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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Tlie Kield Goal Is Good for but Three Points: the Home Run Often Nets Four
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BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
BOXING
News of the Ring Game.
Willie Ritchie, lightweight champion
: the world, says that he will agree to,
Kive Joe Rivers a return match at Ver-
n "n. Cal., providing Promoter McCarey
t ia ran tees him $15,000 for the bout.
Ritchie is now training for his match
with Tommy Murphy at San Francisco
on December 10.
* * *
Milwaukee fans refuse t<Y become ex-
!o, l over the Packey McFarland-Jack
Brit ton go in the Brewer City Monday
‘ Kin The fact that both boys have
agreed to fight at catchweights has
’■Gen much interest from the fray.
Par-key will probably weigh around 145
against 138 for Britton.
* * *
Rid" Williams was handed a neat
Rimming from the club that promoted
*'rap with Lodimen in Milwaukee
Thanksgiving Day. Williams claims
'ai he was guaranteed $800. but that
promoters refused to part with more
$500 after the scrap. The bantam-
scrapper has put in a complaint
w,l h the Wisconsin boxing commission.
* * *
Pm Maloney, manager of Bombar-
* r Wells, writes that there is consid-
• rahle betting on the Wells-Oarpentier
t L ’ ' n London on December 8. Ac-
'' ing to Maloney, Wells has been
| niade an even money bet against the
■•n'innan. “I expect Wells to win
:,18, de of twelve rounds," says Maloney.
* •* *
•' i,r n l^angford Is on his way to Ku-
y i 1 ' 1 - where he hopes to get a bout with
a ' < Johnson. Langford left New York
"nursday night.
♦ * *
.T'hnnv Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion of the world, has been matched to
Young Sinnett, in a scheduled ten-
f *' bout on January 4 or 5. Racine,
' ls will probably get the match.
* * *
aohflower ears and mushroom noses
" "adges of prize ring inefficiency.
.-Tvs .lack Root, one-time prominent
• idleweight and now theatrical man
• . Jl ls out of the ring game, but can
refrain from roaming about places
"nere gloves fly.
• * •
Roo- thinks pugilists of to-day have
Rotten all about the art of clever-
* ss and fail to study the finer points
i game. Outside of Willie Ritchie,
onnny Kllbaneand Mike Gibbons there
oat?’ 1 ;i k° Xer in the game to-day who
1 in pare with the stars of former
YuV l<h as Corbett, Kid McCoy.
^ ttell. Tommy Ryan and a score of
"i.iers.
* * *
1 he middleweight class is the owner
' t‘ ornp high class material at the pres-
k -J "me. chip, Dillon. McGoorty.
1 lahby and Gibbons are all good
• pounders. Chip at the present time
„ . t«, have the best claim to the ti-
. cue f ( , his knockout win over
on jj us - dabby, however, is a (dose sec
ts * *
f ' i Gibson, tlie New York promoter,
*elSt Ut l,re 'i of putting on heavy-
:h . • The poor scrap put up the
Was . r n, *?ht by Carl Morris and Willard
• enough to discourage any promoter.
* * *
ank Baker may be matched to box
1 hoy in New Orleans before long,
has asked T. D. Tortorlch, the
ywan ctiy promoter! for a match
' ^ with any boy weighing from 122
P°'inds. While waiting for an an-
. frorn Tortorlch Frank will prac-
■ VQ ar ! K " da nclng. He claims it im-
1 -s nis cleverness.
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To LEAVE PAF?|^ ?
VH> ( - VE ARE JOST
Beginning to like
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Says He Can’t Be “Goody” and
t play Ball, but That He Can
Scrap and Hustle.
7 Ills it lltr ucconri of u series of
i,letters from the members of
i the champion Crack ers. r. It is
from Cube hkissinger, i.the j.veternn
hirin', who was signed bp Manager
llilhl smith at the end of the vtvc
urason. i.h’ubc writes very entertain-
,„gta ns the following shows* l
Ailiian, Mich., December 3, 1913.
