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7 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Good Ring Performers, Unlike Good Wines, Never Seem to Improve With Aye °y WILLARD BEATS SILK HAT HARRY’S divorce suit Everybody's Happy, So What's the Odds TEN-ROUND GO Gotham Crowd Hisses and Hoots as Rival Heavyweights Put Up Tame Bout, By Right Crosg. N J?W YORK, Dec, 4.—Nearly 500 pounda of weight exhibited 1 It self in the ring at Madison Square Garden last night for the edi- Ication of a few thousand callous vnd persevering students of the box- fight, who still hope that they will ,ee a real heavyweight engagement n New York—some time. The 500 pounds were divided into wo equal sections, which were called, for the purpose of identification, Carl Morris and Jess Willard. The latter ad one pound the best of the weight, ind triumphed in the great struggle b\ dmut that much margin. The weights were 234 1-2 against 2,'L'» which should teach Morris never to go out of his class again. It was a wonderful layout in lard, a great study in still life, a gathering ,f hams such as a New York fight •rowd seldom has been permitted to look upon. Yet that crowd was not pleased. They hissed and booed and ussed thoughtfully throughout the :en rounds. Even when the peaceful mountains detached themselves from their moorings and lurched in the general direction of each other, there was nothing like real enthusiasm, : .ugh the ring shook under the lum bering runs and there was a slight swaying of iron posts and a spTinter- ng of planks. And they puffed and wheezed and panted and pushed blows at each other after the fashion >f the late Ralph Rose breaking the world’s record at putting the shot. Even when they missed, as they did pine times out of ten, there was no earnest applause, the students at thf ringside appreciating bur. little he skill required to miss a 240-pound man. Nor did they burst into wild ells of joy when Morris assiduously butted Mr. Willard in the face. They sort of seemed to expect it. Morris is been a goat so long that he was hound to pick up some of the habits of that interesting animal. Crowd Hisses. This was Morris’ best blow a hard, solid, skull-to-the-mouth. It was his ..rward pass, his last desperate play o win, when the battle was going against him. But he didn’t get any redit for it. The crowd hissed him more than ever. t Mr. Willard had a good punch, too. It was a right- hand slam for the jaw, but it was too good for the league. He liked it so much that he was loath to pass It out. Whenever he did, it mostly landed, but he always seemed sorry he had parted with It. and he was careful never to let it go twice in the same But for this reluctance to part with 1ms treasures and the fact that he ooks like the tenor in a “one-night- 'land” opera company, there is no doubt that Mr. Willard would haw future as a “white hope.’’ if such an be said to have any future be- vond “braking” on the Chesapeake -nd Ohio, As for Mr. Morris, his tu- •ure is written in his somewhat cor rugated map. He is a born receiver. It was somew'here along after it) vlock when they were posted into ew under the electric lights with many plaudits. Mr. Willard appeared !m-m. He stood 6 feet 6 inches ani "as onlv reasonably fat around tin waistline. Mr. Morris was seven! inches shorter, but. being an expen- » nep-d fight man, he made up for till deficiency by packing in more weight amidships. Mr. Willard, -who is of a chummy ispositlon, apparently, walked over nd slapped Mr. Morris on the shom- :cr. offering his hand at the same me, Mr. Morris turned and gazed at him with the air of a man w ho itds a fat stranger “copping his se: t u the Pullman, and instead of grip ping the hand of fellowship he cold <*x,tmined his bandages and turnea ivvay. A quivering shudder swep^ hrough the assemblage. It lookea • ikf* murder now. Morris in Distress. A minute later they were facing ■ h other in battle array, with Bin the referee, bouncing around n a button that has snapped off one o ’ ■ ir shoes. He would like to be a ke record that a battle began at tniy ■ unt, but to a stern chronicler ’acts it is impossible. There was ng that resembled hostilities m first round, nor in the second. rp>r ; he third, nor the fourth, nor the »s. there was. In the fifth Mr 'vi - ird hit Morris the belt with that rig u 1 have mentioned, and Mr. Morris to wabble. Observing tru“-e igns of distress, Mr. Willard gener- ■usl.v refrained from battling an > more the nonce. . _ In the sixth round this perform- - e was repeated, with a few trnn- mingg in the shape of uppercuts urn 11 Morris gave even greater ino' J- tions of discomfort. His second must have warned Mr. Willard nt the ' lose of this round, for In the seventh • landed only one or two rights ar.