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IS HAVING GOOD
TIME HUNTING
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Letter From the Crackers'
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Thomas, Okla., Deo 12, 1913.
W. S. Kama worth.
Sporting: Editor,
The Atlanta Georgian
Dear Bill: I guess you think f
am a little slow in answering your
letter, but I have just come home
from a big hunt of 24 days on
\vhlch I had a dandy time. You
asked me to write a letter for your
paper, telling what 1 have been
doing since I left Atlanta,. Well,
here goes.
I left for Cincinnati from Knox
ville and stayed two weeks with a
boy friend In that city. We put in
most of our time going to show's
while in the city, and when not in
the city we were at his camp on
the Miami River Ashing boating,
kodaking and eating large feeds
that the cook would have Axed for
us when we came in, and we sure
did enjoy them at least. I did, and
1 am most sure my pal did. as he
was not used to the out-of-doyr life
as I W'as Sure was a great 'treat
for me to have a place of that kind
to go to after those 26 days of
hard fought battles at old Ponce
Del.eon. in which 1 gave the man
ager and fans everything I had
even if I did have two ribs caved
n But there was too rnurh m
stake to think of as small a. thing
as two broken ribs. But at times
they would make me think of them
But I should worry, they are all
right now-
Speaking about giving every
thing I had, 1 want t6 say tjiat every
fan gave everything that had,
if not a little more In fact, all
the boys on the bench thought the
world had or was coming to an
end. the noise was so loud. There
were times when we could not un
derstand each other without talk
ing in each other’s ear. So that Is
what 1 call rooting, and I hope
they keep the good work up next
season, and I a*n sure they will.
The Crackers are going to give
them something to root for.
So. get ready for that big day
when the unips yell "Play Ball.”
Landed home from Cincinnati O.
K., and was glad to get back, as
anyone would be after they are
away for seven months. Was home
only two days and went to Texas
for a prairie chicken hunt. Was
gone a week. Drove through in a
car. Mad a dandy time and killed
38 chickens. It took us one day
and part of the night to make the
trip, as we were heavy loaded and
• ould oot drive fast, and the roads
are not the best. Came home from
lhat hunt and took life easy for a
while, about two weeks. I guess We
had a little snowstorm from the
north and that makes duck shoot
ing good out here, so 1 hit out for
a good lake 42 miles from here
The storm did not last but a short
lime so I did not stay long. W T e
got there at 3 p. m. and at 10 a m
rhe next morning we were getting
on the train with 93 ducks, and
that is more than any other two
hunters have ever brought in So
I guess we are champs Have
iaken a number of small duck hunts
since, but never had such good
luck And by that time the quad
season had opened, and three of
us had been planning on a big
hunt as soon as the season was
<*pen for quail, which was Novem
ber 15 On the 17th we loaded our
wagon for the trip, so we could
gei an early start on the morning
of the 18th. on which we left in
a covered wagon, and landed back
home the 10th of December. Now-
anyone that never took a trip of
that kind does not know what fun
and good times are unless they go
and see for themselves No use of
me to tell you what it is like, and
now much you will eat and how
good you will feel Of course. I
mean if you like the out-of-door
life and to hunt, camp out and sleep
in a tent or in a sleeping hag. 1
will take a sleeping bag for mine.
We had one big time, killed a
world of quail, but very J ew ducks,
as it was not duck weather while
we were gone We salted a lot of
quail down while we were out and
they were Ane and dandy when
we landed back home So we can
have quail and not have to hunt
them for some time
Think I have enough hunting to
do me for a while. So think I shall
sit around the Are and rub off some
of those foul tips 1 got at Poncy
and try to gain a few more pounds
I have gained fourteen pounds
and that is about all I need, for no
hod v loves a fat man—not at
Poncy. anyway.
R .manager .-mith can And play-
ers to All the places of those he lost,
and I think he can. even if it is
hard to do. well be in the race
aga.n Smiths long suit is to
And players juat a little faster
! han the other managers have
Then he tells them what to do, and
they go and do it So fan* leave it
to Bill, as they call him. and don i
worry until we lose Six in a row
I am all O. K up to date, and
1 am going to take life easy until
lime for the ira.ning season and
l will be one of the A rat to want to
see what some of the new pitchers
have and will bring all the pepper
ihere Is in Oklahoma—and they
!ta\e a lot of it out here So. good
luck and good-b>e and a Merr'
‘‘hristmas and a Happy New Year
to one and all
Yours truly.
