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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1716
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*GEORGIAN SPORTS COVERID 4 IXPERTS:
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Extra Grandstand Seats Being
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Built; Collapsible Bleachers
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Will Accommodate Extra Fans.
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By Fuzzv Woodruff.
HEN the baseball season in At-
W lanta is cracked open in
April, when the grass |ls
growing green and the artists of op
era are about to burst forth into joint
melody with the sparrows and the
blue jays, the greatest throng that
ever packed a ball park in the his
tory of the Southern League is ex
pected at Ponce Del Leon Park.
Charley Frank is going after the
‘league attendance trophy, and wlen
the Dutchman goes after anything he
usually gets it. 'He believes that his
energy and baseball experience, cou
pled with the “Atlanta spirit, will be a
combination that Is as sure of winning
as the public is sure of losing on the
Willard-Moran ten-round fight.
His plans are pretty well laid right
now to Iput 14,000 people in that his
toric ball lot on ovening day, and he
doesn’t believe that any other South
ern city is coming close to that mark,
Birmingham now holds the league at
tendance record. In Alabama’'s Magic
City in - 1914, before war's stern
alarums scared everybody away from
the pastiming pastures, the Barons
played te 12,000 and some odd hundred
on the first day of the season. They
did this by enlisting the services of
the Ad Men, the Chamber of Com
merce and all the other commercial
organizations.
Frank’'s plans for opening day have
already been submitted to and en
thusiastically indorsed by the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, of which he is
a member, and it is likely that the
Ad Men, the Retail Merchants’ Asso
clation, the Grocers and Butchers and
similar organizations will also be en.
listed in the cause.
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T HE Cracker boss not only intends
to put 14,000 people In Ponce De-
L.eon, but he intends to seat them.
According to his scheme, scenes will
never be re-enacted out there with
about one-half of the audience wit
nessing the combat from the green
sward back of the scoreboard. “Thaat
sort of attendance doesn’t help much,”
says Frank. “The people are there,
but they get tired of standing or sit
ting on a soda water box or craning
their necks to see a play about a mile
and a half away. As a result, they
don't come back to the ball lot. I
want to fix it so that everybody will
be comfortable, everybody have a good
view and evervbody come back.”
A lot of extra seating capacity will
be given by the extension of the
grandstand down to the ground, as
well as improve the appearance of (he
park, but that isn’t all. The manager
has contracted for collapsible bleach
ers that will seat 5,000 people, which
will be placed down the left and right
field lines. With this capacity he can
seat any kind of a crowd that ever
poured through the “turnstiles to a
Southern League game,
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The opening day isn't going to be
an All-Atlanta affair According to
Frank's plans, all Georgia is going to
share in its pleasures,
The railroads are enthusiastically
co-operating to this end. Every pas
senger agent operating trains into At
lanta has agreed to run an excursion
into Atlanta for this day An at
tractively cheap rate will be put on
from every noint in Georgla, and eacn
ticket will carry, in addition to rail
road transportation, transportation
into the gates of the ball lot.
I'nder these conditions the chubhy
manager doesn’'t see how he can fal
to grab the loving cup-—~that is, {f the
weather doesn't interfere, and Frank
s willlng to trust to a Dutchman's
tuck on that
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KID ELBERFELD has at last got
all his Lookouts in the fold. Har.
ris. his aggressive little first baseman
and Allen, the gquondam Cracker
southpaw, were the last men to sign,
their salary differences having been
satisfactorily arranged,
The "Kid" has been troubled with
excessive apnl tions 1y veteran ‘a'
ent. He signed Cy Barger, who ha
been playing ball since that memora
ble day when buck w.s a yearling,
and then accepted the tarms of Char
loay Bmith. who hurled tremendous
ball for Atlanta back the days when
Ab Powell ruled are which vas
about the time that ¢ mel J. Jeffsr
son Thomas, 51, was mere fledgling,
and his sorrel pony was probably a
whifflebat if the laws of evolution hold
good
Now ancient John Humme!l wanta a
job with the Lookouts, and the “Kid"
is erving for help
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Clearwater to Give
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Exhibition To-night
W H. Clearwater, of Piitat urg, Pa.,
threa times champlon pocket billiard
plaver f the world, Is In Atlanta and
will stag an exhibition game at th
Crvat Hitllard Parlors this weel
arwater has met Alfred DeOro, the
great O an wigard, 23 times and has
Beer eturned victor on a number of
e water's trick shots are a treat
to wat He gave an exhibition for
fans Saturday night and recelved a big
ovatior
LYNCH, SOX ROOTER, DEAD
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Sox '_’,‘,," i maly rof the W A
jand Bards, is dead. The end catie
ear! the other night At the residence
as his parer Mr. and. Mra. M |
1 .vaeh L“ 850 Tangley avenue, Death
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Macon, March 13.—Manager Dono
van is trying hard to choose what
pltchers he will keep as regulars. He
plans to carry seven twirlers in the
Yankees’ line-up and 25 players in
all during the season.
