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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917
Acquisition of Sheehan, Bressler
and Ellis Shows Mogul Won't
'
+ Be Caught Short on Pitchers.
, By Fuzzy Waoodruff.
' AST season the greatest trouble
I with the Crackers was lack of
sustalned 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
Tafitte was effective and as a result
he was so seriously overworked that
during the middle of the campaign he
broke down 8o 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
‘rkansas 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 horculeuq_dfmme and
) willing heart couldn’t stan 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
sjuncture Ad Brennan came to life
ind pitched splendidly.
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H AD 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
European war zone.
The big trouble was that Frank at
various times tried to.sail through the
season with but four hurlers 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 fit,
but the season had advanced beyond
the rallying point. 4
But you can bet that when he
started assembling his hurlers for
this season, the first thing that the
big Dutchman thought of was pitch
ers. |
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w HEREFORE we read the {Numin- |
ating announcement that the,
Cracker chief has acqiired the ser-‘
vices of Hurlers Sheehan and Bre--\
lin, late of the staff of the eminent
Cornelius McGillicuddy.
Beyond doubt these young men‘
came to the Crackers in part pay
ment for Frank Thrasher. Both were
with the Athletics last season and\
¥many critics saw in Breslin a fork
hander of rare promise. Of course he
made no tall record In the bdig show.‘
No pitcher could with the Athletics
of 1918 working behind him. But
there is excellent opportunity for both
of these athletes to do well in the
Southern circuit,
It also seem certain that Bill Ellis,
of the Vois, will be with the Crack
ers during the coming season. Nash
viile 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 Frank.
Ellis was a splendid pitcher last
season and he should be a better one
this vear. These recruits, with the
aforementioned Prof. Virgil Day,
' should form the basis of a pretty fair
pitching staff. But there’ll be more
coming
Frank isn't going to start the 1917
campaign without plenty of stuff in
, his rifle pit ’
.
Adee to Again Head
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U. 8. Tennis Body
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—-With the lun-!
ing of the official call for the |h|ny-1
ixth annual meeting of the United
&(Q.n- National Lawn Tennis Associa
tion by Edwin FPuller Torrey, the -erre-l
tary, It became evident that there ars
to be several drastic departures from
other years in the handling of the u-{
yelatior
.‘l;‘. pominating committes, eonfl-lll:"
of Gregory Bryan, chairman: Edwin C,
Bheafe and Howard W, Lewils, has re
nominated Ceorge T. Adee for president,
but Albert L 'ln-klm-. vice H-rnldenl,‘
' has been dropped in favor of Dwight F,
Davis, of St finul-. donor of the Davis
eup and for many years famous on Iho‘
courts. The naming of Davis is taken as
an indication that the West will here
after have a more important volce ln‘
association matters
.
Retired Champ Has
.
Praise for Stecher
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.--" No more
matehes for me.’
Frank Gotch, world's champion wres
tlar. a 0 declared as he tarried here a
few hours on his way Bouth for the win
. wi almost 41 vears old and my days
or the it are over,” he sald. “This
poy Atecher looks like the best there Is
pow and he is & one-ho'd wrestler, If
Farmer Hurne or some other clever man
wood teach him & few others he would
be & wonder”™
ORVAL OVERALL A BANKER
VA VISALIA, CAL, Jan. 1. «Orval Over
all hecame & banker mda"wh.n he Wiy
Jectad director of the st National
amx here to succesd his father, who
disd two months ago.
Selt-Confidence Is a Big Aid to Success-~if There In Good Reason for It |
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N!W YORK, Jan. 11.—Jack Brit
ton, welterweight champion, out
’nolnted Albert Badoud, of France,
W elterweight champion of Europe,. in
a ten-round bout here last 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
‘lest 2
‘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
ped Frankie Russell.
OBCAR 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 Ohlo city as having all the
earmarks of a ooming title-holder.
