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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917
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SPORTS QOVERID 4 EXPERTSS
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Acquisition of Sheehan, Bressler
and Ellis Shows Mogul Won't
Be Caught Short on Pitchers.
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
AST season the greatest trouble
I with the Crackers was lack of
sustained pitching ability. At
no time during the season were there
more than two men on Frank's staff
capable of pitching winning ball in
anything like consistent fashion.
At the start of the season only Ed
Lafitte was effective and as a result
he was so seriously overworked that
during the middle of the campaign he
broke down so completely that he
had to finish the season in other
climes.
Soon after this, Scott Perry gained
his true form and nothing in the
league could stop him. About that
same time Virgil Day, the eminent
Arkansas educator, struck his stride
and these two boxmen for weeks held
the Crackers up in the first division.
But Perry was worked so frequent
ly that even his herculean frame and
willing heart couldn’t stand up under
the punishment. For a while he fell
by the wayside and coincidentally
Prof. Day cracked a finger in his
pitching paw, which rendered him
hors du box service.
The Crackers descended so rapidly
that many thought the Atlanta ball
club was simply a burnt out sky
rocket. Nothing else known to sci
ence ever fell so fast. But at this
juncture Ad Breanan came to life
and pitched splendidly.
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HAD there been one single month
in the season in which the
Crackers could have boasted four re
liable pitchers, there is no doubt in
the world but that Frank's followers
would have won the pennant. But
as it was with never more than two
boxmen in anything like fit condition,
they were lucky to finish outside the
Buropean war zone.
The big trouble was that Frank at
various times tried to sail through the
season with but four huriers on his
staff. This made relief work prac
tically impossible and undoubtedly
cost the Crackers many and many
a game. |
Frank saw the error of his way too
late. He made efforts to correct it,
but the season had advanced beyondl
the rallying point.
But you can bet that when hel
started assembling his hurlers for
this season, the first thing that the
big Dutchman thought of was pitch
ers.,
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“’ HEREFORE we read the illumin
ating announcement that the
Cracker chief has acqiired the -~er.
vices of Hurlers Sheehan and Bres
sler, late ow the staff of the eminent
Cornelius McGillicuddy.
Beyond doubt these young men
came to the Crackers in part pay
ment for Frank Thrasher. Both werpl
with the Athletics last season and
many crities saw in Bressler a fork-‘
hander of rare promise. Of course he |
made no tall record in the big show.|
No pitcher could with the Athletics
of 1916 working behind him. But!
there is excellent opportunity for both
of these atlletes to do well in the|
Southern circuit,
It also scems certain that Bill Ellis,
of the Vols. will be with the Crack
ers during the coming season. Nash
ville advices tell us that Bill simply|
tired of his surroundings In the Vol- |
unteer city and inasmuch as he was,
eager to come to Atlanta a trade was
speedily fixed up with Manager l-’rnnk.'
Ellis was a splendid pitcher last)
season and he should be a better one|
this vear. These recruits, with the
aforementioned Prof. Virgil Duy.'
should form the basis of a pretty fair
pitching staff. But there'lk be morel
coming
Frank isn’t going to start the 1917
campalgn without plenty of stuff in
his rifle pit I
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Adee to Again Head
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U. S. Tennis Body|
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—With the lnlu-l
ing of the official call for the thirty
sixth annual meeting of the Y'nnwll
Ftates Nationa! Lawn Tennis Associa
tion by Edwin Fuller Torrey, the secre- |
tary, it hecame evident that there are
to he several drastic departures from |
other years in the handling of the 11-!
soclatior
The nominating committes, consisting |
of Gregory Bryan, chairman; Edwin (’I
Eheafe and Howard W. Lewis, has re
nominated Il'ur" T. Adee for prrddent,.
but Albert L foskins, vice president,
has been dropped In favor of ;'ll.ht ¥
Davis, of Bt lnulfl donor of the Davis |
cup and for many years famous on the |
courts. The naming of Davis Is taken ag |
an indication that the West will here
after have A& more important volce lnl
arpociation matters i
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Wilson Is Operated
On for Appendicitis
NEW ORLEANE, Jan. 11.<Finls
Wilson, southpaw hurler of the At.
