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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916
Your Circle of Friends Is Generally Measured By the Extent of Your Banlkroll
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*GEORGIAN SPORTS
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‘Bookies’ Shift on Naming Win
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ners in National and American,
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Menke Gives Dope on Races,
By Frank G. Menke.
Sporting Editor of the International
News Service.
e EW YORK, Sept. 14—The
“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
tossed 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 pitchers 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
Bostonian viewpoint, the Sox from
now on must do the major portion of
their fighting on forelgn soil.
Chicago fans are nurstmg 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 years to bust
into a world serles frolic,
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THE schedule for the contending
teams in both leagues follows. It
includes all postponed games and reg
ular games to be placed by each club,
and beginning with the contests this
afternoon:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Dodgers—At home: Pittshurg, 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
cinnati, 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
Detroit, three; at Cleveland, four.
Tigers—At home: Washington,
four; Philadelphlia, three; New Xork,
three; Boston, three. Abroad?! At
St. Louls, 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 League,
CLUBS— Won. lost. Pet.
ouNye .. .. .. B 54 591
Philadelphla ~, .;z ;‘u .221{
!hu; s s epss 1 [ A
New York s W 62 519
* B !TR 70 411
E-a'. “alue v 8 78 44
L. B 85 1384
American League,
Clubs, Won.“ Lost. Pet.
m.......n 87 578
S ol 8
299 5.9 » ) * b
ew York ass 1 6 523
%“hu““ln'té..: e B @ 518
By b G 507
Cloveland . . ~ , . 70 a 0 504
Philadelphia .. . . 80 104 23
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. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
AmflTun League,
Washington at Chnca;?:.
ew York at Detrolt,
% at St. Louls.
elphia at Cleveland,
{ National League.
!r‘b'uu ‘lt Brooklyn
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,
National League.
.t Louis 7, Phfln.dv!p?\u 4 (first).
vy flbh:l 85. fli.’ Louls 4 (second),
lb\ll" rooklyn 3,
Eten T dhlc:go g (fNirst),
ton 11, Chieago € (second)
go' York 3, Cincinnati 0 (first).
New York 6, Cincinnati 4 (second).
American League,
9, Bt. Louls § (10 Innings)
4, New York 1.
8, Philadeiphia 4.
.- ashington—Off day.
American Assoclation,
Paul 6, Toledo 4
3 $, Milwaukee 1.
h&l. wnauronn .
ty 3, Indianapolis 1
§ International League.
1”' %‘?2:3‘ 512
‘-x Toronto 7-3.
~ CRhers not ascheduled.
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Georgia Trained Stallion Breaks
His Own World’s Record of
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2,00 1-4 in Trial at Syracuse.
By Ed Danforth.
1 has now become a question of
I “how fast can Lee Axworthy
trot.” The Georgia trained stal
lion 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 twosmin.
ute trotters.
It was on August 22 at North Ran
dall that L.ee 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 trial was no sort of a
fluke.
And now, on last Tuesday, at the
Syracuse Grand Cireuit 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 l.ee Axworthy is
the proud possession, are evidently
still hot on the trail blazed six yvears
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, ILee Axworthy not only
pulled Harvester's record into his net
but also lowered his own time.
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I_F‘ the Georgia trained stallion con
tinues to c¢lip 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—-TThlan, 1:58; Lon Dillon,
1:58 1-2, and Major Delmar, 1:59 2-4.
The first named of the trio 1s a geld
ing, the second is a mare, and the
last a gelding. TUhlan 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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THYS same Tuesday at Syracuse
saw another of those sterling
battles between St. Frisco and Mabel
Trask, in which the former won the
£IO,OOO Pmpire City stake in straight
heats. The Geers stallion set a new
record for the stake in the secend
heat In 2:08 3-4, 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 average
time of the stallion’s heats higher
than those winning performances of
the mare
EBAONE
BASE
“Curley” Brown, the southpaw who
twirled for Birmingham several sea
sons lfi’), is at present ddnsmboxwork
in the Pacific Coast Lnguc. wn, be
sides being a good“sllc er, I 8 a handy
man to have around. Some times he
cl-yu the outfield and is a fairly good
itter,
The Lookouts will probably have their
same pitchers next season. Jim Allen
will be back in Cha!unoo'l'hlnd %0 will
Knowlson, Merritt and “Rube” Mar
shall, while Walker will be recalled.
