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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916
Your Circle of Friends Is Generally Measured By the Extent of Your Bankroll
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*GEORGIAN SPORTS COVERED 4 FXPERTS-
. . . .
‘Bookies” Shift on Naming Win
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ners in National and American,
Menke Gives Dope on Races.
By Frank G. Menke.
Sporting Editor of the International
News Service,
EW YORK, Sept. 14.—The
q “bookies” have shifted opinion
on the outcome of the Nation
al League race. They have made
the Dodgers favorites in today’'s quo
tations, dropping the Phillies to sec
ond choice. However, they retained
the Tigers at the top of Ban John
son’s league. The odds are: |
AMERICAN LEAGUE, |
Tigers, 7 to 5, |
Red Sox, 8 to 5. ‘
White Sox, 11 to 5. |
NATIONAL LEAGUE, |
Dodgers, 8 to 5.
Phillies, 9 to 5.
Braves, 13 to 5.
With three clubs close together in
each league and a hard schedule con
fronting each of them, fandom has
tessed its hands into the air and mur
mured:
“It's beyond power to dope 'em out
any further; may the best team win.”
The Tigers are favored because
they are at home now. The team as a
whole is hitting at a more terrific
clip now than at any other time dur
ing the season, and the plitchers are
steadying more every day.
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THE Red Sox are getting some su
perb pitching, but it is not avail
ing them much, because the team is
not hitting. The loss of Jack Barry,
the “brains of the infleld,” is an
other blow. Worst of all, from the
Bestonian viewpoint, the Sox from
now on must do the major portion of
their fighting on foreign soil,
Chicago fans are nursing the hope
of a pennant. Clarence Rowland's
squad has come to life at last. Just
a notch behind the Tigers and Red
Sox, the white-hosed people have now
the grandest chance in yvears to buatl
into a world series frolic.
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THE schedule for the contending
teams in both leagues follows. It
includes all postponed games and Tog
ular games to be placed by each club,
and beginning with the contests this
afternoon:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Dodgers—At home: Pittsburg, two;
Cincinnati, four; St. Louis, three;
Chicago, six; Philadelphia, three;
New York, four. Abroad: None.
Phillies—At home: St. Louis, two;
Chicago, four; Pittsburg, four; Cin
cinnatl, four; Boston, six. Abroad:
At Brooklyn, three,
Braves—At home: Chicago, two;
St. Louls, three; Cincinnati, three;
Pittsburg, six. Abroad—At New
York, five; at Philadelphia, six.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Red Sox—At home: Philadelphia,
three: New York, four, Abroad: At
Chicago, three; at St. Louis, two; at
Detrolt, three; at Cleveland, four.
Tigers—At home: Washington,
four; Philadelphia, three; New York,
three; Boston, three. Abroad: At
St. Louis, three.
White Sox—At home: Washington,
three; Philadelphia, three; New
York, four; Boston, three. Abroad:
At Cleveland, four.
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STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
National Lea o
CLUBS— Won‘.m Lost. Pe
S iee s B 54 B!
Philadelphla . . . . 71 54 B
Boltogfl b 4 Bt
e.B R 4§
Chi e B 76 v
5t.m?u...... 59 79 «
Incinnati ~~ ~ .63 85 .3
American League.
Clubs, i Won.. Lost. Pe
S . % o s B 87 B
S i B 59 -
Ch1u’0..,...'1l 60 B
ST ... T €5 B!
Nuleor 00 @ 83
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Cleveland . , . , . 70 88 5
Philadelphia ... .30 104 2
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WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
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at St. Louls.
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National League.
ttshurg at Brooklyn
at Boston.
Louls at Philadelphia.
t! at New York
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
National League.
Bt. Louls 7, PMMolpgu ‘ mr!'u‘
g‘:guolph:. 8, Bi.' hm’aln 4 (second)
Brooklyn 3.
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(segond).
New ‘m 3, glnctnuu O (first)
New York 6, Cincinnat! 4 (second),
American League.