4UAB1 £. UU K.iiA.y
Sporting Food INDOOR SPORTS
— By GEORGE E PHAIR
J. TINKER SINGS.
My country f *ti* of thee,
Sweet land of liberty.
Fro nit her J strap.
To Brooklyn I must roam,
Afros* the, raging foam.
And leave my happy home,
The I S. A
/ love thy rock* and rill*.
Thy wood* anti templed hill*
And other scenes.
J would prefer to be,
Chicago, III., with thee.
But Brooklyn offer me
10,000 bean*.
Mr. Tinker, however, will not be
compelled to spend the whole season
in Brooklyn. The seven other cities
on the National League circuit are in
the United States-
Yagotta hand it to Mr. Murphy for
his gallant effort to land Joe Tinker.
He was willing to spend anything but
money.
Mr. Murphy was runner-up in the
Tinker deal, thereby getting half the
publicity without investing jiny capi
tal
Jees Willard deserves great credit
for his overwhelming victory over
One-Round Davis. He outweighed his
man by a b«re 50 pounds.
Con»idsr what a scant margin is 50
pounds in a prize fight. Gunboat
Smith does not outweigh Johnny
Coulon by much more than that.
In spite of his defeat, it must be
admitted that One-Round Davis more
than lived up to his name He lasted
a round ami a half.
Fortune is a finicky old dame. For
instance. Art Butler was married on
the same day he was sentenced to
play with the Cardinals.
FINANCIERS
li her* are the champ* of yesteryear
Who hang around buffets.
And spent their pile for quart* of
cheer.
And turned their nights to day*?
: The old time ehamps hare wandered
Item *.
And modern champ* prevail,
j Who would not squander thirty
*cut*
I To save a friend from jail.
There is no truth in the report that
Georges Carpentier ha* earned $200.-
000. although he may have collected
that amount for whipping English
heavyweights.
The'e must be a mistake in the re
port that Willie Ritche is wearing an
ice pack on his head. It must be a
hot water bottle on his feet
Reports from the Ju*rez traok indi
cate that new records are almost as
rrumerouj as new revolutions.
Psrseverance always brings suc
cess. After trying out approximately
14,000 dedication, Charlie Ebbets
finally has corralled something worth
while dedicating.
A competitor in a six-day race ha*
a distinct advantage over a specta
tor. Being always on the move, it is
difficult to pick his pockets. Besides,
he has no pockets to pick.
GEOGRAPHY.
“AY here is Brooklyn?" spoke the
teacher,
To her class one winter day.
’Brooklyn." said a bright young
creature,
'I* where Tinker soon will play.”
Harvard Will Elect
1914 Captain To-day
CAMBRIDGE. MASS. I** 17 —
The Harvard football tearp will hold
a meeting here to-da> to select a
captain for the 1914 eleven
It seems certain that Charles Brick-
ley. the teams great halfback, will
ge f the place, though Walter Trum
bull. the big guard, has quite a few
supporters. Eighteen men are eligi
ble to vote for the captain
BRITTON VS. DEWEV.
NEW YORK Dec. IT -Jack Britton,
who has been laid up with a heavy cold
for a few data. is well again, and has
been secured to meet Al Dewey, the
Wllkesbarre. Ta welterweight, for ipn
rounds at a show to be brought off a;
Mumuu uiAbL
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By Tad Baldwin Defeat Hurts Ritchie
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Champ Later Wins Over Britton
This is the seventh of the series of the life and battles of Lightireiglh
Champion Willie Ritchie, written exclusively for The Georgian.
Four Teams Enter in
Cross-Country Run
At Tech Saturday
The cross-country race that will be
held at Tech Saturday afternoon Is ere
ating much interest among the stu
dents.
The race has been an annual affair,
the students entering for themselves
and running for individual prizes alone
This year a new plan will be tried out
by the school.
At Tech there are three dormitories,
namely, the Swann, Knowles and one
that is known as the Shacks The stu
dents that reside in Swann will compose
one team, the students of Knowles an-
other ami the men In the Shacks, to
gether with the men lhat are taking
the co-op course, will form another.
