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Wolgast Taking an Awful Chance by Scheduling So Many Bouts
CHAMPION MAY NEED REST AFTER MANDOT FIGHT
Bv W. W. Naughton.
FRANCISCO, Oct. 18.—In
the matter of drumming up
fighting dates for .. Light
. . a nt Champion Ad Wolgast.
vlpriger Tom Jones is running
gmuck. And it stands to reason he
>s doing so with the full knowledge
nd consent of his fighter.
It may be that Jones will Irpep
with Jim Coffroth In the mat
„ • bringing Wolgast to San
i.’rnnci*co for a Thanksgiving day
. the writer believes he will
there is no shutting one's
. the fact that Jones is ang
■’■■> bids from every’ promoter
country.
,i man is to be judged by his
Jones would have Wolgast
x g every week between now
tank-giving and eve y week
Thanksgiving day and
\. ■ Year’s.
A: any rate, he seems disposed to
for any place where "the In
dia. ments are satisfactory," and
•his without giving a thought to
■osstb'lities of d< feat or acci
.'»n that attach to any single en
. s mont.
'A h . this reckles. nes -
'Altai does it all m°an’.’
Nerve —or the Getaway?
I. >t. as some suggest that Wol
<rast feels the appendicitis opera
’l .n bus done for him as a cham
pine and 'hat be intends to'bunch
his fights and go on raking in
purses until defeat calls a halt"
in. is it. as others suggest, 'hat
v ..'e.ist’s faith in his own invin
ihilitx amounts to a craze that he
belli te< lie could defend his title
s-fti'ly every day in the year
' glv. n an opportunity ’.*
In either case Wolgast's methods
. rot s< of a level-headed
. >:• io.t no: Jones’ tactics those
as ate manager, and it re
ii- s very simple lines of reason
ing to show why.
A wo 'd's championship is the
. a; l .;<set any man who sol
o \ - fl ibuffs for a living can pos-
What is more, there is no
..linsaying that accident or hick
r.quently enters largely into the
uiiainm nt of a championship de
gree.
T . - i- proven by the surprise
t.i.i- changes of championship have
laitsed from time to time. The bout
v hieh brings abort? the dethrone
ment i f a king of the : Ing often
- i'i’a < that the one who is deposed
h s retrograded woefully anti would
iia\ been an easy mark for any
■ ne of a half dozen huskies that
■ ouii! be named.
Rut that's neither here nor there.
Tin winner was the one lucky
■ tiough to secure the match and
'he winnet has become champion.
And if h follows in the ways of
• .nut ion- ..hohavt gone before he
v. i. iiu,.-r his title.
Easy For the Champs.
A champion knows what it means
in the way of commanding theatri
da'es and big ptnses for fights
■ come. He knows that every
man of his weight in the game is
after his scalp and he will not risk
the prestige he has gainetl unneces
scil Hi knows that engage
iii tits —whether of the ting or the
stage -ate his whenever he gets
readv to accept them, anti that
' wre t- no need to hurry in an\
tiion. He can fnnish plaust-
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challenges, and, above all, he likes
the distinction which attaches to
wearing the laurels. Unless he is a
freak he will use every artifice cal
culated to keep him atop of the
heap for a long time.
Prior to last November, when
\X olgast was seized with appen
dicitis at Eos Angeles, he was the
same as any other champion. He
laid off a whole year once because
lie injured his arm in a fight. Then,
if he told the truth, he merely ac
cepted short bouts engagements for
she purpose of finding if his newly
mended wing would stand the brunt
of longer matches.
When satisfied with this point, he
took up bis championship duties'
again. He fought at Intervals, but
showed no undue haste in making
matches He kept Freddie Welsh
at arm's length for quite a while
but finally agreed to meet him in
the Vernon ring. It was on the eve
of the affair in question that Wol
gast was taken down with appen
dicitis.
Ad Certainly Confident.
