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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,° 1917
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Selt-Confidente -la a Big Aid to Suc¢cess -~if There In Good Reason for it
——Confidence e a Big Ald to Succesar--if There In Good Reason for It
‘GEORGIAN SPORTS QOVERID 4 EXPERTS:
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Acquisition of Sheehan, Bressler
- and Ellis Shows Mogul Won't
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Be Caught Short on Pitchers.
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
/AST season the greatest trcuble
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 llke 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, theg 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-
Iy that even his herculean frame and
y 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 rapldly
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 Brennan came to life
and 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 it,
but the season had advanced beyond
the rallying point. |
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 illumin
ating announcement that the
Cracker chief has acq.ired the rer.
vices of Hurlers Sheehan and Bres- |
sler, late ow the staff of the eminent
Corneliug MeGlilicuddy.
Beyond doubt these young men
came to the Crackers In part pay
ment for Frank Thrasher. Both were
pvith the Athletics last season and
.nanv critics 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. Butl
there is excellent opportunity for both
of these atlletes to do well in the
Southern cireuit.
it also scems certain that Bill Ellls,
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
gpeedily fixed up with Manager Frank.
Ellis was a splendid pitcher last
reason and he should be a better nne!
this year. These recruits, with thel
, aforementioned Prof. Virgil Day,
ghould form the basis of a pretty falr
pitching staff. But there’ll be more
coming
Frank isn't going to start the 1917
campalgn without plenty of stuff In
* his rifle pit
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Adee to Again Head
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U. 8. Tennis Body
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-~With the lnu»‘
ing of the official call for the thirty
sixth annual meeting of the United
Btates National Lawn Tennis Associa
tion by Edwin Fuller Torrey, the secre
tary, it became evident that {’rfi Il‘fll
to be wseveral drastic departur from
other years in the handling of he as
#o lation
The nominating commities, consistin
of Gregory Bryan, chairman; Edwin (’
Sheafe and Howard W, Lewis, has re
b nominated George T. Adee for president,
b Albert L. Hoskins, vice president,
has been .)rup'\'d in favor of I'wl"M ¥
Pavis, of Bt. Louls, donor of the Davis
eupr and for many years famous on the
courts. The naming of Davis is taken as
an indication that the West will here
after have a more important volce In
association matters,
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Wilson Is Operated
On for Appendicitis
n for Append
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 11.-~Finls
Wilson, southpaw hurler of the At.
Janta club, was operated on here to
day for appendicitis Wilson has
been in the city several weeks prepar
atory to undergoing the operation,
through which he hopes to Improve
his health and ba ready to give his
best efforts when the BSouthern
Jaague scason gets under way,
ORVAL OVERALL A BANKER
VISALIA, CAL,, Jan, 11 «Orval Over
all became a mnker today when he wa
alocted director of the. First National
Mank here 1o sucessd his father, who
“lod two mopths ago.
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‘NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Jack Brit
ton, welterwelght champion, out
‘pointed Albert Badoud, of France,
welterweight 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 welghed 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
test
NIW ORLEANS promoters are
trying to close a twenty-round
bout between Johnny Dundec, the
Eastern crack, and Jimmy Hanlon
for the latter part of this month.
Hanlon is the boy who recently stop
ped Frankie Russell.
OICAR GARDNER, Cleveland
lightweight, is trying to get on
with some of the good boys around
the country. Gardner is 19 yvears 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 Fannle Durack, Australian
swimming champion, according to word
received from him. Clabby and Miss
Durack will sail for the United States
next week and it ia 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.
CL!VELAND. Jan. Il.—Johnny Kli
bane has signed articles to meet
Ritchie Mitchell, of Milwaukee, here on
January 30 in a ten-round match. The
weight i= 133 rounds at 4 o'clock. Mitch
ell signed articles several days ago,
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le 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
leves was an unfair decision, Willlams
declares that he was & sure he had the
decision won that he did not extend him.
self against Herman in the final|
rounds. He s hot on the trall of a re- |
turn mateh, l
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WULLIAHO has offered Merman “.lfl:
1o meet him again, There s little
likelthood of a hllae any time in the
near future, however. Herman has been
carrying on a strenuous campaign and
declares he will rest for a while on his
new laurels |
CNIC‘OO, Jan. 11-Johnny Cflfl.fl.!
