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Wolgast Taking an Awful Chance by Scheduling So Many Bouts
CHAMPION MAY NEED REST AFTER MANDOT FIGHT
By AV. W. Naughton.
, A AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18—In
the matter of drumming up
v fighting dates for Light-'
•eight Champion Ad Wolgast.
. pager Tom Jones is running
F1 j.-k. And it stands to reason he
: :ng so with the full knowledge
consent of his fighter.
it may be that Jones will keep
*. • ■ with Jim Coffroth in the mat
o of bringing Wolgast to San
rancisco for a Thanksgiving day
t 0 s.tr—the writer believes he will
but there is no shutting one's
pv to the fact that Jones is ang
for bids from every promoter
the country.
a man is to be judged by his
pt-. Jones would have Wolgast
h.-v.ng every week between now
an' Thanksgiving and every week
bp een Thanksgiving day and
Xcu Year’s.
At any rate, he seems disposed to
sign for any place where “the in
ritrements are satisfactory.” and
th' without giving a thought to
the possibilities of defeat or acci
dent that attach to any single en
gagement.
Why this recklessness?
What does it all mean?
Nerve—or the Getaway?
I« it. as some suggest, that Wol
gast feels the appendicitis opera
tion has done for him as a cham
pion and that he intends to bunch
hf« fights and go on raking in
purses until defeat calls a halt?
<>-• is it, as others suggest, that
Woigast’s faith in his own invin
cibility amounts to a craze that he
bpiieves he could defend his title
successfully every day in the year
if given an opportunity?
Tn either case Woigast’s methods
are not those of a level-headed
champion nor Jones’ tactics those
of an astute manager, and it re
quires very simple lines of reason
ing to show why.
A world's championship Is the
greatest asset any man who fol
lows fisticuffs for a living can pos
sess What is more, there is no
gainsaying that accident or luck
frequently enters largely into the
attainment of a championship de
gree.
This is proven by the surprise
that changes of championship have
caused from time to time. The bout
" hich brings about the dethrone
ment of a king of the ing often
ii.mvs that the one who is deposed
bt retrograded woefully and would
• » been an east mark for any
■n< r a half do.’.en huskies that
co:r.| be named.
i’ ;• that's neirhe: here nor '.he; • .
T v. inne. v.as l' i« one Im ky
enough ti, s u;>> the match and
th’ ninm . iris become champion
And if he follov. a in the ways of
chainpioth,- xx ho itavi gone before he.
will nurse his title.
Easy For the Champs.
A ehamidon knows what it imans
bi the wax of commanding theatri
dates a;nd big pu’Ses 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 ha.s gained unneces
sarily. He knows that engage
ments —whether of the ring or the
stage—are his whenever he gets
ready to accept them, and that
there is no need to hurry in any
direction. He c.a.n furnish plausi
b « excuses, such as needing a rest
end the like, when pestered with
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challenges, and. above all. he likes
the distinction which attaches to
"earing 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
Wolgast was seized with appen
dicitis at Los Angeles, he was the
same a-s any other champion. He
laid off a whole year once because
he injuied his arm tn a fight. Then.
If he told the truth, he merely ac
cepted short bouts engagements for
the purpose of finding if his newly
mended wing would stand the brunt
of longer matches.
When satisfied with this pojfit, he
took up his 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,
hut 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 the .way
which indicates that it is over
confidence that aids Wolgast rather
than a desire to make a quick
clean-up before his strength’wanes
entirely. His friends were wonder-
CLEMSON HAS HOPES
OF HOLDING AUBURN
Clemson college, oct. is.
The Clemson Tigers have
been buckling down to a
lough 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 time since the Ti
gers have tested the sweets of vic
tory over the Auburnites, but they
are hopeful this season. Clemson
made a rather disappointing show
ing against Riverside last Satur
day, but so did Auburn against
the University of Florida. Clem
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 on the 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
slow and uncertain. Time and
again the smaller Riverside play
ers bowled over the heavier Ti
gers and got to the man with the
hall before he had got into action.