HAMMOND, IND., Jan. 11.—Jimmy
Clabby, middleweight pugilist, has
given up the ring to become manager
of Miss Fannie Durack, Australian
swimming champion, according to word
recelved from him. Clabby and Miss
Durack will sall 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 vards to a mile, and will
meet all challengers in this country.
CL!V!LAND. Jan. I\.~—Johnny Kil
bane has signed articles to meet
Ritchie Mitchell, of Milwaukee, here on
January 30 in a ten-round 'match. The
welght is 133 {mundu at 4 o'clock. Mitch
ell signed articles several days ago,
NIW ORLEANS, Jan. 11.—Kid Wil.
llams, who Tuesday night lost his
bantamweight crown to Pete Herman,
will remain in New Orleans for some
time in an effort to get a return match,
Although not kicking on what he be-
Heves was an unfair decision, Willlams
declares that he was so sure he had the
decigion won that he did not extend him
self against Herman In the final
rounds. Fe is hot on the trall of 4 re
turn mateh, |
Willilams has offerad Herman $6,500
to meet him again. There is little like
thood of a battle any time In the near
future, however. Herman has been car.
rying on a strenuous campalgn and de
clares he will rest for a while on his
new laurels |
CHICAOO. Jan. 11.—Johnny Coulen,
ex-bantam champion, is negotiat
ing with Jimmy Wilde, of England, with
A view to fighting him for the flyweight
champlionship of the world. Nate Lawlis,
his manager, who is here, declares that
a 8 soon as Coulon meets Jack Sharkey
in New York on February 2 they will
80 after Wilde In earnest.
0' the many local boxing fans who
triad to plek the winner of the Her
man-Willlams bout In this column, we've
simply got to hand it to Mesars Herman
Cooper, the out-of-town newsie, and
Tom Bookas, the local Greek sportsman.
Both picked Herman to win the de
cislon f'.. 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
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‘ NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Fred Kaiser,
10-mile metropolitan champlon walker
and the only athiste In the country who
consistently pressed George Goulding for
the premier walking honors, died ‘hu-
At Bt Luke's Hospital after a very brief
Aliness.
Kalser's claim to "hhu«- fame was
’nrqulna under the folors of the New
York Athletic Club, which organization
he had representied for the f:u eight
yeoars. Besides winning the m.m‘v. me.
tropolitan honors Kaiser had to h? cred
it mn« creditable performances. Hiy
m will be & severe blow to walking in
eountry
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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,
recelved 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 1s a lot of feet for one .tan.\lly. .
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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.
2 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 I
rejoin to the innocent bystanders Just like that: “It ain’t what it's
cracked up to be, hey?”
Weakly yours, IRVING EISLER. Bronx.
. . .
The Effect of Darcy’s Departure on Australian Boxing.
CONTRARY TO THE GENERALLY expressed opinion, the de
parture of Les Darcy from Australla 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. Darcy. 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
g 0 to America or retire, because 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 oly 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, pulling 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't get up for a month,
Nate grabbed the bucket of cold water, and just as the comnt got to six
splashed it all over his champ. The shock brought the kid to. He
looked around, got up a bit grogey, and as the other gny came tearing
in, let fly his right, and down went the opponent in eucg.y the same
spot,
The referee ran through all the count he knew, but there were no
slgns of life in the fallen gladiator. His seconds packed him to his
;,nn;‘er just as Nate climbed through the ropes to pat his boy on the
ack.
“Shake hands with me, Willte, | want to congratulate you,” he said
to his boy.
“Glt away.” piped the kid, “you're no friend of mine.”
“What's the idea?’ asked Lewis with surprise,
“What's the idea?” barked the kid. “When 1 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 "
R?se Bowling Team
The Crystals dropped three Kames to
the Roses last r_.lg{?.':' at the Crystal
Bowling Alleys. e games were won
by'pond margins.
ollowing are the soores:
- 1 2 3 Tt
Rathers sressseraves B 4 180 155 131
Glardina ............223 234 148 594
T cocvisonvsnineie.lßß 218 177 43
MOYOr .iuvoniees...lßß 148 218 624
Adolphu® ............158 182 204 541
TOAL woovvcecis....B9o 5 I 3,7
Crystals.
