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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Sb^°ck: of Old Had Nothing on Our Modern Fighters at the Game of a Pound of Flesh
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And the Paper Is Still Waiting for Jeff’s Story
By ‘Bud’ Fisher
SUFFRAGETTES
Miss Ravenscroft Loves the Game
Better Than Anything Else.
Here for a Good Time.
-ITT II.MING-TON, DEL., Nov. ;9.
Wj -Miss Gladys Ravenscroft,
* ^ ( .f Bromborough, Cheshire.
England, champion woman golfer of
the world, has her own ideas about
thing?
\\o,n ei.e was here recently she
w told what a militant suffragette
s;e would make.
ve no sympathy with these nilli-
. - replied hotly. “1 hey
ha ,„p “0. They are un-English.
The militants ought to play golf and
work off their nervous energy that
wav People who play golf are less
liable to outbreaks."
But you—an athlete- •"
ijolt doesn't demand athletic nbii-
U> That's why I love It. Of course
I'm strong, but the game doesn't re
quire strength. It's the knack and
skill that win.
“And that's precisely why gol' is
the very best sport in the world for
women. Any girl with a good eve
and a steady hand can learn to play
a fair game.
"Better than that, golf takes
women out Into the open, where t iey
oan’t help getting plenty of fresh air
and sunshine. And they can t . elp
walking. , , ...
• The walking in the chief thing
about golf, anyhow. I’m told that
your American girls are taking n ore
pxercise than they used to. If t'ne>
haven’t access to golf links, by ail
means let them walk as our Eng ish
girls do.
“Anybody can walk—anywhere.
Maybe that’s why English girls ire
supposed to be synonymous vith
health.
“Now, remember. I’m no ‘femin st.
I know the limitations of our sex.
And I know that a man’s game be its
a woman's, by nine points. I suppose
that’s just* the extent to which y ur
male champion is better than I am.
I wouldn’t dare to challenge him.
• Really, golf isn’t my primary n-
tereat, anyhow’. I didn’t come to
America grimly determined to vin
hampiofuihlp. I came to hay a
good time. I’ve had It.
“It’s the play I like rather than
ihf' glory. I've been playing for ix
years. I’m 25 now. My father vas
t hockey player I have one younger
sister now playing golf.
“My two brothers play. . Yes. Tm
ashamed to confess that I can tof-at
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BOXING
News of the Ring Game.
Carlisle Ranks Next to Harvard
*!* • -I'
Indians Have a Great Record
Gunboat Smith has left New York or
alifornia. presumably to fit himself or
» twenty-round mill with Arthur Pe <v
! in Prisco on New Year's Day The j ir
1 clash for the white heavyweight clift 1-
pionship of the world.
* * *
, It Is almost a sure thing now that tie
bout between Carl Morris and Jess V il-
lard will be fought in New York )e
cemher 2. Tom Jones. Willard’s rnaa 1-
jger, lias secured the consent of Char y
Murray, the Buffalo fight promoter, to
, permit Willard to box Morris bciftre
„ t ^’* ces °n "One-Round” Davia at
i Buffalo.
* * *
Danny Morgan lias wired Dan McK-t.
j rick to send all his American fight-”s
1 home with the exception of Frank Jo-
ran. Morgan has several fights for then
in this country.
* * *
Frank Baker. Mike Saul, “Kid" Yon g
Und Meyer Pries, local boys who fotfgit
in Athens Thursday, deserve mn h
t> f P r sreat they put To.
. 1 he Baker-Saul scrap was one of 1 e
prettiest bouts ever staged around here,
while ^ oung and Pries also put up a
| corking mill. v ¥
* * •
. T h ^, may say t,ia t Mike Saul is all h,
j ^eriainly one dangerous be .
I ne of Mike g left hand wallops caug 1
taker in the stomach Thursday nig 1
n the third round and Frank hit tie
^anvas for the nine count. It was op
i n r ^ great ring generalship th; t
I inally brought him through a winner 1
the seventh round on a foul.
* # *
George P’Knockout”) Brown yeste
nratched to box twenty roun^i
1 th 0 i Jll ^u Mynn Ht Dueblo on Decei
Jntr. 81 ' F^ e vw£ reek has re ceived a gua:
antee of $1,000, with a privilege of 27 .
I per cent of the receipts.
