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SA’I‘URDAY,fi FEBRUARY 26, 1916
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~GEORGIAN SPORTS COVERID 4 EXPERTS-
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Southern League Magnates Meet
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at Ansley Hotel This Morning.
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To Adopt Schedule at Session.
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'} By Fuzzy Woodruff.
/ IRECTORS of the Southern
League at 10 o'clock, at the Ho
& tel Ansley, to-day began their
annual pow-wow previous to the
apening of the Southern League sea
son in April.
The directors’ meeting is never any
thing more serious than a general
discussion of league affairs by the
leaders, with the end in view of ex
pressing ideas to the regular league
meeting, which is scheduled to foliow
the assembly of the directorate.
And preVious to the meeting there
‘was every indication that there would
be nothing but an interchange of re
ports on coming prosperity. While
the baseball people were assembling
at the Ansley the atmosphere was ab
solutely surcharged with optimism,
As the magnates came in each man
'Was eager to beat the other to felici
tations,
. L According to the magnates, the
outlook in the Southern League is for
the people to flock through the turn
stiles like countrymen crowding to a
circus. Each magnate told how his
sSectlon was prospering. Fach mag
nate told how baseball enthusiasm
‘Wwas never higher than in his particu
lar town just at this particular time.
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PRESIDENT 808 BAUGH came in
yesterday afternoon from Bir
mingham. He was accompanied by
Secretary McDermott, the new league
official. The league boss immediately
established headquarters at the Ans
ley, where he was joined by Charley
Frank, president of the Atlanta club,
and Charley Colsson, the club secre
tary. Bob Allen, the Little Rock mag
nate, was an early arrival, while a
night train brought in President
Smith and Manager Molesworth, of
Birmingham. Mobile was represent -
ofi! by Secretary Parker, while A, J.‘
einneman and John Dobbs were up
«. from New Orleans. Clyde Shropshire,
of Nashville, and W. P. Watkins, of
tMemphis, and Z. C. Patten and Kid
Elberfeld, of Chattanooga, were the
lgst arrivals,
It was the same story with each
man-—an outlook for . unprecedented
prosperity. |
Everybody saw an end to the lean
days of baseball with the collapse of |
the Federal League, and nobody felt
like scrapping. Before the hour of |
convening a pretty good path had
been worn from the Ansley to Lou
Castro's place of refreshment nnd'
other hard by clubs ur;:l cases,
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’I'HERH was one man in the !hrnncl
more than ordinarily happy. He
was none other than Bob Allen, the
Little Rock baseball man, who, like
Steve PBrodie, took a chance, and
seems fair 1o prosper through his
Bamencss.
Allen, it will be remembered, paid a
fancy price for the Montgomery fran-
AGhise a little more than a year ago.
when baseball was suffering its most
disastrous season. Allen put r-\'flr_\-l
nickel he had in the world in the
Travelers !
From an artistic viewpoint, misfor- |
tunc overtook him immediately, He |
bad nothing to start off with save the |
yemnants of the old tail-end Mont-
Somery club. And as a result hfil
started off a hopeless tail-ender, and
never improved his position l
However, his home people were
loyal. Little Rock dashed to the .'Hlli
of baseball, and, despite the humillat
ing position of the Travelers, thp;‘
drew well at home throughout the
season g
AN[) now Allen s starting out with |
what he bhelieves is a one, two,
three club, and there are not mnr‘
wheeople in this section who are willirg |
o dispute his clalms just at this
writing !
’ For outfleld material he hasn't any - |
}2],"‘ except Big Bill Jacobson, the)
: mous Gull and Lookout slugger; |
BEddie Manning, last year with the
Crackers; Laßue Kirby, as likely =
ball player as ever wasx shown in the
Southern League; FErnle Walker, late
of the St. Louls Browns, and Helnie |
Jantzen, the terrible Swede, Jis In
fleld has been considerably bolstere ;|
by the acquisition of Clyde Wares,
while his catchers and pltchers are
fairly formidable ‘w
As a result of thisx «early seasor ‘
showing on paper, the Arkansas eity |
is fairly baseball bugey ‘I never sow !
baseball enthusiasm running =o high,” |
says the venerable looking chief m’]
the Travelers It takes me more
than a&an hour to walk five hluvhl'
through the downtown section of Lit.
tle Rock, so many people stop me to |
fan” j
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"-A[,[,l Nis lined 1o believe that he |
will work Manning on first base
"This fellow has never found himssif
/' operly yet «nys Allen “When be
L,_ you are going to see a wonder.
ful ball player Right now T have no
fdea what | am going to @6 with him.