' 1 2 3 ™t
Hall ..ooiiininnin...2o2 190 168 548
800 «osnosnineseres 308 171 174 536
Fason .Ig 228 I 832
SRR s¢ s v saine sss 00l 177 118 b2s
B uidiiiibendenioiin i 180 150
Sensabaugh .........188 18 ... 279
DR <.coiiteinee & 4
TOtA! ,ooviiivniees...Bso 882 869 3873
Howard Drew, the speedy ?shnd
sprinter now a student at Dragé Uni.
versity, Des lloln,n, may ?lw on the
basketball team of the institution. He
will not be eligible to r?roum the ecoul
ler on the track until the spring of
1918 because of the one-year residence
~IHI ATLANTA GEORGIAN—
Joe Bean Wires for
.
'
Weaver; McLarin Out
The Injury to McLartn in last Satur
day’'s game against the Asheville Y. M.
C. A. quintet means that Melarin will
not play against the Nashville Ramblers
Friday mnight. McLarin _ was being
groomed by Cosch Joe Bean to take
Captain Johnny Graves' plice on the
team untl! Johnny's shoulder Bets back
into shape, but the injury to Melarin
foroes Joe to get busy, as the A €
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
rnme agninst the strong Nashville Ram -
slers. “Ple” showed In last Saturday's
Kame that he still retains his old ability
when It comen to h&'d!n‘ down his i«
tion, Bean wired Weaver last Mw
leave for Atlanta at onee, & the
chances are “Ple’ will got in town some
time tomorrow,
Following Is the probable line.up of
Friday night's contest:
RAMEBLERS. POSITION A A C,
Pin50n......... L. F. Westmoreland
Burtoß..cocoooo B P vo.co...lanter
BhAPP .o ooocaoe € seveees.Dublnrd
Emerson....... L. Q. ........Carter
Petway. ... R G voves. . Wenver
?fi »
MIMPHIO fans are not worrying over
the rerort that Charley Schmidt
uf'a 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.
pRIMDINT W. D. SBMITH, of the
Blrmlnxhem team, says the Barons
will not trade “Doc” Johnston, the for
mer Pirate first baseman. Smith be
lleves Johnston will star with the Bar
‘on- this year.
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‘ONLY three members of the champion
Red Sox are now under contraoct,
They are Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and
Catcher Agnew, However, President
Frazee does not anticipate any trouble
with his players.
CONNIE MACK and George Ouumge,{
rival managers of the 1914 world
series entries, have decided to bury the
hatchet. They have agreed to play five
exhibition games this spring. ‘
MANAGIR FRED MITCHELL, of the
Cubs, requests that the Chicago
fans give him two years in which to{
bulld up & winning team.
— !
UST ten Pirates who were with the
team on its training trip last spring |
ave remained upon the roster ever |
since, and it is expected that one or two
will receive thelr releases soon. !
THI Barons got four men from Pitts- |
burg in return for Grimes, and |
Charley Frank has secured a palr of
oung pitchers In return for Thrasher,
%‘r-nk also expects to get one or two
more men from Mack
uPINQ" BODIE and Manager Muk.l
of the Athleties, have not come to !
terms yet. Bodie wants more money
than Mack is willing to pay him. It s
sald that Connle is not so sweet on the
veteran, anyway.
