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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
BIG EASTERN ELEVENS
STUCK TO OLD FOOTBALL

NEW YORK, Nov 29 With the 1912
football season closed, except for the
Army and Navy battle tomorrow in Phil
adelphia, opponents Of the new style of
play TO-DAY found big disappointment in
reviewing the styles Of attack used by
the Eastern elevens in their big games
Despite the chances for long gains and
spectacular plays afforded by the new
open game, the majority Of elcveus
stuck to the old system of making gains
through mass plunges and the forward
pass, predicted as the most popular in
novation in football in ten years was
used only on rare occasions
Harvard Is the undisputed champion of
the east and her record of ten Victories
and no DEFEATS is better than any of the
big Western colleges Princeton is given
second ranking, Carlisle third, Dartmouth
fourth and Yale fifth.
Dopesters are now busy making their
all-American selections. ketcham. the
great Yale center, and Brckley, the
Crimson halfback whose wonderful toe
and great end runs scored "a points
for the Harvard squad, together with
jim Thorpe, the Indian halfback, are
sure To be on all the selections, but there
IL big difference of opinion as to which
men will be stars in the other positions.
The middieS and the cadets are in fine
condition for their clash tomorrow. Each
team has star punter ana drop kicker,
hut both eleVens are pretty evenly
matched as to weight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
Rivers Now After Richie and
His Title; Mexican Wins Clean
Victory Over New0rleans Boy

hands to the stomach with an oc-
casional uppercut 10 the chin.
Mandot appeared to be almost
out, but rallied gamely and man
aged to obtain something like an
even break in the succeeding two
rounds by slug ding at close quar-
ters with the Mexican, who had
east aside all defensive efforts in
an attempt to put the Southerner
down for the count.
Mandots Judgment Of distance,
however, seemed defective and ne
was thrown off his balance time
after time by his wild swings. All
science was discarded in the last
round Standing close, they
slammed rights and lefts to the
head and fought fiercely head to
head. with honors about even for
the ROUND
The Rivers Of yesterday was
wholly different boxer from the
man who was SO hopelessly out
classed by the New Orleans light
weight Oh Labor day He fought
cool and heady battle, and instead
of covering in the attacks Of the
Southerner, he fought back hard.
Throughout the fight Rivers
sought 20 work in close, shooting
hard rights and lefts to the body,
varied with an occasional upper
cut a method OF offensive fighting
against which Mandots science was
Of little avail, Several times the
referee was compelled to pry them
apart and once Rivers hit the ref
> cree in breaking away. Neither OF
the boys was badly marked at the
close of the fight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
By Left Hook.

a TLANTA boxing fans woke up
n with headache today 51,1.,,.a and it t
wasn't from over indulgence II
Thanksgiving eggnog. 1t was due
to the fact that they were as beau
tifully bunked as the agricultural
expert who bought the gold brick
in the muchly advertised, highly
touted meeting between Carl Nor
ris and Jack Mcfarland.
To Mr.. Mcfarland our hats are
off. He had the nerve to pull the
rawest stage fall ever witnessed in
an Atlanta ring. and there have
been plenty Of pretty ones here,
and he did it in the presence of the
biggest crowd that ever Witnessed
glove engagement in. this fair
city.
1t is well that Mr.. Mcfarland has
histrionic nerve. He certainly pos
sesses none. pugilistically speaking
He was scared stiff when he crawl
ed through the ropes, and he kept
getting worse Just exactly q min
ute and a half after the huge Nor
ris had first rushed at him, 'the
Twentieth Century Bob Fitzsim-
mons" felt the end of glove scrape
his chin. That was enough. He
Topped on the floor. even as tired
man hits the hay. and, despite
Morris urging him to get up and
give the fans a run for their money,
he reclined there until Harry Mat
thews. the referee. gave him the
count
The blow before which he fell
was Il left handed slap that touch
ed him with about half the force q
barber employs when he is giving a
facial massage. The lay-down was
plain, palpable and generally out
rageous.
McFarland's legs were shaking
when he got his instructions. When
Morris rushed from his corner, he
did a dance, probably to hide the
delirium tremens tendency of his
pins. When he got tired of turkey
trotting he Topped.
Britt Given Only a Draw.
The main bout was startling
counterpart to the scraps that had
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
Mcfarland Does a Wonderful
Flop to Morris; Britt Fights
Prizes Eight Corking Rounds

