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THE nASKER-HERAI.n. ATHENS. GEORGIA' THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 Even That Firpo Guy Will “Knock Off* When “Miss America” Hits The Board Walk Up At Atlantic City I think about, and rub liniment on It may be that as the tight drm near and the big fellow from the Argentine realizes that the time ia growing shorter, he has decided (0 show what he has. If that is true, theiuthe fight at the Polo Grounds wiWrbe a gory one. On the other hand, it may be that the form Firpo showed Fri day was on’y a flash, though we do not think so. If It wasVa flash 1 JESS WILLARD Former. Heavyweight Champion *h»eTjj£mpsr>y-Firpo fight will Ik “ig match with the resul* buttle. JJotU what nil in this con men can he hit.' Dernpm-y hasn't often had to take! the full force Cf a straight blow in j ital place, hut his policy Is t Srllis you ever boxer, and Fir- pnent. i at a gymnasiun It w'll be a prlml bear wlIL rip Into n pile-driver will crash s-satr. about the wallop in punches, but I want t< Firpo hita the hard- have been bent nnd t whirled under the x I know. ihehM syon't fan th< Why In the result a toss up? EQUALLY MATCHED C Will, ns I analyzed their quail- _ lleg in fighting them both and Ir* plunge In rogarillcM of punl.h- j thinking * h "-m over while my brnl.- es healed, they ure pretty equal!) to. , .. | matched, man to man. They an nnio looks from the rlnusldr I lnurh more „ n th( . ram , than as If you couldn't miss him. il« j the crowd in the arena !s going ti as that. Hut thq^ heileyo before the fight starts. ' iroublo comes when you crash horn- The* champion hasn't any wajk your sledgehammer blows and the) over nt nil. To cnilcnger eohuh’ fnll to make any Impression on •hlmj do better later but ho U a f'rst- Ilot»» nave the fighting spirit H clasp fighting xunn now. . That Iff .*u essential clement, and lit Then count In q large elements It isn’t born In a man It caitnot lx ! luck. It is n greater factor In r ..rained into him. They: £ave p!en-j heavyweight fjght than anywhere ty of c mfldence nnd dceftnslmftlon I else in the boxing game. I count. Dempsey' has the mivantagj ip J luck f6r at h ast* 30 per cent. Is lArrier ' apt to be first with a decisive blow The one who lands a knockout need not be the heaviest hitter. JES8 WILL BE THERE As soon ns the gong sounds, a I dope this fight, IX'mpsey will rip into Firpo with everything h has. Dempsey doesn't wait fo them to come to him. Firpo, in our fight, started rigb In the center of the ring, nevet gave any ground nod kept merihg' akny. That' ikhts at: I believe Dempsey will find Fii ready to stick right hlong at pace nnd shoot back, as savagely I he receives. Usually I don't* go to ! fights ipeejntor. I intend not to m] '•xperlenoe. Firpo heavier, atul 1 think stronger. — With big men evenly matched this one. It 'ought (a be' a superbattle 'one is almost ns liable as the othei»fierceness and Intensity. SPORT NEWS HEitT LOOKS FH AIMED .• M SEfiSON; CODl IS I doros. Those nnd tho nldeflnfto standing of Tom nyan, punter, end nnd probable' fallback?. Admittedly, a year back, when tho Commodores ftnged that marvelous 0-0 tlo, the only game In which the Wolverenes failed to score. -Vantfy gave up so much, a win over Tezas almost filled to come to pass. Not only did Var.dy pay a heavy penalty In Injuries to Neely, Morrow and Me- i. ullough, but It left others so atilt and soro they were shadows of the giants who performed against the _ _ Wolverines. They were drained dry v Practice September 10th; Eligibility Seems to ,n ,h0 Michigan combst-dniy tb# — " —* ’ * — * — - dregs were left for Texas and' but for the magic touch uf Jess Neely's presence, crippled as he came from the sidelines, prevented a rout. Firpo’s Left and Then Beats It For the “Beauty Beach.” By BRYAN LUMPKIN ATLANTIC CITY.—Just a, (Of lhe past few days, there was noth ing new in the Firpo camp Friday. Firpo in railing down as a source of newspaper oopy. The same things happen at the sr.me time each day, with usually the same *. 