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L TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Good Ring Performers, Unlike Good Wines, Ne\'er Seem to Improve With Age O D 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- yoo THAT' n+HTUDot H/MseaF X-OST K/^T IM THTfr^ -y^TEXO A-/ . -TOO A-/ He ElPLAiV to tub tvjO COfJ5pip.ATTD P-S ■ oi? cookie rvtev E>o T vt HOOK LIKE TlAJC LAk-.BS • TMes/ U stetu to the TA UE 0K vjuoe rv+c fi/uiSH bkbak- our~ /GTD VAJI<-D RD A(ZO OF LA 0 S+CPEW- • -p+'E- rruo ere THiaFiWS - W-ICAiG-F A Soon storv mj-Ct. 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I fjir-y KjetRSOF lohnny Dobbs to Manage Pels ^•v Frank-Elberfeld-Castro Are Out All Players Should Be on Hand for Big Game To-morrow Morning. ere (5 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- | | H | will assist in the backfield du- 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. o Pamper your pocketbook. 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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. It’s surely a bargain—this Sunday American. Better order from vour dealer or by phone to Main 100. u it I • i; my m ■ || j ; I . I I ■ :• s ■ (1