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MARLIN, TEXAS, March 13.—De
lighted with their two victories over
Dallas, the Giant regulars went at
their practice to-day with added vim.
The colts also got back from Waco,
where they split even with the Tex
ans.
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DAYTONA, FLA. March 13.—Hard
work from now on will be the Dodg
ers’ task. Two hours’ practice in the
morning and nine-inning games in
‘the afternoon start‘ to-day.
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WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, March
13.—Manager Jennings was not much
down-hearted qver the defeat of his
team yesterday at the hands of the
Fort Worth team. Hard work was
resumed to-day. Cobb and Crawford
are the only remaining players to re
port. Vitt and Heilman arrived last
night.
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TAMPA, FLA., March 13.—Mana
ger Joe Tinker was out on the fleld
directing the Cubs’ practice to-day,
apparently suffering no ill effects from
an auto collision In which he nar
rowly escaped being dumped over a
steep embankment. Four persons in
the car that colllded with Tinker's
car were thrown out and their ma
chine wrecked,
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MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS,
March 13.—Benz and Scott, White
Sox pitchers, indulged in a whale of a
work-out to-day. They were assisted
by Byrd Lynn, a recruit catcher, and
Cleburne Helms, a young backstop of
the Middle Texas League. The party
of athletes who left Chicago last
night will reach here at 10:30 a. m.
to-morrow.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, March
13.—Ban B. Johnson, president of the
American League, was among the
spectators at the game between the
St. Louis Cardinals and San Antonio.
The Cards won by a ninth-inning
rally, 7 to 6.
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HOUSTON; TEXAS, March 13.—
Fielder Jones' Browns were in fine
spirits to-day following their victory
yesterday over the local team. Score,
3 to 1. A triple by Pratt in the sev
enth inning won the game.
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HOT SPRINGS, ARK., March 13.—
Manager Bill Carrigan and his squad
went hard at it to-day with weather
and field conditions good.
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MIAMI, FLA, March 13.—The
Braves' second week in their new
Southern home started this morning
with a brisk batting and fielding
rvravtice. Manager Stallings spent
more time with the pitchers to-day
than he has heretofore.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March
13.-~Manager Griffith announced to
day that beginning to-morrow the
Nationals will stage a practice game
daily,
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NEW ORLEANS, March 13.—Man
ager Fohl, of the Indians. is much
pleased to-day over the showing of
his regulars, especially Larry Chap
pelle, Chapman and Bagby. The lat
ter acted as pinch hitter in yester
day’s 3 to 2 victory over New Orleans.
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SHREVEPORT, LA., March 13.—
The Reds smothered Shraeveport in
their first game by a score of 21 to 7.
Mosely, for the Reds, is showing the
best form of the hurlers.
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DAWSON SPRINGS, KY., March
13.—With the last division of Plrates
commanded by Hans Wagner, In
camp, :eal baseball. practice began
yvesterday
Haughton as Coach
CAMBRIDGE, MASS,, March 13.—Leo
H. Leary was mentioned to-day as
Percy Haughton's possible successor as
coach of the 19168 Harvard eleven.
Crimsonites tu-tltv' gave up hope of
Haughton coaching the squad next fall.
They feel that the forced retirement of
Gilman, Boles and Enwright, who were
among the best of Harvard's veteran
candidates for the 1516 team, will de
cide Haughton against returning.
