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BRINGING UP FATHER
By GEORGE M’MANUS
Says He Can’t Be “Goody” and
Play Ball, but That He Can
Scrap and Hustle.
7 HI s is the second of a series of
letters from the members of
Ike champion Crackers. It is
tram Ruhr Kissinger, the veteran
hurley, who was signed tig Manager
Hilly Smith at the end of the vtvc
wasuit. LRube writes very entertain-
niyhi as the following showss I,
Adrian, Mich., December 3, 1913.
Mr. IV S. Farnsworth,
Sporting Editor The Georgian:
Heat Sir—I found your letter of the
19th inst. awaiting my arrival home
Saturday evening. In reply I’ll say
that I'm not very much of a story
writer and seek to avoid publicity as
much as possible during the off sea-
t least, hut think I should at
teas: comply with your request.
When 1 arrived home from Dixie I
\ient to Sand Dake, Mich., for a fish
ing trip, but that was cut short by a
message from the farm to Come and
help finish up my new barn and silo. 1
spent 31 days doing carpenter and
farm work and then returned home,
expecting to have a. hunting trip in
the woods of North Michigan for deer,
but another message to borne to work
nn the Lake Shore Railway cut that
short, and I went back to bridge
building, and am now putting in my
time at that work.
To-night 1 1 eave for Sandusky,
i >hio, 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
go where another bridge Is troubling
nr another one is to be built. I'm
never at home for any length of time.
In fact, l m more like a tramp than a
human being, but hope some day to
throw out my anchor and have it hold.
I'm glad the deal that brought me
to Atlanta went through at last, for I
believe it is better for a ball player
to “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 1 hope my arm and
health will permit me to have a good
season for you
Now, don’t expect to have me come
to Atlanta to play ball and be a saint,
for that is utterly out of the question
with me. I never could play ball and
be a “goody," but if hustling and j
scrapping will help you, count me in. 1
With kindest regards to everybody,
believe me,
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES S. KISSINGER
POLLY AND HER PALS
Girls Are Funny Creatures, Aren't They
Many Candidates
For Tinker's Old Job
SPORTING COMMENT
CINCINNATI, Deo. 6.—President
August Herrmann said yesterday that
no definite move has been made to
obtain a successor to Joe Tinker as
manager of the Cincinnati National
League team. Several names are be
ing considered, but no one has been
approached with an offer. Among the
possible candidates are F. Otto Knabe.
second baseman of the Philadelphia
Nationals; Fielder Jones, formerly of
I.) 1 ® Chicago Americans; J. Garland
tStahl, who led the Boston Americans
to the world's championship in 1912;
Mordecai Brown, and Richard Hob-
1 first baseman and captain of the
Cincinnati team last season.
Bv Ed W. Smith.
Cleveland Arranges
Exhibition Gaines
CLEVELAND, Dec. 6.—All of Cleve-
4 * c s exhibition games to be played in
Manh and April have practically been
ar ranged, according to E. S. Barnard,
vie.’ president of the club, who has just
returned from Athens, Ga.. the Naps'
training ground. The schedule follows:
March 30 and 31, April 1 and 2 at At-
*anta April 3 and 4 at Chattanooga;
'Pr;l open; April 6 and 7 at Cinein-
I la! April 8 and 9 at Indianapolis; April
. and S, second squad at Dayton; April
1 and 11 at Columbus; April 12. first
,./ rslls second squad at League Park,
Cleveland.
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i Praise for Lynch
' lark Griffith, formerly a National
•eagup manager with Cincinnati, and
leader of the Washington Senators,
j ,' that he believes President Tom
u.'. n , h «7 s been absolutely fair in all
s decisions. The Washington leader
* < mns ihat Governor Tener would make
’ ' x '' "ent President, but he is a
' a .to h champion of Lynch and an ex-
P merit of the square deal.
p OX TO LEAD COLUMBUS AGAIN.
( . 1 ‘LI MBPS, GA., Dec. 6.—James
•' 'inis Fox. for the past five years
,,f t j le Columbus baseball team,
G-eii named manager again for 1914.
' ng the past five years he has won
pennants, finished second twice and
Tn, rd once.
