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NICKERS NIT
ID CRAB FINAL
FARM SEA GULLS
MOBILE. ALA.. May S.—The
Crackers and the Gulls hook
up this afternoon in the final
game of their first series. This
• contest meajis a lot to the Crack
ers and they are going after it
strong.
After today's game the Crackers
move on to New Orleans where,
they ought to find the sledding a
little easier than it has been here.
Yesterday's hall game came to a
head in the fourth Inning. The
Gulls had scored two in the second
and two in the third In the
fourth the Crackers uncorked a
rally. Ry hatting Burleson out of
the box and mauling Duggan, they
tied the score and filled the bases.
It was 4 to 4. one man gone, the
bases filled and the pitcher wab
bling when Robert Ganley. ex-big
leaguer, skipped jauntily to the
platter He doesn't look like much
of a hitter. He is small and duck
legged. But he has some breadth
of shoulder and is a dangerous man
withall. Once at bat he. wasted no
■•time. He stamped his feet, grab
bed his bat. took another hack at
hie tobacco looked over the first
ball and then smacked the second
one. fair upon the seam. The ball
sailed over first base, out over right
field, across the fence and out into
K the great beyond, where some small
boy froze onto It, no doubt. As
soon as it passed over the fence
Ganley lost interest and trotted
around the bags, scoring some
three men ahead of him. After
that there was nothing more to the
game.
It was another tough day for the
Atlanta pitchers. Atkins and Mil
ler were both knocked out of the
box. but Hairy Johns saved the
day
JUMPS JACKSON CLUB TO
RESCUE OLD HOME TEAM
i
ST LOTTS. Mar S T h e plaudits of the
, multitude, earned through twirling i
arrange team to victort are as nothing'
to Rube Schlansker, of Grafton, when til
home aggregation is going down to defeat
day after da> before the despised neigh
bors Not even though he is atta< bed t.
a life-sized pat roll and lives at the
best hotels, will Rube forsake the home
folks
Rube earned fame In the pitching line i
by putting the Grafton team up in the,
' championship class. This tear he re
ceived an offer from the Jackson. Miss ,
team, in the Cotton States league, and
accepted. He made good and was
destined to be a fixture for the sea
son, until he read in an obscure corner
of a sport page that the Grafton cham
pions had not won a game this year.
That was too much for Rube He
shipped his contract with the Jackson
team and boarded a train for the old
home town He says be liked the sal
ary and the good hotels, but couldn’t
stand for Grafton being a loser.
He told his friends that he will not
consider a contract in the professional
ranks until Grafton can find a successor
who will keep them up In front.
COVINGTON DRIVES IN
ENOUGH RUNS TO WIN
ATHENS. GA . May S Georgia shut
..tout Washington and Lee in the second
and last game here Tuesday ht the score
of 3 to A, thus winning the series, as
the first game was a tie It was one of
the prettiest games of the season, though
the grounds wore Wot
Carl Thompson pitched for Georgia, and
gave, up onh one hit. a three bagger hv
Bone, with none out in the third Pone
■was unable to score as Thompson fanned
two of the next three men who faced
bint. He fanned ten men in the six in
nings played The game was called oarlv
.10 allow the visitors tn catch a train for
• Macon, where they play Mercer Wednes
. day
Covington was the star of the battle
in the hitting line He made two two
baggers out of two times up. and lie
drove in all three of the runs of the
game Rob McWhorter made one of ”ie
prettiest ruches ever seen here of Stew
art's long drive In the fifth, robbing him
cf a probable home run No more games
ate to he plated by the Georgia team now
until ti e first Tech contest, scheduled to
he plated in Atlanta Mat 16
CHICAGO PUTS CRIMP IN
PERDUE’S WILD CAREER
Huh Perdue’s winning streak was r
great thing while It Lasted He whipped
Alexander the Great and hi<? team,
trimmed th-- Giants with Mathewson
pitching, and walloped the Surerba? with
Jftuckei in the box But the streak is
over It ended yesterday Pitted against
the Cubs, Perdue proved a regular squash
and lasted on’: a few minutes
It was s-. t of All-Southern day n Chi
cago Lavender. the p’/ched
for the Cubs, and Xrcher. former Cracker,
caught Perdue wa< succeeded h\ M<
Tigue. a fellow Tennesseean Johnston
and Eason, the umpires, were both former
Southern leaguers
ATLANTA MOTORCYCLISTS
WILL RACE AT COLUMBUS
COLVMBCS. Ma? The Columbus
motorcycle races begin at the Driving park
in this city Friday On Thursda? meT.r
a parade will be held in which 75 to
100 automobiles and probably as many
motorcycles will take part The races
„ will be in progress two days Among
the cities that will be represented bv
—coptest-ams will bp Macon, Augusta. At
lanta and Birmingham
MANY TARGET EXPERTS
TO SHOOT AT COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS. May The Southern
handicap begins in this city Monday and
.will continue through Thursday of next
week. Elmer K Shaner, secretary of the
Interstate Trap .Shooting association, w 11
arrive in the city Frida? night and will
open headquarters. \t least 150 crack
shots from various parts of the country
are expected to attend the handicap
TEN LOCAL GOLFERS GO
TO BIRMINGHAM TOURNEY
Ten golfers, representing the Atlanta
Athletic club, have gone or wil go to
Birmingham for the invitation tourna
ment which begins there tomorrow In
the party from Atlanta are George W.
