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7 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. n it an ; >a c -t ; and j t nf ] 5 of ] nts •eak se ’* the jar- lent >ba- j fen- tio.i j jar- ♦ heJ anJ : best v ra tail* alth \ rom, ; veil, • the ; tion tton. vent >un- j re a I wall ex- lea* ! rhe :ee •port ebail »ve<i. Chi* 1 be nore, ag* that PoX mor* arge ^riie Field (xoal Is Good for but Three Points; the Home Run Often Nets Four COVERS) *r 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. ar# l th« 1 to AA t»up* 2tln* th« an ot Clark Griffith Has 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- 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 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. I Opium Wlilkey •«»<* Dru • H«blt» |Ut Home or >t San't«rion>. Book on »yb)«i-* I,Vm. D*. B. M. WOOUIY, 14.N. V1«c. BSsnitartnin. Atlcntn. Gnorain TOBACCO HABIT ® ti.i nmlARii uni You can conquor it entity In 3 days, in p-orp your health, prolong your life. 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