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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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Neat Lacing for Ten Rounds
at Milwaukee.
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ILW A l' KEE. Dee. 20. t hat
White, Ghleago lightweight,
to-day claiming the 131-
jr-bond championship. This becau?”
he licked Ad Wolgant in their ten-
round battle here last night. WhJe
proved himself the master over the,
former lightweight champion all
through the* battle, and dished out a
lacing that Ad wilt remember for
some tlm*.
Wolgaat had all hia argressiveness
and fighting spirit, but the frail, sal
low Jewish battler had the atlffer wal- j
lop and the better of the bout prac
tically throughout.
From the first round on Charlie
showed his skill as a boxer by land - j
ing nearly every blow started on the ,
or
body
backed
f the t’adilbi.
FIXED AGAINST
hard head
Dutchman.
Wolgast never backed up, never i
wavered, but continually bulled and |
forced his way Into White’s territory, ■
where he was the recipient of many j
hooka, uppercuts ami swings. White j
allowed last night that he can fight
when he is forced to. Even in the j
fierce mix-up* and vicious exchanges
he more than held hi* own and seldom
broke ground and backed up when he *
was against the ropes or forced to |
protec t himself.
A a wise as Wolgaat is in ring ta« ...... 0 . .
X < har,ie showed him some new . IVIcOormiCk Won t otanCl TOT AflV
stuff.' for time and again he spun him J
Player Who Threatens to Not
INDOOR SPORTS
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headlong through the ropes and clev
erly pushed his wild leads to one si lo
and at the same time sideatepped out
of danger.
The first round war partly even, but
in the second and third White took a
big lead. 'Hie fourth was equally d!
vided. but th*- fifth was White's
Adolph had all the be tter of the aixih
and bloodied White's nose and split
his lips with several wild right ami
left swings t’harlie went to his cor
ner at the end of the round a tired
and weary tighter.
The seventh was fairh even, with
both tired And willing to rest. Tim
eighth, ninth and tenth were Hhar-
Ue's by a good margin, and his lea l
at the finish w as enough to entit !e
him to the verdict. It was one of ;lo
best bouts ever staged h» re
Fall in Line.
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Four Teams Start
In Cross-Country
Run This Afternoon
Tech students are wailing for the
aiart of the annual cross-country run
this afternoon
Four teams are entered in the run
The men who stay in the Hwmn dorrnl
tory will constitute one Learn, those in
the Knowles another, and the men who
inhabit the Shacks, the third one t he
fourth leam will be formed from the
s udents w r ho live In the city.
The race, as usual, will he from the
school gymnas nm out to the water
works and return The course will
lead over a number of hills and
’hrongh several swamps, making It very
difTL ult for tiie runners.
The race will begin at 3:30 sharp, ««>
that there will be plent\ of time for
the awarding of the prir.es after it is
over
Football Games at
Grant Field To
day
The third round of games In the
Tech class football league is scheduled
for this afternoon on Brant Field, when
the. sophomores play the freshmen and
the seniors try conclusions with the ju
niors
The soph-fresh battle will he In the
nature of a championship affair, as
both teams will enter the game without
having suffered a defeat this season
The sophs have won games over the
•»niora and mnlors. while the freshmen
downed the subs In their only game
pla> ed
Greek Battler Stops
Kirk in One Round
SPTUNGF1EL.D, TDD. Dec. 30 (Mile
Kirk, of St Ixmls. who was expec ted
to be the winner of a scheduled ten
round bout before the Business Men s
Athcltlc Club here last night, was
cleariv knocked out in the first round
b\ Ixiuis Pappas, the Greek demon, of
Kansas Cttv Only one minute and thlr-
tv six seconds had elapsed after the
first gong when Kirk took the final
pount.
Campi and Williams
Remacthed for Bout
DoS ANGELES. Dec 30 Eddie
Campi. of Saji Francisco, and Kid Wil
liams. the Baltimore bantamweight,
wer* matched to-day to fight a twenty-
round bout here on February 12 This
will be the second meeting between
the boys They met about one 'ear
ng r . and Williams won the decision after
twenty hard rounds of fighting
FORTUNE FOP BOXING
NEW YORK Dec 20 In filing the
annual report with the new legislature
a> Albany the Stale Athletic Commie
ston will show that since the State box
ing law went into effect August. 1011.