9, St. Louls 8 (10 inningw).
t 4, New York 1
8, Philadalphia 4.
“Washington—Off day
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City 3, lndmnpolln 1
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Georgia Trained Stallion Breaks
His Own World’s Record of
2.00 1-4 in Trial at Syracuse.
By Ed Danforth.
I' has now become a question of
“how fast can Lee Axworthy
trot.” The Georgia trained stal
llon broke his own world’'s record at
Syracuse Tuesday, stepping off a mile
in 2:00 without that pesky quarter
fraction that had hitherto kept him
out of the charmed circle of two4min.
ute trotters,
It was on August 22 at North Ran
dall that Lee calmly erased the name
of The Harvester, 2:01, from the pal
ace of the turf kings and carved his
own. Thus easily do revolutions oc
cur in the harness horse world; none
but the trainers and owners of the
little bay son of Guy Axworthy had
any idea that Lee would sit on the
throne until the time, 2:001-4, was
hung up in front of the judges’ stand.
Again in the waning days of the
'North Randall meeting, Lee Axworthy
equaled his former mark of 2:00 1-4
under less favorable conditions of
wind and weather. He demonstrated
that his first trlal was no sort of a
fluke.
And now, on last Tuesday, at the
Syracuse Grand Circuit meeting, Ben
White climbed into the sulky and
drove the champion a mile in two
minutes flat.
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THE two-minute trip was made
with two running horses hitting
it up alongside as pacemakers. In
this respect the last trial will not
be rated in the class with the first
two marks that were a quarter-sec
ond slower, for the record first fell
to the little bay “in the open,” all by
himself,
In the two-minute dash, the track
and weather conditions were perfect.
The owners of the Pastime Stables,
of which syndicate Lee Axworthy is
the proud possession, are evidently
still hot on the trail blazed six years
ago by The Harvester, for Lee was
Started for the express purpose- of
beating the Syracuse track record of
2:011-4 held by the aforementioned
son of Walnut Hall. Their success
was evident from tHe time ticket;
under as nearly as possible similar
conditions, Lee Axworthy not only
pulled Harvestor's record into his net
but also lowered his own time.
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ll" the Georgia trained stallion con
tinues to clip off a few fractions
at the coming Columbus and Lexing
ton meetings, he will be in fine shape
by the time the Atlanta show opens
to set a combined track and world's
record that will stand for a decade
for the big liners to shoot at. «‘
Lee Axworthy is in reality the gec
ond fastest trotter regardless of sex..
There are three faster technical rec
ords—Uhlan, 1:58; Lou Dmon.i
1:58 1-2, and Major Delmar, 1:59 3-4
The first named of the trio is a geld
ing, the second is a mare, and the.
last a gelding. Uhlan made his mark
at Lexington in the open, but the
last pair were paced by runners. So.
with the exception of Uhlan, Lee can
claim second place in the “free-for
all” class—his 2:00 1-4 performances
were made without a runner, which
is now conceded to be the highest test
of ability.
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TH!S same Tuesday at Syracuse
saw another of those sterling
battles between St. Frisco and Mabel
Trask, in which the former won the
SIO,OOO Empire City stake in straight
heats. The Geers stallion set a new
record for the stake in the -econd‘
heat in 2:033-4, and practically put
himself on an equal rating with the
mare in their season’s duel. The re
spective heats now stand: St. Frisco,
10; Mabel Trask, 14, with the nvonn‘
time of the stallion’'s heats hlghorl
than those winning performances of
the mare.
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“Curley” Brown, the southpaw who
twirled for Birmingham several sea
sons .g;. is at present dolng boxwork
in the cific Coast League. Brown, be
sides being a good pitcher, is a handy
man to have around. BSome times he
Rln'n the outfleld and Is a fairly good
itter,
The Lookouts will probably have their
same pitchers next season. Jim Allen
will be back In Chattanooga, and so will
Knowlson, Merritt and “Rube” Mar
shall, while Walker will be recalled.
