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'FIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. '• ■. V >• I; f J «r ,, I Cincimuili Ifcisebnll Deals Are Like “Cincinnati Base Hits’—Harmless Little Jokes S/ii l iii w t1 ii )i\\// r ljj r ii ii oy SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Sometimes It’s Not So Bad To Be Sick IMPS MUST !’ I VJAMT VOM \ toojiEfJ au. rue C£U- \ t>cO'»-i rODA y anO J ft/KUyowe putE ai / AGj£WT - ^ QCfi I F«ttL L/TOD^-y Chicago Boy Hands Ex-Chainpion Neat Lacing for Ten Rounds at Milwaukee. M - II.W.x l KEE Lie White. Chiejrgo lightweight, to-day If claiming the 1SJ- ptiomi rhamplonahip. This be< ausv he licked Ad Wolgas: in their ten- round battle hepo last night. Winn proved h nisei f th< master over I farmer lightweight champion all through the twiltlr. and dished out • lacing that Ad will remember for si-me time Wolgaat had all hi# aggressiveness and fighting spirit, but the fra. , sal - 1 jow Jewish battler bad tJrte atiffer wal- j lop and the better of thp bout pra tically throughout From the first round on Charlie I showed his skill as a boxer by land- j ing nearly ever- blow started on 'he; hard head or body of the ( ad 11 lac i Putt htnan. Wolgsst never backed up. never j wavered, but continually bulled nd forced his way into White’s t err it or v where he was the recipient of many j hooks, uppercuts and swinge Whit 0 showed last night that he <an fight, when he i» forced to. Bven in tin fierce mix-ups and vicious ex- hangt s , he more than held hie own and seldom broke ground and backed up when be was against the rope* or forced to protect him.*** If A* wise ws Wolgaat if in ring ta- tbs. Charlie showed him some "new stuff." for time and again he spun him headlong through the ropes and * le\ erly pushed hia wild leads to one si L* and at the same time aldeatepped out «»f danger. The first round was partly even, but m the second and third White took a big lead The fourth was equally di vided. but the fifth was White’s Adolph had nil the better of the tdxth and bloodied White's nose and sp.it his lips with several wild right and left swings. Charlie went to his t ur ner at the end of the round h tired and weary fighter. The seventh was fairly even, with bqth tired and willing to rest. Th i eighth. ninth and tenth were Char- « b\ a good margin, ami his lea 1 ;i? the finish was enough to entitle him to the verdict. It was one of the best bouts ever staged here. Four Teams Start In Cross-Country Run This Afternoon Q ft 'voEU- W)£l-C olo c«e»^T-- ' ^ oT HIS R. Krf+L — M*t THE. -A'AlTXtiSj FMD XAM UOIYP BOTV+ 5LAMME0 M/aA <M TX6. AmO THEM Tt)Ot W.M AWA-y 'M am AMCOLA/OCe “ \ „ _ /V ~ <b« I f-CLL. j ^OHAPfV i 1 7 COOt-0 THAO'M) V | MV JElP-XWM / m ( I bq“l'HMl< ‘Ii ill Ms 9 l.h 9 «eSTr . HA-HA-HO-HO - ) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD iATi ••‘JjCAP-E W0-/EP SO HApPV OA SO ■ UAMHAPP V Ai VjE- iuPPOiE." Bor ( kA40«vu n-t at I'LL N£veL B£ io H-Appv A S I AM Plts^T w 0VJ i-M &0IA.& to see haP-^-v • N A HOSPITAL ■ ^ *— “^y-Ar—r r 5 ’ r c C V HCff&i e.i p-ooka- THe fuup-SE T/PP6T) we OFF- t CAM l+EAR- I+IFA MOAAjlMCy AVOvU — h+OS- HA-HA / J. ( THE1LE Sv. Ml BD I CAajS ! IM &AMGr AMD I FO<J6*«- \ TV.6M* Jiaj&lE H-AmOeO- 1 \ Aprer icvoucCO o.oT' vvas seA/TTEAfCeo to fee. .-.mot- jvir fHCfc* , ritr . Axaetl.lam GOa/bMJJ fn. FIXED AGIST INDOOR SPORTS By Tad ==y Tech *tu<lei\ts are waiting for ihe start of the annual cross-country run this afternoon Four teams are entered in the run. Tne men who stay in the Swann dormi tory will constitute one team; those in the Knowles another, and the men whn inhabit the Shacks, the third tine The fourth team will be formed from the students who live in the city. The. rare as usual, will be from the school gymnasium out to the water works and return. The course will tad ovgr a number of hills and ’hrougn several swamps, making it very dim- ult for the runners The rare will begin