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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
Sidney Smith May
Come to Crackers;
Wants to Play Here

Sid Smith, some peevish kid ana
one of the most useful backstops that
ever propped up a mask in the South
ern League, is eager to play ball with
the Crackers this year, and there IS
said TO be a pretty fair chance that
Sid will do that very thing, thus re-
peating history in that good old year
of 1907, when Sidney was Bill Smiths
right bower-catcheT, first baseman
and shortstop. as coca sion demanded,
and everlastingly picking that old pill
in the pinches.
Cidney came to town yesterday and
wento ut to look over the bunch Not
one of them, except Bill Smith. was a
familiar face to Sid, SO far as the old
time Crackers were concerned.
But the park made Sid homesick,
and Sid's present berth with Column
bus in the American Association is
not altogether to his liking Besides,
Mrs. Smiths home Is in Atlanta, and
Sidney's heart always has been in the
South through all lis career in the
big leagues and the A. A.
Sid is dickering just now with the
Pittsburg Feds, but he says candid!y
he would like to plav In Atlanta, IL It
can be arranged.
There is a bunch that an effort Will
be made to arrange II.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
Vols Look Good to Bill Schwartz
*s* +"* *s* *"+
Expects Much Of Pitching Staff

NASHVILLE, TENN, March IA.
IN Favored by stretch of balmy
L weather. the Vol hopefuls have
boep going through their spring
training stunts with a vengeance, al
Though ND to date the bulk of the
material on hand is made up OF
nitching recruits. None of the out
fielders have turned up, but Blli
schwartz is not worrying over the
DELAY of the gardeners, with the e&-
ception of Pinch McCabe, the former
international Lacquer, who mas itr
some time threatened to join the mold
cut brigade.
Dave Callahan will be late IN re-
porting, for the reason that his tather
is very i'll at Dawes home IN seneca
H.. and Manager Schwartz mas VIII
ten him to stay with the aged man
until he begins to improve. Dave ~
ways reports in good shape anu ny
Vols chances will not suffer through
HE enforced absence Nothing so far
hos haen heard from Bert King, the
former Lookout, but he has accepted
terms with the Vols, and likely VIII
drive into camp most any day.
schwartz is figuring on landing Tod
sloan. who last season performed III
such fancy style in right field Tor
Montgomery, from the Browns when
thev reach Nashville, and II the deal
can be arranged. the Vols should pos
sess one of the most formidable tros
of iy-chasers in the circuit
CCHWARTZ has a promising oatcn
= of pitching recruits. eleven an
told being in camp, with Tom cant
we'll secured from Terre Haute, sun
70 renort Cantwell is clamorinS FOR
more salary, and threatens to leave
the Vols fiat on their backs unless ne
is granted the necessary raise.
Although the only sign Of an IN
eelder on deck is Jawn Lindsay, the
veteran shortstop, the Vol pilot Is
,erv enthusiastic over his chances Tor
a first division flag contender thlS
season. for he has been assured OF as
sistance from Branch Hickey, VINO
hos Dromised to turn over pair OF
corking good infielders. u
az we are not up there hghtlng
for the pennant after ! get the cluD
etraightened out" says Bill, then !
miss NV guess. for ! never before hau
sucb GOOD looking bunch OF box ma
tcrial and / figure that two or three
or Inc crowd should develop into re-
liable pitchers, ,..,- -. -,
"Tust now we are q little shy on
iraelders and ] may have TO go out
and buy a second baseman ana d
third baseman, but l can not figure
how we can lose Kraft, In spite OF
tha new drafting rule laid down by
NE National Commission, for It's my
oninlon that oil players drafted from
ne class A leagues will be returned
10 those leagues. no matter II the ~
leagues do put IN their claims kratt
is the best natural hitter ] ever saw IN
NV life, ana can soon teach him tne
Unn noints of playing first base, lie
might 10 be "a tower of strength to US
with tho stick n he can travel the
s6i clip he set with New orleans
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
BriScoe Lord Names
1914 Mobile Players

MOBILE. ALA, March 14-Briscoe
Lord, who will manage the Mobile
club during the 1914 league race.
reached Mobile early to-day
The present roster of the club was
given by Manager Lord as follows;
Pitchers-W. Robertson and LaRue
Kirby. Of last years club: Kelley,
Liebcmann, semi professionals, VIII
liams and Cullon. formerly with New
Orleans.
Catchers-S Schmidt and Brown, last
years club; Berger, Pensacola Cotton
States
Infielders- Calhoun, jersey City In
ternational League; O'Dell, last years
club; Perry, from Nashville; Tepe,
from Evansville, Of the Central
League.
Outfielders-Lord, Clark. Miller.
only one man on the clubs roster
has not signed contract kid" Nc
Gin with the club a portion OF last
season.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