For the day students, that is students
that reside In the city, another team
will be formed, making a total of four
teams to enter the race
Pfyl Reinstated;
To Joiu Lookouts
NEW YORK Dec. 17 Montgom
ery Pfyl. a left-handed Arst base
man. was reinstated by the New
York National League club yesterday
and released to Chattanooga, of the
Southern Association. Pfyl received
a try-out with the Giants four years
ago and later Jumped to the Califor
nia outlaws. He applied recently for
reinstatement.
‘Bobby’ Baugh Declares War
T*V
Attendance Record Is Up Again
(
Jack Johnson Fights
Frank Moran Jan. 25
TORONTO, ONTARIO. Dec. 17.— In
a letter to Tom Flanagan from Paris
Jack Johnson says he has signed up
for two fights. He meets Jim John
son, a big negro who. a couple of
years ago. masqueraded over Europ©
a* Jack Johnson, at Paris. December
19 He fights Frank Moran in J’ar.s
January 25 for twenty rounds. John
son asks Flanagan to go over to han
dle him forfthe Moran fight. No men
tion is made of the purses hung up
for the two fights
NEW BOXING CLUB IN GOTHAM.
NEW YORK. Dec. IT -Jess and Ed
McMahon, the ’oval boxing promoters,
plan to operate another big boxing club
It is understood that they wll be rrant-
r-1 a ITense to conduct bouts at the
j New* Star Casino a’ One Hundred and
J Seventh street anu Lexington a ven u*.
By 0. B. Keeler.
-A RIM -VIS AGED War is about to
j wrinkle up his Lowering Front
once more and embroil two
moat excellent cronies and a couple
of large and prosperous cities, to say
nothing of a brace of ball clubs.
Frank CaJ!awa\ and "Bobby”
Baugh are at it again
That means that Atlanta and Bir
mingham are hooked up in a chal
lenge match as to the attendance rec
ord for 1914, as well as to which team
will ehow the fattest percentage col
umn at the end of the season.
Following i© the manner of til©
declaration of war.
* • *
AT the annua! dinner Monday night
** at the Hotel Ansley. Mr. Baugh
made a speech. The mere fact in
itself was not unusual Mr. Baugh
has made speeches before Rut this
speech was a highly incendiary af
fair.
first. Mr Baugh grudgingly coni
plimented the Trackers and their
president. He really said some very-
nice things about them, and about the
dinner, and about the town — you
know’ how such things go.
But the more Mr. Baugh talked,
the higher his gorge rose
He was thinking about that at
tendance business
And finally Mr Baugh unfolded,
signed, sealed and delivered the f
lowing tirade against Major Call-i-
<* r pH.\T man Callaway," said Mr.
‘ Baugh, "doesn't know- how to
take a joke Besides, ha's a Mean
Guy. When 1 get through telling v >u
about him you will begin to wonder
how the well-known integrity of
baseball is maintained as long as
Frank Callaway is mixed up in it.
Oh. I’m going to expose things. 1 am!
"Tt was this way.
' Last year you may remember we
had a little affair something of this
order over in Birmingham. I was
compelled by circumstances over
which I had no control to say a few
genial words to the assembled guests,
this Callaway person being among
them.
"Tn the course of my* remarks it
is quite possible I hinted that Bir
mingham was going to win the pen-
| nant again, and. furthermore, was
going to beat Atlanta out in atten-
| dance. I say. it is possible 1 may
have let fall some such hint*.
• • *
“MOW. I contend that this man
Callaway has no sense of hu
mor. Justic or proportion, to say
nothing of the eternal fitness of
things. He can't lake a joke.
"He took my mild hints Just as if I
had meant them. And then what
does he do? Why. gentlemen, he
goes to work and enlists the Ad
Men's Club, and the Chamber of
Commerce, and some Royal Rooters
or other, and all the Atlanta news
papers, and I don't know what all
besides And his blamed club not
only wins the pennant by the grace
of that stout party at. the right of
the toastmaster (loud cheers for C.
Frank), but his blamed town also
ups and snows under Birmingham in
attendance, and percentage. and
everything else.
"Now. I put it to you fair—has a
man like that any business in a
sportsmanlike game''"
• • •
AND then Mr. Baugh abandoned
himself to threats.
