The Banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1923-1933, September 13, 1923, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGGETWO TITE BANNER-HERALD, ATIIENS,-GEORGIA JACK AND LUIS AS'ARTIST—SIZES ’EM UP < 1 1 (at opportune times. Charlotte’s I lament was In her inability to hit • with runners on the bases. The '.Hornets, after playing two error, ‘less j?ames in the field, Wednesday | donated three misplays to theii I visitors. I Thp field imr of Paschal and iKyan in the outer garden was the cnly really bright spot in this de partment. * • The series will be resumed Thursday in Macon. IDDOMiOfTI THEY FIGHT F RIDAY NIGHT .ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Luis Sonor Dempsey ( will cut mo to Angel Firpo is qo tlumhell.. pieces. I am wide open for every Ho bad been listening to- his punch, friend and interpreter, Carlos Vega, “Look .at my face carefully, read him an articlo by a leading Look a t my cars. Do you reo any * r P f r k» writer in which tho fight sears. Aro my cars what you coll with Dempsey £a»' called a farce •caui'fiower.’ on Account of Firpo’s supposed “No? perhaps Luts’ face does I Using the athlete is supposed to wpukttpss on defense. (Firpo has net tnkc the full force of those contribute, sent their representa- ali tho sporting nows read to him.) blows. Perhaps his face is moving • tlve to see Firpo. Turning to Vega he said: “So away y|pcn they land." i Tho propoult on to run Firpo s - A good story is going tho rounds i picture on the front cover for the ofr tho fight fans in New York ] modest sum of x $600 finally was ac legarding F.Vpo’g canniness in money matters. A magazine which is devoted to sport and which makes a practice of running photos of athletes on the front cover, for which. Idver- cepted after two hours’ negotia tions through on interpreter. Two days after tho appearance of the magazine on the stands with Firpo's photo duly printed on the frent page, Firpo appeared at the office of the magazine with a re quest for $5Qtk which ho thought he bad coming for permitting his pic ture on the front page. ! SPORT NEWS ILL, HERE WE 1 fill Hun Topple ’Em. ’than ah interview, thole frlace In Hryan Shakes a Wicked tho champion’s privato outage Mitt and fe Ushered tea'*! 1 !" Ring-Side Seat; the i>aper and Mr. Luther, we virt ushered Into the presepce of the' champ.on as If we were a member . no good for his South American {fore, not excepting the fight with 'rlva.. ScvO, move .here Is -re- | tltloa. Every rtetail is fully . at- cy fitting. tendeC t"—but thr-re 1. not lost. oh, yes, just as we left, he shook mot'on as is the cano in tho other haooe ansm, and remembered our (jami). That Is tha difference In the name, which to us is Indeed un- methods of tho ’two managers, tho usual. For a nriseflghter to remem ber anything, much less a' name— but then this fellow le not just a ! priicflghter—he Is a gentleman— or a splendid bluffer. I On? moro story before Thursday ind then down to New York for tlio big ever,:. By BRYAN LUMPKIN SARATOGA SPRINGS.—Firpo, of royalty, Dempsey arose from the couchc ^ the young man from the Argentlno, where ho was reading a bopk and who la to fight Jack Dempsey for shook hands, at tho came time r the heavyweight championship at pleasant smile breaking out on hit tho l’olo Grounds on the night of face. • »> the . Kth, K now a memory to ua, At the first sound of bis voice, and the champion, William Harri-' v*c had one of r.ur pet Illusions dls- smi pdmpsoy has taken Us place. jptUcd. We had expected to see a —nmpHey la training horo .