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THE ATLANTA GEORGLAN, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER, 24, 1906.
GREAT DOINGS
AT LAKEWOOD
TERRY M’GOVERN HAS SIGNED
TO FIGHT WITH YOUNG CORBETT
New York, Oct. 21.—Terry McGovern and Young Corbett, together
with their managire. met yeslirday afternoon In The Evening Jour
nal office and elgned articles h r a match. Offers for the match will be
received from fight clubs until November 15, on which day the two law-
era will meet again and decide where the match Is to be held. The num
ber of rounds will also be decided c.n at that time. The contest la to
take place not later than January 5, 11107.
The contest Is to be fought under strict Queensberry rules, referee to
part the men In clinches. Contest for a number of rounds, to be agreed
upon when a bid la accepted for the mutch. The refer(e for the con
test to be mutually agreeable to both McGovern and Corbett. They arc
to box at catrh-wetghts. Ho ft bandages ''an be used by the contestants.
Regulation Sparrow Robertson gloves to be used in the contest.
Eighteen games will be played by the
prominent Southern college teams be.
tween now and the night of Saturday
• after next, November 3.
Not over one or two of these games
1 are likely to have any bearing on the
'• championship race in the Middle South,
but a number of them are slated to
furnish lots of fine excitement.
The Vanderbilt-Texas game might
possibly change the complexion of the
, race quite a bit, but Vanderbilt seems
• to have been enameled on and it Is
j doubtful if the Long Horns can do any
t damage to either the complexion or
the reputation of the Commodores. If
' Coach Dan McGugan's team had to go
1 to Austin for the game things might
be different, but It takes a stretch of
Imagination to believe that the Lone
Star aggregation can travel to Nash
ville, meet Vanderbilt on Dudley field
and get away with It.
The Auburn-Sewanee game next
> Saturday might upset several large
bundles of prepared dope, but we think
not. Sewanee should win the game.
According to tho time card, via the
Maryville route. Sewanee Is about three
touchdowns better than Auburn (thus:
Maryville tied Tech, Sewanee beat
Tech three touchdowns and Maryvtlle
1 tied Auburn). Wouldn't this dope stufT
make you dlasy?
In fart, those who wait around to
i ace championship battles In the South
will presumably wait until Vanderbilt
and Sewanee meet on Thanksgiving
day—and there la no real need of wait
ing that long, fur we’ll pipe It off right
i here and now that—barring the ap-
1 pearance of plague of yellow fever In
I the Vanderbilt squad—the town of
Nashville will he painted a bright gold,
with a few touches of black on the
night of November 29.
• This may be a bum steer, hut we’ll
risk our reputation as a dopeater on It.
I on It.
Thursday's game at Columhln he-
1 tween North Carolina A. & M. and
I Clemaon ought to be n ripping contest.
| Poor old Olemson Is pretty well stove
up, and according to Coach Williams
' the team looks like a gulf coast hnr-
. bor after a hurricane. Rut for all that
the plucky 8outh Carolina Tigers ran
: be counted on to put up a good game.
ATLANTA'8 BfO GAME.
The Tech-Davldgon game promises
to rank right along with any of the
Saturday affairs. The fact that Da-
' vldson could tie North Carolina nnd
j beat Georgia 15 lo 0 seems pretty good
] evidence that ahe la there with the
i football team, nnd the game ought to
' be a hustler. Tech should win, but It
, will be a battle worth seeing.