Arthur Johnson will probably be turned
back to Blm!n“ham. according to a
report from the Tennessee city,
Tomm& Long, “Dode” Paskert and
Erskine Mayer, all jormer Crackers, are
playing good ball In the majors this
season, and are very poruur around the
National League circuit.
Fans In St. Louls have nicknamed
long "Tnmm‘ Tee,” or "“Tommasso,"
Huggins uses him fru,uoml‘y as & pineh
hitter, and he usually delivers
Local baseball fans will remember
Mutt” Willlams, who pitched for the
Crackers a few years ago, and Morley
Jennings, who ployed short a while.
Both men are doing fine work for the
Minneapolls American Assoclation elub,
Willlams is the “iron man” of the
staff “Wallop” Smith, ex-Cracker
third sacker, is also & member of the
ilmm.
. Garry Herrmann (s well ptu.l with
W. The Reds’ pn"x{ has confidence
in l"{'l {Mlmut plam and he
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Hot Fight Expected for Various
Positions on Alabama Eleven,
Prospects Very Bright.
NIVERSITY, ALA., Sept. 14—
U With three or four good men
for every position, Coach Kelly
faced a hard task to name the nine
teen men who were placed on the
football training table Wednesday
simultaneously with the opening of
school.
The material that Coach Kelly has
is better by far to the average look
eér-on than has confronted an Alaba
ma coach in many years, He him
self says, In his usual conservative
manner, that they can become foot
ball players if they want to.
Eight of the nineteen to be chosen
are new men, showing the value that
lies In the green material now on the
squad. The new men are Gage and
Pope, halfbacks; Crean, quarterback;
S. Johnston, Brown, guards; Davis,
Lowman, tackles; Stowers, end.
Seven were varsity men—Captain
Morton, end; E. Maynor, center;
Rogers and Whittelsey, tackles: G.
Johnson, fullback; Hagan, quarter
back; W. Hovater, halfback. Other
four—D. Hovater, center; Downey
and Moreland, guards, and Latham,
end-—have played on the scrubs.
The opening of school has increased
Kelly’'s squad materially, both in
numbers and worth. Gris Harsh,
quarterback of last year, about whom
for a while there was some doubt,
has definitely stated that he would re
turn. He lis expected every day.
“Jake” Taylor, halfback of last year,
is also looked for.
The American League has one mon‘
open date before the curtain goes down
on October 4, and that is September 6.
The Natlonal has two more open dates,
September 17 and 24. |
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Pat Moran's Phils will close the sea
son against the Braves in Qunkortown.‘
Boston and Philadelphia meet on Oc
tober 3,3, 4 and 6. Brookiyn will be
grappling with New York when the |
gong rings. |
The Red Sox will have an easy t'mo!
during the last three days of the Amer
fean Lawc season. The Athletics will
be their opmnor‘u on October 2, 3 and
4 In Boston, while the Tigers quit play
ing on October 1, competing with the
Browns on that J.y. |
Our old friend Dick Bayless, who
ruyod with the Crackers back In 1909,
s pastiming with the Salt Lake club,
in the Coast League. “Bunn"' Brief,
the Mm-hmlag ox-White Btocking first
sacker, is on the same team. - |
Grimes, recently purchased by Pitts.
:'na from Birmingham, seems to have
o an lmfoubn upon the sport writ
ers In the Smoky City. nurlolcgonmvod
Miller In & rmo the other day and gets
credit for the vietory, as his new team
mates won the contest
Pat Moran has barred all talk of a
world's series among his players. If
you mtx start anything, just claim
oith s T S, e 2
raK. per us,
ilm M“Zou not m%”fld. ’J:;! “t:
beans altogether.
