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V THE ATLANTA UEUKG1AM AM) .NEWS. SATl'KDAY, MA VI". WILLARD TO PIT. QEQRGMM si PORTS' COVERED^- EXPERTS'* DIMmi Hbflilidl r——; rr — 1 PHUDflRT DIIMPU Bringing Up Father :: :: :: ^ :: :: By George McManus By W. W. Naughton S AN FRAN(’I5>< 'O, May 17.—The things moat talked about in connection with the coming heavyweight contest are Jess Wil lards size und Gunboat Smith’s knockout punch. Size is Willard’s main characteristic, while the •’wal lop’’ is what Smith is known by. Wil lard’s size is, of course, something definite, while the wallop is largely a menace, but it is agreed on ail sides that if the two collide and size is subdued by the punch Gunboat will he hailed as a second giant kil ler. You have to look the fellow Wil lard over carefully to grasp how big is. When he stepped on the scales at Seal Rock House a few days ago he weighed 233 r pounds in the nude Ad Wolgast who was present, and whose eyes through con stant training are inclined to focus on the 133 notch, remarked: “He’s a hundred pounds over weight.” 234 Pounds of Fighting Brawn. Just imagine 234 pounds of fight ing brawn, for that’s what it is. Jess is flatstomached and has well-turned legs and broad shoulders. He is a* symmetrically built a ring athlete fis anyone would wish to see, and in this respect he differs from other sky scrapers, who have infested the fight ing platform from time to time He stands six feet five inches, and his disposition to tower caused an amusing incident at his quarters a few (tays ago. Jess lay on his back on the floor, going through certain extension motions. An assistant held his feet down while he rose to a sit ting posture several times. Then the assistant changed off to the other end of the giant and anchored the shoulders while Jess flourished hie shaftlike legs in the air. “My gracious,'’ said a visitor, “he's so long he has to exercise in sec tions.” A Difference of Fifty Pounds. There is a difference of fifty pounds in the weight of Willard and Smith, and this surely is a big handicap to overcome. The disparity seems strange in view' of the manner in which the boxers in other classes split hairs over a few ounces, hut it is a fact nevertheless. Jim Buckley, manager of Gunboat is inclined to lie jocular over Wil lard’s, size. Jim is a believer in the old slogan: "The bigger they are the harder they fall.” But Jim would feel surer of his ground were it not for the manner in which Willard out- boxed the present white champion of the world. Luther McCarty, last Au gust in New York. MERCER DEFEATS FLORIDA IN OPENING BATTLE, 3-1 MACON, GA., May 17.—Mercer took the first game from Florida yesterday afternoon by the score of 3 to 1. It was a good game, steady and fast, hut no spectacular playing Mercer scored early. In the first, with two men down, Gibson walked, stole second and on Rice's hot liner to short, which got through to center, scored. In the fourth Grace walked, went to third on the catcher’s wild peg to first and came home on Farmer’s single. Again in the eighth Roddenbery sin gled. Cochran was hit by a pitched hall, advancing Roddenbery to third and on Wills’ neat sacrifice Roddenbery scored the third and last tally for Mercer. Florid*, scored it.s only run in the sixth. Pulliam walked, went to second on Henderson’s grounder and scored on Price's long drive to center Both pitchers worked well, both allowing only three hits apiece. HOME TMf Slft'VT TPlIvi ^ the morninc - "> <0 Mow IF IT WASN'T L>TC HOW bl£> I *N0W ME WAS WORKIN Pqj. HRS<AWS-I TmOuJHT he? W AS OME of the Party- Got *uot UR MUTWjnr COLUMN * N. rematehing Joe Thomas and Charlie White.” said promoter I). J. Tortorieh, of the Orleans Club of New Orleans, in a recent interview, have only submitted to public sentiment. While I knew that the match was one of the best I could have signed i(p, and while I earnestly thought that Thomas descried another chance, it wus the great demand which the fans made for a return bout that prompted me to bring the boys together again. Their previous scrap was one of the most sensational seen in New Orleans, not even excepting the Cross-Mandot fight. “When the fans saw .loe Thomas go down eight times in the second round, keep getting up until the liell rang and then go through seven more rounds of the most gruelling battle seen here in many years, they decided then that such remarkable gameness and fighting spirit deserved another chance. Thomas wanted it. So did his manager. Joe tiolden. White and his manager said Thomas deserved another bout, and so there was nothing | else for me to do.” Thomas has been working out at TIGERS SELL MULUN TO WASHINGTON BALL CLUB DETROIT. May i7.