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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. MAY 10, 1907.
ARE FIGHTING HARD THROUGH
| SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY PERCY H. WHITING I
j NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS
BY PERCY H. WHITING.
Professional pugilism has been in a pretty bad way for a
long time but it has seldom been hit so hard a knock as it was
Wednesday night when O’Brien and Burns pulled off their big
fake.
According to the statement of Burns, O’Brien made him
agree to lose the fight before he would sign.
And it is on such cattle that the followers of pugilism bet
their money.
Burns comes out of the fake mill with a little better rep
utation than O’Brien. According to his own story he accepted
O'Brien’s offer simply to get that four-flusher into the ring and
that after he got him there he fought his best. Burns also'
snvs that it was through his efforts that the bets were called
off.
At best it is a nasty piece of business; but it will not be
without its good results. It sends “Gentleman(f)” Jack
O’Brien to the pugilistic bono yard for keeps.
And that is worth something. Ho was always a blow-
hard, a clever boxer and a poor fighter. And now he turns out
to be a poor fakir.
When Glorifler won the Metropolitan Thursday the book
makers reaped another harvest, for a comparatively .unbacked
horse copped the coin. And the tens of thousands of dollars
bet on Roseben and the other short-priced horses stayed in the
pockets of the bookmakers.
That big son of Ben Strome proved again his inability to
run a mile. And he has proved it so often in his career that it
would seem that bettors would “tumble.” But not they. If
they ever did bookmaking and hapd booking would not be so
popular.
Thnt was a marvelous game of ball over in Memphis Fri-
JIM JEFFRIES SAYS THAT JACK O’BRIEN
TRIED TO FRAME UP "FAKE" WITH HIM
Retired champion says O’Brien offered $80,000
if he would take the count.
This story is an aftermath of Burns’ charges that
O’Brien faked fight with him.
NEW HANDICAPS LIST FOR
Y. M. C. A. GOLF PLAYERS
day and it augurs well for the kind of ball the Atlanta team is
_ »W« . , '
Castleton pitched another magnificent game and allowed
going to play on the road.
Memphis only six hits in thirteen innings. Crystall did well
for Memphis and the contest must have been a corker.
After the Memphis series ends the Crackers hit Travcler-
ville and then we shall see what wo shall see.
Mike Finn has his bunch tucked away in fourth place now
and the Travelers managed to lose the opener to Nashville. But
they will bear watching. Mike has a team sure, and will
doubtless be trcpblesome all the season.
Tho Georgia Tech team is down in Auburn doing stunts
and with the Auburn scries out of the way has only two games
loft to play—the Georgia games next Friday and Saturday.
Tlieso should be the best of the college season,' however; and
with the Atlanta team on the road ought to draw great crowds.
B. SPARKS RELEASED;
MAY GO TO AUGUSTA
Special to The Georgian.
Memphis. Term., Mar 10.—Baxter
Sparks has drawn the pink slip and
will leave tonight (or Augusta l( he
carries out the wishes of Manager Bill.
It Is said, however, that the Missls-
slpplan does not want to play In Geor
gia and would rather roam In the
West, to pitch nearer his home and
Preside. He lives In close proximity
to nearly all the Cotton States League
towns, but Meridian and Jackson
seem (ull and after trying to place
Baxter there, Smith finds that his only
alternative Is to fnrm him to Augusta.
He expects to send him there by to
night's sleeper.
Manager Babb has no changes to an
nounce.
This Is the final day given teams
(or trimming ranks In numbers and
salaries. By tonight all teams must be
cut down to fourteen players and
22,700 monthly pay roll.
Friday dawned dark and rainy and
It Is probable that no game can be
played today.
Tech’s Crippled Outfit
Plays Auburn Three Games
Jack O’Brien is the full figure. The gent emerging from the bull’s eye
is Tommy Burns.
