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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1916 —
The Tree of Perseverance Is Always Guaranteed to Bear a Crop of Success Fruit
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Pappas to Battle Moore for Southern Title To-night
BANTAMS AWAIT SOUND
O GONG FOR BIG FIGHT
Monstrous Crowd‘ Sure to Attend Scerap Between
Great Little Battlers—Kirk Tackles Feldman
in Semi-Windup—Other Good Bouts.
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
TLANTA to-night is going to
see the best bantamweight fight
ever staged in the South. That
beirg admitted, let us 80 a bit fur
ther and say Atlanta to-night will
see the best fight ever staged in the
South,
¥or in speed, clean hitting, lack of
stalling, aggressiveness, everything
that makes the boxing game worth
While, the bantams as a class stand
;:lotr inb fi’;.:l x‘:ue;‘ over their heavier,
e bru rot f r di
visions. PB9O 100 Uppee 4l
Certain it is that when Pal Moore
and Jimmy Pappas climb through the
ropes at the Casino Skating Rink At
lan;a fistic fans will see far more
action, far more blows, far more clev
erness, far more courage displayed
than will New Yorkers on the 25th of
this month, when the gigantic Wil
la_rd and the husky Moran meet: There
will be one big difference. It will cost
8’ poor man's fortune to see the New
York fight. The Atlanta go is being
staged at popular prices.
There undoubtedly will be more
people at the monster meeting of the
monsters. There will be more celeb
rities, there will be more fanfaring of
trumpets, rolling of drums and explo
sions of flashlight powder, but if a
follower of fistic things cares for fight
ing more than for stage effects, he
would do well to buy transportation
10 Atlanta to-night. For he is sure
of seeing a lot more action.
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OR this is going to be a real grudge
F affair. Pardon, gentle and‘othe‘r
wige readers, T know the expression is
shopworn. 1 know it is a press agent's
pet, commonly as meaningless as the
politiclan’s pledge that he is the peo
ple’s friend. Tt is usually as empty as
the pockets of a printer the day be
fore the ghost walks,
But this time, people, it is real.
Moore would give an important
piece of his anatomy to connect with
Jimmy’s jaw and drop him for the
count. And Pappas is no less eager
1o see his little Memphis rival pros
trate and helpless on the canvas.
The boys have met three times, The
records show they have battled to an
even break so far. But on their three
previous meetings neither had risen to
the pugilistic helghts he now occu
pies.
That was before Moore had swept
through the bantam crop of the
South, including his moral victory
over Champion Willlams (if Willlams
is champion), when he twice floored
the conqueror of Johnny Coulon. That
was before Pappas went through an
elmination tourney in St. Louis and
vas hailed as flyweight champion of
the world.
Since their advent in Atlanta the
feelings of each of the scrappers have
been stirred. Promoters here have
guaranteed that the winner of the
match will be given a go with Kid
Williams or Johnny Ertle, both of
whom claim the championsiip, and
both of whom seem to have about an
equal right to the title,
It Moore is victor, Randolph Rowe,
the Chattanooga sportsman, declares
he will post $5.000 in Atlanta to make
things interesting for either champion
who is selected to show his goods here
against the Memphis terror.
On the other hand, if Papras wins,
the Hellenic colony of Atlanta has
agreed to present him with a belt,
emblematic of the bantamweight
championship of the Bouth, which is
about the bantamweight champion
ship, as four of the filve contenders for
this titie are Dixie hoys“Mrre, of
Memphis: Pappas, of Atlantd; Wil
liame, of Baltimore, and Herrman,
of New Orleans.
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THP:.\‘ there has been more or less
feeling caused by weight stipula
tions, Articles of agreement provided
that each man shouid make 1168 pounds
ringelde. Pappas, who never has any
troubls making this poundage, was
not so sura of Moore's ability to do
£O. He demanded a weight forfelt of
Moore, This was consented to with
more or less reluctance. And now
Loth Moore and Pappas have SSO
posted ae their surety for making
weight. The boy who does make 116
pounds ringside will get the othar's
SSO in case he scales above that mark.