l'l’ WaS rumored some time ago that
Gavvy Cravath would manage Ver
non, on the coast, this year, but it looks
very much as if Ivy Olsen will handle
the Vernon Tigers instead
\IANAO!I ROBINSON, of the Dod
-4 gers, Is anxious to land Frank
Snyder, of the Cards, and also Jack
Mil'er The Brooklyns clalm hny'l'r.l
Who caught for Atlanta last year, also,
They may have a pair of catchers by
the same name this season
l F Cravath goes to the coast this year,
either Good or ('oorqr will probably
replace him in the Philly outfield, These
two men played utility roles for Moran
last year,
C HATTANOOGA papers continue to
talk about the Graff deal. They say
that Frank either has Graf or will have
him soon
To Introduce Bill
Against Sunday Ball
NASHVILLE, Jan, 11.-Represénta
tive Flstcher, from l;m"rmfmn, a 00l
league In the lower house of the Ten
nessee Legislature of Fred She pherd
president of the Chattanoogs Basehall
club, wil introduce today an anti-Sun ‘
day baseball bl according 10 & state.
ment st pight. The third member o{‘
the delegation from Chattanoogn s ex
peteed (o ald In the h"fl for the pass
“ge of the hill President Shropshire,
hflhe local baseball elub, in speaker of
the lower house. A few years ago the
Supreme Court held the Sunday ball law
in Tenneasco unconstitutional
Goes to Washingtoni
NORTHFIELD, MINN., Jan. 110,
J. Hunt, for four years sthietie conch |
At Cariston College, announced today
that he had accepied the position M‘
athletic Airector of the University of
Washington under & two-year contract.
He will begin his new dution next duly.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Bill Sandbor
lant year a catcher with the Albany rlu!.
has signed with the Glants, Handborgs
m:m contract is the third to be re
coived at Glant headquarters
ORIy
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Victory Over Charley Weinert
' ' '
Tomorrow Night Will Put Him
' ’
in Line for Choice Match,
By Ed Curley.
EW YORK, Jan. 11.—Sojourning
N in our midst Js a battler who
answers to the name of Billy
Miske, and who hails from St. Paul,
Minn. William has been in and out of
this town several times. Also he
fought a few battles around here, and
it must be sald 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 Aus
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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BE!-‘ORE the Brown affair Miske
traveled ten rounds with Jack
Dillon and at the finish was a clean
winner., While Dillon doesn’'t fight as
well as many think, he's far from be-
Ang 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
never falls to give the other man all
'ho-'u entitled to
These three victories prove conclu
inively 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
his rivals—Jack Hubbard, Johnny
Howard, Jim Barry and Tim Logan e
to dreamland earlier than they ex
pected. Miske places the most credit
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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MX.\‘K'}C is now gunning for higher
game. In his mind he pictures
a possibility of obtaining a match
with Jess Willard Now, he isn't
anxious to tackle Willard right now,
but wants to wait until he puts on a
few more pounds.
Miske Is matched to fight Charley
Weinert 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-Weinert affair
A clean-cut victory over Weinert
places Miske in the position of being
able to challenge Darcy or Fred Ful
ton. Then if he's successful, there
is nothing In his way of chasing aft
er Willard. Of course, the champlon
would have tremendous advantages In
helight and weight
Miske enters the ring around 173
pounds and stands six feet high
What he lacks in welight and height
he more than makes up In skill A
good, fast fighter, he shaver stops go.
Ing whether it's in the open or in
clinches, For a defensive battler he's
the best man in his class
Miske Is 22 years oM 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 class of fighters
He has all the tricks the St Paul
Phantom pulls
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TH’Dl“'”' he ases a lot of Qivhons'
tricks, Miske possesses a stvle
of his own He pavs the closest at.
tention to everr man he sees in ac.
tion, and if they show anything new
It goes right down In the Miske book
Miske broke into the fightine & Ame
in 2 peculiar way He worked in the
rallroad shops of St Paul as a boller
maker and during lunch hours he xrd
with his companions Tom Gibbons
was a great friend of Miske, so when
Tom decided to follow his brother
Mike's footsteps Miske decided to fol.
low Tom He boxed exhibition houts
for A year or so to learn all the fine
point and then branched out as a
reguiar fighter
Wit # natural skill he made good
right from the start Around these
parts he is considered a curly wolf
Coming here a total stranger he sud.
denly develoned Into & great drawing
card. And the future certainly holds
nut greater hopes 1
Dobbs Re-elected
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~ Pilot; Buys Hurler
l NEW ORLEANSE, Jan. 11.--At ® mest.
