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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
MoRIARTY OUT OF IT.

The Chick president has been sweet
on George Moriarty former Tribe medi-
cine man, and at present an umpire
in the American league. for the 1920
position, but Morarty has not warmed
up TO the proposition as the local head
had hoped
Mortarty still has memories OF a
lingering Illness OF typhoid fever In
Memphis hospital and stfll harbors the
opinion that the Bluff City Is fairly
seething with malarial germs. And at
the same time George is making a
tidy stipend as an American league
umpire, and as he Is making both ends
meet quite satisfactorily, he ID hardly
clamoring for a change. George Is quite
poet and his verse appears In several
papers throughout the country, SO he
decided to remain where he was and
pass UP another session In Dixie.
Johnny Evers Is we'll qualified to
manage the Chicks or any other ball
club, for he Is veteran OF many years
experience on the diamond, knows the
game from soup to nuts and Is fairly
STEALING, with pep, ginger and fight,
gradients the Chicks have been shy on.
Evers Is In the baseball hall OF fame
as one OF the famous double play trio
Tinker to- Evers- to- Chance, Joe Tinker
and Frank Leroy Chance being the 9TH
er pair.
with any club. He has retired from
active participation in the game, but
has been busy for the past several
months trying TO hang on somewhere
as a manager. When he learned that
Hugo BeZdek would not be retained
manager Of the Corsairs he went after
that plum, but as yet has not been
awarded H. In case he falls to land,
hen likely Jump at tho neat PROPOSE
ton Tom watkins has offered him.
although 1t is quite jump from the
Pittsburgh Pirates to the Memphis
Chicks
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
Tom Marshall Greets
knights of the Gun

reflectirg upon them, spectators would
DO regaled with the snake. sun, green
corn and other dances. II was the bow
and arrow exhibitions by the Indians
that aroused In me the desire to shoot.
My first attempt was with the weapon
of the redskins. This taught me to
shoot with both eyes open, as do all
trap experts Hike Hcikes, Crosby and
Gilbert. The next step was a single
barrel muszle- loader, which was only a
gun in name, yet with careful and con-
tinuous crawling I occasionally landed
a duck On my 18th birthday my par
ents presented me with Joe Manton,
double barrel, muZzlo-loader. hammer
gun. The rafnroad had a screw on
the end. Tho locks had ducks engraved
on the sides. This placed me on the
pinnacle with the other boys.
II then became necessary for me to
win the friendship OF an older person
who could and would teach me the fun
damental principles az wing shooting
I.ouey Charbonnaux was the man. !
made no mistake in my choice, Louey
was a typical French voyagaur. spoke
broken English, was well edhcated, hon
est congenial. rcsourceful and faithful.
l grew to love him, Louey discovered
In me las he in later years confided)
latent shooting ability, which he de-
terInined to develop. Ills first lesson
was accuracy, care and safety. Take
no chances was his motto and slogan,
Afield, the stars were his signal lamps,
the touch OF tree give him direction,
the darkest night was an open book
TO him. T.ouey was my IDEAL lie
| taught me TO shoot, hunt and fish, Ex-
| planned the secrets of the forest and
| introduced me to Dame Nature. HI
| was tho moving spirit that put me ir
| the shooting world,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
MY FIRST VICTORY.

My first special trap success was the
winning Of the Mercer county, Illinois,
championship IN 1875, stu have that
trophy and prize /, highly | have new,
er wonsa cup since that looked as large
TO me although tho height was only
about four inches. After that date
pas In many tournaments shooting
tame and wild Npigsone, glass halls, La
sowski clay pigeons. Peoria hlsrkhirds,
etc.
In 1891, as a member OF the Northern
team l toured the South, visiting the
principal cities. and returned Bndefeat
ed Il, :, Rice, Of Chicago, In 1897
organized n team Of rs Western shoot :
ers and entered them IN the grand
American handicap tthc premier shoot
ing event OF the worid) which was held
in New York. No Western man had
ever won this annual contest on his
team we're nr, Carver Grimm. Will
hanson, punneu, Merrill, Powers. For-
his, Bingham, fiudd. Gilbert. Stannard
and myself. II required three DAYS
10 finish the shoot. From start to I'm
ish the Western contingent were IN
evidence, At the conclusion | had won
the premier event and was the only
CONTESTANT to turn in q perfect score,
The following year Csesl the event was
captured by Ed Filford OF New York
who won the honors for the East. E
S. Rice IN 1899 crga nlEed a second party
with IS shooters in line to again At
tempt the capture Of the grand Ameri-
can championship,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
SHERMAN VS.. LATHAM.