‘THE. ATLANTA GEORGIAN
RePort Is Made of Athle‘t.ic Show
UnionMenGetsl,sooFromßose
FFICERS and delegates of the
Atlanta Federation of Trades
met last night at the
new Labor Temple on Trinity
avenue to receive the full report
of the amusement committee of the
’ncont athletic events held by this
body, starting on Labor Day after
‘noon and ending with the boxing
contests in the evening.
A detail report was made of the aft
ernoon events and also the boxing
contests, the bouts being put on by
Randolph Rose, the Southern sports
man. The boxing contests at the
Auditorium in the evening drew a
$2,684 house, but due to the heavy
expenses of staging the attractive card
no money was made on the show.
W. C, Puckett, chairman of the La
bor Day Amusement Committee, how
ever, sprang a surprise when he
stated that Mr. Rose had turned over
a check of $1,500 from his personal
account to go to the building of the
new Labor Temple.
Following is the report in full. It
is self-explanatory:
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 18, 1916,
To the Atlanta Federation of Trades,
Officers and Delegates: Having had
permission granted me as chairman of
the amusement committee of the gen
eral Labor Day committee, by that body,
it is with pleasure that this report cov
ering the work of the amusement com
mittees is submitted to your honorable
body before having been passed upon by
the general Labor Day committee.
Your committee feel that the various
athletic events on Labor Day under the
auspices of the general Labor Day com
mittee were even more than satisfactory
to all concerned, and we are quite sure
that they were much enjoyed, not only
by the participants, but by our own
people connected with the Federation,
as well as the general public.
The exercises at Grant Park during
the afternoon consisted of various events
for men, boys and girls—running, pea
nut, nc(.n.nd spoon and three-legged
races were on the program. Dancing
was Indulged in at the concrete pavilion
durine the afternoon.
The event that was of the greatest
interest was the drum corps contest by
the Junior Order drum mrgn and the
Red Men's drum corps for $75 in cash
rizses—the result as decided by the
!)udlo. slvo the first &rua to the Junior
rder drum corps S6O, and the second
gfln was awarded to the Red Men's
rum coorJu, $25.
The 100 yards running race for men,
union men on.l'y. was won by T, J.
Smith, of the yp:(rnphlml Union, No.
48, and Mr. Jack Morgan, of the Black
smiths' Union, was second. The prizes
were 36 and $2.50 in gold. We noted
that several of the boys and girls win
A.A.C. Golf Tourney Not to
Conflict With City Meet
HE annual club champlonship
I in goif of the Atlanta Athletie
Club has been postponed from
the last week in September until
some time in October. The change in
date was made @0 as not to conflict
with the city golf championship, the
qualifying round of which is to be
played Prld.iv) and Saturday of this
weak at the Druild Hills course,
This is the third annual city event.
George Adair won the title in both
the ’?rewmu tournaments, defeating
W. F. Bpalding in the finals of 1914,
and his son, Perry, last yvear.
Players may qualify for this tour
nament either hidny or Saturday.
Play in the qualifying round will be
from scratch, and also in the cham
plonship flight. In other flights club
handicaps will apply.
Thursday is the last day for prac
tice over the Druld Hills course. It
is In excellent condition and is cer
tain to furnish a fine test in the com
ing event.
Bidwell Beaten b
Ansley in Fiials
} Bawn P. Ansiey defeated C. B. Bid
well in the 38 holes finals In the sec
ond flight in the golf tournament for
Ahe championship of the Ansley Park
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ning prizes in the various events were
sons and daughters of union men.
