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l) DOLLAR BILL SEZ:
Th' guy inélnil never wastos
no time reading th' weather
report,
Lots of times it looks like
Boston is th' dub of th'
universe.
By 808 PIGUE,
MEMPHS, Dec. 16.—The Southern
League will open its 1920 geason April
15, and 154 games will be played. This
was decided definitely here Monday
afternoon at the annual winter meet
ing of the Southern League.
Mike IMinn will draw up the sched
ule and will be assisied by a Southern
l.eague schedule eomauittre composed
of Strang Nicklln, Chattanooga,
chairman; George Hutchinson, Nash
ville, and John D. Logan, Nashville.
The schedale committee held a brief
session Monday afternoon with Finn,
and Mike will draw up a tentative
calendar of games Jluring the next
sow weeks and present it at the an
nual spring meeting in Atlanta in
February.
John D, Martin was re-elected pres
ident of the league by unanimous vote
of the assembled magnates. He was
nominated by President W. D. Smith
of the Birmingham club, with Robert
(i. Allen, president of the Little Rock
club, seconding it. The vote was then
taken and all magnates voted in fa
vor of retaining the present chief)
executives of the league. |
The same officials of last season
were renamed. Rick Woodward of
Birmingham was again elected vice
president, with the directors heing‘
the eight club presidents. The trus
tees are W, D, Smith of Birmingham, |
Frank Reynolds of Atlanta and A. J.|
Heinemann of New Orleans. }
The seven-player rule and the rais- |
ing of the player and salary limit
will .be settled at the Tuesday ses
ston. Adjournment will probably not
be taken until late Tuesday after
noon, as considerable work remains
to be done.
Every indication points to a bitter
fight on the seven-player or rookie
rule, which is favored by some clubs,
while others are against it. It ap
pears certain that a compromise will
be made, and that the rule will be
in effect in a modified form next
season.
Kid FElberfeld, Little’ Rock man
agor; Hub Perdue, ex-New Orleans
pitcher, and Bob Coleman, Mobile
manager, are here getting an earful. |
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Fans Want Big
Eastern Games
ForTechTeam
By GUY BUTLER.
The powers that be at Tech would
do well to book some big games for
the Yellow Jackets next fall. The
schedule is now being arranged, and
this is the logical time to point out
just what sort of dates the- fans—
who pay the freight—would like to
see for the next season.
Pirst of all, they are tired of the
smaller -games, such as Clemson,
Davidson, ét al, except to break up
a tough schedule. What they want
to see is Tech against the big fel
lows—such as Colgate, Pennsylvania
and Penn State. It really doesn’t
matter to some of them where these
teams are met, they being willing to
have the Jackets battle in the East.
WANT BIG FOES.
The idea seems to be to put Tech
up against some real strong colleges
of big reputations in the East, so
that Tech can show them just what
the South can produce.
Charlie Outlaw, an ardent football
fan, while conversing on this subject
the other night, declared nothing
would satisfy him more than to see
Tech going against the cream of the
country, and that he would be
‘pleased if Tech would arrange a
game for the Polo Grounds, New
York, with Colgate or Syracuse.
“Vanderbilt, Avburn, Washington-
Lee and Georgetown are perfectly
all right,” he remarked. ‘“They are
strong colleges and usually give Tech
a fight, and they’re Southern insti
tutions. But along with those games
we want Tech against Penn State
and other big colleges such as Dart
mouth, Colgate, Syracuse and their
like. Three big Eastern games are
enough, with the four Southern col
leges, and Davidson or Clemson
thrown in somewhere, for an easy
game.”
TECH-SYRACUSE SQUABBLE.
There probably will be no Syra
cuse-Tech game next fall, for the
very. simple reason that no date can
be agreed on by the two institutions.
Syracuse is taking a dictatorial
stand, offering the Jackets a date
they do not want. It seems to me
that Tech should be willing to ac
cept most any date to get a contest
in New York with a college of Syra
cuse’'s class. No Southern team can
hope to dictate to an Eastern school.
1t isn’t done.
So it is likely tha. Tech will play
Colgate if she gets any game at all
in New York. i
Big Colleges to
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Spectators at
foothall games between Yale, Harvard and
Princeton next season will be aided in
foliowing the players by numbers for the
first time.
