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Georgia Owned Foal, by Lee Axworthy, Sold tfor Record Price in Kentucky
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$3, O j
By JAMES M, ROSS
EXINGTON, KY., Maréh 13
The hest light harness foal of
the year, with the best price,
was reported here tonight when
John E, Madden announced he had
bought from the Pastime Stables the
$-month-old foal, by Lee Axworthy,
dut of Walnut Tree, for $3.500
The colt now is at Thomasville
Ga., In charge of the Pastime Stahle
and Trainer W, J. Andrews
[ee Axworthy, sire of the foal was
the world champion stallion when he
died three months ago The dam
Walnut Tree, Is a noted winner all
over the Grand Circuit and a suc
cess In the stud
The colt will e gent in the ecarly
spring to the Lexington track for
traimng
The announcement of the record
price of the season set by a Georgla
owned foal caused deep satisfaction
here among horsemen The Pastime
Htables long has maintained winter
fraining quarters in sunny ‘Thoma
ville and have found the cimate par
ticularlty friendly for the raising and
fratning of light harness horses
Not only does the price of 33500
for a 9-month foal indicaie the
bhealthy tone of the light harness
yacing game, but it is conclusive
Eroo(’ that Georgia offers an ideal
wation for breeding and tradning
stables.
Not a little bit of mentiment at
frohes to the fact that the foal ix one
of the sons of that game little tirot
ter that carried with him to his
grave unchallenged the Georgin trot
fl&mfi of 1:693-4, which was
m at the first Grand Cireult meet
g hedd at Lakewood in 1916, Leo
Axworthy has demonstrated his abil.
sty to make good, both on the track
and In the stud, He was a Georgla
tralned and owned horse and it is &
groeat bhlow to the light harness game
that he died just as his career as the
founder of a family of trotters was
begnning.
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Frank Dobson Athletic
Director At Jackson
CAMP JACKBON, Columbin, 8 O, Mareh
27 Frank M. Dobson, well-known college
, has beem named athletic director
r Camp Jackson by Brigadier General
Nam B Cole. Conch Dobson will have
’!‘Ol’ll supervision of all athletics in
nmr Juckson. L. H. Liles will be his
whief nastetant.
There will be major and minor basoball
elubs In all the outfits of the canton
ment, and once each month there will be
& track and fisld meet for the entire cun
sonment.
Mujor and miner baseball clubs will he
prganized in the following outfits, which
are to be more or less permanent: Forty
wighth Infantry Regiment, One Hun
dred and PFifty-alxth Depot Prigade, hase
Bhospital detachment, quartermaster corps,
ordnance department, medical detachment
Emln division, the sergeants of the 408th
bor Battalton, the camp jfudge wdvo
oate's office, the camp personnel office
and the convalescent center. In faet
svery organization and almost every indi
widual in the cantonment will be given an
epportunity to enmage in athletics
Tigers Arrive for
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Training in Manoc
MACON, March 17 --Manager Hughie
Jennings and his first squad of Detroit
American League players arrived in Macon
toduy for the nprmv‘ training seamon. The
first practice will he tomorrow Another
bunch of players Is expected tonight
With Jennings were Oscar Stanage and
Archie Yelle, catchers; Bennie Holand and
Bl Jumes, pitehers; Harry Tuthill, train
er, and Don Hawley, a scout. There is
niso & delegation of newspaper men from
Detroit here. Eddie Ainmmith, a catcher
arrived in Macoa several days ago, and
has been watching the Mercer University
and Lanier High School teams work
Jennings declared that Ty Cobbh would
be here when the infislders and outfield
o 8 artived next week, The only holdout
pow is Ownle Bush, the fleetfooted littie
shortstop
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Catcher Earl Smith
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Signs With McGraw
NEW YORK, March 17 - Oatchor Earl
Bmith s now o Giant. His signed contract
wan received by Becretary John B Foster
and the promising youngster will report
At the training camp in Gainesyille, tg‘m
With the first Glant squad In fact, it
Pooks us if there will not be any second
aud. All the pluayers are hungry to be-
N practice,
Manager McGiraw's mind was mueh ree
g:u\ml when Secretary Foster handed him
ith's contract. The youthful catober
Bad refused to accept the terms sent him
when the original contracts were sent out
to all the players Hmith was evidently
advised hy some eider player wha had
given him an exaggerated idea of the sal
ary he ought to get
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Prison Barracks Wins
Over Quartermasters
Refore a crowd of more than 1,000, the
War Prison Barracks ball team defeated
the ‘nuuorumnnr Qorps, of Fort McPher
son, Sunday afternoon at the fort, 10 (o 4
hnugr‘r‘mz Clitford and Palmtag for four-
D%‘ winners used two pitohers hoth
iwirling good ball
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Pr? Barracks 10 14 3
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Batterios Colerus, Dellolt and Betwee
Emom. Palmtag and Boorhest Umpire
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This picture of Lee Axworthy 1:58 1-4, the n ow dead sire of the record-breaking foal, was madeg
the day before his famous mile on the Lakewood track, October 20, 1916, when he set the (eorgia
record for trotting stallions at 1:59 3-4.
