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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. The Field Goal Is Good for but Three Points; the Home Hun Often Nets Four Naughton Asserts Gunboat Un doubtedly Whipped Langford, as Negro Fighter Is Slipping. B\ W. W. Naughton. S an FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—So Gunboat Smith earned—or at any rate received—a decision over Sam Langford. While some of the spectators may not have thought well of the award, while Langford’s manager may t ,vo pent broadcast telegrams de- ?•’.Mincing the verdict as a “Boston r ng" and an outrage, a decision is ? ion after all and contributes it* ^are toward building up a repu- tation. To those who saw roly-poly Sam Langford In action with Jack Lester a; Taft, the idea of Langford calling „,n heaven to witness that he was wronged in his match with Smith is humorous. Vs the writer pointed out after the To ft affair, it would require months ,, . arnest effort to place Langford in rondo on to participate in anything • • line. According to all accounts, Sam was high in flesh at Boston as he was w Taf\ and if he really tried his best and was worsted, he worked an in- jstice to himself. Gunboat Has Fine Record. He knows that Gunboat Smith Is about the best man of any color at present before the public, and he should not have risked a hard-earned reputation when he wasn’t fit to do himself justice. In any cose, no matter wiia.t was behind the Boston bout, Gunboat Smith is the gainer, and it must be said that he has gone to the front in wonderful manner during the past year It may be urged that there are ertain men he should meet and cer tain men he is none too desirous of meeting, but his record as it stands is more impressive than that of any other man in his class. It is such, in fact, that if a ques tion arose in any foreign country as to who was the best heavyweight in America, eight of every ten follow ers of pugilism would name Gunboat Smith. He has victories to his credit over ' nn, Carl Morris, Bombardier ss Willard, Charles Miller, Boer Rodel, Sam Langford and Frank Moran, and this practically means iat the only man left for him to try 'inclusions with is Arthur Pelky. A match between the pair will take place under Jim Coffroth’s auspices ■•ining January and the winner will come near to being a genuine world’s champion. Back East the opinion prevails that Gunboat should do battle again with • arl Morris. Smith himeelf must ■ now that' this feeling exists and if * wins from Pelky he will no doubt defer to public ideas on this mat ter If he fails to do so he will re- “ivp many an unpleasant reminder of his remissness as he makes his riumphal tour around the footlights circuit. Buckley Fooled Fans. '> in boat Smith’s success is quite a tribute to the powers of discernment f cue Jim Buckley. The latter saw •Smith perform a few times in San Francisco and could not very well : eyes to the fact that Gun boat was anything but a popular nngman hereabouts at that time. Among other things Smith was ac- ' U9ed of showing the white feather e going was rough, although ■] this connection the writer feels bkp saying in fairness that he has r ever seen anything in Smith's case which could be called pronounced cowardice. True, the Gunner has backed away a ’ times when the other fellow went t him pell-mell, but I have seen of the stoutest-hearted Testers do that. The courage that t qualified with a little caution is morv- ,>f a hindrance than a help to fighting man. And as George i, v *nn. once said. “Very few box- rs become champions through get- n ? :n front of every blow aimed at them” Bm-kley heard all that was to be 1 i 'bout Gunboat’s “yellow streak’ then said. “I’ll take him East I think he will get along fight there and maybe you fel- v won’t know’ him when he comes back.” inboat certainly has made good f Buckley’s direction, and many ss,°ng have arisen as to how it ' : _ th it Buckley saw such promise ’* 'mith, when the supposedly wise ’ ," f the West had pronounced him Experience Develops Confidence. ; <s. no doubt, Gunboat’s ability that impressed Buckley. It ’ t is to reason, of course, that the •\ ;,t this end knew Smith for a ir ' ( fitter, but they probably fig- ” * '<at Smith’s timid style of fight- , u °'hd prevent him from devel- k bis knockout blow into a relia ble asset. Bn- Kiev thought otherwise. He hat experience is of infinitely •’ 'e bonefit to a fighter than so- 'l r , courage, and he figured that If L, r !(’° k ^roith hack East and kept ‘ b!m into the ring at every " "unity he would get confidence, ifter all, is courage in its r £‘ ,ef ! 11 form - Rmuu • y ’« judgment was good. I.; «s not only Improved both In i pledge of boxing, but in the * - °f his punch, and whoever h m now will be worthy of the . , of r hampion. cv A 'bilo i think of It, San Frnn- V, . I s W li ting to apologize to Gun- ru. When he dips into the T ; l , T ° box Arthur Pelky he will v, ‘ in ovation that will warm the kif,s of his heart. beats I OBRIEN SHADES DUFFY. ; RI.PHIA, Dec. 6.