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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Sometimes It’s Not So Bad To Be Sick Ke_E-G/w !! (wan/t «/o>J s io open A to. tms cau- j t>oor*.s topav »uP uef j iwssvowe pptE At / y A'p*/»A& PSSJ6WT ftEH I PESL. tiwerOPA/ /v \ r vjjEU- "the o*-o cwerATC^.- ^ SOT HiS Rl&HT - \ mac THet svA.nki^-i amd W / VAJIPP BOTI-*- JuAMME^ HlAA I uj rvtfe 6>/e ANO twe^ TOOC. \ HIM AIWA* IW AW AVIPULAWIOC - Chicago Boy Hands Ex-Champion Neat Lacing for Ten Rounds at Milwaukee. M II.WAI KKK. Hoc. 50 -Charin' XVhltr, Chlrnst" IlfhtwelBh!, l<. day la claiming tha 135- punnrt championship. This baraum- ha Uokad A<1 Wolirsirt In thalr tan- round batila here last niaht. While proved himself the master over the former lightweiKht champion all through the ImtUe. and dlihed out a lacing that Ad will ramamber for some time. Wolgaat had all his argraaalvanesa and fighting spirit, but the frail, sal low Jewish battler had the stlffer wal lop end the better of tit# bout prac tically throughout. From the first round on Charlie j showed his skill us a boxer by land ing nearly every blow started on the 1 t ard head or body of the Cadillac . Dutchman. Wolgnst never backed up never wavered, hut continually bulled and forced hts way into White's territory, ! where he was the recipient of many hooka, uppercuts and swings. While showed last nfffht that he can fight w-ien tie is for. ed to. Kven in the; fierce mix ups and vicious exchanges; ;,e nt'.re than held his own and seldom broke ground anti baeked up when he was against the ropes or forced to, protect himself. As Wise ,s Wolgsst Is In ring lac- j ties. Charlie showed him some 'new ! stuff,'' for lime and again he spun him I headlong through the ropes and clev erly pushed his wild leads to one sl l,i and at the same time sldeatepped out of danger. The first round was partly even, hut In the second and third White took a big lead. The fot rth was equally di vided, hut the tirth was White's I Adolph had all the better of the sixth and bloodied White's nose and sp.lt his lips w ith several wild right and j left swings. Charlie went 1o hts cor- j ner at the end of the round a tired j and weary fighter. The seventh was fairly even, with both tired and willing to rest. Th« eighth, ninth and tertth were Char-| lie's by a good margin, and his lend at 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 Tech »tu«1*nts are waiting for the start of th© annual cross-country run this afternoon. Four teams are entered In tha run The men who stay In the Swann dorml tor' will constitute one team; those In the Knowles another, and the men who inhabit the Shacks the third one. The fourth team will he formed from the students who live in the city. The raee. as usual, will be from the school gymnasium out to the water works and return The course will lead over a number of hills and through several swamps, making It very difficult for the runners. The race will begin at 8:30 sharp, so that there will be plenty of time for the awarding of the prizes after it is over. Football Carnes at Grant Field To-day Tim third round cf game* In the Tech class football league Is scheduled for this afternoon on Grant Field, when the sophomores play the freshmen and the seniors try conclusions with ths Ju niors The soph-fresh battle will be In the ns’ure of a chsmptonshlp affair. as both teams will enter the game without having suffered a defeat this season The sophs have won games over the seniors and Juniors, while the freshmen downed the subs In their only game Played MA-HA-HO-HO- LA ROCHEFOUCAULD ife-t S •uuEAP-C vENFP SO of- SO , USJHAPAV A.J \A/€r ShPPO ie ” 8or « KNO'*J THAIT" j'f-t- A/BfeP- ^HEAE-S 14 i A AOOtA -rve gjujise Tipper* me off ( CAM 1+eArP- V+IAa TWeA-E-sWE*£ sw- mie*ica*j5 IM n+E SrAMCr (SrWD I POOftftr ■fWSeA dtsJ 6t-E jhgQ j AvTWf- be'YJO, KtJOCK.C0 otef- wAi ie«T*MCHOtO shut- srosr- j i heard fwr \ amef-icaw Gowtstwr ETX.- LOOUTSILL FIXED AGAINST INDOOR SPORTS By Tad McCormick Won't Stand for Any Player Who Threatens to Not Fall in Liqe. C' Greek Battler Stops Kirk in One Round JSFTIINGFTEI.D, II.U, Dec Sf Onie Kirk of Pt Louis. Who was expecte.1 ... be the winner of a scheduled ten- round bout before the Business Men's -Vt l.eltlc Club here last night, w as cteanlv knockesl out In the first round ; j,v I.cuis l'appas. the Greek demon, of j Kansas City Only one minute and thlr- j iv six seconds had elapsed after the first gong when Kirk look the final count. Campi and Williams Remacthed for Bout HATTAXOOQA, TENN., [>ec. 20 Report« 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 cally because of fear of contagion. Andrews and McCormick anticipated difficulty In securing the John Han cocks of the entire local roster as early as last fall and the local mag nates are now ao well protected that no individual man or duo of men could cause anv serious harm. To date the annual howl of malaria In the Houth has not been heard from prospective lookouts, and but one se rious threat of Jumping to the Fed eral League had been received. This