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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1917
GEORGIAN SPORTS COVERID 4 EXPERTSS
Despite Two Knockdowns Secored by Dixie Boy,
- Many Think Rocap Awarded Wrong Decision.
Gives Winner Nine Rounds, Loser Kight.
By Georgian’s Special Correspondent,
EW ORLEANS, LA, Jan. 10.—
N Pete Herman, of New Orleans,
was crowned bantamweight
champion of the world last night at
the Louisiana auditorium, when Wil
liam Rocap, Philadelphia newspaper
yaan and referee who officiated in the
mateh, raised Herman’s hand at the
end of his twenty-round match with
Kid Willlams, of Baltimore.
For probably ten seconds following
Rocap’s decision, the 5,000 spectators
sat spellbound. The general opinion
prevailed, that Williams, despite two
knockdowns early in the fight, had
won & great majority of rounds and
was the winner by a substantial mar
in, .
F Then when it dawned on local box
ing followers that New Orleans had a
¢hampion, the more courageous of
Herman's followers burst forth in
loud cries of enthusiasm. For the
most part, however, Rocap’s decision
cama as & distinot surprise and dis
appointment. New Orleans was pull
ing for Herman and a champion, but
en many of Herman's followers
penly asserted that they did not like
o ses him acquire the championship
n such manner.
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ROM The Times-Picayune's seats
at the ringside, Willlams looked
ike the winner by a margin that was
ig enough to earn him the verdict.
fter handing down his decision, Ro
ap issued a statement to newspaper
epresentatives and made public his
b on the fight. He said that he had
redited Herman with two knock
owns, and gave him nine rounds ot
e twenty, while Willlams had but
ight. Three he called even,
» - -
ul BASED m{l deeclsion on the
fact that Herman beat Wil
liams to the leads most of the
time 7 and on the effect of Her
man's blows,” said Rocap. “While
it is true that Williams battered
Herman's bodz many times, it is
equally true that any fighter can
hit an opponent in the gbc.,dy. LB
";quiru no boxing skill to do |
this.”
According to Rocap’s tab, Mer
man earned the &udh. fifth, “
sixth, twelfth, thirteenth, six
teentli, seventeenth, eighteenth
and twentleth rounds. Willlams
he gave the second, third, eighth,
ninth, tenth, eleventh, fourteenth
and fifteenth, |
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ERMAN and Williams met iln the
same arena thirteen months ago.
any of those who saw the first en
unter were of the opinion that Ro
p gave Herman the decision in or-
T 10 square himself with the fans
r the apparent injustice done the
allenger the first time the pair met.
Herman, the new champion, Is a
eat idol here. He is but nineteen
are old and has been boxing about
erman Decisive Winner,
" Asserts International News
By International News Servios.)
EW ORLEANS, Jan. 10.—
N Pete Herman, of New Or
leuu.‘u the new bantam
weight champion of the world. He
won the title here last night by
decisively defeating Kid Wil
liams, of Baltimore, the crown
wearer, in a twenty-round bout,
In which Willlams was floored
*wice.
It was a closs bout. Herman
had nine rounds to his credit,
Willlams eight and the other
thres were even, Herman drop
ved the champion in the fifth
¥ith a right to the jaw, but Wil
lams was up again almost im
ediately. In the twelfth wil
lams, golng away, was caught
With another right on the Jaw and
Wwent down again,
Both boys recelved a lacing.
Willlams hammered Herman on
the body In several rounds and
bad him tn Aistress on more than
°Ne oocasion, Then ‘Herman
ooked and Swung and Williams
Ung on. Willlams bore several
MArks of the combat. His left
*YO was cut, his right cheek laid
oPen and his lips bruised and
Wollen. Herman's body showed
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six years. He is the first Southern
boy to be hailed as a world’'s cham
plon. Pete has done most of his box
ing in New Orleans, where he hag mét
the grgatest stars in the game. With
the exception of one defeat chalked
up against him by Frankie Burns a
couple of years back in thirteen
rounds, Pete has always put up
stunning batflo:. o.vc:: if defeated.
' N last night's bout, Herman proved
the stuff he is made of when he
fought his way to the championship,
with his former pilot, Red Walsh,
viewing the bout as a spectator.
Walsh and Herman split some time
back, and Pete went through his bout
with Willlams coached by friends and
old admirers of his.