I may use him ax a pitcher, It mns‘
Do that 1 will have ™ use him in the
outfield or on third hase, but! my pres. l
ent intention 1= to make a first base
man of him, and | belleve I'll have a
wonder.”
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AD BRENNAN TO BE LET OUT
CHICAQO, Feb ‘ \A4 fl'fr‘"un,!
former Philadelphin National® pite hn,'
Who was a disappointment In the Fed.
1 League..may be went to the St
n‘“ American Association olub this!
senson. Manager Tinker, of the Chi.
sago Cubs, has offered Hrennan (o St
Pail. the Cubs agreeing to pay thei
JUE part of the twirler's 15,000 sp) |
¥. Mike Kelly, Et. Paul manage o
was expocted to answy nkers prop
oßition in & few days
- To Make 116
| [IMMY PAPPAS, the little Greek
J battler who is mnow - fighting
around the country as the fly
weight champion of the world, is one
lad who doesn't fear any of them.
The writer is in receipt of a letter
from Jimmy this morning in which
“Jeems” states that he will take on
any bantam in the country, providing
his opponent will scale no higher than
116 pounds ringside.
“I can make 112 at gongtime easily,”
writes the little Greek, “but I am will
ing to give away four or five pounds
to get matches. It doesn’t make any
difference to me who a'rank Whitney
gets as my opponent, just o he isn't
too big. I would rather fight boys
weighing around the 112-pound mark,
but as there are no boxers who can
draw big money at this flgure I am
willing to take them on up to 116
pounds, and this goes for Kid Her
man, too.”
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THE above statement just about
shows how game a little battler
this Greek is. He battles Roy Moore
in St. Paul en March 1, after which
he will go back to St. Louis to await
word from Atlanta regarding a
match in this city.
At the present writing Pappas’ first
opponent here rests between Johnhy
Ertle, Pal Moore and Kid Herman,
with chances faforing the latter to
get the match. Herman stopped off
at Atlanta the other day for a few
minutes on his way to Philadelphia
He took up enough time to state that
he would meet Pappas in this city on
March 14. '
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HERMAN and Pappas would make
a wonderful card here. They
packed the Bijou Theater to the doors
when they battled in Atlanta last
year, and at that time Pappas was
not the card he is to-day. However,
Moore and Ertle would also prove
good attractions, as both boast of rep
utations as star battlers.
Harry Downey, who is reprasenting
Frank Whitney while the latter is
away, says he will have a definite an
swer regarding a match here within
the next few days. i
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i Racing News i
AT NEW ORLEANS.
FIRST—Four furlongs: SRhymer, 112
(Ambrose), 5-2, 1, 1-9, won; gumo 113
(Koerner), 7, ‘-l, 6-5, second ; (4;11
Ward, 109 (Lilley), 8,3, 3-%, third.
nm-(.)“a. Eden Park, War Bride, Nep
era, t, Rey Ennis, Heroine, Soeze and
Mr. Glencoe also ran. '
SECOND-—Six furlongs: Wetsail, 109
(Ambrose), 8,3, 8-5, won; Garnet, 109
(J. McTaggart), 4, 8-5, 4-6, second; Poli- |
tician, 114 (Kederis), 5-3, 1, 1-2, third.
Time, 1:14. Spangle Duchess, Maudie,
John Doufl.n. Falls City, Donner, In
surgent, len Smyth, Narmar, Watch
Your Step also ran,
THIRD-Bix furlongs: Glint, 112
(Keogh), 2, 4-5, 2-5, won; Joe D, 113
(Ambrose), 7-2, 6-5, 3-5, second; Sir 1..
Joe, 113 (Robinson), 8,3, $-6, third.
Time, 1:18 2-5. ‘l’wlll‘l‘fl:(. Lady Powers,
Patrick F, Dr. Ke i, Mater, J. B.
Harell, Chilla, Shrewsbury, Kilday, Bal
gee also ran.