at 3:30 eharp go that there will be plent> of time for th# awarding of the prUea 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 Urani Field, when 1 ih# sophomores play the freshmen and th# seniors try conclusions with the ju niors The soph-fresh battle will be ,in the nature of a championship affair. as both teams will enter the game without Paving suffered a defeat this season The sophs have won games over the seniors anti juniors, while the freshmen downed the sube in their only game played. Greek Battler -Stops Kirk in One Round SI*KLNLiFlEU>, Il-U. l>e<\ JO »»llie Kirk, of frd. Louis, who was expected t# be the winner t»f a scheduled ten round bt>ui before the Business Men s Vi h* 1th Blub here last night, was « taatilv kntwked out in the first round by U>ui| Pappas, the tlreek demon, of Kansas «‘ii,' «*nl > *>i e minute ami tbir- »y-aix setonds bad elapsed after the rli.rst g‘>ng when Kirk took the final count. Campi and Williams Remactlied for Bout LuS VNGKLKS. I )•' JO I t'anipi. of San lYan- Ls< ■>. and Kid Dams. the BulUmor*- baidamwt were matched t<»-day i«* figiit a no round bout here on February 1 J. will be the second meetiig bet ♦ tie boys. The\ met about onr ago and W illiams w >• • tiecisii.n iweni> hard rounos of fighting fortune: fop boxing. N*K\V Y< *KK. I»e< -W In tilti.g annual lepoil witli the new Leg tab at Albany the Sta «• Athletic (am: -'on wil! show that since the Sia.e WALDRON DIES. McCormick Won't Stand for Any: Player Who Threatens to Not Fall in Line. C hattanooga, tenn , i>.. jo Hoporli from Mobile and At lanta to the effect that stars are balking at terms and are show ing signs of refusing to come into the fold are causing no apprehension lo- •allv because of fear of contagion. Andrews and Mcf’ormick anticipated difficult> in securing the. John Han cocks of the entire local roster as enrlv as Iasi fall and the local mag nates are now so well protected that no individual man or duo of men could cause an> serious harm. To date the annual bowl of malaria in the Smith has not been heard from prospective Lookouts, and but one se rious threat of .lumping to tin* Fed eral League had been received. This came from Flick, but neither An drews or McCormick is perturbed. Tht acquisition of l*fvI placed the local pilot In the position where he had two or more men available for every infield position and in the out field be Is even as well protected with Jacobson, .Johnson ami King, all available for the two open berths, fn the battery departments there is ab solutely no occasion for alarm, as four catchers, including Street and Gra ham. are available, while tht 1 Look outs have pitchers galore, with the prospect of securing as many more as are needed. • Local athletes who become affected with "holdoutis' are certain to meet* .t very disagreeable surprise, as Me Cormick is surprlalngh firm with re calcitrants. "Moose” is fair almost to a fault, but be is not a man that will allow liis prerogatives to be cn- « roached upon in the least. As an I indication of his thought and consid eration he has mailed to each member J of the local squad a suitable Hhrist- [ mas gift, these going to men he has never known personally, but the ir- cipients will find "Moose" Inexorable as the Fates if they attempt to take advantage of bis kindness and lib eral It y. Dahlen Offered Job Dodgers' Scoot NKVY YORK. Her JO Bad Bill” l>ahlen. recentl.x deposed as manager of i the Lodger* In favor of VN fiberi Uobln- S4*n. was u»-da> offered a job as scout for the team There is a strong possildliiy iliat Hahlen will accept the Brooklyn offer land continue affiliations with the Na tional l/cague. in which he starred for many years as a player until he took the job as bench manager of the lknigers four years ago. ! Ebbets on Way to Close Tinker Deal NKW YcllK, I »ec JO. t 't’.ai les II Kbbets. president of the* Brooklyn Base ball iJub. left this morning for Cincin nati to close Ids tlcal for Shortsi>.p Joe 'linker. I-Ip bets carried with him a i hot k for $15,000, tlie purchast* price, less the SUl.ooa bonus f»>r Tinker LEACH CROSS FISHING LOS W»;KLI:S Fee. 20. l-eio t ! .ss who is nmtchCHl to box Bud An derson at Vernon on New Year’s Hu'. life at I’atalinu ill j Alice, run out?