RACK practice has started in
earnest at Tech and every aft
ernoon from 4 to 6 one can
hear the thud of the spiked shoes go
ing into the cinders, the pole falling
after the vaulter has cleared the bar
and the shot and discus as they fall
some hundred feet away from the
athletes It certainly is a sight to
#ee some 60 men working at the dif
ferent forms of athletics that will put
hiz college at the top.
The team this year, although not
having the material of former years,
whould be a well balanced and reliable
bunch of track athletes. In the
sprints Tech will be well represented
In Holyt, this year's captain, and a
four-year man. Holst Is now a senior
#nd has muade his letter in track
over since his freshman year. He
will be hard to beat and Tech can
rely on him for quite a few points in
this year's meets
Another Four-Year Man.
Parker, also a four-yeuar letder man,
I 8 back at school, after training for
the chemical warfare branch of the
service, and should be better this yvear
than ever before. Parker will take
"‘ure of the half and mile. L. W, Pol
lard, manager of this year's team,
will aguin represent Tech in the high
Jump, This year should be a good
one for Pollard, as the tall boy was
Improving rapidly st the close of last
track season. He was then jumping
Jover 68 He should come near the
6-foot mark this vear.
Juhn Rogers, of foothudl fame. will,
in all probability, be the ciief factor
in the weight events. Rogers is es
| pecially good with the discus, and
together with W. K. Fincher should
Lave lttle trouble in scoring points in
the shotput, Fincher 1s also good
{with the javelin
‘ McClellan for Hurdles.
‘ Metlellan, who made his letter last
{vear in the hurdles, is back in schaol
{and should have a good year Me-
Cleskey, lust year's miler, recently
hurt his foot in practicing for the
cross-country, but should he in shape
for track about the middle of April,
There are other letter men at Tech
and together with the wealth of new
material that has reported for prac
; tice Captain Holst should develop a
mighty fine team
Last year, due to the war, only one
meet was scheduled and Tech had lit.
{ e trouble jn winning that, but this
year there is alveady a large invita
tlon meet arranged for the first week
‘; in Muy and several other colleges have
written the manager for meets out of
town. It s also possible that this
yoar's team will go 10 the Penn relays,
which will be held in May
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Newnan Hi Has Six
1918 Regulars Back
NEWNAN, March 17 ~Judging from the
fAppearances of a week's practice Newnan
Hi s to have a great baseball team this
yoar About thirty candidates were out
for practice last woflk. The ontire infield
of last year s back and twe outfielders,
MeHride and Gearreld. Potts, a pitcher
of 1818, and captain of this vear's team,
18 back, and it is expected that he will
make ono of the best prep pitchers in the
Htate,
The new mieon who have shown up best
In the infield are Welch, North, J. Potts
and Lovern In the outfleld are Barnes
And Kendriok, who are espected to push
somuhody ter a position
The new pitchers are Barron and Red-
Wine, Iwo youngeters who will sassist in
the slab work. With good conching, New
han High should have one of the best
prep teams in the Ntate,
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Pirates Won't Waive on
Robertson; Deal Halted
NEW YORK, March 17.-The refusal of
the Pittsburg club to waive claim on Davey
Robertson, of the Giants, s today holding
up & three-cornered deal botwoen the
Glants, Cardinals and Washington Sens
tors, nuflvnhu;l to rumoers along the bases
ball rialto. f the deal s made, the
Gianis will get Cateher Gonzales from the
Cardinala. Davey Robertson will go to
the Washingtons and 8t Louis wiil get
Tohnny Lavan from Clark Greiffith, it is
saddd Manager Rranch Riekey. of the
Cardinals, i reported to be confident of
slgning Tavan, who recently announced
that intended to remain.in the navy
Anotivgd runsor mi- that the Dodgers are
ke with Pittsburg for the services
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W. and L. Gives Out
FEight Grid Dates
EXINGTON, VA, March 17,
The Washington and Lee
football schedule for the
1919 season, as formally ratified
by the faculty committee on ath
letics, has been announced by W.
