-
ar* i < aving am stone unturned in lard L. Crutcher, a pitcher from the St.
i prdimnary work. * Joseph club, of the Western league
Jim Coffe> say* that *'Uvinskj is the
onb boy 1 ever had to hunt, for when
l wanted to start a punch In some
vague way this recall? the Rtnry of the
hunter who brought the bear hack to
camp by staving a scant ten yards In
front nil the ws.v.
passing with O. Frank, on one of his
other ball clubs at the same
Frank had signed -him for.
That was where the trouble came
in. Frank insists that the stipend
was to have been $3.2n0 for the sea
son. Elberfeld's impression was 54 500.
Also. Elberfeld asserted he wouldn't
take any less.
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 Pels, and he
ought to be a tower of strength,
somethin? 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 fan«\. “Finis”
Wilson, who wrote “finis" with a
stout left hand* under Mobile’s pen
nant chances last season, will doubt
less revoke some ofthis Atlanta popu
larity when he works here next sea-
*ow about the | son. although he'll always be a hero.
l Take it all around. New Orleans is
Somers offered to I looking up—what?
New Orleans job j
Athletics to Play
Series With Cubs
We are pleased to note that Paris ha*
charged Jack Johnson with faking __
Part,, being ibe nnlj elvlllged commun- , THE Pepper Kid evident!,, bad an
ty up to this time that has not charged : * eye on the new Somers club at
him with something Portland. Bvtt Mr. Somers had other
• ♦ • j ideas. Then Johnny Dobbs, also a
“In Paris said Jack Johnson revertt- ! Somers protege, waa put in command
ly.” they called me the “invincible.*' ! of the Pels, and there evidently was
Also, “faker' and “bum ! no place on, the payroll for the Kid.
' * * As a matter of fact, it appears El-
Young Savior and Ray Bronson the | berfeld was on the Chattanooga re-
American lighters who have landed in serve list when he “signed” with
Australia, have alrrauy been signed up Fnink aj, d if , ha t was the oas-. the
The Chicago
for bouts at Sydney Saylor is to meet
another American tighter. Pal Brown,
of Minnesota for HO rounds on next
Monday night, while Bornson wifi go |
against Johnny Summers, the English |
welterweight champion, on or about !
January la.
contract wasn’t worth tlie 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.
* • • j The question is. where is he at?
Freddie Welsh is receiving offers al- Also, will the Southern League lose
most daily and could box tw ice a wfek ! Us scrappy little pet °
so far as the promoters are concerned. * * *
His latest offer is from Salt I-ake 04ty
CHICAGO. Dec. 31
National?? will play six games with
the Philadelphia. Americans during
the spring training in Florida, it was
announced by President Murphy, of
the Cubs, to-day.
The first three games will be plav -
ed on* March 12, 13 and 14 at the j C
Cubs' training grounds at Tampa 1
The others will be pl^ed March 16.
IT an/1 IR at Jacksonville,’where the sm
world’* champions will train — „
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 says he wants
to see what a New England winter is
!ike.
• # •
Larry Lajoie fanned least of all the
American League batters last season.
!n 137 contests the Cleveland veteran
took three swings just seventeen times.
Danny Moeller, of the Senators, was
ttye easiest to whiff, going down on
strikes 106 times In 153 games.
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The Washington University at St.
l^Ouis ha* lifted the ban on baseball
after having the lid clamped down hard
for three years. The coming spring
the institution will allow 7 its team to
compete for the Missouri Valely honors.
<* • •
Jimmy Archer was In Chicago for a
few days recently with his wife, and
says that he is ready for the start of
t he 1914 campaign. Archer and hi*
wife will spend the winter at Ormond.
Fla. Archer will go right from his
home to Tampa when the spring train
ing trip starts.
•» * *
“Dots'' Miller, the Pirate infielder is
tho 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 o' the arbitrators.
Opium Wkliitr id4 Drti ; Habftt treated
•1 Home or at 9it>l‘trlans. Book on nibjep
Free, DU B. M. WOOLLEY. 24-N, ¥l«a
Sanitarium. Atlaata. Georate
TIE {PERILS
American League to Ignore Sto
vall’s Case While National
Fights to Get Tinker.
Bv James Clarkson.
C HICAGO, Dec. 31.—Let the lit-
tie old National League warn,
threaten and abuse the Feder
al*. 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, 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.
• • •
<«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 ber
fore the National Commission, it will
not he at my instigation, and I shall
permit my colleagues on that board
to take the initiative.”
ALL of which is expected to quell th®
^ determined efforts of the National
League to % precipitate itself into 4
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 mo3t. Stovall was out of theil
American League as far as playing^
was concerned, although he is still jg
the property of St. Louis. It is doubt-J®
ful If the Browns figure him as an j
asset, anyway. With Tinker and
Brown it is different. Charles Her- j
cules Ebbets, of Brooklyn, has Just j
paid $15,000 for Tinker, and his phi
lanthropic activity has never before [
l eached such proportions. So the fl
Dodger Dedicator is sure to yelp if f
he doesn’t find a way to get the mon
ey back.
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I N the meantime, the astute .1 Dobbs
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