When Freddie Welsh and Joe Rivers
meet at Vernon on March II 1t will be
the little Mexican's last chance TO be
counted in at the top of the lightweight
division. His defeat by Richie stopped
him when he seemed due for the top
most rung of the ladder. but II he can
pin defeat on such a sterling little
scrapper as Welsh he must again be
considered very seriously.
Willie Beecher, Of New York, and
Phil Brock, of Cleveland, have been
matched and will have a tweive-rouhd
set-to at Akron on March II. Both
youngsters arc hard hitters and willing
fighters and the go should be of the
pyrotechnic order from start to finish.
Otto Kohler, the Cleveland light
weight, who was one Of the invading
army Of the Morgan cKetrick stable
that went over to separate the Parisians
from their spare change. has returned
to the Morgan camp at Stamford, Conn.
Otto liked Paris not bit and remained
there just long enough to be able to
talk his manager out OF steamer fare
back.
The gross receipts OF the Levinsky
Coffey fight I'm New York on Monday
night amounted to $4,000. After the
State received its 5 per cent of the re-
ceipts, here is what the fighters re-
ceived: Battling Levinsky as per cent?,
s5SS.50; Jim Coffey G5 per cent? $5SS.9O
Young Brown 90 per cent?, 1888; Phil
Bloom 90 per cent?. $3.50.
Five more American boxers will jour
ney to Australia next fall 10 engage in
bouts to be staged by Snowy Baker.
They are Freddie Hicks, Young Mike
Donovan, Howard Morrow, Jack Clarke
and Young Brown.
Bob Mocha and Battling Levinshy meet
for ten rounds In Milwaukee on March
%. Danny Morgans man is guaranteed
81, 900.
Battling Levlnsky battles Tim O'Neil
to-night in Philadelphia for six rounds.
Although Billy Gibson has quit the
management Of the Garden Club in New
York. he intends to continue as mana
ger OF the Fairmont Athletic Club there.
Charley White and Leach Cross will
soon sign articles for ten round bout
i'm Milwaukee to be held next month, ac-
cording TO Sam Wallach' Leach's broth
manager.
The date OF the coming championship
fght between Johnny Coulon and Kid
Williams at Los Angeles, Cal, has been
fixed for June ?.
Ad wolgast proved beyond a doubt
in his fight with Wllie Richie Thurs
day night that he ~ entitled 10 a TWEEN
ty-round bout with the lightweight
champion Nd may be am eN-cham-
pion ana an that, but there are many
fans In the country To-day who Will
back him 10 the limit against Richie
over a long route,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
Ritchie and Wolgast
Drew S39,805 House

MILWAUKEE,, WIS, March a.
Receipts OF Thursdays ten-round
bout between Willie Ritchie, light
weight champion, and Ad Wolgast.
amounted to s39SO5, according to
statement to-day by Manning Vaughn.
secretary OF the Wisconsin State Box
ing Commission, Forty per cent Of
this amount, st5,922. went to Richie
Wolgast received S11,s11, 20 per cent,
and the promoters divided 1882.
Vaughn said. The commission re-
solved 1880.
The contract for the fight provided
that Richie would receive 40 per
cent OF the receipts and Wolgast 30
per cent, or that Wolgast would re-
eeiye 70 per cent of the total receipts
cut of which he would have to pay
Richie $4,000. The champion chose
the 40 per cent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