Harvard and Princeton have both come
out for the numbering of players and
both graduates predicted today that the
Blue players will be numbered next fall.
Dundee Shades Moran;
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Greb Gets Decision
At Philadelphia: Johnny Dundee won a
?’opular shade over Pal Moran of New
rleans in a rather slow six-round bout.
At Pittshurg: Harry Greb won a news
paper decision over Billy Kramer of Phila
felphia in ten rounds.
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CONE’S Anti-Freeze
Protects auto. No chemicals,
$1.50 gallon. Safety table on
fabel. At any of our stores.
Optimists Still Live; Sometimes You See a Nut Trying to Raise a Car Window
GEORGIAN SPORT PAGE
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Carpentier Gets
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Big Oifer From
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Movie Concern
(By Universal Service.)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16—
Georges Carpentier, Europe’s
champion pugilist, is expected to
star in a motion picture serial
drama and to make this pluoo!
the scene of his training prelim
inary to his fight with Jack
Dempsey, world champion, it]
was learned today.
A cablegram was .dilpatchodl‘
today to Carpentier by chk‘
Warner, weil known local
sportsman, and Al St. John.‘
film actor and former amateur
boxer of some reputation, offer-,
ing the French fighter a contract
to appear here in the prepara
tion of a film serial.
If Carpentier accepts, and the
offer was said to have been
made tempting enough to render
it difficult to refuse, he is to ar
rive here for work early in Feb
ruary, so that releases on the
picture can be had before July
4—the tentative date set for the
proposed Dempsey-Carpentier
fight.
Use Knif
The Golden Tornados basketball
juintet is rapidly assuming the shape
of a strong team under the guidance
of Coaches Alexander and Joe Guyon.
The boys had a light workout Monday
afternoon, since at the present time
there is no wood floor to the court,
and the ground where practise is
held was thawing out at a rapid rate.
Practise is held twice a day now and
will be held thusly on through the
remainder of the playing year.
The squad will be cut down to thir
ty-five men today and in this way
the coaches will be enabled to give
the men more attention. Up until
this time more than seventy-five‘
candidates have reported to practise
with regularity and nearly all showed
some signs of making fine basketball
ers. The bad weather during the past
few weeks has Kept the boys from
practising, but with the return of fair
weather they will be able to put in
some hard work.
COACH GUYON PLEASED.
Joe Guyon seemed pleased with the
showing of t} :
sponded to the workouts since he re
ported as coach and out of them,
with the assistance of Coach Alex
}ander, he hopes to place a t:am on
lthe floor that will do justice to the
lschool. Joe, as coach, will show the
varsity boys the many finer points of
'the game that he has learned through
' bis many years on the floor.
Among the most promising ecandi
dates can be found some of the best
players that have played this spring
in and around Atlanta on the high
school teams, others coming from
Tennessee and still others from the
various prep schools throughout this
State. The Columbus “Y” sends one
of the most promising candidates in
the person of Hugh McMath, manager
of the 1919 football team. Atlanta's
icontributlon g) the squad are Albert
Staton, All-Southern end, Oscar
Davis and Gibby Fraser from Tech
High. !
' Granger, from Chattanooga High,
and a member of the varsity squad in
football, looks as if he will land one
of the positions for he has surely
put up a fine exhibition during the
practise rounds. Smith and Mayer,
both of Georgia Military Academy,
are out for the team and they are
playing fine ball and showing signs
of developing into fine basketballers.
Hunt burned up the wond when he
played on the Staunton Military
Academy quintet and it looks as if
he will keep up the good werk on
coming to college.
STATON AT CENTER.
Albert Staton is out for the center
position and it looks as if he is going
to land a place should he keep up
the playing the he is doing at the
present time. Davis, who is push
ing the hunters for the guard posi
tions at a hard clip, has in him thel
making of a good cage man. Jens,
old Boys'’ High man, is ringing the
basket with regularity during the
practise rounds that have been held
up to the present time and he bids
fair to land a position on the varsity
squad.