lanta club, was operated on here to
day for appendicitis Wilson has
been In the city several weeks prepar
atorv to undergoing the operation,
throush which he hopes to improve
his heaith and be ready to give his
bent efforts when the BSouthern
League season gets under way,
ORVAL OVERALL A BANKER
VISALIA, CAL., Jan. 11.« Orval Over
all became & banker h-tn“-hon he .'l
slected director of the et Nationa
Bank here to succesd his father, who
died two monthe aen
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NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Jack Brit
ton, welterweight champion, out
pointed Albert Badoud, of France,
welterweight champion of Europe, in
a ten-round bout here ‘'ast night.
Britton earned the honors in every
round, except the third, which was
even. Britton weighed 143 pounds
and Badoud 148. In the opening
round, after landing several left jabs,
Britton sent a right cross to the jaw
for the only knockdown of the con
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NEW ORLEANS promoters are
' trying to close a twenty-round
‘bout between Johnny Dundee, the
Eastern crack, and Jimmy Hanlon
for the latter part of this month.
'Hanlon is the boy who recently stop-
Iped Frankie Russell.
‘O‘CAR GARDNER, Cleveland
| lightweight, is trying to get on
with some of the good boys around
the country. Gardner is 19 years old,
and is pronounced by boxing critics
in the Ohio city as having all the
earmarks of a coming title-holder.
HAMMOND. IND., Jan. 11.—Jimmy
Clabby, middleweight pugilist, has
glven up the ring to become manager
of - Miss Fannie Durack, Australian
swimming champion, according to word
received from him. Clabby and Miss
Durack will sail for the United States
next week and it is reported they will
be married. Miss Durack holds all the
Australian swimming records for wom
en, from 50 yards to a mile, and will
meet all challengers in this country. I
(CLEVELAND, Jan. 11.—Johnny Kil-'
bane has signed articles to meet
Ritchie Mitchell, of Milwaukee, here on
January 30 in a ten-round match. The
weight is 133 pounds at 4 o'clock. Miteh
ell signed articles several days ago,
NIW ORLEANS, Jan. 11.—Kid Wll-}
llams, who Tuesday night lost hlo‘
bantamweight crown to Pete Hermnn,‘
will remain in New Orleans for some !
time In an effort to get a return match. |
Although not kicking on what he be
lHeves was an uhfair decision, Willlams
declares that he was #o sure he had the
decision won that he did not extend him
self against Herman In the final
rounds. He {8 hot on the trall of a re
turn mateh,
WILLIAM. has offered Herman $6.500
to meet him -finln, There is little
Hkelthood of a battle any time in the
near future, however. Herman has beonl
carrying on a strenuous campalgn and
declares he will rest for a while on his
new laurels
CNICAOO. Jan. 11.~Johnny Coulon,
ex-bantam champion, is negotiat.
ing with Jimmy Wilde, of England, with
A view to fighting him for the flyweight |
champlonship of the world. Nate l‘wlu.l
his manager, who i& here, declares that
as soon as Coulon meets Jack Sharkey
in New York on February 3 they wml
g 0 after wilde In earnest
OF the many local boxing fans who
tried to pick the winner of the Her.
man-Willlams bout in this column, we've
simply got to hand it to Messrs. Herman
Cooper, the out-of-town newsle, and
Tom Bookas, the local Greek sportsman
Both picked Herman to win the de.
cislon rn twenty rounds. George Gaelells
and Jake Abel fell down on the job,
both favoring the Durable Dane
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Fred Kaiser, Walking
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Champ,Dies Suddenly
NEW 'flRK, Jan, 11 Fred Kalser,
10-mile metropolitan champlon walker
and the only athlets in the country who
consistently pressed George Goulding for
the premier walking honors, died hon]
at 8t Luke's Hospital after a very brief
iliness
Kalser's claim to athletie fame wu‘
acquired under the colors of the New
York Athletic Club, which organigation
he had represented for the 1... eight
years. Hesides winning the 10. mile me.
tropolitan honors Kalser had to his ored
1t many creditable performances HI-I
loss will be a severe blow to walking in
this country
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SPORTING NOTES.