The promoters of the mill have ar
ranged to have a pair of tested stand
ard scales in the rkating rink., Just
before the principals enter the ring
they will go on the scales. The ref
oree will nnnour:ce. th.e weights,
SO you can be reasonably sure that
there will be no shirking by either
boy. According to the dope, they
should go out from the start of the
gong, start fighting then, and never
stop until the close of the tenth un
less a knock-out is landed. |
And that's In the range of possibili
ties, Moore i®= known to pack the
sleep kick, while there are more than
a few K-O's in Pappas’ record. It's
a dead einch that both boys would
ke to land one. |
There {sn't much difference in the
style of fighting of the two contest
ants. Both are lightning fast and
very skillful boxers, and It is going
to take good eyesight to see these
young men's every movement when
they get under way.
Moore is said to be of the aggres
wive typs, one of those bhoxers who
rever gives ground, This style of
milling «hould sujt l’-npu. ns he has
always looked best when his foeman
was carrying t):a fl:h.t to him,
.
PAPPAJR In {olng to have some ex
pert handling in his corndr, A
coupla of days ago he wired for Jim
my Perry, the veteran Atlanta welter.
wealght favorite, to come at once to be
in his corner during the hout,
Perry s figuring on boxing here
sbout a week later, and he wired his
seceptances At once
The iHttle Greek will need his ad
viege, for Moore will have Joe Levy
back of him, andLeovy has the reputa~
Both Boys Confident
Of Victory To-night;
Title Go for Winner
THE following statements were
made by Pal Moore and Jim
Pappas early this morning. Both
boys fully realize the importance
of to-night's mill, and state ihat
they are fit to put up their best
battles. Following are their opin
{ ions of the contest:
By PAL MOORE, ?
Bantamweight Champion of the
South, )
fi EVER since | drew on my first |
‘ pair of boxing gloves 1 havea
{ had it drilled Into my head that the |
) ring is the place to decide all hox-§
s ing contests. §
However, for the benefit of my !
§ friends and Atlanta boxing fans | |
want to state that | was never more |
confident of victory than | am in to- %
night’s bout. | don’t want fans to
get the impression by this state. .
ment that | am underrating Pappal.fi
In fact, | really think that Jimmy ?
is one of the greatest bantams |n~<
the country, 5
But, why shouldn't | beat him? 1|
have taken Kid Williams, Johnny;
Ertle and Kid Herman and whipped g
every one of them. By accomplish- ¢
ing this feat | really feel that | have 5
proved myself the greatest bantam(
in the country to.day. §
3 Pappas will lose sure to-night, ¢
By JIMMY PAPPAS, 2
Flyweight Champion of the World. |
PAL MOORE Is In for the biggest t
surprise of his career to-night.
| have already fought him threez
times, so why should | fear him? |
! really think | can whip any ban- ¢
tam in the country at 116 ringside, ¢
This Is the weight Moore is to make ?
to-night, and at this figure 1| will |
{ beat him sure.
if 1 lose to-night | will be thog
! most disappointed boxer in the ¢
§ world. | have my heart set on win- 3
‘ ning, and, believe me, if he wing he |
| will know he has been in a battle, %
‘tlon of being one of the wisest han
dlers of fighters in modern pugilism.
. _So everything is ready, and the fur
should fly before to-night is very old.
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THE curtain raisers for the main
bout should be just as high class
as the big engagement.
The eight -round semi - windup
brings together Ray Kirke, the Pitts
burg featherweight, protege of Jimmy
Perry, and Young Feldman, the Ma
con slasher. Kirke is said to be a
skillful boxer who carries a kick.
Feldman has shown here that he is a
mighty hard boy to beat. He doesn’t
know a lot about boxing, but he is as
game as a pebble and as willing as a
work horse. Withal, he is as danger
ous as dynamite.
The other preliminaries are of a
standard in keeping with the main
bouts.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,, March 13.—Leo
H. leary was mentioned to-day as
Percy Haughton's g?utblo suocessor as
coach of the 1916 Harvard eleven.
Crimsonites to-day gave up hope of
Haughton coaching the squad next fall.
They feel that the forced retirement of
Gllman, Boles and Knwright. who were
lmong the best of Harvard's veteran
candidates for the 1916 team, will de
clde Haughton ‘Tlnu returning.
The Harvard eleven must be bullt
now from a largs bunch of “green”
material, which will require more time
than Htui‘hton can give to it, owing to
the fact that his new job as prol‘xont
of the Boston Rraves will take up quite
a bit of his time.
Roger Bresnahan's
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COLU'MBL'B, OHJO. )g:rehm:.—hln—;
corporation papers have en ere
by the Tolc& guoboll Club, a corgou— |
tion or{unlud at Toledo by horer res
nahan to take over the franchise of the
Cleveland American Association team.