Arthur Johnson will probably be turned
back to mrmln“hum. according to a
report from the Tennessee city.
Tommy Long, “Dode” Paskert and
Erskine Mayer, all former 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 “Tommy Tee,” or “Tommasso.”
Huggins uses him frmu.ntt( as a pinch
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
Minneapolis American Assgociation elub.
Willlams is the *“iron man” of the
wtaff. “Wallop” Smith, ex-Cracker
third sacker, is also & member of the
Millers.
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‘.\mu? The Reds' :m:'y has confidence
tn Matty's judgment Wu and he
never dictates to the ar,"”
Herrmann says Chris {8 the best
of baxeball playvers in the game,
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Hot Fight Expected for Various
Positions on Alabama Eleven.
Prospects Very Bright.
NIVERSTTY, 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
er-on than has confronted an Alaba
ma coach in many years. He him
self says, in his usual conservative
manner, that they ecan become foot
ball players if they want to. 4
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,
auarterback of last year, about whom
for a while there was some doubt,
has definitely stated that he would re
turn. He {is 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 dm‘
on October 4, and that is September 26.
The National has two more open dates,
September 17 and 24. |
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Pat Moran's Phlls will close the sea
#on against the Braves In Quuortown.‘
Boston and Philadelphla meet on 00~ |
tober 2,3, 4 and 5. Brooklyn will be
grappling with New York when tho\
gong rings. ‘
The Red Sox will have an easy time
during the last three days of the Amer- .
fean Lmo season. The Athletics will
be thelr opponents.on October 2, 3 and
4 in Boston, while The Tigers quit plays
ing on October 1, competing with the
Browns on that day. i
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~ Our old friend Dick Bayless, who
rl.yed with the Crackers back in 1909,
s pastiming with the Salt Lake olub,
in the Coast League. "Bunn{"' Brief,
the hnrd-hmlng ex-White Stocking flut‘
‘urler. is on the same team.
1 Grimes, recently purchased by Pitts.
hu.r} from Birmingham, seems to have
made an lm’woulon upon the sport writ.
ers in the Smoky City. Burh!lgo:cthd
Miller in a glmo 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. llf
you want to start anything, just claim
m::‘ the Phils a?‘ t"l‘-"'t 1o wuulnuy
wi @ rag. n't superstitious,
bu'tm h%o:'l' not want cnt”ou ’3‘l‘? tl‘:
W ertime, and perha .
beans witogether,
THF, ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Report Is Made of Afhle@ic Sl}ow
UnionMenGet $ 1 ,500 Fromßose
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
recent 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
'8!.584 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 & surprise when he‘
stated that Mr. Rose had turned over
a check of $1,500 from -his parsonal‘
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, that body,
it is with pleasure that this'report cov
ering the work of the amusément com
‘mittee {s submitted to your honortblo‘
'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 oonnected 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, egg and spoon and three-le;fed
races were on the program. Danc ng.
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 vorgu and the
Red Men's drum corps for $75 in cash
rizes—the result as decided by the!
,udn. xuvo the flr-t&rln to the Junior
or drum corps S6O, and the second
gfln was awarded to the Red Men'l‘
rum ooo?u, $25.
The 100 yards running race for mon,‘
unison men on_}y. was won by T. J.
Smith, of the m“(raphlcal Union, No.
48, and Mr, Jack Morgan, of the Black
smiths’ Union, was second. The prizes.
were $6 and p.so 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
in golf of the Atlanta Athletle
Club has been postponed from
the last week In September until
some time in October. The change in
date was made 80 as not to conflict
with the city golf championship, the
qualifying round of which Is to be
played Friday and Saturday of this
wezk at the Druld Hills course,
This is the third annual city event.
