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WEDNESDAY, MARCH s, 1916.
The Wise I\/lan_b:g—ends His Spare Time Figuring onm;ggfie;;:
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*GEORGIAN SPORTS COVERID 4 EXPERTS:
‘Wise”” Fight Followers Expect
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Willard-Moran Affair to Last
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the Limit of Ten Rounds.
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By Ed Curley.
EW YORK, March B.—Gentle-
N men! How would you like to
bet on the big fight? Now, this
is no appeal to lay down a piece of
small change to back your choice, but
just an appeal to find out how vou are
feeling about the big battle.
Will Willard win the popular deci
sion, or will Frank Moran get the ap
proval of the fans? That's the ques
tion,
Have you a sneaky feeling that Wil
lard will slip over the crusher before
the ten rounds? No? Then, do vou
think Moran will startle the world bv
slamming Big Jess hard énough to
shake the crown off his dome? You
don’t? You absolutely are confident
then, that the bout—no fight, remem
ber—will travel over the scheduled 59
minutes?
Well, if you have decided just what
the outcome of the $70,000 joust will
be—again, how would vou bet on t?
A gentleman at a race course one
bright afternoon passed the remark
that if any gentleman didn’'t back his
opinion with real money that gentle
man had no right to an opinion, The
gent who spilled all this wisdom was
rather seedy on the general make-up,
but you can’'t get away from this wis
dom. |
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Tm;m:rnmc. a few days ago we
meandered up and along the
Bright White Way to find (ut just
what the boys thought of the big
slamfest. Their principal thought, we
discovered quickly, was how they were
going to stand the shoeck of letting
loose of big yellow boys to. see tlio
athletes mingle, The “take” is go large
that many will be absent that ave
ning, but, nevertheless, they take more
than a puslnxr‘nterest in the show.
On these no-decision houts very lit.
tle betting takes place, which is prop
er and saves the game. On this im
gortant bout, however, evervhody has
is little opinion and is willing to
back it up with some simoleons.
As far as we could get the “info.”
all hands believe that the bouf will
last out the scheduled ten rounds.
Their belief is so strong that they are
willing to back it up with even money
Regarding Jess Willard leaving the
ring at the end of the tenth with honors
all his own, they will lay vou a little
1 to 2 that such happens. As to Mo
ran earning the popular verdict, nv"
the consensus of newspapers, they \wH‘
bet you 8 to 5 that he doesn't |
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WHE.\' it settles down to talkirg,
of a knock-out, they kind uf‘
draw in their wings and don’t harbor
an idea that such a catastrophe could
occur, They will even go so far as to|
bet vou even monev that no knm'k-‘
out graces the avening. |
If you persist and declare that Wil. |
lard will surely flatten Moran for ho- |
ing so daring as to box him, you ecan|
Ret 2 to 1 from the boys that Willard
doesn’t do the trick. On the ‘.mm‘
hand. if vou are a fond admirer of the
big Pittsburg blond, and feel it in \mn’i
bones that he will drop Jess for the)
count, you can get 6 to 1 for what von
care to wager
When you touch on the matter of a |
knock-out. the entire bunch rlses un‘
ite hind legs and demands |
“Who'd any of those hovs Ln-«"k‘
out? Who'd they ever knock ount?” |
“Sure Wiilard flattened Jack John- |
son.” they shout. “but did he do it
in ten rounds” Y'can bet he didn't ‘
Did he ever drop any real good bat
tler in ten rounds at any time in his
life?" 1
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w ELL. vou have to admit the hovs |
weore right on Willard ‘
“But, then, what about Moran, didn‘t
he flatten Coffey twice? they laughed,
“Flatten Coffev?”’ one fat fallow
chortled. “He flattened him one all
right. but the next time he seared him
to death. Y’ don't think Willard is
Coffey, @' you? Why, Moran won't
be able to get a decent swipe at that |
bim fellow All Moran will be dong
will be to keep backin' up duckin'|
the Willard left That'll keep h'm;
busy.” |
There's the genera! opinion of the!