preceded it. Better preliminaria,
have never been staged in the city.
In the semiwindup, Spider Britt
and Mayer Prizes, the ancient enc.
mics Of the bantam class. foupht
their hundred and first draw J.,
was a whirlwind affair throuejtour
the eight rounds. To spectacle,
it seemed that Britt had the bottsr
of the going. In addition to this
it seemed that Prizes twice foulad
his opponent. Mike Saul. who Of
ticiated, called it Il draw, though
and there have been worse deci-
sions Both boys did all their real
fighting with their right hands
Britt using a long swing and Prizes
an overland chop.
laveIle and Baker Draw.
The second preliminary was an
other engagement between Tommy
Lavelle and Frank Baker. To the
surprise of the crowd who Baker
impressed on his two previous an
pearances here, Lavelle carried the
fighting to him and gave the Nash
Vile boy no chance to utilize his
superior boxing. Two or three times
Baker was in trouble, but good
ring generalship always saved him.
He was fighting tiashily at the end
of the sixth round. Saul called it a
draw
The first preliminary was a slap
bang affair between Kid Superior
and Young, Attell. Both boys We're
novices, but We're willing to trade
punches. They fought every step of
their four rounds. and Kid Supc-
rior earned the decision.
After the final battle, the crowd
remained in the hall for some time
in order to hiss Mr. Mcfarland
Having done this to their hearts
content, they wendell their way
homeward.
Whitney to Meet English
The club management announced
that on the night of December ,
Clarence English will meet Frank
Whitney. Both boys are well known
locally. The management hopes
they Will put up a mill that will
prove a balm for the injured feel
ings of the thousand or SO fans
faxed by Mcfarland.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
Bob McWhorter EquaDed Ted Coy's Great Game
Bowden Also Hero in Georgia Auburn Battle

$4,000 of clear profit In its athletic
treasury and the showing yesterday
in Athens. with some $500 persons
present, is one of the best argu-
ments in favor of playing all Au-
burn-Georgia games in Athens, or
at least the remaining four that are
called for in the present contract.
Six hundred supporters of both
teams went to Athens on a special
train, and Harrison Jones, '07. told
the Auburn and Georgia men at a
smoker in Athens last night that in
clear weather hereafter he would
guarantee 1900 to 1900 persons
from Atlanta. DR.. Ross, Tom
Bragg and Mike Donahue of Au-
burn. Reynolds Tichenor Of At
lanta, an old Auburn star. and
other Auburnites listened with
great interest to the Georgia prop
osition and announced that they
would go back home and think 1t
over. No action can be taken be-
fore the Auburn student body is
consulted.
Each team cleared approximate
ly S1,750 yesterday. counting out
$1,000 for expenses. Georgia clear
ed $500 on the Vanderbilt game in
Atlanta, s240O on the Tech game
and lost $50 on the Alabama game
at Columbus, the only loss of the
season.
1t was pointed out in Athens that
games played in Auburn are usual
at a loss and hope is held that
Auburn will accede to the wishes
of the university in transferring its
two games to Athens.
STETSON 5ESTS GORDON.
DE LAND, FLA, Nov. 2g.-Stetson We
from Gordon institute yesterday by
score of Al to Z.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
BY II. NJ. Walker.

II OS ANGELES, Nov. 29.--Jue
Rivers. the Mexican fighter
who scored victory yestey-
day over Joe Mandot, the New Or
leans lightweight wants to be the
first man to meet Willie Richie,
the new lightweight champion,
when the latter goes into the ring
10 defend his crown, and Rivers
manager today opened negotiations
with Billy Nolan, manager for
Richie.
Rivers, who has made great
record on the coast and is popular
with the fans, is eager to meet
Richie and wrest the title from
him.
'T'l meet him anywhere, and the
sooner the better" was Rivers an
nouncement today.
II was clean-Cut victory for
the Mexican. who showed a re-
inarkable reversal Of form, exhibit
ing more speed and cleverness than
DE had ever shown. 1t was nearly
dark and the electric lights over the
ring had been lighted when Referee
Eyton hoist Rivers hand in token
of victory at the close of the Jwen-
tieth round.
1t was a fierce fight throughout.
At times both threw cautionto the
winds in the efforts for o. kuoc5-
out The nearest thing to knock
down was scored by Rivers I'm the
fifteenth round, when he almost
iioored Mandot with right ana
eft swing to the jaw, followed by
clinches IN which ne rammed both
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
BY W. S. Farnsworth.