ex-bantam champion, Is negotint
ing with Jimmy Wilde, of England, with |
& view to fighting him for the flywelght,
champlonship of the world. Nate Lewis,
his manager, who I 8 here, declares that |
a 8 soon as Coulon meets Jack Sharkey
In New York on February 3 they will
80 after Wilde In earnest ‘
OP the many local boxing fans whe
tried to piek the winner of the Her. l
man-Willlams bout In this column, we've
simply got to hand It to Messrs. Herman
Cooper, the out-of<town newsie, and
Tom Bookas, the local Greek sportsman
Both picked Herman to win the de
ciston l,n twenty rounds. George Gaslells
and Jake Abel fall down on the job,
both favoring the Durable Dune
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Fred Kaiser, Walking
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Champ,Dies Suddenly
NEW YORK, 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 1\"«.
l.’:“m. Lauke's Hospital after a very brief
un
Kaiser's claim to athletic fame was
Acquired under the colors of the New
York Athletic Club, which organisation
he had represented for the fnv elght
years. Hesides winning the 16. mile me
tropolitan honors Kalser had to his erad
it mnd ereditable performances. My
m will be u severs blow 1o walking in
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 Sanfdrd, 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 Giants, 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 .tln‘my.
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" Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!
| HEAR THE KAISER has ordered 40,000,060 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 I
rejoin to the innocent bystanders just like that: *“lt ain’t what it's
cracked up to be, hey?”
Weakly yours, 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 walting 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 wers walt
ing for someone to either come along and lick him or else for him to
B 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 of his clan
destine departure.
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Taken By Surprise.
NATE LEWIS WENT TO Aurora, 11.. 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 eession. Nate's boy did
well until the second round, when the other battler, pulling one from
his shoe tops, canght 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 count got to six
splashed it all over his champ. The shock brought the kid to. /He
looked around, got up a bit ETOgEY, and as the other guy came tearing
in, Let fiy his right, and down went the opponent in exactly the same
BpoO
The referee ran throungh all the count he knew, but there were no
signs of life in the fallen gladiator. Hls seconds packed him to his
;]on;:r Just as Nate climbed through the ropes to pat his boy on the
ack,
“Shake hands with me. Willle, I want to congratulate you,” he sald
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 I 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 night at the Crystal
Hovm Alleys. -rfi' Eames ware ,n-.m
h’li‘. margine,
ollowing are the scores
Roses.
1 2 3 e
Rathers .o 184 100 155 bl
Giardioa ............222 23¢ 148 147
Thiel sesrennnvrneens 168 213 177 549
MOYOr ..voovivieeee..}oß 168 319 tu
Adolphbus ............158 152 204 41
Total e s 819 006 g 7 3N
S A
Hall reenaness .08 190 188 Las
BOIIE .c.ovicivsivesi Nl 401 154 536
Fainon cersneeeydd3S 238 101 622
Conyers .. .....e....178 177 178 38
S . osanebotonsosssize Sax MO 160
Sensabaugh ......... 168 1M 0
Handlcap Visnnanis B 4 » b
TOW ..ovvinnnnees B 0 883 089 382
Howard Drew, the speedy ocolored
sprinter now a student at Dirake Uni
versity, Des Moines. may ruy on tha
basketball taam of the institution, He
will not he .u.ml: to c'?no-b‘nl ’l"‘n ml;
on the track un spring o
m because of the m-)eu residence
THE ATLANTA GEUOKGIAN
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Joe Bean Wires for
.
Weaver; McLarin Qut
The injury to Melarin in last Satur.
day’'s game against the Asheville Y. M.
C. A. quintet méans that Melarin will
not play against the Nashville Rambiers
Fridsy night. Melarin was being
froomed by Coach Joe Bean to take
Captain Johnny Graves' place on the
team until Johnny's shoulder gets back
into shape, but the injury to Molarin
forces Joe to get busy, as the A. A. C.
younester still suffers from the injury.
it Is Bean's intention to bring “"Ple”*
Weaver back from his road trip, so thas
he will be able to get Into Friday's
§ame against the strong Nashville Ram
blers. “Ple” showed In last baturday's
Kame that he still retaine his old ability
it o 8 to ho'd win his -
i, Bt St NMR
on::oooo:n “Ple” w.m £et In town some
time tomorrow,
Following is the probahls line-up of
Friday night's contest:
RAMBLERS., POSITION AAC.
