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NEA Extraoiuin-.ry photograph, taken under the difficult conditions of night, shows Jess Willard, former world’s heavyweight champion, taking the count of ten at the hands of Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine giant in the eighth round of a battle staged at Boyle’s Thirty Acres, Jersey City, N. J. One hundred thousand people saw Firpo knock ouf Willard with a right to the jaw. Picture shows Willard on one knee as Referee Harry Lewis counted him out. wearing the Red nnd Black. througi. t them then, you support cnnmimmt»miiimmmimiu»uuo»«wugi Our Big Removal Sale Continues Through This Week SPECIALS EVERY DAY SMITH SHOE COMPANY mamBLinmnmmmnumumuiuuiui,.., T rirciimwiniimss TH* BAWWBB-BEBAU. ATHENS. BTORCIA SPNPAT. JULY 15, 1921 ^ “BOBBY” TIES FOR FIRST PLACE IN NATIONAL OPEN The Beginning of the End ATLANTA GOLFER TIED WITH CRUICKSHANK FOR HIGHEST GOLF HONORS The End of Willard’s Comeback An unusual picture taken at night, showing the crouching attack of Louis Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, landing.on Jess Willard just before he put over the right to the jaw that knocked out the American in the eighth round. A record crowd in Boyle’s Thirty Acres, Jersey City, N. J., saw Firpo win and pave the way for a fight with Jack Dmpsey for tho world’s championship. Westfield Golfer Pulls Miraculous Shots on Final Hole, Tieing Him With Southern Star. Both Golf ers Play 72 Holes in 296. To Play Off Tie Sunday. (By Associated Press) INWOOD COUNTRY CLUB—Playing almost super- human golf, for that is what was needed, Robert Cruik- slif.nl of Shachamaxon Westfield, N. J., tied with Bobby Jones of Atlanta for first place in the National Open Golf Tournament here Saturday afternoon. Jones came in earlier in the day, turning in a 76 for the lest rcund, which brought his total for the 72 holes to 296. Cruikshank got off a prodigous drive from the eigh teenth tee, which was followed by a marvelous second shot from the fairway. He then sunk a four foot putt and by; doing so relied into a tic for first honors with Jon^s. When Cruikshank faced the final hole, it seemed that nothing but a miracle could save him, but the miracle happened, backed by brilliant golf and the Westfield golfer turned the unexpected. BULLDOGS BATTLE CENTER HILL TEAM FOR DISABLED VETS Ins tluiy Imvo all summer thlrty- | five and flfly cents. • The line-up of the visiting team j will he qh follows: I Clrooxor, lib; Barrett, lb; Aker- [ Ido. ir; Bell, hh; L. II. Schmid, 3b; B. Perkins, rf; It, Davis, cf; Law rence, c; G. Perkins, P; Sumlln, p; Johnson, p. 'Monday. July 21, tho University simply so good that they mnko it Summer School, or In other words, - look easy. When you go down to the Georgia Bulldogs, will meet the team of Conter Hill, Atlanta, on 8anford Field, for tho benefit f the Athena Post, Disabled Vet- of the World War. Vhlle this < Is a benefit game, brand of baseball displayed uld bo well nbovo tho aborago. abort look ovo rtlie records that iCentor Kill has Joyed enty-ono games this summer, nnlng 18 of them nnd tie) 13 cue. ot a bad record at all, -Inn It iff considered that this team has met the strongest amateur teams in the state. , Athens fans do not appreciate tho efforts that have been made to givo them a real baseball team during tho dull summer months. Tho Bulldogs seem to win so easi ly that many of the funs get tho Idea that tho games an; set-ups. ey are not. Tho Bulldogs arc that field and watch those boys in a game, you arc looking St tho best amateur bull club In the state of Georgia. It Is a smoother club than the regular Bulldog varsity of last year, In our opinion. They deserve support, however this Is not tho editorial page and we’ll let It go at that. Fred Sale will hurl tho gumo for the Bulldogs and the very best line-up that Coach Bill White can put lin the field will ploy, for Coach nnd the team both want to muke tho game a success for these boys. Tho Center Hill team Is tho only one within our