—"To ' 4 fc rr’- r * en . th,s city, ai l- ^ r Bed his cleverness at l*.—u ! . "■ A. C. when he earned Johnny Duff}*. What’s a Million, Anyway? By James Swinnerton POLLY AND HER PALS There 9 s Sometning the Matter With Ashur Food for Sport Fans DO YOU? Somewhere on the broad Pacific Baseball athletes sail, Trembling at the v'ild, terrific Beating of the gale. They may be near Honolulu Or near Timbuctoo, Or beside the Isle of Salu— 7 don't care, do youf 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,” says 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 novel training 9tunts, one of whioh is to fire Emil Thiry and hire him back every day. They placed him on an all-star team, And there was pride uvithin lhis heart. He eyed the rest with scornful gleam And proudly held himself apart. Such Bids are hard to reason with; Their domes are unade lof Lsolid bone, L As one who Lsayss 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. Joe Tinker hit .317 during the play ing season, but when he batted against Garry Herrmann he hit Into a double cross. HE SHOULD BE ANNOYED. Twelve days the sunhad never shone, Twelve days the ('loads had drifted, Twelve days the fog had lingered on And never lifted. l The magnate gay In tossed his head l And watched the raindrops urry. “There's ain't no game to play," he said, "So l should worry." Branch Rickey says he will not make any sales or trades this winter. Being a conscientious young man, ho does not believe in obtaining money under false pretenses. The Federal League's plan to shock organized baseball may be sincere, but how can you shock organized baseball ? 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. He couldn't field like Collins and he couldn't hit like Cobb; He scarcely had enough of stuff to hold a big league job. And yet he made the world sit up and gained the Hall of Fa/me,L And all the papers hailed him as the wonder of the game. u He was the only big league man in all the blessed land Wh*) was not picked as manager of Garry Herrmann's band. It may be true that many a player has eaten himself out of the big leagues, but none of them ever h.is eaten himself out of the Winter League. Opening the morning paper one learns that Emil Thiry is fired or hired again, or about to be fired or hired again. If Emil does not have a care he will bump into himself com ing back. Owning stock in the Boston Red Sox is almost as steady a job at managing a team in Cincinnati. Just as the Mexican situation be gins to untangle itself Ad Wolgast butts in and offers to fight Joe Rivers. 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 nasn’t even a ghost of a show. Many Candidates For Tinker's Old Job CINCINNATI. Dec. 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 the Chicago Americans; J. Garland Stahl, who led the Boston Americans to the world’s championship in 1912; Mordecai Brown, and Richard Hob- litz, first baseman and captain of the Cincinnati team last season. ACCEPTS PASTORATE. JONESBORO. Dec 6.—The Rev. Archer McLaughlin, formerly of Ca milla. has accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian Churches at River- dale and Philadelphia, and has moved to River dale. Charley O'Reilly Easily Outpoints the Champion of To-day WILLIE RITCHIE TELLS ABOUT FIRST DEFEAT Bv Willie Ritchie. S 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, ajid, 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 other places. I kept looking around for a chance, and my brother, Frank, who was some boxer himself, helped be out. fte 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 $76 for my end. This wag quite a boost over what I had been receiving for putting on the gloves w’Ith^th<aJo^ 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 I Just laid low' and waited. In the second I opened up a bit and he came at me, swinging wild and leaving himself w’lde open I slmpl} 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 ali. 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. r P HIS is the third story of a se- ries by Willie Ritchie, cham pion lightweight of the world, in w’hich 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. we started back. He got me a match wdth Charley Reilly over In Oakland. Loses First to Reilly. Ffcre 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 I 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 erms 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 aII the more bitter to swallow. My brother and Edw’ards and Ba ker were in my corner as usual. They tried to send me In against Reilly and l 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 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- letlc 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 Ix>s tell the truth, I was very much dis couraged. Even though T