Adair. \V R Tichenor. T A. Hammond.
M’ H Glenn. S C. Williams. Charles
King. G H Atkinson and Dr Frank Hol
land
SPALDING DOWNS JEMISON.
4 Four man he.- n the first Hight and five
k In the ,-e. ond remain to be played to
■ complete the first round of the A. L
F Durr tropu- event at East Lake,
ruesday afternoon TV F. Spalding de
>tea Dick Jemison, 3 up and 1 to play.
The Georgian’§ Sport Page
WHAT CARTOONIST CARTER SAW AT BIG PERRY-DEVLIN BATTLE
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J)EVLIN DID A
BRODIE ON HIS FACE ' ■ J
■ptO? NINE BEUU& ' r HG TEHTH
Jimmy Perry Wins Fast Mill From Tommy Devlin
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Ten Rounds of Rapid Action at Gate City Club
Dy Left Hook.
JIMMY PERRY delivered the
goods again when he defeat
ed Tommy Devlin, of Phila
delphia. in a smashing ten-round
mill at the Gate City olub. But
Devlin, weighing fully ten pounds
less than the Pittsburg mixer,
fought a game, uphill battle and
earned the -friendship of every fan
in the house.
It was a give-and-take battle
from start, to finish. During the ear
ly rounds Devlin, who is a mighty
shifty boy, outboxed Perry, hut. the
latter's extra weight and rugged
ness proved too much for the Qua
ker after the fifth round.
Perry would have, undoubtedly,
stopped Devlin had he been in first
class condition. Jimm\ is troubled
with a lame ba< k ano was unable
to do hardly any training. But,
nevertheless, he made good. A few
more Perrys and, Atlanta fight fans
would always be sure of getting a
run for their money.
Perry packs an awful kick in his
right hand and he doesn't have to
| FODDER FOR FANS~]
Zack Wheat, of the Brooklyn?, has con
tracted the X-ray habit and in conse
quence of an examination has been order
ed to his boarding house for a week or
two of rest
• * *
If Hank O'Day continues to get away
• with t aX he has to date well have a
; score of ex-umpires managing ball teams
I next vear
. . .
Speaking of the success of the Reds.
, we wonder h»w much of it is due to
"Tk>vg management ind bow much to
,’hr spring ■■limaie of Columbus. Ga.° It
cant be altogether the Columbus cli
mate. judged by tne way it has affected
the Columbus club, which is “absolute
ly!”
• • •
The Nashville team has been forced tn
play some of its games at Dudley field,
on the Vanderbilt campus, owing to the
muddy condition of the Sulphur Dell
park
• • •
Catcher Elliott will hardly be able to
work again for another two weeks (good
ness knows what sort of a percentage
Nashville will have b\ that time
President Taf* Is expected a’ the din
ner which the Cincinnati Commercial as
sociation will give tn the otficers and di
rectors cf the Cincinnati hall club on
May Ik, the date of the forma! dedication
of the Reds new nearly a-half-million
dollar field.
• • •
The Boston Braves are finding a lot of
things to kick about < >ne Is that they
are now forced to lug their own suit cases
and bat bags from stations to hotels and
ba< k again The omnibuses that are pro
vided for all other big league ball clubs
• and the St Louis Browns) are not for
the Braves. Hence there is a yell and
a loud one
• • •
Magee will get hack in the game with ,
the Phillies soon and they need him
Jack Coombs will begin light work snon.
but it may be a long time before he is
able to pitch.