Tom Coggins, co-star Wlfl) Green
Warren on the Tech High's team last
year, has been showing some class up
to date. Gibby Fraser and Hugh
Carter’ show signs of landing posi
tions on the varsity squad and then
under such coaches as Alexander and
Guyon, they should develop intv high
class basketballers. I
Jake Abel Defeats
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Conway in 10 Rounds
KEY WEST, Fla.,, Dec. 16.—Jake Abel,
Atlanta welterweight, last night defeated
Jimmy Conway here in a no-decision, ten
round bout, in the navy yard. There were
5,000 sailors in attendance.
Abel announced he would arrive in At
lanta Thursday morning, to prepare for his
fight with Benny Leonard next Monday
night.
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Major League Trades
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Scarce This Winter
There are no trades In sight among the
clubs of the major leagues and there is
little talk of any.
It is apparent that every club is deter
mined to hold on to its present players,
though nearly every omne admits that a
change here and there would enhance
the chances of its team in the race for
the pennant,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN e o 0 A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes .0 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919.
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By J. C. FIFE JR.
The Tech High foothall huskies,
State prep champions for the year of
1919, were banqueted at the Pied
mont by the Tech High Athletic As
sociation Monday night. This feast
marked the climax of the most suc
cessful year the school has ever
known in football,
Talks were given following the din
ner. Morgan Blake of the Journal
acted as toastmaster, and in his own
inimitable style kept things moving
at a fast clip. Morgan sald that
there were just two great blunders in
the history of the world, which stood
out prominently over the rest; the
first at Waterloo, when Napoleon's
reserves did not appear on the scene,
and the second and greatest when
Sandy Beavers challenged Tech High
to a post season game in Atlanta.
Morgan then had Les Rawlings of
the Constitution to say a few words,
in which he stated that he didn’t
know that a prep school could play
such a football game as the one put
up by Tech High against Riverside.
Fifty-two guests attend@d the feed.
Dr. J. B, Crenshaw of Tech assured
Mr. Sutton that Tech was ever ready
to help Tech High and the other prep
schools in the advancement of prep
athletics and he then extended to the
school the use of Grant Field in
;training for the coming season., Doy
al, Harlan and Flowers gave very
interesting talks, which were thor
oughly enjoyed. : b JE e
~J. Heath Lewis, member of the
Tech High faculty, told the cham
pions how the game was played in
the early nineties. Mr. Hanson and
Mr. Smith gave snappy talks which
were thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Han
son invited the team out to his farm
to hold a 'possum hunt. The invita
tion was promptly accepted by the
toastmaster and it is going to be
held in the near future.
Coacheés Champion and Turner then
paid tribute to the boys. Champion
announced the sixtesn letter men,
saying that the selection of these
men was the hardest job that he had
tackled this year. They are as fol
lows: Lake, Thompson, Sartanine,
Stone, Lotspeich, Wilson, Gordy,
Bawsel, Nabell, Harris, Jordan, Al
exander, Collings, Benning and éaun
ders.
iO. H. Jordan, father of Albert, gave
a talk in which he disclosed the
fact thgt the reason they lost the
game Central High was because
he w out to the game, the first
one that he had seen,
The closing talk of the evening was
delivered by he who has made Tech
High what it is today, W, A. Sut
ton. He told the members of the
team how glad he was to be able
to help such a fine bunch of boys
and announced that - gold footballs
end sweaters would be given to the
letter men in the near future.
Then the election of a captain and
manager for the year of 1919 was
held, with the following result: Char
ley Williams was intrusted with the
captaincy with Charley Stone alter
nate. Fred Saunders was given t.he\
post of manager.
The following is the list of guests,
besides the sixteen letter men named
above: Doctor Crenshaw, Judy Har
lan, Buck Flowers and Shorty Doy
al of Tech; Thompson, Champion,
Turner, E. H. Jordan, A, A. Jame- |
son, Glenn, Willingham, Helton, En-‘
loe, Myers, Chestnutt, Brooks, Wal
thall, Curran, Withers, Moore, Green,
Warren, Morgan Blake of the Jour
nal, Les Rawlings of the Constitu
tion, J. C. Fife Jr. of The Georgian-
American, W. A, Sutton, R, L, Gould
ing, W. O. Cheney, W. 8. Nicholson,
Coach Enloe, J. F. Smith, R. 8, Wood
ward and M. T. Hanson. ! |
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Boys' High Basket
~ Aggregation Is
‘ Now Practising
Ed McGarity, captain of the Boys’
High School basketball team, an
nounced that Boys’ High began prac
tise Monday afternoon. A large
number of candidates turned out, He
and Robert Roane are the only vet
erans back. y
McGarity nas played many years
on the basketball team of Boys’' High
and has been rated as the best shot
in the league for some time. Roane
played his first year last spring and
showed to a good advantage.