'TWAS A WISE GENT WHO said, “An amateur is a golfer who
is too old to compete.”
Coach Sanford, who coached the Rutgers footballers last season,
received a salary of SOOOO. He has just signed up for next year at
20 per cent increase.
If George Gibson Is going to catch for the Glants, why not get
Mat Kilroy or Amos Rusie to pitch to him?
Outdoor rowing is about to start at Columbia, but the number of
volunteers is smaller than ever before. Which proves that the Rah
Rahs are getting wiser all the time.
Fred Fulton's family, if placed end to end, would measure fifty
~ feet, which is a lot of feet for one family.
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Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!
| HEAR THE KAISER has ordered 40,000,000 watermelons.
What's the idea?
To feed his soldiers on the Rhine.
Oh, dear me!
JOHN R. WALLACE,
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HEY, TAD: WE WERE seated at the table in the Case de Infants
when one of the bunch looks up from the paper and says: “I see where
Haskin says that eggs as a food are being overestimated.” Then 1
rejoin to the innocent bystanders Just llke that: “It ain't what it's
cracked up to be, hey?”
Weakly yvours, IRVING EISLER, Bronx.
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The Effect of Darcy’s Departure on Australian Boxing.
CONTRARY TO THE GENERALLY expressed opinion, the de
parture of Les Darcy from Australia to America has had a good effect
on Australian boxing, and instead of his absence being felt adversely,
it has been appreciated, particularly by the rising generation of boxers,
who will now get the chance they have been waiting for. Darey to
put the position candidly, “killed the game,” as no one else would draw
any money, and, now that he has gone, the other boys, who were wait
ing for someone to either come along and lick him or else for him to
BO to America or retire, bacause there were no “other worlds” to con
quer, will get a chance of developing championship form and evolving
into “stardom” in the fistic firmament. In short, nothing but the good
of the boxing game in Australia has happened as a result of his clan
destine departure.
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Taken By Surprise.
NATE LEWIS WENT TO Aurora, 111.. one night with George
(“Knockout™) Brown, and with him took a kid who had never fought
before in his life. The kid wanted a battle, so Nate shooed him in on a
prelim with another kid. It was a three-round session. Nate's boy did
well until the second round, when the other battler, puiling one from
his shoe tops, caught the kid on the chin. FLOP!!! He landed in his
own corner, and it looked as though he wouldn get up for a month.
Nate grabbed the bucket of cold water and just as the count got to six
splashdd it all over his champ. The shock brought the kid to. He
looked around, got up a bit groggy, and as the other guy came tearing
in, let fly his right, and down went the opponent in exactly the same
spot.
The referee ran through all the count he knew, but there were no
signs of life in the fallen gladiator. His seconds packed him to his
t‘;ornker Just as Nate elimbed through the ropes to pat his boy on the
ack.
“Shake hands with me, Willie, [ want to congratulate you,” he said
to his boy,
“Git away.” piped the kid, “you're no friend of mine.”
“What's the idea” asked Lewis with surprise.
“What's the {dea? barked the kid. “When | went down you trew
water all over me head-—soaked me When I knock the other guy down
you don't even trow a drop on HIM.”
Rose Bowling Team
The Crystals dropped three games to
the Roses last nlgfit At the Crystal
Bowling Alleys. The Kames were won
b_vr‘oos margine
ollowing are the scores:
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BRI oooooicccin.iß 100 158 bls
Glardina ............222 22¢ 148 Bw4
TIME ccccossosveceselil 218 177 642
Meyer l“ 146 213 b
Adolphus .....:. ~ ™ 182 204 Ll}
Total cl"r' M 6 897 271
rystals,
1 2 8 ¥
Bal ..cocmicecenee. 308 100 108 ban
BOOE .ovvvvecacsense it 1T 174 L3s
BASON ...c0000n0000..138 236 181 632
CONYers ..c.ieeeee.:.l7B 1717 178 131
Blind . 160 160
Hensabaugh .........188 134 .. 0y
ARENED i csssenscse & 4 ‘
Total . .vviviinne . 850 982 089 3673
Howard Drew, the speedy colored
sprinter now a student at Drake Uni.
versity., Des Moines, may ‘fiu{ on the
baskethall tenm of the institution. He
will not be eligible to n‘-’r«cm the col
hr on the track antil the spring of
IO': bßicaune of the one-year residence
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‘THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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Joe Bean Wires for
.