Mr W. S. Farnsworth,
Sporting Editor The Georgian:
iif u Sir—I found your letter of the
mil, inst. awaiting my arrival home
Saturday evening. In reply I’ll say
■ hnt I'm not very much of a story
rit.er and seek to avoid publicity as
much as possible during the off sea
son at least, but think I should at
leas; comply with your request.
When I arrived home from Dixie 1
went to Sand Lake, Mich., for a fish
ing irip, hut that was cut short by a
message from the farm to come and
help finish up my new barn and silo. 1
Client 31 days doing carpenter and
farm work and then returned home,
expecting to have a hunting trip in
■,,e woods of North Michigan for deer,
hat another message to come to work
tlie Lake Shore Railway cut that
and I went back to bridge
building, and am now putting in*my
time at that work.
To-night I 1 eave for Sandusky,
Ohio, where we have some Work to do,
but how long I’ll be there I do not
know, for, unlike baseball, we have no
fixed schedule, but go where we are
sent, finish that work, then away we
40 where another bridge is troubling
or another one is to be built. I'm
never at home for any length of time.
In fact, I'm more like a tramp than a
human being, hut hope some day to
throw out my anchor and have it hold.
I'm glad tlie deal that brought me
Hi Atlanta went through at last, for 1
believe it is better for a ball player
lo “circulate, as it were,” and not stay
too long in one place, for familiarity
breeds contempt. I am working hard
every day, and weigh 190 pounds now,
which is just about my playing weight
in summer, and I hope my arm and
health will permit me to have a good
season for you.
Now, don't expect to have me come
in Atlanta to play ball and be a saint,
for that is utterly out of the question
with me. I never could play ball and
he a “goody,” but if hustling and
- rapping will help you, count me in.
With kindest regards to everybody,
believe me,
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES S. KISINGER.
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SPORTING COMMENT
By Ed W. Smith.
N OW comes Johnny Kilbane.
featherweight champion, with
the statement tl.at he is one
fighter who does not rely upon
and single punch to score knock
outs on his opponents. True, the
Cleveland star admits freely that
he uses the left hand for the main
purpose to be attained—that of
whittling a man down—kut when
it comes to the finishing tap
Johnny is entirely free with a
large variety of punches 1 that
come from either side.
* * ♦
T HE idea prevails in many quar
ters that the champion is
not possessed at all of a knock
out punch, but if you’ll study his
record for a little while you will
discover that it is dotted with
K. O.’s of all sorts. This sug-
' gestion Is brought out by Ki!-
bane’s recent slashing go with
Knockout Mars, the Cincinnati
star, who was tumbled to the can
vas in convincing style, but only
after a slugging affair that set
the crowd wild with delight.
* * *
T O show that the Mars inci
dent was no mere scratch,
but entirely on the level and
"true to form/’ Kilbane took on
Eddie O’Keefe, a little Hebrew
boy of Philadelphia, and regarded
as one of the fastest and clever
est kids in the business, and put
him down and out with a dazzling
knockout punch in the very first
round. It was no particular sur
prise to see him knock Mars out.
but when it comes to putting
away such speed merchants as
O’Keefe, and in the first round,
it looks entirely different.
* * *
TOE RIVERS, who beat Leach
J Cross in Los Angeles on
Thanksgiving Day, was another
of Kilbane’s victims. Johnny
used a straigiit right flush to the
jaw in disposing of the Mexican,
but in putting away Jimmy Fox,
the clever California boy, and
Monte Attel, ar.other product of
the Golden State, he used a swift
left hook to the chin.
* * *
I T was a combination punoh, first
a straight right to the jaw.
followed almost instantly by a
left clip on the point of the chin,
that proved O’Keefe’s undoing,
and he was out for several min
utes as*a result of this dose. In
the case of Ollie Kirk. who wa.s
outed effectively, a heavy left
straight into the lower part of the
midsection doubled up the St.
Louis boy, and as '.is head came
forward a smashing right upper
cut under the chin put him down
and out.
T H ESE illustrations should
serve to show that the Cleve
land man really ls one of the ver
satile men of the ring as well as
being anything but the "punch-
less champion" that several sar
castic writers have tabbed him.