Here is something, by she way,
which indicates that it is over
confidence that aids Wolgast rather
titan a desire to make a quick
elean-up before his -trength wanes
entirely. His friends were wonder-
CLEMSON HAS HOPFS
OF HOLDING AUBURN
CLEMSON t'OLLEGE. Oct. 18.
The t’lemson Tigers have
been buckling down to a
tough job this week trying to get
into shape for the taking of the
scalps of the Auburn braves on
Saturday on the Auburn field. It
has been some titne since the Ti
gers have tested the sweets of vic
tory over the Aubut nites but they
are hopeful this season, t’lemson
made a rather disappointing show
ing against Riverside last Satur
day, but so did Auburn against
the University of Florida, t’lem
son could have done better if the
varsity had been put in at the be
ginning *of the game. The varsity
did not go in\ for more than one
quarter. True that was the last,
when the Riverside boys were rath
er fagged. The work of the Tigers
was not up to the standard by a
long shot, especially o .< offen
sive. The defensive work was
fairly good.
The game with Riverside showed
several weak places in the line that
have been receiving considerable
doctoring this week. The line was
off color. The players seemed
.-■low and uncertain. Time and
again the smaller Riverside play
ers bowled over rhe heavier Ti
gers and got to the man with the
ball before he had got into action.
The heavv new men showed that
they must go through much sea
. soning if they hope to hold the
places that they were thought to
have einched. They have the
wi igltt and the grit, but they need
action, at then some. Coach
’.lurphy has been telling it to them
straight this week, and they will
likely show a different sort of go
ing on Saturday. Coach Dobson
has likewise been drilling the backs
in the fine points of the game, and
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.ERIDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1912.
ing if he had recovered sufficiently
to give his usual account of himself
against Rivers and the little cham
pion, through his manager, was
bargaining for other matches while
the Rivers affair was still unsought.
He wanted a date in San Francisco
for late in July, and another for
August, and yet another for Sep
tember. He would have got them,
too. if he bad come through the
Rivers match in shape to fill them.
The Rivers affait laid Ad on the
shelf for a while. He admitted he
was in a bad way and announced
that all dates were cancelled, and
that he was going to his Cadillac
farm to build up.
The farm must have done won
ders for him, If the way Jones is
scouring the country for ring en
gagements at present Is to be taken
as an indication.
Unless the program is changed,
one of Wolgast's battles will be
with Joe Mandot at New Orleans.
To the average sporting man it
seems as if Wolgast should refrain
from signing any other set of arti
cles until the New Orleans matter
is disposed of. Joe Rivers sent
Wolgast to the farm for a few
months and then Mandot came
along and defeated'Rivers signally.
What assurance Is there that
Wolgast will not require anothe
lay-off after the New Orleans go?
he sees marked improvement in the
way the men are handling them
selves.
Captain Britt is still out of the
game on account of a bad leg. and
it now seems that he will be out all
season: in fact, for keeps, since
this is his senior year. It is a keep
disappointment not only to his
team, but to all the lovers of the
game, as well as to himself, that
he can not lead his men. He is
one of the sturdiest of linemen, not
of the dashing kind, but vays a
hard, consistent work< > Gandy,
another of the old i en r id one of
the big fellows, has been out of
the line for some time with stom
ach trouble. He may get Into the
game with Auburn. James, a grit
ty half, has about recovered from
a similar trouble and is practicing
again.
After the game with lite Citadel
on the t’lemson campus, October
26, the varsity will be picked for
the game with Carolina.
SMITH IN WASHINGTON:
TO GET PLAYERS THERE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. -Manager W.
A. Smith, of the Atlanta Baseball asso
ciation. is here for a day or two. He has
been closeted with Clark Griffith, manager
ot the Washington team, and it is known
that Griffith will turn some men over to
Atlanta before Smith leaves
In a few days Smith leaves for his home
at Springfield. Ohio, where he will be for
several weeks. He will then journey to
Atlanta to stay until the Cracker t'eavi
makes its first trip in the season of lillih
PENNSY WORKS IN MORNING.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 18.—There
was a stiff session of signal drill by
the University of Pennsylvania squad
on Franklin field this morning prepar
atory to the departure of the eleven foi
Providence. R. 1., where the team plays
tomorrow.