L EWls ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
' \ldS Dec 6 ••Wifiie" Lewis, the
rig!'!. 1 an middlewieght boxer, was acoi-
Erar- v* s,lot in yesterday by
FVu.- ,, 11 oc ,n the leg yesterday oy
Moreau, the French heavyweight,
ar . “ both were hunting. His wounds
riot serious
O’BRIEN SHADES DUFFY.
H1LADELPHIA, Dec. ii.—“Young
O’Brien, of this city, again
‘ I||f, nstrated his cleverness at the
• ' r 'Pareil A. C. when he earned the
1 '• ?ct over Johnny J>uffy.
‘"VAGNER DEFEATS MILLER.
' ILKESBARRB 13 ' T3 ~'- c
. PA., Dec. 6.—Kid
-ner, 0 £ Wilkesbarre, defeated
of Philadelphia, in a ten-
4 -Pd bout here last night.
"VT 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—but when
it comes to the finishing tap
Johnny is entirely free with a
large variety of punches 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 lhat it is dotted with
K. O.'s of all sorts. This sug
gestion is brought out by Ki 1 -
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 eet
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.
of Kilbane’s vie .ms. Johnny
used a straight right Hush to the
jaw in disposing of the Mexican,
but in puttir°- 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.
IT was a combination punch, first
1 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 011 1 e Kirk, who was
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 HESE illustrations should
serve to show that the Cleve
land man really is 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, ana
some of his victims have been
mighty good men, too
TOE RIVERS, who beat Leach
J Cross in Los Angeles on
Thanksgiving Day, was another
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 1 think
I could defeat a majority of them
over a distance cf ground. I do
not wish to be co: sidered as go
ing out of my class right now.
Though I seldom make weight, F
can still do 122 pounds as easily
as ever. But why should I? Un-
less it is a real championship
fight, ^jdon’t s*>e why i should dis
tress myself in the least.” We
don't either.
Jess Willard Signs
To Meet Rodel in
Twenty-Round Bo.ut
Former Vandy and
Sewanee Football
Stars to Clash Jan, 1
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 Pelky-Gunboat
Smith 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.
NASHVILLE, TENN., Dec 2. -The
real climax to the 1913 football
season will be staged either In
Rick wood 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
tie 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 Years Day battle
and has succeeded in collecting a for
midable array of talent for use against
the Tigers. Whether Birmingham or
Nashville will land the battle will dc
pend a great deal on the inducements
offered by the Alabama city.
Charley O'Reilly Easily Outpoints the Champion of To-day
WILLIE RITCHIE TELLS ABORT FIRST DEFEAT
Food for Sport Fans
Bv Willie Ritchie.
S AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 —Al-
though 1 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, I became a bit proud and
ambitious. I wanted to travel a bit
and I wanted to get some experience
in ottier places. I kept looking around
for a chance, and my brother. Frank,
who was some boxer himself, helped
he 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 I 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. I worked out for a couple of
days and rounded Into good shape. Jo
sephs was looked upon as a wonder by
the Marysville fans, who made him a
strong favorite over me. They all ex
pected to 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 heard
so much about him that I 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 1 just laid low and waited.
In the second I opened up a bit and
he came at me. swinging wild a no
leaving himself wide open. I simplj
could not resist the temptation an\
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 1 was
the winner of my first fight away
from home.
They seemed to think verv well of
me in the up-country town, for after l
got away with Josephs they offend
me another chance, this time with
Kid Finch, another boy who was cer,
highly touted.
Well. 1 did not meet with so much
success against Fin< h. although I won
al! right. It was a ten-round go, and
he kept me busy all the time. | tried
hard to land the knock-out, for 1 wa?
ambitious and wanted to make a ret-
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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 tor some
better matches. I took his advice, so
we started back. He got me a match
with Charley 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 right and 1 never will
forget that heating as long as I live.
I almost cried over it.
That was four years ago. and I
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 crowd
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 Ba
ker were in my corner as usual. They
tried to send me in against Reilly and
I tried my hardest to get in close, but
Reilly was too clever 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, I was very much dis
couraged.
Even though 1 was beater, 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 1 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. I 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. arid this
also happened In an Oakland ring.
When I look back over my record. 1
always tmagine that Oakland is my
Jinx town.