3- suit. Firpo arose at six-thirty Fri day morning and took, a four mile jog along the lower beach. Fol lowed a half hour of leap frog, of which Firpo seems very fond, then a few minutes of bag punching. This was followed by ten minutes in th? surf, a good hard rub down, which left tho tanskln glowing and a light breakfast. Firpo, in his workout Friday aft ernoon. seemed to have rac-ro pep than for the past few days. Kerens tofore, so far ag-we have seen him, and according to the writers at tho ringside,, Firpo has never shown much pep since lie entered, training. The whole thing has. seemed to bore him. But Friday afternoon it was different. The big boy went through hlb. skipping with real vigor, put a lot of spirit Into his shadow boxing and then launched 1hto his sparring partners with a will nnd tho much talked' of - (pit. He iian ttl for r long time he fna not shown much alorg this linn, hut Friday ho turned aloose several straight lefts and hooks that were beauties. . Possibly we have been e itlrely wrong In our estimate of the South American. Wo have never consid ered him aa a menacing opponent j to a tortured foe. of Dempsoy, hut after aeel’vg his HA, HA. WE workout Friday afternoon, ' ) con- I THOUGHT 801 ede him a chance, hut an oulslde I Dally the crowfs-ut the training , ti mco, camp are growing aa the fight - T^e left which he showed hill I “ears and things ought to speed up net worry Dempsey so very much. 1 a hit. for It la too slow, but It has power ’ This town Is rteadlly becoming behind It and’ that may provo the , mere crowded and It Is estimated turning point. To us, he still seems l iat more than two hundred thou- lo In- luted to be cast In .tho role sand visitors will be here for the of the defeated, but Dempscr to .Beauty Pageant. There are quite win had beat be a/blt careful. U P^P' 0 he™ and It Is clear now that Firpo ban they are all anxiously awaltlng,the been Intentionally concealing | arrival of Miss Thayer of Atlanta, whatever he had in his left glove, who will represent the Empire and It may have been disclosed I f ate In the contest. Miss Coney Friday only through a slip of the . Island arrived Thursday and drew mind, nut It was disclosed. E'en a much larger crowd as the photo- the Idas., sport writers clustered1 graph was being taken that Demp- arndtM Itho ring, sn'up nnd, thok sey and Firpo together could draw notes when Firpo cVeshed oved a!here. For the next week the prize Straight lelitb ond bit his partners, flfht will sink Into the background nnd followed by a left hook ,a right I and the attention will be directed to tho jaw and then reverting to to the more Important business of hl» 'Old stylo, u wild Tight ewlqg. Ihe Omt of selecting th.jlrf met, happened to tlml It’s mark who will be crowned as "Miss ami gave the partnotaometlhug to'-America. , ; . i ■AtHensVisitors Among those visiting In Athens Thursday were: W. 2. Murphey, Providence,rR. I.; D. M. Harris, Sumter, s. c.; H. H. Alexander, Augusta, G». - —- B. E. Lester, W. K. Dunklin, Ma eon; George Mason, Pa.; T. R. Sharpe, Savannah; F. H. Webber. Atlanta; J. S. Pace, Atlanta; Wm. Lee. Charlottesville, N. C. T : »: .'teKInnej^'Chjtt*. Bore. Baltimorl Md • v B. McDaniel, AtlantaijijL a tin, Louisville, Ky.; L. a nah.^'U 1 '' M °- ; J - R Harrisburg, v vccslty of Atabsme; Mr i C. W. Chase, Miami r M. H. Barham, Chlchgo; Joe , .. ... . _ . Jacobs, Va.; M. L. Benson, Macon; h"iL 8l ,l),«.»u gQ , r n n 0n nf , J - M - Spinks, Birmingham, Ala.; ?. n „,w! I Balph Dean. Atlanta; Ed Hart. Bd Worrying McGugin; Heavy Schedule ' Will Be Played. NA8HVILEB, Tenn.