The Harvard eleven must be bulit
now f“om a large bunch of “green'
material, which will require more time
than Haughton can give to It, owin to |
the fact that his new job as g-rulgem‘
of the Boston Braves will take up quite
A bit of his time i
Roger Bresnahan's
Club Incorporated
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COLUMBUS, OHIO, March 18 .-In
corporation papers have heen fllad here
by the Toledo Basebail Club, a m.rroro\‘,
tion organized at Toledo by Rogédr lre!-‘
nahan to take over the franchise of the
Cleveland American Awssociation team
The club was purchased from Cleveland |
bankers last Monday by a group of
American Association magnates as a
temporary arrangement pending or.
ganigation of the Toledo corporation by
Bresnahan
The capital stock is given at SIOO,-
000, and the incorporators besides RBrea
nahan are Charles F. Northrup George
W. Ritterf, Jno. R. MeMahon and W, M.
Richards, all of Toledo.
TWO PIRATES ARE RELEASED
PITTEBURG, March 13 --Announce
ment was rgAde by the Pittaburg Na
tional League baseball club to-day that
Tames E. McAuley, shoristop, and W
P Big'in, second baseman, had been
released to the Rochester club of the
International League
VANDERBILT RACE IN APRIL
NEW YORK, March 131 t has been
lsarned to-day that the Vanderbilt cup
automobile race will be held this sea
son over the Santa Moniea, Cal, course
in the latter part of April
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JIVMY PAPPAS FACES HARD TASK TO-MORROW NIGHT
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By Harry Lewis.
IMMY PAPPAS, Atlanta's Ifttle
J Greek battler, is going to tackle
. the hardest task of his career at
‘the Casino Skating Rink to-morrow
night when he faces Young Pal Moore,
the South’s greatest bantamwelight, in
a ten-round fistic engagement, but
nevertheless Jimmy honestly thinks
he will win, and don't let anyone te!l
you otherwise, noimarter what your
personal opinion may be,
When Jimmy squares off \for action
with this Moore lad, he will be facing
ia. boy who 1s peddling his boxing
‘wares before an Atlanta audience for
the first time, but he will be by no
means a stranger to one Jimmy Pap
pas. The little Greek has already
fought Moore on three occasions, and
the fact that honors now stand even
up means that both lads will do their
durndest in an effort to carry off the
referee's verdict to-morrow evening.
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IBPE..\'T exactly 30 minutes withs
Jimmy Pappas at his training
quarters yesterday afternoon, and I
have still to see a more ambitious lad
than this Pappas party. He seems to‘
have his heart set on climbing to the
top of the bantamweight division, and
he fully realizes the fact that to uc
complish this aim he must whip Pal
Moore,
Jimmy appears to be full o‘s pepper,
and he Is the life of his training camy.
Yesterday he went through three rat
tling rounds with Ray Kirk, at the end
of which he tossed aside the padded
mitts, indicating that he had finished
h's training grind, and chirped, “Boys,
I'm ready.” His condition is wonder.
ful, and he looks a far better boy than
the lad that fought here last year.
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w HETHER he will whip Pal Moore
or not remalins to be seen. It
is difMicult to say much about a ring
warrior these days until you have seen
him take part in a real battle, with
a referee’'s decision attached at the
finish. It has not been our rlenure to
ses Pal in a contest of this kind, so
we will withhold our judgment of him
until he is through with this Pappas
boy.
Moore shapes up l'ke a little cham
pion In his training work-outs, He
hits straight and also hooks His
punches well. Seldom does he stay
still while boxing, as he believes in
moving about, thereby making it hard
for an opponent to set himself before
lett!ng go a wallop.
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PAPPAS al=o battles much on this
style, The little Greek hops about
a la Johnny Dundee, and his flying
tactics amuse the crowds that wateh
him work. He will have to be very
careful in making these flying jahs
against this Moore lad, as Pal appears
to be the owner of a corking right
hand uppercut that may upset Jimmy
should 1t land solidly.