Burns was regarded as one of the
best of the short-distanee light
weights then, and many of my friends
pleaded with me to pass him up till I
got a little more experience. But I
would not listen to anything like this.
I had made my mind up to go after
Burns and nobody could stop me.
I think that I put up a pretty good
fight, even though T was beaten. The
crowd cheered every time that I did
any good. 7 had a lot of my own
gang at the ringside and they all
stood by me till the finish.
T tried hard with Burns, just as 1
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. T might
have beaten him over the longer
route, but I will admit that he had it
on me all the time in those six
rounds.
DO YOU?
Somewhere on the broad Pan fir
H ana ball athletes sail,
Trembling at the irild, terri/le
Heating of the gale.
They may be near Honolulu
Or near Timbuctoo, ,
Or beside the Isle of Satu -
/ don't rare, do youf
It 15 estimated that 1,242 batsmen
faced Walter Johnson last year, none
of whom particularly enjoyed it.
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
“There is no such thing as a bat
ting eye,” says Ty Cobb, who always
likes to kid the pitchers.
'The magnate gayly tossed his head l
And watched the raindrops urry.
“There's ain't no game to play," he
said.
“8o / should worry
Bob Hedges is said to be worried
over the report that some of his ath
letes have jumped to the Federals, but
whv should anyone be worried about
loeing any of the Browns?
Just as the Mexican situation be
gins to untangle itself Ad Wolgast
butts in and offers to fight Joe Rivers.
Packey McFarland has several novel
training stunts, one of which is to fire
The Federal league's plan to shock
organized baseball may be sincere,
but how can you shock organized
baseball ?
training stunts, one of wmoh is to nre i Owning stock in the Boston Red
Emil Thiry and hire him back every Sox is almost as steady a job as
day.
managing a team in Cincinnati.
Amie Sikes Elected
Captain of Vandy
. NASHVILLE, TENN. Dec. 6.—
Amie Sikes, left halTback of this
year's team, was elected captain of
the Commodores for 1914 at the an
nual football banquet here last night.
Twenty-one “Vs” were awarded the
football players- as follows:
K. Brown. Morgan. T. Brown. Mur
ray. Chester, Warren. Askew.
Boensvh, Sikes. McQueen, P. Turner.
V Turner. Cohen. Furry. Huffman.
; White I.owe. Warren. Putnam. Per-
Billy Smith Leaves
For Gotham To-day
They placed him on an all-slat learn.
And there was pride cwilhin IJiis
heart.
He eyed the rest with scornful gleam
And proudly held himself apart.
Such lads are hard to reason with
Their dames are I .made I .of ! .solid
bone. L
As one who LStiyss \.\rMy i.name i.is
Smith," L l
And thinks that name is his alone.
In these days of frenzied football
experts it has become an honor not to
be named on an all-star team.
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 »nid that Chicago fight fans
Joe Tinker hit .317 during the play
ing season, but w’hen 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
I leagues, but none of them ever has
; eaten himself out of the Winter
I League.
Manager Billy Smith, of the <’rank
ers, will leave Atlanta this afternoon
for New York to attend the annual
meeting of the National League,
which will he held there December 9.
Billy will stop off at Washington
en route for a conference with his
"rlend. Glark Griffith. This confer
ence mav result in the transfer of
sontp m *re ball players to the Grack-
i erF*.
j Infielderja a**e the men that the local
| chieftain i« aft*r end li° expects to
get a couple of players while in New
I iork.
on and Manager Whitnell. Con h
McGugin was presented a handsom*
silver lov ing i u|j h the members o
the team.
GALLANT IN DRi<W POUT.
paper on •
is fired nr
be fired or
Opening the morning
learns that Emil Thiry
hired again, or about tc
hired again. If Emil does 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, h°
!<>es not believe in obtaining money
under false pretenses.
BOSTON Dec. fi. Bay Wood and
G oert Gallon! fought a twelve-round
a ,.t w at Lowell last night.
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
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.
He couldn't field like Collins and he
couldn't hit like Cobb;
He si arcely had enough of stu ff to
hold a big league job.
And yet he* made the world sit up
and gained the Hall of Famc.i,
And all the papers hailed him as the
wonder of the game. r.
He was the only big league man in
all the blessed land
Who teas not picked as manager of
Garry Herrmann's band.
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