came from Flick, but neither An drews or McForndck Is perturbed. The acquisition of Ffvl placed the local pilot in tho position where he had two or more men available for every Infield position and in the out field he is even as well protected with Jacobson, Johnson and King, nil available for the two open berths. In the battery deportments there is ab solutely no occasion for alarm, as four catchers, including Street and Gra ham, are available, while the Look outs have pitchers galore, with the prospect of securing as many more as are needed. Local athletes who become affected with “holdoutls" are certain to meet a very disagreeable surprise, as Mc Cormick is surprisingly firm with re calcitrants. “Moose" is fair almost to a fault, but he Is not a man that will allow his prerogatives to be en croached upon in the- leas!. As an Indication of his thought and consid eration he has mailed to each member of the local squad a suitable Christ mas gift, these going to men he lias never known personally, but the re cipients will find “Moose" inexorable as the Fates If they attempt to take advantage of Ills kindness and lib erality. Dahlen Offered Job As Dodgers' Scout\zS'i NEW YORK. Dee. 20 “Bad Bill” Dahlen. recently deposed as manager of the Dodgers in favor of Wilbert Robin son. was to-day offered a Job as scout for the team. 4 . . There 1* a strong possibility that j Dahlen will accept the Brooklyn offer j and continue affiliations with the Na tional league. In which he marred for I many years as a player tintII he took the Job as bench manager of the I Dodgers four years ago. Ebbets on Way to Close Tinker Deal CSTTI T>^ pffED BA<r WcfrfS FOE owerpEx-rEo Groerrr BASEBALL SPORTING COMMENT BOXING Diamond News and Gossip By Ed W. Smith. \OW glance over the list of reallv Rood nu n, some of them News of the Ring Game. "Baseball In our country,” says an Australian. "Is conducted in the spirit, of our cricket matches." Australia would lie a great place for the t’arcii- nals. are calling lawyers into that deal now and now we know ill get the money Rammv Strang, who some years ago was the star (finch lilt ter for the Giant s, is at present 'singing in a grand opera house In Baris, Htrang. w hen in the I National league, was a member of the Gianta' quartet W alnr 1 Connie Mack says Collins Is worth $100. 000 This is conservative. One of his limbs would have been worth that much to the Giants on several occasions. • • * Tv Cobb s reputation la now complete ; The Beerless Matty has hailed the Tiger star as the greatest hitter of them all. • • * .lohn K Tenet- starts with a great reputation, at least, ami his worst ene mies hope he will make good, for the benefit of Hie game If for no other rea son. NEW YORK. Dec. 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 1/>R ANGELES. Dec IF Eddie Campi, of San Krar.cisco, and Kid Wil liams. the Baltimore bantamweight, were matched to-day to fight a twenty- ^ound hot it here on February 12. This will be the second meeting between the bov« Thev met about one year ago and Williams won the decision after twenty hard rounds of fighting FORTUNE FOP BOXING. NEW YORK. Dec 20 In filing ’he annua! report wi’h the new legislature • \lhanv the Sta’e Athletic Commis sion will shew that since the State box :ng law went into effect August, 1911. M 10.000 has been paid Into the State Comptroller's office, this money being Lie amount of the 5 per cent tax on Lie gross receipts of a licensed club "T>era* ng under the statute WALDRON DIES. CHICAGO. Dec. 20. -Thomas E. Wal- rnr, the oldest member of the Hyde 'ark Athlefe Club, died yesterday at he Washington Park Hospital of con tention He was a charter member which was T imed fifteen LEACH CROSS FISHING. LOP ANGELES. Dec. 20 l^eaeh j Cross, who is matched to box Bud An- I derson at Vernon on New Year's Day. j is having the time of his life at Catalina ' Island. Won! comes to-day that the "fighting dentist" Is catching so many j fish at Avalon that he doesn't know what to do with them The boys will ^ return to Ix>s Angeles this after- j noon and Ix*ach will begin training on ! Sunday. WILLAIMS REFUSED MONEY. MILWAUKEE. Dec. 20. The State ) Boxing Commission to-day ruled against ! Sam Harris, manager of “Kid" Wil- ! Hams, who c laimed in Chicago that the | Rlverview Club was holding out $300 ! of Williams' money for the Dick Lode- i man fight. It was proved this money was a forfeit for a second fight, which j Harris refused to go through with. WOULD BACK ENGLISH BOXER NEW YORK. Pec 20.—Bob Vernon. | w o ‘S a g si judge . a figr/'y N» j so impressed with the showing of .'