'But we re going to get you yet."
he assured Mr. Callaway at the top
of a very robust pair of lungs. 'You
can't take a joke, so we're not going
to joke this time. Birmingham is
going to wallop Atlanta In attendance,
and the Barons are going to make
the Crackers look just exactly the
size of those little doll ball players
down there on that diamond. And
when you come down to Birming
ham to the next annual meeting I'm
going to laugh at you good and
plenty."
• • •
CO there was the defiance, and it
^ was up to Mr Callaway to take
it up. which he did promptly.
"And when you come apologizing
back to Atlanta to the next annual
meeting." he finished, "I’ll have an
other joke to tell you that'll top any
thing you’ve heard yet. And it will
be on Birmingham.”
T HUS did crool war break out once
more, and the campaign so gee-
loriously wound up by the Crackers
<«t September will have to start il!
over again on April 15, 19L4.
Boxing Commission
Hands McFarland
One Year Suspension
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. Dec 17.—
Packev McFarland was last night sus
pended by the Wisconsin boxing com
mission for one year for failure to give
a "satisfactory performance" in the
hour with Jack Britton in Milwaukee
on December 6.
Packey McFarland, when notified of
his suspension, said he was little con
cerned over the action of the Wiscon
sin boxing commission in barring him
from boxing in the State for a year.
"Their ruling has no influence in
other States.” he said, "and I don’t
care if I never fight in Wisconsin again.
If 1 failed to comply with the law, the
commission was wrong in letling me
box .lack Britton. They are the ones
w r ho should be disciplined.”
McGowan to Captain
South Carolina Team
COLUMBIA. S. 0 . Dec. 17.-W. B
McGowan, tackle and quarterback, was
last night elected captain of the Uni
versity of South Carolina football team
for the season of 1914 McGowan is
from Laurens. S. C.. and has played
three vears on the varsity eleven.
CORDIER WINS TITLE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 —A J. Cordier,
former Yale captain, is the new na
tional champion at squash tennis. The
final match of the tournament played
yesterday resolved itself into a Yale-
Harvard' battle, Cordier’s opponent be
ing Evelyn Dupont Irving, a Crimson
player. Cordier won with a total tally
of 55 aces to 37.
By Willie Ritchie.
S AN FRANCISCO, CAL.. Dec. 17.—
The fans of San Francisco did
not seem to think much of me
after the Baldwin fight. Many of
them accused me of having cold fe^t,
and they went around town saying
that I never could make good as u
twenty-rounder. I don't, blame them
now, for I realize that I s.iould have
done better against the Boston boy.
In fact, I really should have knocked
him out.
But my friends down Coalinga way
still were boosters for me. Right aft
er the Baldwin scrap they wired me
to come bock to the oil fields and
take a chance against Tommy Mc
Farland in a twenty-round mix-up.
McFarland was going good then. He
had returned from the East a few
months before with the honor of stay
ing ten rounds with Champion Wol-
gast.
The Coalinga promoters made me
a pretty good offer, and I decided to
take it. I felt that I must show
Something in the way of a knock
out punch if I hoped to stay with the
fighting game. I realized that Tom
my was a tough nut. but 1 was in
good shape after my battle with the
Bostonian, and I figured that I had a
chance to do something with my hay
maker.
I was the 'flavor!te with the fans
down in Coalinga because they knew
me. But many of the sports in San
Francisco made McFarland a favor
ite over me. I heard this later on.
However, I was desperate. I made
up my mind to take a chance for a
knock-out, and I never worked s«*
hard- in all my life as I did for that
battle, because so much depended
upon it.
Knocks Tom McFarland Out.
I stepped into that ring feeling like
a 2-year-old. So did McFarland. In
fact, we both looked good. He start
ed right after me and rushed me hard.
He landed a few stiff ones on my
stomach in the opening round, and
I will admit that he shook me up. As
ail the local fans know. Tommy is a
fine inflghter, and it is hard to get at
him.
It was nip and tuck in the sec
ond, and again in the third He was
strong and aggressive, and I had to
keep stepping pretty lively, and he
made me use everything in order to
keep out of his way. The short-end
bettors were boosting him along, and
at the end of the second round be
was holding me even, all right, and he
may have had a lead.
The third round found me slugging
wfith him and taking all sorts of
chances. We just stood to© to toe,
and went at it. 1 had a shade because
I guess that my condition had some
thing to do with it.