The heavy new men show’ed that
they must go through much sea
soning if they hope to hold the
places that they were thought to
have cinched. They have the
weight and the grit, but they need
action, and then some. Coach
Murphy 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 GEORGI AN ANT) NEWS.EKI DA Y, OCTOBER IK. mi 2.
ing if he had recovered sufficiently
to give his usual account of himself
again# Rive s 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 had come through the
Rivers match in shape to fill them
The Rivers affair 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 t'adil'ac
farm to build up.
The farm must have done won
ders for him, if the wax Jones is
scouring the country so. ring en
gagements at present is to be taken
as an indication.
Unless the program is changed,
one of Wblgast’s battles will be
with Joe Mandot at New Orleans.
To the average spotting 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 ®ees marked improvement In the
way the men are handling them
selves.
Captain Rritt 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 keen
disappointment not only’ to his
team, but to ail 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 always a
hard, consistent worker. Gandy,
another of ihe old men and 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 the Citadel
on the Clemson campus. October
26, the varsity will he picked for
the game with Carolina.
SMITH IN WASHINGTON:
TO GET PLAYERS THERE
WASHINGTON, Oct 18. Manager \V.
A. Smith, of ihe Atlanta Baseball asso
ciation, is here for a daj or two He has
been closeted witii Clark Griffith, manager
of the Washington team, am! it is known
that Griffith xx ill turn some men over to
Atlanta before Smith leaves.
In a fexv days Smith leaves for his home
at Springfield. Ohio, where he will be for
several weeks He w:ll then journex io
Atlanta to stay- until the Cracker tea n
makes its first trip in the season of
PENNSY WORKS IN MORNING.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 18.—There
was a stiff session of signal drill bx
the University of Pennsylvania squad
on Franklin field this morning prepar
atory to the departure of the eleven for
Providence. R. 1.. where the team plays
tomorrow
TECH IN NO
i SHAPE FOR GAME i
Hinn
rpHK Tech varsity football team
| is far from being up to
standard this week, and will
face Metier with a weaker line
up than that used against Ala
bama last Saturday.
Right at this stage of the game
hatd luck has overtaken the bunch
and things look kind of gloomy for
Saturdax.
Loeb has not scrimmaged this
xveek and will most iikely be out of
the game on account of his leg and
ankle. This is a heavy lose, as
Loeb knows how to handle the ball
better .than any man on the squad.
It’s a Sad, Sad Story.
I’beley will not be able to go with
the team, as he has a compulsory
examination Saturday morning.
I his will mean a heavy loss?, as he
is going strong and knows the
game.
"Scrappy” Moore Is in the hos
pital with tonsllitis. hut 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.
In the last scrimmage of the week
I held on I hursday 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, tl to 6.
Team Leaves Tonight.
The team leaves for Macon Fri
day night. Those who will go. in
addition to the team, are Coach
Heisman and Professor W. N. Ran
dle.
Ihe men who will compose the
team are: Tankerman. captain; Hu'-
ton. Goebel. Hodges, Moore, Means.
Stegall, \\ elchel. 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, were
the star strike-out men of the organi
zation.
McTigue did some remarkable fanning
feats. The most dazzling of them were:
Struck out nine 'Toronto batsmen in
five innings upon relieving Taylor July 7.
Struck out ten batsmen in seven-inning !
game July 20.
Struck out eleven 'Toronto batsmen •
September 7.
Struck out nine Toronto batsmen Sen- •
t ember 11.
Struck out eight Providence batsmen I
August 7.
Struck out seven Rochester batsmen
July 13.
Struck out seven Toronto batsmen July
1 * •_,
Struck out seven Providence batsmen
July 27
Struck out seven Buffalo batsmen Sep
tember 2.
E<l Ix'tfitte got twelve Rochester bats
men on strikes in a fourteen-inning game
that Providence \\on, 2 to 1. on June 27.