The club was gl'm-huod from Cleveland
bankers last onday by a {NUD of
American Association magnafes as a
temporary urun?mmt prndlnf or
‘slmlannn of the Toledo corporation by
resnahan,
The cug,llu stock is given at gw.-
000, and the Incorporators besides Bres
nahan are Charles F. Northrup, Georgs
W. Rittert, Jno. R. McMahon and W, M.
Richards, all of Toledo.
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PITTSBURG, March 12 -—Announce
ment was wAde by the Pittsburg Na
tional League baseball club to-day that
James E. MeAuley, shortstop, and W.
P., Biglin, second baseman, had been
released to the Rochester club of the
International League.
LYNCH, SOX ROOTER, DEAD
CHICAGO, March 13.—Thomas £,
Lynch, well-known Chicgoan, White
Sox rooter and member of the Wood
land Bards, I 8 dead. The end ecame
early tha other mrm at the residence
of his &Arom- Mr. and Mrs. M. k.
Lynch, No, 4850 Langley avenue. Death
came after a lingering iness,
NEW YORK, March 13,1 t has been
learned to-day that the Vanderbilt cup
nuwmobuqh "8" ':m be held this sen
son over the Santa Monica, Cal, course
in the latter pare of Apell,
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K. 0. Brown Victor
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Over Fritz Holland
"In Australian Bout
Knockout Brown, of Chicago, Greek
middleweight, hag ?a.rtully redeemod}
himself in Australia for his defeat at the
hands of Leslie Darcy. He beat Fritz
Holiand, the Pacific Coast middle
weight, in a 20-round battle on February
14, gaining the decision after a des{wr-\
ate contest. Holland has been making
his home in Australia for some tlmo.‘
Brown weighed 163 and Holland 158. |
The battle is described by the Aus
tralian papers Just received as one of
great force and power from beginning
to end, the men slugging merrily all the
way through.
The verdict in his favor was enough
to gain Brown a battle with Eddie Mc-
Goorty, the Wisconsin middleweight,
who is still in the antipodes.
Letters received from Brown to-day
indicate that he is doing well in Aus
tralia and expects to remaln there for
some time.
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American Boxers Wi
, erica Xers yvin
i COPENHAGEN, March 13.—American
lamateur pugilists were victorious in two
'of the three classes of the American—
Danish boxing championshipe that were
‘decided here yesterday. .he winners
wers:
_One Hundred and Twenty-five-pound
Class—John Maloney, of St. Rita's Cath
‘ou}c Club, Pniladelphia.
flddleweliht Class—John Karpenski,
of the Cleveland Athletic Club
~ Heavyweight Class—Vzidemar Jen
sen, of Denmark, who defeated William
Spengler, of the Union Settlement, New
York City.
Welsh-Mitchell Go
In a Queer Mix-Up
MILWAUKEE, March 18.—There is
an unique fli";-' mix-up in Milwaukee
in that both eddie Welsh and Ritchie
Mitchell have signed articles to meet
the other, but cach has signed with a
different club, and neither club will re
cede from its claim to the fight. Neither
fighter will agree to fight before the
club for which the other fighter has
migred. Tt is another case of “how old
is Ann?" :
Strike-Out Phenom
H '
as Joined C. Mack
PHILADELPHIA, March 12 —Frank
Hart, of Carlisle, known in baseball eir
cles ag Carlisle's “iron man,” has
Joined Connis Mack's Athletics. He is
& plicher of unusual ability, having a
vo?' effective fast ball,
His most remarkable performance was
in 1514, when Carlisle played a double
header with Mechanicsburg, Hart set
ting & record of 33 strike-outs in two
games.
Thomasville Fans
THOMASVILLE, March 13.—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 oid
country club property and will run |t,
m;xk!ng it & popular resort. The golf
links have been put in fine condition
and they will doubtiess prove very pop
ular.
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BOSTON, March 13.~Cincinnati has
beaten Boston to the return mateh be
tween Lightweights Charley White and
Matt Wells. It was a set-to the local
fans wanted to ses, but the Western
city evidently made the superior bid,
as It has the two topliners carded to
clash in a ten-round skirmish March 20
SYRACUSE, March 13.—Willliam Gib
son, At one time a noted fight fmmol-r,
died very suddenly In a hospital here.