*t hit | yonng man with a face llko a How- - with Firpo and ho selected ory thug end a voice like an Hast eatrtlful place. The Dempsey | side traffic cop. We found neither, nestles at tho foot of theJ j n repose, Dempscy'a face does not wear hts fighting acowl, but hat *very pleasant features. t.Hls voice Is well modulated and aounds rather, culluied. two inimt- Istpressed. us greatly. Dempsey’s’ cass 'ln Wbvwrsnlg with a toUl stranger without embarannment and tho ABSOLUTE ABSENCE of slang from hls convenatlon. lie Hiked the opinion of tho south on tho coming fight amf re called hls fight with Porky Flynn several yearn ago In Atlanta. - He asked ua about Firpo, know ing that we h»a been there tor two week and aa the questions popped out. the champion's eyes narrowed just a trifle. Here was tho fight ing Dempsey, asking opinions of everyone who has seen Firpo work and filing the Information away , In hls brain for future reference. pl °h | Dempsey Is going at this fight In e talk, for R was moro of a talk a bus!ngps like manner' (hat bodea which circle Saratoga shimmering gem of dark r/ltio expanse of groan. » tint mind picture ore bsmplon’n quarters.- ml spot for lighters to hts or poets to write or Inn, Ir run by a r, a white haired gentle- la courtesy wiraonlfiod. o few- redialnlug old Inn who knows hls business iys manages to forget long enough to mike a l feel at home. Through the r of The Saratogian, the lo- r paper, we were introduced J Luther; who in tu<ru per- introduccd us to j Jack LOOK8 t * 4 ilM OVER \ x | After talking with ’ Dempsey were edcorted to the workdVt rena and pin :od In a ringside real ! -another cvjdence of tho courtesy 7— •f tty* camp. 1 j Dcmpuey then ’shadow boxed, I iuiiehed' the bag amLwound up by ,! tparrlng with four of hls pannccs. F rst '|nie Frankie. West, who j lasted two rounds and took some 1 rather hard ones In that time. 1 • Then came Jack Burke, heavy- New Orleans . weight, who hammered with all hls Mobile .... . might ot tho champ without in- Birmingham •• Dieting any damage, other than Memphis . t drawing n couple of neck breakers, Atlanta from the iDempsey gloves. Nrshville .. .. After two rounds with Burke, Chattanooga the champion then took on a boy Little Rock_ named Lnurette, who put up a nice * fght. At tho end of tho first round, j Dempsev splfined* leauretto, to-[New York . wnrdg tho ropes and then followed Cleveland .. this up with n backhanded right Detioit . swing that picket Lauretta off the>St. Louis ,. floor and laid him on It. Exit Lau- Wmhingttm ratio for the dan» ' Chicago BASEBALL RESULTS’ STANDING OF CLUBS SOUTHERN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. tie for the nay., ,,, ,, , , II The last bout brought ouf tho Philadelphia faetest action of them ell. Tho Boston champion faced a fighter whoio -"me aoindod like ’’Rhlnetl„ . Thle “RlUnctls” waa fast as a Hoi-;New York . fywooif extra nnd moro than will- /'‘ttfourg .. Ing to fight. Drmpaey, a. fast ns ’ ’ rto smaller man \fns, hail no troehle In crmcrlng him and pum- ’ ,,,ri? ** melllrg when he wfcateil to. Wo ’ shcnld^ay that Dcl,„oy was nt least three times as tost ns-FIrpo. | UMt3n V ’ Dempsey seems nlthost Invulner able to a right hnml blow and al most tile same with it left. One nr two lefts did slip over but they w"*f> mfehty rare. Dempsey right now. looks better than ws Jtavo ever scon him bc- 5 0 .611 ,,«3 01 .576 .. 72 60 .522 .. 70 68 .507 ..71 71 .500 ..71 72 .497 ..57 85 .401 .. 47 87 .351 Pet. 88 44 .667 75 57 .655 66 60 .524 65 62 .527 62 68 .462 68 71 .450 54 73 .425 50 78 .301 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet, ... 87 62 ... 79 55 ... 79 56 .585 .. 72 63 .933 .. 0!l 60 .611 ... G5 08 .489 .. 44 88 .333 . . - 44 89 .330 COLONIAL THEATER~AIJL WEEK Commencing Monday, September 17th J THE CiREATFAYSSOUX—America’s Foremost Exponent of Hypnotism and Mental Telepathy—Scientific and Refined William Irvine Fayeeoux SEE , j FAYSSOUX Peerless Blindfold Automobile Drive Starting at Theatre Monday 3 P. M. FREE! FREeF Ladies Free Monday night if ac companied by escort holding one paid 50c ticket PRICES 15, 35, 50c Plus War Tan WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS SOUTHERN LEAGUE Birmingham 10, Nashville 4. New Orleans 10, Little Hock 5. Mobile 0, Melbphis 3. Only,three srames played. • AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 1-3. New York 2-6. Detroit 6, Wasntngton 4. All payed. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn C, Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati 4, Chicago 0. Only two played. POST SEASON SERIES SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Third Game - Charlotte 5, Macon 11. THURSDAY’S GAMES SOUTHERN LEAGUE r Little Reck at New Orleans. : Only one game scheduled. ! AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at N 'w York. St. Louie at Philadelphia. Clevoand at Boston. Detroit at Washington. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brcoklyn at Pittsburg. Cincinnati at Chicago. On'y two games scheduled. Macon Wins Game From Charlotte; Play in Macon CHARLOTTE, N. C.-Macon’» two straight defeats did not dis hearten them, for Wednesday the Peaches found their hitting di donned them and discarded th only when they had nicely whipi Charlotte.-? The''- peaches took tfi ~tmt( H to 6. < i ST The story of W#dnc?,l:iy’- game one of hard hitting IS Plays Georgia in Athens on November 10; Man* Old Men Are on Hand Now. UNIVERSITY, Va.—Morning nnd afternoon football drills of the most .inuous'sort have bebn in order at tho University of Virginia for two daya. Coach Earle Neale began ork far tho 1923 season, with a sound of about 50 men early Mon day morning and as the squad has grown In siie the training hoa be- aonte more Intensive. , Football fundamentals are bolng taught tho gridiron candidates rom the ground up. Punting, past ing, running and falling on the ball made a fairly cVsy start for tho first morning but yoBtorday after noon the men were put to work on ’the aokllng dummy and aa soon as each mnn had tried hls luck with the stuffed figure the entire squad given hard work In blocking and tackling., 1 roach Neale la greatly pleased with the number of men reporting Ihe. opening day under the agreement of the Southern Inter collegiate Conference. Both var-t ally nnd first year squads are be ing drilled together at the start but by the time the regular ses- •loo of the University opens Thurs day the young men will be separ ated from the oldeb. regulars. Captain Stalge Blackford, tacklo, Fred 8heamar, center, BUI Dlctrlck. end. Tom McCoy, quarterback. Benny Arnold, and Paul Walp, haitoack, aqd Malt Wilson, full back, have already arrived on the Beene of action. Tom Hall, 1922 captain and guard, la expected to •report daily and Sam Ward hls running mate le’ looked for any time. Henry Foster, quarterback '•.ill probably be in by the end of •the week. ‘ . Around these ten letter men Coach cale will probably have to build hls team for thero Is still some doubt os to the return of "Chuck" Lewis, center, and Sant Maphlsn halfback. Among th epromlsln* men on the 1922 varsity squad who havh al ready reported for practice an Jim Weaver, Walter Brown. “Mul ligan" Holland, "Buck’’ Wearei and George Ralnoy, all linemen, and Hal Little, Bobby Taylor, and Matthew Gibson, backfleld candi dates. If vprsity prospects aro good tho vutlook for tho first year team fa better. Husky youngsters reported at tho start Monday and there are many now men thnt nro making excellent showing In tho opening practices. • *" THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. ujj RETURNS TO CITY After an Absence of Seven Y^ars, the Great Fayssoux Returns to'the Colonial. After an absence of soven years, FaysHoux; the master hypnotist, will return to Athens for a week’s • nsagement at tne .olonla'eom- MCKviag Monday evening, Septem ber 17. Fayssoux’s last engagement In this city was the most successful of that character ever given In Athens and, no doubt, hls return will be met with overflowing busi ness nightly during his engage ment here. ^ f Those who hav<\ seen this show •e of the opinion that It is tho most entrancing and altogether in teresting and mystifying ever scon on a stage here or elsowhere. Fayssoux*has appeared In the leading theatres of the country for mere than twenty years past, and 4s well and favorably known In this city where he has played 1 a num ber of times In ’ years past Hh show is clean and high class In every ■ respect and the announce ment that he will appear here for, one week at tho Colonial Theatre will doubtless be received with much Interest/ A CRY IN THE NIGHT, griping adult, immediate comfort and eaao in CHAMBERLAIN’S COLIC and DIARRHOEA REMEDY Pays to keep alweya on hend TAXI SERVICE - Day and Night GEORGIAN BAGGAGE Phone TRANSFER CO. Phone 66 Office Georgian Hotel 66 Read Barmer-Herald Want Ads. Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company The Western Railway of Alabama 1 The Georgia Railroad The Summer Tourist aeason la now on and vacations are In order. You will be glad to know that condltlona surround ing Summer Tourist travel are more liberal this season than Ip almost any previous year. Reduced rates cro In effect to practically every state In the Union as well as to some points Id Canada, the. various tours Including delightful trip, on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Great Lakes, SL Law rence River. Hudson River, through the' Yellowafdne pnd other National Parks, to the Orand Canyon, etc. Stop.overa may bo made at any point on either going or return, trip, within final limit of ticket, which It. In ronit cases, Octo ber 31, 1923. ' : : ■ J , : . V' Let us help you arrange your vacation. Wo are hhreito servo and any Information desired will be gladly furnished by ticket agent in your town or by tho undersigned. J. P. P1LLUPB, • i;.V , •' , j;■ General Passenger Agent, ' 3 . ’ ■ H Atlanta, Ua. Athens’ Neighbore WILKES COUNTY • WASHINGTON—Condition Of the cotton crop In Wilkes la 60-per ceni W. A. Prather brought In th. flr»> bale und It brought 2 cents. While selling the cotton hls gin bout, and mnchmlnery were destroyed'by rito. The ginnery was Insured for 14,100, which ubout half covers the loss. The Washington tax rnie Is fix ed at 17 mills nn increase of f mills over lnat year. Bam W. Adorns was seriously hurt by the falling of n heavy piece ot timber while repairing hls well C. B. Darden who lives near Washington, waa badly Injured by contact with n high voltage wire. He aaw the wire lying across • Gower bed In hls front ynrd and with a knife in hls hand grasped It. v Abe' Stanley, who killed n negro girl and was sent to the tunatle asylum at Mllledgevillo h.s raped nnd cannot he located. Action will be taken this looking to financing a five year program to put Wilkes county In a prosperous rendition. The peanut growers of the coun ty have perfected a thorough or ganisation. Wllkea Is now 160 pet cent organised. WALTON COUNTY MONROE—October 9th to lJtli are the dele> set for holding thr Walton County Fair. Neither gambling or games of chance win he permitted. J E. {Falcons, clerk of court of Walton, la Imnwwrfn^ since an ep- eraflon for appendicitis ’ .a t the General hospital In Athens. Dr. C V, Pendergrasa hoe returned from Atlanta hospital, where he under* went an operation. '/ Mr. nnd Mrs. E. S Tlchenor n** recovering from a bnd nccident auatiined when ■ their enr rolled ol a 15 coot embankment near Law Td* Waltn nnd Choir# i Munronj r^ A/lApta recently, 1 ^ I‘ I/- T*reM!oyr and *or. from 4L it.* made 1009 bpfheK Mrs. John Tt. .Tones, aged 6t died in the mill district Po you know that the large tanks, in which Grown Gasoline is stored at our Service Stations, are sur-- rounded by a hooded covering to protect the gasoline from exten sive heat and preserve its fresh ness and pep^ / \.r Not only is Crown Gasoline made right, but it is handled right/ Same with Polarine Motor Oil - Four Grades-and all of the same quality, Try these products and know of the satis factory results, as well as the efficient ser vice maintained for you at our service stations. Visit our service stations at Washington and Thomas Streets Hancock and Hull • - Athens, Ga. ■ And nearly everywhere you go. Better Stick To The Standard Always buy at the station or the,dealer with the Crown sign. 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