IEWITH King, Callahan and Sloan
w in the outfield, we will have by
long odds the fastest and hardest hit
ting crew in this league, and the de-
sertion of Del Young to the Feds will
be forgotten when this Sloan takes
his place in right field at the start Of
the season. When | was at st, Pc
tersburg. Sloan was hitting and field
ing in July shape, and | will be
mighty lucky If Hickey turns him
over to me-"
Harold Schwenk is the only south
paw on hand, but he had a good sea-
son with Oakland last year, and may
prove a worthy successor to Kid Will
liams And, speaking OF Williams,
Schwartz has already been promised
the Kid if he should fail to make good
with the Tigers, though there seems
little danger Of his failing to land a
berth with the Jennings outfit.
ONE of the most promising recruits
~ is Renter, who was a mighty fac
tor last season in landing a flag for
ottawa, In the Canadian circuit. with
21 wins and games lost. He was
picked up by Detroit and turned over
10 g0tiiN dIld lOl liBtllllIb. INti4Atl
who is a whale in size and has had
experience in the majors and
Schwartz is tickled to death over his
coming to the Vols.
Forrest More and Bernie Boland,
veterans of last seasons club, already
are cutting loose with a little fancy
stuff, while Cliff Snyder, who came to
the Vols from the Kitty League at
the close Of the 1913 season, is show
ing some OF the form which gave him
record Of II won and l lost with
Henderson last season,
WALTER MARBET, who is back for
w another trial after two years So
iourn through the Kitty League,
showed the Improvement of his eXpe-
rience in the lower circuit, and
Schwartz is very sweet on the young
ster. Bill Is giving a great deal OF
attention to Wiley Marshall, a big,
raw boned coal miner from Kentucky,
who has whole volumes to learn about
mound work, but is a gluttun for
training and ambitious to make good.
He has a good pitching movement,
and after a little seasoning should de-
velop into a winning twirler.
Heine Berger who has at last come
to terms, after dropping some OF the
ccncelt he acquired over all the newe-
paper notoriety incident to the famous
Perry Berger deal which cost former
President Hirsig his job as boss Of
the Vols. is too busy shedding some
OF the excess weight to do much work
in the box. Leslie Johnson another
Kitty Lacquer who was farmed 10
HopSinsvllle by Schwartz last season,
As back again for another chance.
George Rust candidate for sec
ond base and Catcher Red Smith
have shown little TO justify their
chances fort permanent job, Schwartz
is figuring, though, on pair OF back
shoppers from the Browns. as well as
three additional pitchers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
Morris Brown Leads
Milburn in Cue Match

NEW YORK, March 14.-With a
run Of 105, which is the high mark so
iar in the National Amateur Billiard
Tournament, Morris d. Brown, OF
brooklyn, former holder Of the
Championship, took the lead from
Eugene L, Milburn, OF Memphis.
Tenn, in the twenty second inning OF
Yesterdays game and won in the thir-
iy-seyenth inning by the score of 400
70 266, The men alternated in the
lead, few points apart, for Fl in
mngs, but after his big run Brown
Kept the lead, playing steadily, and
after 80 innings had been played he
was more than 200 points ahead.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
FEDERALS PLAN
ID REORGAN|zE
DIXIE LEAGUE
Gilmore Seeks farm
ing" Facilities for Surplus
Talent of New Circuit.
By O. B. Keller.
1sTEN now to a bit of Late Dope

TSTEN now to a bit Of Late Dope
on the Federal League situa-
II ton, cropping out of Shreve-
mort via New Orleans, and gradually
..,,rc around the Southern League
circuit
In the premises, let us note that
the supine Dixie League, over which
the fatal ten was supposed to have
,.sn counted at the last Southern
League presidents meeting, is now
.onted as a subject for termination.
In nlain United States, the Feds are
,nrn6siDg to back the Dixie League
,s an ally, and organize it on the
same basis that the Feds are doing
business.
HERE'S the dope.
n President Gilmore, of the Fed
eral League, came South to Shreve-
mort with the Chicago club of his cir
emit but he did not stick around long.
IN fact. it is said that later talking
oyer the situation with certain Dixie
Teaguers in Shreveport, the Hon. Gill
more set out to round up the scat
tered forces of the league that died
a-bornin'" and has met with consid-
cradle encouragement.
II is stated that Shreveport is for"
the project. that Little Rock Is like
wise. and that Memphis, with a bum
club in the Southern lest year and
sorry prospects for 1914, also is lean
ing heavily on the tentative prop Of
lered by a Dixie League.
HERES the idea.
II The Federal League clubs now
have upward of 80 players apiece.
They can not carry that many
through the season. Probably they
will not carry more than eighteen.
Something must be done with the dis
card
In organized baseball ESQ called) the
biz fellows have no trouble placing
or farming their surplus talent and
such players as are not ripe for the
big show.
The Federal League has no such re-
course at present-and it has enough
surplus players practically to stock
minor outlaw league of six, or even
eight, clubs.
And there you are.
D RESIDENT GILMORE is said to
be looking for the answer in the
organization of the Dixie League,
with much the same circuit as that
mapped out by that somewhat forlorn
rope last summer when it made Its
now historic effort to get recognition
rom the Southern League and or
anized baseball.
The final kick of the Dixie League
$50 far as organized baseball and the
Southern League are conCerned-wa
delivered against a stone wall at the
recent meeting Of the Southern
League magnates in Mobile. Al that
gathering a guarantee fund of 100000
In regular money was demanded as
the first step toward admission into
the fold of organized baseball.
And that was taken to put the
eternal kibosh on the project.
D ROBABLY it did, so far as getting
under the wing of the Southern
League is concerned.
But the Feds, so far as surface in
d.cations go, have been well and am
ply able to paddle their own bateau
thus far And there is no particular
reason known to the deponent why
this ability should suddenly forsake
them when confronted with the prob
iem-which must have been foreseen
of disposing of their surplus help.
Maybe we will have continuous
baseball in Atlanta this summer, after
all.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
SPORTING COMMENT