FOURTH--Mile: Dr. Carmen, 106
(Garner), 6,2, 4-5, won; King K, 108
(Vandusen), 15, 6, §-3, second; Green
wood, 101 shedomom. 5, 2. 4-5, third.
Time, 1:928-5. Lucky R, Ina Kay, CUff
Field, Lindenthal, Syrian also ran.
FIFTH-—Mile: C, W, Weleh, 1111 (An
dress), 20, 8,4, won; Larkin, 109 (Dodd),
6,2, 4-5, msecond; Rose Jullette, 111
(Kederis), 8, 5-2, even, third. Time,
1:412-5. Bobolink, Mary Jay, Mayme
W., Clara Morgan, Investment also ran.
SIXTH — Mile and one-sixteenth:
Lucky Ooorv. 105 (McDermott), 8,3,
$-5, won: Jullet, 106 (Keogh), 5-3, even,
1-2, second; Birka, 107 (koerner), 11-5,
even, 1-2, third. ’l‘lme, 1:48 1-5. Mary
Ann K., Ben's Brother. Batwa, Richard
Langdon, Diadl also run. &
AT HAVANA,
FIRST - Five fur!on’sr Ada Anne,
113 4Tl£ln) 2, 4-5, 2-5, won: Margaret
Ellen, 100 (Ball), 4, 8-5, 4-5, second;
Miss Primity, 100 (Ward), 15, €, 2, third,
Time, 1:032-5. l'l‘(g:i, Avatrovato,
Ethan Allen, Kettpe um, Dr. Rh‘
Swarenger also ran. |
SECOND-Five and one-half furlongs:
Andromeda, 108 (Nicklaus), 2, 4.5, 2-6.%
won; Flatbush, 114 (Connolly), 8, 2. 8.5, |
second; Blue Mouzs, 112 l\«\'hgmurko.
4, 8-5, 4-G, third. Time, 1:08 2-5. Jerry
Jr.. Emily R., Belle of the Kitchen, Ma
jor Bell, Stonington also ran.
THIRD--Five and one-half furlongs:
Paulson, %4 ?hrrmnom. 123, 4,2, won;
Dinah Do, 104 (Hatt), 2, 4-5, 7-16, sec
ond, Anavei, 108 (Bain, 8,3, even,!
third. Time, 1:08 15, Reflection, Big|
Lumax, Envy, Palm leaf slso ran. |
FOURTH —Mile: Ben Uncas, 1021
(Doyle), $-5, 1-3, out, won: Autumn, zl:;
tConnelly), §, 2, 4.5, second; Tener, 101 |
(Lomas), &, 3, even, third. Time 1:42.
Mike Cohen, bdn. Bepulveda also ran. i
FIFTH -Mile and 00 yards: Merry
Jubilee, 106 th%&o). qnv}, 1-3, out, won;
Ray m.nfm, (Jenkins), 6,2, 4.5,
second; Mallk, 108 (Sterrett), :"4 5 &
third. Time, 1:45 3-5. Volant, Charies
Franeis and Sosius also ran,
AT JUAREZ.
l"‘lll'l'-flomn’. d-year-olds: 5 fur
longs: Dicie Mina, 103 (Buckles), 10, 4,
-5, won: Gray's Favorite, 1160 (H. Bnill.
ing), 5-2, even, 2.5, second, Prospero's |
Baby, 101 (Smithy, 80, 30, 5, third
Time, 1:001-5. Wild Irish Odd Cross,
Tower, Oklahoma Babe, Real Worth
also ran,
SECOND - Five and one-half furlongs
Leable, 101 (Cullen), 4,3, even, won
Nifty, 113 (Pauley), 8,8, 8.5, second;
Knight of l‘{mlul. 108 (Mason), &, 3,
8.5, third. Timé, 1.07. Barbarita, Tem
'L Dunean, Inez. Evran, Favorite Artl
; . Miss Pow Yuba, Zenotek, Barsac,
man, C. W, Kennon also ran, |
THIRD ~Five and one-half furlongs
Moller, 108 (C, Hunt), 2, even, 1.3, won.
Ol Coin, 107 (H. Shining), 3, 7-10, 1.3,
second: Carondolet, 107 (O Gonury), 6.
