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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916
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“Wise” Fight Followers Expect
Willard-Moran Affair to Last
the Limit of Ten Rounds.‘
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By Ed Curley. ;
EW YORK, March B.—-Gen'fle-;
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 cholce, but
Just an appeal to find out how you aie
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 you
think Moran will startle the world by
slamming Big Jess hard enough 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 50
minutes?
Well, if you have decided just what
the outcome of the $70,000 joust will
be—again, how would you bet on it?
A gentleman at a race course one
bright afternoon passed the remaris
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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THERI‘J!“UIU-I. a few days ago we
meandered up and along the
Bright White Way to find «ut just
what the boys thought of the big
alamfest. Their principal thought, we
discovered quickly, was how they were
going to stand the shock of letting
loose of big yvellow bovs to see the
athletes mingle. The “take” is so large
that many will be absent that ave
ning, but, nevertheless, they take more
than a passing interest in the show.
On these no-decision bouts very lit
tle betting takes place, which is prop
er and saves the game. On this im
gortam bout, however, everybody 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 bout will
last out the scheduled ten rounds.
Their belief is so strong that they are
willing to back it up with even moncy.
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, or
the consensus of newspapers, they will
bet you 8 to 5 that he doesn't,
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WHF.\' it settles down to talking
of a knock-out, they kind of
draw in their wings and don’t harbor
an idea that such a catastrophe conld
occur. They will even go so far as to
bet vou even money that no knock
out graces the evening.
If you persist and declare that Wil.
lard will surely flatten Moran for ba
ing so daring as to box him. vou can
get 3 to 1 from the boys that Willard
doesn’'t do the trick. On the other
hand. if you are a fond admirer of the
big Pittsburg blond, and feel it in your
bones that he will drop Jess for the
¢ount, you can get 6 to 1 for what vou
care to wager
When you touch on the matter of a
knock-out, the entire bunch rises on
fts hind legs and demands:
“Who'd any of those bovs knock
out? Who'd they ever knock out?”
“Sure Willard 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 jis
life?"”
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W ELI. vou have to admit the bovs
were right on Willard
“But, then, what about Moran, didn't
he flatten Coffey twice?” they laughed
L “Flatten Coffey?” one fat fellpw
chortlad “He flattened him one a'!
right, but the next time he scared him
¢ death Y' don't think Willard i=s
Coffev, 4' vou? Why, Moran won't
He able to get a decent swipe at that
bizg foVow All Moran will bhe domng
wil! & to keep backin' up ‘duckin’
the Willard left That'!l keep him
busy.”
There's the general opinn of the
abilities of the two men that are go
ing to box ten rounds for $70.000, oOf
eourse, “the bovs” may be all wrong
on their dope, for they glip up now
and then But they're a wise lot at
that, and vou get more stringing with
them than trying to play the “copper
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March
B.—The Nationals’ training camp
was put'in shape to-day for the ar
rival of Manager Clark Grifith and
his corps of regulars. Griff will find |
his “edrly bird” pitchers well ad
vanced, despite the fact that most oti
their training stunts have been per
formed indoors because of the bad
weather, |
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MARLIN, TEXAS, March B.—~The
cool wave which swept Marlin was
welcomed by the Giants to-day. The
excessive 'heat of the last few davs
had taken the steam out of the play
ers, but to-day they went at their
practice full of “pep.” i
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DAYTONA, FLA, March B—“My
players are fit.” This was Manager
Robinson’s expression to-day after
the game played by the Dodgers yes
terday. The men batted well, ran
bases in fine style, and were adept at
fielding. Another game is on this
afternoon.
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MACQON, March B.—‘Home Run”
Baker 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.
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-SAN ANTONIO, March B.—Miller
Huggins has two complete infields at
work now, and the manager himself
is generally a member 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 and outfleld 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 been 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 80 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 fleld
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 Tast 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 Central League club,
according to an announcement by
Branch Rickey, business manager of
the Browns. They are Pitchers
Fritz Meyer, 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 Boston Braves con
sisted of baiting practice and a seven
inning game between the plavers.