son and trying to find some flaw
in his delivery through the me-
dunn of the mirror? You can
NOT.
IF there are any defects in the
delivery of this man from Ida
no 1t will take more than a whole
bunch Of mirrors to show them.
Ask any man who ever batted
against him what his defects are
and they start sprinting away
from you. The same Is true of q
couple Of other pitchers that Grit
has on his 1914 staff. Just watch
the gang this old fox is trouping
with this season-this just as q
friendly little tip.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

Cincinnati critic points out with
a great deal of pride that the Rhine
the Athletics. Last year the Athletics
won the worlds championship ana
the Reds finished seventh.
Manager Doom. OF the Phillles, looks
for Pitcher Ben lineup. the Indian to
amount to whole lot this season; Tin
cups only fault is that he is slow in
delivering the bail, and this fault Catch
er Moran is now trying TO eradicate In
the swarthy aborigine.
Catcher RED" Kuhn. of the White
sox, has badly injured his throwing
arm, resulting in he return Of an old
trouble that bothered him a lot last
season. II is feared that he may not be
able TO get into the lineup until we'll
after tho season opens.
Joe Sugden, who has been doing scout
duty for the Detroit Tigers for several
years, has signed to serve in similar
capacity for the st. Louis Browns the
Manager jack Dunn. OF the Balti-
more International League club, admit
ted to-day in Baltimore that he had
heard that Fred Parent. utility man of
his club, had jumped to the Federal
League Dunn would not divulge the
source of his information,
Battiste, an Indian deaf mute from
Cleveland, Is to be given trial In the
box by the Portland, Greg, club Of the
Pacific Coast League
Lefty Leiheld has signed again with
san Francisco, having turned a deaf
| ear 70 many entreaties from the Fed
| erals quarters
once again the Fielding weakness"
of j Franklin Baker, who accepted
more chances than any other third base
man In the two leagues In 1912 and
! 1913 crops out Sequels 10 the Field
| ing Weakness Of ], Franklin Baker are
The pitching Flaws Of Walter John.
! son" "rhe Base Running Faults OF
| CLYDE Milan" THE Home Run Defects
OF Cactus Cravath" and similar works.
That Charley Murphy still retains
his interests In the Chicago Cubs Is
| the belief Of many. He has been mug
zled, that's all George Tebeau held
! his Louisville stock several years ago,
! after II was announced he had quit be-
cause Of public olamor.
! Claude Cooper the Giant outfeldsr.
threatens 20 desert TO the Federals.
Ban Johnson dehes the Federal
/ Ieaguers 10 carry out their threat to
war on the majors.
!
The Dodgers may trade Hummell and
! Heekinger to Newark for Outheder
| Bllly Zimmerman.
Buck o. Brien, former Red Sox pitcher
win slgu up with the Federal League
unless he In able To make more satisfac-
tory arrangements In organized base
BAN that nc has M 10 date
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
BY Ed w. Smith.