8.5, 7-10, third, Time, 1:08 4-5. John
Spolin, Panhachapl and Francis aiso
ran,
'RTH—O.: mile: John Graham,
m(k, Hunt -3, #lo 1-4 won, Fiit
m 108 (Blbarng 8, 8-5, 3.5, necond;
Puul, 102 (Plekens), 3, aven, 3.5,
third. Time, 1:39 45, Lad, Connaught
alno m
‘J'l‘ - Six 'r’\'m’m;t! Rmvm‘r,,
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g:. 113 lm bo & l."’-& SO
Baer b, T 8 gt T
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Benn shu&':. Charity Ward: Safrons
nlflnmmu: Henry Walbank, 103
‘N. Shilling), even, 3.5, 1.4, won: Ceos,
o 8 (Pauley), 8,3, §-5, necond; Barnar,
108, 108 thfi»?n. %, even, 1.3, x"md‘
Time. 1:39 4 Jennle Smail e
Montgomery, Rhodes, Rey, Molile Cad
a ran.,
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~NOTLES
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The original plan of Lee Foh! to
have his battery men report at New
Orleahs on February 19 was vetoed
by President Ban Johnson, and the
t whole Indian" squad goes South to
lgflher on February 28,
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| The South Atlantic League at its
Irecem meeting decided on g a salary
l.lmn of $1,350 a month, a cut of $250
& month from last year, although ies
|3150 more than the league determined
upon at its October meeting.
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l The Louisviile club in selling Claude
Derrick to Indianapolis figured it had
enough infleld material without him
in Kraft for first, Corriden at second,
Walsh or Roach at short and Midk!ff
at third, If Roach gets the shortstop
position, Dee Walsh will go to the
outfleld.
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Federal contracts are not the only
things hard to dispose of. The New
York Yankees are trying to get somo
body to take Ed Sweeney, ex-Cracker,
and his SB,OOO contract off thelr hands.
They sent him to Richmond last sea
son, paying part of his salary, but he
did not make a showing there to war
rant Richmond asking for his return,
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According to what Outfielder Jimmy
Johnston says, Charley Ebbets is try-
Ing to pull off sunther peculiar s,
Fbbets took over Johnston's contract
from the Feds, and now, according to
the plaver, seeks to revise it accord
ing to his own notlons. As a result
Johnston says he won't report to the
Dodgers,
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Cal Wenger, after six sepasons in
the Michigan State and Southern
Michigan #s a manager, finds himself
out of a job and now is connected
with & bhowling concern In Grand
Rapids, He expects to return to the
game, however, If he can find a club
that wants a manager of his experi
ence., ‘
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Del Drake, one of the Fed “stars”
who bhecame a St Louls Brown
through the amalgamation, has re
fused the contract Flelder Jones sent
him. The contract called for about
half what Drake was getting last
year, and It was the nlan to send him
to a minor lengue. Drake has asked
for his unconditional release and proo
ably will get it
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President Walter Morris, of the
Texus League, has made a suggestion
to the Western Assoclation magnates
that & posteseason series he playved
hetween the two organizations next
fall. The Western Association seems
willing. Tt'lsx oniy a Class D league,
but It has a lot of falth in itself.
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Roy Johnson, a first baseman, who
niayed in the Colonial League with
the Taunton team and. was conslderad
a bright prospect for advancemenrt
dind nt his home in Alllance, Ohlo, re
contly He was taken 111 bhefore the
season closed and never recovered,
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Catcher Eddie Ainsmith, of the
Washington team, '» taking treatmant
from a specialist for an affection of
the eyes and may. not be able to
make thetraining trip with the team.
i left eve is seriously affected and
he Is compelled to wear dark glassos,
The specialist says Ainsmith s 14«
proving and he hopes his eyes will
soon be as good as ever,
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George Stellars, a Chicage pltener
.|....45',\- the White Sox, won 18 out
(of 19 games he pliched for a semi
| pro team in 1915,
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The Chicage Cubs have turned
Piteher Robbins over to the Wilkes«
barre club, of the Newy York State
League,
PAUL DIXON KNOCKED OUuT
NEW YORK, Veb, 23 Silent Martin
knocked out Paul Dixon in the Afth
round last night
—{HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR ANOTHER STRONG SQUAD THIS YEAR, DECLARES HEISMAN
JACKETS OUTLOOK BRIGHT ON CINDER PATH
By J. W. Heismun.