B. Watts, of Rome, Ga., manager
of the Generals’ gridiron squad,
next fall. It includes the follow
ing games:
October 4 — Randoiph-Macon
College, at Lexington,
October 11-—Davidson College,
at Lexington.
October 18—Richmond College,
at Lexington.
October 25.—~Roanoke College, at
Lexington.
November I—Virginia Polytech
nic Institute, at Roanoke.
November 8-—Georgia Tech, at
Atlanta.
November 16—~University of
South Carolina, at Lexington.
November 22-—~Georgetown, at
Washington,
November 27-—Open.
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- News and Gossip
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Stk o el
APTAIN JOE BENNETT gave a
banquet to the Tech High basket
ball team Friday night at his
home The team enjoyed itself very
much and the merriment ran high, The
members of the team to be back next
year are Joe Bennett, Joe Gaston, Tom
my Coggins and Green Warren.
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The Fulton High girl's basketball
team, champions of Atlanta and vicin
ity, will be given a banquet next Friday
night. The donor s not certain, but
the banquet is At this me«nn‘( the
captaln of next year's team will be
elected, Three of the championship
seam will be in school next vear. They
are Misses Martha Branham and Frances
Phillips, \fulrdfl and Ruth Williams,
center. Miss Nina Graves and KEstella
Martin, forwards, are graduating this
year. Miss Graves will go to New York
10 school next year,
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The Fulton High girls expressed their
opinion last night as to the much talked
of game between Fulton and Gaines
ville for the State flag. None of the
g:‘"" are anxious to play the game,
ause a 8 Mr. Hopkins expressed it,
some studying has to be done. They
are confident of being able to defeat
the North (I.ol‘?ll. girls anywhere, but
are turning thelr attention to baseball,
Yes. it is true, Faiton is planning a
girls' nine, and are going to try and
xfl the other girls’ schools interested.
nd nccordlrw to Miss Phillips. football
may be on the menu next year,
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Tech High will have its fiest swim
ming practice a 8 « team Monday. The
members of the team were picked sev
eral nights ago at the "Y" in an elimi
nation contest. The personnel of the
team is as follows: Klote, Willingham,
DiChristina. Carter, Williams, Malone,
Thomas, Ryan and a few specials. G,
M. A is prmfle\n% twice a week and
- .ulnf lt‘ hfivo ts efimination bout
BOON, Joya' igh i= going strong, so
is Marist. Fulton High ie x\)inf to be
heard from gecording to Mr. Hopkins.
Swimming is the new sport added to the
events indulged in by memßers of the
prep league, and I 8 being well received,
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The prep league Mmoguls are to have
a mw‘llnf some time soon to adopt the
constitution drawn \nl‘ by the commit
tee composed of Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Nich
olson and Mr. Rosser. The league has
been operating without any by-laws for
gome time, and as it is geting too big
cbr an individual to run, a constitution
as been drawn up and will be adopted
soon.