( these were high on the cheekbone here a fascinating promontory or nusual promontoriness began to ae- velop. After that Willard devoted himself “nlarging his work of art on M’ ‘forris’ cheekbone, and by the end of ’he ®nth round half of his foeman faef- was as much out of shape «ts '■mj'd be desired, all things consnl- ei-rl. 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RUM HAUSER. the wautre 3S&. s LAg>GtHe_P ME OUTA THE piACE <AKI u Bfc AT IT ? hahahaha THINK 0‘THAT BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE M’MANUS OF /ILL-STAR TEAM Johnny Dobbs to Manage Pels *!-••!* v• *> v«v *.’*•*> ^ v• *:« -I-• Frank-Elberfeld-Castro Are Out Whitmore Leads All In Pinehurst Tourney Kilbane Asks $5,000 To Fight Dundee • V EW YORK. Dec. 4 Johnny Kil- ' ( the featherweight champn-n. •' lance to meet .Johnnv Dundee m a 1 -round bout hefisre thi- ttrleans Atn Ci lb oi '•••• v. 1 " leans ‘ ;, r's H V e. but as Kilbane demanuj-u ftif- his end, Tortoricb imm'di *d to ])Us>S champi-n All Players Should Be on Hand for Big Game To-morrow Morning. Members of Lewie Hardage's All- Stars, who battle with the Seven teenth infantry football team at Ponce DeLeon Saturday afternoon, will begin to arrive in the city to-day. and by to-morrow morning every man that will participate in thg big battle should be on hand. The Seventeenth Infantry eleven i» now a formidable aggregation. They showed a semblance of their real form when they defeated the Elev enth Cavalry Saturday. With Lieutenant Devore, star tac kle on the Army last season and at present an officer at the local post and coach of the eleven, playing with them, the local soldier boys should be even stronger than ever before. It has always been the wish of football fans to see a really all-star football team in action. This will be their opportunity. "I wonder how Newell, Morrison, McWhorter and Hard age would play In the same backfleld?” is a question that one has often heard. Well, it will be answered Saturday afternoon. for this quartet, the greatest quartet of backfiHd stars that ever played in the South, will be seen in action on this eleven. In the line, Pitts, of Auburn, and Doeb. of Tech, will divide the time at center. At guards. Peacock, of Geor gia : Hasslock, of Vanderbilt and Cheape, of Sewanee. will be seen. At tackles. Lamb and Meadows, of Au burn. will hold forth. Tom Brown was booked, but he has been taken sick, and will be unable to come The same answers for Morgan, of Vandy, at center. At the ends, Jenks Gillem. the great Sewanee end and kicker; Majors, his equal and former Auburn star, and Nuck Brown, of Vanderbilt, and Conklin, of Georgia, rated as the grra test defensive ends in the South, will be seen. r,, !U1 navis, o! Auburn; Homer , of Tech, and Joe Smith, of Uor- r ..| will assist in the backfield du- 1 i< s. By \Y, S. Farnsworth. —i HARLEY FRANK is "dead” in New Orleans, so is Kid Elber- feld, and it looks very much as though my genial friend. Count Louis Castro, will not be asked to fulfill his contract as coach and press * agent for the Pelicans next season. Johnny Dobbs, who piloted a bushy- looking lot of warriors last season in J a masterly style, is going to manage the New Orleans outfit in 1914. This is no guess. I have learned from “those who know'” that Dobbs, when he signed with Charley Som ers, owners of Cleveland, Toledo and New Orleans clubs, that the story he would go to Toledo was all to the bunk. He signed to manage New Orleans. But Somers hinted the Toledo angle to throw off the wise ones until he had found a loophole to shove the chunky Frank through. He has finally found a job for Chol- ly. Instead of managing the Pelicans i next season he will support the title of Southern representative of Charles Somers, vice president of the Amer ican League. Quite some title, eh? * * * T HE following dispatch from New Orleans has let the cat out of the bag; New Orleans. La.. Dec. 4.