THEY have elected Bob Nc
Whorter captain Of the
Georgia eleven for 1913
They ought to make him mayor of
Athens, chief of police and head of
everything else in that village of
a double barreled cannon fame.
BY score of IL to McWhorter
defeated Auburn yesterday on a
gridiron ankle deep with mud and
water, Had the ground been hard
and fast MCWhorttr would have
probably won by twice the score
that he piled up
7 have seen every Harvard Yale
football game since 1901. excepting
this years battle. have witnessed
nearly every other big Eastern
struggle since the same year, but
have never seen one man hold the
spotlight as long as did McWhorter
yesterday.
In 1907 Yale defeated Princeton
II to 10, At the end of the first
half the score was 10 to 0 in
Princeton's favor. But in the last
half Ted Coy greatest of all great
players that Yale has had, all by
his lonesome, tore through the
Princeton line for two touchdowns
and kicked the two goals that won
for the Bulldog.
thought Coy was a bear then.
But he didn't have thing on the
McWhorter Of yesterday.
TINE and again Georgia mad
yards and yards to gain on the
last down. Did they resort to
punt? | should say not. Instead
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
BY W. W. Naughton.

C%AN FRANCISCO. Nov. %
y Crying robbery" and nursing
the bruised portions of his
body, Al Wolgast, ex-champion
lightweight of the world until his
trimming by Willie Ritchie yester-
day today issued Il statement.
Richie and Referee James Crit
fin also had their say when they
learned what Wolgast had said. The
statements follow:
BY Ad WoIgast Referee Griffin
stole the championship from me.
| did not hit Richie foul blow,
and if ] had been allowed to con-
tinue [ could have gone through
the round all right, l was rapidly
recovering fn)m the punch that
toppled me over. All | ask is that
Richie give me a chance to win
back the title
BY Willie Ritche-I landed a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA WINS
STATE FOOTBALL TITLE

COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. Winning.
70 to 2 in its annual game with the Clta-
del, the University of South Carolina can
tured the football championship of South
Carolina, completing it's string of victo-
ries over all the colleges in the state that
play football. Carolina won by q great
display of straight football
fhe citadel resorted largely to forward
passes. Howard, for Carolina played a
magnificent game, making two touch
downs, ana tearing off many long runs.
tolEer, for the Citadel, was the best man
Tor the losers. Sigh at end for Caro-
lima, put mp brilliant exhibition, and
ospeGiallN On handling punts
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
LA GRANGE BASKET BALL
TEAM OUT AFTER GAMES

Managers Of local basketball teams
who desire games for their clubs are
'Bsked to communicate with the Rev
Henry j.. Phillips LAGRANGE, Ga The
LAGRANGE team is said TO be It strong one.
MIR Phillips by the way, will be re
guard. and assistant coach Of Sewanee
football teams. He IS having the same
success with basketball teams in con-
nection with his church work among boys
that he did with football teams ut Sc
vance. which was very considerable.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
C0MM0D0RES WIN TITLE
BY DOWNING SEWANEE

NASHVILLE, TENN Nov. 29.-Van-
derbilt defeated Sewanec decisively be-
fore crowd OF 10000 persons, IS to o.
The touchdowns made by Vanderbilt
came in he last period They were made
ny Quarterback Curtin and Fullback Tur-
ner after the ban had been rushed CON
Sistently from far down into Vanderbilt
own territory
In the first period. with the ball on her
own 4-yard line, Sewanee had to punt
from behind the line Stouey's pass Ia
Gtllem went wide and before he could re-
cover the ban ana run it out he was
doWned by iGnoch Brown. This scored 2
points, a safety
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
MERCER AND FLORIDA
TEAMS PLAY TO A TIE

