El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-17
.SPORTOGRAPHY By Crazy, =

lT1 COBB. as everyone knows, comes
1 from the state Of Georgia. but the
/ Tiger star is not the only famous dia-
mond artist who claims that state as
his own. Some one with a bent for
statistics and pride IN Georgia has
d compiled a list Of well known ball
players who come from the Cracker
state. and the array is a formidable
one. The list includes the following
names: Napoleon Rucler. George
I Stallings. Weldon Henley. Jimmy
Lavender. Erskine Mayer. Fred Toney.
Phil Douglas. Jim Bagby, Sherrod
Smith, Paul Garter, Dana Fillingim.
Ivy Wingo, Claude Derrick and J.
/ Carlisle smith
The Red Sox infield IN the next
Championship race viii be about the
Z smallest gathered together in many
I years, but what the quartet lacks in
I height and weight is offset by play
/ ing ability and pep Everett Scott. the
{ tallest OF the infielders. stands only
/ five feet "a inches, which is half an
inch taller than McGinnis. Barry and
/ Witt are five feet eight inches tall Nc
Ginnis, the heaviest OF the lot, tips
the beam at less than lie pounds.
{ Barry weighs l5S and Witt 155 pounds.
Scott weighs only 154. All are thor
oughly seasoned in major league play,
. as Barry entered the American league
Z in 1908. McInnis in 1903. Witt in 1912.
, and Scott. who became a regular in
1914, first Joined the Red Sox IN 1912.
Barry is 81 years old Witt and NcIn-
mis- are IS and Scott is IS.
ANNIVERSARY OF FAMOUS
DEMPSEY-lPCARTY FIGHT
Australia was pitted against Ireland
in a famous battle for the middle
weight championship pulled off in San
Francisco % years ago todan. Jack
Dempsey. who then held the title, and
Australian Billy" McCarty, who had
been middleweight champion OF the
AuripOdes before coming to America.
were the principals in this bout. Not
long before Dempsey had been
knocked out By Marine George" Ia
Blanche. who had landed his famous
pivot blow at a time when he himself
seemed on the point OF soing down
and out Naturally La Blanche
claimed the title, but as he refused
to meet Dempsey again, the latter
continued TO be considered the legiti-
mate titleholder. McCarty was a good, l
fast. clever boxer. and he gave Non Z
parel Jack a hard fight for IS ]
rounds, when Dempsey put over the i
knockout
Later In the same year McCarty had |
an opportunity 10 recover his lost Z
laurels in a battle with Bob Fitzsim- /
mons Bob landed in san Francisco /
in May. 1890. and. after a preliminary /
test against Frank Allen. the Califor- /
mia Athletic club matched Bob with 4
AlcCarty- A purse Of 5000 was hung
up and both Australians realized that i
they were up against the real test OF 1
their lives. Victory meant the chance /
weight Championship Of the world /
McCarty was confident that he could 1
whip the "Nonpareil' II given an
other chance, and he was probably i
right, for Jack was on the down .
grade For Fitzsimmons Il was the 1
critical battle OF his career. Fame I
ana wealth hinged on the result De- 1
feat meant that he must go back to I
the Australian bush" and fight for I
small purses. or maybe return TO the .
blacksmith's forge
EOr nine rounds McCarty and Fitz-
simmons fought yaiiantly for the big
prize-a prize OF far greater impor-
lance than the winners share Of the 4
purse, although that seemed a fortune /
10 Bob. Nine rounds, and Fitz showed
his caliber by knocking out McCarty.
At the ringside was the representa-
tive Of a New Orleans sporting club,
looking for a man to whip Dempsey
L7 oAAeleu DOu 4 ludlcu Win arthur
Upham, preliminary to a bout with l
Dempsey for the title, and Fitz was
fairly launched on the path to glory.
McCarty continued to fight for a time,
and then went back TO Australia,
where he is said to have accumulated /
a fortune Dempsey is Ions since !
dead and Fitz breathed his last almost
two years ago.
TODAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS /
1909-Jimmy Clabby defeated Dick
Fitzpatrick IN ten rounds at Ham
mond, Ind.
lslO-Harry Lewis and Willie Lewis
fought a 20 round draw at Paris.
191l-Jack Redmond knocked out
Rudolph Unholz in the sixth round at