He can punch well enough, and
some of his victims have been
mighty good men, too.
* * *
K ILBANE seems to be sorry
that he got some advertising
about wishing to battle light
weights. “That is hardly the
case,” he writes. "While I think
\J could defeat a majority'of them
over a distance of ground. 1 do
not wish to be considered as go
ing out of my class right now.
Though I seldom make weight. I
can still do 122 pounds as easily
as ever. But *why should 1? Cn-
less it is a real championship
fight, I don’t see why I should dis
tress myself in the least.” We
don’t either.
Charley O’Reilly Easily Outpoints the Champion of To-day
WILLIE RITCHIE TELLS ABOUT FIRST DEFEAT
Jess Willard Signs
To Meet Rodel in
Twenty-Round Bout
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Jess Willard,
who outpointed Carl Morris in a bur
lesque bout in Madison Square Garden
Wednesday night, has signed articles to
box twenty rounds with George Rodel.
the Boer heavyweight, in New Haven
on December 29. Willard in order to
have plenty of time to prepare for this
mill has induced the Queensberry Ath
letic Club of Buffalo to stage his combat
with “One Round" Davis.
After this event. Willard will go to
California to get a bout with the win
ner of the Arthur Pel ky-Gunboat
Bmith affair, to be decided in San Fran
cisco on New Year’s Day.
Willard beat Pelky here two years
ago. and in turn was defeated on points
by Smith in twenty rounds on the coast
last winter. Willard must be in Los
Angeles on January 7 to stand trial for-
taking part in the scrap with Bull
Young, whose injuries proved fatal.
Former Vandy and
Sewanee Football
Stars to Clash Jan. 1
NASHVILLE, TENN., Dec 2 —The
real climax to the 1913 football
season will be staged either In
Rlckwood Park, at Birmingham, or on
Dudley Field, at Vanderbilt, when an
aggregation of former Commodore mole
skin stars will on New- Year's Day set
tle a dispute of long standing with cer
tain pigskin artists who in days gone
by won fame at Sewanee
Willis Stewart, a former crack end at
Vanderbilt, who last season piloted the
Southern all-star invasion of Texas, is
arranging the New Year’s Day battle
and lias succeeded in collecting a for
midable array of talent for use against
the Tigers. Whether Birmingham or
Nashville will land the battle will de
pend a great deal on the inducements
offered by the Alabama city.
By Willie Riteliie.
rr AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 Al-
though I won the lightweight
championship of the world right
here in my native city, I must admit
that I was extremely fortunate in
other cities. I landed victories in my
first two trips away from San Fran
cisco, and, strangely, both of them
were in Marysville.
After getting my start in the four-
round game, 1 became a bit proud and
ambitious. I wanted to travel a bit
and I wanted to get some experience
in other places. I kept looking around
for a chance, and my brother. Frank,
who was some boxer himself, helped
be out. He heard of a lad named
Tony Josephs up in Marysville, and he
got busy and arranged a match over
the ten-round route. He settled for
$75 for my end. This was quite a
boost over what \ had been receiving
for putting on the gloves with the lo
cal boys.
I managed to keep in pretty good
condition, and learned a few stunts
from my brother, who began to take
quite an interest in me by this time.
He taught me more about the straight
left and also put me wise as to train
ing rules
Edwards and my brother accompa
nied me to Marysville to meet Jo
sephs. f worked out for a couple of
days and rounded into good shape. Jo
sephs was looked upon as a wonder Jpy
the Marysville fans, who made him a
strong favorite over me. They all ex
pected :o make a big clean-up on the
battle.
Knocks Tony Josephs Out.
Well, Josephs might have been a
wonder at one time, but he certainly
did not show any of his great form
the night he fought me. I had beard
so much about him that 1 was very
cautious and took no chances in the
first round. I noticed that he did not
seem to have very much, but I was
afraid that he might be stalling me,
so I just laid low and waited.