Pappas, however, says he knows
Pal's style of battling; so we shall all
walt and see. Both bovs have trained
hard and faithfullv for this mill, as
they realize what this bout means to
the vietor. The fact that they have
made Pal the betting favorite is not
worrying Jimmy. Said he yesterday:
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ogn they have made Moore a fa
~7 wvorite over me. Well, lam glad
of that, as 1t will give my friends a
chance to take the short end of the
wager. Personally, | don't believe in
gamWing of any sort, as I think it is
degrading to the sport, but T am al-
WAYS eager to give my friends the
best I've got In me
“In going up against Moore, | feasl
that T am meetine the best bantam
weight In the onunu;z. His vietories
over Johnny Ertle, Kid Herman and
Kida Willlams prove shis. Any boy that
can trim this trio must be good: so
it would be foolish for me to belittia
Moore in any way. 1 want to get all
the credit In the world 1 T whip him,
and should T lose, T will be the first
to grab his mitt. 1 only hope he fesls
‘THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN--
. Woodruff and Lewis to Cover
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- Bantamweight Go for Georgian
i O-MORROW night at the Casino Skating Rink on Pryor street,
7 T Jimmy Pappas, claimant of the flyweight championship of the
P world, and Pal Moore, bantamweight champion of the South, will
| battle ten rounds to a decision.
i, Much depends on the result of this contest, as the winner has been
) promised a match with either Kid Williams or Johnny Ertle at a later
§ date here, while the loser will have to be contented with matches among
| the lesser lights. :
f * In order to give the readers of The Georgian sport pages the best
{ and most accurate account of the battle, this paper has arranged to have
g Fuzzy Woodruff, referee of the bout, and Harry Lewis, sporting editor
¢ of The Georgian-American, cover the battle.
'; Woodruff, being the third man in the ring, will be in a position where
; he will be able to tell the readers of this paper which boy landed the
{ harder blows, and also give his opinion why the bout was won and lost.
¢ Harry Lewis is well. acquainted with the styles of both boys. He
¢ will give a round-by-round description of the bout, which always makes
é interesting reading for the fans.
$ If you want to get the best and most accurate news on this contest
! you must get Wednesday’s Georgian, Besides the Woodruff and Lewis
fi stories staten'\enu will be carried by the rival boxers.
the same way as I do about to-mor
row night's bout, so that neither of
us will have an alibi to offer should
defeat be our lot.”
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SO much for Jimmy Pappas. His
statement just about proves that
Pal will have a fighting terrier to con
tend with to-morrow evening. Pal,
‘however, is not worrying. He says
he has beaten better boys than Jim
'my and feels confident the little Greek
will meet the same fate that befeil
‘Williams, Herman and Ertle.
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THERE will not be much difference
fn the weight between the two
boys. Moore has agreed to weigh 116
pounds ringside for Jimmy, which will
give him an advantage of two or three
pounds the better of it on the scalca,
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American Boxers Win
COPENHAGEN, March 13.—American
amateur pugilists were victorfous in two
of the three classes of the American-
Danish boxing vhampiunshl;m that were
decided here yesterday. “he winners
were:
One Hundred and Twenty-five-pound
Class—John Maloney, of Bt. Rita's Cath
olle Club, Philadelphia
Middleweight Class—John Karpenskl,
of the (Ylewfiund Athletie Club
Heavyweight Class-—-Valdemar Jen
sen, of Denmark, who defeated Willlam
t‘lencl-r, of the Unfon Settiement, New
ork City.
Thomasville Fans
THOMASVILLE, March 18.--Instead
of baseball Thomasville fans will prob
ably devote their time to golf this sea
son. A number of the prominent men
of this city have taken over the old
country club property and will run it,
making it a popular resort., The golf
links have been put In fine condition
and they will doubtless prove very pop
ular.
BOBTON, March 13.—Cinoinnati has
beaten Boston to the return match be
tween Lightweights Charley White and
Matt Wells. It was a #et-to the local
fans wanted to mee, but the Western
eity evidently made the superior bid,
a 8 it has the two to{fllnern carded to
clash in a ten-round skirmish March 20,
NEW YORK, March 12.—Tom Down-
Ing, high Jumper of the Irish-American
A. C., has been suspended by the local
registration commities of the A, A, 1,
for falling to return the first place prize
he won at the Brooklvn Colleke indoor
mmes.
‘which will be of very little advantage
in a ten-round encounter.
Besldes, Pal himself is a very small
lad. He has been forcing all his op
ponents to make 118 ringside for him
in Memphis and New Orleans, so
should find this mark easy to make for
Jimmy. As for Pappas, the 116-pound
mark will be catchweights. He
hopped on the scales after his work
out yesterday and tipped the beam at
114. He will try to stay at the figure
when he enters the ring to-morrow
evening.