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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 8—
President Hanlon, of the Sioux City
Weatern League club, has received a
letter from 'Larry LeJune .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 1916 contract.
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Herb Kelly Released
By Pittsburg Club
PITTSBURG, March _B.—President
Barney Dreyfuss, of the Pittshurg Na
tional League club, announced to-day
that Pitcher Herbert Kellv has been
released unconditionally Kelly was oh.
tained by the Pirates from the Univer
sity of Notre Dame team He played
last meason with Atlanta, of the South
ern Association,
IVY WINGO IN REDS’' CAMP
SHREVEPORT, LA. Marech | R
Fungo mmn’ constituted the main
work-out of Manager Herzog's Reds to.
day. The warm weather is fast getting
the men inte 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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Welsh-White Battle
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CHICAGO, March 8.-—The official
projected Freddie Welsh-Charley White
lightweight championship battle was
being negotiated for again to-day. This
time Kansas City is bidding for the
fight. 1
Gabe Kaufman, matchmaker for tha‘
Central A. C., of Kansas City, wants to
arrange a championship 15-round bat
tle for April 7. He offered Harryv Pol
lok, Welsh’'s manager, 55 per cent of
‘the ogon receipts. Pollok demanded a
310, {uanntu or the privilege of 60
per cent of the gross. Kaufman is
going back to Kansas City to confer
}wlth officials of his club before he gives
Pollok an answer,
Charley White is matched to so ten
rounds with Matt Wells, the ritish
llghtwel&ht champion, at Cincinnati on
March 20.
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Wife Has Warrant
~ Issued for Chase
SAN JOSE, CAL, March B.—)
warrant, charging failure to provide,
was issued here the other day against
Hal Chase, star of the Federal League,
on complaint of his first wife, Nellie,
of Newark, N, J. The couple were
divorced in 1912 in New York and 1191
agreed to pay SSO monthly alimony. A
vear ago Mrs. Chase brought suit for
back alimony, but the action was :Hs-l
missed on her own motion. |
Chase, who says he Is still as good
a 8 he ver was, is now in San Jose with
his second wife, playing baseball witn
independent teams. He is noncommit
tal as to his plans.
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Lookouts Get Smith;
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‘Jap' Efird Retires
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_ CHATTANOOGA, Mareh B.—Charles
Smith, veteran righthander of the Chi
cago Cubs, has been purchased by the
Chattancoga club of the Southern
‘buguo. |
Efird, former Cracker, announces that
he has retired from basebail. Efird, Bis
land and Rudy Somers were formally
ma?ended, |
ilson Collins, former Vanderbilt'
star, has signed his Lookout contract. |
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Bresnahan Signs
Men for His Team
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TOLEDO, March 8. ~For his new
baseball team here, Manager Bresnahan
to-day signed George Stovall, of Kan
sas City, to play first base; J. W. Raw
lings, Kansas City, third base; Hugh
Bedient, George Kaiserling and Miles
Main, pitchers, and seven players of
last vear's team, when it played in
Cleveland, |
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Douglas Suspended
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TAMPA, FLA., March 8 —Phil Doug
las, the big Cubs' pitcher, was indnxw
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 fafled to ob-|
serve the moderation that is demanded
of athletes. Douglas eame to the Cubs
from the Cincinnati club, |
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MONTGOMERY, March 8, —The Mont ‘
gomery Basebal! Anaclnuon. which has
organized by electing Frank Hurley
president, yesterday secured a lease on
some oity gropen)', within walking dis.
tance of the business section, and (he
new Routh Atlantic ball park will be
located in 14,
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GIRLS' BASKETBALL GAME
Decatur Girls’ High Sechoo! basketball
quintet wiil meet Fuiton Girls' High
School squad to-day on the Lutheran
Church court, Thcflnmq will start at
2:30 o'clock. Admission fee will be but
10 cents.