Abllities of the two men that are zo-
Ing to box ten ronnds for £70.000, OFf
Gourse, “the bhoys” may be all wrong
on their done, for they slip up now
and then. But they're a wise lot at
that, and you get more stringing with
them than trying to play the “copper
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B,—The Nationals' training cgmpi
was put in shape to-day for the ar
rival of Manager Clark Griffith and
his corps of regulars. Griff will flnd‘
his “early bird” pitchers well ad
vanced, despite the fact that most of
their training stunts have been per
formed indoors because of the bad
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MARLIN, TEXAS, March B.—The
cool wave which swept Marlin was
lv\'elcomed by the Giants to-day. The
excessive heat of the last few days
had taken the steam out of the play
ers, but to-day they went at their
practice full of “pep.”
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DAYTONA, FLA., March B.—"“My
players are fit.” This was Manager
Robinson's expression to-day after
the game plaved by the Dodgers yes
terday. The men batted well, ran
bases in fine style, and were adept at
)fle‘lding. Another game is on this
afternoon.
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~ MACON, March B.—*“Home Run”
U%aker was on hand for training to
day. ready to show the Yankee re
cruits how he hit the ball *a la Giant
killer.” The team is rounding to rap
idly. If the weather permits, an
other practice game will be staged
to-day. . 3
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SAN ANTONIO, March B.—Miller
Huggins has two complete infields at
work now, and the manager himself
is generally a membér of the “kid"
team, which may be taken to mean
that Huggins is working himself
backward to the bench.
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PALESTINE, TEXAS, March 8—
It seems now that the make-up of
the Browns for this. season is set.
The infield &nd outfiéld are assured.
Everyone is hitting as well as can be
expected. Groom, Fischer, Daven
port and Koob are putting midsea
son stuff on the ball. The catching
has not bheen any too brilliant, but
Severeid is coming much better than
last year.
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TAMPA, FLA, March B.—With the
mercury hovering about 90 degrees,
the Cubs went through light exercise
to-day, The least exertion caused
the athletes to perspire, so Manager
Tinker ordered his men off the field
after two hours’ work.
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~ MINERAL WELLS, ' TEXAS,
March B.—Pitcher Jim Scott, of the
White Sox, tipped the scales at 208
pounds to-day, having lost nine
pounds in three days training here
with his teammate. Scott weighed
205 last season, but he hopes to play
at 200 this year.
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ST. LOUIS, March B—Five St.
Louis Browns have been shunted to
the Terre Haute (entral League club,
according to an announcement by
Branch Rickey, business manager of
the Browns, They are Pitchers
Fritz Meyver, Schatzman and Cochran,
Catcher O'Brien and Outfielder
Schulte.
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BOSTON, March B.—The champion
Red Sox will leave this city Friday
morning for Hot Springs, where (he
team will train for the coming season.
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MIAMI, FLA, March B.—To-day's
program for the Roston Braves con
sisted of batting practice and-a seven
inning game between the players.
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WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, March 3.
Cold weather did not stop the Tiger
rookies from working out to-day.
Coach Sullivan had the pitchers learn
ing to hold runners on bases this
morning, and in the afternoon led
them to the sliding pit for instrue
tions. Catcher Stanage is below play
ing weight and is batting fine
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SIOUX CITY, IOWA, March B.—
President Hanlon, of the Sioux City
Western League club, has received a
letter from Larry lLeJune .leading
Litter of the league for the last two
seasons, stating that he can not ef
ford to give up his business in Grand
Rapids, Mich, for the salary named
in his 1918 contract,
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Herb Kelly Released
By Pittsburg Club
PITTSRURG March & - President
Barney Dreyfuss, of the Pittshurg Na
tionzl League club, announced to-day
that Pitcher Herbert Kelly has been
released unconditionally Kelly was ob.