—Probably ^ard, hard ground. Scarcelywill no w ** e eleven faces a more ae- | they be able to Iron out the klnka \ rc t. st, within the span of 14 of th« Jaunt to .Vnn Arbor where <i i , than dua Vauot rbllt In fcne the Wolverine must be met than rly ftagea of October. For the they clamber nboard the cars for mmod'ofes : roust meet both a combat on Texas turf. To pre- chifrop apd Texas on successive j vent stiffness from two such mus- Wturdaj’s. Ahd both are atsged on clo^attacklng Jaunts Dan McCuKin .hostile sol). :' will be forced to Inoculate his ch the bxttlogrounds Van This time on It hostile field, ♦»n- dy Is certain to he evei more se- Wroly taxed. Tliore la a lafge measure of cordiality tutwocn thr generals In a Mh-Mgan-Vandy turmoil. The Individual and col- commqdorua with an Injection ofjleotlte comhantanta are respect- t travel does to 3,090 Italian rubber In tho raw. fluid .fully and outwardly friendly they will obtain sbun-. atate. their rlvnl coaches. But beneath unity to test the so't- Just now the Michigan and j it nil Is an undercurrent, of bit- 'oilman curs, but only a [Texas battles—one on the hods of i terntss. irappenlugs on the bsse- 11 tawbUa to fit them- fie other—loom aa tho moat dia- hall field, between Vandy and thr cruel contact with the turblng problems to tho Comma-! Wolverines have only tooded to [widen the broach. Thun the Wol •vcrlne-Commoilore combat of thh Autumn shc.uld be beyond qtlea I tlon one of tho most fiercely con . [tested affairs on the calender or l olubcr mnchlne. ! For Mlcblggn Is not apt to again i,ho caught napplnfc. to a certain ex itent. as was the cate last tall 'Vandy fooled fho Wolverines com ' nletely. For against Henderson , Brown the Commodores player' J very sloven football. That gave | Michigan scouts no Idea of thr , Stout strength of thr lommodorer a team tnat stopped 'Michigan In midfield and refused to yield In side the 5-yard line despite tout 'heroic efforts. Ae far away as this It seemr that the Commodores will tare r menu on two successive Ssturdsyr rrom which they can hardly escape .vlthout very acute Indigestion. Vr very strange things happen In foot- ball. Yost will admit to that aftr the scoreless draw with' Vand. here last year. Health in every glass Barley—the grain tKal's used for soups and broth the world over. Rice—the food of more people than ang other cereal. Yeast that Is rfcL'P/pephmsa (adds to digestion) and those l&^vcre—diamines. A little suenr—just enough. Bohemian hops to add thdr tonic properties, taste and tempt- ,n «J“ n 8- Py«ot Stetltaed, aged, made ae only, skill and long experience con make it-This, today, is your Btvo. of talont that had been hoped I Tho loss of Elam, Nell and othi pue .a soveco blow. The backfld '1 ht* not the replacement streni h as of yore. It was Hek Wakefle il whoso pinch printing defeated 8 '■ uunee, bnt To.n Ryan appears I t the minds et tbs, Vandy tutors: r be tike keystone In the Vandy artfi Altogether the ICIommodoro out look Is haiy. There are many un certainties. Botnar Is back' In town looking for all like a con- ventlon of folks. BASEBALL . RESULTS 8TANDINO OF CLUBS southern League CLUBS— w. L. NewOrtean* .A...’.^....95,48 Mobile ... 79 58 airrofughom ../ 67 64, Vashvllle 69 67 MembliU ... \ 66 66 Atlanta 6G 69 Chattanooga 55 80 Uttle Hoc 45 82 NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUBS— W. L Jew York .83 4: lereland 70 5( Detroit 64 58 .525 -t. Louis 63 60 .512 •Vashlngton 61 66 .480 Chicago 56.. 67 .466 Philadelphia ... ....62 71 .423 lost Ji .. 48 74 .352 NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUB8— W. L. Pet Mew York Tincinnatl Pittsburg 75 hlcsgo 71 4L Louis 65 Brooklyn ....CO loston a,.* 43 ’hlladelphla 42 with the hairy cihested South America taking beating. We are frank to confess that aftef seeing the challenger work out Friday that he has raised him self fully twenty-five per cent In our estimation. Firpo Is either, one of two things, a very astute young man. who saws wood and says nothing, and a dangerous contend er for the title, or else tye is the biggest ham who ever drew a chance for the tltldr Oocsjslonally he glances over the faces r.-roung the ring, with a look In his eyes, as thougbjhe were killing all of us and tbatwe were *!ie booths a-d not he. At ofjier imrs, he will slip over a beautiful plow and glance at the'kcribes. as if to say, "Just to show you *hat I can do when I want to.~ % He, Is wijuL. fiction wrtiers- would evil an enigma.