TECH TEAM IN NO
SHAPE FOR GAME
WITHMERGER
THE Tech varsity football team
is far from being up to
standard this week, and will
face Mercer with a weaker line
up than that used against Ala
bama last Saturday.
Right at this stage of the game
hard luck has overtaken the bunch
and things look kind of gloomy for
Saturday.
Loeb has not scrimmaged this
week and will most likely be out of
the game on account of ills leg and
ankle. This is a heavy loss, as
Loeb knows how to handle the. ball
better than any man on the squad.
It’s a Sad, Sad Story.
Coeiey will not be able to go with
the team, as he has a compulsory
examination Saturday morning.
This will mean a heavy loss, as he
is going strong and knows the
ga me.
"Scrappy" Moore Is in the hos
pital with tonsilitis. but will be able
to play if the weather is good.
Fielder Is in bad shape. His feet
and legs are out of condition.
in fact, the whole team is crip
pled and will not be in the best or
anywhere near the best condition
Saturday.
Tn the last scrimmage of the week
held on Thursday the scrubs bucked
the ball the whole length of the field
and scored on the varsity and then
allowed the "big team" to make
only one touchdown, thus tying the
score, 6 to 6.
Team Leaves Tonight.
The ream leaves for Macon Fri
day night. Those who will go, in
addition to the team, are Coach
H< isman and Professor W. N Ran
dle.
Die men who will compose the
team are: Tankerman, captain: Hut
ton. Goebel. Hodges. Moore. Means.
Stegall, Welchel. Goree. Cook. Mc-
Donald, Montague. Feldman, Field
er. Thomasson and Loeb.
DIXIE-BORN PITCHERS
ARE STRIKE-OUT STARS
Two Southern lads. Pitcher McTigue, a
native of Nashville, and Pitcher Ed La
fitte. born an Atlantan, who worked in
the International league this year, weri
the star strike-out men of the organi
za I ion.
McTigue did some remarkable fanning
feats. The most dazzling of them were:
Struck out nine Toronto batsmen in
five innings upon relieving Tailor July 7.
Struck out ten batsmen in seven-inning
game July 20.
Struck out eleven Toronto batsmen
September 7
Struck out nine Toronto batsmen Sep
tember 11.
Struck out eight Providence batsmen
August 7.
Struck out seven Rochester batsmen
July 13.
Struck out seven Toronto batsmen July
Struck out seven Providence batsmen
July 27.
Struck out seven Buffalo batsmen Sep
tember 2.
Ed Lafitte got twelve Rochester bats
men on strikes in a fourteen-inning game
that Providence won, 2 to 1. on June 27.
His other distinguished performance'
were:
Ten Baltimore batsmen September 21
Seven Buffalo batsmen July 3.
Seven Toronto batsmen July 22
Seven Buffalo batsmen August 3.
Seven Buffalo batsmen August IS it
innings).
Seven Jersey City batsmen Septemb'.
12 (twelve innings).
Mckenzie & co. will
RACE STABLE AT JUAREZ
LOUISVILLE. KY . Oct. 18 The P. J
Mackenzie & Co. .* stable, consisting of
Buckhorn. Melton Street. Helen Barbee.
Fountain Square and two yearlings, has
been shipped by Trainer J. D. Adkins to
the Jockey Club Juarez track, where the,'
will be campaigned the coming winter
Buckhorn thus forfeits his engagement
in the Latonia Autumn Inaugural handi
cap, which, however, is mainly due to the
fact that he was kicked in the mouth in
his last race at the Downs, the Fulls City
handicap, which be won. The colt's teeth
were nearly knocked out of his head by
the heels of one of the other starters,
which forces a temporary let-up in his
training. As 'trainer Adkins did not
care to race Helen Barbee any more for
the present, he got Mr. Mackenzie’s con
sent to ship the string to Mexico today.
