Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-28

r~HE companies of the Fifth
regiment who are promoting
series of boxing matches at
.- auditorium Armory to help
,..r enough money to attend the
.rausuation of President Wilson
will stage their second bout on
Thursday night. February :.
!. rasn't quite been decided what
...,.u will be held. They desire
., secure Jim Savage and Al Pal
zar bat the latter is bit under the
weather from an attack of malaria
ami may not be able to get in con-
sf+.on by that time.
nan Morgan. manager of the man
.,so defeated Al Kubiak here, has
.orsented to the match. Tom
,.po,rze. who handles Palzer's af-
,,fre has written that he will let
.r. promoters know within day
~. two if Palzer will be able to
boN.
Il, Rritton wants to meet Jake
,,., ,ut lake doesn't seem to care
,.,-y much for this fellows game
Rr-ron is. undoubtedly, the best
man al his weight in the country
having already defeated Packey
Mcfarland once. although he was
on.y given a draw.
\be wants to box Battling Mel
SON but Bat claims that he won't
climb into ring again for four or
weeks. The former lightweight
nhampion is now in Denver on his
honeymoon.
Ir case the Palzer- Savage match
has ,o he nut back for couple of
weeks the promoters will stage
Rurton and Whitney That is,
whitney will be secured if Abel
roeuses TO take a chance with the
clever New Yorker who is in line
for the lightweight championship
Abel claims he is open to all
.o7crs at his weight, so it sure
looks like cold feet" if he refuses
to meet Britton.
Drank Chance, the new man
ager Of the Highlanders. is
noted for his fearlessness. He was
A member of the Cubs when Cor
bett and Mccoy fooled the public
with their notorious fake fight in
Madison Square Garden during the
summer of 1900 says a New York
writer. The Peerless Leader, who
always has been rabid fight fan,
naid $40 for a choice seat to see
the ARRAY. and when he realized
with hundreds of others, that he
had been hoodwinked he was beside
himself with rage. Accompanied
by several players, Chance led the
way to Corbetts saloon after the
dasco. He knew Corbett we'll. and
the latter smilingly stepped for
ward to greet him. But Chance
brushed the proffered hand aside
and said.
"Corbett. you're faker. You
never could fight and I'm going
ID" WIND you myself
With that Chance made a rush
at Gentleman Jim and swung a
heavy blow at his head Corbett
stepped back in hurry and mu-
tua. friends interfered. Chance
VAS induced to leave the place. but
not before he had subjected Cor
5ett to a tongue lashing which the
latter sull remembers.
+ HIS comes from the pen of Bill
Phelon:
Many veteran batsman heaVes
sigh of content now that Vic Will
bis is no longer in the game The
real old-timers, who saw the pitch
Hrs come and go for many sea-
sons, all tell me that Willis scared
them far more than Rusie. Vie,
perhaps, didn't have as much sheer
speed as Rusie. but he had plenty.
AMOS drove them in on a line that
was not so hard to dodge, even
Inough hard to hit, but Willis threw
''er0anded. from way over his
mead, using every inch of his vast
height. reinforced by lofty hill.
Inc bail, therefore. came down on a
HsAtning slant, and you never knew
Nlen it would cave you in.
One time the Cubs signed
Young fielder named Carney Who
mad been breaking the fences at
Npohane He worked in practice a
.'" days but didn't get into a
game. Frank Selee finally told him