was 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. Burn* 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 battle. Frankie Burns was the lad who tacked the other one on me, and this also happened in an Oakland ring When I look back over my record. I 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 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 I was beaten The crowd cheered every time that I did any good. I had a lot of my own gang at the ringside and they all stood by me till the finish. I 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 I will admit that he had It on me all the time In those six rounds Worker Sues Road For Loss of an Eye Without asking stipulated damages. T. A. Dupree has filed suit against the Southern Railway Company for the loss of an eye injured by a splinter from a piece of steel upon which he was working. Charlie Ridley, who was Dupree’s helper, is named as a defendant also. The plaintiff says he was cutting n piece, holding a chisel which Ridley w-as striking with a. hammer. He al leges he told Ridley to strike the chisel lightly, but that he struck it with much force. Sullivan and Kilrain Fight Promoter Dies MOBILE, ALA., Dec. 6—Charles W. Rich, ex-Mayor of Hattiesburg. Miss., a wealthy retired lumberman and the man who promoted the prize fight between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain in 1892, at Richburg, Miss., died last night, after a short illness. VY Cli, X UJU XIV/l iliccv •« I UI IHUWI success against Finch, although I won all right. It w-as 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 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. I took his advice, so Angeles on January 7 to stand trial for taking part In the scrap wdth Bull Young, whose injuries proved fatal. FOX TO LEAD COLUMBUS AGAIN. COLUMBUS, GA., Dec. 6—James Claudius Fox. for the past five years manager of the Columbus baseball team, has been named manager again for 1914. During the past five years he has won two pennants, finished second twice and third once. SPORTING COMMENT By Ed W. Smith. N OW comes Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, with the statement t! 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 hi 1 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 that It is dotted with K. O.’s of all sorts. This sug gestion is brought out by Kil- 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 tl.e 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’a vie..ms. Johnny used a straight right flush to the Jaw in disposing of the Mexican, but in puttiro- away Jimmy Fox, the clever California boy, and Monte Attel, ar.other .product of the Golden State, he used a sw'lft left hook to the / 'hln. • * • TT waa a combination punch, 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, w’ho was outed effectively, a heavy left straight into the lower pa*t 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. case,” he write*. “While I think I could defeat a majority of them over a distance of ground, I do not wish to be co: sidered as go ing out of my class right now Though 1 seldom make weight, I can still do 122 pounds as easily as ever. But why should I? Un less It is a real championship fight, I don’t see why 1 should dis tress myself in the least.” We don’t either. Arnie Sikes Elected Captain of Vandy NASHVILLE. TENN, Dec. 6. Amie Sikes, left halfback of this year’s team, whs elected captain of the Commodores for 1914 at the an nual football banquet, here last night. Twenty-one “V r ’s’’ were awarded the football players, as follows: E. Brown, Morgan, T. Brown, Mur ray, Cheater, Warren, Askew Boensch, Sikes. McQueen, P Turner. V Turner, Cohen. Curry, Huffman. White. Lowe. Warren, Putnam, Pres ton and Manager Whitnell. Coach McGugln was presented a handsome silver loving cup by the members o! the team. Cleveland Arranges Exhibition Games CLEVELAND, Dec. 6.—All of Cleve land’s exhibition games to be played in March and April have practically been arranged, according to E. 8. Barnard, vice president of the club, who has Just returned from Athens, Ga., the Naps training ground. The schedule follows: March SO and 31, April 1 and 2 at At lanta; April 3 and 4 at Chattanooga. April 5, open; April 6 and 7 at Cincin naii: April 8 and 9 at Indianapolis; April 7 and 8, second squad at Dayton; April 10 and 11 at Columbus, April 12, firsi versus second squad at League Park. Cleveland. Clark Griffith Has Praise for Lynch Clark Griffith, formerly a National League manager with Cincinnati a*id ne w leader of the Washington Senators, says that he believes President Tom Lynch has been absolutely fair in all his decisions. The Washington leader admits that Governor Tener would make an excellent President, but he is a staunch champion of Lynch and an ex ponent of the square deal. 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. 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