SUBSTITUTE K. 0. VICTOR
NEW YORK, March 8.--Substituting
for Toune Wagner, Young Brick, of New
London, knocked out Joe Hopkins in the
seventh round last night.
-THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
CRACKERS UNIFORNS TO BAFFLE BATTERS
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
HEN the Crackers are be
decked in the!r new home
uniforms, they are going (o
'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 this
simplicity in the Cracker coler
scheme.
It you happened to take a flying
trip down to Valdosta, where some
several Cracker pitchers are working
out under the eagle eyve of Harry Ma!-
thews, you will notice that the stocky
catcher has every one of the flingers
employing a delivery with the pitch
started while the hurler's back s
practically turned to the plate. Therce's
a reason for this, too, and the reason
is mighty close kin to the reason for
the white uniforms. ‘
Some several seasons ago big Ox:ni
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 fawd‘
about, and the manager also vmtl'-»rlI
that big Otto was getting away wilh
it in splendid shape. |
’ Frank asked about the dplt\m-".‘
Hess explained as follows: The ball
Is white, the home uniform is white
and when the ball is delivered from
Asked to Withdraw |
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS,, March: 8. -
Harvard’'s 1816 foothall squad received
a heawy blow vesterday when three of |
its strongest candidates, Captain-elect
J. A. Gilman. a fuard: Thomas H. En
wright and W. J. Boles, hath backfield
stars. were asked by the college admin
istrative board to withdraw from col
lege because of failure to pass the mid
year examinations.
Under the faculty rules this means
that Gilman and Boles, even if thev are
able to return to college, will not be|
allowed to represent [{arvard on the)
gridiron.
Enwright, whp had been picked hy ex
pertg as the successor of Brickley and
Mahan, still has a chance for rein
statement., If he attende 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 SR -—Digplaying
none of his former speed and clever.
ness, Sam Langford, the Boston fight
ar, was outpointed by a good margin
in & ten-round bout by Harry Wills,
the New Orleans negro heavyweight,
last night.
CHICAGO, March &.-—George Clark,
Brooklyn; Mike Petrie, Chicago, and
Blankenship, of Detroit, were tied for
first place with four vicfories and one
defeat each in the world's champion
ship pocket billiard tournament to-day.
Yesterday's results were; Maturo 100
Clark 28 Blankenship 100, Chapman
19, Petrie 100; Concannon 60, Maturo
100, Layton 73.
ULEFTY” FLYNN IS MARRIED
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Mareh 8. -
Maurice “Lefty’ Flynn, once fullback
at Yale, and Miss Blanche Palmer,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward J,
Palmer, of New York, were married in
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
here vesterday. This ix Flynn's second
matrimonial venture. He was married
five years ago 1o Irene Leary, but they
were divorced,
Wade Reynolds, m-n-fer of the
Brunswick team in the F. L. A, G,
Taague last season, has just been elect
od manager of the Anniston team, of
the Georgia-Alabama l.eague, for the
coming season.
KABAKOFF BEATS G. WITT
SBT. LOUIS, March 8 «Harry Kaba
koff beat George Witt in eight rounds
here last night.
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'I'HE manager was interested, but
not convinced. Back in DHis
playing days he had been, the proud
possessor of a batting eyve, With this
eye working, he had piled up a maj-r
league record that has never been ap
proached. He had rapped out 35 suc
cessive hits. And the batting oye
‘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 Ottos.
f 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 ¥rank
decided on the pure white suit for the
Crackers this season, and that's the
reason that Matty is working, and
working hard, teaching the ahout-face
pitch to the Cracker huriers. The
Dutchman expects to see real results
from the work.
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interest the announcement of the
unconditional release of Hard Hitting
Herb Kelly by the Pittsburg Plrates,
and when fans read the announes
ment there wasn't' a man who didn't
express the wish that Frank would
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nab the young Hibernian for h’.ll
Cracker club.