North Carolina A. & M. will no doubt
furnish Georgia a good contest, but
| the Athena Institution of learnllng and
■ football ought to come away with the
| long end. The Georgia team Is Im-
I proving elowly but surely, and will no
00O00000000O0000O000000000
O 0
O 80UTHERN FOOTBALL. 0
0 O
0 October 25. 0
0 Clemson vs. North Carolina A. O
0 & M.. at Columbia. 0
0 October 27. 0
O Tech vs. Davidson, In Atlanta. O
0 Georgia vs. North Carolina A. O
0 & M., In Athena. 0
0 Tenneaaee vs. Mississippi, at O
0 Memphis. 0
0 Vanderbilt vs. Texas, at Nash- O
0 vllic. 0
O Auburn va. Sewanee, at Blrm- O
0 Ingham. 0
0 Maryville va. Dahlonega, at O
0 Knoxville. O
0 Virginia vs. Georgetown, at 0
0 Washington. O
0 October 30. 0
O Arkansas vs. Texas, at Fayette- O
O vllle, Ark. 0
0 November 3. 0
0 Tech va. Auburn, In Atlanta. O
0 Georgia vs. Mercer, at Macon. O
O North Carolina vs. Georgetown, O
0 at Norfolk. O
O Tennessee va. Sewanee, at O
O Knoxville. 0
O Davidson va. Clemson, at Char- O
0 lotto, • O
Vanderbilt va. Michigan, at Ann 0
0 Arbor. O
0 Alabama va. Mississippi A. & 0
0 M.. at Starksvllle. 0
O Bucknell vs. Virginia, at Hlch- 0
O mond. O
Mississippi vs. Tulane, at New 0
0 Orleans. O
O 0
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doubt do well during the remainder of
the season.
The Maryville-Dahlonega game Is an
other which will be ‘fast and fierce.
The Tennesseeans seem to have a
shade the better of It, but Coach Craw
ford’s inen can be counted on to do
some playing.
Of the games November 3 the Tech-
Auburn game Is easily the headliner in
the South. The Georgia-Mercer game
will attract plenty of attention locally
and the Tennessee-Sewanee game will
be the big doings In Tennessee.
MICHIGAN INVASION.
The Vanderbilt team makes Its aec^
ond debut In Ann Arbor that day, when
It tackles the University of Michigan
team. Last year McQugln's men
ehowed well'agalnst the sturdy Michi
ganders, and were defeated by the com
paratively narrow margin of 18 to 0.
This showing la the best any S. 1. A. A.
team ever made against any Northern
team. This year Vanderbilt seems to,
be nearly as strong ns Inst year, while
Michigan Is apparently much weaker.
All Southorn football enthusiasts
will watch tills game with the deepest
Interest.
November 3, 10 and 17 will be the
big Saturdays of the football year. Aft.
er the 17th the teams will mostly be
gin to rest up for the final struggles
on Thanksgiving day.
Thomas Lawson 9 s Horses
Will Be Sold at Auction
After spending much moro than $1,000,000
In hla meteoric career nil n breeder of fine
! harness horses, Thomas W. Lawson has
! consigned nil his trotters to the Fsslg-
Tipton ssle, which follows the horse show
«t r Madlsou Hqunro garden, nnd will. It Is
Mid, wind up his nmatsur breeding Interests
j at Drenmwold. Not only Ills trotters, but
his select stud of carriage horses, hls prise-
winning dogs, nnd. In fact, nil live stock
j at the splendidly Improved country estate
| In Massachusetts will go under the ham
mer.
As breeder, turfman nnd esblldtor, Mr.
Lswsoii wns for several years one of the
most conspicuous figures ever seen In the
horse world. Ills spectacular entrance Into
I the limelight whs made In 1K99, when he
[ paid a sensational price for the 3-yen r-
. old trotter, Roraltna, on the eve of the
| Kentucky Futurity, and \voti him out by
backing him to win that classic colt rsco
at Lexington. Encouraged by hls success.
Mr. Lawson set out to assemble n select
stable of harness horses, nnd for n time
he wns the most liberal buyer of trotters
■ In the country. lie wns said to have paid
C. J. Hamlin $60,000 for Ihtredevil, 2.09**-
j Rsgwa, 2:13Hi one of “Doc" Tanner's
•'highly polished gold bricks,” ns the llnston
| plunger aptly described him, was hntided
; to him nt a long price, and he added
1 many other fast homes to hls string. Rut
be never obtained another Uorslutn.
In 1900, Mr. tawson locked horns with E.
E. Smothers, of whom the late Frank Her-
. die said, "He would Iwt more money on
nu even t*h!ng than any other mnu that
‘ ever followed the trotters.” It wns nt
; Lexington, on the eve of the race for
; the Trsnsylvnula stakes. In which Mr. Law-
ton's Boralnm and Mr. Hmathers' Lord
| Derby were starters. The pool selling wax-
ad warm nt the l'hoenlx hotel, and the
climax was reached when the owner of
Lord Derby bid $20,000 for "the field and
sell Boralma.” ".luck” Roach, who was
then Mr. Lawson's betting commissioner,
did uot rcstHind ou behalf of the Boston
trotter. Boralma won the race.