A group OF football fans gathered in
heated discussion Monday regarding the
relative merits of the two Vandy quar-
terbacks, N. w. Sherman and Swayne
Latham, both Of Memphis.
At the end of the debate 1t was still
has been getting the call over Sherman,
three-year man. In the 1919 games.
Sherman adherents pointed out the
poignant facts that Latham has been
unable to gain his distance In any OF
the games to date anShas been ragged
on defense, missing tackle after tackle.
Added TO this is the fact that Sherman
has attended Vanderbilt in recent years,
a bright star In every branch Of sport
In the last term, for Instance, he
was awarded the Porter cup for having
been most proficient in athletics. He
was the only athlete In the pack who
made his letter in football, baseball
and basketball.
He went back this fan for post-grad-
uate work, after having built up q 1u-
crative dental practice In Memphis.
The feeling among the Sherman sup
porters is that the kid is getting a raw
deal. And they point out that one
reason for the poor record of the Com
modores is their lack of faith in the
ability of Latham to run the team
youngster calls off plays at random aft,
er but little study Of the situation, and
are anything but pleased with his work
after SO brilliant story had preceded
him.
Sherman played straight through the
Tech game, the most important affair
of the campaign, but was on the in
jured list when Auburn was being sub
dued.
Meanwhile the merry battle Of words
runs along unchecked. Sherman will
wind up his career Turkey day agains
the Tigers, and Latham will still have
number of seasons IN waiting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
.JOE. ,STECHER ;
THROWS LEWIS
Body Scissors and Double
Wrist Lock Turns the Trick 10.
in Hour and Half. sr

NEW YORK. Nov. 4.--Joe Stecher
claimant Of the worlds heavyweight
catch las catch-can wrestling title de-
feated Ed. Stranger Lewis OF Ken
tuck in a one-fall match at Madison
Square garden last night, throwing his
opponent with a body scissors and dou-.
BILE wrist lock after wrestling one hour,
81 minutes and three seconds. ~
Stecher scored the decisive fall after
he had squirrned out of five successive
headlocks. He obtained the body scis-
sors, holding 1t for nearly a minute and
a half, then spread out his opponents
arms with the double wrist lock and
pinned his shoulders TO the mat. ~
The match was cleverly contested.
each man using every hold for which
he was noted and at one stage stealing
each others thunder when Stecaler
attempted the deadlock several times
and Lewis the scissors hold. ET'
Before the main bout Wladek Zbosz.
10, with body lift, raised Petroff 81
Chicago high in the air and tossed him
Tor a fall In two minutes, ~ seconds,
zbyszko challenged the winner of the
other bout and a telegram from Earl
Caddock was read stating that he would
meet Stecher or Lewis here later.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
ole MISS MEETS
Az N. SATURDAY
Clarksdale To Be Scene of
Annual Gridiron Clash Be-
tween Two Elevens.

AGRICULTURAL College, Miss. Nov.
after a conference between Coach
II. L. sullivan OF the University OF
Mississippi and W, u, Chadwick. ath-
letio director at A, and NJ, announce
ment was made that arrangements had
been completed for playing the annual
A, and Mole Miss football game at
Clark sdalc Miss. The game is sched.
uled for Saturday, Nov, s, and a local
committee of A. and NJ, -Ole Miss alum
nj are already busily engaged In work
ing out the details OF the management
OF tho game Both A. and M. and
the University Of Mississippi have hun
dreds Of alumni and old students scat
tered throughout the delta, who have
been very active In their efforts TO Sc
cure the game for this section of the
state,
They are very enthusiastic over the
prospect OF having this historic game
staged In the delta and are emphatic
in their assertions that the attendance
will eclipse all former records. AL
though A, and NJ viii rank as favor,
ite over Ole Miss because of her I'M.
defeated record aud by virtue Of VIC
tories over Tennessee and Louisiana
state university, Il Is not beyond the
bounds Of possibility for Coach Sulll.
vans team 70 upset all the done and
| break the long string Of A. and M. vic.
tories \, and NJ, scouts who watched
| be Ole Miss team play against L. s. U
and Ole Miss all report that the Rec
| and Blue has a very fast and hard.
| fighting team that Is coming along yer,
| rapidly and win bo IN It's best form
| by the time II meets the Aggies.
| Both Coach sullivan and Assiatan
| Coach Bobo Of the university were in
| terested spectators at tho A, and NJ
l., S, U, game Saturday and were busil,
| engaged In noting down the weak an,
strong points In the play OF the a. an
| NJ, eleven. Neither would make an,
statement In regard to the A, and Nj
| Ole Miss game, but Coach sullivan sal,
| that his team was developing RI pidl
and that he expected Il to be at It
| best for the A, and N, game, lie lef
| the Impression that he was well salts
fled with the way his team was comm
along and especially with their shown
gsinst Tulane last week whom the
completely outplayod In the last hal
and that with two weeks IN which I
prepare for A. and NJ, bis team woul
give the Masoons q real battle with IN
possibility OF a victory should III
breaks OF thcN game be favorable
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
BY TOM A. MARSHALL.