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FUZZY WOODRUFF will be the
third man in the ring when the
main boys hop over the ropes. The
two little lads will probably battle un
der straight rules, protecting them
selves at all times. A decision will be
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K. 0. Brown Victor
Over Fritz Holland
In Australian Bout
Knockout Brown, of Chicago, Greek
middleweight, has rnrt!nlly redeemed
bimself in Australia for his defeat at the
hands of Leslle Darcy. He beat Fritz
Holland, the Pacific Coast middle
weight, In a 20-round battle on February
14, gaining the decision after a desper -
ate contest. Holland has been making
his home In Australla for some tine
Brown weighed 162 and Holland 188
The battle is described by the Aus
tralian papers d)unt received as one of
great force an rnwer from beginning
to end, the men slugging merrily all the
wgry throu:h,
he verdict In his favor was enough
to gnin Brown a battle with Eddie Meo-
Goorty, the Wisconsin middlewelight,
who is still In the antipodes
Letters received from Brown to-day
indicate that he i doing well in Aus
tralia and expects to remain there for
some time.
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CHICAGO, March 13.—The Pullman
soccer team will have its next tussie
with the Thistles, of Cleveland, in the
National amuateur soccer champlonship
waries. The Pullmans yesterday defeat
ed the Packards, of Detroit, 3 to 0,
TAMPA, FLA., Maren 13 —Frank
Bchulte's excuse for tardiness at the
Cubs' tn\!nt“ camp was satisfactory
to luncger nker, who has reinstated
him in the regular line-up,
BT.NDOVIOS‘:‘ Harnhb.ll.'»——flldtl;h(:uulns’.
the ow onns ntamweight, w
cruh with Hua Kabakoff, & local
bantam, at the ture City A. C., here
Tuesday night
By Tad
rendered by Fuzzy at the finish, whlch‘
will keep both boys hustling through
out the ten rounds in an e&on to cop
the verdict, provided, f course, the
battle goes the limit,
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‘l'Hm semi-windups on to-morrow
night's card is also attracting con
siderable attention. It will bring to
gether that rugged little battler from
Macon, Young Feldman, and Johnay
Glynn's fast 126-pounder, Ray Kirk.
The latter has been training with
Jimmy Pappas, and the pair have put
up some slashing battles. Kirk ap
pears to rely on clever tactics to win,
while Feldman is one of those tearing
in fighters, who never knows when he
‘has enough, This bout should develop
into & corking mill. Reports fromn
Macon state that Feldman is training
hard there for :ht-‘corzfln‘ scrap.
YOUNG BRITT and Kid Lewis, a
Boston bantam, will furnish ihe
entertainment in the six-round con
test. This Britt lad is proving him
self pretty much of a sensation., He
has piled up six straight victories and
he zfll try to make it seven by whip
ping the Boston lad.
Two four-round mills will open the
card, Young Nelson and Jack Denham
swinging the padded mitts in one of
these set-tos, while Kid Carter and
Young Dixon will start the fireworks
off.
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HARRY DOWNEY, whois staging
the show in the absence of Frank
Whitney, announces that a packesd
house is assured. Frank will not be
here for the battle, as he fights in
Kansas City on March 16, and the
promoters there have insisted that he
be on the batile ground four days n
advance of the show,
However, Downey is going about his
Job In a very businessiike way. He
has booked a corking card-—in faoct,
the best all-round show staged here u
some time. Tickets are on sale at the
Rex, Tumlin Brog.’ and Chess’ Place,
The ducats sell for 50 cents to $2 ring
side.
Downey states that the first bout
will go on immediately at 8:80, the
other scraps to start as soon as one {5
over. Harry is making every effort to
avoid any delay between bouts,
W itchell Go
elsh-Mitche
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In a Queer Mix-Up
MILWAUKEE, March 13.—~There is
an unique fight mix-up in Milwaukee
in that both {‘reddlo Welsh and Ritchie
Mitchell have signed articles to meet
the other, but each has signed with a
different club, and neither club will re
cede from its claim to the fight., Neither
fighter will .fi,r” to flght before the
club for which the other fighter has
signed It is another case of “how old
i= Ann?"