Just what Pefe will do now that he
has the championship remains to be
seen. He has several theatrical of
fers, but D. J. Tortorich, the promotep
who staged last night's bout, wants
Pete for a match with Frankie Burns
or for a return go with Williams.
large red spots, where Williams’
body blows had landed, and his
lips were!;attered. loft Rook, 898
It was Herman's le 00! ol
lowed by a right swing to the
Jaw, which won the battle for
him. He used it effectively and
whenever it landed Williams was
staggered.
.
Veribest Bowlers
. .
Win Three Straights
The Veribest bowling team dofutodi
the White Elephants three straignt
games last night at the Crystal Parlors.
Following ".v":'l. b:cpn:: |
eribests. ‘
Player— 111213 [Tot,
Blibers .................. 16001631174] 11
BRI o ooociviiocanesses. ] INIONINNE 400
Correll ..................[208'169/163] §23
Baumgartner ............/180167/172| 528
BRI . ososisiascecses JIONIINIANE] 008
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'Wright ..................1213(189)171] 566
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Dobbs Discourages
‘Nooga's Texas Trip
ooga's Texas Trip
CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 10.—Johnny
Dobbs, New Orleans munager, Is one
gont who lsn't enthusiastic as to the
p:cfldul:trl:lo 'or t'l‘uunuu of Texas as a
sprin, n eld. |
“'u'x- it ‘h"om me, Texas isn't the
g:?dl’gti;o.!" .lsfiw.h tmnv":i lr’i.nlm:
fanning bee yesterday. “It niman pret.
ty telling how they'll turn out for Bouth
ern hacuo e«npoml?;:’ dnv‘t’n':‘hcr!. but
”"'v'ii. i‘dm::‘d";n. ‘l"':uan«‘m»"nw‘-l’nu but
1,000 was the cheapest figure at i;hluhi
.'o could ‘ses’ the u-i:, o v'u eut It oul."i
Lookouts Land Two
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Promising Pitchers
CHATTANOOOA, :in' 10.—Chatta.
DOER ir o oun R
:fl mm”'&':“x';'ir:xl" :{niwrrnn s:“‘.
club. They are Taylor and Rook.
The latter twirled In the Northern
e last year, winning fourteen and
five. Tuaylor also had & good
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3 HE following wire was re-
E T ceived by the sporting editor
of The Georgian from Dave
i Wartnik, manager of Kid Williams,
g this morning:
? New Orleans, Jan. 10, 1918,
! Harry Lewis, Sporting Editor
2 Atlanta Georgian:
5 The little champion was robbed
» of title by a man whom | thought
E would give us a square deal. The
) press here will verify me. Crowd
{ was dumfounded and refused to
! leave arena.
{ DAVE WARTNIK.
|
. Baseball News |
}IT Is sa'd that Manaaer Fred Mitchell’s
| real name is Fred Yano. Deig'lto
the name, Cub fans are hoping that
‘Mitchell-Yapp will comoéhrom in good
style with the Windy City team.
PR 1
Bnu. CARRIGAN, after refusing ts
accept an offer to manaso the Red
Sox this year, suggested that the own
ers rtvo Jack Btra & manager's con
tract, which they 4id.
JACK FARMER, former Nashville
player, is expected to nall down the
Job as utllity man on the Pltt-hmx Pi
rates this season. Jack plaved both in
field and outfield for the Corsairs lagt
year |
CHARLIY FRANK, who is In New
Orleans i« auoted as saying that
the Southern League will evontpul’y
have to adont the eighteen-wlayer limit
and $4,000 salary limit, and that it is
tims for the magnates to stop kiddipyg
the fans. |
(CHARLEY SCHMIDT does not want to
play in the Southern League this
year. He told a Con\’mlbo that he
will elther ph_v with Vernon (on the
Coast) or quit baseball. Schmidt caught
several gameg for Vernon last year,
| FeT
IMAT".w”N has signed a sohoolboy
| inflelder from Boston. This 1s the
)noinborbood from which Connie Mack
‘dul up young Witt, his sensational
shortatop. |
MANV ball players have been mcn-‘
tioned as coach for the MHarvard
nine this season. In the list of candi
dates ure Fred Tenney, 'n% Snodgrass,
Ed 4 Reulbach, Gibson and others.