Greetings and salutationsl This to
the Knights OF Scattergun and Isaak
Walton disciples Many of you l am
personally acquainted with, the rest /
want to know. / have connected my
self with The News scimitar In its
newly established Trap, Rod and Gun
department and will hereafter furnish
once week an article pertaining TO
large game hunting, experiences OF my
self or friends afield, or with the rod,
II is my Intention to keep the thou
sands Of followers OF these Sports in
formed as TO what Is going on IN the
shooting and fishing line throughout
tho country,
There will be q series Of articles based
upon the experiences OF the al-Amert-
can team abroad tho humorous phases.
facts In conjunction with tho contests
and In fact the inside history OF the
trip atSi- it's results, which have never
before been made public, Having been
captain Of this successful aggregation,
| believe am In possession Of all that
would he Of interest to the reading pub
lie, with such mon to write about az
Heikes, Budd, Gilbert, Crosby, Powers,
Merrill, Tripp, parmalee. Tanning, Eli
lott and Banks, there with be no dearth
OF material to feature the greatest
shooting expedition over made into for
eign countries, There win be interest.
ing material from every shooting angle
known instructions given TO the nov
ice and lunches TO tho experienced
along the lines Of trap and field shoot
ing and fishing
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
BOTH BOYS AGGRESSIVE.

The mill was without question one OF
the best ever staged at tho ). a. G,
II was hristling with action from the
first bell TO the knockout Herring and
Dolan both fought hard every minute
and there was not a dull period. 1t
was evident from the beginning Of the
fight that Herring would try for Il
Knockout and that Dolan hoped to
evade the sleeper by his cleverness,
And up until the cut over Dolan's left
eye was opened when he was blinded
BY the flow Of gore into the optic the
red headed New Orleanian was giving
a good account Of himself He was
taking considerable punishment, but he
was gamely sticking TO his guns and
mixing with Herring at oil stages,
Herring left himself unprotected many
times during the five rounds, but Do.
Ian evidently feared TO so into him.
Herring, like Jack Dempsey, figures
that his best defense Is great Of
fensive, and he got away with II Mon
day night. for he had enough offensive
to satisfy anybody and too much for
DolAn.
II was a great fight from bell to
knpO
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
OBJECTIONS TO FOIL,

Lee Fob, who was deposed some time
ago by President Jim Dunn to make
room for Iris Speaker as manager Of
tho Cleveland Indians, Is now looking
around for another job and Is willing
and even anxious to come to Mem
phis.
Fohl is without question eminently
qualified to handle bali club on the
field. However, first-hand Information
from one or two OF the present array
OF Indians who served under Fohl is
that Lee is inclined to let the players
do as they so desire in regard TO keep
ing in condition and proper playing
fettle. In word, he Is inclined to
pass the buck to the club owner when
1t comes TO making the athletes keep
within the law and on the straight
and narrow path.
Such course would be fatal In Mem.
phis, as lack of discipline has long
been one OF the biggest drawbacks and
handlcaps the Chicks have had II Is
the principal reason Cy Barger failed
as manager. Cy was too lenlent and
inclined to give his men too free a
rein. They abused his good treatment
and his confidence In them to such
an extent that they were unfit to play
ball And the local club suffered from
it,
Fohl while he would be an excellent
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
THE GREATEST FIGHTER.

DeuT az
Apropos Of THE Greatest Fighter
! Ever Saw | respectfully submit the
following:
No apology Intended, az I've only
Elimpscd dozen fights In my life, but
I've read of a lot, But to the fighter
that boy was old teaches Cross, He
combined everything that fighter needs.
Here's my dope;
/, He always drew q crowd; half the
gang came TO see him knocked out. the
other half TO see him win As n box
office attraction he was there!
2, His left was whale and many a
pug who met 1t hasn't the heart to
look n cauliflower In the face yet.
g. He could go tho distance, and
wasn't afraid Of that a0-round stuff,
Look at his record and his go with Dick
nyland.
I. He had science. his footwork was
tho works. Talking about science
stalling that's science OF It's own,
And teaches could stall: man, he'd
look as though the canvas would be his
resting place any moment-~when sud
denly he came to lite OH Mommer,
| That OF left would shoot out like a ID
and blooie, the house was In an IN.
| roar Thrtlls--he sure made manyl The
fans that were present at his fights
| none win ever forget him. He was my
| idea OF some fighter, ERT.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
FIRST CALL FOR
"Y BASKETEERS
Physical Director Tapp to
Start Coaching First Squad
Tuesday Night.