* * *
ItnnVlf < f.°, l<i, 7!o n ! Wl '° d<K, k'< i out of b .
Hr. L * lth , Spider" Britt at AthSl.
Iihkl T 111 never be able to 4u
I ; Gorman agreed to box forf.
It am °Bnt, but on the last day trie
Ln 0 h ° ? th ^ Athens promoter. Bo>
r s . the Goldman type should l-
jtiarred from all rings.
* * *
O’Rourke has been granted »
license and will reopen his ( It
in New York in several weeks.
* * *
1 ^Datie and Knockout Brerna
l ave been matched for a twelve-rout
X° l J n S9town. Ohio, on ITecea
*• Both boys rank near the to:
F" the middleweight division.
* * +
Tom MoCarey is waiting 10 lies
i£21 et i h . ,n|r <3eflBite fr °m r>anny MorgS
fcS?' r n ,T lf a ¥° betwe «b Jack Britt©
r^K2. ud ,^ raon ® ome tlni ® In ] %
u r G McCarey is anxious to arrar*^
for Dec ember 16 Morgjr
Ter 20 1116 RCrap to be held on DeceE
i * * *
Ir»rt£r^'* K,TT1RS- Orleans boy vrib
t, ***1. 80 g'^'d here shout a year a£
^anxious to come back to Atlanta »■
^ Tne Dng engagements. Thomas is ps*i
cuiar ,y after a match with Franki
pvnitney.
* * *
“I had gone stale." This Is the
?*? ?' lren b y Leach Cross for his ..
»at after twenty rounds of hard ig|
£s by Joe Rivers the M.\[ •
rntirsdav afternoon t’ros. said th
liv. M ,A ralne ' 1 to the limit for .
.g t vrith Willie Ritchie, and 8
■umped badly after that battle.
By Hugh R. Miller.
C ARLISLE, PA., Nov. 29.—A re
sume for the season of 1913 of
the work of the Carlisle Indian
football team put into a few words
might say that Glenn S. Warner,
recognized as the Connie Mack of
football, took an aggregation of seml-
trained Indian youths who had Indi
vidually hitherto had comparatively
little responsibility in playing the
great college game, and in less than
twelve weeks had built them into one
of the most remarkable football ma
chines America has ever seen.
That there may be no doubt aa to
Carlisle’s position on the American
championship question, it may be
said authoritatively that the Indians
concede the championship to Har
vard. but think that Carlisle is
unquestionably entitled to second
place by reason of their decisive de
feat of the great Dartmouth eleven,
who had beaten Princeton and Penn
sylvania. There is but one thing to
explain so far as Carlisle’s season
record Is concerned. The defeat by
Pittsburg, while greatly to Pittsburg’s
credit, was not only an early season
game with a raw Indian team, unde
veloped and with the breaks of the
game favoring the Pittsburgers, but
as in the case of the tied score
against Pennsylvania it was a con
test in w r hich the details of play
showed conclusively that Carlisle out
played their opponents.
* * *
AT the season’s opening the Indians
CV faced by far the most pretentious
schedule from the standpoint of the
number of games and prowess of op
ponents looked forward to by any
eleven. To start with, the great
Thorpe was lost to the New Y’ork
Giants. Such stars as Arcasa. who
had earned the applause of the coun
try at quarter; Bergle, a seemingly
invincible center; Steam Roller Pow
ell, Tackle Hodge and the remarkable
ends, Large and Williams, together
with at least a half dozen good
substitutes, on whom Warner had lav
ished much instruction, w r ere missing
from the Indian line-up. Raw mate
rial had to be taken. In one case, as
with Larvie. who made good at first,
an almost raw aborigine, was intro
duced into the Indian line-up without
his ever having seen a football be
fore. I’ntried men like Pratt. Wal
let to and Cal&c were placed in impor
tant positions, and Warner wrought
his handiwork with vhat he had.
• * *
T HAT the Indians won any of the
early games is surprising, on ac
count of the absolute lack of foot
ball knowledge with which many of
the players began. T’nlike In former
years, big scores could not be rolled
up at first. The Indian schedule
speaks for itself, and tells the story
of development. It was :
Indians vs.