The finish name in the fourth. It
was then that I decided to take a
chance and end it, if possible. I feint
ed Tommy with a couple of lefts and
waited for a chance with my right.
He finally left an opening, and I shot
over adross to f he Jaw. That settled
it. Tommy took the count.
Naturally, I felt great after that
battle. T showed a knock-out wal
lop, and I was eager to get back to
San Francisco, sign up for some moy
fights, so that I might convince all the
fans that I was able to punch hard.
Johnny McCarthy a Jinx.
I hurried right back home when 1
learned that I had a chance to get
on w’ith Johnny McCarthy. After
knocking McFarland out, I was boost
ed around San Francisco again, and
I began to feel pretty proud of m
self.
The first thing I did when I gat
back to town was to sign with Mr
Carthy for a. ten-round mill over in
Oakland. I wa® full of confidence and
I intended to go right in and try for
a knock-out. I realized .that I would
have to square myself with my old
friends, and I was ambitious to mike
good.
But no such luck. I fought a mis
erable fight against McCarthy. I
could not box, nor punch, nor d >
anything else. He hald me t<* a ten
round draw, and I all but cried in my
dressing room after It was over
I realize now that Johnny must
have been my Jinx. Try as I could. I
never seemed to get right for him
He must have had something on me,
or else I must have been made to or
der for him. Anyhow, I was not In a
position to display a punch or to box
him, and once more the knocker?
started after me. I did not blame
them this ^lme, either, for I should
have done better.
Jerry Murphy was fighting good
then. He looked like one of the bes
of the four-round boys. I begged for
;i chance against him, and they gave
it to me. Although this was only a
couple of weeks after I had made
such a bad fight with McCarthy, I
tore right afteT Murphy and won the
decision easily. I had everything that
•night, and I set myself right with the
fans again.
Britton an Easy Mark.
Next came Jack Britton. He had
just arrived, bringing with him that
?reat Eastern reputation. True, he
had not done very well among the
four-rounders, but the fans were
claiming that he had not got used to
our climate. All he wanted was *
crack at me. He promised to wipe
up the ring with me and send me
back to work in Jlgtime. And I gave
him the chance.
We drew a big house, and, if I re
member righ.t,- Britton was a strong
favorite over me. But that was all
I had his number in the first round,
and I really believe that if I had cut
loose in the third I would have laid
Jack out and practically ended his
ring career. If ever I had a mar
where T wanted him, it was Britton
Maybe he will admit it and mayb© h©
will not.
He outweighed me and he »acsu>
posed to have science enough to make
me look like a busbar. But I just
stood up and took a chance. In the
last two rounds I measured him
right. They celled for me to go ’n
and take a chance, but I preferred
to play the game safe. T remember
that I had him staggering around the
ring in the last round, for he was
helpless.
This w’as a great boost for me. and
T realized it. In fact, it started m*
on a new career. I mad© up my mind
then and there to keep on taking
chances and quit playing © safe gam*
I began to believe that I had a knock
out w’allop, and I came to the conclu
sion that the sooner I tried 1t out tti*
faster I would go to the front If they
gave me a chance
AUGUSTA FIVE IS STRONG.
The Augusta Young Men’s Christian
Association basket ball team, scheduled
to play the Atlanta Athletic Club Sat-
urdav night, is expected to furnish the
locals a mighty stiff fight. Augusta al-
wavs has a splendid quintet and reports
from that city indicate that this year s
team is stronger than usual.
• RUSSELL STILL SLIPPING.
Lefty Rwssell, for whom Connie Mack
paid $12,500 and who pitched a few
games for the Atlanta ball club, is un
able to stav in high class baseball. He
has been sold by the Baltimore club to
the New York State League Mickey
Corcoran also goes to the New York
State League.
ITCHING PILE8
Kt*rr sufferer from Itching piles nbould read
t.bM« words from H. 8. Hood, of Bel Lai re. Mich.,
who »u
Cured by Tetterine
For sixteen year* I had been a sufferer
frem Mehlni alls*. I fot a hex of Tetterine
and leee than half a hex made a oa etlete
•ure.
Tetterine fires lnetant relief to all skin dis
eases. " , »ch as eeaema. tetter, rin»worm. ground
> tteh. «*' It bas the right medtrlna: qualities
> to get at the cause and to rellere the effect
1 Get It to day—Tetterine
SOc at druggists, r by mall.
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