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TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Good Ring Performers, Unlike Good Wines, Ne\'er Seem to Improve With Age
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WILLARD BEATS SILK HAT HARRY’S divorce suit
Everybody 's Happy, So What’s the Odds
TEN-HOUND CO
otham Crowd Hisses and Hoots
as Rival Heavyweights Put
Up Tame Bout.
By Right Cross.
N EW YORK, Dec. 4.—Nearly 500
pounds of weight exhibited it
self 1 in the ring at Madison
Square Garden last night for the edl-
ration of a few thousand callous
i nri persevering students of the box-
light, who still hope that they' will
►,-e a real heavyweight engagement
n New York—some time.
The 500 pounds were divided into
• a,, equal sections, which were called,
f, r the purpose of identification, Carl
M,,rrls and Jess Willard. The latter
ad one pound the best of the weight,
and triumphed in the great .struggle
ij\ about that much margin.
The weights were 234 1-2 against
Twhich should teach Morris never
g out of his class again.
It was a wonderful layout In lard, a
great study in still life, a gathering
•• hams such as a New York fight
rowd seldom has been permitted to
ok upon. Yet that crowd was not
pleased. They hissed and booed and
ussed thoughtfully throughout the
ten 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,
though the ring shook under the lum
bering runs and there was a slight
-waving of iron posts and a splinter
ing of planks. And they puffed and
wheezed and panted and pushed
b; y \vs at each other after the fashion
of the late Ralph Rose breaking the
world’s record at putting the shot.
Even when they missed, as they did
T ine times out of ten, thlere was no
earnest applause, the students at
the ringside appreciating but little
the skill required to miss a 240-pound
man. Nor did they burst into wild
yells of joy when Morris assiduously
bntted Mr. Willard in the face. They
sort of seemed to expect it. Morris
has been a goat so long that he was
bound to pick up some of the habits
of that interesting animal.
Crowd Hisses.
This was Morris’ best blow—a hard,
solid, skuli-to-the-mouth. It was his
forward pass, his last desperate play
to win, when the battle was going
against him. But he didn’t get any
redit for it. The crowd hissed him
more than ever. Mr. Willard had a
good punch, too. It was a right-
hand slam for the jaw, hut 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 h.e was careful
never to let it go twice in the same
But for this reluctance to part with
his treasures and the fact that he
looks like the tenor in a “one-night-
stand” opera company, there is no
doubt that Mr. Willard would have
h future H9 a “white hope.” if such
can be said to have any future be-
vond -hraking’’ on the Chesapeake
and Ohio. As for Mr, Morris, his fu-
ture is written in his somewhat cor
rugated map. He is a born receiver.
It was somewhere along after 10
..ok when they were posted into
view under the electric lights with
mar.v plaudits. Mr. Willard appeared
first.’ He stood fi feet 6 inches and
v.s only reasonably fat around the
waistline. Mr, Morris was several
iii hes shorter, but, being an expen-
er. ed fight man, he made up for this
deficiency by packing in more weight
amidships.
Mr. Willard, who is of a chummy
d-."'position, apparently, walked over
' end slapped Mr. Morris on the shorn-
£ d -r. ..tfering his hand at the same
Dm.' Mr. Morris turned and gazoo
* a him with the air of a man who
finds a fat stranger “copping” his seat
t in the Pullman, and instead of KJdP-
J Ping the hand of fellowship he coldly
■ examined his bandages and turned
eway A quivering shudder swept.
' rough the assemblage. It lookeu
b • murder now.
Morris in Distress.
\ minute later they were faring
other in battle array, with Blby
| •!' ihe referee, bouncing around Lke
* button that has snapped off one or
their shoes. He‘would like to he able
' : record that a battle began at this
Pint, but to a stern chronicler of
'* it Is impossible. There was
fi" T ':-'ing that resembled hostilities in
t first round, nor in the second, nor
the third, nor the fourth, nor the--
V p u there was. In the fifth Mr. Wi
•*rc; hit Morris the belt with that righ.
■ rave mentioned, and Mr. Morris
,p Pan to wabble. Observing these
*'frrs of distress. Mr. Willard gener-
0, ks’y refrained from battling any
mere the nonce.
In the sixth round this perform-
p was repeated, with a few trim-
fi^'ngs in the shape of uppercuts, and
'’r Morris gave even greater indi i-
,io ns of discomfort. His seconds
^ ■ ■ ’ have warned Mr. Willard at the
{ ' t of this round, for in the seventh
* ^ landed onlv one or two rights, and
werp h!)?h on the cheekbom*.
"h-re a fascinating promontory of
unusual promontoriness began to de
velop.
A ‘ pr that Willard devoted himself
in p nrging his work of art on M>".