$110,000 has been paid into the State
Comptroller's office, this money being
the amount of the 5 per cent tax on
he gross receipts of a licensed club
operating under the statute
CHATTANOOGA TENN . Dec 20
Reports front Mobile and At
lanta to the effect that stars |
are balking at terms and are allow
ing signs of refusing to come Into the
fold are causing no apprehension lo- 1
'•ally because of fear of contagion
Andrews and McOormtck anticipated!
difficulty In securing the John Han
cocks of the entire local roster as
i early an last full and the local mag-
| nates are now so well protected that
j no individual man or duo of men
I could cause any serious harm
To dale the annual how l of malaria
In the South has not been heard from
prospective Lookouts, and but one se
rious threat of jumping lo the Fed
eral League had been received. This j
came from Flick, but neither An
draws or McCormick is perturbed. |
'Die acquisition of Pfyl placed tiie
local pilot in tlie position where he
had two or more men available fori
every infield position and in the out
field he is even as well protected with j
Jacobson, Johnson and King, all j
available for the two open berths. In I
the battery departments there Is ab
solutely no occasion for alarm, as four
catchers. Including Street and Gra
ham, are available, while the Look
outs ha\e pitchers galore. with the
prospect of securing as many more as
are needed.
Local athletes who become affected
with "holdoutJs ate certain to Ineet
a very disagreeable surprise, as Mc
Cormick is surprising'^ firm wile re
calcitrants. "Moose" Is fall almost to
a fault, but he Is not a man that will
allow his prerogatives to be en
croached upon in the least. As an
indication of his thought and consid
eration he lias mailed to each member
of the local squad a suitable Christ
mas gift, these going io men he has
never known personally*, but the re
cipients will find • Moose" inexorable
as the Fates If they attempt to take
advantage of his kindness and lib
erality.
Ritchie Loses Decision to Welsh
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Champ Takes Go on Short Notice
This irnthe ninth of.a scries of stories of thr life and battles of Light
Weight Champion Willie Ritchie mitten exclusively for The Oerngirtn
BASEBALL
SPORTING
COMMENT
BOXING
Diamond News and Gossip
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By Ed W. Smith.
VTOW glance over the list of
realh good men. some of them
News of the Ring Game.
Dalilen Offered Job
As Dodgers’ Scout
NEW YORK. Deo. 20 Bad Bill"
Pahlen, recently deposed a?* manager of
the Dodgers In favor of Wilbert Robin
son. was to-day offered a Job ax scout
for the team
There in a strong possibility that
Dahlen wtil accept ihe Brooklyn offer
and continue affiliations with the Na
ttonal League, in which he starred for
mam veara as a player until he took
the 'job as bench manager of the
Dodgers four >«ars ago.
Ebbets od Way to .
Close Tinker Deal
NEW YORK Dei- 20 Charles H
Ebbets. president of the Brooklyn Base
ball Club, left this morning for Cincin
nati to close his deal for Shortstop Joe
Tinker Ebbets carried with him a
check for $15,000, the purchase price,
less the $10,000 bonus for Tinker
LEACH CROSS FISHING.
1/OS ANGELES, Dec 20 Ijtach
Gross, who Is matched to box Bud An
derson at Vernon on New Year's Day.
Is haring the time of his life at Catalina
Island Word comes tc^iay that the
•fighting dentist" is catching so man\
fish at Avalon that he doesn't know
what lo do with them The boys will
return to Ixw Angeles this after
noon and Leach will begin training on
Sunday.
WILLAIMS REFUSED MONEV
MILWAUKEE. Dec. 20 The State
Boxing Commission to-dav ruled against
Sam Harris, manager of ""Kid" Wil
liams. who claimed In Chicago that the
Rlverview Club was holding out $300
of Williams' money for the Dick Lode-
man fight It was proved this money
was a forfeit for a second fight which
Harris refused to go through with
"Baseball In our country.” says an
Australian, “is conducted in the spirit
of our cricket matches " Australia,
would be h great place for the Cardi
nal*.
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WALDRON DIES.
H1CAGO. Dec 20.—Thomas E. Wal- . ev «»■ »«*-<••»*. v .. .-o K
dron. the oldest member of the Hyde | per O'Neill, the English Lightweight
WOULD BACK ENGLISH BOXER.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20 Bob Vernon,
who is a good judge of a fighter, was
so impressed with the showing of Sap
Fark Athletic Club, died \e*terda> at
•he Washington Earl Hospital of con- I
sumption. Tie was c charter member
'•f ttu* club, which was formed fifteen
|go. 1
against Fred Halsb&nd. that Fie made
the announcement immediatel' after
the contest that he was willing to bet
C'OO d:t o’Neill’s chances in a ten-round
boutlwiUi Leach Cross*
They are calling lawyers Into that
Tinker deal now and now w»* know
who will get the money
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Sammy Strang, who some years Hgo
was the star pinch hitter for the Giants,
is at present singing In a grand opera
house in Paris Strang, when in the
National League, was a member of the
Giants' quartet
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Baaing his figures on the Tinker deal, j
Connie Mack save Collins is worth $100.
000. This is conservative One of his ■
limbs would have been worth that much |
to the Giants on several occasions.
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Ty Cobb's reputation is row’ complete
The Peerless Matty has ha tied the Tiger
star as the greatest hitter of them all.
* • •
John K Tener starts with a great
reputation, at least, and his worst ene
mies hope he will make good, for the
benefit of the gatne if for no other rea
son.
• • •
Charley Hersog will be missed at the
Polo Grounds next season, but It is sus
pected that McGr&w has arranged for
a substitute acceptable to the patrons of
the game
Connie Mack's son. having broken
into the game as a coach in North Car- j
olina. may be in line to succeed his
illustrious father
• • •
Frank Chance believes he has good
reason to assert that his team will have
Improved 500 ner cent before next sea
son is well advanced
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President Murphy has written a letter
to Garry Herrmann concerning the Tin
ker matter When It comes to bidding
for star player* Pr—Ident Ifurpl
man of letters
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Did it fter occur to the dignified di
rectors of 'be Cincinnati baseball club
that something might be accomplished
h' tying the glittering tinware to one
Garry Herrmann' They have fired
every one else without geting any re
sults
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Cy Kalkenberg sa>s bowling enabled
him to ■‘come back However, his
tory relates instances where too much
bowling put certain pitchers out of the
game. In other words, the pitcher that
goes to the bar too often goes broke
JH AT are we going to do
with our lightweight box
ers'.’ In the light of re
cent developments, how are wo
going to classify them? Rasing
ail arguments of what should be
a fact, i. e., that the real limit of
the class Is 133 pounds, made
within an hour or so of the time
for starting a scrap, our leading
lightweights are not lightweights
at all—just something else, a sort
of nondescript bunch without
much classification.
• • •
1 F a man is good enough to be
* considered a strong card and is
too heavy to get inside of the
limit he can still maintain his po
sition among the bona fide men
of the vlass just because he Is a
card The public demands him,
the promoters can use him in
their business, and even the fight
er who gets a considerably better
short end than he would with
some other fighter ought to be
satisfied.
• • •
E VEN the champion no long
er. on his own admialson. able
to get within speaking distance
of the only limit made more or
less honorable by such sterling
battlers as Joe Gans. George La-
vigne, Frank Erne, Battling Nel
son and Ad Wolgast Still he in
sists he Is a lightweight anfl is
defending his honors next month
against a real lightweight.
It's a weird situation.
• • •
1 ET’S classify the men from
what we know of them, apolo
gizing to those to whom we may
appear to do an injustice, but not
fearing much that there will be
many come-backs and kicks
about. Here are some of the
cracking good fighters of the day
who are posing as lightweights,
and the best weights the\ will
make, and that, too, mind you. at
3 o’clock in the afternoon for an
evening battle:
Willi# Ritchie. 13.' rack#y M'-Firland. 138
Freddie w>ish. I"" Jimmy Puffy. 13.'
Hud Anderson. 138 Frank!# Burn* 135
Hughey Hchegan. 117 Winnipeg O Rrlen. 140.
Tommy Coleman. 17 7 J'ddie Johnson. 14*
K.JU k*usa» 137 *8 C. Barrtau. L'.j.
of the very top class, who can
make 133 pounds and at the ring
side when necessary. Here they
a re:
Joe (iandnt
Vach Crane
Jack Britton
Matty Baltlwlr
Johnny tirlthUi
Tommy Murphy
Ad Wolgast
Eddie Murphy.
Bay Temple
Joe Shugrue
Stanley Yoakum
Frankie Russell
Charley White
Steve Kitchel
Sam Kobtdeau.
Johnny Dundee
Joe Rivera
MNLY about seventeen of them,
^ at that, but every one of them
a corking good boy, deserving,
willing and able at all times to
make good There are some oth
ers who may be a little shy of
the first or second class w’ho are
posing as lightweights. but
scarcely able to do within a cou
ple of pounds of the limit. Here
are some of them:
Jo# Sherman Willi# Beecher
Sammy Troll Vi>unf Parker
Freddie Daniels. Mickey Sheridan
Knockout Brown. Phil Brock.
Harry Trendali. Bobby Waugh
Leo Kelly.
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r HAT about exhausts the list of
good, indifferent and just fair
men in the class—-and less than
half of them sure at all times
of being able to get inside of the
limit or even down to it. The
more one studies the more one
can figure why it is that the wel
terweight ( lass is not popular, es
pecially with Mike Gibbons able
to do 144 pounds!
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ATHER classes may be '©eking
” of deception in much the
same manner, but the discrepan
cies have not been brought out so
prominently in them because the*
lightweight Is the ever-popular
division.
By Willie Ritchie.
S AX FRANCISCO, PAL.. Dec. 20.—
Promoter McCarey and I sat ar
guing over terms w’hile thf first
preliminary was being fought. He
would not give me any satisfaction at
all. He told me that I was a young
ster, that I ought to be glad of a
chance to fight Wells for nothing,
and that he would get somebody else
to take my places unless I came to
his terms right away. There was no
chance to budge him.
But I determined to stand pat. I
thought that I was worth $1,000, al
though I realized that I was lucky to
get on with one of the greatest light
weights in the world. Still, I was
just stubborn enough to hold out, and
I made up my mind that 1 would
fight just as hard as McCarey. And,
in the meantime, the first preliminary
was over and the fans were hollering
for, the next one. :
While we sat there arguing, we
were joined by A1 (ireenwald. who is
McCarey’u silent partner. He Just
listened and got an earful. 1 saw
that he was doing a lot of thinking,
but I did not speak to him.
Finally he took McCarey aside, and
then he came back.
“Will you fight Wells for $600?” he
asked.
“Yes,” I said, after a little pause.
I “I will take a chance at that price.”
“All right, then," said Greenwald.
“Hurry up and get ready. The sec
ond preliminary is on. and you will
have to do some tall hustling.”
Myself and my brother hurried to
the dressing room and got busy. We
were introduced to Welsh, who look
ed me over and smiled a sarcastic 1
smile.
Gets a Few Boxing Lessons.
Of course, he figured that he was
going to fight some kid who would
not be able to make any sort of a
showing. He may have heard of me-
before and lie may not, but if he did
Earn sure that he did not think much,
of my ability as a fighter. I could
tell this by the way he sized me up.
It was just like finding a few' easy
dollars for him At least, he thought
so.
Well, we finally got into the ring.
My brother picked up a couple of
boys who were hanging aroun<i%to
Freddie Welsh, the British lightweight second me. I was introduced as
champion, will probably have a hot pace “Willie Ritchie, the coming ‘light-
cut out for him when he tackle* Jnhnnv weight of San Francisco." but I did
not get much of a hand. Welsh was
sent in as the “lightweight champion
of England, and the crowd hollered
and shouted. I felt pretty lonesome
then, believe me.
I admit that I had It on Welsh in
the matter of weight. I think that I
tipped the beam at about 139 pounds,
but I did not weigh before I started.
I don’t know' how much Welsh weigh
ed. either, but I believe that he scaled
in the neighborhood of 136. because
lie eased up in his work and did not
dry out when he learned that Wol
gast was sick and could not fight.
Welsh gave me a few boxing les
sons in the early rounds. He kidded
me along and kept telling me that
he would not knock me out for a
while, because he wanted to give the
fans a run for their money. He kept
jabbing me In the face all the time
and shooting over a right to my bodv
every now and then, and the crowd
seemed to enjoy it Immensely.
Knocks Welsh Through Ropes.
I had met many a clever boy in the
four-round game, but I must'confess
out for him when he tackles Johnny
Dundee jn a ten-round bout at New
Orleans on New Year's Day. Dundee
ranks high up in the lightweight divi
sion and should make the Englishman
step at his best, to win
PADDY RYAN RESIGNS.
NEW YORK. Dec 20 Pad yd Ryan,
world's champion hammer thrower, has
resigned from the Irish-American Ath
letic Club of this city. He expects to
move to Chicago Johnny Cahil. also an
1 \ A C. athlet# has handed in his
resignation
DONAHUE BESTS SHERIDAN.
KANSAS CITY. Dec 20. Harry Don
ahue. Hie Pekin, III., whirlwind, fought
his way *o a clean-cut decision over
Mlcke> Sheridan, the Chicago wildcat,
tr 'on rounds of fast milling here last
night.
Young Ahearn, the American welter
weight now fighting In Paris, lost an
other fight a few nights ago He met
Young Basham, a French welterweight,
in a 15-round set-to and at the finish
of the contest the referee gave the de
cision to the latter on points
• • •
Packey McFarland will have a lot of
time to devote to hls law studies If the
one year ban inflicted upon him in Wis
consin for poor scrapping and refusal to
weigh In is made general.