In the second I opened up a bit and
he came at me, swinging wild ana
leaving himself wide open. I simplj
could not resist the temptation any
longer. I hooked him a couple of times
with hard left jolts, and then brought
my right over to the jaw. That was
all. Tony took the count and I was
the winner of my first fight away
from home.
They seemed to think very well of
me in the up-country town, for after I
got away with Josephs they offered
me another chance, this time with
Kid Finch, another boy who was very
highly touted.
Well, 1 did no? meet with so much
success against Finch, although I won
all right. It was a ten-round go, and
he kept me busy all the time. I tried
hard to land the knock-out. for I was
ambitious and wanted to make a rec-
T HIS is the third story of a se
ries by Willie Ritchie, cham
pion lightweight of the world, in
which the title holder tells of his
career, in to-day’s article Willie
describes two more early victo
ries and his first and second de
feats in the squared circle.
ord. He was very game and man
aged to stick it out.
After this battle my brother advised
me to return home and look for some
better matches. 1 took his advice, so
we started back. He got me a match
with (’harley Reilly over in Oakland.
Loses First to Reilly.
Here comes the sad part of my
story. I lost my first fight. It was a
tough one to lose, but Reilly out
pointed me all rigiit and I never will
forget that beating as long as 1 live.
I almost cried over it.
That was four years ago, and 1
must admit that Reilly was a very
clever boy. He had the class and the
speed and he just kept jabbing me all
the time. I could not work my
straight left nor my right cross on
him. No, indeed. He knew too much
and he would not give me a chance to
get set.
We fought at the West Oakland
club and there was only a small c rowd
in attendance, which made it bad for
us, as we were fighting on a. per
centage basis. This made the pill ail
the more bitter to swallow.
My brother and Edwards and Ra
ker were in my corner as usual. They
tried to send me in against Reilly and
I tided my hardest to get in close, but
Reilly was too c!e\er and fast for me.
He just kept stabbing me with his
left all the time and dancing away.
My head kept bouncing back and
forth just like a rubber ball, and, to
tell the truth, 1 was very much dis
couraged.
Even though I w’as beaten, the de
feat taught me a good lesson. I
learned a few tricks from Reilly
which I never forgot. They have
come In very handy in many of my
big battles. Reilly was one of the
fastest and cleverest boys I ever met.
and I really believe that he would
be right out In the front ranks
to-day had he attended to business
and taken care of himself.
Burns Beats Him Next.
Although beaten by Reilly, T was
far from disheartened. I wanted more
action, and I got it pretty quick, too.
Yes, and I was beaten again—just
about ten days after losing my first
ba ttle.
Frankie Burns was the lad who
tacked the other one on me. and this
also happened in an Oakland ring.
When 1 look back over my record. T
always imagine that Oakland Is my
Jinx town.
Burns was regarded as one of the
best of the short-distance light
weights then, and many of my friends
pleaded with me to pass him up till 1
got a little more experience. But T
would not listen to anything like this.
I had made my mind up to go after
Burns and nobody could stpp me.
I think that 1 put up a pretty good
fight, even though I was beaten. The
crowd cheered every time that I did
any good. 1 had a lot of my own
gang at the ringside and they all
stood by me till the finish.
1 tried hard with Burns, just as I
did with Reilly, but he knew too much
for me. He would get Into that
crouch of his and pick away at me
with his stinging left hand I might
have beaten him over the longer
route, but 1 will admit that ho had It
on me all the time in those six
rounds.
Food for Sport Fans
ty GEORGE E. PHAIR./
Amie Sikes Elected
Captain of Vandy
NASHVILLE, TENN.. Dec. 6.—
Amie Sikes, left halfback of this
year’s team, was elected captain of
the Commodores for 1914 at the an
nual football banquet here last night.
Twenty-one “V's” were awarded the
football players, as follows:
E. Brown, Morgan, T. Brown. Mur
ray, Chester, Warren. Askew'.
Boensch, Sikes. MoQueen, P. Turner,
V. Turner. Cohen, Curry. Huffman.
White. Lowe. Warren. Putnam, Pres
ton and Manager Whitnell. Coach
McGugin was presented a handsome
silver loving cup by the members ot
the team.