tained by the Pirates from the Univer
sity of Notre Dame team He played
last season with Atlanta, of the South.
ern Association
IVY WINGO IN REDS’ CAMP
SHREVEPORT, LA Mareh 8
Fungo batting constituted the main
work-out of Manager Herzog's Reds to
day. The warm weather is fast getting
the men into condition Catcher evy
Wingo has arrived after a winter's
hunting in Georgia
GOLF TOURNAMENT IN SEPT,
NEW YORK, March 8 ~The woman's
national golf tourney date was shifted
to-day from September 11 to October 2,
The tournament will be played at the
Belmont Springs Country Club as per
original schedule
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CHICAGO, March 8.-The official
projected Freddie Welsh-Charley White
'llghtwelght championship battle was
being negotiated for again to-day. This
time Kansas City is bidding for the
fight.
Gabe Kaufman, matchmaker for the
Central A. C., of Kansas City, wants to
arrange a championship 15-round bat
tle for April 7. He offered Harry Pol
lok, Welsh's manager, 55 per cent of
the gross receipts. Pollok demanded a
810,08; guarantee or the privilege of 60
per cent of the gross. Kaufman is
going back to Kansas City to confer
with officials of his club before he gives
Pollok an answer,
Charley White is matched to gfl ten
rounds with Matt Wells, the ritish
lightweight champion, at Cincinnati on
March 20.
Wife Has Warrant
SAN JOSE, CAL. March 8.--)\
warrant, charging failure to provide,
was issued here the other day against
Hal Chase, star of the Federal Leagae,
on complaint of his first wife, Nellle,
of Newark, N. J. The couple were
divorced in 1912 in New York and he
agreed to pay SSO monthly alimony. A
year ago Mrs. Chase brought suit for
back alimony, but the action was lis
missed on her own motion.
Chase, who says he is still as good
as he ver was, is now in San Jose with
hig second wife, playing baseball witn
independent teams. He Is noncomm/t
--tal as to his plans,
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Lookouts Get Smith;
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‘Jap’ Efird Reti
Jap bhord Retires
CHATTANOOGA, March & f'i)’rl'u
Smith, veteran righthander of the Chi
cago Cubs, has been purchased by the
Chaftanooga club 0} the Southern
League.
Bfird, former Cracker, announces that
he has retired from baseball, Efird, Bis
land and Rudy Somers were formally
suspended.
\“’)llmn Collins, former Vanderbiit
star, has signed his Lookout contract.
Bresnahan Signs
Men for His Team
TOLEDO, March 8- Fo his new
baseball team here, Manager Bresnahan
to-day signed George Stovall, of Kan
{ sas Clty, to play first base; J. W, Raw
lings, Kansas City, third base Hugh
Bedient, George Kaiserling and Miles
Main, pitchers, and saven players of
last year's ‘team, when it played in
Cleveland.
By Manager Tinker
TAMPA, FLA., March §.—Phil Doug
las, the big Cubs’ pitcher, was indefi
nitely suspended to-day by Manager Joe
Tinker and was ordered to leave the
Cubs' training camp. Manager Tinker
explained his action to the scribes by
saying that Douglas had railed to ob
serve the moderation that is demanded
of athletes. Douglas eame to the Cubs
from the Cincinnat! elub.
MONTGOMERY, March B.—The Mont
gomery Baseball Auoclumn. which has
organized by electing Frank Hurley
president, yesterday secured a lease on
some city ;‘:ro%orl‘y. within walking dis
tance of the business section, and the
new South Atlantie ball park will be'
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GIRLS' BASKETBALL GAME
| Decatur Girls' Hlv’l Bchool basketball
auintet will meet Fulton Girls' High
| Kchool squad to~day on the Lutheran
Church court, The rnw will start at
530 o'elock. Admission fee will be but
18 conts |
SUBSTITUTE K. 0, VICTOR
NEW YORK, March 8 Rubstituting
for \ --un{ Wagner, Young Rrick, of New |
London, knoecked out Jos Hopkins In lho‘
seventh round last night,
‘THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
CRACKERS UNIFORMS TO BAFFLE BATTERS
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
EN the Crackers are be
decked in their new home
uniforms, they are going to
be the whitest things outside of a
screen drama filmed in Chilkoot Pass
at the height of the winter season.