The committee are under obligations
to, and we desire to heartily thank the
Board of Park Commissioners for plac
lnf at the disposal of our committee a
splendid band of musiclans thirty in
aumbtor for our :,(:erns)n fierclleu a;
ran f’glg; ner Manager of
Parks J. 0. &chfln: who lervxu a
member of the amusement committee
and greatly assisted in the splendid
management of all events during the
afternoon, the thanks of the entire com
mittee are extended. To Mr. Nelson
Crist and his gentlemanly assistants for
their faithful work in an all-around ca
pacity in assisting your committee, our
thanks are extended. Your chairman
has written a letter to the Board of
Park Commisgioners, thanking them on
behalf of the amusement committee and
the Atlanta Federation of Trades,
It is indeed a great pleasure to report
that the boxing contests held at the Au
ditorium-Armory on Monday evening,
September 4, 1916, were a great success,
and we beljeve that every person who
witnessed them will quite agree with
your committee that they were as clean,
fast and scrappy as ever witnessed an{-
where. There was positively no smo -i
ing In the building, and many ladies
were Yrelent. ‘
While the attendance at the show was
not up to expectations, the committee
feels repaid for all the work put forth
by the clean manner in which the card
was put on. The house totaled $2,584.
Your committee, and we know that the
general Labor Day committee, as well
as your honorable body, will join as one
man in extending earnest and appre
ciative thanks to our good friend, Ran
dolph Rose, for the splendid assistance
rendered as a committeeman as well as
his great financial assistance to the
committee on which he served with dis.
tinction, and to the Atlanta Federation
of Trades. Had it not been for Mr.
Randolph Rose, your committee could
have never undertaken the great show
on Labor Day night at the Auditorium-
Armory, as It was quite necessary that
many hundreds of dollars he advanced
to perfect the arrangements connected
therewith, and your committee was
financially unable to handle the matter,
When our pro‘ro-ltlon was made
known to Mr. Ran O.th Rosy, he imme.
diately sald go ahead, | am with you,
He then gave much of his valuable time
and finance to hrin’ success to the At
lanta Federation of Trades, as well as
every member of organized labor in the
;’lty of Atlanta in our great undertak
ng.
ft 18 with a great deal of pleasure that
your committee is here and g‘;’w able to
hand you a check for $1,500, which
under the agreement made with Mr,
Rose is to go to the Atlanta Federation
of Trades, and for such amount Mr,
Rose is nsible alone. |
Respeflfully submitted
W. C. PUCKETT, |
Chairman Amusement Committee. |
Golf Club by the score of 7 up and
6 to play. He receives as a prige a
golf bag presented by George Muse
Clothing Company.
In the championship fiight Mallory
Jones defeated D, F. Rogers in the
semifinals 2 up and 1 to play. In the
36 holes finals which will be played
Saturday starting at noon he meets
his uncle, B. A. Jones, Jr, for the
title,
Rodgers vs. Fooshe
In Golf Finals Today
MEMPHIS, Sept. 14.-Doc Rodgers, of
Knoxville, and George W. Fooshe, Mem.
phis, will meet today In & 34-hole finals
match for the vh.mpmnahiw»! the Ten.
nessee Golf Association, wliers won
his way into the match for the title by
defeating G. O. Waring, of Memphis, §
ur and 4 to go, In the semifinal round
of the Btate tournament hers yestoarday
afternoon, while Fooshe put out 8. L.
Probasco, Chattanoogn, 4 and 3.
Chick's Brother Is
Victor of Golf Meet
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 --Golt n&ryun to
\run in the Kvans family, Chiek's brogh
er, Elliott, won the Wummn&d
trophy from & feld of 175 players here.
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Speaker Gets Three Hits—Chase
Leading Daubert, His Nearest
Rival, by Ten Points,
Y COBB galned six points on Tris
Speaker Tuesday, but the Rreat
l Indian outfielder ‘“‘came back"”
Yesterday, gaining five points on the
“Georgia Peach.” The former Boston
Red Stocking strolled to the plate three
times in Yesterday's combat against the
| Athletics, getting three safe blows, and
his percentage Jumped three points.
Cobb was at bat three times, failing to
hit safely, and his average fell two
notches. Eighteen points now ncparule*
the two leaders. Jackson got one hit in
four trials, and lost a lmx‘i» point,
Hal Chase, National League leader,
increased his percentage one point by
getting three hits in eight attempts.