PIOE. i iviseis & P Westmorelandg
Burton...c.o.os R P, ........Looter
BBArD. .iovisveees C sivves.cDubard
Bmerson..c.ou. 1a G ooreses COrtor
N'"-ua R G, sesses s Weaver
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M!MPHI. fans are not worrying over
the rerort that Chnrleyhschmldt
urs he will not play with t Chicks
this year. The Bluff City fans are wild
over this little Ruel party and want him
to be first-string catcher.
PRIOIDINY W. D. BMITH, of the
Btrmlnznam team, says the Barong
will not trade “Doc"” Johnston, the for
mer Pirate first baseman. Smith be
lieves Johnston will star with the Bar
ons this year,
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ONLY three members of the champion
| Red Sox are now under contract,
They are Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and
Catcher Agnew, However, President
Frazee does not anticipate any trouble
with his players.
CONNII 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.
MANAO!R FRED MITCHELL, of the
| Cubs, requests that the Chicago
fans give him two years In which to
‘build up a 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 recelve their releases soon.
THE Barons got four men from Pitty
burg_in return for Grifes, and
Charley Frank has secured a pair of
F:_ung pitchers in return for Thrasher.
ank also expects to get one or two
more men from Mack.
uPING" BODIE and Manager Mack,
of the Athletics, have not come to
terms yet. Bodle wants more money
than Mack Is willing to pay him. It is
sald that Connle is not so sweet on the
veteran, anyway. " |
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[T was rumored some time ago that
Gavvy Cravath would man Ver
non, on the coast, this year, M": look g
very much as if Ivy Olsen will handle
the Vernon Tigers instead '
MANAO!R RCBINSON, of the Dod |
gers, is anxious to land Frank |
sn{n»r, of the Cards, and also Jack
Mil'er. The Brooklyns claim Snyder,
who caught for Atlanta last year, aiso,
They may have a pair of catchers by
the same name this season, |
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l!’ Cravath goes to the Goast this year, |
either Good or Cooper will robably
replace him In the l'hIIr; mnllvls. Thesa
two men played utility' roles for Mnun|
last year, |
To Introduce Bill |
Against Sunday Ball
NARHVILLE, Jan_ 11.—Represc nta
tive Fletcher, from (,'halnu VOga, a col
league In the lower house of the Ten
nessee Leagininture of Fred Ehepherd,
president of the Chattancogn Raseball
club, will introduce today an anti-Sun I
day baseball bill, acoording to & state. |
ment last night. The third member of
the delegation from ‘Chattanocogs (s ex. |
peteed to ald In the nfm for the pass- !
age of the bill President Shropshire, |
of the local baseball club, is speaker of
the lower house. A few years ago the
Supreme Court held the Eunday ball law
In Tennessee unconstitutions!
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Georgia, Harvard to
Play Virginia Nine
CHARLOTTESVILLE W. VA, Jan
11.—Georgla, Princeton Harvard,
Yale, Cornell and Lehigh are on the
University of Virginia baseball sched
ule given out here he Georgia
sames will be at Atlanta April 12 and
13 and st Charlottesville April 27
and 2
NEW YORK, Jan 10 . pm l'n"dbrn:
lant your a eatcher with the Alban club,
has signed with the Glants Holn{hotx’i
" 1 contract fa the thisd (0 be re
n’::e al Gant beadyuarters,
epnsmsndis
Victory Over Charley Weinert
Tomorrow Night Will Put Him
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in Line for Choice Match.
By Ed Curley.
EW YORK, Jan. 11. —Sojourning
N in our midst is a battler who
answers to the name of Billy
Miske, and who hails from Bt. 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 said that Billy Miske made
‘[ood 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
Itoughtnst rivals a man could select.
‘Thls 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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BEP‘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
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
| never falls to give the other man all
| he's entitled to
~ These three victories prove conclu
'mively 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-—
|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.