JACKSONVILLE. FLA. Nov. 29-Mer-
Ger and Florida played an to game
on the local gridiron the contest being
Witnessed by large crowd Mercer
outweighed the tloridans several pounds
TO the man. but the Alligators put up a
stiff battle throughout
Both teams attempted goals from the
field, Mercer once from the 25-yard line
but none Of the attempts were success
mi
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29

they called upon McWhorter. And
MCWhorter never failed to make 1t
first down. Three times he was
called upon to make anywhere from
twelve to eighteen yards, and, run
ming low and fast with no inter-
ference, he proved equal to the oc-
casion.
I had heard that McWhorter was
a great offensive back. but that on
the defense he amounted to little.
1t was loose talk that I had listened
to. for yesterday McWhorter time
and again got to ths Auburn man
with the ball and threw him for
loss His tackling was sure and
heavy. And heavy" is far from
being the proper word. Why, that
human steam roller dropped the
opposition hard enough to kill them
hadn't they been well conditioned
athletes.
a Nd hats off to Bowden, too. This
boy played a wonderful game
and would have been the big hero
hadn't McWhorter been on the ho-
rizon of fame. Bowden's end runs;
his plunges outside OF tackle and
the aid that he gave to McWhorter
were sensational.
In the last quarter Bowden play
ed on his nerve alone. His natural
strength had been spent long be-
fore the end of the third quarter.
But he was game-game from the
top of his head to the bottom of his
wet feet And he played that last
fifteen minutes on his nerve alone
THE wind-up of the football sea-
son finds the University of
Georgia team with approximately
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29
Wolgast Cries That He Was Robbed of His Title
Referee Claims Fight Even Until Foul Landed

about $4,000 to his bank roll. The
major portion of the purses in
half dozen bouts with second raters
against whom his manager will pit
him for the next six months, as
well as the heavy end in the big
bouts that will follow, probably will
add another 100000 to his fortune.
Ritchie's rise has been meteoric
A year ago, unknown, unheralded,
he came to this town and begged
for a chance against some of the
third and fourth raters. He got
them and made good-also enough
money to provide him with break
fast and occasional dinners.
When Wolgast found It impossi-
BILE to meet Freddy Welsh the Eng
fish fighter, Richie was substi-
tuted. What he did to Welsh is his
tory.
Then came Ritchie's four-round
bout with Wolgast in which he
gained the popular decision.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29

blow on Wolgasts stomach in the
eighth round that convinced me |
was going to win the fight. VOL
CAST was in pain and his blows did
not have the same effect after that
[ had Wolgast at my mercy when
he fouIed me and would have FIN
ished him before the round ended.
BY Referee James Griffin had
nothing TO do but disqualify VOL
CAST. The foul blow he landed was
a vicious lone and clearly incapi-
tated Ritchie. l could not see that
either man had any advantage up
to the sixteenth round.
Willie Richie awoke today to
find that he had not only inherited
the title Of lightweight champion
of the world, but about 800, coo be-
sides.
Vaudeville managers are making
high bids for Ritchies services, and
by accepting the offers he will add
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-29

sTETSoN 5EsTs GORDON,
DE LAND, FLA, Nov. 29-Stetson won
from Gordon institute yesterday by a
score of Al to 7.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
Sherman Pleased.

Utica, N. Yin statement given
out by Vice-President Sherman, he
said:
II am not unmindful of the honor
conferred by the nomination by the
Republican national convention, as the
party's candidate for Vice-President.
To appreciate its full significance, one
must remember that not for three
quarters of n century has a renomina-
tion been accorded to any one for this
office.
ut has long been known to my close
personal friends that my preference
was to retire from public office at the
close Of the present term, and at no
time have been a candidate for re-
nomination. have been too greatly
honored by the party, however, to de-
cline further service when its leaders
and its representatives by their con-
vention action have expressed a be-
lief that service was required.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
president TAFT Hears the News.

:, votes for Hughes In Pennsylvania.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28

ant only as preliminary to a national
campaign for the election of Pres
ident. The Chicago convention Just
ended is much more than this, and is
in itself the end of pre-convention
campaign presenting crisis more
threatening and issues more important
than those of the election campaign
which is to follow between the two
great national parties.
"The importance of the great vic.
tory which has been achieved cannot
be overestimated. All over this coun-
try patriotic people are breathing
more freely that a most serious men-
ace>to our Republican institutions has
been averted."
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
That Was Different.