Weaver; McLarin Out
The Injury to Meclarin in last Batur.
day’'s game against the Asheville Y. M.
C. A. quintet means that Mclarin will
not play against the Nashville Ramblers
Friday night. Mclarin was being
Kroomed by Coach Joe Pean to take
Captain Johnny Graves' place on the
team untll Johnny's shoulder Kets back
into shape, but the Injury to Mclarin
forcas Joe to get busy, as the A. A. C.
Youngster still suffers from the injury.
It Is Bean's Intention to bring *'Ple”
Weaver back from his road trip, #o that
he will be able to get Into Friday's
Eame against the strong Nashville Ram
biers. “'Pie” showed In last Saturday's
Kame that he still retains his old ability
when It comes to ho'ding down his gool‘
tion. Bean wired Weaver last m tto
leave for Atlanta at once, a the
chances are “Pla” will get In town some
time tomorrow,
Following is the probable line-up of
Friday night's contest:
RAMBLERS. POSITION ‘' AAC,
Pin50n......... L. F. Westmoreland
BUFOR:.iscooce R P 0....... bonter
BRAED: . ccsvvsnins G soseivs Dubird
Emerson....... 1a G ........Carter
Potway. ... RO .......Weaver
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MIMPHIO fans are not worrying over
the rerort that Charley Bchmidt
Bays he will not play with the Chicks
this year. The Bluff City fans are wild
Over this little Ruel party and want him
to be first-string catcher.
PHISID!NT W. D. SMITH, of the
Blrmlnxhnm team, says the Barons
will not trade “Doc” Johnston, the for
mer Pirate first baseman. Smith be
lieves Johnston will star with the Bar
ons this year,
ONLY three members of the champlon
Red Sox are now under contract.
They are Babe Ruth, Ernle Shore and
Catcher Agnew, However, President
Frazee does not anticipate any trouble
with his players.
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ICONNII MACK and George Stallings,
rival managers of the 1914 world
series entries, have decided to bury the
hatchet. They have agreed to play five
exhibition games this spring. |
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MANAOIR FRED MITCHELL, of the
Cubs, requests that the Chicago
fans give him two years In which to‘
‘build up a winning team.
UST ten Plrates who were with the |
team on its training trip last nprln.l
ave remained upon the roster ever
since, and it is expected that one or two
will recelve their releases soon.
THI Barons got four men from Pitts
burg In return for Grimes, and
Charley Frank has secured a pair of
{oun{ pitchers in return for Thrasher.
“rank also expects to get one or two
more men from Mack.
HPINO" BODIE and Manager Mlck,l
of the Athletics, have not come tol
terms yet. Bodie wants more money
than Mack Is willing to pay him. It is
sald that Connle is not so sweet on the
veteran, anyway.
[l’ was rumored some time ago that
Gavvy Cravath would m.nele Ver
non, on the coast, this year, but it looks
very much as If Ivy Olsen will handle
the Vernon Tigers instead.
MANAQ!N ROBINSON, of the Dod
gers, is anxious to land Frank
!n{der, of the Cards, and also Jack
Miller. The Brooklyns claim hnydor.'
who caught for Atlanta last year, also.
They may have s pair of catchers by
the same name this season.
l F Cravath goes to the cosst this year,
either Good or ('oorer will ‘srob.bty
replace him in the Philly outfield, These
two men played utllity roles for Moran
last year,
To Introduce Bill
Against Sunday Ball
NASHVILLE, Jan, 11.-Representa
tive Fletcher, from Chattanoogs, a col
league In the lower house of the Ten
nessee Legisiature of Fred Shepherd
president of the Chattanocoga Baseball
club, will Introduce today an anti-Sun
day baseball bill, u-rurvlm% o & state
ment last night. The third member of
the delegation from Chattanoogs is ex
peteed to ald In the fl?hl for the pass- |
age of the hill President shrnmhlro,|
n? the local baseball club, Is speaker of
the lower house, A few years ago the
Supreme Court held the Bunday ball law
in Tennessee unconstitutiona!