T will we recalled that the Yellow
I.hckeu put out a pretty swift
track team last year. At that time
Tech was not within the fold of the
S. L L A, so it was impossible for
them to compete at the championship
meet of that ormanization. However,
the Jackets romped home easy win
ners in every meet they entered,
which included contests with Tennes
see, Auburn, the Georgia State meet—
against Gergla, Mercer and Emory—
and the Southern A, A. U. meet in
Birmingham. .
The outlook for another very strong
team in this branch of college ath
letics is excellent. Robinson, the re
markable high jumper, and Southern
record holder in his event, is not back,
but Captain Jordan, of this year's
leam, can probably be counted upon
to take his place satisfactorily. Not
that Jordan will be likely to negotiate
the extreme heights achieved by Rob
inson, but he can do § feet 9 inches
right along, and that will come pretty
near to scooping five points for Toch‘
in the meets. In addition to Jordnn.l
Tech still has Blackwell, a man who
€an soar almost as high as the for
mer, 80 that there is no chance of a
special weakness showing in this de
partment,
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I N the sprinting line Tech should be
well fixed, as Sparks, Nigels and
Griffin are all back, and they are three
crack runners. ti will take some rec
ord work for any rival racers to down |
them in the 100, 220 and 440 vard
dashes
Bob Glover was also good for 10
Sure points at each meet last nwumn.‘
His specialtios are the broadfjump and
bigh and low hurdles. He should dis
play even faster class this year. There
in no discounting the grit of thig fal- ‘
low, and anyone who plans to beat |
him in any kind of a race has cer
tainly got to have his mind made up
to run It out to the very last inch of
the stretch.
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IN the main, Hugh Mauck and Jim
Preas looked after the weight
eventis, the former swinging the ham
mer and hurling the discus, usually
for first place in both, while Preas
&athered in the points on putting the
shot. As both will be on hand again
this spring hopes are entertained of
new Tech records heing hung up in
all three of these events, |
Clyde Jordan, in addition to ac
courting for second place in all the
meets In the high jumps, scored first,
As a general thing, In pole vaulting.
8o here again the Jackets seem well
fortified, |
The one vulnerable place on the
team's brave front was in the depart -
ment of long-distance running, The
only distance man Tech had was
Cowles. He was a pretty Kood man,
but not eapable of going both the half |
and the mila acceptably in the same
afternoon. This year he is not back,
86 Coach Alexander will have to put
in some hard work developing nlu»‘
gether new men for these important
events, :
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l.\' addition to the old men already |
named who will be on hand striving |
for places this spring there !s Street,
who has done well with the hroad
Jump the past two years, and who
should be able to bheat his beet pre
vious marks this year. |
80, from the standpoint of point
winners back, the outiook seems extra
good. As vet it ix too early to say
much about talent, but Ray is ex
pected to score heavily In the broad
lunr, and Battle, last year at G, M.
A, is expected to be heard from in
the dashes. Strupper, of foothall
fame, may come out for the quarter
mile, nnd“l.l‘ he dn;- h;‘ wl;: u:
rome peo up, for he has t
strength to go this most diffeult of
all races to the top of his bent and
the grit to take the other fellow's
heart out as well,
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CnM"H ALEXANDER has been
having a number of both new
\lnd old men out already, and It is
evident that a greater interest will
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be taken in track work than ever be
fore Meets have already been ar
ranged with a number of colleges.
Auburn will be met at Grant Field,
while the team will journey to Nash
ville for a dual meet with Vander
bilt—the first dual meet ever pulled
off between these two. The Georgia
State meet will be held in Athens this
year, and the Yellow Jackets will also
take that in, along with Mercer and
Emory.
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WHILE Tech has deemed it hest not
to put out a varsity team in bas
ketball, merely because it is thought
best not to diffuse energy over too
many branches of spgprt, this does not
Y.M.C.A. Athletes Take Part in
< frq_ct_i_ce for National Hexathlon
ORTY-SIX of the young business
F men engaged in the athletic
games last night at the Y. M.
C. A. and many discovered their real
ability along this popular line of
sports. Five events were held as a
practice program for the part Atlanta
will have In the national athletic hex
athlon which «{ll be held Wednesday
night, March 1..