In a few days Mr. Mackenzie and
Trainer Adkins will leave for California
and take up a big hand of thorough bred
youngsters, which the former purchased
last summer, and all these will be also
shipped to Juarez soon. This firm this
winter will race one of the biggest sta
ble* ever shipped to the Juarez course
The string of of R. J. Mackenzie \. Co.
in Mexico will number about thirty or
more horses.
STROUDS SHAKES UP
TEAM: JAMESON IS OUT
MACON. GA.. Oct. 18. —Having re
covered from his illness. Coach C. U.
Strouds is working hard with the Me:-
cer eleven, trying to whip the team
into fighting shape for the game with
Tech in Macon tomorrow. As soon as
the coach took active charge of the
Baptists, he made a number of impor
tant changes in the Hne-up Carson
has replaced Holman at center. Irwin
goes to quai ter instead ot Jameson,
Sams, a new man, has been put at end.
and Forrester has been shifted to
tackle Sant Jameson, son of President
S. Y Jameson, will not be a member of
the eleven any longer. When the couch
decided that Jameson would not do at
quarter and assigned him to end, his
father. Dr. Jameson, declared that if
his son was not good enough for qua •
tot he was not good enough for end,
and that if changed he could not plaj
Coach Strouds was firm, however, and
so Jameson Is not practicing with th'
eleven ani longer.
CHANCE ISN’T MANAGER:
STATUS NOW UNCERTAIN
CHICAGO. Oct. 18.—Frank L Chance
ceased to he manager of the Chicago Cubs
I with the stroke of 12 Tuesday night.
His contract as boss of the West Side
; machine expired at hat time and the fan
arm? is fearful, wondering ami expec
tant. eagcly awaiting the next move in
i the great drama presented a* co-stars the
‘ P. L. and Mogul Murphy
SOME FISHING. THIS:
I CHARLESTON. S C . Oct 18 William
E. S inons, a former Now York yachting
reporter, is the champion bass fisherman
lot Charleston Vesterda; he caught
I with a rod and reel a pound fish, the
biggest ot the season.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE
WILL PROBABLY GO ON
JACKSON, Oct. 18.—The board of
directors of the Jackson Baseball asso
ciation have decided that if the Cotton
States league can be reorganized for
the 1913 season the Capital City will
retain its franchise and play ball in
accordance with whatever terms re
garding salary limit the others may
dictate*
Th<s decision is actuated not only by
a desire on the part of the directors to
keep the Cotton States league in ex
istence, but it is also a matter of self
preservation. as the directors have per
sonally assumed the outstanding in
debtedness of the association, amount
ing to something like $4,000, and natur
ally don't wgnt to quit the game while
in the hole.
It is believed that the same reason
will prompt directors at other towns on
the circuit to stick to the league. Presi
dent Lewis will call a meeting during
the next ten days for the purpose of
formally a wattling the 1912 pennant
and discussing plans for next season.
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fielder Forsythe, of the Pallas, Tex., duh
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WESLEY MEMORIAL GIRLS
TAKE UP ATHLETIC WORK
In the absence of an athletic club for
women in .Atlanta the young women of
Wesley Memorial church have organized
an athletic department of their own and
are doing advanced work along regular
lines.
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church or anyone else they have raised
sufficient funds to employ a physical di
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of their department.
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women’s department on the fourth floor
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the church gymnasium Is put in shape
they will have regular classes twice each
week, on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
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This season the young women will put
a basket ball team in the field. They
plan a schedule of games with teams rep
resenting the female colleges of the state
and such other girls' teams as may be
open to engagements.
Quite a number of young women in
the Wesley Memorial Sunday school spent
the entire summer at the camp of the
boys’ club of the church on Silver lake.
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