By C. E. VAN LOAN.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 10.—Big Jim
Jeffries, the retired heavyweight
champion of the. world and the one
man In whom the sporting public has
Implicit confidence, has added the first
touch to the career of Joseph Hagan,
better known as Jack O'Brien, the ace
In tho holo ‘pugilist. O'Brien has al
ways been regarded as a smooth busi
ness man, but It will amaze his closest
friends to learn that he actually had
the audacity to propose to Jim Jeffries
that tho latter fake a fight with him
In Nevada, Jeffries to take the count
for the sum of 180,000.
Big Jim was an Interested spectator
at the ring side, and tho poor showing
which O’Brien made puzzled and dis
gusted him. This morning he learned
of O'Brien's attempt to frame up the
fight, and so great was hts wrath that
he told the following story, stating
that he believed that tho time had
come to rid the game of Jack O'Brien
and drive him from the ring:
"Tried to tie Tommy up to go out to
him, did he?” asked Jeff. "Well, it
should not surprise me In the least
because he tried to do the same thing
with me. Jack O’Brien is the first and
only man who ever came to me and
asked me to do a crooked thing. Of
all the fighters and managers I know,
this man Is the only one who ever had
the gall to ask me to fake a fight.
Worse than that, he wanted me to lay
down to him.
"It nearly paralyzed me that he
should come out with a bald-faced plan
like that. I began to laugh at him and
he saw right away that It was all off.
I told him that I did not need money
that bad and he Interrupted me again
to say: 'Of course. I did not think
that you would pay any attention to
It, and I told the Nevada people so at
the time.'
"Before O’Brien went away I told
hint that I had been on the level so
far, nnd that If I ever fought ugaln
It would have to be on the square.
What Is 180,000 to a man alongside of
his record for being square? It would
be selling out pretty cheap. I think.
It Is worth a lot more than that to mo
The Golf Club of the Toung Men's
Christian Association has been holding
tournaments on Saturdays for several
weeks and another tournament will be
held Saturday of this week. The prizes
are golf balls and these are awarded
to the best net score, second best net
score and best gross score, with otje
ball for the highest gross score. The
members of the club are asked to be
on the grounds by 3 o'clock to take part
In the tournament. Eighteen holes will
be played.
The handicap list has been revised
to be on the level. I told him that If I
had been out to do anything like that
I would have pulled It off long ago,
and then he went away.
"That was the only time a man ever
came to me with a proposition of that
kind. O’Brien tried the same thing on
Bums, and McCarey outflgured him.
What do you think of a fellow who
put up a fight like he did the other
night having the nerve to ask me to
take the count for him 7” •
No comment Is necessary; Jim’s sto
ry speaks for Itself. O’Brien simply
made a mistake In hts man, and Jef
fries’ exposure of his method of ar
ranging a fight will no doubt be re
called In the future.
BABB BATTLES
TO TIGHT TIE
Special to The Georgian.
Memphis, Tenn., 1 - May 10.—Atlanta
and Memphis battled 13 Innings to a
3 to 2 tie here yesterday afternoon.
Castleton and Crystall pitched great
ball.
ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Totals 41 2 9 38 18 1
Memphis. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Thiel, if.. ... 6 0 1 2 0 0
Babb, ss 6 0 0 7 3 0
Neighbors, cf. . 6. 0 0 1 0 0
Richards. 3b. . . 6 0 1 0 1 0
Carey, lb. ... D 0 1 17 1 0
Hurlburi, c. . . 5 0 1 5 2 0
Henline, rf. . . . 4 0 0 ,3 0 0
•Owens . * . . • 1 0 0 0 0 0
Carter, rf. ... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Crystall, p. . . . 6 1 1 0 9 0
Plass, 2b. ... 3 1 1 3 2 0
Totals 44 2 0 39 19 0
•Batted for Henllne In twelfth In
ning.
Score by Innings: R.
Atlanta ..... .000 200 000 000 0— 2
Memphis 000 000 020 000 0— 2
Summary—Two-base hits, Smith 2,
Castro;three-base hit, Richards; stolen
bases. Dyer, Fox, Thiel; bases on balls,
off Castleton 6, off Crystall 4; struck
out, by Castleton 10, by Crystall 4;
wild pitch, Crystall: passed ball,
Hurlburt; sacrifice hits. Smith, Beck
er, Fox; double plays, Carey (unas
sisted). Time 2:20. Umpires, Hack-
ett and Pfennlnger.
and Is given below:
Broughton, Rev. L. G., 14; Campbell,
J. B.. 10; Comlsky, 10; Eagan, 4; Flck-
len, J. B., 12; Harper, Matthew, 16; In
man, S. M., 6; King, George E, 4; Le
conte, Dr. J. N„ 12; Lumpkin, J. H..