—Pitcher George Mullin. in point of service The oldest member of the Detroit baseball club, tvas sold last night to the Washington Americans for $2,500. Mullin joined Detroit In 1902, and three times helped to pitch Detroit into the American League championship. His showing tLis spring has not been satisfactory. Mullin said he still could pitch, as good ball as he ever did. KIN 8TR KY H AIGHT AIR SOFT AND SILKY EXFJ-.ENTO never fails to do what it Claims. It stops falling HAIR, cleans DANDRUFF at once, ami just feed* 1 the. St’ALP and ROOTS of the HAIR, and makes HAIR grow so fast that ft is a wonder. Every package is guaranteed. Plain talk: Don’t fool yourself by using some preparation which claims to straighten your HAIR. Kinky HAIR can not he made straight. YOU have to havo HAIR before you can straighten it. When you use EXEL- ENTO QUININE POMADE, it will promote the growth of the HAIR very fast, and you will soon have nice, long HAIR, which will be long, straight, soft and silky. PRICE—25 CENTS, by all druggists or by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. EXELENTO MEDICINE COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. AGENTS wanted everywhere. Write for particulars to-day. the Orleans Club arena for the past three days; He ernes through ten rounds of shadow boxing, does a lot of bag punching, rope skipping and boxing every day now. and will prob ably increase his boxing soon to six rounds. Joe Thomas says he is going to win hack all his lost prestige in this scrap, and he knows that the only way to do it is to defeat the boy who stopped him. Joe contends that White should have been able to put him down for the count, he being in the condition which he was. "If 1 get him like that,” said Joe, “I am going to think it mighty strange if he keeps on his feet. I cannot but believe that White got over a lucky punch and I am hoping that nothing like that ever happens to me again. In saying -this. I do not mean to be little White at all, for I am sure he is a great boxer and will show even more than he did in our last fight, his hand having been hurt and there being so little call for any scientific boxing." Late dispatches from Chicago say that White is hard at work there. White is so confident of winning that both he and his manager admit that it is the money they are getting out of it that makes them accept another bout. The Chicago scrapper is con fident he will repeat, and says he will compel Thomas to listen to the count of ten this time. White claims that his hurt right hand kept him from putting Thomas out in the first bout, but that the hand is as good as ever now and he will be able to put over the winning punch with it instead of with his left. * * * U MPIRE Bill Brennen. of the Na tional League staff, is a dyed-in- the-wool fight fan. hnd lias a bunch of good stories gathered around the t ircuit. Bill hails from St. Paul, the home of Mike Gibbons, the sensational middleweight. Gibbons, being Irish, naturally aroused sentiment in his SPALDINGS ATHLETIC STORE OUT TO-DAY Spalding’s official LAWN TENNIS ANNUAL FOR 1913 Contains records, reviews, direc tory of players ranking, fixtures for 1913. revised constitution and official rules. Pictures of leading players. For sale by all dealers in sporting goods and newsdealers. PRICE 10 CENTS. A. G; SPALDING &BR 74 North Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga. m favor among the ^>oys who keep tab on St. Patrick’s Day and the cham pions who wear the green. Feeling ran so high last winter in St. Paul that two tads got their blood up and agreed to meet in a finish fight. It wag dark, when the ring was pitched, and Pat. being a great favorite everybody wanted to go behind him in hjs comer. By some hook or crook one of Pat’s seconds mistook his antagon ist’s corner for that of Pat and he kept shouting words of encourage ment to beat the band. "Knock his block off.” said he "May the devil take him." He kept this up until suddenly he realized that he was behind the wrong man. Then he cried: "Go long wid ye; you’re no fighter; I kin whip ye meeelf.” Pat’s oppo nent could stand no such talk, and walloped the excited second on the jaw, knocking him out. When he Game to the fight was over and the crowd on its way home. At a late hour the misguided handler arrived in town He would not admit that it was Pat’s enemy who had whipped Him, and, going over to Pat. whis pered in his ear. "Phat in the wurld did I do to offend John L. Sullivan that he should hit me. I didn’t even know he was in the crowd.” BOXING News of the Ring Game After having refused to match Joe Rivers against Jack Britton at the Gar den Athletic Club. New York, Joe Levy, manager of the Mexican, has signed his protege to meet Harry TrendaTi in an eight round bout at St. Louis on tht night of May 28 • * • Jack Britton left New York for Ken osha. Wia.. yesterday. Britton meats Eddie Murphy in