Davey Robertson poled out three hils,
also, in eight trips to the pan, and
ined a point. Jake Daubert was out
of the game, while Wagner dropped
three points when he failed to hit safe
ly in three times up. Rogers Hornsby,
of the Cards, got two hits in seven
trials, losing a noteh.
Following are the batting marks:
American League.
Players— AB. H. Pet.
BROARAE .. .. i o 0 o« A 0 B
SO, s iy os ii ssnsnra 8 T B
SRR i . vias s SR B
National League.
Players— AB. H. Pet.
CRODR s 4k 2s 0o o 0 osss s 10 10 BB
Daubert.. .. .. .0 . . .. 400 197 816
BROPREY cs 55 40 5% 20 65 408 3 316
SERERIE. . o 5 ss on 04 46 00 28 BB
(RODOrtOOn.. .0 oo «v .. .. 000 158 304
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By Nashville, 2 to 0
CHARLOTTE, N. C.,, Sept. 14.—The
Nashville team, pennant-winners in the
Southern League for 1516, took the first
of a four-game series from Charlotte,
which copped the Carolina League bunt.
ing, here yeltendn'g afternoon. The
score was 2to 0. om I\o,‘n main
stay of the Vol staff, hurled for the vis
itors, and was touched up for nine hits,
but he ‘“f' them scattered,
Gus Willlams, the hard-hitting out
flelder of the Southern Loaguers,
smashed one of Gaston's curves over
the right fleld fence in the eighth in
ning with Marshall on first. ;Mrlono
had twelve men left on bases. The Voly
got only six hits
Score by innings: RHE,
Nashville .. .. .. ..000 000 0203 6 1
Charlotte.. .. .. ..000 000 000-0 9 3
Batteries: Rogers and Street; Gas
ton and Manchester,
ghicagg City Series
BOSTON, Sept. 141 t is possible that
Larry Doyle m:x regain the use of his
right leg, injured here last Saturday, in
time to p‘r'ha.u in the oity series at
Chicago, providing there in one.
Doyle was taken to a hospital sgor
fracturing a bone in his ankle and phy
soians say that in all probablility he will
be well within & month--maybe sooner
~unless some unforeseen complication
ensues
After the broken bone was adjusted
the ankle did not swell, as is usual in
such casen, which led the surgeons here
to think their first tm“vra-smm were too
savers. Fven {f he does not play ball
next month it Is unlikely that he will
suffer permanent inconvenience as & re
sult of the hurt,
Spurts Evidentlg
Spurts are evidently bad for a ball
elub. It is anclent rmnry now how
the Glants, after making a clean *Weap
of their last Western Invasion, eracked
completely after Al Demaree broke their
string at Philadelphia. The St Louls
Hrowns have now repeated this explo
son stunt after setting up the season's
high run In the American Lengue,
Fielder Jones and his flm-u{-lnnm‘
brigade have dropped completely from
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cireuita
LrAMPION KILBANE WOULD
aOX WELSH FOR §IO.OOO
Number of Rounds NotStated—Short Encounter
Would Mean Nothing, but Bout Over Long
Route Would Go Big—Other Boxing Gossip.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 14.—Jimmy
Dunn, manager for Johnny Kilbane,
featherweight champion, said today
that he would allow his man to meet
Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion,
provided he received SIO,OOO for his
share of the purse.
. Kilbane is showing at a local thea
er,
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By Harry Lewis.
TI—IE above news report was re
ceived from Baltimore this
morning, and indicates that Jimmy
Dunn, manager of Johnny Kilbane,
the featherweight champion, is will
ing to send his protege against Fred
die Welsh, providing Kilbane receives
SIO,OOO for his end. No mention is
made whether the bout is to be ten or
twenty rounds.
Many critics who have seen Kil
bane in action feel confident that
’Johnny would give Welsh the toughest
sort of a battle, while there are just
as many who are of the opinion that
Welsh wou'd have little trouble win
ning over the featherweight king. J
~ The writer has had the pleasure ot‘
seeing Kilbane in action on one oc
casion, Ritchie Mitchell, the fast
Milwaukee battler, was Kilbane's op
ponent at that time, and Mitchell was
far from the boy he is today, being
but a youngster in the game then.