T HAT chap who ariiounSed that
= there was nothing new under
the sun didn't canvass the sport
ing field very thoroughly or no
would have revised his views.
There's something new in sport
all the time, and one of the latest
and about the weirdest OF all the
wheezes that have been sprung III
months comes out of Charlottes-
Vile. Va, where Clark Griffith has
his Senatorial baseball team In
Spring practice. =,
RIFFITH has directed that all
: " Of his twirlers go through the
motions of pitching before a mir
ror. the idea OF this being 10 cor
rect the weaknesses and the I'M
perfeetiOns in the delivery of the
men. Griff conceived this idea
long time back, but not until THIS
spring did he actually put 1t into
practice. He figures that the men,
by seeing for themselves exactly
how they look. will be able to
work Off the rough edges.
IT'S hard to say whore Griffith
got this idea, but he might
have obtained it lout OF some old
boxing book. We bark back to
the years of long ago when hrst
breaking into the sporting game.
Then we ran across an old Eng
fish book on the manly art OF
self defense" which perhaps was
the first time this fowery term
was ever used. This book was
full of quaint old English wood
cuts OF the boxer, illustrating the
different blows and guards ana
feints.
G TRANGEST of all in the book
- were a number of illustrations
showing how a man might box
with himself in a mirror ana get
considerable education on the ART
in this way. We never could un-
derstand how this could be, but
the book went into lengthy expla
nations OF It just the same. II
might have been from this source
that Griffith got his idea, or he
might have attained 1t from the
present system of shadow box
ing" that almost every fighter of
the day uses In his training cur
ricuium.
" GU can fancy, can you not
seeing the mighty Walter
Johnson up in front Of a mirror.
going through the motions of
striking out bunch of Ty Cobbs
and iris Speakers and Joe Jack
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
TO HONOR WILLIAMS.

HOUSTON. TEXAS, March a.
There will be big doings In Galveston
to-day when the Yankees go there
for game. Harry Williams, the
graduated from there. will recevis a
gold watch from his admirers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
nAuhERr ON HosPITAL Llsr.

AUGUSTA. GA, March l4.-Old Sol
was on the Job to-day and the bod
gers got another good workout, fol-
lowed by "A game between picked
teams Jake Daubert Is on the hos
pital list, having injured his leg while
running tn hWt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
SCHULTZ ENTERS FOLD.

MACON, March 14.-Joe Schultz
,eli the Boston team last night 10
lsin Rochester at Admission, Ala.
= huItz is the property of Boston but
Prayed with Toronto last year. An
Arrangement was made by Rochester
with Stallings for the transfer this
Year
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
'Topsy' Hartsel Gets
Berth as Manager

TOLEDO. OHIO. March 14.-"Top-
~ Hartsel formerly OF the Phila--
oelphia Athletics, has been secured
as manager OF the South Michigan
League team.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
YALE BEATS PRINCETON.

.. PRINCETON, n. j., March IA
laie defeated Princeton I'm their an
nlal dual gymnastic meet last nighl
ny the score Of 80 TO a.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

oNE INSERTION Of a want al Is often
e. ehough-but by no means always So
same law OF persistence applies, as IN
everything else
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

A Cincinnati critic points out with
great deal of pride that the Rhine
landers have a larger salary list than
the Athletics. Last year the Athletics
won the worlds championship and
the Reds finished seventh.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

Manager Doom, OF the Phillles, looks
for Pitcher Ben lineup. the Indian. TO
amount to a whole lot this season. Tin
cups only fault is that he is slow in
delivering the bail, and this fault Catch
er Moran is now trying TO eradicate In
the sWarthy aborigine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

The Dodgers may trade Hummell and
Heckllnger to Newark for OutAelder
Blllv Zimmerman,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

Buck o Brien, former Red Sox pitcher,
viii Sign up with the Federal League
unless he In able To make more satisfac-
tory arrangements In organized base
bail that nc has M 20 date
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

Claude Cooper, the Giant cutfelder
threatens 20 desert TO the Federals
Ban Johnson defies the Federal
IAaRuers 20 carry out their threat to
war on the majors
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14

" on can fancy, can you not,
j seeing the mighty Walter
Johnson uP in front Of a mirror.
going through the motions OF
striking out bunch Of Ty Cobbs
and iris Speakers and Joe Jack
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-01-30
North Dakota Mans Illusion

J.. Il. Farley returned home
Tuesday from Mobridge where
he had been visiting for a few
He says Mobridge was n
joying a regular blizzard when he
left and that the snow was piled up
in drifts from two to four feet deep
in places. -Gascoyne Advance.
Being from North Dakota and in
a licensed town Farley no doubt
thought the clouds were big now
drifts and tried to wade through
them. At no time so far this win
ter have we had enough snow TO
cover the ground and rs for the
to four feet deep drifts, -
well, Farley a ~just-seeing things.