Ed Jarvis was the one particular
star last night; besides breaking the
association record for the shot-put,
he also placed in each of the other
four events, setting quite a unique
record for one evening's performance,
especially since so many were con
testing for the honors. - E. B. Love
man also deserves honorable men
tion. F. 8. Donn, who recently came
to Atlanta from the Washington, D.
C., association, also showed up well
for the first time in action on the
loeal floor, .0
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TH‘E resuits of the different events
last night are as follows:
Running High Jump—Ed Jarvis,
first, 5 feet; E. B. Loveman and ¥. S,
Donn tied for second, 4 feet 8§ inches:
G. W. Simpson and J. D. Sheldon tied
for third, 4 feet 6 inches.
Standing Broasd Jump—E. B. Lave
man, first, 8 feet 11 inches; E. O. Mar
tin, second, 8§ feet 10 inches; J. D.
Sheldon, Ed Jarvie and R. E. Tar
pley tied for third, 8 feet 9 inches,
12-Pound Shot-Put—Ed Jarvis, 39
feet 7 inches (new assoclation rec
ord); C. C, Jones, second, 35 sect: ¥,
8. Donn, 34 feet 8 inches; G. ', New
berry, third, 34 feet 8 {nches,
Fence Vault—Ed Jarvis, first, § foet
5 inches; E. B. Loveman, second, ¢
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A.A.C. Five Plays Columbus in 8
- Final Game of Season To-night
HE Columbus Y. M. C. A, basket-
I ball quintet clashes with the At
lanta Athletle Club five at the
clubhouse on Auburn avenus to-night
In the final game of the season. By
winning this battle the locals will elaim
the title of champlons of the SBouth for
he seuson of 1915-1916,
Columbus ana Atlanta have met once
before this season, the gam being
layed in Columbus, which the 300 Bean
‘\‘p won, 21 to 16, On thelr home court
the Columbus lads were only able to
ring four fleid m;-ln ln.lhe entire game.
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J OFE BEAN put his entire sqund
through thelr final workeut Friday
nomn,, and says the team is In great
sha or the last contest of the season.
P‘ort:o and Graves and Lester and West
moreland, Hean's star quartet of for.
wards, can be counted on to ‘wl up a
fine sh:wlnc. Bean will most likely call
upon Forbes and Graves to start the
fireworks, Graves and Lester were used
by Bean In Columbus and this pair
anc olccpflou.."{ w.oll together, d
Al to the line-up of the Columbus
team, It is most likely that Struppa,
:cmm'um Meuftie will be on the
ive side, v'la. Massey or Patters
son at center and Turner and Smith
guarding. The old Columbus stars, -
clflhwzo Peddy, l’)r Kllcun.|
Troup and Walter Newman, have
nh{od n very “v contests during the
entire season, 0":':. m-uy u“‘
company team used
the going mo“ qu.
By Tad
mean there are no basketballers in
college nor thgt the game is not well
liked. Each class puts out a team
and these are now engaged in playing
through two rounds of interclass
games. Probably the Sophs and the
Juniors are the strongest of the four
teams. The former includes such ex
cellent players as Golden, Strupper
and Phlllips, while on the roster of the
Juniors is found such men as Mauck,
Spence and Bradley.
The last games will take place on
the ‘night of March 4 and will, no
doubt, decide between these two
teams for the championship. The
games will be followed by a big
dance.
feet 2 inches; ¥. 8. Donn, third, 6 feet
1 inch; G. W, Simpson, third, § feet.
60-Yard Potato Race—Ed Jarvis
and B. H, Mayo, tied for first, 15 4-5
seconds: M. B. Rouison, third, 162-5
seconds; E. B. Loveman and G. C.
Newberry, tied for fourth, 16 3-5 sec
onds.
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’l' HE employed intermediate class
also held thelr monthly athletic
meet last night and some interesting
scores were made, There were three
events on the card for them and the
winners in the different events were
as follows:
~ 75-Yard Dash-—E. Gross, first, 9-3
'seconds: Robinson, Cools and Chap
man, tied for second, 10 seconds each,
l Three Standing Broad Jumps—Ed
Morse, first, 26 feet 6 inches: 1.
Gross, second, 26 feet 21.2 inches;
H. Fulghum, third, 28 feet 1 inch.
Snap for Distance (from bar four
feet high)-—J. O. Bishop, first, 6 feet
3 inches; R. M. Chapman, second,
feet 2 inches; P. K. Gross, third, 6
feet 1 inch.