Ilf Mobile keeps on with 5.000 crowds at
Sunday ball games It w 111 be a long w hile
before anybody tan buy the Gull fran-
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS:WEDNESDAY, MAY 8. 1912.
shoot it over six Inches to bring
home the money. Devlin verily had
been tipped off to the fact, for he
was always on the lookout for it.
But he didn't know that Jimmy has
the happy faculty of whipping a
stinging left to the stomach. And
he kept the south paw going all
evening.
Up to the fifth round it was fair
ly even. Jimmy then let out a
couple of notches and handed out
a severe walloping Jo the Philadel
phian. Near the end of the round
Jimmy got it close and jammed a
wicked right uppercut to the jaw
that shook Devlin. A clinch fpl
lowed.
Fell to Save Himself.
When thg referee toie the men
apart Devlin was a bit wabbly and
as Perry started to measure him
for a right he deliberately dropped
to the floor. There was no ex
cuse for the tumble other than to
save himself, and when the referee
refused to give a count Devlin
scrambled to bis feet.
That he was not hurt was clear
ly demonstrated by the fact that he
Shot a stiff left to Perry's head, one
chise Also the association will be able
to spend enough money to get a ball
club not but what they seem to have
one already.
The Western Canada league is a flossy
little organization The circuit hasn t been
arranged, but the clubs that want to
break in are Bassano, Red Deer. Calgary
and Saskatoon
• • •
With the ball team losing, a receiver
ship temporarily apointed for the asso
ciation. Sunday ball on the blink, the park
flooded. and most of the star players In
jured. the Nashville team is having a
dickens of a time
• • «
Within four days one player was killed
and four seriously injured at baseball in
Washington city. To follow the football
fashion there should be an immediate call
for changes in the rules.
George Grable. left-hander with Atlanta
last year, for awhile, is now back in the
Texas league from whence he came How
ever. he is with Fort Worth ’his year,
w hile he started baseball in 1909 with |
Galveston.
• • •
('an Kilo . the outfielder with the Pitts
burg club of the Pnited States league, was
with Jacksonville the latter part of last
year From what can he learned of the
famous outlaw organization it has about
the strength of the Sally league, or maybe
a bit less.
Baylor and Texas A. and M play May 10 I
aty! 11 at Waco for the college eham- \
pionship of Texas.
• • •
Koger Bresnahan has a contract that j
gives him a percentage of rhe profits of j
the team.
• • •
<lus Eng has been released by Jackson - I
ville. Its a shame to get rid of a man
with as hand\ a "cog" as that
Tom VUlroy. formerly of Mobile, has
been signed by Tom Stouch for the
Greenville club.
After all. Lou Castro didn't quit Ports
mouth to manage the Richmond. I S
league club Al Newnham is leading that
organization
of the best blows he landed during
the ten rounds.
John Wille, who was in Devlin's
corner, jumped into the ring when
Tommy located the soft spot on the
floor, and many of Perry's friends
thought the referee should have de
clared him the winner right then
and there. But Wille jumped back
to the floor as soon as he saw Dev
lin was not injured. As both boys
were still full of action, it would
have proven a big disappointment
to the fans to have declared Jim
my a winner on- such a .technicality.
The seventh and eighth rounds
were all Perry's, and while he land
ed many telling blows he found
Devlin too clever to stop. In the
ninth Jimmy eased up a bit and the
milling was fairly even during thia
period.
In the Anal session Perry fought
at top speed. A right hook to the
jaw dropped Devlin for the count
of nine, and when he arose and
rushed in close Perry worked on
the body-wlth-both hands, and the
final bell sure brought joy to the
game little Quaker.
Devlin Deserves Another Go.
Devlin deserves another bout here
with a boy of his nsn weight. It
was not the matchmaker's fault that
Perry outweighed Devlin, as the
latter has been meeting 145 pound
ers in the East and making good.
Devlin knew that he was going up
against a heavier man than him
self. and he alone Is to blame for
the beating. ,
But let us have some more
matches with Perry and Devlin
meeting men in their own clas.-
Two more willing lads never
climbed through the ropes.
mwT- nnttniTTui »■; ■ iit— turn- r i iihii m
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ANNOUNCEMENT
I respectfully ask the voters of North
Atlanta to elect me to the unexpired
term of the late Judge S. H Landrum,
Justice of the Peace of said district.