The bout was a ten-round affair, and
the mill was staged one night last
September, if we remember correctly.
Although a number of the critics
present awarded the shade to Mitch
ell, I thought the bout was a good
draw, due to Kilbane's wonderful
jabbing tactics.
- .
KILBA NE'S showing, however, was
nothing to rave about. True,
Johnny might not have been at his
best, but it is our humble opinion
that Welsh would have had little
trouble whirping Mitchell that even
ing had he been in Kilbane's place,
and Freddie seldom does much train
ing for no-decision contests.
On another occasion Kilbane was
pitted against Joe Mandot, another
lightweight, in a twelve-round bout
at Akron, Ohio. This scrap took
place some time back, and according
1o the scribes, Mandot was entitled to
‘the shade. Now, the question comes
up: If Kilbane couldn’'t whip Mandot
‘and Mitchell, what chance has he to
beat Welsh? The question is a good |
one, but the Kilbane admirer will tell
you that the Kilbane of today is a
far superior boxer to the Kilbane who
fought Mandot and Mitchell, so there
you are,
- . .
IT can not be doubted that Kilbane
is a wonderful boxer, and the
greatest featherweight since Abe At
tell was In his prime. Pitted against
Welsh, Kilbane would no doubt rely
on speed to win, and with youth in
his favor it may be that Johnny
would prove capable of setting such a
fast pace that he would be able to cop
a referee’'s verdict over Freddie.
We do not think there is a chance
in the world of Kilbane to stop Welsh.
p VIEW/ b 3
ts e G’M M
A“!’All.l. ot
Once upon a time an honest
became cmmplen of his class, (m"n
ber, kind readers, that this Is a fable).
““Why,"” he was asked, “‘are you cham.
p.loall Are you the best man in your
class?" .
“No,"” he uglnd. (Remember, kind
readers, that this Is a fable).
“The rest of the punks In my class are
worse than | am.”
The lines written above, kind readers,
constitute a fable, and yet-—and yet—
and yet——,
Colorado rings did all it to
elevate boxl‘n';, but the game umo
is several thousand feet below sea level,
THE KNOCKOUT, ‘
It is a boxing champeen,
He flqhu a title bout.
He doesn’t hit the other guy,
And doesn’t even seem to try,
But knocks the fight game out.
It wag Antasus or.btgfimwfltl
name something like that, who came u%
stronger every tme he was knock
duwns Antasus mulAt t;‘o tkho ’th of
u oXing game, ook o
nt‘l‘;l pay money to ses Carl Im
Nothing Is impossible these days. Joh
Alex tolle' us that he fell forty mt nn:
Injured his dome.
Having staged a champilonshi{ hul-'
match n’?ulomao Bprings will :o' pu
on a chess tournament and get some ac
tion.
ThIH. HIGH GOOT. oF NALOHI‘.
newspaper man Is a ular
At 'loact he Is moet of the time"”’
The b:‘mnmmmmnln
. oye
Is sure to go away with a dime.
The a man always falls for
Qomß.w s 9
Ro:arfllm of what he may earn;
He 1,0 as a rule, and he answers
Trow much?’
Though he knows It will never return,
He will hand you his bank roli—if that
ain't enough
He will go out and borrow and
scrateh; |
But he answers you shortly and rudely
and rough
When cu say to him “"Lend me a
matoh,”
A mnowball in Gehenna onoe 'otn‘
lh«-n,m to be the momt ephemeral -
{rm n the universe, But the said snow.
mll in Gehenna is left at the post 'hfi};
it tries to compete with a box of
matches in & newspaper office. ‘
P \
There is nothing like being prepared
for the worst. Jos Tinker b& his ath.
fotes out recently to watch the Sox,
ATLANTA, GA.