Not even a letter is going to mar the
pristine purity of the Atlanta war
garb, and there's a reason for all th's
simplicity in the Cracker color
scheme. ;
If vou happened to take a |flying
trip down to Valdosta, where some
several C‘racker pitchers are working
out under the eagle eve of Harry Mat.,
thews, you will notice that the stocky
catcher has every éne of the flingers
employving a delivery with the pitch
started while the hurler's back s
practically turned to the plate. There's
a reason for this, too, and the reascn
is mighty close kin to the reason f[or
the white uniforms.
Some several seasons ago big Otto
Hess was laboring on the pay roll of
Manager Frank. The Teuton noticed
that the big left-hander was starting
his every pitch while he was faced
about, and the manager also noticed
that big Otto was getting away with
it in splendid shape. |
Frank agked about the delivery.
Hess explained as follows: The ball
Is white, the home uniform is wh'te
and when the ball is delivered from
Asked to Withdraw
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,, March 8-
Harvard's 1916 footba'l squad received
8 heavy blow vesterday when three of
its strongest candidates, Captain-elect
,r\A Gilman, a rnard: Thomas H. En.
wright and W. J. Boles, both backfeld
stars, were asked by the college admin
istrative board ‘to withdraw from col
lege because n’fllluro to pass the mid
year examinatfims.
U'nder the faculty rules this means
that Gliman and Boles. even if they are
able to return to col‘ofc, will not be
allowed to represent Harvard on the
gridiron.
Enwright, who had been picked by ex.
perts as the successtor of Brickleyv and
Mahan, still has a chance for rein.
statement. If he attends the Harvard
summer school at Squam lake, N, H.
for a required amount of study and
passes examinations in September he
will be eligible to play.
Langford Qutpointed
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By Wills in Ten Rds.
NEW YORK. March SB.-~Displaying
none of his former speed and clever.
ness, Sam Langford, the Boston fight.
er, was outpointed by a good margin
in & ten-round hout by Harry Wills,
the New Orleans negro heavyweight,
last night,
CHICAGO, March 8. George Clark
Brooklyn: Mike Petrie, l'h'cam and
Blankenship, of Detroit, were i for
first place with four victories and one
defeat each in the world's vhampion
ship pocket billiard tournament to-day,
Yesterday's results were: Maturo 100,
Clark 38; Blankenship 100, Chapman
18, Petrie 100; Concannon m.’nuum
100, Layton 73,
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“LEFTY” FLYNN IS MARRIED
JERSBEY CITY, N. J. March §.-
Maurice “Lefty” Fiynn, once fullback
at Yale, and Miss Blanche Palmer,
daughter n'.fir and Mrs. Edward J.
Palmer, of New York, were married in
Bt. Michael's Roman Catholic Chureh
here yesterday. This is Flynn's second
matrimonial venture. He was married
five years ago to Irene Leary, butl they
were divorced,
Wade Revnolds, manu#nr of the
Brunswick team in the F. 1. A u,‘
lLaague last season, has just been elect.