First call for candidates FOR tho
1890 basketball team OF the local Y.
NJ. G. A, has been made, and all pros
pective 'Y" basketoers have been called
to meet AZ the office OF Physical Direc-
tor II, W.. Tapp, at the Y. NJ, c, A..
tuesday night at o'clock.
Plans will be made for the approach
Ing season. captain will be named,
and everything pertaining 10 the bas-
ketball year will be discussed Quite a
number Of top-notch candidates are ex-
pected TO report for a crack at regu-
lar berth on the "Y" quintet.
OF the l9ts~i9 men who will be back
are blackburn, Perry, Walden, McCor-
mick and Parker, all high-class men.
OF the lgl7-fs players who are expected
TO show up for tryout viii be Car
Isle Crutchfield, Richmond GIN, Dudley
Henderson aud Orville Magee. There
promises TO be plenty Of fight for the
regular berths on the team.
Several good games have been booked.
Camp Bennlng will send, an officers
team here on Dec 20, Vanderbilt will
come on Jan, l or ?, The Chicago Y. NJ.
G, a, college five viii play The local
association team on Jan. 9 or Z. Cum
bertrand university will play In Memphis
on Feb, !,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
TAD'STID-DITS


Fight fans, as rule, pick Jim JEFF
fries when they talk Of the toughest
guy Jack Dempsey could have met,
Last night at an uptown soda store.
a bunch OF ring followers got into an
argument about the pair One, a great
Jeffries admirer, said that Dempsey
could not have hurt Jeff and that after
eight or nino rounds he would have
tired and have been spread for the
boilermaker,
He said that il hltters like sharkoy.
Choynski and Fltssimmons couldn't
ieaae JEFF what chance would Demp-
sey have hadt
The Dempsey man came right back
with an answer He insisted that JEFF
fries was not a puncher, and mentioned
that Choynski, Rubin and Sharkey all
went the limit with him and we're not
mussed UP much. He added that the
only men jeff ever Knocked out we're
Corhett,, Jackson, Goddard and Fita,
when al were past their prime. lie
couldn't stop Bob Armstrong In 10
rounds and had a tough time OF It with
every young man he ever met
The Dempsey man then went on to
show that every man that Dempsey
met was dropped for the count except.
ing Billy Mlske and Meehan.
lie figured that II Dempsey could
stop Morris, Smith, Brennan, Willard
and Leyinsky In Jig time he'd certain
ly do the same TO Jeffries, who was
one OF the easiest OF the heavies Ia
hit.
Its hard thing 10 figure today
jeff was marvel In build and weighed
| about alS pounds In fighting trim. liz
stood over six feet and was as strong
as pair of bulls. Dempsey stands
over six feet but tips the beam al
only around 100 In ring costume. HI
can hit, though, but whether he ooult
| have mixed with the big bear Jeffrie,
and lasted while we can't say,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
IHAACK SPENDS BRIEF CAREER AS PILOT OF MOORE
Wife OF Gunner
OF Brooklyn Team
Refused Divorce

NEW YORK. Nov. Mrs. Chas.
II, Ebbets, wife Of the president
Of the Brooklyn National league
baseball club, was refused a decree
OF divorce by Supreme Court Jus
tice Benedict In Brooklyn Monday.
Suggestion was made. however,
that she sue for a separation and
the justice indicated that she might
be granted then the allowance 81
S6,500 a year which she would have
received with tho granting of a
divorce.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
SECOND ALMOST FATAL.