George Adair won the title in both
the previous tournaments, defeating
W. F. Spalding in the finals of 1914,
and his son. Perry, last year.
Players may wmy for this tour
nament either day or BSaturday.
Play in the qualifying round will be
from seratch, and also in the cham
plonship flight, In other flights ciub
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,
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) Edw:n P. Ansley defeated C. B, Bid
well in the 26 holex finals in the sec~
ond flight in the golf tournament for
the championship of the Aunsley 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 {»ho
mf at the disposal of our committee a |
splendid band of musicians thirty in
number, for our afternoon exercises at
Grant #uk; to General Manager of
Parks J. O. Cochran, who served as a
member of ghe 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 Commissioners, 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 believe that every person who
witnessed them will quite agree with
your committee that they were as clean,
fast and scrappy as ever witnessed any
where. There was positively no smok
ing in the building, and many ladles
were ?resent. ‘
While the attendance at the show was
not up to expectations, the cummlttee;
feels repaid for all the work put forth
by the clean manner in which the card
was put on. The house totaled $2,5684.
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 a‘v‘pre
ciative thanks to our good friend, Ran
dolph Rose, for the splendid assistance
rendered as a committeeman as well as
his great flnancial assistance to the
committee on which he served with dis
tinetion, 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 Da¥ night at the Auditorium-
Armory, as it was %ulte necessary tnat
many hundreds of dollars he advanced
to perfect the arrangements connected
therewith, and your committee was
financially unable to handle the matter,
When our proposition was mads
known to Mr. R.ando.lgh Rosy, he imme.
diately said go ahead, | am with you.
He then gave much of hig valuable time
and finance to brinf success to the At
lanta Federation of Trades, as well as
every member of organized labor in the
;flty of Atlanta in our mat.‘ undertak
ng.
rt is with a great deal of pleasure that
gour committee is here and %row able to
and 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 lis reaaonulble alone.
espectfully submitted
W. C. PUCKETT,
Chairman Amusement Committes,
Golf Club by the score of 7 up and
6 to play. He receives as a prize a
pols bag presented by George Muse
Clothing Company,
In the championship flight 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 a 36-hole finals
match for the rhnmplomm;;‘n! the Ten
nesses Golf Association, odgers won
his way into the _match for the title by
defeating G. O. Waring, of Memphis, §
u’; and 4 to go, In the semifinal round
of the Btate tournament here yesterday
afternoon, while Fooshe put out 8. L.
Probasco, Chattanooga, 4 and 3,
Chick's Brother Is
Victor of Golf Meet
CHICAGO, Sept. W.—Golf appears to
run in the fiv-m family., Chick's broth
er, Elliott, won she Westmoreland
tropby from a field of 1756 players here.
Speaker Gets Three Hits—Chase
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Leading Daubert, His Nearest
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Rival, by Ten Points,
Y COBEB gained six points on Tris
Speaker Tuesday, but the great
' 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
Athleties, getting three safe blows, and
his percentage jumped three ‘pulnls.
Cobb was at bat three times, fai in{ to
hit safely, and his average fell wo
notches, ‘l-.‘u{h(eun points now separate
the two leaders, Jackson got one hit in
four trials, and lost a ningfie point.
Hal Chase, National League leader,
increased his percentage one point by
getting three hits in eight attempts,
‘Davey Robertson poled out three hltfi
also, in eight trips to the pan, an
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 notch.
Following are the batting marks:
American League,
Players— AB. H. Pet.
BPOREGE oo o 5 oo o 5 oo 08l T B 2
COUD. . Sy bd e as ko ..484 1768 364
SROROON.. o 5 5 as vé i 000 3B B
National League,
Players— AB. H Pet.
CRAIE. . vo 40 va a 5 05 4o soils 156 208
DRUDOIE.. 'as oo o 0 4o oo . 000 197 DO6
HOrnsby.. «c oo o 0 oo oo ..441 1390 .315
RO 544 56 o o 5 v 8 111 B 0
RODOrtaOn.c .. .c o oo +.500 153 .304
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By Nashville, 2 to 0
CHARLOTTE, N. C,, Sept. 14.—~The
Nashville team, pennant-winners in the
Southern lL.eague for 1016, took the first
of a four-game series from Charlotte,
which copped the Carolina League bunt
ing, here yesterdu%' afternoon. The
score was 2to 90, om KO,GT! main
stay of the Vol staff, hurled for the vis
itors, and was touched up for nine hits,
but he kort them scattered.