o 4 manager of the Anniston team, of
the Georgia-Alabama League, for the
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KABAKOFF BEATS G. WITT
BT. LOUIS, March §-—Harry Kaba
koff beat George Witt in sight rounds
here last night
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'I‘HE manager was interested, but
not convinced. Back in ais
playing days he had been the proud
possessor of a batting eye. With this
eye working, he had piled up a majer
league record that has never heen ap
proached. He had rapped out 35 suec
cessive hits. And the batting aye
hadn’t dimmed, though the manager's
body had grown to an extent to pre
clude further playing. He thought he
would take a look at this backward
delivery of ancient Otto's,
Frank grabbed his stick and he in
structed Otto to pitch. The big man
ager looked at a few coming from
‘behind that white uniform. All he
saw was a blur,
And that's the reason that Frank
decided on the pure white suit for (h
Crackers this season, and that's thz
reason that Matty is working, and
working haed, teaching the about-face
pitch to the Cracker hurlers. The
Dutchman expects to see real resuits
from the work. . ‘
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interest the announcement of the
unconditional release of Hard Hitting
Herb Kelly by the Pittshurg Pirates,
and when fans read the announce
ment there wasn't a man who dldu't'
express the wish that Frank would
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Cracker club,
Few pitchers won the admiration of
fandom as quickly as Kelly did last
yvear when he came to Atlanta from
Notre Dame University and bpegan
setting the league on fire. For there
was a little more than just ball player
to Kelly. He carried a personality.
The little southpaw was always *he
victim of wretched support here, But
it didn't worry him. It made him
pitch ‘all the harder, and when the
Crackers refused to hit in_runs beh:nd
him, he hit them in himself. -
Jim Callahan’s action in releasing
him comes as a surprise. Most pao
ple in this sectlon looked for Kelly to
make good with a rush in the hig
show, and there isn't a person who
doesn't belleve that he can continue
,tn make good down here.
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HARRY MATTHEWS is flirtiag
' with the bosses of the Mont
gomery club in the Sally League for
a manlferhl berth there. fontgom
ery could go a lot further : nd fare a
lot worse,
There is still®a lot of good baseball
playing left in Matty and as for man
agerial ability, he has every indication
of possessing it in bunches.
Certainly he knows enough base
ball, and if tireless work and un
'bounded enthuslasm count for any
thing, Matty should prove a wonder.
FANS LAUD PAPPAS IN WORKOUT
Linte Greek Is Better Than Foer
LEFT HOOK JIMMY’S BEST PUNCH
By Harry Lewis.
IMMY PAPPAS entertained quite
J a gathering of boxing fans at
Frank Whitney's gymnasium in
the Metropolitan Club building yes
terday with a sharp work-out that
took in boxing, weight lifting, rope
skipping and bag punching, at the
end of which all those present were
willing to admit that Jimmy is a
much improved glove wielder over‘the
lad who showed here last year.
Pappas went at his work in a very
busine sslike and impressive manner.
During his boxing grind with Young
Britt and a couple of local boys,
Jimmy shot his punches home
straight, and when the occasion war
ranted he hooked his left over with
much force. Jimmy also keeps mov
ing in and out while working, which
makes it hard for his opponent to hit
effectively. At times he adopts the
same flying tactics that have made
Johnny Dundee famous in the game
of hit and get away.