Albiight 25- 0
Lebanon Valley 26- 0
West Virginian Wesleyan ..25- 0
Lehigh 21- 7
Cornell 7- 0
Pittsburg *-12
University of Pennsylvania 7- 7
Georgetown university ....34- 0
Johns Hopkins *1- 0
Dartmouth 35-10
Syracuse 85-27
Brown University 13- 0
* * *
THE personnel of the Indian eleven
* this year is remarkable when its
accomplishments are considered.
With one exception the eleven men
have remained intact practically from
the beginning of the season, which is
unusual on any football team that has
a hard schedule. The men generally
have been light in weight, very strong
physically, with mentalities capable
of wonderful development and youth
ful to a noticeable degree. Practical
ly no injuries worthy of mention have
marred the Redskins’ season. W’al-
lette, at left end. and Pratt, at the
right extremity, have been fast and
have shown remarkable ability at
getting down the field.
The tackles, Welmas and Lonks-
around, are men of superior attain
ments. Left Guard Hill is as strong
as an ox. and Right Guard Busch, in
addition to being extraordinary
strong on both offensive and defensive
work, has been able to handle any
opponents he has met. Uenter Oar-
low was picked in rnidseason by
Glen. Warner as the greatest center
the Indian school has ever had. Quar
terback and Captain Welch has
shown himself to be a remarkable
field general, and carried the ball with
great success after the early season.
In I-eft Halfback Guyon the Indians
have a player who Is almost equal
to the illustrious Thorpe. Right Half
back Bracklin, an indigerent sub of
last year, showed remarkable ability
this season. Fullback Calac, also new.
has made one of the country’s best
backfielders. In fact, the Indian back-
field quartet has probably never been
surpassed anywhere for adept team
work and individual capability.
Below follows the points as scored
up to the Brown game by the Indian
players:
Goals
from
Touch
downs. Points.
7 ' 103
Happy Boyhood Days Fondly Recalled by Proud Little Champ
WILLIE RITCHIE WRITES FOR THE GEORGIAN
Guyon
Calac ....
Bracklin .
Welch . ..
Garlow . .
Coesback
Wallette .
Crane . .
Touch
downs.
16
12
30
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By Willie Ritchie.
I AM proud to state that I am a na
tive of Ran Francisco, a city
that produced so many great
men In all walks of life. I was born
on February 18, 1891. and I am the
sixth of a family of eleven children,
consisting of Seven girls and four
boys, all of whom are alive and well
to-day.
My father was one of the pioneers
of Frisco./ For twenty years before
the fire he conducted a hay and grain
business, and one of my earliest- rec-.
ollectlons is playing with the other
children about his place. Of course,
I did not think anything about fight
ing those days. I was a meek sort
of a kid and I never looked for trou
ble with any of my playmates.
My mother, who Is since dead, had
her hands full looking after her
large family, and she kept me huffy
about the house helping her out by
running errands and doing various
chores. Mother was always kind,
and petted me along, and l was the
handy boy around the house until I
started to school.
T was 7 years old when I entered
school. 1 got along fairly well,
though, like the rest of the scholars,
1 would rather play and fool around
than attend to my studies. But I
finally graduated at the age of 13,
much to my own relief.
Both father and mother were very
anxious for me to attend Sacred
Heart College in Frisco, but I was
stubborn and headstrong I wanted
to make my own way in the world,
although my folks always provided
for me In every way. But I got that
notion in my head, and they could
not stop me. I started out to look
for a Job, and I landed It, too, and
held it for two years.
Burned Out in Big Fire.
My first place of employment was
with M. Marwedel & Co., wholesale
engineering supply people. I went
in as an office and an errand boy,
and I was getting along very nicely
and learning the business when th-
fire came along. We lost everything
We had to flee for our lives, and, of
course, my Job was gone for the
time being. Put I got it back again.
The neighborhood where I was
born and raised was fairly alive with
fighters. Such wonders as Abe At-
toll, Jimmy Britt, Eddie Hanlon. Joe
Thomas, Frankie Neil, Dick Hyland
and scores of others who later be
came famous lived in the vicinity.
I used to look upon them with awe.
They were heroes to the kids of the
neighborhood, but, of course, we were
too small and insignificant to dare
mix with them.
