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/. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Tlie Kield Goal Is Good for but Three Points: the Home Run Often Nets Four COVOTD b USE KISINGER fiPPY E n 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. ^ ^H(T ? "YOU V/ANT To LEAVE PAF?|^ ? VH> ( - VE ARE JOST Beginning to like v it- 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. POLLY AND HER 1 3 ALS ; : : ; Girli 77 -l i c, nikiV tvay' Rdl/F > 5 Are Funny Creatures, Arent \ . .——i r hey or WEARIH& 'EM AlUT fj - 5iy* mADDVt 'TRVlM'Voo - K!D ME7 IWW&SUE IT V'faTTA ADMIT \ii> tHtC 1 . 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. T. Opiuat. WkUk«T aad Drue Habit* trv*tc4 at Hoa* t *t Sanitarium. Baofc *a awbjac? Frm*. DR. B. M. WOOLLEY, M-M. VWaoa Atlanta. Caara^a TOBACCO HABIT “V" 1 nrnif vonr hpnlth nrninnn vnur Ilf* Vn oan conquer It 3 day*, tin prove your health, prolong your life. 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