‘It Is the serious t ok forever present on Ms face that warrants the thought While watching Tlrpo fain, one thinks of the old Indians, not the cruel tornra uf iorturi; trithsnt, • reservation type, who w^nt through showing any emotion, intil death mercifully came.tHe also jrivcs.the Idea of being able to stand silently by and unemotionally watching the same forms of tori ure applied fWmingttatf!,' Atlanta- JIr B. Hunter, flernoli,,;' . Oreeguny B 0 d; "j. o. A. f J. tbdrldge, OraenjIBrf 8 „; T. J. Mhnihy, 'Clbtel.— J * Williams,| Atlanta. BlackPasfe ShoePolish Positively the onlij polish that will shine oily or damp shoes -No disagreeable odor QUANTITY Basi&elaigest sale in America f. F. Mky Company be. BoEdo, N. V. THURSDAY’S GAMES ■' SOUTHERN LEAGUE Chattnnooya at Atlanta. 1 Mobile at Little Rock. Nashville at Birmingham (two pggv?. X Orleans at Memphis. 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Philadelphia. St Louis at Cblci.10. Only two games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Brooklyn at Boston. Philadelphia at N'ew'York. Cincinnati nt St. Louia Only three game? scheduled. Where Does Youth Begin and End Is Problem For French PARIS—"When does youth be gin and when doetf it end"? This was one of the questions the French Academy hnd to decide re cently during Us wor* on the re^ vision of the dictionary. Some ol the scholars suggested* the per sons between» 20 and 85 yeari\ ol age might M* regarded As young but this. ita£v' ameded • 1 to rea about 35 years" ,and the definition is still unsettled. .A inujority otf the academy mem bers are between 60 and 70. A few are over the latter age while - ten arc yot|nger than A0. y 7c NEW DAM TO OBLITERATE HI8TORIC ENGLI8H VILLAGE DERBYSHIRE.—Tne pictures que villago of Derwept,. with its ducal seat dating back to tho sev enteenth century will be blotted Read Banner-Herald Want Ads. mr Keep It Up JS^ SAVINGS account makes a constant demand upon you for will power. It develops your char acter and not only helps your pock- ct-hook, but it helps to make a man of you. Commercial Bank of Athens Member Federal Reserve System “ASK OUR DEPOSITORS” The alOyear-’round soft drink ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC, ST. LOUIS 10' Henson Bros. & Fulbright Wholesale Distributors * Athens, Ga. The eligibility or Inelllctblllty r.t Tom Ryan spears now to be the key to Vaady prospects. With him they appear formidable enough to hope for another great campaign Without him they are admittedly Weakened. For he can kick and ar :n end is superb. It wex his block- 1 lav bf McCullough on the line of 'lerimuuign In Texas two year, back which chinched the game for Vendarhllt. SALLY LEAGUE CLUBS— . W. L. Pet Charlotte .....31 28 .549 facon 34 .27 .657 parunburg L ...31 '30 .523 pgusta I..30 30 .540 ’recnvllle ...30 32 .434 astonta ...21 32 .310 WEDNESDAY’S i RESULTS ' SOUTHERN LEAGUE Birmingham 5-0; Mobile 5-8. Atlanta t; New Orleans 5. Little Rock-Memphls, rain. Only three games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 8; Boston 4. New-York 8: Philadelphia 3. Only two games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE ! Cincinnati 2; ,Pittsburg 8. Only one game played. bally Teague ’*—»«'a 8: Gastr.nfn 4. , -.rlotte.4-4: Orcenvllle S-L.1 Spartanburg 6j Macon 7. ■ ■ ’ll ! out 1,1 the near ,ut »rc and the pop- ‘ illation numbering several hundred will be obliged to Bud fresh homes. Tho village will bo submerged by the construction of a dam In connection with the scheme of de velopment, of the Derwent Vs Waterboard. Valle, mm If coffee disagrees dr into Postum cjhere* m The Court Of Last Appeal \J Y ' OU are the judge and the jyry. Your verdict is final. Tj^re / can be no appeal—for this is the High Court of Public Opinion. The wares of the world must appear before you—the product of every factory—the merchandise of every storer Those things that fail to measure up to your requirements are quickly con-. demned to oblivion. The manufacturer who advertises deliberately places his mer chandise on trial. He openly courts your critical inspection. He invites comparison. 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