I remember the first fight I ever
saw. It was that great one between
Jimmy Britt and Bat Nelson, down
at Colma, on September 9. 1905. 1
never will forget that date. Another
b.d and myself climbed over the
ience in the eighth round and mixed
The Life of a Champion
•!■•••!• *!*•+ +•+ *!•••»• +•+ %•••!*
Ritchie Tells His Story
The Georgian to-day presents the first of a series of articles by Wil
lie Ritchie, lightweight champion of the world. Ritchie, who is con
ceded to be the greatest fighter that San Francisco hns turned out
since the days of Jim Corbett, is writing the story of his life for the
> entertainment of The Georgian readers. This never lias been published,
' although the name of the famous little champion is known through
out the length and breadth of the civilized world. In his first arti-
J cle Ritchie tells of his boyhood days in San Francisco and of how he
j got interested in the boxing game. The next article will deal with how
i he broke in as a four-round performer.
| in with th* 4 blcacherltep. My. how
! hard we pulled for Jimmy; but, alas,
vve had to sit there and watch him
take the count in the seventeenth
round.
Like the ordinary small boy, I
looked upon fighters as heroes, but,
strangely enough, I never thought
that I would bo one. My first am
bition wan to become a professional
ball player, and, if I do say It myself,
I used to be a pretty handy tosser
. on the sandlots. I liked the national
I game, and I used to put in all my
! idle moments tossing the ball
around.
Fought on Sandlotr
l>ater on I became interested in
greyhounds. Quite a bunch of dog
ow’ners used to take the hounds out
for exercise. I forgot all about base
ball for a while, and made up my
mind that I would become a dog
trainer, for coursing down at the old
Ingleside Park was quite a popular
sport In those days.
Although 1 lived near Alex Oreg-
gains’ gym, where so many famous
fighters were turned out, I did not
seem to take much of an interest In
the practical game. I used to like
to w’atch the fighters punch the bag
and put on the gloves, but 1 never
Indulged myself for a long time. In
fact, I did not have the mitts on half
a dozen times when I fought my first
fight.
Whatever knowledge of the game
I had was gained in the sandlots and
In the alleyways. 1 used to have my
little scraps now and then, but none
of them ever looked upon me as any
better than the other kids. But I
was always husky and strong and
wiry, and I could step around very
lively and I managed to hold my
own in regular scraps and friendly
bouts.
After the fire, when we moved
away from the district where I was
borrg I seemed to lose lntere^J. in
fights and fighters Everything was
upset. I was separated from the lit
tle pals I used to go around with,
and for a time I was very much dis
gusted and disheartened. Tt was
something new' to me, but I kept on
at my job all tho time and simply
did the best I could.
Then I got- in with a gang that
used to attend the four-round shows
every Friday night. I took In one
of them and I liked It. Then 1 wen/
to another and another. Sometimes
I would sneak in the gallery, and
then again 1 would have the price of
a four-bit seat. Anyhow, I generally
managed to get out to the scraps,
and the next thing I knew I had the
fighting bee In my bonnet.
Joe Tinker Anxious
To Rejoin Old Team
CHICAGO. Nov. 29—Joe Tinker, de
posed manager of the Cincinnati base
ball team, called on Manager Kvers, of
the Chicago Nationals, yesterday, and
after a conference, said lie knew cf no
place where he would rather play than
in Chicago No terms were discussed
and until President Murphy, of the Chi
cago club, returns from Europe, no ne
gotiations can be started between the
local organization and the Cincinnati
club regarding the transfer of Tinker
NATIONAL LEAGUE MEETS DEC. 9.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—President
Lynch, of the National el^ague. to-day
sent notices to all presidents of league
clubs that the annual meeting of the
league would be held in this city I)«
cernhor D at 2 p. m. A meeting of the
board of directors will be convened at
noon of the same day.
Playing Managers Coming Back
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Four in Southern Next Season
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By O. B. Kodor.
">HE "playing manager*’ is com
ing back in the Southern
League.
L&at year- 1913 is now last year,
»o far as baseball 1s concerned last
year there were two playing man
agers on the Kavanuugh circuit -Bill
Schwartz, of Nashville, and Norman
Elberfeld, of Chattanooga. The Pep
per Kid didn’t play so much, at that,
being out of the game by reason of
Injury or too much pep a great part of
the time. Still ho was a playing man
ager, and played whenever the state
of his health and temperament would
let him.
Next year, in 1914, it will be differ
ent There will be four playing man
agers In the Southern League.