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Harry Coveleskie Is a
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Lookout, Says Nicklin
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., March 17.-
President-Manager Nicklin, of the Chattas
nooga club, stated today that the repart
that Harry Caveleskie had signed with
Little Rock was a mistake. I|n wtated
that Coveleskie had sfmd 10 gorms with
Chattanoogn and would repert this week,
JACK WHITE IS IN NEW YORK,
CHICAGO, March. 17 ——Jack White
brather of Charlie, s making New York
Lis headquarters and boxing in neighbors
ing New Jersey rings. The “Jack White™
sentonced to ;‘on Lenvenworth barracks
s ne relation to the Chicage bexer,
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
Eight Gamies On
U. T. Gridi
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l NOXVILLE, TENN. March 17.
IK Athletics are being revived at
| the University of Tennessee
Ihn‘rv. The football schedule for next
| fall has been arranged by Professor
N. W. Dougherty, of the university
athletic council. It follows:
{ October 4—Maryville or Tuseulum
{at Knoxville.
‘ October 11-—Vanderbilt at Nash
ville.
' October 18- Mississippi A. and M
{or Maryville at Knoxville
| October 2i~Clemson at Clemson,
November 1--North Carolina at
Knoxville
November 8 ~South Carolina at Co
lumbia.
November 15—Cincinnati at Knox
ville,
November 27-—-Kentucky State at
Lexington
In the fall of 1917 the university,
because of the absence of the coach
and because practically all of the
players of 1916 were in the army, can
celed its regular football’ schedule,
An informal team was organized from
the military department, and games
were arranged with military canton
ments. Since 1916 the university has
been without a regular coach, and, of
course, without regular varsity teams.
The big date will probably be N»-
vember | with North Carolma in
Knoxville. North Carolina has a great
number of followers here, and this
game should be of great interest to
them. In 1908 North Carolina was
in Knoxville as the second game on
the 1908 schedule,
In the fall of 1920 Vanderbilt will
come to Knoxville for a return game
The game with Kentucky State at
Lexington is the usual Thanksgiving
game Kentucky will retuen to
Knoxvyille in 1920 for Thanksgiving.
| The schedule for 1920 should be one
{of the best that the University of
"l‘unnessw has ever playved. At least
five of the gamese will be played with
the following teams: Clemson, Ken
tucky State, Vanderbilt, Mississippi
A and M. and Auburn.
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Harry Hooper Signs:
Ruth Wants $15,000
(By International News Service.)
BORTON March 17 Harry Hooper, long
the idol of Boston Red Sox boosters, is
coming back Hooper let it be Kknown
eariy 'n the winter that he doubted if
he would be able to “afford” te play
ball this season. However, he sent his
terms to Harry B, Frazee, president of
the club. Today it was announced that
Hooper had wired Red Sox headguarters
that he would report at the Tampa train
ing camp. A signed contract from “Stuffy™
Mclnuis was also on file at Sox headgquar
tors today,
The signing of Hooper and Melnnis re
duces the Sox important holdouts to
“Babe Ruth, who continues to declare he
will not play unloss he gots the $16.000
document he has boen demanding all wine
ter; Dave Shean and Carl Mays. |
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SIOO,OOO in Purses \
For Harness Racers
BOSTON, March 17 ~The Bay State
circuit, which plans to conduet twelve
horse racing events on New England
half-mile tracks this season. will dis
tribute more than SIOO,OOO among the
campaigning horsemen. This was an
nounced by G Bernard Austin, secres
tary of the circuit ‘
In addition to open classes offered by
each member of the circuit the aggre
gate value of stake races will approach
;«o.uoo. Meets will be held at Q\oon‘
socket, R. 1.. Hillsgrove, R. I, Windsor,
Conn., Worcester, Mass, Springfield,
Mass., Northampton, Mass, Greenfield,
Mass., Readville, Muss. ang Boston, Two
meets will be held at Woonsocket, Hills.
grove and Worcester, ‘
Winn, Mercer Star, |
- With Boston Red Sox
MACON, March 17.--George ““Breery®
Winn, all-Southern selection and star
pitcher of the Mercer University baseball
team last yeur, will report te the Boston
Hed Sox at Tampa In & sow days for the
spring training.