’ rvard
Georgia, Harvard to
Play Virginia Nine|
CHARLOTTESVILLE W. VA, Jln.l
11, —~Georgia, Princeton, Harvard,
Yale, Cornell and Lehigh are on the
University of Virginia baseball sched.
ule given out here. The Georgia
games will be at Atlanta April 12 and
13 and at Charlottesville April 27
and 28,
NEW YORK, Jan, 10 - RBill Sandborg.
Inst vear & catcher with the Alban rluc,
has signad with the, Glants flnm{tmv. .
Mqvwd contract Is & third to be re.
celved at Glant b quarters
Victory Over Charley Weinert
Tomorrow Night Will Put Him
in Line for Choice Match.
By Ed Curley.
EW YORK, Jan. ll.——Sojournlngl
N in our midst is a battler who
answers to the name of Billy
Miske, and who hails from St. Paul,
Minn. Willlam has been in and out of
this town several times. Also he
fought a few battles around here, and
it must be said that Billy Miske made
good with a loud huzzah.
'"Twas only a few days ago he tack
'led George Knockout Brown, of Chi
cago. Now, while George isn't a fan
cy scrapper, he's about one of the
toughtest rivals a man could select.
This didn't worry Miske in the least.
He walloped the sturdy Greek as he
was never walloped before. Even the
great Les Darcy admitted he was a
corking fighter,
What impressed the throng was
that Brown fought the well-touted
Les Darcy twice and lasted twenty
rounds with the slugger from A'u\.-
tralia. In the first scrap Darcy re
ceived the referee's decision, though
all the scribes sitting around the
ringside thought differently. In the
battle the other day it was apparent
to all those present that Miske would |
have ended the fray long before twen-‘
ty rounds transpired.
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BEPORE the Brown affair Miske
traveled ten rounds with Jack
Dillon and at the flnish was a clean
winner., While Dillon doesn't fight as
well as many think, he's far from be
ing a goldfish, for there are few
around here that class with him. This:
reputation didn't worry Miske, for he
started right from the opening gong
and lambasted Jawn to a fare-thee
well,
In his previous outing Miske took
on Battling Levinsky. The result was
the same. Miske won as far as one
could heave a stone. His victory was
80 clean-cut that Levinsky admitted
he was defeated. The acknowledg
ment was expected, for Levinsky
I never falls to give the other man all
| he's entitled to
These three victories prove conclu
!sively that Miske Is all that the St.
Paul fans claimed. And to strengthen
the laudations it can be mentioned
that in four other fights here he sent
i his rivals—Jack Hubbard, Johnny
I.Hownrd, Jim Barry and Tim Logan—
'to dreamland earlier than they ex
pected. Miske places the most r‘redltl
on the knock-out of logan, for only|
two weeks previous Logan went the
| full ten-round route with Jack Dillon.
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MISKE’ is now gunning for higher
game. In his mind he pictures
Ia possibility of obtaining a match
with Jess Willard Now, he isn't
'lnnxlouu to tackle Willard right now,
| but wants to walt until he puts on a
| few more pounds.
' Miske is matched to fight Charley
'\Velnvrt ten rounds tomorrow night
|at the Harlem Sporting Club. In case
of a victory, Miske can have a match
with Les Darcy, for in all probability
the latter will accept the $30.000 offer
of John Reisler to meet the winner of
the Miske-Welnert affair
| A clean-cut victory over Weinert
Iplnm-n Miske in the position of being
able to challenge Darcy or Fred Ful-
Iton. Then If he's successful, there
is nothing in his way of chasing aft
er Willard. Of course, the champion
would have tremendous advantages in
helght and weight
Miske enters the ring around 173
pounds and stands six feet high.