Herring came within an ace OF stop
ping Dolan in the second round, when
he shot q left uppercut that clearly
lifted Dolans feet from the floor. 1t
was terrific punch that carried behind
II AL the 1876 pounds Of the Kentucky
boy, and It required all tile ring gener-
alhhip that Dolan possessed to Keep
from going down then. IL was apparent
20 even the most uneducated fight fan
that Dolan was hurt. Herring had the
golden opportunity TO stop Dolan al this
stage presented to him, but he failed to
take advantage Of H. and Dolan man
aged 10 weather the round out, He
went to his corner with his pins wob-
bly, and showing signs OF WEAKNESS
However, after the second round Do
Ian fought like a tiger, He apparently
recovered from the hard uppercut that
Herring slipped him In the second, and
gave Herring an abundance Of trouble
the rest Of the route until the fatal
punch sent the New Orlehnian crashing
TO the floor. Dolan took many hard
punches on the Jaw without showing
any signs OF being hurt, but when Her.
ring got a fair opening and put all his
steam behind the wallop II proved too
much for Dolan and he crunpled up in
q heap
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
HERMAN'S LATEST.

After sidestepping Pal Moore. Pete
Herman. the bantam champion, has
come forward with an epistle that con-
tains little of any interest TO the aver
age fan.
From its perusal one would derive the
rivals and not Peter himself are at
fault for the failure Of Promoter Tor
torich to cinch a Turkey day engage
ment.
Sammy Goldman. pilot of the cham
pion. has taken his typewriter in hand
and produced the following.
pete Herman won the champion
ship at lis pounds ringside, i will
see that he defends his title at that
figure. That is only fair. Pete
Herman had nothing to say about
the weight or the referee when he
fought Kid Williams either time.
Nor did he argue about terms He
Williams and Tortorich. Having
won the title II would be too one-
sided, wouldn't It, for him to keep
on fighting on other peoples terms?
''First It Is announced Herman
and Pal Moore are to meet. Then
Moore calls It off Next ! hear
Ky y eSSa and fI ThanNsg Vine da aS
The following day I get news that
Eddie Meade manager of Lynch,
has said he wouldn't accept terms
to meet Herman.
'"rhe opportunity to fight for the
title should he just as bright now
as II was when Herman fought
Herman didn't hold out for terms"
Very WELL No one can blame Her.
man for asking the top price for his
crown. But why beat about the bush
and atiempt to blame a contender for
Athe inability Of q promoter to get both
lads together? Moore is ready, whereas
the only party desiring a postponement
Is Herman
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
AS FOR WEIGHTS.

What has become nj the old-tin1e
lightweight who won and defended his
title at 1873 mounds? OF recent years
the revised table has elevated the divi-
sion TO 1876 pounds, but now comes
Benny Leonard with a desire TO lift II
even higher. To be precise and exact
the present champ desires to advance
the notch TO 40 pounds.
This will probably induce Pete Her
man 10 move the bantam figure to 1913
pounds, and heaven Only knows where
the others will step.
----A--@--
LeonaYd's sensational decision Is the
outcome OF the alleged championships
match between Benny Leonard and ola
man Jimmy Duffy, billed for Nov. Is.
Laonard may open at something less
than Il0 pounds but at any figure
Duffy has no more chance OF outpent-
ing the New York flash than Battling
Gahee has of facing Dempsey Jimmy
Duffy was. we'll down the wrong side
OF the incline before Leonard had ever
arrived at the top
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
GOOD PRELIMINARIES

The preiminaricB were good. FOL
lowing battle royal that was a flzale
when three negroes quit and the other
two gave a love-tap exhibition, Young
Peter jackson and Kid Roux went four
fast rounds, with Roux being awarded
the decision They were negro light
weights.
Young Jack Dempsey stopped LATHE
Al, OF New Orlcona In the first round
az a sch Aduled four-roundcr. The
Ing, Dempsey socked his left paw about
four feet into Ais stomach and the
Crescent city boy f1opped over on the
floor. gasping for breath and clutchlng
at his breadhasket. The wallop was
a resonant one and sounded like II had
been landed with n paddle,
A good crowd sat in at the show A
hand furnished harmony hetween bouts
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
IMPROVE MARKsMANsHIP

Suggestions. which " followed viii en-
able the "crackeriack" 10 improve his
scores and which win start the begin
ner along the proper channels for ste
cess. by avoiding tho many trapshoct
ing fallacios An occasional Article will
ba devoted to the many women who
arc adopting this snort In many loesh
ties | have been connected with thA
trapshootlng fraternity fer the past 30
years while my experience aticld ey-
tends beyond that period. ! have shot
repeatedly tn every state in the union
with fairly good success. My extended
acquaintance with the trapshootevs Of
this and other countries is such that ]
am at home with any gun club ! visit.
To the dovotees Of the rod and shot.
gun ! take off my hat as being the
salt Of the earth, conganial and cor.
dial The little Irritation they carry
on with Dame Nature, when afield,
inoculates them with generous impulses
which brands them the most conSehial
companions to he found on earth.