Winn was & memiber of the Richmeond
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at Teeh
MEETING of the faculty and
iA student body of the Georgin
| Institute of Technology was |
scheduled for 11:50 o'clock Monday |
to seiect a committee to control thf“
program of mass athletics that is !0‘
be incorporated into the school.
A member from the faculty, one
from the military department and
three students from each of the four
classes were to form the bhoard of
control.
The complete schedule of mass ath
letics, as now in force at many South
ern colleges, notably University of
(;enrgid. University of Alabama and
Auburn, is to be adopted. Athletics
for vvs‘ry..flludenl is the plan; stamp
out “physical illiteracy’” is the slogan.
President K. G. Matheson heartily
indorses the plan. Having seen the
great benefits arising from such wurk]
in army camps; he is determined [h:ul
the State-owned institution shall
have a thorough course, It is not to
interfere with the officers’ training
work, according to President Mathe
son. .
The first activity in line with the
mass athletic movement will be a
mass boxing !esson and exhibition un!
Grant KField Tuesday afternoon, un
der the direction of J. Hume McDon
‘ald, the noted pugilist and Y. M. €. A,
instructor, who is expected to come
‘herr- after his boxing tournament at
the University of Georgia Monday.
\ The second pushball contest of the
season aiso will be added The first
contest went over so successfully
that the promoters of mass athletics
feel that the student body will ac
cord them full support.
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Decatur Girls Want
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~ Postponed Game Played
The Decatur High basketball team has
filed a request with the president of the
girls’ prep league that the postponed gamae
between College Park and Marietta be
played As the teams now stand, College
Park is half a game ahead of the De- |
Kalb county giri> while they claim that
the two teams should be tied for third
place, \
No official action has been taken in the
matter,
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AN EABRS |
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BE ED. DANFORTH
F course, it took a Gotham
’ copv reader to pull the naive
headline over a yarn recording
4 set of ring battles staged by some
second-raters for the benefit of the
wounded soldiers: “Heroes See Real
Fights.” Of course, the little 45-
round decision bout in the Argonne
was just a fairly good show, to say
nothing of the one-round knockout
scrap down at Chateau Thierry,
LATE SPORT BULLETIN:
A domino tournament is in prog
gi‘ou at the New York Athletic
| üb,
~_Everything 1s ready for the opening
of the season at Ponce Del.eon Park,
except the order for players to re
port, and the discharge of several
signers of contracts from the army
and a schedule,
Wilbur, the elevator boy, has
written his cousin in Newnan:
“Come up here to see me during
zrnm@ opera; we can go to see some
ne movies.”
Firemen at the North Pryor street
engine house have broken out the
dollar and a quarter and the two
gloves. It's a sure sign that G. Spring
Is with us when they forsake the
stove and pass ball in the alley,
What has become of the old
fashioned fireman who wore red
flannel shirts and Star Navy plug?
Greek George says Henry Ford is
going to make a cheaper car, but he
guesses he can afford it,
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Sign: “Elevator Nat Running”
In making your rvacing selections
today pick out the horse with an
Irish name an? ¥ irse
fourth removed in the entry ligt,
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French ?nd Wiuson Win
Best Match of Season
PINEHURST, N. €., March 17 Emmet
French, of York, and Willie Wilson, of
Yorle Harhov, defeated Herbert Lager
blade, of Youngstown, and Wauaiter Howe,
of Waorcester, by 2 and 1 on the cham
pionship course at Pinchurst Sunday in
the best professional mateh played herw
this season
The winner's best was 35-30-65 and the
losers’ 36-34-69. lLagerblade and French
halved tho par & fourteenth in a pair
of threes Howe won the fifteenth by
sinking his second shot from twenty yards
off the green, and French took the seyv
enteenth in two, pl»\_\'m; out of a trap.