There are a few players from last
yvears scrub five back, and around
this the coaches will build the 1920
hasketball lteam. Boys' High and
Tech High tied for the premier hon
ors in the city last year.
Cards and Mackmen
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To Battle in Spring
The St. Louis Cardinals and the
Philadelphia Athletics have arranged
a series’ of seventeen exhibition
games at their respective training
quarters next spring, to be divided
between Lake Charles, la. and
Brownsville, Texas.
The Athletics lost 104 games dur
ing the season, winning only thirty
six. The Cardinals did better, win
ning fifty-four games and losing
eighty-three. The Athletics finished
in last place, a position which they
occupied nearly the entire season,
while the Cardinals wound up in sev
enth place after a struggle with the
Phillies.
They seem to be badly matched, as
on past performances the Cardinals
should hardly lose a game to the
American League tailenders.
Pinkey Mitchell Is
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Victor Over Paulson
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 16.—
Pinkey Mitchell outfought Mike Paul
sonson in every round of their ten
round bout here last night.
Four times during the fight Paul
son saved himself from a knockout
by hanging on tactics.
Leonard-Abel Fight ‘
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Abel fight at the Auditorium the night
of Deagmber 22 have already been piaced
on sal¢ &t Chess’ place, on Edgewood
;:_‘;:y:uuzhesnflex pool room, Pollock &
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ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 16.—Games al
ready arranged or in process of ar
rangement, assure, a satisfactory
schedule for the Naval Academy next
season, a thing which bYas not been
the case for a number of years. The
departmental permission to play one
game away from Annapolis each sea
son, in addition to the army game,
has proved of utmost help to the
management and through it an ar
rangement has been made with
Princeton by which they will play in
alternate years at Annapolis and |
Princeton, the series begiuning next
vear at Princeton, the game being
played on Octoher 23.
The athlétic authorities of the
Universly of Pennsylvania have ex
pressed their willingness to enter
into a similar arrangement, but as
Pennsylvania is not in position to
play at Annapolis next season, the
series will begin when the midship
men play in Philadelphia in 1921.
Princeton will play at Annapolis that
vear, the arrangements being made
so that Princton will play in Annap
olis in the seasons during which it
plays Harvard at Cambridge.
Under an agreement made some
years ago, the playing of the game
against the military academy and the
ldate have been settled. The game
will be played on November 27, and it
is the navy’s turn to select the place
of phyin% though it must not to be'
north of New York or south of Phil
adelphia. It is almost certain that
New York will again be the scene of
the inter-service fray.
For the big home game, a contest
-gnmn Goor'%i: Tech, on October
16, is likolr. his date was offered
the GOOI‘: ans by the navy depart
ment and a telegram has been re
eeived in which the wish to play at
Annapolis was expressed.
- The navy is assured of another
good game from Georgetown, which
plays here November 6. Georgetown
was the only team to defeat the navy
this season, the Score being 6 to 0.
They always play finely ccmtested'
games and special interest will be
taken in the contest next year.
Washigton and Lee {8 another
probability on the navy's schedule
next season, while the opening game
will be on October 2, against North
Carolina State. Bucknell and West
Virginia Wesleyan are other proba
bilities on the navy schedule of 1920.
The change of situation as to
worthy football opponents is very
gratifying to naval pcoople. Much of
it has been through the skillful and
energetic work of Commander Doug
las 1. Howuard, athletic officer, and
formerly captain and later coach of
the academy team.
Hubbell a Giant
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Two Years; Works
Wilbert Hubbell, the pitcher who signed
a New York National League contract
the other day, has been a Gilant for two
years, but until last season never worked
an inning for them.
In 1918 he was sent to three minor
league teams, to Kansas Clty, Joplin and
Newark. This year he was sent to To
ronto and developed much skill under
the instructions o>f George Gibson, who
was mlntgex‘ of the Canadians.
