Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-30

any too hard with his New
York team this year, for he has
announced that he will syndicate
a series of baseball stories during
the season.
For years Frank Farrell, owner
If the American league club in
Gotham. has been forced TO suffer
untold financial and mental worry,
simply because he didn't have the
light sort of men managing his
athletes.
When he secured Chance, we
we're sure that he had finally land
ID a man who would pay strict at
IGNITION to his job and give New
York fans a run for their money.
But the $4,000 per year or what
ever salary Chance is to draw,
doesn't seem to be enough to sat
.sty his hunger.
He is trying to gather more ma
yuma by writing stories for news
papers. Petty work for such a man
i'm such a position, and here's hop
ing that Mr.. Farrell puts the lIibosh
on it at once.
The following letter from the
Peerless Leader well explains it
self:
Cub Ranch, Glendora, Calf.
January %, 1918.
pear Sir: Beginning with the open
ing of the training season I will write
a weekly article on baseball. In these
articles / will discuss the game, cur
rent happenings and items, because
Of their opportuneness. will be of in
terest to fandom in general. | will
write in a straight from the shoulder
style and naturally will be in a posi-
lion to give my readers real, cold
facts, instead of having to make pre-
dictions and pad my articles with
club house chatter" or Joe Miller
Jokes about umpires. pep" will be
the keynote Of my stories.
My wide experience, both as man
ger and player and my knowledge
Of all angles of the sport, should give
my articles extraordinary value. [
am going to try to make my stories
so intimately accurate that the in
side" features will prove fully as SEN
sational as the inside" playing of
my worlds championship club.
THE stories are my own. My de-
cision to issue them came of a desire
to have opportunity to say in my own
way and in my own words, to the mil
lions of ball fans, just what | felt
like saying. My name never was, is
not, and never will be at the COM
mand of any writer or syndicate, and
every story appearing under 1t will be
dictated by me. All business per-
tanning to these must be done with.
me direct.
MY series of stories will run
through the 1918 worlds champion
ship. And in addition to this serv-
Ice l will be ready at all times to
answer your requests for telegraph
stories on important current happen
ings. There will be no charge for
such extra service.
DO you want the exclusive use of
these stories in your territory?
Yours very truly,
CRANK L. CHANCE
81 will leave California for the East
on February 2. Please reply, care
Stratford Hotel, Chicago, to reach me
before February 9, if you are inter
csted'
WHILE Johnson and AlPaIzer are
" arguing over fight in France,
the most logical claimant of the
heavyweight onship-Luther
McCarty-is beginning to talk real
business, through his manager
This is what William Mccartney
has to say about McCarty's inten-
tons (the wording is MCCarney's
OWN:
Luther McCarty, worlds heavy
weight will fight BombaTdier Wells or
any other white heavyweight if suffi-
Gent tnducement in a financial man
uer is made for his services. Just
now he is engaged in theatrical work
in order to give his hands, which
were badly used in the Palzer fight
a rest
/ also figure that in his present
work he will have an opportunity of
allowing the fistic fans of the country
an opportunity of becoming better
acquainted with the new champion.
| have received offers of fights with
heavyweights of the country between
now and July d, which. if accepted by
us, will net Luther 500. eco | be
lieve that, while we like the stage
work we will soon give it up, for
Luther loves the boxing game and is
again impatient to be back in har-
ness. However, he will not torsake
the footlights until his hands are
strong enough to enable him to do his
most effective work.
We shall go through the North till-
ug our theatrical enga gements until
March l., when We will be in Co
'uInbus, Ohio ON that date MCCarty
will be 81 years old, and he insists
on celebrating the occasion in the
circle. We have selected no man
for his opponent; in fact, we have
never selected a man for Luther to
box except man who was regarded
by the public a better man than he.
Tom McCarcy is now in communi-
cation with Wells relative to 4
championship bout on independence
day, which l believe is the most de-
sirable Of the many offers we have
received. 1t should be great bat
tie, for Wells is by far the most
clever of the big men whom Luther
has not yet met. He outboXed Pal
ger in their fight in Madison Square
until the TpWaU with a chance blow.