R)IINOON nesds considerable help In
his catching forces this vear. Hince
:LriCartv'- d-u;r‘wre. th'o. Robln:huuur
ow 1t ranking so far as the
who hnzlo the big mitt are oamol.
lr Larry McLean realizes his mistakes
of the past and s willing to turn
over & new leaf. he may be of some
‘belp to Matty and the Reda this year.
| BIR'MNOHAM has secured from Pitts.
| bure, In return for Pitcher Grimes,
four good men. Carmen Hill angq “Doc”
Johnston are two of the players, end
the Barons are expeoting one more man
from the Buccaneers, |
’uK 1ID” ELBERFELD, Lookout mn-‘
| axer has prieq Detroit lodes from
& pair of voung box men who may 60-‘
velop into good moundsmen. 'rhof n{o
ook and Tavior, the former starring In
the Northern League last year. ‘
llr Ivan Olsen can get away mi
Brooklyn he will manage Vernon,
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et Robby to mive bim his unconditional
| reloase.
BOOTON. Jan. 10.—The Boston Nation.
mmmfldoflntmoflorm“bz
Manager Miller Hugxins 1 the 8§
Louls elub, to trade either her or
Wilson, both outfielders, for
center flelder of the Braves, It was
today that no final decision will be .
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AND UP POPPED JONES.
OM JONES, manager of Jess Willard, a horseshoe in each mitt,
is ready to give battle to Tex Rickard, A dispatch from Chicago
has it that Jones, Jack Curley and Tom Andrews, fistic pro
moter of Milwaukee, have all but staged a fight between Willard and
* Georges Carpentier for the heavyweight champlonship of the world at
Milwaukee. According to the wire, and Jones is responsible for the
yarn, Jack Curley has arranged to see Carpentier in Paris and has been
assured that the Frenchman will talk business and agree to fight in
Milwaukee passing up Rickard and Les Darcy. Jones says the Audi
torium, with a seating capacity of 7,200, has been secured for the mill,
and that every detail is as good as settled, which should be a terrible
shock to Tex.
In the same wire Willard horns in long enough to deny that he has
been thinking of retiring and says he will fight at least twice more be
fore giving up athletics and devoting the rest of his life to taking on
fat.
As the Jones-Curley combination is noted for its careful working
and is somewhat famous as tunnel builders, there might be a lot more
behind the Chicago story than fight followers will be inclined to be
lidve right now.
HABITS AND HITTING.
“T HERE are types of ball pla ,” says a baseball expert, “whe
reflect their everyday hm living In their style of batting;
their way of living {8 mirrored by their conduct on the fleld.
“It in private life they are saving and careful with their money,
they are not apt to be extravagant on the ball field, and the pitcher who
has one of them facing him knows he will have to give them semething
good, for they will not waste their swings.
“On the other hand, if they are extravagant off the fleld pitchers
have learned that many of them carry this trait to the dlamond and
are liable to swing at almost anything.
“Miller Huggins, Willle Keeler, Johnny Evers, Kid Elberfeld and
Tommy Leach were the hoodoos of pitchers.
“They would stand at the plate and wait for what they wanted.
They didn’t step outside to hit at wide ones nor edge back to take a
chance on the high ones inside.
“They didn't waste anything, those wise boys, and they don't waste
anything in private life.
“Miller Huggins is noted for his thrift. He has invested in real
estate and when he retires from baseball will have to do nothing except
collect rent.
“Willie Keeler is living off the income from his apartment houses
in Baltimore, which he built from money saved while he was playing
baseball,
“Johnny Evers, the most unfortunate of them all, is rebullding a
fortune lost In {ll-advised business deals.
“Kid Elberfeld owns a great farm near Chattanooga, which ylelds
him a big income, and Tommy Leach has big investments in Florida.
land.
“There’s Heine Zimmerman, who would be one of the game’'s best
hitters it he would conserve his swings and ‘wait 'em out’ now and then.
Zim is as free with his money off the fleld as with his swings when he's
‘up there.’
“Zim's money goes for high-priced neckties, which he wears once
or twice, for anything he takes a fancy to, whether he needs it or not,
and his pay check is usually gone before he gets it
“Almelda, the Cuban star, is another of the same type.
“He buys sl2 shirts one day and gives them away the next. He
throws his money right and left and on the ball fleld he Is handicapped
by like extravagance when he's facing a pitcher.”
McTIGUE SURE OF JOB.
B ILL McTIGUE, left-handed pitcher secured by the Chicago Cubs
from the Toronto, International League team, seems certain of
& job with the Windy City nine,
When Fred Mitchell, the Cubs’ new manager, saw McTigue's name
on the team's reserve list he sald:
“l am glad to see McTigue's name on that list. He was a cracking
good pitcher with the Braves, but was a trifle wild and required a little
seasoning. He was the best hitting pitcher we had on the team and one
of the best [ have ever seen. He 18 llkely to break up a game any time
with a long drive. With McTigue on the staff I feel certain we will
have sufficlent effective southpaws with Jim Vaughn and Gene Packard
twirling in their best form.”