18; Millard, J. W„ 18: Mitchell. Guy,
6; Muse, George, 16; Muse, K. B., 10;
Obenr, George S. Jr., 8; Paine, T. B.,
8; Ridley, B. L., 8; Robinson, F. B.,
4: Saunders, Frank, 15: Seely, F. L.,
10; Smith, Morton, 10; Stone, F. I.. 10;
Bpratling, E. J.. 18: Walker, W. L., 6;
Weems, T. R.. 18; White, Rev. John E.,
18; White, Walker, 18; Whiting, Percy
H„ S; Whitman, John B.. 14.
Standing of tke Clubs.
Southern League,
CLUBS— Played. Won. Lost. P. C.
ATLANTA fl 13 8’ .619
Memphis 16 9 0 .800
Nashville 21 12 9 .671
Little Bock 21 11 10 *521
New Orleans .... 10 7 9 .438
Shreveport.
Illrmlngha
Mootgotne
South Atlantic League.
BETTOliS ABSOLUTELY SLAUGHTERED
WHEN ROSEBEN LOST METROPOLITAN
>1 of Technology team
i., Friday morning for
three genres with tbe Auburn team.
Chip Robert will probably pitch the open
rr end Brooks, l’srker and Davenport are
used In "
the men who nro likely to be
tn i I I
„pi ■■
season. Is not with the
hart In the final prtetlt
will not be tn ehepa
gemee next week.
prtetiee Thtiredsy and
pe before the Georgia
la. But It la donbtfu! If the big
twlrler will he able tn work, heranee of
the Injory he received In Naehvllle I
game ngelatt Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt games seem to he peculiarly
herd on Tech players. Two rests ago In
Nsshvlll# t rsls Osy, then the iter per.
former of the Tech teem, wee put out of
commleelon In the Vanderbilt games. Last
year on Tech field. Tommy McMillan, the
etar Inflelder, was spiked daring tbs Van
derbilt series and put out of business for
n long time. And this year In Ntshvllle
the Third Installment of tbe cha '
of accidents earns In tba shape of the
Jury to l.atte.
Chattanooga Golfers Are
Defeated In Birmingham
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham, Ala., May 10.—Birmingham
golfers triumphed over Chattanooga yea
terday la sixteen of the eeveateea matches
played.
Under the "Nassau system" of scoring
Birmingham won 47 to X
A snmptuona banquet was served ths
visitor* at tho Country Club last night
Thla wa» a return tournament and fol
lowed s severe drubbing recently given the
Ulrmlughnm team on the lllver vTew links
In Chattanooga. Tbe Tennessee player,
were: A. IV. Gaines. Hobert Davidson,
John Martin, Prank btinrlork, John Watte,
Judge M. M. Alilann. I>. F. Henderson. H.
C. Adler, Herbert Ituehnell, E. W. Rtuart,
Morrow Chamberlain. J. P. Hoskins. |. B.
Hollander. J. K. Boyd, C. II. Howell, 11.
H. Probaaeo and K. U. Thomaaaon.
Weekly Shoot on Saturday
Over Traps at East Lake
The regular weekly eboot of the At
lanta Athletic Club will be held Sat
urday afternoon over the East Lake
traps. A good crowd was out last week
for th> event end It loolu as though the
attendance Saturday would be record
breaking.
The trape are now In fine working
order, the ehootlng Is first class and
tbe Interest la greater than ever before.
Think Ragan Is Cracked But
Want Him On Team Anyway
New Tork, May 10.—An unual. with
all the big special racea of the Metro
politan Turf, the betting end t( perhaps
the moat Intending of the aftermath.