FFew pitchers won the admiration of
fandom as quickly as Kelly did laat
year when he came to Atlanta from
Notre Dame Univers!ity 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 the
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 behind
‘him, he hit them In himself,
Jim Callahan’s action in releasing
‘him comes as a surprise. Most peo
ple in this section looked for Kelly, to
make good with a rush in the hig
#how, and there isn't a person who
doesn’t believe that he can continue
to make good down here,
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HA RRY MATTHEWS lis flirting
with the bosses of the Mont
gomery c¢lub in the Sally League for
A managerial berth there. Montgom
ery could go a lot further and 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 ror anye
thingz, Matty should prove a wonder.
FANS LAUD PAPPAS IN WORKOUT
_ Litle Greck Is Better Than Eeer
LEFT HOOK JIMMY’S BEST PUNCH
By Harry Lewis.
IMMY PAPPAS entertained quite
a gathering of boxing fans at
Frank Whitney's gymnasium in
the Metropolitan Club bullding 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 haere last year.
Pappas went at his work in a very
businessiike 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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‘A?TER 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 Jnost any angle. It
was this same blow that stopped Kid
Underwood here on two occasions and j
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 easily
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
Willlams, 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
“Big Three” of the bantamwaight di
vision, 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 doubtfu! if he will ever get
another chance at the title,
.~ . .
OP the above bantams, Moore ap
pears more willing to fight than
any other. He has a 35,000 side bet
for either Ertle or Willlams, but both
[of these boys have made it their
business to stay clear of the Southern
;hd. Pal took a trip to New York with
‘his manager, Joe Levy, and made
every effort possible to drag one of
‘these boys into the ring, but no pro
moter in New York or Philadelphia
was successful in landing Pa! a match
with either of tham.
- Moore's vietory over Ertle was a
decision affair, This scrap was staged
T~
ATLANTA, GA
in Memphis right before Johnny won
over Kid Williams, in St. Paul, on a
foul. It was on the strength of this
victory that Mocre secured a bout
with Kid Williams. In this bout Pal
floored Williams twice, and, accord
ing to reports, handed the Kid quite a
lacing, but the no-decision clause Wil
lilams had Promoter Haack insert in
the articles robbed Moore of the ver
diet.
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PAL alxo received the decision evar
Kid Herman in an eight-round
mill at Memplis, in a bout advertised
for the Southern bantamweight
championship, which just about
proves that Pal is at least as good. if
not better, than any other 116-pound
er in the country,
It s this hoy 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 ix
going up againet. All Jimmy wanis
is Pal to make 116 ringside, and at
this figure the little Greek doesn't fear
any boy in the country,
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ALTHOUGH the main hout will at
tract most of the attentien from
now until the night of the gong, Har
ry Downey. acting for Frank Whit
nev, yvesterday ciosed an eight-round
semi-windup between Young Feld
'man, the Macon slasher, and Ray
Kirk, the classy Pittsburg feather
weight, Kirk is now under the man
agement of Johnny Glynn, the hoay
manager, who did mueh to hring Bat
tling Budd to the front. The winner
of the Kirk-Teldman scrap will go on
’with Budd at a later date,
--K L .
BESIDM thig scrap there will he
three other bouts between the
bast local bovs securable. Young
Britt, Kid Lewis, Kid Bailey, Young
Nelson, Greek Blondy, Bobby La Ro X,
Jack Denham and Bud Connally are
all anxious to show,
Ticketg for the houts will RO 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 92,
ringside,
Pal Moore and his manager, Joe
Levy, are .expected in Atlanta to
morrow. They probably will arrive
here by way of Chattanoogn. where
Levy has msome business affairs to
take care of,
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Golf Tournament in
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Knoxville July 27-29
KNOXVILLE, March 8 —Offcial
sanction has been given the Cherokee
Country Club to hold an invitation
golf tournament in this city 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 souther championship meet will
be held in Oallag 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 invita
tion tournament in Knoxville, follow -
ed later by a&‘ther invitation tour
nament at Ashihville. The Tennessee
state championship will likely be held
in Memphis in September.