It was In the following year that Mr.
Lawson set the horse world nstlr by offer
ing to match Bornlms against The Abbot.
I*>rd Derby or t’rescens for $100,000 n side.
The match was not made, but In 1908 the
owner of Boralma backed him lo beat
Lord Derby in the largest match race on
record. The stakes were $30,000 a side. Boon
lifter the money was posted, Mr. Bmath-
ers offered to uinke It *20,000 more, but the
offer was not accepted. At Hartford, on
August 2. 1902, the rue.* was trotted. Bo
ra I in a met hla Waterloo and ended bis
turf career. Boon afterward hls owner's
turf career ended.
Mr. Lawson then turned his attention to
breeding trotters and trottlug bred car
riage boraes. He established Drestnwobl,
on the bleak bill* overlooking Massachu-
sands of dollars Tu transforming n barren
wilderness Into a model stock farm, unri
valed lu all the world In Its appoint-
inents. Hla selections of breeding stock
were made with far better judgment than
had characterised hls purchases for turf
purposes. What the late Marcus Daly's
select stud was dispersed, he bought the
nick of the brood mares and some of the
best stnlllous aud young things.
Before he became prominent ns an owner
of trotters. Mr. Lawson achieved unusual
succeat as an exhibitor nt the horse shows.
In 1899, he won prises nt Madison Bonn re
garden with (Hortons, Glorlauu, Gorgeous,
aud some other tlue hnruess and saddle
horses. Throe yenrs Inter, he had the
strongest stable of rnrrbtge horses lu the
country, hls string Including the matchless
stallion Red Cloud, for which, after that
horse won the Wnlfdorf--Astoria cup. he
paid W. L. Klklus $10,000; the iuvituiblo
pony stallion (Hortons Ronnie; u park four-
Iti-hnnd, costing $32,000, nnd mnuy other
equine stnrs. Thunder Cloud, ouo of Mr.
Lawson's carriage horses, wns selected nnd
purchased by the I’nlted States govern
inent to head the experimental breeding
stud established lu Colorado it few years
ago by the department of agriculture. Red
Cloud nnd othr - “
few years
__ .fture. lied
loud nnd other tine stallions nnd mares
in the string were relegated to the stud of
Dream wold when Mr. Lawson retired from
the show* ring nnd gnve Ids attention to
breeding horses. About ouo hundred aud
seventy-five trotters will be included lu
TEXAS TEAM PROMISES TO
GIVE VANDERBILT A RUB
Special to Tho GCorel,id.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 24.—The heavy
team of the Unlveralty of Texas, which
met defeat at the hande of Vanderbilt
Iaet fall by a score of 34 to 0, le com
ing up this year to mop up with the
Commodores, so they say. The follow,
tng message has been received In
Nashville from Manager F. E. Lump
kin, of tho Texas team:
’’Texas leaves Wednesday. Will have
eighteen men. Reach Nashville Friday
morning. Average weight 170 pounds.
In good trim, well coached, fast. Would
put up strong winning games. Prac
tically all of, last year’s team, with
some fine new material. Six ‘‘ten-sec
ond men," nine strong backs, fast.
Texas expects'to win."
Vanderbilt meets Texas next Satur
day on Dudley field. In the game last
season Texas brought eighteen men
and had to play them all, as they were
considerably battered up when the
gamo had finished. Vanderbilt is
counting this as one of her hardest
games, as the Texas team Is always
an unknown quantity.
REVIEWS OF A WOLVERINE
I wandered to Ann Arbor, Tom; I went the other clay;
I strolled out to tho football field to see the squad at play.
But fewr were there to greet tne, Tom, nnd few were left to know,
That played with us upon the team Just two short years ago.
I saw Yost coaching as of old, tho same old Yost, ’tls true:
But not the same old llne-tip, Tom, that wore the malxe and blue,
And like some wild tornado turned nloose upon the foe.
They rolled up 60 points a game, u few short years ago.
I saw the scrub team hold 'em. Tom. nnd then my thoughts turned back;
I saw*the shade of Heston,* ns ho led the old attack.