The individual medal scores ware:
Fronch, 38-33-71. Wilson, 39-37-76; Lugere
blade, 36-36-72; Howe, 17-40-77,
FIRST--Claiming;: purse S6OO . for
three-year-olds: five and a half furlongs:
Caraway, 101; BEffie's Pre, 101; xM
Galvin, 104; Nick Kilein, 106; J. P Hause,
106: Tantalus, 109; Miss Orb, 101; Gray
ling lna, 104; Cocottee, 104; Byrne, 106;
Montague, 108; Tyranny, 109
SECOND-{ laiming, purse $800; for
three-year-olds; five and a half furlongs
xVerity, 100; xE. Marie, 103; Bh. Green,
106; Ch. Molters, 108; T F. McMann, 110;
Ringleader, 113; xE. Randall, 100; xMiMa,
103, Minawand, 108, Legotal, 108; 8. C.
Keener, 110
THIRD-Claiming, purse S6OO, for fours
year-olds and upward, six furlongs: xJane,
108; B. Shilling, 111; xßr. Favorite, 113,
Tom Care, 118, FIL. of Steel, 118; Bolala,
118; xHan Rowse, 108; Binal, 111, Lib
star, 116; Homan, 118; R. Mantell, 11§;
Onwa, 118
FOURTH--(Maiming, purse $600; for
four-year-alds and upward: six furlongs
xLily Lauxury, 106; xTrusty, 116: xF'yp
Griff, 113 Ettahe, 116; Key Mar, 118;
Liberator 118; xErmitana, 106; XAr'h
Plot'e, 113 H. -C. Basch, 118; Jack XK.,
116; Lucius, 118
FIFTH - Purse $300; “St. Patrick's
Purse:” for three-yoar-olds and upward;
five furlongs: SBherman A, 104; Hrad's
Cholee. 114 Top Coat, 114; American
Ace, 104; Top 'o Morn, 114; B'rs and
Stars, 114
SIXTH-~Claiming. purse $800; for three.
year-olds and upward; one and one-six.
teenth miles: Petit Bleu, 99, x& Stalwart,
104, Mab, 104: Honolulu Boy, 103, Grumpy
109; Tito, 108: xßajamet, 103; Gleipner,
104 xJ. Wakely, 104;: Ellison, 109: Will
Do, 109; Waterproof, 112
xFive pounds apprentice allowance
claimed,
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Note this—
l.fla.l: Just around the corner. Place
r with Talbot new for that new
Sorine st
“The Clothes With ihe Punch!"
Suits and O'coats to Order, S2B to 15,
C. P. TALBOT CO.. TAILORS,
9-A Auburn Ave. (3 doors from IMtree) |
N the night of March 31 it is more
than probable that the City Au
ditorium will be dressed up like a
circus, it Is announced by Fight Pro
moter Cooper
Cooper, an old pal of lew Tendler
and Phil Glassman, liew's manager, is
tired of seeing such places as Nash
ville and Little Rock putting it over on
Atlanta as a fight town. This, in spite
of the fact that such ring celebrities
as Charlie White, Benny Leonard, Joe
Rivers, Joe Burman, Pal Moore and
Charlie Metrie have peen hounding At
lanta for fights here,
Kach and every one of these men have
asked for a bout here against any avail
able man. Leonard, White or Mgore
would draw a tremendous crowd. N\ n
ny, the lightweight champion, has never
appeared in a local ring, and he would
surely go big, for he is the most popu
lar title-holder in the game.
Cooper is making efforts to get Benny
on here against Phil Bloom, the“grn‘
little Brooklyn boy, who fought Morrie
Lux here sometime ago.
Harrison Disappoints.
There doesn’'t seem to be a wounded
soldier anywhere in the world who would
like to become an umpire George Har
rison, the Atlanta boy, who is at Fort
MePherson, with a bad arm, has re
turned his unsigned contract to Presi
dent Martin, of the Southern League,
along with a letter saying that he doesn’t
care Lo accept.
The league bhoss is still without a
wounded soldier on the list, but he has
not yet given up, and is still dv&_irnus
of getting four of them to work with a
quartet of veterans
Lookouts First.
President-Manager Strang Nicklin, of
Chattanooga, will see hiz Lookouts all
in a bunch for the first time Wednesday,
for that is the reporting date of the club,
Freddie Graff and Zeke Lehman have
already arrived in Chattanooga, and also
a couple of others, but practically all of
the players will reach that city by Wed
nesday, and they will immediately get
down to practice.