He came originally from Roek Island,
11, and later lived In Allentown, Pa.
Gibson was np‘;un old, He at one
time managed ghting Dick Hyland
and other well known pugilists,
NEW YORK, March 13.--Tom Down
ing, high jumper of the Irish-American
A. C., has been suspended by the local
registration commitiee of '?’ A. A, U,
for falling to return the firs® place prize
e won at the Brooklys College indoor
Enmos,
-THE ATLANT A GEORGIAN
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O-NIGHT at the big Casino Skating Rink on Pryor street,
T Jimmy Pappas, claimant of the flyweight championship of the
i world, and Pal Moore, bantamweight champion of the South, will
battle ten rounds to a decision.
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.
E In order to give the readers of The Georglan sport pages the best
and most accurate account of the battle, this paper has arranged to have
Fuzzy Woodruff, referee of the bout, and Harry Lewis, sporting editor
of The Georgian-American, cover the battle.
3 Woodruff, being the third man in the ring, will be in a position where
‘3 he will be able to tell the readers of this paper which boy landed the
{ harder blows, and also glve his opinion why the bout was won and lost.
é Harry Lewis is well acquainted with the styles of both boys. He
; will glve 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 Georglan. Besides the Woodruff and Lewis
; stories statements will be carried by the rival boxers.
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W Wit PZZ Y SWCDDRUTE
HEN the baseball season in At
lanta is cracked open in
April, when the grass is
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.eon Park.
Charley Frank is going after the
league attendance trophy, and when
the Dutchman goes after anything he
usually gets it. He belleves that his
energy and baseball experience, cou
pled with the Atlanta spirit, will be a
combination that 1s as sure of winning
as the public is sure of losing on the
Willard-Moran ten-round fight.
His plans are pretty well lald right
now (S‘Put 14,000 people in that his
toric 1 lot on opening day, and he
doesn’t believe that any other Soutl:-
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 to 12,000 and some odd hundred
on the first day of the season. They
did this by enllsung 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 ene
thusiastically indorsed by the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, of which he is
& member, and ‘it is llkely that the
Ad Men, the Retail Merchants' Asso
clation, the Grocers and Butchers and
similar organizations will also be en
listed In the otun. &
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‘l' HE Cracker boss not only intends
to put 14,000 people in Ponce De-
Leon, 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. “That
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 nwtz. AS a result, they
don't come back to the ball lot. 1
want to fix it so that averfbody 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 an improve thornmof'm‘
Dark but thes tsa't Lhe manager
has contracted for conapsible bleach
ers that will seat 5,000 people, which
will be placed down the left and right
fleld Unes. 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 onening day isn't going to be
an All-Atlanta affair. According to
Frank's plans, all Georgia s golng to
share in its pleasures,
The rallroads are enthusiastically
co-operating to this end. BEvery 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 point in Georris. and eacn
ticket will carry, in addition to rall
road transportation, transportation
into the gates of the ball lot.
Under these conditions the chubby
manager doesn't see how he can fai'
to grab the loving cup—that s, If the
weather doesn’t interfere, and Frank
is willing to trust to a Dutchman's
luck 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 quondam Cracker
southpaw, were the last men to sign,
their salary differences having been
satisfactorily arranged.
The “Kid" has been troubled with
excessive applications 1y veteran *a'-
ent. He signed Cy Barger, who has
been playing ball since that memora
ble day when buck wus a yearling,
and then accepted the terms of Char
ley Smith, who hurled tremendous
ball for Atlanta back In the days when
Ab Powell ruled here, which was
about the time that Colonel J. Jeffar
son Thomas, 51, was a mere fledgling,
and his sorrel pony was probably a
whl(l’llobn if the laws of evolution hoid
good,
Now ancient John Hummell wants a
jon with the Lookouts, and the “Kid"
i crying for help,
SOCCER TEAMS IN SERIES
CHICAGO, March 13.-—-The Pullman
soccer team "II have Its next tussle
with the Thistles, of Cleveland, In the
Natlonal amateur socoer champlonship
serien. The Pullmans vesterday defeat
ed the Packards, of Detroit, 3 to 0.
MIKE DONLIN BACK AGAIN
NEW YORK, March 13.--Mike Donlin
has broken into professional baseball
again, ¥e is 10 manage a professional
teum which will represent Long Wranch
Arrangements have aiready been corm
&M W open the sesson with the
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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 256 players in
all during the season.