• • •
T HE Tabasco Aid will be In span
gles again, this time with tho
Pelicans. William Schwartz will be,
piloting Nashville again and playing
first hase in excellent style.
And then we will have Messrs. Bris
coe Lord and Moose McCormick (alias
Handsome Harry, celebrated pinch
hitter) capering about In the outfields,
respectively, of Mobile and Chatta
nooga.
That will be something of a chnngo
—and those two worthy vets proba
bly will start something quite fre
quently in their new places.
LI ERE7S the way th managerial
‘ I lay-out will look next seasoc.
with respect to whether the respe<
tlve bosses will play;
Atlanta Rill Smith No
Mobile—Briscoe Lord Yes
Birmingham “Gladys’ Moles-
wort h N i
Chattanooga Harry McCor
mick Yes
Montgomery Bobbv Gilks .. .. N >
X.tville- William Schwartz .. Ye-
Vfemphis Mike Finn No
New Orleans—Kid Elberfeld .. ..Yc.-
* * *
T HE other new face, which really is
m familiar one, is that of Bobby
Gilks. who has been wonting wifi
much success for Cleveland the la.* 1
few years. Bobby will manage Mon!
gomery from the bench, though .n-
wlll doubtless wear a uniform, a la
Bill Smith, rather than a white flanne
suit, like Sir Miguel Finn.
• • •
A ND as to the respective ad van
tages of ben-h and field manag
ing well, I'Yank Chance played first
base when he was the Peerless Leal
er. and C. VicGillic ddy wfsx# civ
Ian’s clothes arid sticks to th*' bench.
It’s a pretty good toss-up.
But the percentage of playing man
agers in the Southern League next
year will Jump suddenly from .250 to
.500, and the fans will watch the re
sults with Interest.
Bill Sweeney in Harvard Will Give
Line to Lead Reds 77 Letters This Year
BOSTON, Nov 29. The name of Cap
tain Bill Sweeney, of the Boston Na
tionals. was brought into the field of
possible candidates for the position of
manager of the Cincinnati baseball j
team last night In a letter sent to
Sweeney from New York by President
James J. Gaffney, of the local club.
Saying that he took into considera
tion the fact that in other years the i
Cincinnati club had tried to procure
Sweeney as manager. Gaffney notified {
the Boston captain that he had permis
sion to negotiate for the position if he
desired “Were you to succeed it would
bring a mingled sense of reluctance and
pleasure to me.’’ President Gaffney
wrote
Sweeney said to-day he would con
sider the matter.
Sikes May Captain
Vanderbilt in 1914
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.. Not. 2S.~Sev
enty si-ven men are entitled to wear the
“H” ut Harvard, which Is emblematic
■ f participation in some major sport
ugains' Yale. Saturday's contest with
Yale gave eleven men their opporti
nity io make their varsity numeral :n
fo' -ball. Those men were K. W Ma
han. C. Bettle, W. A Willetts, B I>
Dana, H R. Cowan. L. Mills. F. W
S i . v, V Freedley, J. A. Glllman. M
J. a n and Manager G. F. Plimpton
n k" Hardwick, right end on the
• ■ Is the only undergraduate fortu
t ut' . nough to represent his university
th'*" major sports, namely, footbel
track and baseball R B Wlgfls*
worth in the law school, also has three
numerals made in football, basebaH and
hockey.
“KID** KANSAS STOPS SOKAL.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov 29.—“Kid”
Kansas, of Buffalo. stopped Johnny
Sokal. of Milwaukee, in the ninth round
f a ten-round go h**re last night. Hu -k
Crouse, of Pittsbu f ,, r w Young
Leonard In ten n*. ^ ft
i NASHVILLE, TENNF, Nov. 29.
’ "Roaring Arnie” Sikes, the brilliant
Vanderbilt football mar, s. eins certain J
to be named captain of the Vanderbilt
football team of 19,4.
I He is the logical choice for the place j
I and at the annua banquet, which wii! j
be staged next week, be will no doubt I
be nominated.
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TETTERINK CURES
SKIN DISEASES
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I iiiftered wtth an erueUen twe veer* and
one box of Tetterlne ourod me and twe $f my
frlendt It U wort* tt* -eight fn geld.
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er. Itching pU<u and other allraentx
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