, Ky 5 & I
MISKT: is now gunning for higher!
game. In his mind he pl(‘luro'g‘
& possibility of obtaining a match
'with Jess Willard. Now, he isn't
anxious to tackle Willard right now,
but wants to wait urtll 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 Relsler to meet the winner of
the Miske-Welnert affair
A clean-cut victory over Welnert
places Miske in the positjon 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 champion
would have tremendous advantages In
height and weight
Miske enters the ring around 173
pounds and stands six feet high
What he lacks in welght and height
he more than makes up In skill., A
good, fast fighter, he never stops go
ing whether it's lin the apen or in
clinches. For a defensive battler he's
the best man In his class
Miske is 22 vears old and has quite
an advantage In that respect, for most
of his possible opponents long ago
passed that mark He has only béen
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 8t Paul
Phantom pulls
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TI!""’}” he uses a lot of Gibbony'
tricks, Miske possesses a style
of his own He pays the closest at
tention to every man he sees in ac.
tion, and If they show anything new
it goes right down In the Miske bhook
Miske broke Into the fighting u:«mnl
in a perculinr way He worked in the
rallroad shops of 8. Paul as a boller
maker and during lunch hours boxed
with his companions Tom Gibhons
was A great friend of Miske, so when
Tom decided to follow his brother
Mike's footetens Miske dec ed 'n{a!,l
low Tom. He boxed exhibition bouts
for a year or so to learn all the fine
points, and then branched out as n
regulnr fighter
With hi= natural skill he mades gond
right from the start Around thess
parts he is considerad a curly wolf
oming here a total stranger he mud.
denly developed into a great drawing
eard. And the future certainly holds
outl greater hopes
Dobbs Re-elected
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Pilot; Buys Hurler
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 11. At & mest
ing here of the directors of the New
ienns Baseball and Amusement Com
pany, holders of the local Bouthern An
sociation franchise, John Dobbs wes re
appointed manager of the Pelicans und
A. T Helnemann was re-slected presi
dent. He announced the purehass from
the Mason Clty, lowa, olub of Pitoher
Garrett formerly of the Cleveland
Ao loans,
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THE LINE ABOVE.
I know the new year has arrived,
g The ancient year is nix.
i Will some kind, gentle-hearted guy
Elucidate and tell me why
I write it ‘1916’7
[t 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 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
a 8 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 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 Cannl**
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.”’ 1
"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.
"I 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 eivil 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
NEW champlon in the fAstic
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
:lortner title holder, In a slashing bat.
..
The change of the banlamweight
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 Chioagoan in three
rounds. Ever since that occasion,
with the exception of a doubtful de
feat registered agalnst him on a foul
by Johnny Ertle at Bt. Paul in 1915,
Willlams has defended his honors
against all comers with much credit
to himself.
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DAVIc WARTNICK, Willlams' 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 Hor«:n. 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 Williams a eoup& ot
YOArs ago.
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HMHAN 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 against Freddie Welsh, no
matter how loud a clalm Welsh or
his manager would set up after a
bout. The same goes for Wartnick
and his pilot, Kid Willlams., Just as
’mn. as champlons insist on naming
their own referees, Just so long will
boxing fans and crities refuse to lis-.
ten to any claim that they may set
up that they were “robbed” by their
own ring ofelnls. Reforees for
shamplonshlpy bouts sbhouid be named
-ATLANTA, GA.
In some other way than by the title
holders themselves.
. - .
l.\' A statement lssued after the bowt.
Referee Rocap stated that hm
Herman nine rounds and W
clght, while he considered that three
sessions were even. This, with the
fact that Herman scored the only two
knock-downs of the bout, entitied
Pete to the deciston, according to Ro.
Cap. As we were not present at the
bout, It s impossible for us to state st
this distance whether the deciaion
Was & just one or not, but It seems
that Wartnick's loud howl is uncalled
or
- o &0 :
ITH the title in his possesston
w wa hope that Herman will de
fend it like & real champlon. We un -
derstand that Herman won tbeeh.‘;
plonship without even a manager
ald him, as he aplit with “Red”
Walsh, his former pilot, some time
buck. 1t takes a game ringster teo
battle under a handicap of this kind
make no mistake,
__lf there Is any doubt as to whether
lllvrman deserved the decision last
Tuesday night, it also may not be out
of the way for Pete to give Willlams »
return match, a stand that would at
once boost him Into the Himelight as »
true sportsman. This much Willinme
*aw fit to give Herman after the Bal.
timore “wolf boy” was given a geo
tionable draw verdict with the Dixle
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
Behool baskethall team hn chal
the team of the Albany High School
|a game at_any time comvenient te the
|iocals. A H. & will acoommodate tla
| The local team hasn't lont a flun
I year, excopt the first game of the
"nl'u‘mnlY M f':l’lm m
}‘drluml Kot even later by giving the
|M. A & good beating
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