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MARLIN, TEXAS, March 13—~De
lighted with their two victories over
Dallas, the Glant 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 over the defeat of his
team yesterday at the hands of the
Fort Worth team. Hard work was
resumed to-day. Cobb and Crawford
lnra the only remaining players to re
port. Vitt and Hellman arrived last
‘night. 2
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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 collided with Tinker's
car wére thrown out and their ma
"chlne 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 voung backstop of
the Middle Texas I.eague. The party
of athletes who Jleft Chicago last
night will reach here at 10:20 a. m.
to-morrow,
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BAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, March
12~Ban B. Johnson, president of the
American Leagues, was among the
spectators at the game between the
St. Louis Cardinals and SBan Antonto.
The Cards won by a ninth-inning
rally, 7 to 6,
. . .
HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 13—
Wielder Jones’ Prowns were in fine
spirits to-day following thelr vietory
vesterday over the local team, Score,
2 tol. 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 eonditions 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 flelding
practice. Manager Stallings spent
more time with the pitchers to-day
than he has heretofore,
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, March
13.~Manager Grifith announced to
day that beginning to-morrow the
Nationals will stage a practice game
dally,
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NEW ORLEANS, March 13~Man
ager Fohl, of the Indlane. Is much |
pleased to-day over the showing of |
hix regulars, especially Larry Chap-!
pelle, Chapman and Bagby. The lnt-‘
ter acted as pinch hitter in yester. |
day's 8 to 4 victory over New Orleans. :
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SHREVEPORT, LA, March 13|
The Reds smothered Shreveport in
thelr firet game by » geore of 21 to 7. !
Mosely, for the Redy, ia showing the |
best form of the hurlers i
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DAWSON SPRINGS, KY. March |
13.-With the last division of |'llm’~s‘
commanded by Hans Wagner, In
camp, real baseball practios begap
sestarda,
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By James J. Corbett amia
(Heavyweight Champion from September 7, 1892, to March 17, 18975 .
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 wodfi’;}fifi@
open for any kind of a knockout punch. Feinting is a lost art among m‘
present day crop of boxers. s :
Willard, however, is a hard man for any one to beat just now. _%g
has great height and reach; and his 250 pounds—and it's not fat, elthbl‘-.g}f‘g
glves him a great natural advantage. Bt
Fitzsimmons or Jeffries could have stopped him, in my opinion.
would have feinted a man like Willard into knots, and Moran would 1
been just as helpless before men who were adept at feinting.. g
Jeffries, being a left-hander, was the most dangerous man that ever
fought in the squared ring. Of course when he fought Johnson in g
he could have been knocked out by any dub—and Johnson could not ~hit
as hard as I could. ' vy
When Johnson and Willard fought last April, Johnson hit Willard
whenever he wanted to. I mention this to show that Willard was e‘a
to hit. But it also proved that Willard can take an awful punch on .
chin without floundering. i .
In his fight with Gunboat Smith it was also proved that Wfllardl&~
take it on the jaw without wincing. Smith was hitting mighty ha y
that time, but every time he swung that right-hand haymaker to the ¢hin
Jess simply laughed. = gr"'
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S TILL, I don’t believe 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 I honeéstly
believe he could have taken Jess. Y
It 1s a question whether John T. Sulllvan 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. sk
That is 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 h% ,
that no one could withstand. When the new, or modern, fighter broke inte
the limelight with his feinting and footwork, why, Sullivan was lost. )
I belleve T was one of the first boxers that showed what felnting‘q.
fast footwork could accomplish. It made the old-style slugger look lfi
an amateur. As soon as you started feinting he simply didn’t know what
to do, and you could find any kind of an opening te shoot home the punches,
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GET’I‘I:\'G down to Moran, I want to say this much for Frank, Hdvfi
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 mfi"
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. l
He can take a hard punch better than many others that I don’t want
to mention. I honestly believe that Willard is about the only man that has
a chance to beat him right now,
T 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, MeCoy, -Jackson, Mitchell and Slayia
were fast men compared to the present-day heavyweights. ; '
Willard Not to Flee New York:
Jess Continges 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 champion 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 Wenck Saturday after
‘noon at the Pioneer A. C. for not ful
fllling his promise to the fans that he
would box three rounds with Al Reich. |
Jess later boca.me. angry.