Election t > hr held on the ISth dax of
May. lIH2. at 43 1-2 Decatur street.
Polls to he opened at 7 o'clock a. m.
i and elos" at 6 o'clock p. m.
This May Sth. 1912.
I 'HARI.ES W. SEIDELL.
MONEY TO LOAN
ON
DIAMONDS ANO JEWELRY
.St rict ly confidential.
Unredeemed pledges In
diamonds tor sale, 30 per
cent less than elsewhere.
MARTIN MAY
(Formerly of Scbaul &
May.)
U 1-2 PEAGH'REc ST,
UPSTAIRS
Absolutely Private.
Opposite Fourth Nat.
Bank Bldg
Both Phones 1584 i
WE BUY OLD GOLD
MILLIONS TO RE SPENT
ON OLYMPIC CONTESTS
RpfTro<*n $2,000,090 AD<’ >8.000.090 will Hp
spent bv fifteen nations on the Olympic
in Stockholm This, nf course, in
cludes the expenses incurred in the train
ing period for the try-outs and for other
incidentals It is expected that the 13,-
900,000 mark will be easily reached before
rhe last flag is hoisted Sweden naturally
will open its coffers more generously than
the other nations this year, because the
Swedes have the honor of supervising the
games.
More than $509,000 in Swedish money
will change hands. Os this amount $300,-
000 will be spent for the construction of
stands, SIOO,OOO will be squandered on the
nation's guests and more than ;* 100,000
will be expended in the development of
an athletic team that will make a pre
sentable showing.
England will be touched for the next
largest amount, probably $200,000. The
L nited Kingdom expects to he represent
ed by 300 athletes and a special steamer
has been chartered to convey the per
formers to the scene of activities
America will not spend any <-onsider
able sum before the games The money
spending will come on the team's suc
cessful return from abroad. From pres
ent indications I’ncle Sam will "get by”
with about $75,000, it will cost Denmark
Doo.non and the other and smaller coun
tries smaller amounts in proportion to
their representation.
White City Park Now Open
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S ° U t- r
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■ty -
Two years service has demonstrated
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it. and SUMAR CLOTH stands out
very conspicuously as a summer fabric for
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With a thought of mid-summer, does
such comfort appeal to you?
Sumar—the cloth of quality in suits
of genuine fit and reasonable price.
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White Wanted Another Trial
So Conley Answered Phone
By H. M. Walker.
IOS ANGELES, May S.—The
boxer who can create a de
mand for his services through
efforts made in a losing battle is a
rare bird. Two of these in the
same ring form a curious combina
tion. Usually all that is required
of a loser is that he drop out of
sight, the quicker and harder the
drop the better.
Frankie Conley and Jack White
have been matched tn box twenty
rounds before the Pacific Athletic
club at Vernon on the afternoon of
Friday. May 10. Both boys were
knocked out in this same ring by
Mexican Joe Rivers, but in the face
of these, disasters each lad claims,
with a certain degree of truth, that
he is still a '‘card."
White came to the coast with
one of those fancy "Eastern" rec
ords. His stock had been boosted
bx the fact that Abraham Attell
had just “waddled" out of a New
Orleans engagement, the natural
inference being that the crafty ve-
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Perry Wins Decision
Over Devlin in Hot
Ten-Round Battle
teran considered the "Chicago Cy
clone” too dangerous to experiment
with.
Jack entered the ring against
Rivers with an air of supreme con
fidence and a dazzling costume of
peacock green. In the opening
found he shaped up like a top
notcher. and we all settled back in
our seats expecting a long and des>
perate struggle.
A chin shot in the second rounf
took all the fight out of the Chi
( agoan After this point his fin*
ish was a mere matter of gamenefeit
From a loser's chair Jack shoo>
hands with Rivers and frankly ad.
mltfed that he had been beaten by
a better man. He made no ex«
cuses whatever except to say th'-*
but for the jaw jolt In the second
he would hat e put up a better fight.
This manly stand won him many
friends, and immediately there was
a demand that Jack be sent back
into the Los Angeles ring for an
other trial. Frankie Conley was
waiting to box anybody, from Abe
Attell to Jack Johnson,