John Ganzel, now manager of the Kansas City club, formerly
plloted the Rochester club, and saw many games played by the Eastern
clubs. He saw McTigue twirl in several games and praised him highly
to Mitchell, and predicted that he would earn a berth on the Cub staft
McTigue was also lauded highly by Red Dooin, for years manager
of the Philipes and supposedly one of the smartest backstops in the
gameo, He caught for the Rochester team and batted against the south
paw offering of Lefty.
“McTigue showed me more stuff than I saw from two-thirds of the
left-handers in the National League,” sald Dooln. “Mitchell ought to
consider himself lucky that he got him. He can wallop the ball like a
flend and is as fast as any left-hander I have seen since Rube Mar
quard's good season in 1911."
The new Cubs’ left-hander Is only a youngster, although he has
had considerable training. He is twenty-one years old, stands over six
feet and weighs 180 pounds. His home is in Nashville, Tenn.
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F Lester Daroy proves to be
l all that |s claimed for him, he
. will be the fourth great fight
er Australla has sent to the United
li States. Looking back over the in
vasions of Antipodean ringsters, we
find the names of Bob Fitzsim
mons, Peter Jackson and Youn':
Griffo, three of the greatest box- |
ers the world has ever known, All |
;thno came from the land of tho:
( kangaroo, and each of the trio:
“, made ring history. I
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f Boxing Notes !
EDDII McGOORTY and Jimmy Clab
by, American middleweights, have
quit the rlnx aocording to a report from
Aualral‘l:, where th)e{ now are. The re
port states that cGoorty has made
several efforts to resume training, but
quit each time after a few days’ work.
It is also =aid that Clabby rarely ever
attends a boxing contest, never trains
and does not want any matches.
TH! New York promoters have drop
ped all their talk of a Charley
White-Benny Leonard contest. Evident
ly, the arrival of Darcy has “‘scared”
them from lttomptln% to stage ug.bl‘
show that does not bring forth rey
as one of the figures.
Wl are In recelpt of full reports of
the Jimmy Hanlon-Frankie Rus
sell scrap, staged recently In New Or
leans. It seems that Russell was clear
ly bested by the newcomer, Frankie tak
ing the count in the sixteenth round.
It was Russeil's first k. 0. of his career.
PlTTl!UlO. Jan, 10.—~James Mason,
Pittsburg promoter, has sent Les
Darcy an offer to meet Harry Greb, lo
cal boy, here in the near future. Greb
has fought such stars as K. O, Brown,
Bllly Miske, Bob Moha and George Chip,
SYDNIY. Jan. 10.—~Herb McCoy antle
ipates a trip to America be!oa
long, Ile Is ’olu to take his wife &
family with him.
BROOKLYN" leading contenders for
the lightwelght chumfilon-hlp—}hr
ry Plerce anAa Frankis Collins—will meet
in a return match at the Clermont 8.
C. In Brooklyn on Saturdav night. Ben
ny lesonard may box the winner at
the same club.
TOM ANDREWS evidentiv has closed
that Welsh-Mitchell match for Mil
waukes on January 16. In order to get
Weish., so the press agent story from
New York runs, Mitchell had to pmmuo
to make Freddie a side bet of 35,000 on
a long fght at New Orleans In case he
happens to outbox the ancient Briton In
the short meeting. The men are to
make 135 pounds at 3 In Milwaukee and
box ten more or less fancy rounds,
MITCHILL Is In blg demand about
the country. 'rho‘y want him badly
with Kilbane in Cleveland, Matt Hinkel
being the promoter In cuest of this
mateh. In the svent they fall to agres
on the welght (Mitchell wants 132 at 3
end Kilbane 133 ringside) Hinke! wil
’Muvor to hook up Mitchell with either
John Dundees or Penny Leonard for
twelve rounds. A White-Klibane match
at 133 rlnrslda also s under considera
tion by Hinkel.
T ANDREWS, the Milwaukes pro.