Strike-Out Phenom
Has Joi
as Joined C. Mack
PHILADELPHIA, March 13 —Frank
Hart, of Cnrunle‘ known in baseball eir
cles as Carlisle’'s “iron man,” has
Joined (onnie Mack's Athletics. He is
& pitcher of unusual ability, having a
very effective fast ball,
His most remarkable performance was
in 1814, when Carlisle played a double
header with Mechanicsburg, Hart set
ting a record of 33 strike-outs in two
gurmes,
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SYRACUBE, March 13.—Willlam Gib
son, at one time a noted fight rrnmoter.
died very sud-tnnl( in a hospital here
He came originally from Rock Island,
I, and later lived in Allentown, Pa.
, dlblon was 52 years old He at one
time managed Fighting Diek Hyland
i.nd other well known pugilists
NEW YORK, March 13- Mike Donlin
has broken into professional baseball
AgAain. He Is to manage a professional
team which will represent lLong Hranch.
Arrangements have already been com
ahht:{t‘ to open the season with the
Willard
Corbett Expects Willar f
-To Win Over Frank M
WWAA-*M~MA~~W~’W‘MW
By James J. Corbett
(Heavyweight Champion from September 7, 1892, to March 17, 1897.)
ARTFORD, CONN,, March 13.—Jess Willard and Frank Moran are
H of the old school type of fighters, slow, but game and ready to
swap punches. If a clever man feinted either one, he would be
open for any kind of a knockout punch. Feinting is a lost art among the
present day crop of boxers.
Willard, however, is a hard man for any one to beat just now. Hs
has great helght and reach; and hiz 250 pounds—and it’s not fat, either—
glves' him a great natural advantage.
Fitzsimmons or Jeffrigs could have stopped him, in my opinion. Witz
would have felnted a man like Willard into knots, and Moran would have
been just as helpless before men who were adept at feinting.. |
Jefirles, being a left-hander, was the most dangerous man that ever
fought in the squared ring. Of course when be fought Johnson in Remo
he could have been knocked out by any dub—and Johnson could not hit
as hard as I could.
When Johnson and Willard fought last April, Johnson hit Willard
whenever hé wanted to, I mention this to show that Willard was easy
to hit. But it also proved that Willard can take an awful punch on the
chin without floundering.
In his fight with Gunboat Smith it was also proved that Willard can
take it on the jaw without wincing. Smith was hitting mighty hard at
that time, but every time he swung that right-hand haymaker to the chin
Jess simply laughed,
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S TILL, T don't belleve that Willard could have taken the same kind
of punches from Fitzsimmons, When Fitz’s hands were good he had a
“man-killing” punch. . And he was such a natural fighter that T honestly
belleve he could have taken Jess,
It 1s a question whether John L. Sullivan could have beaten Willard.
John L. was of the old school type of fighter, too, He was slow and simply
stood up and slugged with an opponent. "
That 1s why Sullivan was one of the most popular champions we ever
had. He was quick to see an opening and had a punch in his right hand
that no one could withstand. When the new. or modern, fighter broke into
the limelight with his feinting and footwork, why, Sullivan was lost. .
I belleve T was one of the first boxers that showed what feinting and
fast footwork could accomplish. It made the old-style slugger look like
an amateur. As soon as you started feinting he simply dido’t know what
to do, and you could find any kind of an opening to shoot home the punches.
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GETT[NG down to Moran, I want to say this much for Frank, He i
one of the best of our present-day heavyweights. As I pointed out
before, he's not a clever boxer; still, he's fairly fast, and as game a man
as ever pulled on a glove., Add to this coolness in action, combined with
a good punch, and it makes him a mighty dangerous opponent for the
champion.
He can take a hard punch better than many others that I don't want
to mention. I honestly beliéve that Willard is about the only man that had
a chance to beat him right now. . X
I would not be surprised if the bout goes the limit of ten rounds, with
Willard having just a little the best of it on points,
Sharkey, Peter Maher, Choynski, McCoy, Jackson, Mitchell and Slavie
were fast men compared to the present-day heavyweights.
Willard Not to Flee New York;
Jess Continues Training To-day
EW YORK, March 13.-—Jess Wil-
N lard is not going to flee the
| city. ‘He agreed yesterday to
stay and collect that $47,000 on the
night of March 25, quite in accord
ance with Tex Rickard's contractual
obligations to him. :
The rumor that the champlon was
going to run out on Rickard was the
result of more verbal pyrotechnics
than have been common since the
Jones-Willard advent in New York.