After e close of the International
Jeague season Hubbell was recalled by
the Giants and pitched two games for
them. His first appearance was at Bos
ton, where he was beaten in a ten-inning
game, 3 to 2, by the Braves, who had
Dana Fillingim on the rubber. He was
then used against the Philadelphias in
the very last game o fthe season, and he
won by a score of 7 to 1. His opponent
on the rubber was eGorge Bmith,
RUPPERT'S TALK BOLD.
- Jacob Ruppert of the New York
American League club declares there
s not room enough in the organi
zation for President Ban Johnson and
himself. One will have to vacate the
premises. That's bold talk and may
end in somebody eating the worst
kind of crow. s
ON THE LEVEL
Ry HENRY VANCE
] Benny Leonard, the lightweight
lfell through a skylight Into ring
|fame. The ambition of those aspir
!lng to the crown is to knock him
lbuck through the skylight into ob
livion.
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Leonard is coming to Atlanta De
cember 22 to battle Jake Abel in the
Auditorium ,ring. If Jake wants to
go in real training for the bout he
should make a dally practise of tick
ling a mule's hind leg with a straw.
For Benny is said to possess a kick
in his dukes like unto that which
made the hard-tail famous.
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Oftentimes the fellow who is a bear
for punishment is made a monkey of.
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When Santa Claus comes down the
chimney the bank roll goes up the
spout. ‘
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OUTLAW’S LITTLE SCHEME. !
Charlie Outlaw, who fallows Tech
through thick and thin on the grid
ivron, thinks that the Jackets should
play Dartmouth, Syracuse or some}
other bi%Exmtem university eleven
on the 010 Grounds next: year.
Charles says that its his opinion that
the battle would prove a great draw
ing card and that it would do much
to advertise Tech and Atlanta. He's
going right ahead on this scheme un
til he gets action, It's a great stunt
and we hope that Mr, Outlaw and his|
cohorts are able togput the thing
across, If the Tech schedule makers
will turn their good ears to this plea]
we will see this scheme transformed
into a reality, with the Tech colors,
Tech students and Tech band whoop
ing her up along Broadway next year,
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Yes, Geraldine, there is a vast dif
ference between ironically speaking
‘and gridironically speaking.
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| CLUB BOOKS GOOD ONE,
That Illinois game that the A. A, C.
has booked here.for January 3 is
something to make a fuss over. The
club management is to be congratu
lated on obtaining such a good holi
day card, and also upon determining
to stage the contest in the Audito
rium-Armory, where all the basket
fans of the city will have the oppor
tunity of witnessing the game,
~ Ball players are for higher sal
aries and lewor. bo‘rth.-.
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FULTZ DELIVERS GOODS.
Dave Fultz couldn’'t make a go out
of the Players’ Fraternity, but he's
certainly gotten away to a grand start
as the prexy of the International
League. Little David was named as
the fal] guy of the International, after
Barrows and Company had come out
on the losing end of the proposition.
The clubs of the International had
never been able to make money. Then,
on his first season as the high raz
zum-goram of the International
Fulta made a money making propo
sition out of it and the circuit is now
able to boost its salary limit to the
$5,000 mark.
~J. Hume McDonald ha¢ spent a wad
of money in bringing Benny Leonard
here December 22, but the local pro
moter says that bhe believes every
nook and cranny in the massive au
ditorium will be filled when Benny
steps into the ring to battle Jake
Abel.
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Mighty nice for the Southern
League magnates, from a financial
standpoint, to have a John D. at the
head of the league.
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Joe Beckett swears he'll never
meet anybody else with a “party”
name like Goov;gc:. g |
HE SWORE OFF. A
The boy steod on the burning deck
And gazed upon his pards.
He sald, “I've quit the game, by heck,
v And am burni.ngép.the cards.”
Ping Bodie can’t run bases. When
¢he gets on first base he clings to it
| like an affinity or something.
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t JACK PREFERS U. 8.
Jack Dempsey’s turned his deaf ear
To the pleas of Carpentier
That he come across the ocean
! To put his kayo punch in motion.