‘ap- ' | per O'Neill, the English lightweight. against Fred Halshand. that he made ! the announcement immediately after ' j the contest that he was willing to bet ] V’OO I*#, o Neill's chances in a ten-round j bout Iritii Leach Cross. Charley Herzog will be missed at the | Polo Grounds next season, but it is sus- ! pected that McGraw has arranged for ! a substitute acceptable to the patrons of | tha game. Connie Mack's into the gnme as a olinn. may l»e in illustrious father son. having broken coach In North far line to succeed hts » Frank Chance believes he has good reason to assert that his team will have improved 500 per cent before next sea son is well advanced * • • President Murphy has written a letter to Ga:r> Herrmann concerning the Tin ker matter When it cornea to bidding for star plovers. President Murphy is a man of letters. • • • Did it ever occur to The dignified di rectors of the Cincinnati baseball club that something might he accomplished b> tying the glittering tinware to one Garry Herrmann" They have fired evero \jre else without geting any re- C> V a 1 ken berg says bow ;r,g enabled him to “conte hack." However, his- ! t«»ry relates Instances where too much , how ling put certain pitchers out of the i game In other words the pitcher that j g *es to the bar too often g**es broke. THAT are we going to do with our lightweight box ers? In the light of re cent developments, how are wo going to classify them? Basing a:I arguments of what should be a fact, 1. e., that the real limit of the class is 133 pounds, mad© 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. • • * T 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 tide men of the class just because he is a card. The public demands him, the promoters can use him In their business, and even the tight er who gets a considerably better short end than he would with some other lighter ought to be satisfied. • • • t'VEN the champion is no long- ^ er, on his own admlsison, able to get within speaking distance of the only limit made more or less honorable by such sterling battlers as Joe (Ians George La- vigne, Frank Erne. Battling Nel son ami Ad Wolgast Still he In sists he is a lightweight and is defending his honors next month against a real lightweight. It's a weird situation. • • • T ETS class'fy th® 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 he 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 they will make, and that. too. mind you, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon for an evening battle: Willi* RUrli! ', 13?. Parkey McFarland, 138. VmitUc W. i'h. IS'. Jimmy Duffr. 13* Hud Andcmou. 138 Frank!* Burns. 13? Ilu*hrv Hr .-«an. 137 Winnipeg" O'Brien. 140 Fdiilr Johnson, 14«> C. Barrrau. 1XS of the very top class, who can make 133 pounds and at the ring side when necessary. Here they are: Jo** Han dot. I.yark Crosw. Jack Britton. Maitv Baldwin. Jointl y (JrlittUi. Toiluiy Murphy. Ad WoiaaaL EddU Murphy. Kay Templo Joe Shufrue Stanley Yoakum. ! rankle Kuasm. Charley White. Steve Kltohel. Sam Kohh'-au Johnny Duudee. Jtm itlvera. /"\NLY 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 b© 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 of the limit. Her© are some of them: Jo« Shrrman. Sammy Xrott. Freddie Denleia. Knockout Brown Harry Trendall. l*eo Kelly. W'.Ule Beecher Young Tarker Mirkuy Sheridan. Phil Brock. Booby Waugh. T HAT about exhausts the list of good, indifferent and just fair men in the class—and less than half of them sure at al! 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 pecially with Mike Gibbons able to do 144 pounds! • * • rjTHER classes may be reeking 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. Freddie Welsh, the British lightweight champion, will probably have a hot pace cut out for him when he tackles Johnny Dundee in a ten-round bout at New Orleans on New Year’s Das. Dundee ranks high up in the lightweight divi sion and should make the Englishman step at his best to win. • * % Young Aheam. 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 th© contest the referee gave the de cision to th© latter on points. • * • Packey MoFarland will have a lot of time to devote to his law' studies If the one year ban Inflicted upon him in Wis consin for poor scrapping and refusal to weigh In Is made general. Pittsburg middleweight. Is to get chance at George Chip in a six-round go at Pittsburg. It was this same Chip party who stopped Frank in six rounds several months ago, and the Pittsburger will be out for revenge. * * * Harry I^ewis. recently dangerously hurt in a bout in Philadelphia, but now entirely out of danger, has announced that he has fought his final and that nothing ever agwin will attract him back to the padded mitts. • * * It appears now that the automobile accident 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 hurt. Tie was awarded damages of $3,700. but did not realize the extent of his injuries until he started training Tommy Coleman. 1: 7 M l 13 PADDY RYAN RESIGNS. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Pad yd Ryan, world’s champion hammer thrower, has resigned from the lrish-American Ath letic Club, of this city. He expects to move to Chicago. Johnny Cahil, also an I. A. A. C athlete, has handed In his resignation. DONAHUE BESTS SHERIDAN. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 20 -Harry Don ahue. the Pekin, Ill., whirlwind, fought his way to a clean-cut decision over Mickey Sheridan, the Chi ago wildcat, in ten rounds of fast milling htre last night. Jllly Wagner, both brothers of Charlie White, won ttt^ir 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. e e » Michael Saul stopped the writer in front of the Piedmont Hotel last night and whispered these few words in our ears: “I wish to announce that the only Michael has ajrain tossed his gr^en kelly in the boxing ring, and dares any pugilist around 185 pounds to kick it out.” after which Mike hid us farewell and went on his wav 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 15. The boys are to mix matters for a $100 si<!f bet. Ritchie Loses Decision to Welsh + •4* *h#T +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Champ Takes Go on Short Notice This is the ninth of a series of stories of the life and battles of Light- Weight Champion Willie Ritchie %critten exclusively for The Georgian By Willie Ritchie. S AN FRANCISCO, CAL., Dec. 20 — Promoter McCarey and T 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 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 place 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 T made up my mind that I 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 Al Green Wald, who is McCarey’s silent partner. He Just listened and got an earful. I 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." T said, after a little pause. “I will take a chance at that price." “All right, then." said Gr^enwald. "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 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 he may not. but if he did I am 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 hoys who ;were hanging around to help second me. T was introduced as “Willie Ritchie, the coming light 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 1n the matter of weight. I think that I tipped the beam at about 1?3 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 he 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 lea- 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 mv 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 that I never had been trp agshnst I anything like the Britisher. He is a marvel with his hands. The air was : full of gloves all the time. T though: that I knew a little about boxing, out I after the first three or four rounds l \ was ready to admit that I had to star, all over again to learn the game. Rut 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 i tearing into him all the time. I no k 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 af*er him and never stop, because I felt strong and confident. After the eighth I whipped In a few good lefts and also a couple right crosses to the Jaw. Welsh would cover up and hold me in the clinche?. He Is a bear at clever infighting. He would tie my hands up and work me around the ring and then step away 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 stalling 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 wen* like a log. He was wabbly and weak and I was full of excitement. T con fess that T lost my head, for the cheers of the crowd rattled me. Finds Friend in Considine. 1 “Go on. kid: kno^k 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 mor<* 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 h« had my number so far as the boxing end of it went, and he was outpoint Ing me. In the last three rounds T cut loo** faster than ever. I was not a bit tired, and I was working for a kno^k out. I had him in pretty bad shap* a couple of times, but he knew too much for m* and he stalled me off Referee Charley Eyton called it YLelsh’s fight, 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’. I gave them a good run, and they seemed to like my work. John Considine. the Seattle sport lng man, was there. It was the first time that he ever saw me fight, but V my work made a htt with him and be came to me later and offered to back me for $6,MO against Wel»b. But fell through, because Welsh did net seem to be at all anxious to take an other chance. I heat It right home after this figb.: and I felt pretty good. The news was shot all over the country, and I mad* up my mind that I would take a fiY^ r at the Eastern game, which I heard so much about from Packey McFar land. COFFEY VS. KAN8A9 NEW YORK. Dec. 20.—A match k*" been clinched between Jimmy Con*?, the fast local lightweight. and Kansas, of Buffalo, who ha* a go®* 1 record of victories In the squared cir^ s cle. They will meet for twelve rounc at a boxing show to be brought ott a Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday nig* FAY ME FCK CURES ONLY you have been taktno treatment fer week* and montht and pay ri* mm \ out your hard earned money without belna cured, don't you think It Is high time t« accept DR. HUGHES’ GRAND OFFER 7 ' oil will certainly not he out any more morey If not cured. Contol- tatlon and Examination are Free for the next thirty day*. If I decide that your condition will not yield readily t« my treat ment, I will he honest with you and tell you so. and not aceeD your money under « promise of a cure. 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