the Wisconsin city Monday night in a ten round battle They have agreed to weigh 1S6 pounds it 3 o’clock. Britton stopped Murphy in 11 rounds at Boston last year * * * Patsy Brannlgan and Matty^ MoCqe may meet for ten rounds at he latter part of this month. ilwaukee *P all Jeff O’Connell fell before Matty s mighty right hand wallop Tuesday night it Racine, lasting but ninety seconds In that time O’Connell hit the canvas j less than five times * • • Ed Smith, sporlng editor ofr the Chi cago American, and referee of the bout, says that McCue has the hardest right hand punch of any featherweight before the public today. This boy has stopped ten of his last opponents He simply fits them and they stay down * * * Buck Crouse and Blink McClonkey will don the gloves next Monday night in a scheduled six round scran at Pitts burg. Crouse rules a 10 to 6 favorite. • • * Tom McCarey, the California boxing promoter, has decided to give a diamond studded belt, to become the property of the winner of the Klaus-McGoorty championship match which “Uncle Tom” has planed for the latter part of June. * • • The two middleweights will meet in a six-round fray at Pittsburg, May 24, but neither boy is expected to have a decided advantage over the short route The scran will simply add more interest to their long set-to * * • Bennie Kaufman and Stanley Scully clashed in a six round bout yesterday. The result was a draw • • • Local fans are already trying to dope out a winner in the coming Flynn- Savage go, scheduled to take plgce at the Auditorium here June 9 .lany of LAMB SETS NEW DISCUS RECORD IN COLLEGE MEET NEW ORLEANS. May 17.—One new Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Asso ciation record was broken here yester day when the preliminaries were held. Lamb, if Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical, hurled the discus 117 feet 6 inches, excelling the old record held by Freeland, of Vanderbilt, who made 108 feet. Louisiana State University, Vanderbilt and Tulane showed strength in the sprints. Upton, of Louisiana State University, won both his qualify ing heats in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. Coleman and Smith, of Tulane. qualified. Htahlman, of Vanderbilt, won his trial heats in the J20 and 220-yard hurdle races. In Ihe former events Burris, of Louisiana State University, made the fastest time in winning a heat. Owing to heavy rains during the morning the track was slow r . The finals will be contested Saturday. W i | ORPHINE 1 Opium, Whiskey end Drug Heblt* treated ■ et Home or et Sanitarium. Book oa eubjed 1 Free. DR B. M. WOOLLEY. 14-N. Vlcio, ■ Sanitarium. Atlanta, Georgia. 1 PULL OF SCABS What could be more pitiful than the condi tion told of in this letter from A. It. Avery, Waterloo, N. Y. : We have been using year Tettarlne. It’s the best on earth for skin aliments. Mrs. S. C. Hart was a sight to sae. Her face was a mass of scabs. Tettarlne has cured It. Cured by Tetterine IIS worm ami «U akin troubles, maghal. 50c at druggists, or by mall. CO., SAVANNAH, (jA ■h. ring effect la 6HUPTRINE the fans are picking Savage, due to the latter’s decisive win over A1 Kubiak here some time ago. * • • However, Flynn will not lack for ad mirers According to Jack Curley, Flynn’s manager, the Pueblo fireman is still in the running for the heavyweight title and is keeping himself in great shape by boxing with the big “hopes’* in New York * « * Tom Jones, manager of Jess Willard, and Jim Buckley, who acta In a likewise capacity for Gunbogt Smith, are having a merry little battle on the coast try ing to select a referee for the Willard- Smith match on May 20 Jones refuses to stand for Griffin. * • * Ray Bronson, whose prese agent bills him as the welterweight cham pion, met defeat the other night in New Orleans at the hands of Young Denny, an unknown boxer. • * * Johnny Kilbane will pick up a little loose change early next month at Oak land, Ca. Johnny has consented to meet a boxer named Fox, a little foxy trick of Kilbane’s eh? * • • While Billy Nolan Is manager of Wil lie Ritchie the champion’s title Is safe unless he happens to get knocked out by some third rater in a limited bout. * * * According to reports from Philadelphia Johnny Coulon did not display much championship form when he met Fran kie Bradley the other night. Most of (he papers in the eastern city called the fight a draw. • e * Gue Christie, the Milwaukee middle weight, and Ernie Zanders, who recently returned from Australia, will meet in a scheduled ten round fray at Madison, Wis., May 20 Young McCann and Ed die Ketchel will clash in the semi windup. • • • Luther MeCarty is down to hard work for his 10-round engagement with Ar thur Pelky at Calgary. Alberta, May 24. Pelky has been working with Tom my Burns for 10 days and already is showing improvement. Odds have shortened to 10 to 7 with McCarty the choice. White City Park Now Open Coolon Is “In”--Kilbane Says So © o © © o o 0 Feather Champion Gets a Match Bv H. M. Walker L OS ANGEI.K8. May 17.