What he lacks in weight and helght
he more than makes up in skill. A
good, fast fighter, he never stops go
ing whether it's In the open or in
clinches. For a defensive battler he's
Ith' best man In his class
Miske in 22 years old and has quite
an advantage In that respect, for most
of his possible opponents long ago
passed that mark. He has only been
fighting three years, which gives him
An opportunity to improve. Coming
from St. Paul, he naturally is & mem
ber of the Gibbons cluss of fighters
He has all the tricks the St Paul
Phantom pulls
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TH'H'(;H he uses a lot of Gibbons'
tricks, Miske possesses a style
lof hizx own. He pavs the closest at
tention to every man he sees In ac
tion, and If they show anvthing new
it goes right down In the Miske bhook.
Miske broke into the fighting game
in a peculiar way. He worked In the
| rallroad shops of St. Paul as a boller.
| maker and during lunch hours boxed
’n'"h his companions Tom Gibbons
was a 4 great friend of Miske, 8o when
i'Tnm decided to follow his brother
} Mike's footsteps Miske decided to fol.
|luh\‘ Tom He boxed exhibition bouts
for a year or so to learn all the fine
points, and then branched out as "
regular Aghter
With his natural skill he made gond
right from the start Around these
parts he is considered a curly wolf
Coming here a total stranger, he sud
| denly developed into a great drawing
card. And the future certainly holds
'uul greater hopes,
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Dobbs Re-elected
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‘ Pilot; Buys Hurler
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 11.-At a meet
ing here of the directors of the New )+
lenns Haseball and Amusement Com
pany, holders of the loeal Southern As
sociation franchise, John Dobbs was re
appointed manager of the Pelicans and
A J Helinemann was re-slected prest
dent He announced the f.»n:hnn from
the Mason City, lows, eofub of Piteher
Garrett formerly of the Cleveland
Americane
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THE LINE ABOVE.
I know the new year has arrived,
The ancient year is nix.
Will some kind, gentle-hearted guy :
Elucidate and tell me why
I write it ‘l9l6°'?
It is predicted that 1917 will be a successful year in Eu
rope for undertakers.
“‘Discipline,’’ quotes Fred Mitchell, ‘is the father of hap
piness.”” And yet, we never felt any too happy when our fath
er was busy in the act of handing us discipline.
Clarence Rowland avers that the Sox would have won
the pennant last year if it had not been for injuries. Clarence
also finds it hard to realize that this is anno Domini 1917.
Champions are accommodating cusses. The lightweight
champion, for instance, is willing to meet the featherweight
champion if the said featherweight champ will agree to fight
as a welterweight.
A fight between Welsh and Kilbane will be worth going
miles to see—if they will fight.
Enter one Joseph F. Mikulee, who says he has walked
75,000 miles and is still going. And yet some persons com
plain about the high cost of shoes. 3
Fred Mitchell, we understand, will not rule his athletes
with a heavy hand. But it is rumored that several of them
are about to feel a heavy foot.
TED DIDD.
Ted Cann was a healthy young man
Who knew not the words ‘‘also ran.’’
When asked, ‘‘Can you win?"’
He uncovered a grin
And calmly responded, ‘‘Ted Cann!’’ }
Village eutups now are calling Wilbert Robinson “Grape
fruit.”’ Literally he is not a grapefruit, but his figure is built
along those lines.
Not that we are a close student of the turf game, but we
insist that Tantalizer is an appropriate name for a race horse,
THE CONVULSIVE FIGHT FAN.
A flood of tears rolled down his cheek, convulsions shook his
frame,
For he had read a sporting tale, ‘‘Jess Willard Quits the
Game!"’
‘‘Cheer up, old man,’’ I said to him, ‘‘and dry those bitter
tears, ’
For champs have come and champs have gone through all the
passing years.’’
"“Lay off,”’ he said, ‘‘lay off that stuff! Your kindness gives
me pain.
I thank you for your sympathey, but it is all in vain.
‘‘l'have a sense of humor that is keen and strong and deep,
And when I read a jest like that I laugh until I weep."’