Ing here of the directors of the New Or.
leans Maseball and Amusement (Com.
pany, holders of the local Southern As.
sociation franchise, John Dobbs was re
appointed manager of the Pelicans and
A. 1. Helnemann wan re.-slected pres)
dent. He announced the purchase (rom
the Mason City, lowa, efub of Pltehor
flarrett, formerly of the Cieveland
Amercana
FPHAIR VIEW/ b &
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Vir & &y GroreeE Raze ,
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 ‘1916’7
It is predicted that 1917 will be a successful year in Eu
rope for undertakers.
‘‘Discipline,’” quotes Fred Mitchell, ‘‘is the father of h:r—
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 pot 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 come
plain about the high cost of shoes.
Fred Mitchell, we understand, will not rule his athletes
with & heavy hand. But it is rumored that several of them
are about to feel a heavy foot.
‘ % TED DIDD.
ed 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 cutups 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 McCoy the world’s middleweight
champion. Others don’t know the civil war is over.
It is absolutely true that Chick Evans will attempt to
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 bat?"’
‘“No,”’ he said.
Williams” Manager Will Get
Little Sympathy From Fans
By Harry Lewis.
NEW champion 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
{fnnef title holder, in a slashing bat
..
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 exceptibn of a doubtful de
feat tegistered agalnst him on a foul
by Johnny Ertle at Bt. Paul in 19185,
Willlams has defended his honors
against all comers with much credit
to himself,
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DAVE WARTNICK, Williams' man
ager, is setting up an awful howl
over the decision given against the
Baltimore “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 eflmm Of this we
are positive, as It was same party
whom Herman has always claime!
robbed him of the champlonship in
his bout against Williams a couple of
years ago.
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HNAN was given the decislon,
and he will rightly be halled as
the new champlon. Few fans would
shed any tears if Billy Roche gave a
decipion sgainst Freddie Welsh, no
matter how loud a claim Welsh or
his manager would set up after a
bout. The same goes for Wartnick
and his pllot, Kid Willlams., Just as
long as champlons insist on naming
their own refereos, just so long will
boxing fans and eritics refuse to lis.
ten to any clalm that they may set
up that they were “robbed” by their
own ring officials, Referees for
champlonship bouts should be named
-ATLANTA, GA.
In some other way than by the title
holders themselves,
L -
l.\' A statement lssued after the bout.
Reforee Rocap stated that he AV
Herman nine rounds and Willlams
cight, while he considered that three
sessions were even. This, with the
fact that Herman scored the only two
knock-downs of the bout, entitled
Pote to the decision, according to Ro
cap. As we were not pressnt at the
bout, it is impossible for us to state a:
this distance whether the decision
was a just one or not, but it seems
that Wartnick’s loud how! is uncalled
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ITH the title in his Dossension
w wo hope that Herman will de
fend 1t like & real champion. We un
derstand that Herman won the ch'-
plonship without even a manager
ald him, as he aplit with “Red”
Walsh, his former pilot, some time
back. It takes a game ringster to
battle under a handicap of this kind.
make no mistake,
I there Is any doubt as to whether
L"ormnn deserved the decision last
Tuesday night, it also may not be out
of the way for Pete to give Willlams a
return match, a stand that would at
onee boost him into the limelight as a
true sportsman. This much Willlams
saw fit to give Herman after the Bal.
timore “wolf boy” was given a ques
tionable draw verdict with the {”fl'
star, and Willlams now is 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
Sehool baskethall team has chal
the team of the 'All?\.nvo"'l"!:"';' s
me ANy me o
:-r‘n‘llv A“H £ will accommodate them
The loeal team hasn't lost a rfln this
yoar, except the first rmc of the g
to the loeal ¥{| ¢ team mfl
School got even later by giving the
M. C. A, & good beating
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SPECIALIST (lor men)
32 Inman
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