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AFTER watching Jimmy train yes
terday and having watched him
in all his bouts here, I have come to
the conclusion that Jimmy's most ef
fective punch is a left hook, which he
'shoots over from most any angle. It
was this same blow that stopped Kid
‘Underwood here on two occasions and
‘made Stump Goodwin quit cold, Jim
my has a way of bringing this wallop
to the body and jaw with one sweep,
and these blows, when landed solidly,
are bound to have their effect,
If Pappas can hold his own for the
next six months with the best ban
tams in the country, I look for him
to hit the top of his division. His
only drawback at the present time is
lack of weight. Jimmy can eanlll',y
make 112 ringside, and at this figure
he reigns supreme; but it is doubt
ful if he is good enough to whip the
best 116-pounders,
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JIMMY seems sincere in his belief
that he can, and he told me yes
terday after he finished his work-out
that he would prove it to his Atlanta
friends nexs Tuesday night. To do
this Jimmy must get at least as good
as a draw with Pal Moore, the South
ern bantamweight champion, and a
boy who holds victories over Kid
Williams, Johnny Ertle and Pete Her
man. This is the task that confronts
the little Greek on Tuesday night,
and, kind readers, this is some job
for any of them,
Moore to-day ranks as one of the
“Blg Three"” of the bantamweight di
viglon, which includes Johnny Ertle,
Kid Herman and himself. Of course,
some may claim that Frankie Burns
deserves a chance among the best of
them, but Frankie has aiready had
two chances at the title, and failed
both times to annex the honors. Be
sides, Frankie is well along In years,
and it is doubtful if he will ever get
another chance at the title,
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OP the above bantams, Moore ap
pears more willing to fight than
any other. He has a $5,000 side bet |
for either Ertle or Williams, but hoth‘
of these boys have made it their
business to stay clear of the Southern
lad. Pal took a trip to New York with
his manager, Joe Levy, and made
every effo® possible to drag one of
these hoys into the ring, but no pro
moter in New York or Philatlelphia
was successful in landing Pal a match
with either of them,
Moore's victory over FErtle was ll
decision affair. This scrap was staged
ATLANTA, GA.
'n Memphis right before Johnny won
over Kid Williams, in St. Paul, on a
foul. It was on the strength of this
victory that Moore secured a bout
with Kid Williams. In this bout Pal
floored Willlams twice, and, accord
ing to reports, handed the Kid quite a
lacing, but the no-decision elause Wil
llams had Promoter Haack insert in
:irlw articles robbed Moore of the ver
ot.
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P AL also received the decision over
Kid Herman in an elght-round
mill at Memphis, in a bout advertised
for the Southern bantamwaeight
championship, which Just ° about
proves that Pal is at least ad good, if
not better, than any other 116-pound
er in the country.
It Is this boy that Pappas is going
up against in their coming set-to, but
he is not worrying. He already has
encountered Pal on three occasions,
and he says he knows what he is
going up against. All Jimmy wants
is Pal to make 118 ringside, and at
this figure the little Greek doesn't fear
any boy in the country,
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AI.’!‘HOL’GH the main bout will at
tract most of the attention from
now until the night of the gong, Har
ry Downey, acting for Frank Whit
ney, yesterday closed an eight-round
semi-windup between Young Feld
man, the Macon slasher, and Ray
Kirk, the classy Pittshurg feather
weight. Kirk is now nunder the man
agement of Johnny Glynn, the bhoy
manager, who did muech to bring Bat
tling Budd to the front. The winner
of the Kirk-¥Feldman scrap will go an
‘wnh Budd at a later date.
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!BESIDBS this serap there will be
‘ three other bouts between the
best local boys securable. Young
Britt, Kid Lewis, Kid Bailey, Young
Nelson, Greek Blondy, Bobby La Roux.
Jack Denham and Bud Connally are
all anxfous to show.
Tickets for the bouts will go on sale
this afternoon at the Rex. Tumlin
Bros. and Chess's place. The show
will be a popular priced affair, the
pasteboards selling for 50 cents to $2,
ringside,
Pal Moore and his manager, Joe
Levy, are expected in Atlanta to
morrow, They probably will arrive
here by way of Chattanooga, where
ILevy has some business affairs to
take care of.
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Golf Tournament in
.
Knoxville July 27-29
KNOXVILLE, March 8.-—-Official
sanction has been given the Cherokee
Country Club to hold an invitation
golf tournament in this ecity July 27,
28 and 29. Word to this effect was
received Friday by R, K. Gibson, pres
ident of the club.
The dates selected for the tourna
ment come at an excellent time, as
the southern championship meet wili
be held in Dalias earlier in the sea
son, with the big Alabama invitation
tournament coming along about July
4. This meet is usually held In Mont
gomery. Then will come the inV‘El
tion tournament in Knoc‘vflle. follow -
ed later by another InVvitation tour
'nament at Asheville. The Tennessee
state champlonship will likely be held
in Memphis in September.
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