* __moter, is syll in New York buss
ing Darey about oomlla to the Brewer
City for a whinl, Tom American rep.
resentative of “Snowy” Haker, who -
moted all of Darey's big battles in ‘u
tralla, and thinks this will give him an
edge In talking to Les. menu Dar
¢y with either Gibbons or lon,
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BALTIMORE, Jan. 0.-’5&0!!‘ Whitt
lost w d-c?don to !llly Hines In
sixth round here last night, "L‘
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BOSTON, Jan_ 10, Connally won
on points from Badie lin yin twelve
km here last night, o
BUFFALO, Jan. 10.—~Jaks Sehiffer de.
nud lu:.ehy Kansas in ten rounds here
.
Molesworth’s Windfall In Pay-‘
ment for Grimes Shows How
Much Majors Will Give.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, Jan. 10.
President-Manager Frank of the
Crackers announces he has se
ocured pitchers Sheehan and Bres
lin from the Philadelphia Athlet
ics. Breslin is a left-hander and
highly recommended by Connle
Mack. Frank says he expects to
close for several other men
shortly.
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
| OTICE that, in addition to Doe
| N Johnston, who last season was
| & regui.r, honest-to-goodness
big league first baseman, the Pitts
‘burg club is sending Manager Moles
worth, of the Barons, a pitcher, an
inflelder, and an outflelder believed
‘by the scouts of the Pirate club to be
ready for major league experience. All
of these athletes and a handsome
amount of cash are in exchange for
Burleigh Grimes, who last season was
Just a minor league hurler—if ‘a
mighty good one.
' Which is as it should be—John
ston, good ball player as he is, is go
ing. Grimes is on the upward path,
which makes as much difference in
their future worth as there is in an
apple in all its pristine glory on a
fruit stand and its companion that
has found its way Into the remorse
less mouth of a rapactous small boy.
There was a time when minor
league clubs were tickled to death to
gel & major league veteran In return
ifor one of their stars, but that was In
the days when minor league magnates
knew as much about the workings of |
baseball as a Zulu warrior knows of
differential calculus. As a result they
had & worn athlete play more or less
indifferent baseball for them for a
season or sqo and then 4rift into mem
ory, while they had the questionable
pleasure of watching thelr own star
work through years of major league
usefulness before being sent back to
the minors In exchange for a new
luminary. The candle was burning at
both ends.
BU‘l‘ now the minors have tumbled.
They know how desperately ma-
Jor clubs need new material, particu
larly the clubs of the creuklni Na
tional League, and they know what to
ask for their men when they are
called to higher things, |
All of which brings us to the rull-‘
zation that though Dutch Frank, of
the Crackers, is saying little about his
new players, there is every reason to
believe that he has some stuff coming
on that will be of Intense interest to
fandom. I
No one but the Dutechman Xknows
what the Cubs gave him for Scott
Perry, but unless we miss our guess
Frank got considerable cash and a
handful of players. Perry was a bet
ter pitcher than Grimes last season.
~!£o will be & better pitcher in the big
show.
Working with a heoaf eatcher, the
blond Oklfiomn marvel should be
able to hold his own with any hurler
in major leaguedomn. He showed his
ability to do this at the close of last
season. As far as native pitching
abitty is concerned, I doubt if there!
is a single major lo?nor who can|
show Perry’s variety of stuff. On the
other hand, Grimes has nothlndx but -'
spitball, and the molist elivery
doesn’t have the popular or the man
agerial favor it once enjoyed. So
Frank should get more for Perry than
Molesworth got for Grimes, and he
undoubtedly will.
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AN‘D there's Frank Thrasher. Don't
ever think that the Dutchman
turned Frank loose without an assur
ance of a fine return for the services
of the Watkinsville walloper, There
were too many big league clubs n.flv-r'
the Cracker fence-buster for his
worth to be unknown. It's true that/!
he went to the Mackmen, and thn‘
Mackmen have no veteran material to
send to the minors, but, on the fi\h"
hand, there s no man in the cofntry
in closer touch with the youngsters of
baseball promise in thesse United
States than the wily leader of the
Athletics, and a flock of these fel.
lows should come Atlantaward In ex
change for big Thrasher,
® & @
THE fact that the Cubs have asked
for walvers on Steve Yerkes
about ends all chances the Crackers
had of once more enjoying the serv.
ices of this Invaluable player,
Last season when Yerkes esoaped
from the big leagues he was kept on
the Cub pay roll, Frank paying only
part of his salary during his stay in
Atlanta, and In this way he got out
of the big show, but now It seems
that the Cubs are really f"‘"‘ to get
rid of him, his Federal League con
tract evidently having .m»{"
And there I 8 no more chance of all
the major league clubs passing him
up than there is of Woodrow \%lhon
refusing to take the onth of office
next March—if he lives that long.