knowledge thnt ever played three games on one day nnd won all three of them. Tills ha opened on the Fourth of July. The game will start promptly at three 'o’clock with tho admission prices remaining at tho same level Baseball Results Philco Diamond Grid Batteries Are GUARANTEED 2 YEARS Why Not Equip Your Car With One and * End Your Battery Troubles. WE SELL THEM ©tSD® SERVICE STATION and Service on All Make Batteries. Call for Your Coupon Card Here. “WE DO IT QUICK” CITY GARAGE & MOTOR COMPANY ^ East Washington Street Across from the Court House STANDING OF CLUBS SOUTHERN LEAGUE cm; us— w. 1, New Orleans -17 30 Nashville ' 48 38 Mombllo 43 30 Atlanta 43 38 Birmingham 36 41 Memphis 35 43 (Tinttnnooga 33 45 Little Bock 32 47 AMERICAN LEAQ’JE CLUiBS— W. L. New York 52 24 Cleveland 43 30 Chicago 36 38 Philadelphia 37 40 Detroit 37 40 Wt. Louis 37 40 Washington 33 41 Boston 29 43 Last year Jones tied for second year ut Skokie, he was one stroke place with the veteran John Blnik behind Gene Sarazen, the winner, at the Skokie Country Club, Chi- J cago, one stroke behind Gene! AHEAD Sara sen, tho winner. J of JOCK This year, Jones was not listed among the favorites to win, as ho Jones Saturday morning picked has not played much golf, being ! „p six strokes on Jock Hutchison, enrolled as a student at Harvard. I the Chicago professional, who was However, after playing two rather , the only man leading him when unimpressive rounds In tho quail- j tlio day’s struggle began. Bobby tying section, Jones began playing j was not playing well i n the early real golf. • holes, getting Into trouble througn Jones and Cruikshank will play l (slightly pushing his approaches. A off the tie for tlitj first place Sun- »ulled tee shot Into a ditch on 1 New Y'ork .. Cincinnati ... Chicago Pittsburg Brooklyn St. Ijouis ..... Boston Philadelphia 8ALLY LEAGUE CLUBS— W. Charlotte 8 Augusta .. 7 Macon 7 Greenville 5 Spartanburg 6 Columbia 2 day. The honor of winning Open Championship this year is even greater than It was last year, as the field of starters was much larger and a greater galaxy of stars wero entered. Jones, uftor golfing In 38, came hack In 37. He played brilliantly on tho inward nine until ho-reach ed the sixteenth hole, where he put r.3ll a ,onK ,ron shot out 1 recovered with the same club to !449>five feet of tho cup and .423 j tho putt. .105' Jones dropped n stroke at tho seventeenth, when ho hooked his second Into n rough at the left and required n five. Ills worst hole wuh tho ?|gh- .5441 leenth, which cost him n 6. Ho drove well enough, but hooped his second and had a mean pitch over a trap to tho green. I!o did not hit the ball firm mougli and tho ball rolled Into a trap nnd Jones then chipped 12 feet beyond the hole and wns down :ln two more.'Card: I'cLijonca. In 3,3 <43 566—37—76 Geno Sarazen, the retiring cham pion. who was paired with Jones, took 80 for Ids last round and fin ished with 310, a position which will leave him far In tho ruck. Jock Hutchison needed a 32 on tho Inst nine to tlo Jones, prac tically impossible. Cnriekshnnk’s Oird: Out 545 552 334—36 Walter Hagen was In trips at n number of holes and took 43 to go out. llngcn’s Card: FRIDAY’S RE8ULT8 SOUTHERN LEAGUE New Orleans 6-3; Birmingham 14*3; necoml game 6 Inning*, dark ness.) Middle 5, Atlanta 4. Memphis 5; Chattanooga 6, Nashville 4; Little Hock 1. AMERICAN LEAGUE N»\v York S; Chicago 4. Philadelphia 7; Cleveland 16. Boston 6; Detroit 4. Washington 8; St. Louis 4. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louts 16: Boston 6. Chicago 5: Brooklyn 1. I'ittNburg 10; New York 11. Cincinnati 21; Philadelphia 7. SALLY LEAGUE Charlottte 0: Macon 9 (forfeit*. Augusta 3; Spartanburg 4. GrccnvlIle-CoHimlda postponed, rain. seventh cost him a five on this par three hole and put him out In 41, but ho cabc back in par figures to get his 76. Like Jones, Hutchison also had trouble on the first nine holes. Jock started badly with a six and also had a six on the short seventh. He, like Jones, scored 41 to tho turn, and ho dropped six shots to the Atlantan’s second 9. Jones started tho morning round brilliantly. His drive and iron to the first wero played with * tho same masterly click ho exhibited nil day Friday. Sarazen, insldo hole, niado a bold bid for a three Jones with his second to the first nnd ran four feet over, missing coming lmck. Jones had gained another shot on Geno and was away with a fine part. The gallery wns pleased. It was largely a Jones crowd. "Bobby will win" was heard oo every side. M*° oonshine Willard, battered nnd bruised, with his brain Still dazed from the terrific blows from tho huge fists, covered with skin-tight leather, oi Luis Angel Firpo, scarcely able t« talk plainly, tells reporters after the fight: “I wish to thank my friends who have stuck by mo through the years, for their cheers. I gave them the best I had. but it wasn’t enough. It's goodbye to tho glovei and ring forever.** I sign tnnt ne out from the security Gi ms corner to face that incessant rain of rights again. j Finally, one of the rights, start Ing below the waist landed flush jon his chin—and the big man sunk to one knee. He tried to rise but weary leg* refused to respond to the command of the big man’s brniiv and he was counted out. Bather pathotic. Of .course many will say, "He was only fighting for tho. money he got.’* No doubt that was the main in centive that brought Willard back into tho ring. But doubtless hidden back In his brain was a vision of had already made nno great step in has nlreudy made one great step in until he met Firpo. Willard had his dreams un^ll he met tho hardened youth from the Argentine Thursday, and then all hl» dreams fell away nnd left him for Just what he was In tho ring— The final round scorn and thoju pitiful old nftm. total for the entire four rounds Out 457 C53 346—43 , Practlrnlly the -entire gallery, hearing thnt Crulckslmnk wns In a position to catch Jones, fell In behind tho New Jersey profession al and Hagen, who wns partner with him. Jones has Been knocking ntthc door In national championships n*rr since he made’ his debut os a •boy wonder" at Merlon (Ticket Club, Philadelphia, in tho amateur championship of 1916 when lie was only 14 years old. Ho wns ruhner- up to Davy Herron In the final of the amateur title hunt at Onkmont, ■ In 1920. nnd on two other oc casions, Jones was a semi-finalist. Septum her, Jones was a semi-fin alist. In the open, which Is a more severe test and against a much faster field .including, as It does, nil the professionals as well as the best nnuifeiirs, Jones has twice finished close to the winner. !<ast for the contestants In tho Ameri can Open golf championship- fol low : P. O. Hart, Marlett, Ohio, 78— 315; Jim Barnes, Pelham, 75—308; Joo Turnesa, Elmsford, 78—309; Thomas J. Harmon, Jr„ Hudson River, 84—324: W. Mehlthorn, North Hills Country Club, St. Louis, 7f»—306; J. Burke, Town nnd Country. 82—321; D. Williams, Shackamaxon, 87—341; Charles Mothersole, Now York, 82—310; Eddie Held, St. Laiuls, 82—316; McDonald Smith, San Francisco, 78—312; Francis Ouimet, Boston, 82—317;C . L. Booth, Putnam, 83 —336. Ed Gow, Weston. Mass, 82—331. ■Bobby Jones, Atlanta, 76—296. Gene Sarazen, Briarcliffc, 80— 310. BULLDOGS LOSE ABBEVILLE, 8. C—(Special) —The Georgia Bulldogs were defeated here Saturday after noon, in a hard fought and bril liantly played game by the Ab beville team, the score being 5 to 2. Pantone, NV'iion, Walker and Powers forced the Bulldog bat tery, wh?le Johnson and Wllk- erson were the local battery. Age is a pitiful thing snmctlmen It is the more pitiful when crushed to earth before the merciless at tack of youth, seeing nothing but the glory ahead. Willard had that same thrill himself once, the same thrill that Firpo had Thursday night. Firpo, somedny, will Kavr the same feeling of seeing his dreams slip away from him, Just a* Willard did Thursday night He will be tho vanquished Instead oi the conqueror—while tho crowd cheers as It also did Thursday night Willard was not a popular cham pion. He will not go down in