Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-04

vwAyING enlisted John L. Sui
Fl Ivan and James ]. Jeffries
= in our cause, we now take
,,e-sure in announcing that Tom
.5erkev-more able boxer than
.br. seaman, and more able finan-
..r tsan either-joins forces with
rs IN the opinions so frequently
.yr-assed in this column about
-Ae Young men who call themselves
nyg5Is.s in these days. 1t seems
ma the only time Sharkey gets
n.rirkres is when he discusses the
"vh,te hopes" Quoting from a re-
mark made by the sailor at a recent
ooJt
five seen EN- all-Palzer, Nc
.,7rty Willard. Kearns and the 9TH
ms, said the burly sailor, with d
tired expression on his classic fea-
-rras and there amt one O them
sort. FL silver quarter. These big
o,ys nowadays don't know how to
light They just stand up and maui
zach other. getting the dough as
.asy as they can. Jeffries may
have been a dead one when john
son beat him. but when he was
rgr--Iike the time he fought me
s+ Conev Island nobody could have
,.bipped him. Old Bob F'itzsimmOns
could have stopped all these here
white hopes in the same ring the
same night. and the same goes for
me- I'd have eaten 'em UP in one
big gulp."
Charley insisted for some years
, that he was robbed when Geo.
sHer gave Jeffries the decision in
that Couey Island bout. Tom did
rive Jenries about the stiffest ar
cumeut i'm his whole career for the
first eighteen rounds, but after
left" came back they had to carry
the sailor away in an ambulance.
Now. Sharkey admits that he was
beaten at the same time that he
offers the above opinion descrlp-
tive of the bunch of seCond-raters
now laboriug for the fight titles.
DAcKEY MCFARLAND has IL
deadly fear of making weights
any weights. but particularly 1873
pounds The stock yard scrapper
isn't afraid Of any man in the light
weight or welterweight division, but
he has p horror & what he firmly
believes killed Joe Gans-making
1873 pounds ringside.
Joe died of tuberculosis, but it
is asserted hat he brought it on
making we is fight with
Nelson. This b. - Packey
He would rather a.. catch
weights, even to his disa4,,,.. age.
Emil Thiery, Packey's manager,
says that he would have difficulty
in making his charge sign even to
make $50 pounds.
The refusal to make any par
ticular weight has cost Packey
thousands of dollars but he has
fought most of his battles without
weight stipulation.
WHY rush about madly endeav-
w DING To acquire a major league
franchise when the right to con
au,t bali club can be had so
uaaply. The Tri- State league has
been I'm operation for a number of
years with some success. Recent
the Trenton. \. j.. club went into
tho hands of a receiver. He sold
t1e assets at the following fabu-
'ous figures;
The franchise, 81; players uni
@ms, - cents each; one grand
stand. 81; chairs in same, $l95.
The cabled reports of Hugh Nc
Intoshs retirement leave Tom
Naoarey standing alone as the
worlds foremost promoter.
For many years McCarey, Coff-
roth and Mcintosh were billed as
the Solid Three" Coffroth, with a
bank roll as big as the tower Of
Babel. has taken little interest in
The game of late. Mcintosh is re-
ported to have quit the ring for all
time to come.
A L PALZFR springs a good one
a about Sharkey's experience
AS "a manager, and incident
ally tells of a knockout which does
no.. appear I'm Jim Barry's record.
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