~_The Aope that the Cubs have start.
ed him Atlantaward again by asking
walvers is rot o=| t!u face of it,
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NA‘NV“A.B papers have it that
Bill Fllls, one of Manager Roy
Ellam's slab standbys last season, i«
coming to Atlanta this vear. Wl
come to our ecity. Bl was good
enough to trim the 1918 Crackers with
surprising regularity. Maybe this yvear
he can hand out similar treatment to
the Vols.
ADAMS BEATS HENDERSON
JANMVflfl.E. WIS, Jan., 10.<In »
ten-round o y George Adams beat
Charley Hendorson hers last night., Bil.
Iy &:mn won over Frank Grace in eight
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-ATLANTA, GA.
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Minnesota Giant Wins Bout in
Two Minutes Twelve Seconds.
Wants Moran, Then Willard,
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By Jack Veiock,
EW YORK, Jan, 10.—“ Al ¥ want
N now is one chance at Frank
Moran. Then I'll he ready for
Willard.” ;
This 1s the way Fred Fulton sizes
up the heavyweight situation since he
hung the crepe on Tom Cowler's am
bitions at the Broadway Sporting
Club in Brooklyn last night.
‘l'm confident that I can beat Mpo
ran,” continued the Minnesotan. “I
know he's tough, and 1 won’t say that
I can knook him out in ten rounds.
But I can beat him.
“Jess Willard told me a short time
ago In Chicago that if I would beat
Moran he will give -me a match. It
won’'t be long now till I'll be on his
trail.”
And after what happened %o the
Cumberland “Man Mountain” in
Brooklyn, the fistic fans of this town
are inclined to believe that Fulton
has the goods,
It took Fulton just two minutes
and twelve seconds to teach Cowlerp
the deep-sea dive. As they squared
away at the first bell Cowler started
to rush the Minnesotan, and a lively
exchange of heavy rights and lefts
followed.
The big fellows were apparently
willing to mix it, and the crowdeset
tled back to see a regular battle.
Almost before anyone at the ringside
realized what had happened, Fulton’s
straight left had split Cowler's lips.
Then a slashing right uppercut set
the Finglishman on his haunches, and
he got up slowly At the count of
elght he was on his fedt, but Fulton
was there to meet him, and two
straight lefts to the jaw sent him
down and out
When Fulton went to his (Cowler's)
corner to shake his hand after the
referee had counted him out, he want
ed to spar. He did not know the fight
WaS over.
Play On for Title
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| In Handball Singles
The annual! handball tournament at
l?h- Atlanta Athletic (Club has been set
tled in the doubles division b{ the defeat
of “Doc” Smith and Giles by “Willie’
lKeelvr and Moward ArnoM, who cap
tured the final mateh in straight rmu
Tuesday afternoon, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7.
The singles Atvision still is very much
unsettled. “Doc™ Smith, Gus Sisson
‘and Keeler remain in one bracket, while
Joe Gregg, dean of the handball cracks
and the most remarkable exemplar of
the exception who really does come
back, has won his way to the finals in
the other frame by winning in straight
rmu from Giles, who had defeated
rnold In a hard-fought contest,
The winner of the Smith-Sisson em
broglio will play Keeler, who eliminated
Fred Brine—better known as Deerfoot,
‘the Choctaw chieftain—and the winner
of that mateh will meet Gnr. in the
finals for the club champlonship.
Decatur Organizes
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~ Five; After Games
The Decatur basketbali quintet has
been organized and has already ’I?L“
one contest, defeating Oglethorpe 1-
versity, 21 to 10. CAdmmercial High
School will tle up with the Decatur team
Friday night, January 12, in Decatur,
Decatur would ltke to arrange 1:“
with any team in or around Atlanta.
Following is the ‘"li the Decatur boys
line-up: Stanlay, Christie, Kelley, for
wards; Donnsll, center; Smith and Pa
tillo, guards,
Welsh Posts Forfeit
With Commission
MILWAUKFER, Jan, 10.~Harry Pollok,
manager of Freddia Walsh, w
wired Promoter Tom Andrews %
forfeit was on its way to the ng
Commission and should arrive here to
day. The committee refused to -ucfla
the Welsh-Mitchell battie for January
before they recelved Welsh's fortelt.
ST. LOUIR, Jan. 10.—-Jack ‘1
given a decision over Jack Ueyer z
twelfth round here last night.
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