Some still consider Al MeCoy the world’s middleweight
champion. Others don’t know the civil war is over.
It is absolutely true that Chick Evans will attemps 40
teach the Cubs to bat. The story was confirmed by Mr. Evans
himself in an interview the other night.
““Chick,”” we asked, ‘‘is it true that you have accepted an
invitation to teach the Cubs to batl’’
‘““No,”” he said.
Williams’ M Will G
itaams” Manager Will Get
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Little Sympathy From Fans
By Harry Lewis. |
NEW champlon in the fistic
A sport has arrived. Gentlemen,
meet Mr. Pete Herman, South
ern boy, and a local favorite! Pete
won the title last Tuesday night in
Dominick Tortorich’s arena in New
Orleans over the twenty-round route,
when he defeated Kid Willlams, the
(?nner title holder, in a slashing bat
tle.
The change of the bantamweight
crown is just what this division has
needed to stimulate Interest among
boys of the smaller class. Willlams
has been champion since he took the
title away from Johnny Coulon at
Los Angeles on June 9, 1914, when he
stopped the Chicagoan In three
rounds. Ever since that occasion,
with the exception of a doubtful de
feat registered against him on a foul
by Johnny Ertle at St. Paul in 1915,
Willlams has defended his honors
against all comers with much credit
to himself,
- L .
DAVI WARTNICK, Willlams' man-
Ager, is setting up an awful how!
over the decision given against the
Bailtimore “wolf boy,” but if the ver
dict was really an Injustice to the
Durable Dane Wartnick has only him.
self to blame, In my opinion. Billy
Rocap, who refereed the bout, was
picked by Wartnick, Had it been left
to Herman, the Philadelphian would
never have been selected. Of this we
are positive, as it was this same party
whom Herman has always claimed
robbed him of the champlonship In
his bout against Willlams a coup& of
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HWAN was given the decision,
and he will rightly be halled as
the new champion. Few fans would
shed any tears if Hilly Roche gave a
decision sgainst Freddie Walsh, no
matter how joud a claim Weish or
his manager would set up after a
bout. The same goes for Wartnick
and his pllot, Kid Willlams, Just as
long as champilons insist on naming
their own referees, just so long will
boxing fans and critics refuse to lis.
ten to any claim that they may set
up that they were “robbed” their
own ring ofMcials. Ref for
champlonship bouts should be
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In some other way than by the title
holders themselves.
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l.\' A statement issued after the bout,
| Referee Rocap stated that he gave
Herman nine rounds and Willlams
eight, while he considersd that three
sesslons were even. This, with the
fact that Herman scored the only two
knock-downs of the bout, entitled
Pete to the decision, according to Ro-
Cap. As we were not present at the
bout, It s Impossible for us to state at
this distance whether the decision
Was a just one or not, but it seems
that Wartnick's loud howl is uncalled
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ITH the title In hia possession,
w we hope that Herman will de
fend it like a real champlon. We un
derstand that Herman won the cham.
plonship without even a manager to
ald him, as he split with “Red”
Walsh, his former pilot, some time
back. It takes a Eame ringster
battle under a handicap of this th:
make no mistake,
If there is any doubt as to whether
Herman deserved the decision last
Tuesday night, it also MAay not be out
of the way for Pete to Kive Willlams a
return match, a stand that would at
once boost hirm Into the limelight as a
true sportsman. This much Williams
saw fit to give Herman after the Bal.
Itlmore “wolf boy” was given a ques
tionable draw verdict with the Lflo
star, and Willlams now s asking this
much from Pete. It's all up to Her.
man, however, or his new manager,
whoever he may be.
ALBANY HIGH CHALLENGED
’ ALBANY, Jan, 11.<<The Cami'la
Bchool basketball team has rnnll'%
the team of the Albany High School
A& game at any time convenlent to the
llooals. A M. & will Accommodate them,
| The loeal team hasn't lost a ?mo this
I year, except the flrfl:-m' of the
{to the loeal Y. M. © team. The H
| Echool got even later by giving the Y.
‘M C. A & good beating
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