Billy Smith Leaves
For Gotham To-day
Manager Billy Smith, of the Crack
ers, will leave Atlanta this afternoon
for New York to attend the annual
meeting of the National League,
which will be held there December 9.
Billy w'iil stop off at Washington
en route for a conference with his
friend, ('lark Griffith. This confer
ence may result in the transfer of
some more ball players to the Crack
ers.
Infielders are the men that the local
chieftain is after, and he expects to
get a couple of players.
I GALLANT IN DRAW BOUT.
BOSTON. Dec. 6. — Bay Wood and
Gilbert Gallant fought a t welve-round
draw at Lowell last night.
DO YOU?
Somewhere on the brood Pacific
Baseball athletes sail,
Trembling ot the wild, terrific
Heating of the gale.
Theg mag be near Honolulu
Or near T imbue too.
Or beside the Isle of Sola
I don’t care, do you*
It is estimated that 1,242 batsmen
faced Walter Johnson last year, none
of whom particularly enjoyed it.
“There is no such thing as a bat
ting eye,” savs Ty Cobb, who always
likes to kid the pitchers.
Bob Hedges is said to be worried
over the report that some of his ath
letes have jumped to the Federals. but
why should anyone be worried about
losing any of the Browns?
Packey McFarland has several novei
training stunts, one of which is to fire
Emil Tniry and hire him back every
day.
They placed him on an all star team.
And there was pride hwithin I Ms
heart.
He eyed the rest with scornful gleam
And proudly held himself apart.
Such lads are hard to reason with
Their domes are r.made i.of l.solid
bone, i-
As one who i.saysn Li."i1y i name i.i*
Smith.’' L L
And thinks that mime is his alone.
In these days of frenzied football
experts it has become an honor not to
be named on an all-star team.
Joe TUiker hit .317 during the play
ing season, but when he batted
against Garry Herrmann he hit into
a double cross.
It may be true that many a player
has eaten himself out of the big
leagues, but none of them ever has
eaten himself out of the Winter
League.
Opening ttfe morning paper one
learns that Emil Thiry is fired «r
hired again, or about to be fired or
hired again. If Emil docs not have a
care he will bump into himself com
ing back.
Branch Rickey says he will not
make any sales or trades this winter.
Being a conscientious young man. he
does not believe in obtaining money
under false pretenses.
President Gaffney still insists on
condemning Bill Sweeney to Cincin
nati, but it would be more humane
to fine him and let him stay where
he is.
After the rudeness displayed in the
Army-Navy game. President Wilson
is convinced that Huerta hasn’t even
a ghost of a show.
HE SHOULD BE ANNOYED.
Twelve days the sunhad never shone.
Twelve days the clouds had drifted.
Twelve days the fog had lingered on
And never lifted. l
The magnate gayly tossed his head i.
And watched the raindrops urry.
*•There’s ain't no game to pl-ay," he
said,
"So / shhuld worry."
Just as the Mexican situation be
gins to untangle itself Ad Wolgasl
butts In and offers to fight Joe Rivers.
The Federal League’s plan to shock
organized baseball may be sincere,
but how can you shock organized
basebdll?
Owning stock in the Boston Red
Sox is almost as steady a job as
managing a team in Cincinnati.
The chief reason for the ousting of
McAleer and McRoy is that they
spilled the beans. In Boston this is
an unpardonable sin.
It is said That Chicago fight fans
are willing to back Charlie White to
the extent of $5,000, some of which is
regular money.
Indoor golf may be a great little
soort, but it sounds almost as appro
priate as indoor cross• country run
ning.
NO SUCH PERSON.
i He couldn't field like Collins and hr
couldn't hit like Cobb:
It* scarcely had enough of stuff to
hold a big league job.
i And yet he made the world sit up
and gained the Hall of Fame.l
[Amt all the papers hailed him as the
wonder of the game. l
He was the only big league man in
all the blessed land
Who was not picked as manager of
Garry Herrmann's band.
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