Willard was reproached by Boxing
Commissioner Wenel Saturday after
noon at the Ploneer A. C. for not ful
filling his promise to the fans that he
would box three rounds with Al Reich.
Jess later became angry.
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“I DON'T care whether the fight
comes off or not,” he said.
“What does $47,000 mean to me? 1
have money.”
“I'll leave the city and pass up the
bout if there is any more trouble.
These were the candid assertions at
tributed to the Kansas glant,
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Several Changes in
Bowling Tourney
Ing y
TOLEDO, March 13.—The rolling on'
Sunday night brought several changes
In the standings of the five-men teams.
Herrmann's regulars of Kenosha,
Wis., took third place with 2,809. The
Mineralites of Chicago rolled 2,753 and
took sixth place. |
The Arst tl?mul found the Hlnnt'tll
Sheriffs of Cleveland M{lh with 2,704,
They recently took the Ohlo State title.
Five-man lunlln’e. ,
Jore Gomez (Thlcap, 2,864, ‘
Edelweiss, No. 1, Chicago, 2,813, |
’.l;:rrmlnn’. Regulars, Kenosha, Wis,,
Green Seals, Toledo, 2,777. “
DuPont Powders, St. Louis, 2,770, |
Double Standing,
,::;m'"'"e"d"c“' Grand R-pldl.‘
Teller-Gerloski, Grand lu{»m-. 1,238, ‘
Wayner-Wo!f, Chicago, 1,192
Nelson-Huhn, Chicago, 1177
1 I.§"|‘elker-Schuttenber‘. St Louls,
Single Standing.
Patterson, Chicago, 666,
Brunnett, Cleveland, 660
Wetterman, Cineinnatf, 644
Block, Chicago, 635,
Wolf, Chicago, 632
All Events.
Hancke, Chicago, 1,847
Brunnett, Cleveland, 1,818,
Nossjeck, Peorin, 1,817,
Wolf, Chicago, 1,810,
Lea, Chicago, 1,804,
Harvard Hockey ‘7'
CAMBRIDGE. March 13 -—John J. D.
Morgan, ‘l7, of New York City, has been
re-elected captain of the Harvard hock
ey team at a meeting of the wvarsity
players
Under Captain Morgan's leadership
Harvard won the intercollegiate cham
plonship this year without lmln‘ "
nn'w and with the loss of only two
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It #eems that they were taken tog
lnunny. Jess was speaking in a Pick -
wickian sense. :
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SUNDAY there was peace and Tdot.’
Jess was willing to con inue
training at the Pioneer A. C., or to ga
elsewhere. The admision fee, it was
said, was as much the invention a
the officials of the Pioneer A, C. as
Jones.
So Willard will continue his train
ing at the Ploneer A. C. to-day, and
if the verbal ruling of Commissioner
Wenck is observed there will be no
admission charged. Meantime the
Boxing Commission will sit and will
take the Reich flasco under considera
tion. :
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M EANWHILE Charles Francis Me
ran, unannoyed by the finaneial
acrobatics of making a training Q’
pay, continued his brisk workouts
the Chateau "Awkins yesterday. Mo~
ran is so fit now that further
seems almost superfluous. The
danger is that he will go stale before
these long two weeks are done. *
Whitney to Coach
STATE COLLEGE, PA.. March 18.—
Lawrence . Whitney, former Dart~
mouth captain and backfield ltl.rm
been re-ennr'o-d to assist Dick H
In coaching Fenn State's football eleven
next fall
Under Bud Whitney's tutoring
season State Collef. (produeod
the best backflelds that has been
oped at the Center County institu
By many authorities its def:
strength was considered superior to
of any eleven on the fleld in 1915,
NEW HAVEN, March 13, &
Taft, second son of ex-President
has been re-elected captain of
vear's basketball team. Taft has pla:
tWo years as Jull‘d and center for
Yale team, and has two years more
Yale
TOLEDO, OHIO, March 13.
Bregnahan, owner of the Toledo
can Association elub, is considering
vorably the application for a berth
the local team whtt)ct:‘nhe roct:‘l'
wire from “Cozy” Dol cen
of the St. Louls National League team,
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