His other distinguished performances,
were:
Te.n Baltimore batsmen September 21. ’
Seven Buffalo batsmen July 3
Seven 'Toronto batsmen July 22
Seven Buffalo batsmen August 3.
Seven Buffalo batsmen August 2R <ten
innings i.
Seven Jersey Pity batsmen September |
12 «twelve innings).
mckenzie & co. will
RACE STABLE AT JUAREZ
I? »UISVILLE KV . < , IS The I’. J. !
Mackenzie ,<■ Co's stable, consisting of]
Buckhorn. Melton Street. Helen Barbee. I
Fountain Square and two yearlings, has '
been snipped 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 l.atonia 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 Falls City
handicap, which In won The colt's teeth
were nearly knocked out of his bead 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 feu days Mr. Mackenzie and
Trainer Adkins xvill leave for California
and take up a big band of thoroughbred
youngsters, which the former purchased
last summer, and all these will be also
shipped to Juare.z soon. This firm this
winter will race one of the biggest sta
bles ever shipped to the Juarez, course
The string of of R. T. Mackenzie ,8- 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. C.
Strouds is working hard with the Me
ver eh ven. 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 th*
Baptists, he made h number of impor
tant changes in the fine up Carson
has replaced Holman at center, Irwin
’goes to qua'i« r instead of Jameson,
Sams, a new man. has been put at end.
and Forrester has been shifted to
tm kh*. Sam Jameson, son of President
S Y Jani 1 son. will not b»* a member of
the eleven any longer. When the coach
decided that Jameson would not do al
quarter and assigned him to end. his
father. D; Jameson, declared that it
his son was not good enough for quar
ter lie was not good • nough for end,
and that If changed he < <>uld not play.
Coach Strouds was thin, however, and
so Jameson is not practicing with the
eleven any longer.
CHANCE ISN'T MANAGER:
STATUS NOW UNCERTAIN
CHICAGO. Oct. 18 Frank L Chance
ceased tn be manage: of the Chicago Cubs
with the stroke of 12 Tuesday night
Ilfs contract as b,.ss of th" West Side
machine expired at hat time and the fan
army Is fearful wondering and expec
tant. eagerly awaiting the next move In
the great drama presented as co-stars the •
P. 1. and Mogul Murphy.
SOME FISHING. THIS!
•’HARI.EeTON S C . oc< 18 William
E Simon-, a former Ne» York yachting
reporter, is the < bamplon has* fisherman
of charleston Vcsterda- - augb*
in'iti a rod ami reel j pound tlah. the t
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COTTON STATES LEAGUE
WILL PROBABLY GO ON
JACKSON. Oct 18. The hoard of
directors of the Jackson Bat-eball asso
ciation have decided that if the Cotton
States league can be reorganized for
the 1913 season the Capital City will
■ 'tain its franchise and play hall in
accordance with whateve terms re
garding salary limit the others may
dictate.
This 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 want to quit the game while
tn the hole.
It ! s believed that the same teason
"ill p ompt directors at othet town- on
the ci; cult to stick to tm league. Presi
dent Lewis will call a meeting during
the mxt ten days for the purpose of
formally awarding the 1912 pennant
and discussing plans for next season.
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<’H ATTANOOGA. TENN., Oct IA,
Thp <’hattanooga club has purchased Out
fjelder Ellston from Providence and <>ut-
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The draft on Powell, of Spokane, has
been withdrawn. Ellston < nine to t’hal
in a deal wph Charley Street, the
old Washington catcher.
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ITHACA, N. Y., Oct. 18.—Night foot
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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
rector and to defray the other expenses
of their department-
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women’s department on the fourth floor
of the church as club rooms, and when
the church gymnasium is put. in
they will have regular classes twice eacii
week, on Tuesday and Friday' evenings
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ary calisthenic work In the club rooms.
This season the young women will pul
a basket hall 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 ir
the Wesley Memorial Sunday school spen’
(he entire summer at the camp of the
boys club of the church on Silver lake.
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