his tory as one of the greatest. He was too much of a gentleman to bo a great fighter. He will, how* ever, when the record books are scanned by future writers, be list ed ns among the gamest. That's a prophecy. WUlnrd was a Joke to many dur ing his championship reign, our selves Included. We, along with the rest of the rabble wanted to see Jack Dempsey take his title. , MfW After that fight, when Willard movement to get summer, baseball battered to the floor seven times In bfre, but unless you attend Why not patronize the nummci baseball games thnt have been ar ranged here for the dull summer months, in response to many cltl- "We wont summer base- all right to boost whylnhell don’t and our city the first three minutes, kept rising and coming in for more, he rose in our respect. That was one In* cident. Just before his fight with Floyd Johnson a few months ago, Willard showed the stuff he was made of ngain. When the flood waters sweeping through Kansas,’ Willard though his fight was only a few »fiy* off, took his life In his hand* by braving the flood, rescuing sev eral women and children. He even went Into a stable where two horses were trapped, crazed and plunging madly, cut them aloosc and got them out safe. Nerve? Nothing else. games, whal good does all boosting do? Shqlby. Montana, a town of less than 2,000 put on a world champion ship fight. "They went broke, too ” you might say They did, but they put on the fight. Then came his fight with Firpo— the end of the beautiful dream. For eight rounds, Willard took terrible punishment. He stood up under It, though he probably knew that he was a beaten , man. Long before the final round the crowd expected him to fail. How easy It would have been top him to have taken an easy ono and keeled over The fntal 'eighth arrived. Willard, his legs trembling, a sure Then bring It a little nearer home. Many towns throughout the state are having summer baseball. Town* not one half the size cf Athens. They are making it pay too. Why? Because the people who want to see the town grow, do their boost ing nt the games instead of on the streets, s We have the best amateur base ball team In the state. It will be the best team among the southerr colleges next spring. We know It Is the best because they have beat- i teams that were among the best The prices are within the reach of everyone, thirty-five anil fifty cents You see baseball that’s worth n dollar In Atlanta, here for these prices. The team you see now on Sanford Field will be the team you will yell your head off for next spring when they trot out on Sanford Field The above Is on action picture ot Charles E Martin. Managing Edl tor and officall golfer of the Ba- ncr-IIcrald, taken daring one < the cxcltnK moments of his match with Arthur Grlflth, In the final* for the Governor’s Cup at Cloverhurst Country Club. At great danger to life and limb, < Intrepid photographer swapped this picture, catching the shot upon which the match depended. —B. C. L Jack Frost Leads Teammates Hitting BUFORD,—Jack Froet, who once starred bn the mound for the Uni versity of Georgia, is leading Buford hitters, with an average .420, compiled in 12 games. Frost is proving valuable to the Alim clan, both In the role of a hurler nnd general utility man.. He ha> has been used In the outfield snd at first base. As soon as two new players sign ed up by Manager Hall Stride* land appear upon the scene, Buford club will assume the as signment .of playing a hard Bche dulo of games arranged for them. The Allen'hoys to date have wor 14 games, lost 6 and tied 1. BASEBALL RESULTS SATURDAY'S GAMES SOUTHERN LEAGUE Atlanta 2; MoMls 4. New Orleana 6-0; Blrmlnfilum 3-3. Nashville 2; Uttle Rock 7. Chattanooga 10-0; Memphis H NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 16; St. Louie 12. Boston 2-3; Cincinnati 4-1. New York 6; Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 1-6; Brooklyn 2-3 AMERICAN LEAGUE New Ytffk 3;10; Cleveland t-7. Philadelphia 3-6; Chicago S-«. Detroit V; .Washington 8. Boiton 2-6; SL Loula 4-9.