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T HE second round of the associa
tlon basketball league will start
to-night at 8 o'clock sharp, with the
Athletes and the Ramblers having the
first chance to toss baskets. At the
conclusion of the first half, the Glants
and Pygmies will line up for their,
first half game.
The standing of the teams in the
league follows: '
Won. \f»ost. Per Cent,
Lo s R n 1,000
'anhlor- 2 1 868
yEies ...} 2 ~ «233
Athletens , . . 0 3 000
Ge T D A T
THE official of the contest will prob
[ ably be Mike Donahue, the Aubusn
coach. Donahue has been referesing all
the important battles in the South this
Beason and was the officlal when At.
anta played Columbus in Columbus,
' The guessing contest will he a feature
of the game. The young lady guessing
Nearest to the total scores made by the
teams will be presented a b-pound box
of clnd" by Coach Bean and a 3-pound
box will be the secongd prize
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CDACHES BRIDGES AND BEAN will
have the following men ready to
take part In to-night's contest:
Atlanta, Columbus,
Forbes, Lester, .., f. Struppa, Peddy,
West land, It uuch'\;'fllo
Graves, estmoreland. . if. .. . MceMa
Km'n"o.
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Carter.......... r& ..Turner, Newman
Weaver....cooouie.. Ig. ..Bmith, Dosler
CHICAGO, Feb, 26.~Mike MecDer
mott, Chicago tank_star, has another
world's record to his credit, following
bis performance last night winning
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A Lightweight Stir. {
FTER a period of stagnation which extended over some months,
Athere has gome a sudden flurry in the lightweight division,
and the class which was gradually being totally submerged,
so far as public Interest was concerned, is again attracting a lot of
attention.
Ordinarily the iightweights are the most popular of all the fighters,
but the past two or three years saw the crowding of the division by
a pack of soft tapping young men who were not lightweights, anyway,
and the fistic faus soon tired of them. There was a time when a
brace of lightweights could always be depended upon to pack any
house, but of late the promoters have been very chary about putting
theétn on. s
The division was cleaned up of most of the gverweight birds
long ago by a sudden exodus into the welterweight class, the lure
being the prospect of more publicity, which is the fat on which the
fighter feeds. James J. Johnston was responsible for that upward
movement when he raucously proclaimed Ted-Kid Lewis the welter
weight champion of the world. 3 ’
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James J. Starts Something.
AMES J. was not animated by any philanthropic motives whexd he
J launched the scheme which emptied the lightweight section of the
140-pound folks. James himself had a fighter in Ted-Kid who could
not make the lightweight limit of 123 pounds without parting with a
leg or two, and besides that he saw a chance for gathering notoriety
to.his man,
He inveigled Willie Ritchie, who once fought a lightweight bat
tle here at 141 pounds, or thereabouts, into the welterweight crew and
immediately thereafter Jack Britton, and numerous others who had
been doing the best they could as lightweights, followed. As a re
sult, the \\'olterweigflt, division is to-day about the classiest of them
all, but meantime the lightweight class was left thiuned out and
emaciated.
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Real Contender Looms Up.
THE events of last Monday night are largely responsible for the revi
val of interest in the little fellows. Two of these events may be
regarded as having more or less bearing upon the championship -
sitnation; one of them surely proved that the shadow of a real
contender falls across the path of Freddie Welsh, the title holder of
the division. )
Over in Philadelphia, Benny Leonard, the Bronx boy, knocked out
Jimmy Murphy, who was regarded as a marvel by the fistic insects of
the Quaker city. Coming on top of Benny's stopping of Phil Bloom,
and his speedy flattening of Joe Mandot, to say nothing of his showing
against Shamus O'Brien in between, the performance indicates that
Leonard is one of the most sensational fighters developed in years.
There can be no belittling of Leonard’'s latest feat. When he
dropped Joe Mandot, it was alleged that Joe was sick, and upset by
domestic troubles. When Leonard stopped Phil Bloom, one of the
toughest of them all, there was some other alibi on hand calculated
to detract from Benny's accomplishment. V@hen he bested O'Brien
it was charged that the Bronx boy had his hand bandages so hardened
by plaster of Paris that they took on the consistency of a rock.
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Leonard Mars Murphy’s Record.