A stern father who had repeatedly
told young man who was paying his
addresses to his daughter not to visit
the house again without his permis-
sion, which he never intended to give.
was surprised when he answered q
ring at the doorbell late one evening
to see the young man waiting on the
step.
"Sir." said he in anger. didn't tell
you not to call again, eh. sir?"
'Yes," said the young man. II
know, but didn't call to see your
daughter. l came on behalf Of our
firm about that little bill"
"Oh-er-er-" stammered the
stern father, "call again. will you?"
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28

The revolt of many Of the Roosevelt
delegates In the convention was open
from the moment the permanent roll
containing the names of contested del
'cgstes was approved.
! A "vaiedictory" statement was read
in behalf of Col. Roosevelt asking that
his name be not presented and that his
delegates sit in mute protest against
all further proceedings.
A great majority of the Roosevelt
delegates In the Illinois and all in the
Missouri and Idaho delegations de-
clined to follow this advice, but Col.
RoOseveIt's sway over delegations
from California. Kansas. Maine, Min
nesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Penn
syivania. South Dakota and West Vir-
ginia was all but absolute.
Most of the delegates from these
states announced their purpose of
helping give Mr.. Roosevelt an inde-
pendent nomination at another hall
later in the evening.
The split in the convention occa-
stoned no surprise. 1t was but full
fiiment of predictions that had been
made during the last several days.
The first test vote after the an
nouncement Of the Roosevelt valedic-
tory came on the adoption Of the party
platform. The affirmative vote was
66G. Roosevelt delegates present, not
voting. numbered 343. There were 81
noes. sc of them from the La Toilette
states of Wisconsin and North Dakota
Senator La Toilette was placed be-
fore the convention, but Col. Roose-
velts wishes we're carried out by his
followers, and they remained silent
during the call of the states for nom
nations.
Many of the delegates. however. car
ried out their primary instructions ami
voted for the colonel.
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
DENVER AFTER CONVENTION.
Urging the Roosevelt Party to Meet IN
Rocky Mountain Metropolis.

uraina the Roosevelt Party to Meet IN
Rocky Mountain Metropolis.
Denver.-The action of the Roose'
welt delegates to the national conven.
ton at Chicago in organizing a con,
vention of their own and nominating
Colonel Roosevelt for President at the
head of a new party, and the accept
ance Of Roosevelt on condition that
their action be ratified at regular
convention, makes it more than prob
able that Denver will succeed in
bringing the third party gathering
here.
The Denver boosters say that as
they are first in the field for the con.
vention with offers that cannot be
considered lightly by the third party
leaders, Denver's chances are there.
fore exceptionally bright.
The civic organizations worked all
day Saturday with the convention In
view. Meetingo were held, pledges Of
business men that they would do ev-
erything In their power to bring the
convention here. and make 1t sue.
cess, were obtained, and the cam
.paign for the convention was in
full swing. As result Of the
meetings kilograms were sent to
the political leaders Of the third party
urging them to work for Denvse
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
cIothes and the Man.

A colporteur in South Carolina,
walking many miles through mud, &C
costed passerby and suggested the
purchase Of the. Bible. He was re-
fused. The next day, says the Record
of Christian Work, after nights rest
and cleanup. he set up his stand in
town and had the pleasure of selling
a Bible to the very man who had re-
fused to purchase the day before. II
met a muddy man yesterday with
Bibles" said he. who looked like q
Methodist tramp. When I buys Bi-
BILE l buys it from a Baptist gentle
man."
Eastern Colorado times., 1912-06-28
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM IN A
NUTSHELL.

Renews allegiance to princi-
pies of Republican party.
FavOrs limiting hours OF labor
Of women and children and pro-
tectlOn of vvaEe-eafnerx In dan
GerOus occupations.
UphOlds the authority and in
tegrity of the Courts.
FayOrs new antf.trust leglsla-
tion that will make monoPOlies
criminal.
Rcaffirms belief In protective
tariff but promises reduction In
some import duties.
FavOrs scientific inquiry into
high cost OF living and promises
to remove abuses that may exist.
FavOrs revision Of banking
system to prevent panics.
Urges agricultural credit sOci-
eties to loan money to farmers.
Wants law to prevent c0ntri-
buttons to nomination and elec-
tlOn Of President, Vice President,
Senators and Representatives In
Congress.
Favors treaty with Russia and
other countries to prevent dis
criminatiOn against American
citizens.
Favofs the parcels post.
Promises conservation Of natu-
raj resources.
Regards the recall or judges n
"unnecessary and unwise.0
Favors reclamation Of arid
LANDS.