— Charles Frank will quit as man ager of the New Orleans baseball team on January 1. Instead of piloting the Pelicans for another season he will be Southern repre sentative of Charles Somers, vice president of the American League. This information came from Frank's friends to-day. Frank virtually admitted that his resig nation will be tendered the board of directors of the local club at a meeting to be called as soon as the Somers contract making him Southern representative is in his hands. Frank several days ago Inti mated that his quarrel w'ith Som ers, beginning August 10. when Johnny Dobbs signed a Somers contract, would be thrashed out in the courts. The Pelican manager has hired a lawyer hero and will wait until Somers' contract reaches New Orleans before he calls together the directors of ihe local club. | 'L WILLIE KEELER, looking as I young as lie ever was. except j that his hair is turning gray as a j badger's, told a funny story to a ( bunch of scribes, fans and playera 1 the other night jn a Broadway hang out. It \va - on himself. Wee Willie (Giant scout now, you know, likes nothing better than to chance in on a bunch of kids playing a "lot game.” He did this not long ago and witnessed a big row when the long, skinny boy umpire handed out a certain decision. The little captain of the team fighting the ruling turned to Willie Keeler us one seeking refuge in the Court of Maturity. “Wasn't that a strike, mister?” he demanded. “.Sure it was, ' declared one of the greatest batters that ever happened. "Aw," said the other kid captain fiercely, "what does that old boob know about baseball anyway?" Coach Wood Honored By Boys' High Team Coach Wood, of t lie Boys’ High School team this year, was presented a handsome after-dinner coffee set by the student body at the meeting last night Professor Dykes, in his presentation speech, thanked Mr. Wood for his help to the team this year and also expressed to him the nigh feeling in which the boys held him. The coach responded, and. after thanking the students for the gift, promised to return next year and do his best with the men that turn out for the team. Harrison Jones, an alumnus of the Boys’ High School, gave a great talk on the Junior Chamber of Commerce. ' and enlisted all the students in this work. Sweaters with the B. H. S. monogram were then presented to the members ot the team, and as they were distributed. Professor Dykes thanked and praised every man for his great playing this year. PINEHURST. v c. Dec. 4.— Par ker D. Whitmore, of the Brookline Country Citib, led yesterday's field of M players with a card of *1 in the qualifying round of the tenth annual autumn t! Country club golf tourna ment here. others who qualified for the first flight were A A Htagg. Chicago; C. 1,. Becker. Woodland: C. B. Hudson, I North Fork H V. Segerman. Engle- ! wood: T. J. Moian. Metacomet: K. T .Manson, Framingham; G. F Brown. Huntington Valley; F. S. Hussey, Ha va na: the Rev. T. A. Cheatham. Sal isbury; s A Henneas^e Coopers- town. B. L. Cal lag her. Montclair; Dr. .1 S. Biown. Montclair; H. S. Spaulding, Braeburn; R. c. Stcese Youngstown, and F. P Wilkerson, Youngstown W. L. Milliken, Jndian- apo.ls, whs forc ed into the second di vision when beaten in playing off a tie with P L Gallagher. Play will be resumed to-day. Clarke After Tinker To Play Shortstop CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Fred Clarke, man ager of the Pittsburg Nationals, will confer here Sunday with Joe Tinker, de posed Cincinnati leader, with a view tc having 'Pinker join the Pirates, accord ing to a story published her yesterday. Clarke already has arranged with the Cincinnati club for Tinker's release. It is said. Whether Tinker is to succeed Wagner at shortstop, indicating the lat ter’s possible retirement or transfer to Cincinnati, could not he learned. Upon his arrival here last night Tin ker admitted lie had arranged to meet Clarke next Sunday, but said an in formal discussion of his joining the Pittsburg team was all he expected would take place. According to Tinker he would play shortstop and Wagner would go to first base, his addition giving the Pirates an infield of four .300 hitters. DODGERS ON WAV HOME. NEW YORK, Dec. 4 According to word received here from Jake Daubert. the members of the Brooklyn National League baseball team, who have been playing exhibition games In Cuba since the close of the season in this country. sailed for home and will arrive here to morrow. THREE CUBS SIGN. CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Locked away in the safe in Charles W Murphy's office to-day are the signed 1914 contracts of three Cubs. Frank Schulte was the first to sign. Eddie Stack, veteran hurler. and Elmer Koestner. the big Coast League pitcher, were the others Each of the contracts calls for one year KAUFFMAN OUTPOINTS HAVES. DETROIT. 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