Freddie knows too much, and, be
sides, he managed to stay away from
White, and Charley is by far a better
and a harder puncher than the feath
erweight king.
. - .
S HOULD promoters see fit to put
the pair on, let's hope Messrs.
Welsh and Kilbane are prevailed up
on to travel over the twenty-round
route, with the lightweight title at
stake. A contest of this kind would
prove a wonderful attraction, while
we do not think a ten-round bout
would do more than ‘bunco’ the pub
‘)ic out of a lot of good money, as
nothing would be at stake in a scrap
of this kind.
. . .
KILBANE would have absolutely
| nothing to lose in a bout of this
iklnd. If Welsh beat him, Johnny
‘would still be the featherweight
champion, while a victory over Fred
die would make Kilbane one of the
greatest cards in the country, and
the holder of two championships. He
would also drag down a nice plece of
'money for his end.
The match is a wise one for Kil
bane, and his manager no doubt
realizes this fact more than anyone
else, §
HILE promotors are | for
W a Welsh-Kilbane bm’
Dundee is sure to start a lou dhow!
If Kilbane beats him to a chanes at
the title. Dundee has long been a
topnotcher in the ll‘htweght aivi
slon. He has been after elsh for
some time, but for one reason or oth
er he has never been able to cormer
the lightweight champ for a long bat
tle,
Personally the writer belleves that
Dundee is deserving of the next -fi
at Welsh's title, but it looks as
more money will be offered for the
Kilbane-Welsh orown, which makes
it tough indeed for the Itallan light
welght from Go.'.hl.m.
.
IF Dundee fails to get on with Welsh,
a 4 bout that ought to go mighty
good is a twenty-round go between
Dundee and Charlie White, These
'boys have met twice, White winnt
with ease at Syracuse, N. Y., on Ap:
130, 1913. Dundee, however, elm
on November 27, 1913, and
White somewhat of a facln‘ at New
Orleans. Both these bouts were ten
round affairs.
. 0
OHNNY GLYNN, the “Boy Mana
ger,” is seriously thinking of open
ing up a popular-priced boxing club
here before long. Johnny has brought
out such boys as Battling Budd and
Ray Kirk. He also ht.n:lod Jimmy
Perry in his bouts around these parts.
It !s Glynn's present Intention to
stage an elimination tourney between
such boys as Budd, Xirk, Feldman,
Kid Young, Battling Sheppard and a
few other promising mw
winner to get a big match .
Glynn’s plan is a good one, and his
friends are pulling for him teo go
through with ft
The National l*
o‘:lofidm bu nma
™ m.unoh:u RIV'?:'.MM
TT.":: nd.«-t ’ofl-tfir
»T.Mr;: m"ud PO MOre Are on
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Weeghman Denies He
" Will Change Pilots
| cem——
CHICAGO, Sept. L&~Annoyed by
frequent repetition of wtorles that J:
Tinker would not be at the helm
the Cubs another semson, President
Weeghman today lssued another
statement In which he emphatieally
stated that he is not mtuyw
a cbu\fw in managers. The
was called forth by a W in
a local paper which sadd Weoagh
man was angling for Fred Mitohell,
coach of the Boston Braves, as a
N e sald Weeghman, *1
. course™
have been dlssatisfied at times with
the way the club has been going, dbut
that happens in any business,
Mitchell Out%oints
’ . .
o'Brien in Ten Rds.
i i
g
grw"m a un-:nnd bo::'bm last
night.
’ WHITE SAVES BROTHER
PUEBBLO, COLO. Sept. 14.—Char
oy White, Chicago lightweight, saved
his brother, Jack White, from a
knockout at the hands of Kid Mex
recently, when he crawled inte the
ring in the eighth round of a sched
uled fifteen Tound fight and led hm
to his corner,
White's face was dadly sut, and he
had taken a terrible bheating.
DR.J.T.GML-T
SPECIALIST
52 Inhan
Atlants