The other teams report during the lat
ter part of this month or the first of
April.
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Britton and Ted-Kid
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Meet for Steenth Time
CANTON, OHIO, March 17.—Jack Brit
ton will tonight be given an opportunity
to win back the weiterweight champlon
ship when he meets Ted Lewis here in a
116-round bout
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Giants and Cubs
Strongest in
National
EW YORK, March 17.—The
N time-honored feud between
the Giants and Cubs will be
renewed with a vengeance when the
National League launches its 1919
campaign.
Baseball experts are making this
prediction freely today on the eve
of the departure of the major
leaguers for Southern training camps.
Advance “dope” on the strength of
the New York and Chicago teams,
they say, indicates that they will
dominate the race.
The Cubs, 1918 National cham
pions, will enter the coming battle
with the same team that won the
pennant last season, augmented by
the services of Grover Cleveland Al
exander, who is expected to return
from France in time to open the cam
paign with them.
Manager F¥Fred Mitcheill, according
to Western experts, is confident that
his club will be able to repeat. In
New York and other Kastern cities
it is felt that John McGraw will make
the fight of his managerial career to
land the flag, after which he intends
te run the business affairs of the
club.
While the Cubs are admitted to be
a daogerous combination, it is point
ed our that the 1919 Giants will be
a much stronger all-around team than
they were last year. ¥or this reason
the New York club will stack up on
a par with the champinos when the
race starts, and the old feud will be
reopened.
The Giants were handicapped last
vear by the loss of Benton, Sallee
and Barnes in mid-season, the loss
Qf Benny Kauff in the draft and the
inability of Ferd Schupp to round
into form. This year, with Chase re
placing Holke on the infield, the reg
ulars back in harnesz in all other
positions, and a pitching staff that
will apparently be capable of the
hardest kind of work, the Giants will
be a much harder club to beat.
BAIRD SIGNS WITH PHILS.
ST. LOUIS, March 17.—Douglas Baird,
who was traded by the St. lLouis Na
tionals to the Philadelphia Nationals,
announced he had signed his Philadel
phia contract. i
By JACK VEIOCK,
Sporting Editor of the I, N. S,
EW YORK, March 17.-~Don’t over«s
N look the Cleveland Indians in siz«
ing up the pennant prospects in
the coming American League race.
This was one of the tips being passed
around by the baseball sharps today as
the major leagues began mobilization,
preparatory to spring operations below
the Mason-Dixon line
Under the leadership of L.ee Fohl, the
Indians finished a close second to the
Red Sox in the 1918 campaign, and
this, in face of the fact that the Cleve
land club was one of the hardest hit in
either league by the army draft and ocn~
listments in the navy
The official standing of the Ameri
can league for 1918 shows that the
champion Red Sox were but two and
one-half games to the fore when all
contests were checked up, and this year,
reinforced by several players who will
come back to the fold with the war at
an end, the Indians give promise of be
ing much more formidable
Baseball critics in general agree that
Cleveland made a good move when it
secured Third Baseman Larry Gardner
from Connie Mack Gardner is a vet
eran player, it is true, but he is one of
the steadiest Infielders in the businesa
and always a dangerous hitter,
Cleveland has a formidable array of
pitchers in Bagby, Coveleskie, Morton,
Coumbe, Enzmann, Myers, Klepfer and
Uhle Klepfer is in KFrance, where he
was wounded twice in the fighting, but
his wounds are not serious, and he will
return in time to start the season with
the Tribe
Manager Fohl has three first-base
candidates in Harris, Guisto and “Doe'
Johnston. Gardner will play third,
Wambsganss second and Chapman, one
of the daddies of "em all, shortstop
Tris Speaker, Jack Graney, Jamieson,
Elmer Smith and Joe Wood ecomprise
the outfielding material, and the Indians
have Steve O'Neil, Leslie. Nunamaker
and Chet Thomas, formerly of the Bos
ton club, to do the catching,
In the face of the spirited fight made
last season by the Cleveland Indians. it
can not be overlooked in sizing up the
coming campaign
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