Gus Willlams, the hard-hitting out
fielder of the Eouthern Leaguers,
smashed one of Gaston's curves over
the right fleld fence In the ol&t:th in
ning with Marshall on first, arlotte
had twelve men left on bases. The Vols
got only six hits,
Score by Innings: RHE.
Nashville ~ .. ~ ..000 000 0208 6 1
Charlotte.. .. .. ..000 0000000 9 3
Batteries: Roiars and BStreet; Gas
ton and Manchester,
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(y)hicagg City Series
BOSTON, Sept. 14.—1 t is possible thnl
Larry Doyle may regain the use of his
right leg, injured here last Saturday, in |
time to pnr!h':{'ale in the city series at
‘hieago, providing there is one. |
Doy‘fa was taken to a hospital after
fracturing a bone in his ankle and ph{-;
glelans say that in all probability he will |
be well within a month—-maybe soOner |
~~unless some unforeseen complication
ensues
After the broken bone was Mjuuted‘
the ankle did not swell, as is usual in
such cases, which led the surgeons here
to think their first lmlrr-ulonl were too
severe. Even if he does not play ball
next month 1t is unlikely that he will
suffer permanent Inconvenience as & re
sult of the hurt,
Spurts Evidentl
Bad for Ball glubs ‘
Spurts are evidently bad for a ball
elub. It |s anclent history now how
the Giants, after making a clean .'.:5
of their last Western invasion, erack
completely after Al Demaree broke the'r
ntfin( at Philadelphia. The St. Louils
Bfowns have now repeated this explo
si6n stunt after sotting up the season's
high run In the American League,
Fielder Jones and his run-an-inning
brigade have dropped completely from
general attention, while o month ago
they were the sensation of both major
circults,
CHAMPION KILBANE WOULD
BOX 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
ter,
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By Harry Lewis.
THE abover 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 wheather 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 littie trouble win
ning over the featherweight king.
~ The writer hag had the pleasure of
seeing Kilbane in action on one oc
casion. Ritchie Mitchell, the fast
Milwaukee battler, was Kilbane’s op-
Fonent at that time, and Mitchell was
ar from the bhoy 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 ecritics
present awarded the shade to Mitch
‘,ell. I thought the bout was a good
draw, due to Kilbane's wonderful
jabbing tactics.
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KILBANE'S showing, however, was
nothing to rave about. True,
!.lohnny 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, Ohlo. This scrap took
place some time back, and according
to 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.
. . .
I'l’ 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 bhe that Johnny
would prove capable of setting such a
fast pace that he would be able to cop
a referee's vertlict over Freddie.
We do not think there is a chance
in the world of Kilbane to stop Welsh,
£ PHAIR VIEWL, D
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A FABLE.
Once ugon a time an honmnpunlllot
became champlon of his class. (Remem-.
ber, kind readers, that this Is a fable).
"Why." he was asked, “‘are you cham.
pion? Are you the best man in your
class?”
“No,” he ngllod. (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 Springs did all 1t eould to
slevate boxing, but the gamae up thers
is several thousand feet below sea level,
THE KNOCKOUT.
It Is a boxing champesn,
He fi,hu a title bout.
He doesn’t hit the other guy,
And doesn’'t even seem to try,
But knocks the fight game out,
It was Antaeus, or a big bum with a
name something fike that, who came :3
stronger every time he was knock
down. Antaeus must be the father of
the boxing game. A flock of rrlonn
still pay money to ses Carl Morris,
Nothing Is Impossible these dlx:.. John
Alex tells us that he fell forty t and
Injured his dome,
Havlns staged a champlonship boxin
match olorado Springs will now pu{
on a chess tournament and get some ac
tion.