Mon:?' cheekbone, and by the end of
-nth round half of his foeman’s
‘ ac<i was as much out of shape as
be desired, all things consid-
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Frank-Elberfeld-Castro Are Out
All Players Should Be on Hand
for Big Game To-morrow
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Kiibane Asks $5,000
To Fight Dundee
NEW YORK, Dee. 4.—Johnny Kil-
r * • ’he featherweight champion, ha?
anop to meet Johnny Dundee m a
‘ •’ bout before the Orlep.ns A_th-
v --ii of New Orleans on New
p -ve, hut ;js f-^ilhan*' demanded
for his end, Tortorich imm»;dt-
•k-cided to pass up the champion
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 the big
battle should be on hand.
The Seventeenth Infantry eleven Is
now a formidable aggregation. They
showed a semblance of their real
form when they defeated the Elev
enth Cavalry 7 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 Hardage would play-
in the same backfield?” is a question
that one has often heard. Well, it
will be answered Saturday afternoon,
for this quartet, the greatest quartet
of baekfield stars that ever played in
the Soutji, 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 Sew-anee, will be seen. At
tackles, Lamb and Meadows, of Au
burn. will hold forth. Tom Brown
w-as 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
Xuck Brown, of Vanderbilt, and
Conklin, of Georgia, rated as the
greatest defensive ends in the South,
will be seen.
.John Davis-, of Auburn; Homer
! r,„,K. of Tech, and Joe Smith, of Cor-
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By W. 8. Farnsworth.
C "> HARLEY FRANK is “dead” in
New Orleans, so is Kid Elber-
| feld. and it looks very much
j 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-
iooking lot of warriors last season in
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
bqnk.
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 ha.s finally found a job for Chol-
. ly. instead of managing the Pelicans
i next settson 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 (trleans 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 with 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 here and will wait until
Somers' contract reaches New
Orleans before he calls together
the directors of the local club.
• * *
I ’L WILLIE KEELER, looking as
young as he ever was, except
that his hair is turning gray as a
badger’s, told a funny story to a
bunch of scribes, fans Und players
the other night in a Broadway hang
out. It was 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 as 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 the Boys' High
School team this 'ear. was presented a
handsome after-dinner coffee set by the
studeht 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 jear 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 of
ttie team, ami as they were distributed.
Professor Dykes thanked and praised
every man for Ids great playing this
year
PINEHURST, N. C . Dec’. 4 —Par-
ker D. Whitmore, of the Brookline
Country Club, led yesterday’s field of
04 players with a card of 81 in the
qualifying round of t he tenth annual
autumnal Country Club golf tourna
ment here.
Others who qualified for the first
flight were A. A. Stagg. Chicago; C.
L. Becker, Woodland; C. B. Hudson,
North Fork. II. V. Segerman, Engle
wood; T. J. Moran, Metacomet; E. T.
Manson, Framingham; (J. F. Brown
Huntington Valley; F. S. Husey, Ha
vana; the Rev. J’. A. Cheatham, Sal
isbury; S. A. Hennessee, Coopers-
town; B. L. Gallagher, Montclair;
Dr. J S. Brown. Montclair; H. S.
Spaulding, Braeburn; R. C. Steese,
Youngstowm, and F. I> Wilkerson,
Youngstown. W. L. Milliken, Indian
apolis, was forced 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.—FYed Clarke, man
ager of the Pittsburg Nationals, will
confer here Sunday with Joe Tinker, de
posed Cincinnati leader, with a view tc
having Tinker Join the Pirates, accord
ing to a story published her yesterday.
Clarke already has arranged with the
Cincinnati club for Tinker’s release, it in
said. Whether Tinker is to succeed
Wagner at shortstop, indicating the lat
ter’s possible retirement or transfer to
Cincinnati, could not be learned.
Upon his arrival here last night Tin
ker admitted he 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 WAY 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
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 Piddle Stack, veteran
hurler. and Elmer Koestner. the big
Coast League pitcher, were the others.
Each of the contracts calls for one year.
KAUFFMAN OUTPOINTS HAYES.
DETROIT. Dec. 4.— Art Kauffman, of
New York, outpointed Buck Hayes, of
Cleveland, in an eight-round bout at
Windsor last night.
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WEBSTER. MASS., Dec. 4.—Jack
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KnocKout Sweeny, of New York, in a
fast ten-round bout at Lakeside Athletic
Club last night.
Next
Sunday’s American
It alone is worth the price of the paper, contain
ing as it does the continuation of Frederic Ar
nold Rummer’s story,
“A Song of Sixpence”
There are other features to this issue in abun
dance, including:
What the Appendix Was Made For.
Why We Should All Walk Like Farmers.
Odd New Facts About Sleep.
Why Dirty Cities Are Bad for the Eyes.
A Way to Make the Deaf Hear.
Buster will continue his humorous career,
though he is on the last page of the Magazine
Section, so as to not crowd the comic doings of
Their Only Child.
Jimmy and His Father.
Montmorency and Happy
and
Nemo in the Land of Dreams.
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