With Weeks and Umgmnn at hls side—*twas forty yards or so—
Each time this old buucb lyid tho ball, some few short years ago.
utly thro*
bygone days
Bweeley. Whl
iTugs were very different, Tom, a few short yenrs ugo.
Jd tei
And ouly
“* T n _ __ _ _
he'd drawn a crack at them, Just two short years ago.
—Gruntland Illco In Cleveland News.
i DISCLAIMER FROM j
; GRANT’S MANAGER |
The morning following the Tech-
Grant Unlveralty game there appeared
an account of tho game In The Chatta
nooga' Times, In which the writer criti
cised'aeverely the officials, and espe
cially Joe Beene, assistant coach at
Tech, who acted as one of the officials
In this game.
In an unsolicited letter written by
the manager of the Grant team he dis
claim* responsibility for the attack.
The letter to Beene is as follows:
"Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 18, 1906.
"Mr. Jodie Beene, Atlanta, Ga.:
"Dear Sir—I suppose you and your
men saw the publication In The Chat
tanooga Times Sunday morning con
cerning the football game between
Tech and Grant.
"No one from our school authorized
them to publish such a statement,
advance copy of schedule, announces that
he has "got fhe worst of it." (S. B.—You
can't go wrong on this story. There has
been no variation In It for five years.)
February 16.—Birmingham papers re-es
tablish sporting pages, appoint the office
boy to write baseball, nnd remember that
they won a pennant track In 1906.
February 18— Good time for general story
about team, with prediction thnt It will
win the pennant. (This Is sufficiently fnr
enough distant from the following Septem
ber 15 so that the prophecy will be forgot
ten.)
LOCAL MEN ARE GETTING READY
FOR BIG EXHIBITION NEXT
MONTH.
In preparation for the bln exhibiting
ahoot which will take place November 11
at Lakewood, when the Winchester team
will rlalt Atlanta, local shooters are vn 7
tlelng almost every afternoon. Tuesday
•even men ahot during the afternoon am
some good scores were made.
Poole aud lljrlcr were the heat men of
the afternoon. The former hit them off
23. 22, 22. 23 and 24 nt the ntnrt. and had
a high average. Iljrler put two 2s to hi.
credit.
The aeores follow:
-Targets
NAMKH—
I'ojf
IIyer.. . .
McNael.. .
Poole
Hnnnlc’iitt. ,
Mitchell. . .
Porter
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The photo on tho loft ahowi George Sutton, who recently defeated
George Sloston in an oxeitlng billiard match, Tho photograph on the left
ia of Sloteon. . '
Sad Wail of “J. Johnsing, 99
The Pug Without a Fight
Arthur Johnson has written the following
letter to Tad;
"Philadelphia, October 22, 1906.—Dear Tad:
Just a few lines to let you know that 1
am wandering around Philadelphia without
anything to do but draw my breath. Like
that man, Mr. Barkis, that Dickens wrote
about, 'I’m wlllln,' ’ -but no ono seems to
want me.
"Can you tell me wbnt Is the matter with
these home-made champions?
"I'm very tired of seeing these so-called
champions posing around saloons. You walk
In some Joint and there Is n big strap
ping fellow making bis arm swell so that
the rummy with him can feel It.
"Tho fighters say, ‘No one will fight me.
O'Brien Is afraid of me. Burns? I knock
ed him out In private. He won't fight,
either. The day I knocked him. cold, they
had to get a doctor to bring him to.'
" 'IVell,' toys the guy, 'how about Ar
thur Johnson?'
"Then the fighters say, 'Johnson? He
never licked any one. The only thing be
can beat Is carpets.'
"Now, Tad, you know I'd give most of
tho money to sny of these fellows to get
them Into a ring. I’m hungry to grab one.
I'd rather fight one of these heavies than
eat one of them old meals that Henry
Johnson used to feed hls little son Arthur
down In Galveston, Tex. I have Sailor
Burke with me now, and be looks to b|«
a good boy.
"I am doing light training, and expect to
fight up tho state soon, but they haven't
found any one for me yet. Remember me
kindly to O’Brien nnd Berger. Your little
friend, J. ARTHUR JOHNSON.”