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1“1 DON'T care whether the fl'ht(
comes off or not,” he said. |
“What does $47,000 mean to me?
have money.”
“I'll leave the city and pass up the
bout if there is any more trouble.
Thess were the candid assertions at
tributed to the Kansas glant,
Several Changes in
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~ Bowling Tourney
~ TOLEDO, March 13.—The rolling on
Bunday 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 2,763 and
took sixth place.
“The first squad found the Hanratty
Bheriffs of Cleveland high with 2,704,
They rocently took the Ohio State title.
Five.man Standings.
eet ¢ Ch':“(”fik’.’“" 2,813,
elweiss, No, 1, C .
’g:rrmum"‘ Regulars, l&ouocim. Wis.,
"Green Beals, Toledo, 2,777.
DuPont Powders, St. Louis, 3,770,
Double Standing.
1 ;;;mur-flendflck-. Grand Rapids,
"Teiler-Gerloski, Grand n.rm. 1,238,
Wayner-Wolf, Chi , 1,102
Nelson-Huhn, Cm::::. 1,177,
: l.‘s:nuur-sohultmberl, St Louls,
s fln{lo Standing.
Patterson, Chicago, 666,
Brunnett, Cleveland, 660,
Wetterman, Cincinnati, 644,
wof’k. gumo. ‘03328.
olf, feago, b
All Events,
Hanecks, Chicago, 1,847,
Brynnett, Cleveland, 1’11&
Nossjeck, Peoria, 1,817,
Wolf, Chicago, 1810,
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 hook
ey team &t & meeting of the varsity
pinyens.
Under Captain Morgan's leadership
Harvard won the intercollegiate cham
plonship this year without losing a
game and with the loas of only I'o
Buals,
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DR. T. W. HUGHES, Specialist
{ ‘f’»j CHRONIC AND ACUTE DISEASES OF MEN. .
\\ ' ’ 165 N. Broad St opp. rear entrance Srd Nat. Sk, At ~
” ' ert administration of ‘604 | Plies and b
y i nue red without the ite. No_pain, no chlorefarm, p
detention from business s arges, Wonkneas .uq.fl‘
’ of vital organs., Consuita Hours. P a.m te? P
WS Sundays, 10 to 1, by
-ATLANTA, GA.
It seems that they were taken to®
literally, Jess was speaking in a
wickian sense.
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SUNDAY there was peace and quief,
Jess was willing to continue
training at the Pioneer A. C., or to go
‘elsewhere. The admision fee, it as
said, was as much the invention of
the officials of the Pioneer A. C. as o
Jones. e
8o Willard wlll continue his tn
ing at the Pioneer A, C. to-day, and €
if the verbal ruling of Commissig
Wenck 1s observed there will be o
admission charged. Meantime ““the
Boxing Commissjon will sit and 1
take the Reich flasco under considera=
tion, S S
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M EANWHILE Charles Francis Mo
ran, unannoyed by the financial
acrobatics of making a training P
pay, continued his brisk workoufs &
the Chateau 'Awkins yesterday. .. Mo
ran is so fit now that further i
seems almost superfluous. The 1l
danger is that he will go stale bes Te
these long two weeks are done. © TV
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Whitney to Coach -
~ Penn State Eleven
| STATE COLLEGE, PA., March i
Lawrence C. Whitney, former Dart
mouth captain and backfleld star, |
been re-engaged to assist Diek H
In coaching Penn State’s football
next fall.
Under Bud Whitney's tutoring ‘
season State (‘nlle{. produced -of
the best backfields that has been
oped at the Center County instit 1
By many authorities its def
strength was considered superior to ;
of any eleven on the fleld in 1815, o
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C. P. TAFT IS RE-ELECTED
NEW HAVEN, March 13.—Charles P,
Taft, second son of ex-President
has been re-elected captain of s
year's basketball team. Taft has .
two years as guard and center for !
Yale team, -m’ has two years more §
Yale. b
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ROGER MAY LEAVE DOLAN
TOLEDO, OHIO, March 13. .
Bresnahan, owner of the Toloflo -
can Assoclation club, is considering
vorably the application for a berth
the local team 'hll)c':l he l’m"'l.'““
wire from “Cozy” Dolan, cen ;
of the St. Louls National League &
'go\\‘;y({\\\, fl
B est 5¢
p~c’ .and Btggest
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DR.J.T.GAU
fi SPECIALIST (for -E)r
.“..:l Inman Building '
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