THE HIGH COST OF MATCHES,
The newspaper man Is a regular guy,
At least he Is most of the time, ‘
The bo who approaches with tears In
his eys
vls sure to go away with a dime.
The n'mgcpor man always falls for a
ouch,
lo:ardlcu of what he may earn;
He digs, as a rule, and he answers
“How much?
Though he knows It will never return,
He will hand you his bank roll—ls that
ain’t enough
He will go out and borrow and
scratch;
But he answers you shortly and rudely
and rough
When Lyu say to him “Lend me a
match.”
A snowball l{. Gehenna onee vg
thoufiu to be the most ephemeral ob
"act the universe. But the sald snow
all in Gehenna is left at the post when
it tries to eomwc with _a box of
matches in & newspaper office.
There Is nothing like beling ared
for the worst, Joe Tinker took ath.
letes out recently to watch the
ATLANTA, GXA
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 feathe
erweight king.
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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=
lic out of a lot of gooda money, as
nothing would be at stake in a scrap
of this kind.
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KILBAN'E would have absolutely
- nothing to lose in a bout of this
kind. 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 piece of
money for his end.
The match is a wise one for Kile
bane, and his manager no doubt
realizes this fact more than anyons
else,
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WHILFJ promotors are blddini for
a Welsh-Kilbane bout, Johnny
Dundea is sure to start a lou dhowl
if Kilbane beats him to a chance at
the title. Dundee has long been a
topnotcher in the lightweight divi
glon. He has been after Welsh for
some time, but for one reason or othe
er he has never been able to corner
the lightwelght champ for a long bat
tle,
Personally the writer belleves that
Dundee is deserving of the next mfi
at Welsh’s title, but it looks as
more money will be offered for the
Kilbane-Welsh crown, which makes
it tough indeed for the Italian light=
weight from Gotham.
. “ .
IF‘ Dundee fails to get on with w%
a bout that ought to go migh
good is a twenty-round go between
Dundee and Charlie White. These
boys have met twice, White winning
with ease at Syracuse, N. Y., on April
30, 1912. Dundee, however, came back
on November 27, 1913, and handed
White somewhat of a lacing at New
Orleans. Poth these bouts were tene
round affairs.
- - -
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 handled Jimmy
Perry in his bouts around these parts.
It !s Glynn's present intention to
stage an elimination tourney between
such boys as Budd, Kirk, Feldman,
Kid Young, Battling Sheppard and a
few other promising youngsters, the
winner to get a big match here later.
Glynn’s plan is a good one, and his
friends are pulling for him to ‘9’
through with it.
' The Natlonal League Indcr“?
shift every day, but‘uwo know a
one club that is consistent.
AU REVOIRI!
The melancholy days have gone,
The saddest of the year,
The Crackers and Guils no more are oN
The baseball schedule here,
"
Weeghman Denies He
. .
Will Change Pilots
CHICAGO, Sept. 14-—Annoyed :
frequent repetition of stories that J
Tinker would not be at the helm of
the Cubs another season, President
Weeghman today Issued another
statement in which he emphatically
stated that he is not contemplating
a change In managers. The denial
was called forth by a story printed ia
a local paper which said that Weeghe
man was angling for Fred Mitchell
coach of the Boston Braves, as a
1917 leader.
. “Of course,” sald Weeghman, *%
‘have been dissatisfled at times
the way the club has been going,
‘lhnt happens in any business,
Mitchell Outpoints
'Brien in Ten Rd
o'Brien in Ten Rds.
MILWAUKE®R, WIS, Bept. 14—
Ritehie Mitchell, local lightweight, easily
outpointed Shamus O'Brien, of New
York, In a ten-round bout here last
night,
WHITE SAVES BROTHER
PUERLO, COLO., Sept. 14 ~Chare
ley White, Chicago lightweight, saved
his brother, Jack White, from a
knockout at the hands of Kid Mex
recently, when he crawled into the
ring in the eighth round of a scheds
uled fifteen round fight and led him
to his corner
White's face was badly cut, and Be
had taken a terrible beating.
S
DR.J.T.GAULD
22 Inman ,
Auanta J