The 1907 Metropolitan handicap will
go down In racing chronicles os a per
fect windfall for tha bookmakers.
The public players, who could aee
nothing but Roseben. Sewell or Toka-
lon, dropped fully 2160,000 to the race.
Moat Interesting la the appearance of
the bookmaker "Kid" Weller. All the
profeaalonala are talking about It today.
Weller posted top odd* against the
"Big Train" at all times of the betting
and hla book stood to pay off a little
over 242,000 had the Ben Strome
sprinter carried the day. Aa Roeebcn
loot, Weller’s book won eomethlng like
223,000, one of tha blggeat winnings
scored on a slnglo race by any one
bookmaker alnco Joe Ullman’s "Big
8tore" took 230.000 off John A. Drake
and John W. Gates at Saratoga In
1203, when High Chancellor was'beaten.
While tho big books opornted by Sul
Lichtenstein and I.ouls A. Celia also
won thousand* to Roseben'* defeat, still
Weller stands as the top-notch winner.
Roseben was fairly and soundly
beaten In yesterday's Metropolitan
handicap. Johnson’s horse carried 121
pounds of weight nnd he "apread" badly
In the aofr, soapy footing. He can not
run a mile.
The scintillating fact of the race Is
seen In the brilliant performance of tho
3-year-old Sewell. When he bolted ho
had the race won.
James L. McCormick will not start
Glorifler again until-the Westminster
handicap at Gravesend. Glorifler Is not
In the Brooklyn or the Suburban handi
caps.
Augusta Waiting
For Big Rowan
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta, Go., May 10.—Local fans
are worrying considerably over 'the
non-appearance of Jack Rowan t the big
pitcher Billy Smith secured from De
troit It is alleged by President Carr,
of the Augusta Baseball Association,
that Howan la, the property of the Au
gusta club, and that he will soon report
for duty.
CLUB8-
Chtrleston. ...
Jacksonville a
Savannah. ...... 24
Macon 2ft
Columbia 25
Augusta. . 25
Placed. Won. Lost.P.
1ft 12
.&
.660
.642
.440
.400
CLUBS—
Chicago... .
New York .
Philadelphia..
Detroit . . ,
Cleveland. .
Boston . . .
Washington .
8t. Lotus . .
Played. Woo. Lost P. C.
. . 19
. . 17
. . 20
CLUBb- Played.
New York 19
Chicago 10
Plttahurg 14
Philadelphia .... 16
Boston 17
Cincinnati 13
fVt. Loula 20
Brooklyn ..... 17
Coiambus . ,
Louisville . .
Indlanopolla
Milwaukee .
8t. Paul . .
Minneapolis
.84*
.471
.289
p :&
.822
.474
.629
.609
.478
.460
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Hlrmlnghsm
Montgomery In Shreveport,
Nsebvlll* In Little Rock.
YE8TERDAY'S RE3ULTS
Southern.
Atlanta 2. Memphis 2—Thirteen Innings,
Montgomery 6. Shreveport 3.
8outh Atlantic.
Jacksonville 4, Ssvsnnth X
Charleston X Colombia X
Macon 1, Augusta 0.
American.
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 0.
Boston X Detroit X
Washington 9, 8t. Louis 4.
National,
Boston 4, Cincinnati X
American Association.
Indianapolis 3. Kansas City X
dlnnespolts 1, Columbus 0.
Gulfport X Jackson L
Vicksburg t. Color"
Mobile—luln.
Cotton States,
ickson L
Columbus 2-Ten Innings,
Fisher Shifts
Pirates 9 Line- Up
Shreveport, La., May 10.—Manager
Fisher this morning said he would
send L.wee from second to snort. King
to third and Carr to second. Tony
Smith has about recovered from his re
cent Illness and reports to Galveston
In a few days. Matarkey will change
his batting order this afternoon.
17,000 CIGAR MAKERS
NOW OUT ON STRIKE.
Havana, Cuba. May lb.—The strike
situation among the cigar makers who
are staying out for payment of their
flgurea In American money Instead of
Spanish gold Is becoming critical. There
are how 17.080 men out.
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