- What one world’s champion said of another: ‘Til tell you why Johnnie Coulon won’t fight any more. He realizes that h® is all in’—and he’* deathly afraid of being beaten out of the bantam weight championship.” Bo said little Johnnie Kilbane. the featherweight title holder, as we sat in a box at the baseball park last Friday afternoon. "Coulon and I traveled with the same show for several weeks just be fore I came to the. coast. He laid awake nights fretting about his con dition. He knows that he is on the down grade and it’s worrying him to death. I don’t believe he will ever take a chance against either Wil liams or Campi.” The Coulon of two years agq would have toyed with hoys like Campi. Williams and Ledoyx. The Coulon of to-day should step into the open and either make a final fight in defense of the title or announce his retire ment. A world’s championship doesn’t look well in pickle. • * * 1^0 body punch ever hurt Kilbane ^ more than the announcement that “Unk ’ Tom McCarey had matched Ad Wolgast and Johnnie Dundee for a scheduled twenty-round bout at Vernon on June 10. This was tipping the fact that the promoter was washing his hands of a return meeting between Kilbane and Dundee. Also it showed that of the two McCarey considered Dundee the best card. The remarkable situation, a cham pion being held to a draw with abso lutely no demand for a return match, is easily explained. The critical Cali fornia public refuses to enthuse over a boxer utterly lacking in aggressive ness and a decision punch. Frothy cleverness of the slap, run and squirm style cannot he cashed. * * * A S for personal popularity, no two better liked men than the. clean living Kilbane and his honest helper, Jimmie Dunn, ever visited the sou thern rim of the coast. In the north a new featherweight star has developed. His name is Jimmie Fox. Kilbane has signed to box this boy before the Wheelmen's club in Oakland on the night of June 4. The bout is for ten rounds, a fav orite route with the champion. A great crowd of the San Fran cisco sports will crons the hay for a first look at AtteU’s successor. If Kilbane will cut loose and dispose of Fox inside the limit he will find himself a big card in that city. They will want to see more of Johnnie and thiH fact will bring Dun dee to the front as the only rival the title holder has in America. Here’s your chance, Johnnie hoy, throw out the tango teasing and show "the punch." • * • iipHKROKEK" TOM JONES faces v- 1 the opportunity to set a world's record as a "come back” manager of boxers. Up to the present Tom and "Billy’ Nolan have made an even break of it. Nolan’s coin collecting pace as manager of the lightweight cham pion, Battling Nelson, was one never to be forgotten. He was out of the game a few years, hut "came hack” in time to land Willie Ritchie as champion. Jones handled Billy Papke as the middleweight title # holder. Later he grabbed Ad Wolgast and sent him through to the lightweight champion ship as well as a fortune of over $200,000. Tom is now managing Jess Wil lard, who boxes "Gunboat” Smith in San Francisco on May 20 LOCAL GOLFERS PLAY FOR A. L. DUNN CUP SATURDAY The golfers of the Atlanta Athletic Club will qualify over the East I^ake course Saturday afternoon to play for ihe handsome silver trophy offered by Albert L. Dunn. The players will qualify according to their gross scores and as many flights as fill will be played. Match play In the first flight will be from scratch, handicaps applying in all others. GIBBONS LACES M’CARRON IN TEN-ROUND SCRAP NEW YORK. May 17— Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul middleweight, rq established himself in good standing with New York light fans last night when he dealt out a skillful and thorough beating to Jack McCarron, of Philadelphia, in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden Tom Gib bons won the other ten-round encounter from Young Mike Donovan MIKE D0NLIN WANTS TO PLAY IN GOTHAM AGAIN NEW YORK. May 17—Mike Don-* lint* arrived in town yesterday, after a long vaudeville tour. He looked very fit and said that he had been, playing ball in his leisure momenta. ”! think I could help the Giants in. the outfield,” said Michael with a con fident smile, "for I certainly can hit the ball and I’m not as slow as some people think. If McGraw wants me he can pay the Philadelphia Club $1,590 for my release. If not, I'll look for a job somewhere else. But I’d like to wear a Giant uniform once more.” fOBACCO HABIT ¥,u H T Cunvvw nn.i ■ „, all , 3 im pro** vour health, prolong your IWe. 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