Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-01

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Never before were so many pugi-
lSst1o idols knocked out, upset or
owerthrown In some manner. It
was disastrous year, indeed, FOR
several parties who on January
last either stood on the top OF the
heap or real CLOSE 70 that position.
The upsets started early in the
year and never did stop They kept
coming so fsst that critics the
country over began 20 think they
R1ssw ntT1e about the fighting game
and naos4 81 tbe8r readers agreed
ES49b thsrn,
9ATo famous champions lost their
gTs1sa I'm ths ring disaster of 1919
VIA biggest upset OF all, no doubt
w@s tlSa overthrow Of Adolph Vol
vaa4 by white Ritchte. the hrst
lightweight champion that Cab
frgnia, the home OF boxing in this
lag country, has ever produced.
WINE was to 1 shot when he
entered the arena AT DAILY city, near
San Francisco, on recent bleak
Thanksgiving day afternoon. But
he emerged from the same arena an
hour later with tho championship
as his reward and few thousand
fans standing around dumfounded
after having witnessed the whip
ping of the mighty Wolgast.
Fall Of Attell Big Upset,
Second i'm importance 10 the
downfall Of WolEast, Of course was
the GROWING of 81 new feather
weight champion at Los Angeles on
Washington's birthday. Little Able
Atteu one Of the greatest ringmeu
ever known. met his Waterloo that
day. losing title he had held for
years against all Corners 10 that
spIighuy cleveland colt, Johnny
Kilbane. Attell kept going back an
year. To The astonishmeut of every
body The climax came a few weeks
ago at ST Louis, when the once
great Abraham was forced TO qut
in the sixth round Of a whiri with
Ollie Kirk, a tyro In the boxing
game Every body supposed Attct
would stay good enough to get
return match with Kilbane, but
that Is out Of the question now
Kibane's Title Is Safe.
No new featherweights of class
were developed during the year
aside from Johnny Dundee, and
K1lbane can whip mat boy every
morning before breakfast. KiIbane
faces 1919 without much danger Of
ACsang his title. as the only lad with
q real chance 20 tick him IS Charlie
White, and he can't DO 122 pounds
and fight. Which 10 hard luck for
Charlie, ar no rs dandy little ring
msaEA
The wefberweag7Ht GLASS vses neg
Gsoeod as uBusl. AL the good wei
ssru, SnctDdtna Patrick Mcfarland
e3Mdn they are tShtweights and
WORK tina round. no-deCision
game ~ Ghe limit They think there
Ia no money In being a weiterweight
and history proves they sre right
McFsStsud 70 tho rsa champion OF
tho 142- pounders but refuses 10
claim the honor. Mike Gibbons Is
ntkfft and can't DO better than
1tB pounds at O'Clock
MiddIewsisht Race Undecided.
The middlewelEhts got danger
ously near to turning out cham
pion. but II viii take a few more
months for them to settle the
tll9ua A. matters now stand I'm
the class RiIly PapRe. Eddie Nc
Goorty and Frank Klaus are the
Jdngpins. and there win be no
champion until this trio gets to-
Eether and fights II out Papke
and Klaus are 70 battle IN Paris on
March 6, and the winner no doubt
will bo glad 10 miuele with Nc
Goorty Jack Dillon. x. d. Brown
and Johnny Thompson are NOT De-.
ing given serious consideration b,
Tho critics
johnny Cou'ou had r sort of
rocky year, n. ubaJer Harry
Forbes, Frantic Cou.ug and Frankie
Burns early in tag year, but dit moe
pick Hp much ,Eau., thereafter.
Then few wu,ls. aSu H. traupe5
down go New YORK and uavyct-
pate6 in One ST n. lWe uusote
KjU Williams. tH. HEIwu.. DAM,
giving MIN au awful agrt for ten
rounds The Impression prevails.
that john vrE uut survN. anur.e
yeaE with his ehuru.ur-hfr W.-
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