• • •
Next Tuesday night Frank Klaus, the
Pittsburg middleweight, is to get a
chance at George Chip in a six-round go
at Pittsburg It w r as this same Chip
party who stopped Frank in six'rounds
several months ago, and the Pittsburger
will be out for revenge
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Harry l^ewis. recently dangerously
hurt in a bout in Philadelphia, but now
entirely out of danger, has announced
that lie has fought his final and that
nothing ever again will attract him
back to the padded mitts.
* • •
It appears now that the automobile I
accident in I^ondon last spring was
more the cause of his collapse in the
Borrell scrap that anything else I^ewis 1
' was struck by a taxicab and severely |
hurt. He was awarded damages of
$3,700. but did not realize the extent of
hls injuries until he started training
• * *
Jack White and Billy Wagner, both
brothers of Charlie White, won their
bouts this week. Jack knocked out
Cleve Bridges, the Memphis boy. in
seven rounds while Wagner won a de
cision over Freddie Duffy in ten rounds.
* • *
Michael Saul stopped the writer in
front of the Piedmont Hotel last
night and whispered these f?w words !
in our ears: *'I wish to announce that
the only Michael has again tossed his
gTeen kelly in the boxing ring. and
dares any pugilist around 136 pounds
to kick it out." after which Mike bid !
us farewril and went on his way j
Franklin Percival Baker, take notice.
• * •
Frank Baker and “Kid" Young are due
to put their forfeits up to-day for their
private scrap on January 1ft The boys
are to mix matters for a $100 sFjft bei
that I never had been up against,
anything like the Britisher. He Is a
marvel with his hands. The air whs
full of gloves all the time. I thought
that I knew a little about boxing, hut
after the first three or four rounds f
was ready to admit that I had to star?
all over again to learn the game.
But I also discovered that Welsh j
did not seem to be able to hurt me
He landed all kinds of punches on I
my head and my body, but I kept
tearing into him all the time. I no- 1
tlced that he began to look a bit wor
ried along about the sixth and se'
enth rounds, and it was then that I
made up my mind to keep right after
him and never stop, because I felt
strong and confident.
After the eighth I whipped in a
few good lefts and also a couple of
right crosses to the jaw. Welsh would
cover up and hold me in the clinches
He is a bear at clever Infighting. He
would tie my hands up and work me
around the ring and then step awa>
from me with a laugh. And all the
time i-he crowd kept laughing at me
I must have looked silly.
But there was a different g*or\ to
tell in the twelfth. After stalling
around a bit. Welsh came in and be
gan to mix things up with rpe- I just
measured his jaw and let loose with
a right-hand cross Down he went
like a log. He was wabbly and weak
and J was full of excitement. 1 con
fess that I lost my head, for the
cheers of the crowd rattled me.
Finds Friend in Considine.
"Go on. kid; knock him out!"
“You're all right. Ritchie; keep after
him!” yelled the fans, and I kept
Jumping around while Welsh wa?
climbing through the ropes, for rm
punch nearly knocked him out of the
ring.
Welsh got up, but he was more
careful after that. He did not try
any more mix-ups He Just stayed
away from me and boxed me clever
all the time. Instead of trying to
draw him on, I kept tearing, and 1^
had my number so far as the boxinr
end of it went, and he was outpoint
ing me
In the last three rounds I cut loos"
faster than ever. I was not a b“
tired, and I was working for a knock
out. 1 had him In pretty bad shat -5
a couple of times, but he knew ton
much for me and he stalled me off
Referee rharley Evton called t
Welsh's fight, and T guess that Wela*
did have a little shade, but at lea?
half the fans thought that I should
have had a draw, anyhow. T gav<*
them a good run, and they seemed t»>
like my work.
John Considine. the Seattle *pnr’
Ing man, was there. Jt was the fir?;
time that he ever saw me fight.
my work made a hit wifh him and b*
came to me later Rnd offered to ba r
me for $5,000 against Weleh. But thb
fell through, because Welsh did nor
seem to be at all anxious to take an
other chance.
I beat it right home after
and I felt pretty good. The news
shot all over the country, and I mad*
up my mind that I would take a fly*J
at the Eastern game, which I heart
so much about from Packey McFar
land. ,j
COFFEY VS. KANSAS
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A match na*
been clinched between Jimmy Corre’
the fast local lightweight, and k ^
Kansas, of Buffalo, who has a
record of victories in the squared c ■-
cle. They will meet for twelve ro Ji, t
at a boxing show to be brought or
Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday nigh.
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