S O far, the Murphy folks have produced no excuse, and judging from
the sensation Benny's performance created in Philadelphia, no
excuse they can manufacture will go very well even among the home
folks. Murphy had never before been floored, and he claimed a victory
over Welsh. Iu fact, the only time the popular decislon ever went
against him in Philadelphla was when he met Johnny Dundee in a
six rounder,
Meantime, while Benny was flattening Murphy, Dundee was losing
a decision to Mandot in‘a twenty rounder at New Orleans. Johnny
claims he got the old Home Guard work, of course, but, when it is
considered that he was unable to do in twenty rounds what Leonard
did in a twinkling against the same man, Beuny’'s feat looks all the .
better.
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Benny Develops “Yayo.”
THFI sudden acquisition of a knockout wallop is one of the curious
features of Leonard's development. He was regarded at first as
Just a clever boxer, who could not hit hard enough to dent a derby
hat. He was showy and flashy and anything but a punisher. Then he
met Mandot, and to the astonishment of everybody dropped the New
Orleans boy for the full count.
Even then many thought that it might have been a fluke, as Man
dot's handlers Immediately raised a cry of poor condition, but when
Leonard went over to Boston and stoped the tough Bloom the most
skeptieal had to admit that his new found punch must be the real thing.
It I 8 not often that a fichter starts out as strictly a clever boxer
and develops a knockout punch, although many begin as fighters and
turn to cleverness. Abe Attell at the start of his career knocked out
all his opponents in short order, but then he picked a knowledge
of the clever points of the game and came to be rated one of the
shiftiest of his time.
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Leonard Retains Cleverness.
]T Is saild of Leonard that in addition to developing a punch he hae
retained his cleverness, and the combination ought to make him an
ideal fighter. He is still quite young, and unless he iz hurried along
too rapidly has a grand chance to eventually acquire the «-hulnplon
ship. Billy Gibson is now trying to mateh him with Freddy Walsh,
In a long bout, Leonard with his youth and strength, would have a
better chance than in a ten rounder. He might knock ont Welsh Inside
of ten rounds, of course, but the chances are against it, and Welsh
might tender him a boxing lesson and a great deal of discouragament
Marist Wins F
.
B. H.8.,42-28; Local
Prep Title Cinched
A large gathering of baskethal! fans
watcher the Marist "--11--f-v yuintet cineh
the local prep league sasketball title
Friday afternoon, when Jow Bean's five
defeated Boys' High School, 42 1o 23
In & hot struggle on the Wesley Memo
rial court
Dodge and mott, center and forward,
respectively, played great ball for the
league leaders I'he former has been
the staf in avery gdme Marist has play.
od this season Yesterday lie scored 14
Mott reg'stered 16
The playing of B. Adams, cuptatn of
the Mu{n‘ lll’n quintet, was the sea
ture, while Warren also put up a good
game,
Two Girls' Quintets
Meet This Astern
The Fulton Girle' High School bas
ketball quintet, captained by Miss Hons
will play the l‘nl-r Girls’ High r-’vug'
five, from Maeon, this afternoon on the
”'"rf“ Tech gourt.
Both teams have good records for the
seakon and the game is bound to be a
hot Mrux‘flo
The admission fee will he but 26 cents,
and the contest will start promptly at
4 o'clock.
Phillips, of Georgia Teoh, will referee
the affair
Following is the Une.up:
Fulton--Cook, f; Wells, f: Ross, ¢
Mann, x: Peok, g .
lanier -Bnow, . Wilsey, f; Higgi:
son, ¢ Swaln, g: Rowlinson, .
CHICAGO, Feb, 38 Pitcher Bd 1.
bach of the Ch Nat k
Ras been soid {0 the ‘m..fi.. meo.-
als, it was announced to-day,
ATLANTA, GA.
Girls’ Basketball
Game in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Feb, 26.-—The first girls’
basketball game that Columbus has oever
hiad the opportunity to see between -
local team and visitors will be played in
this city to-night, between the falr sex
from the Albany High School and the
Columbus High Sehool,
e HUne-ups follow: ANG
C. H. 8. . M.
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BORE aiesecinnie .A N, Inman
Substitutes ~Billings and w
for C, H. 8.; Jackson, for A. H. i
Richardson, coach, for A, H. 8.
Referee— Dozler.
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