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The S. I. A. A. held its meeting in
Birmingham and adjourned without
any one falling dead with excitement.
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Mike Finn should be styled “Omar,
the schedule maker.”
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Walter camr should have no trou
ble in qualifying as an umpire now.
He couldn't qu.-ludy‘ Harlan.
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We always knew that Pittsburg was
dirty, but didn’t know she was dirty
enough to leave Tech off the sched-
Ule‘ . . .
Jake Abel's favorite song is “Chatta,
Chatta, Chattanooga, ‘Tenneuee."
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| Now, you gotta admit that Kip
ling’s “On First Looking Into Chap
'man’s Homer,” sounds like Ruddy
was reporting a b:lobull game.
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MEETING TAME AFFAIR.
Southern League meetings are quite
tame and docile these days. In olden
timeg the Mags waxed warm beneath
the collar and when some one Bug
gested raising the player limit some
mogul started raising the roof in
loud protest. It was customary in
the old days for each director to get
a few slugs of firewater under his
belt and then start his tongue to
wagging over some grudge that he
would have kept quiet about had he
been grogless.
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It seems that Joe Stecher is some
cut-up with the scissors. He's re
celtly defeated Wladek Zbyszko and
E trangler Lewis and now an
no s that he is going after Earl
Ca k. If Joseph can pin Earl's
shou s to the mat we will have,
for t first time since the retire
ment of the late F. Goch, an undis
puted hgavyweight wrestling cham
pion. i &
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Fight Dund&
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NEW YORK, Dec. ‘.——‘w light
weight champion tilt a® New Haven,
next month, between Benny,Leonard
and Johnny Dundeée has to&ay been
clinched with the posting of $3,500
forfeits by each boxer.
The articles call for a twen und
bout January 16 and the boxeg# have
agreed to weigh 135 pounds™at 2
o’clock on the afternoon of the fight.
The bout will be 10 a decision to be
determined by a referee and two
judges,
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Phillies Reduce T heir
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Catching Staff to Two
The Philadelphia National League
Club, since it has let go of le
Clarke, has only two catchers on it
staff They are Jack Adams and
Walter Tragesser, both of whom were
acquired through trade, Adams com
ing from the New York Giants and
Tragesser from the Boston Braves.
Eddie Burns, who was considered
the star catcher of the Philadelphia
team prior to 1918, did not catch a
game last season. Walvers were
asked on his services last March, but
not a team in the major leagues
wanted him. He quit the team and
went into retirement. The club now
has him en its reserve list among
’thoao voluntarily retired.
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Knockout Mars Gets
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Sleep Punch in Third
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.-—Phil Virgets
put K. O. Mars of Cincinnati down for the
count In the third round of their battle
here last night.
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’ By JAMES J. COREETT. ;
- Jack Dempsey's three round victory
over Jess Willard was the quickest
rise to the heavyweight championship
in modern times. , But it isn't the
record, for in the far back days of
the English ring a fighter once
gained the crest of the fistic world
with a single blow,
And that man was Peter Corcoran,
the twelfth champion of the world,
and the first son of Erin to wear the
kinging robes in the fighting world.
The story of that fight—the sensa
tional aftermathgthe nauseating
charges of a sell out for SSOO by the
man who fought Corcoran—form one
of the most interesting chapters in
ring annals
Bill Darts, “The Dyer,” was the
man that Corcoran whipped with one
blow. And the tale of Dart's career,
leading up to that contest, is one that
is filled with many stirring incldents.
Darts became the ninth champion
somewhere along In the summer of
1764, by virtue of his victory over
Tom Juchan, Having successfully
defended his title for nearly five
years, Darts became extremely boast
ful. He challenged the world, where
upon & boatman named Lyons of
Kingston-Upon-Thames, accepted the
defi after spending weeks influenc
ing friends to put up the necessary
$250 mide bet. And the fight was
staged in June, 1769, near Kingston.
LYONS IRON MAN.
Darts went out to finish Lyons in
a hurry. But he failed. For Lyons
was the Battling Nelson of that era.
Darts punched Lyons to a bleeding,
battered pulp—but he couldn’'t knock
him out. And at the end of forty
eight minutes of fighting, during
which Darts landed fifty blows to
one, Darts was nearly exhausted.
Then Lyons, the original iron man,
went out, pounded away at Darts in
his crude fashion, and dropped the
champion for the long count.
So it was that Lyons became the
tenth champion of the world. But in
one week he surrendered the title,
announced that he never would fight
{again—and he never did. Falilure of
| Lis terrible facial wounds to heal rap
|idly had cured him of the ring game.
i Darts at once reclaimed the crown,
| Stephen Oliver, nicknamed ‘“Death,”
| because of the pallor of his face when
'in battle, disputed it. They battled
at Putney on March 25, 1770, and
Darts won rather easily.
Just about that time the world be
gan to hear of Corcoran. He had
whipped a half dozen English fight
ers of more than ordinary promi
nence,. and loudly boasted that he
could whip any Englishman that
Hved. Darts, angered at the slur,
challenged and Corcoran a.ocepted.i
They fought on May 18, 1771,
The fight took place during the
racing season at Epsom. For some
days before the battle Captain O’'Kel
ly, a well known Irish sportsman,
stunned the fistic followers with his
announcement: “I'll back Corcoran
with every dollar I own. Now, come
on, vou Britishers, and put up your
money.”
O'Kelly was the only man who
seemed to figure that Corcoran had a
betting chance—but he covered with
almost frantic eagerness, every dollar
that showed for Darts. The early
betting made Darts a 3 to 1 favorite,
but O'Kelly's plunging drove the
wagering to even money. And still
he bet,
Time was called, the fighters
stepped out from their corners, and
Corcoran swung a right hander. The
blow caught Darts on the jaw, he
went down to the turf—and the bat
tle was over, with O'Kelly a winner
of élose to sloo,ooo—the hugest bet
ting coup of that time.
HAD MAN KILLING PUNCH.
Later fights in which Corcoran fig
ured showed that he had man killing
power in his right swing. But no
one belleved in 1771 that he had such
a drive and those who had lost their
bets on Darts let out a wild ery of
frame-up. O’Kelly’'s name became in
volved in the scandal and it was
charged—but never proven—that he
had paid Darts SSOO before the fight
“to play cross,” an expression of that
day which since has been twisted
into “double cross.,”
O'Kelly’s heavy plunging on the
fight and some bets which he had
made that “Corcoran will win within
five minutes” were the main reasons
for dragging him into the mess. May
be O'Kelly did “buy” Darts, but quite
probably O'Kelly bet s=o heavily on
Corcoran because he knew what the
other didn't—that only & superman
could come back fighting after feel
ing once the crushing power of the
Irish gladiator's flglt fist.
Corcoran, having become the twelfth
champion, defnded his tile. He
knocked out three .ordinary fighters
in less than five minutes of fighting
with his piledriver right. In 1774 he
fought Dan Peters, acclaimed a world
beater, and put Peters away in fif
teen minutes—with a right hand
swnig. Each new victory made Cor
coran more arrogant-—more sneering
in his attitude toward English fight
ers,
England was scoured for some man
to whip him-—for the British had
ccme to hate Corcoran. As the re
sult of the search Harry Sellers, a
youth of 24, was uncovered and sent
azainst Corcoran on October 10, 1778.
The match was for a side het of
s4,ooo—huge stake money in those
days. And it seemed that half of the
population of the British Isles was
at the ringside. Corcoran ruled a
2 to 1 wagering favorite-—~with but
little Sellers money in sight.
SELLERS WAS GAME.
Almost immediately after the call
of time for the first round, Corcoran
caught Sellers on the chin, with his
right—and Sellers went down in a
heap. But he was up and ready for
the second round. Corcoran felled
him again—and repeated in the third.
But Sellers’ recuperative powers en
abled him to come back after each
knockdown. And after twenty min
utes of battling, covering six rounds.
the poorly trained Corcoran, who had
banked on his punch ending the fight
before lack of condition told on him,
began to slip up.
Then Sellers tore in at him, forced
a slugging bee, and after ten minutes
of the most furious milling, Corcoran
sagged and then dropped unconscious
to the floor. And so was the title
regained by England from Corcoran,
“the Irish gutter snipe.”
LETTER FOR ABEL.
There is a lefier at the sporting de
partment for Jake Abel, the boxer,
JACK DEMPSEY J. W, HEISMAN
JIM CORBETT H. ¥. PODHASKY
GEORGE PHAIR CHARLES SHONESY
W. ¥, KIRK 3.0 FIVR IR, Tan
TAD JOE BEAN ¥ % :
GUY BUTLER, Assistant Sporting DM'Z
HENRY C. VANCE, Sporting mg
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By CHARLES SHONESY. ”4
In a letter to the writer
Davis, athletic director of G, M. €&
discloses some very startling fa s.
Several stars of last year's ntet
are back, and many new faces s»
showing up well. G. M, C. will sin:
its basketball practise after Christs
mas, whon the new indoor court i
finished. It will be one of the bel
courts in the South and the cadetys
are anxious to have it done, R
Following are a few extracts frol
his letter: i
“Prospects for a winning team
rather encouraging. Of last r
squad we have Bennett, Stru "
Fitts, Mize, Mosely and Queener b C
Many promising new men are o
hand, and when practise begins tl e
are golng to make the old men hustl
for positions on the varsity five, 8 me
of the newcomers are Gordon, foF:
merly of Marist College, the twe
Thornton boys and J. A. Moore fron
the Athens Y. M. C. A, and thes
are Cutler, who playved with e
last year, and J, Collins and :
Daniel, two mighty nifty athld..'-t,
STRUPPER A WONDER.
“T bave coached Randolph Struppée
for the past two years, having M
as a forward on the championshi
G. M. A. basketball team of 1918, Be~
Jfore going to G. M. A, he was an all-
State guard from Columbus igh,.
This year I shall try and put him®
back at his old position of gu
and if T am not badly inistalke
Strupper will hold his opponents to"
very few goals. This boy Strupp
is a]wonder ’u a.nf o‘t'g‘.l.lel“ 2ing
equally proficient in so sket
rall and baseball. The college that
rasses up the opportunity of gettim
him will certainly fail to get a com
ing college star, 4 e
“As ‘o G. M. C’s schedule, e
have already been arranged writht
Camp Benning, Stetson University
Piedmont College and the M reer
second five. Challenges have Deen:
sent to Tech High, Boys’ High, L=
cock and other Atlanta teams, R T~
side may also be brought here. The
schedule is only tentative as yet, and
will 'be announced definitely as soomn
as all of the schools are heard from. =
So it would seem that my old friend
B. B. Adams was right when N
chirped that G. M. C. would have &
team that might as well be crowne
champions now. With the nucleus
that Charley Davis has he should de.
velop the strongest team the State™
has yet seen. I agree with him in
calling Strupper a wonder. While 4t
Columbus and G. M. A. the write
had occasion te see him play mang
different times, He is a first clas
athlete, and the college that lands }
services will, indced, be lucky.
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Peacock has been challenged o
G. M, C. If I were in the shoes of th %
'captain of the Peacock team, ho f’*
ever he is, 1T would accept. hey,
might lose the game, but an honors:
able defeat i{s better than not having'
tried at all, or of sidestepping a chals:
lenge. Should any of the local ool#*
develop teams of State championshi
caliber, thev will certainly have
play G. M. C. before the title can bes
clear. Eo
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Let's not have any such muddle in
basketball over the title as *
n foothall. Tech High and é’wgfi
falled to play for the first time |
soveral years, and consequently thi
title rested between them, with i
way in the world to decide the pess
sessor except by a post-season game.
which would have carried the Tegh
High season ov.er \mt.ll December 12,
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Many matters of vital importance
to the Atlanta Prep League wil
discussed at the meating of the direc- &
tors tonight at ¥Wulton High School.
Centre College to
Meet A, A, C, Teg M.
Here February 21%
Coach Bean of the Atlanta Athletic
Clyb quintet announced Tuesday that
the only open date on the club bas
ketball schedule had been filled. Cen~ " |
tre College, whose football tesm
claimed the championship of the
United States, will send its quiniet
down here for a game at the club on
the night of February 21, e
This game will create intense in
terest, as Centre stepped into the
spotlight via its great gridiron team
and inasmuch as several of its foot
ball stars will be here with the bas
ket team.
Macon Y. M. C. A. is the opponent
of the club next Saturday night.
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