KNOCK-DOWNS AND DRAG-OUTS
New York, Oct. 23.—Big Jack Johnson
seems to be held In high esteem by the
different heavyweights. Sam Fitzpatrick,
who has taken hold of Johnson, has sent
challenges to all the heavies, but they
refuse to fight. The ouly mail who did
accept was Joe Jeanette, nnd he Is still
awaiting n reply. The National Athletic
Club, of Philadelphia, Is willing to hang
up n good purse for a bout hetweeu John
son and some other good man.
Honey Mellody, of Boston, declares he Is
through with Joe Walcott, and will not
meet him again. Mlah Murray, matchmaker
of the Llucolu club, of Chelsea, tried to
re-match the men, hut Mellody was not
agreeable. He says the next bout he would
like to take part ft* would lie with either
Mike (Twin) Sullivan or Sailor Burke, of
Brooklyn.
Gilbert Whltely, tho Philadelphia sport
ing msn, has unearthed a new "champion,"
whom he expects will clean up nil the wel
terweights. Hls man Is "Sailor” Bryan,
aud Whltely claims hls man has been go
ing grandly In private. He would like to
match the "Saflor" against Joe Walcott be
fore any dub that will offer a suitable
purse.
• Mike Ward, the • Canadian fighter, has
ONCE-GREATS SIGN AGAIN
Great interest Is being manifested
throughout the state In the coming exhibb
tlon shoot. Undoubtedly the Crosby Topper.
welus-Hnwklns-Taylor-Boa combination li
the warmest thing lu the shooting line
which has ever hit Atlanta, and shooters
will come from long distances to see the<e
men perform. Each of them is or has been
recently a champion, and all are holders
of world's records.
ETHRIDGE HAS
HIS OLD JOB
Newton Ethridge will be the seer*,
tary of the Atlanta baseball club next
year. He closed with the baseball as.
aoclatlon Tuesday afternoon and went
to Macon Tuesday night with the con
tract In hls pocket. Ethridge mad*
many friends among players and fan*
all around the circuit last year and it Is
welcome news tnat he will be back
again in hls old capacity.
WALKER LOST
BY ATLANTA
Pitcher Walker lx not for Atlanta.
He was drafted by Smith nnd the
claim was allowed by Secretary Far
rell, of the National Association.
Now comes Mr. Farrell again with
the notification that the deal for Walk'
er does not stand.
Walker was traded by the Jackson
vllle club to Montgomery for Mullaney
This deal was recorded September 52
which Is drafting season for the ma.
Jor leagues. For this reason Manager
Smith supposed that the Montgomery
deal would not be nllowed. It seemi,
however, that It does.
And Montgomery gets Walker.
MAT BALDWIN
BEAT O’BRIEN
dm dosing out sale. Boralnm alone is to | being unkind both to Tech nnd Grant,
lie retained.—The New York Herald. | There was nothing whatsoever * to
]
! FIGHTS IN PHILLY
Philadelphia, Oct. 24.—The new Nonpa
reil Athletic Club, of Philadelphia, whose
laat two shows have been much appro
elated by the sporting men of "tilotv
Town,” promises another good card for Frl
day night. For the wlud-up, the match
maker Is trying to secure Eddie Kelly, of
Buffalo, and Tommy O'Toole, the crack lit
tie fighter of Richmond.
The Broadway Athletic Club, of PUUn
delphtn. has hilled another nll-stnr show
for tomorrow ulght, lu which the fight
fans of the Quaker City are very much
Interested. Six bouts will he put ou, and
the wind up will bring together Kid Glea
son, of Connecticut, aud Khl Stein, «>l
Philadelphia. The boys have mci twice,
aud each has won n battle. The bout to
morrow night will be the deciding one.
Minnesota's big football games this fall
will be against Chicago aud Carlisle.
Yale is to take up aocker footfall In
the near* future, but will not attempt to
play auy big games this fall.
prompt them to publish that.
"Tech’s boys played a fair game from
start to finish. They were especially
kind to us when we asked for time.
"Please show this to the manager
and also the members of the team.
"I sincerely hope you will have a
successful season In footb&U.
"Fraternally yours,
"WAYNE T. ROBINSON,
"Manager.”