- TO TrfEL OELI CATfeSiEH 5 7VHE amo get i-S'ceMTi vjOS-th OF RAM- A LAM 0A SA^O'AJCi AMD A Dimes \wop.t* or Sliced chickem - vn*** u0 V00 THT MIC OF -you!* FATHe.P- CoVlMOr |)J \JJlTH COM PA MV Fflf SURP02 AT TM' $ f+OG^ ‘ 1 0M6 Of CHffM'i UT Lit* Aii«.e A CHl/|tCH too £_jp**xr A« •'! << *— JT.- V fAA RIN I HAvjf ■Oils LEMON / M 1 THE "-£ VOY- - iTS SEEN HERE y TVwO vMECF 5 y/*' (WHICH OWL ; I IS UT v? I M A - ' # ANN U fr H T5 ’ Whin no-M0- ND - ^ ^(71>liw6 LICE 7HAT- 'i 5WE EXfeCTED V0O BoTM- J 5AT SHE ASleD ME veiTWJ>AV OlM-V mom NFVeR come Up ~r 0 J IMDOOR SP0ft.Ti 4 ' "W-' CfiTTi Aj it th® peep bag IleTfD'i nt. uNenpeLreo jroesrr Ritchie Loses Decision to Welsh Champ Takes Go on Short Notice This is 1he ninth of a series of stories of the life and battles of l/i/jhi Weight Champion Willie Ritchie mitten exclusively for The Georgian. By Willie Ritchie. S AX it'RANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 20.— Promoter Met’arey and 1 sat ar guing over terms while the first preliminary was being fought. He would not give me any satisfaction at all. He told me that J 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 place unless I came to his terms right away, There was no chance to budge him. But T 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. 1 was just stubborn enough to hold out. and that I never had been up against anything like the Britisher. He is a marvel with his hands. The air was full of gloves all the time, f though that I knew a little about boxing, bin after the first three or four rounds r was ready to admit that I had to start all over again to learn the game. But I also discovered that Welsh did not seem to be able to hurt me He landed all kinds of punches on my head and my body, but I kept tearing into him all the time. I no ticed that he began to look a bit wor ried along about the sixth and sev enth rounds, and it was then that I made up my mind to keep right after him and never stop, because I feit strong and confident. After the eighth 1 whipped in a few good left* and also a couple of right crosses to the jaw. Welsh would I made up mv mind that I would , , . ,, . .. fisl’t „ hard MC-nroy. And. in the meantime, the first preliminary was over and the fans were hollering BASEBALL SPORTING COMMENT BOXING Diamond News and Gossip 1 — i By Ed \Y. Smith. XTOW glance over the hst of 1 ealh good men. >>*me of them News of the Ring Game. i a v hat a iling *<> many doesn't know "Baseball in our country." say* an Australian, "is conducted in the spirit ttf out cricket matches Vustrali*. would l»t> a great place for the Cardi nals. They are calling lawyers into that ; Tinker .leal now and now we know ! who will get th# money * * * Saturn? Strang, who some years .tg- was the star pinch hitter for tiie (Hants, is at present singing in a grand opera house in Paris. Strang, when in the : National League, was a member of the. Chants’ quartet. Basing his figure* on the ’Pinker deal. | Connie Mack says Collins is w->rt)t $1<XV t»oo. This is conservative. On# of his ! limbs would have been worth that much to tin* Hiatus on several occasions r? Cobh’* reputation is now - otnph te The Peerless Matty has hailed the Tiger star as the greatest hitter of them all. John K Tener starts with a great reputation, at least, and his worst put mte# hope lie will make good, for the benefit of the game if for no other rea son. • • • Charlej Herzog w 11 he missed at the Poh* (Jroiiuds next season, but l» is -..is i*». ted that Mctlraw has arranged fo» a substitute acceptable to the patrons of the game. W is having tiie time Island W«*rd nv "lighting dentist" Halt ai Avalon th w hat t- do w ith i return to lavs noon and Leach v WILLAIMS REFUSED MONEY. M1LW \Ck I Fee. JO The Slate Boxing Commission t**-da> ruled again*: Sain Harris, manager of "Kit!" Wil liams. who c!u tiled in Chicago that tin River view (Tub was holding out *.>00 of Williams’ money for the Hick Lode- man tigic. It was proved this nw*ne\ J was a forfeit for a second fight, which j Fan s refused to g' through with. WOULD BACK ENGLISH BOXER ' w ■ s it g.-ykt! iudgo r a fighter, was i Connie Mack's son. into the game as a t out 1 otina. may bo in line laving oroaen i in North Car- j o succeed his ! assert that his team will have :>i»0 tier cent before next sea oil advanced. •ur to tie- dignified di- incinnati b. set»*ll club ^HAT are we going to do with our lightweight box ers" In the light of re cent. development*, how are wo going to classify them'.' Basing all arguments of what should be a fact, i. e.. that the real limit of the (“lass is 183 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 • • • | F a man is good enough to be ■ considered a strong card and is too heavy to get inside of the limit* lie can still maintain his po sition among the bona fide men of the class just because he is a card The public demands him. the promoters can use him in their business, nnd even the fight er who gets a considerably better short end than he would with some otliei tighter ought to be satisfied. L'VEN th# champion is no long- * «»n his own admisison, able to get within speaking distance of the only limit made more or less honorable by such sterling battlers as Joe Clans. George La- vigne. Frank lane. Battling Ne on and Ad W< lgast Still he in sists lie is a lightweight and is dcfendlt.g his honors next month against a rea' lightweight. It s a weird situation, • * • 1 ET’S classify the men from ‘ giking u* those to whom we may appear to do an injustice, but not fearing much that there wil! be many tome-back* ami kicks about. Here .tie seme of the a king good fighters .» • da\ of the very top class, who cun make 138 |>ounds and at the ring - side when necessary Here thev are: Joe itandut. ketch Cross. It«k Hrittoti. Mttt\ Baldwin •iihniiy UrtfllMi Touimv Murphy Ait VVol*«- KilvIW Murpto Ita.v Temple. Joe Sliugrup. s■aitift Yoakum F-tnkie Russell t htrlc' White. Stove Kltchel. Sam Robideau Jotirinr Duiidro Joe Hirers. leht p * I lit ■ gh / INLY about seventeen of them, ^ at that, but every one of them u 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 who are posing as lightweights. but scarcely able to do within a cou ple of pounds t»f the limit. Here are some'of them Jot* Shrrma" Willie Beecher Samoa Trr*o V mm# Parker. Vreddle Daniel* M key Sheri.iau Km.k*«mi Bii"in Chi Hnv-k. M»rn Trends «-*:•- Waugh. Leo Kelly. 'THAT about exhausts the list of * good, indifferent and just fair men in The class—and less than half t>f 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 class is not popular, es- I*eciall\ with Mike Gibbons able to do 144 pounds! • • / \THER classes may be reeking of deception in much the Mime manner, hut the discrepan cies have not been brought out so prominently in them because the lightweight is the ever-pot ular ti iv ision PADDY RYAN RESiCNS. NKW.VOUK, fVc. JO. I’adyd k>an. wo rld’s champion hammer thrower, lias resigned from the THsh-American Ath letic vTui*. **f this . ity. He expects to move to Chicago Johnny Cahil. also an I A V (’ athlete, has handed in his resigi a 1 ion. DONAHUE BESTS SHERIDAN. against Fred Halnbai rlw I* Freddie Welsh, the British lightweight > liampJon. w ill probably hav e a hot pace • ut our for him when lie tackles Johnny Futn lee in a ten-round bout at New Orleans on New Year's Day. Dundee ranks high tip in the lightweight divi sion and should make the Englishman step at his best to win * *. * Young Ahearn, the American welter weight now fighting in Paris, lost an- otiiee fight a few nigh is ag«>. He mrt Young Basham, a French welterweight, ni a IS-round set-to and at the finish of tiie contest the referee gave the de cision to the latter on points, I’ackey McFarland will have a lot of time to devote to his law studies if the one *ear ban inflicted upon him in Wis consin for poor scrapping and refusal to weigh in is made general. • * • N>\t Tuesday night Frank Klaus, th# Pittsburg middleweight, is to gel a hanco at (leorgo Chip In a six-round go at Pittsburg It was this same Chip party who stopped Frank in six rounds ’ s. coral months ago. and the T'ittsburger j will be. out for revenge * « * Harry Lewis, recently dangerously hurt in a bout in Philadelphia, but now entirely out of danger, has announced that he has fough. his final and that nothing ever again will attract him back t*> the padded mitts. * A * li appears now that the automobile a . idem in London last spring was more the cause of his collapse in the Borrell scrap that anything else. Lewis was struck by a taxicab and severely hun He was awarded damages of '1.700. but did not realise tiie extent of is injures mi;,l lie started training. * 4 Ja In Wlme and Billy Wagner, both | brothers of Charlie White, won Uteir bouts ihis week. Jack knocked out Oleve LJrklge<. the .Memphis boy. in seven rounds, w ole Wagner won a tie . ision over Freddie Duffy in ten rounds, 4 » MU hael Saul stopped the writer in j front of the Piedmont Hotel Iasi 1 night and whispered these few words i in our ears T wish to announce that ic only Michael lias again tossed h s i green kelly in t ie boxing ring. and .lares am pugilist around 155 pounds ;•> kick i: otr." after w • i MiSfc-ivld i ii-' farewell aod went on ’his way | Franklin Percival Baker. lake notice. 1 Frank Baker ami "Kill " Young are due \ 1.1 put their forfeits up to-day for their 1 private serap on January 15 T 1 e boys • arc t« mix matters for a SP V ’ side bc». for the next one. While we gat there arguing, we were joined by AI Greenwald. who is McCarcy's silent partner. He just listened and got «n earful. I saw that he was doing a lot of thinking, but I did not speak to him. Finally he took Mv Carey aside, and then he came back. “Will you fight Wells for $600?” he asked. "Te?." 1 said, after a little pause. "1 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 th# dressing room and got busy. Wo were introduced to Welsh, who look ed me over and smiled a sarcastic smile Gets a Few Boxing Lessons. (>f 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 lie did I am sure that he did not think much of my ability as a fighter. I could tell this by the way lie 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 around to help second me. 1 was introduced as "Willie Ritchie the coming light weight of 8an Francisco,” but T did not ger 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. f 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 1 believe that he scaled in th# 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 rind 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 manj a clever bay in t he four-round game. Ijut 1 jnust. confes* lie is a bear at clever infighting. H* would tie my hands up and work me around the ring and then step awn from me with a laugh. And all the time the crowd kept laughing at me. I must have looked silly. But there was a different story to tell in the twelfth. After stallina: around a bit. Welsh came in and be gan to mix things up with me. I just measured his jaw and let loose with a right-hand cross. Down he went like a log. He was wabbly and w r eak and 1 was full of excitement. I con less 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 was climbing through the ropes, for my 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 m# and boxed me clever all the time. Instead of trying to draw him on. T kept tearing, and lie had my number so far as the boxing end of it went, and he was outpoint ing me. In the last three rounds I cut loo*# faster than ever. 'I was not a bit tired, and 1 was working for a knock out. I had him in pretty bad shape a couple of times, but he knew too much for me and he stalled me off. Referee Gharley Eyton called it "Welsh's tight, and I guess that Weis did have a little shade, but at least half the fans thought that I should have had a draw, anyhow. T gave them a good run, and they seemed to like my work. John Considine, the Seattle sport ing man. was there. It was the first, time that lie ever saw me tight, but my work made a hit with him and he came to me later and offered to back me for $5,000 against Welsh. But this fell through, because Welsh did no! seem to be at all anxious to take an other chance I beat it right home after this fight, and 1 felt pretty good. The news was shot all over the country , and I made up my mind that 1 would take a flyer at the Eastern game, which 1 hear! so much about from Packey McFar land. COFFEY VS. KANSAS. NEW TORWj Pec. 20. A match Hm« been clinched between Jimmy Coffey the fast local lightweight. and K d Kansas, of Buffalo, who has a good record of victories in the squared cir 1 le. They will meet for twelve rounds at a boxing show to be brought off a Youngstown. Ohio, on Monday night. PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY ** >ou have been taklnv treatment fer weeki and menthi and pay- : "0 out your hard earned monev without being cured, don't you think It Is l.loh time to a«e«»t DR. HUGHES* GRAND OFFER? You will certainly not be out any more money If not cured. Consul tation and Examination are Fro* for the next thirty daye. If I decide that your condition will not yield readily to my treat- men . I will he honest with you and tell you oo. and not accept jottr money under a promise a erne. ) My treatment will positively euro or I will make you no charpo fsr the tollowiufl diseases: KIDNEY, BLADDER AND BLOOD TROI BLE. PILLS. VARICOSE VEINS, H STL LA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS, RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. 1 CONSTIPATION Eczema. Rheumatism, Catarrhal A flections. Plica and r Istula and all Nervous and Chronic •31'eases of Men and Women. or Burmin*. Itchln* and Inflammation stottped In 24 hours I am ' 5 iv ate f-es ' : ar*e«l by some rhyslcians and stwiaiBiR.. My fees .-as-mao* and no m"-" ■ an you are trill!n* to pay for a cur» Alt medlHoe*;. ihe purest and hx it- ' ' r ” 1 from mv r'Tale Is ■or.’tnry OI T OF TilWV MIN V I SITING na lji \ . const: m« at otue upon arrival, and maybe you can bo cured before returning cured In one or iiro -,istt; Mu y < asca OR WRIT FI— detention from burfne ’• to 1 If >MM omuiete consul lath DR. HUGHES Treatmrc and adrlrr roiifdetiMal. IH irx 1 ' ' - «*. ri: «■ an>> gir* m® full •l«»v’-tpUrm of ■'•ut- >n coots you nothing ami If I can help you I wlh Opposite Third National Rank North Rrnarl Str##t, Atlanta, '»- Tiie Far Club Members Have Never Seen Him Play, and He Even Re fuses Them Lessons. liy ••Chirk” Evans. I ^NCK played golf in a town of <v,bout 10,000 people. The golf dub had a most ehthusiastic membership, more or less unfamiliat- w ih the game, and it had everything , ar.es with a links—even includ ing a professional. This professional , ,| )P topic of my story to-day. I have seer i ,ind known intimately many golf professionals in my lifetime, but this ' n p was the queerest of them all. TYMon I was first told that the club j, lf) H professional I thought what a ti„r thing il was, for beginners al- v , - need help and a new' club can noi always afford to employ expert instance. In the course of conver se on. however, I began to hear „ tnse stories about him and si- entlv I acquired a curious interest in • n For instant*, one of the ment- )•-•■< said: "Tom said that he made a 38 the other day, but I don’t be- lieve him.” Refuses Lesson to Members. I: seemed very strange to me that 1 . members of a "pro's” own club ,\ re unacquainted with his game. Then I heard someone else say that Mr c could not get a lesson because Torn did not want to give it. A strange situation, indeed. T thought. Near t he clubhouse was a comfort- riiile cottage, which 1 w : as told was built for ihe professional, but, it was further added, he refused to sleep there because it was too lonelT- All ,,f these statements aroused a great curiosity and I looked around with some eagerness hoping to see this extraordinary professional. He was not in sight, however, and his ab sence on one of the busiest golfing days of the season added piquancy to ihp situation. I was coming up the ninth hole bf this: nine-hole course, first time around, when I saw some one go to the flag for my second shot. The action seemed familiar and I recalled that in Great Britain this was done in championships. I w r as just won- ripring what experienced golfer was doing this when behold! it was our friend the professional. Fie wore cap ’ i><u-kors— the typical golf dress of the old country, and he look ed like hundreds of fellow's that one sees un links in England and Scot land. My! hut he was British. He walked down the first hole with me. telling me first of all that he had made 35 and 36 on the course and never took over 37. He told me that up had beaten some of the best play ers in England. It seemed strange hat a player of his remarkable abil- iv was hiding his light in a small dub. ’’Chick'g” Challenge Rejected. By this time my curiosity was whetted to see him play, so 1 asked 'ome of the members to arrange a game. They said they would try, but they did not think he would play. 1 nad never heard of a professional re- f i'ing that sort of a request from club members. Tom was sent for, however, and (ftor a long time he appeared at the locker room door and the question was put to him. With indescribable ■motion he refused. I told him I would give him 2 up on each nine >nd let him name his reward if he beat me. A member offered to get ■ l» a purse of $500 to be his if he made a 35 that afternoon, but he wouldn’t play, risk his reputation, or waste his time with an amateur, he 'aid, and ran away. Truly a unique ase. Some of the members tell me that really plays some remarkable shots md knows the game, but that be- ond these shots none of the mem bers had seen him play practically all summer. Jt seems that a member of 'be club noted for his benevolence found Tom in groat trouble and he iad brought him to the town and 'he club and continued to do every thing possible for him, but an air of ■doofness had characterized this Grange professional from the begin ning. Navy Announces Winter Sport List v NNAPOLI3, MD., Dec. 20.-The fol- wlng schedules of winter sports were announced at the Naval Academy to day: Gymnastics—February 7. New York J niversity; February 28. University cf Hennayivania; March 7. Columbia M restling— February 7, Pennsylvania “' .tie College; February 14. Lehigh; February 21. Cornell; February 28. Uni- v ‘rally of Pennsylvania; March 7, Co lumbia. •Swimming- February 7. Baltimore College, March 7, Columbia. Jack Johnson Breaks Arm in Paris Scrap HARIS, Dec. 20.—Jack Johnson, ieavyweight champion of the world, is arrying his right hand in a sling as a "suit of his fight here last nigh! with unrny Johnson. The match ended in eighth round with honors ev*en. Hfer tiie end of the. battle It was dis- vered that Jack Johnson had broken left foresrm in the third round. Weree Mai trot announced the hour a draw. J. Langford Battles Jeannette To-night NEW YORK. Dec. P.».-Wr>*' \Voo*i- manager of Sam Langford, who w Gs Joe .Jeannette in a fwent>- • nd bout in Paris io-nigu!. 'Ini here yesterday that the "i ;, r had tpfken off *1 much flesh •'• would weigh m»t more 111-'' > u-jujjL*. in (Ft- i'll- N A Idei wa; son L fer dog li seci stai ROC Lea do rati A coo T 1 ed tior the T E. is t tha tha T as ear and ear tior tior Int< the terr A . 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