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FIRST AID TO THE
BASEBALL WRITERS j
• M*MM*MIM4I*IIIHIMIII4IMMMMIM4MIIHIM
Chicago papers have been Inflicting on
the public schedule* of winter pipe
dreams for the tired sportiug editors.
Not to be outdoue. we herewith sub
mit the following tliue-tnble, nnd base
ball writers are requested to observe
it rigidly:
November 15 to February 15. open season
on "repeal-of-foul-strike-rule,'* "seuson-ts-
too-long,'' '*Chnttnnooga-I»■ to-replace-Shreve-
port-ln-the-Southerii-League" stories. (It is
considered bad form to write more than
one story along each line.)
November 15—Billy Smith and Charley
Frank meet accidentally, kiss and make
up. (This Is the champion pipe of the
season.)
November 39—Rumor that James Fuller,
of Nashville. Is to succeed William Kar*.
tratigh as president of the Southern League.
(Would avoid using this otherwise than
as u rumor. That will eliminate the merry
ha-ha when Knvauaugh Is re-elected.)
January 2—Well Informed Nashville fan
says that Nashville Is to have a good team
In 1907. (This Is an awful old yarn, but
times nre hard, and wo must earn our
bread some way.*
January 3—Write story that Nashville, be
ing unable to get anybody to mnuage team,
will let It ruu Itself In 1907. (Good story
thfs. If wrltteu right.)
January (.-Charley Frank, after aeetug'
Terry McGovern on loft and “Young Corbett" on right, haye long been regarded «s charter members of
th* down and out club, but ths othsr day in Philadelphia they “came back” and fought a fast fight That is it
was fast judged by Philedelphia standards.. Anyway ths msn have been matched to fight again, ‘ '
Boston, Oct. 24.—Matty Baldwin, of
Charlestown, bdht Rouse O'Brien, of
South Boston, forty ways at Chelse*
last night, and at the end of the ached’
uled 16 rounds the referee, Hector Me*
Innls, of South Boston, called the con
test a draw.
Beginning with the very first round,
when Baldwin sent O’Brien to the mat
with a clean right to the chin, as they
were coming out of a clinch, there was
never a time during the 16 rounds when
the Charlestown boy did not have *
safe lead.
In five rounds—the third, seventh,
eighth, thirteenth and fourteenth-
O’Brlen showed Hashes that gave him
the advantage In those particular
rounds, but the other ten were Bald*
win’s by substantial margins and thert
was not a really even round In the 15.
PLACE 18 SELECTED
BY JIMMY COFFROTH,
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 24.—TM
Berger-Kaufman contest will tak*
place at Pavilion rink, the place se
lected by Jimmy Coffroth as the K*n*
of battle. This much Is ma<le cl f * f
by a xtatsment issued by Eddie ora-
ney last night. Qraney says that w
still questions Coffroth’s right to h>'
cur large expenses,” without authort
xation from the fight trust; hut th* 1 !
while he does not Intend to let tn*
matter drop, he will not Interfere
the progress the heavy weights make,
Iteen secured to meet Harry l-ewl*. tit*
ersek Philadelphia welterweight, who ““
added aeyeral wnlps to hla bolt wlthla «•
past few weeks. The men will tight t™
r,;mda at Grand fiapld*. Mich., thtte
tier 31.
Stung by the atrong letter »ont ooit W
Jack Blackburn regarding a match w
him; Harry Lewis has come b;ick w
on early reply. Lewi* states that
signed up fur several matches In the » •
future, hut If Blackburn can ■‘h ,,w
where he eon do better by meeting
be will do so.
The private tight tietween Tint
of Philadelphia, aud Freddie Wel»h.
land, which wns scheduled to tnk** P
near Cincinnati Saturday night, wns i ^
poned until tonight, ns Calls nan < • » ^
reach the battle ground It* time. TD ^
nre to meet for twenty rounaj ■ ^
pounds, aud have been guaranteed a i
of $1,000.
NAT KAISER & CO-
Bargains in unredeemed
monds. Confidential loans on VIJ
uables.
15 Decatur St Kimball Bo"«*
TAKE YOUR STIFF
or soft felt hat to Bussey to he « ,
ed and reshaped like new- - s
Whitehall.
EIGHTEEN BIG GAMES IN
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS