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16 FEW SCRAPPERS MAKE GOOD IT FIRSTJN ODIST By Ed. W. Smith. IT must have been a severe shock to Eastern fight followers to note that Pal Moore, generally regarded as one of th£ very best lightweights in the Atlantic Coast section, never had a look-in out on the coast the other night with Jack Britton, of this city, in a twenty-round battle. But when one looks at the past performances of Eastern men who have gone to the coast for battles, the trimming Moore received might have occasioned no surprise As a matter of fact, very few men have 'eft one seaboard to go to the other for battle and done well, especially In their opening bouts. Many Are Failures. Mighty few men have gone out there and made good offhand. Look at the list of failures. These in clude Leach Cross. Tommy Mur phy, Jack Britton himself, who couldn’t catch any matchmaker’s eye and get a wind-up for a long time; Frank Klaus. Jack Dillon. George Knockout Brown of Chi cago. Charley White and his broth er Jack of this city, Hugo Kelly, Buck Crouse, Joe Coster. Patsy Kline, Jim Barry and dozens .of others * * I Some of these men stuck until they did make good, but in' the main first attempts on the Pafi/lc of Eastern men are failures, Kilbane Had To Prove It. Men like Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast had to fight for their very Mves out there before they got recognition. Both were considered Jokes when they first displayed their wares Later both won the lightweight championship and at tained reputations of the highest degree. Johnny Kilbane was lightly con sidered when he first showed In Los Angeles, but compelled them to take notice by cleaning up some of the good men there, including Jose Rivers, now matched with Wolgast for the title, and Abe Attell. Even Packey McFarland didn't impress them with his twenty-five round draw with Freddie Welch and later In Kan Francisco with his quick defeat of Jimmy Britt and his indifferent showing with Tommy Murphy. Owen Moran made good there, but he isn't a native. Billy Papke had a hard time convincing them of his ability and even after he knocked out Ketchel they didn't think he was a champion. Ketchel proved they were right a little later on. Morrow an Exception. Howard Morrow made good on his first attempt, but then he wasn't up against much , and is liable to inadte good with any of them. So It was with Johnny Con lon. Frankie Conley wasn't well thought of until he had battled there, several times. Hugo Kelly got some good matches, but failed in most of them to Impress, even in his twenty-round draw with Papke The trouble seems to be that box ers go out there and remain too long before fighting. The general Impression is that the best way for Easterners to do Is to get there not longer than one week In ad vance of a fight. Reversing the order of things, we find that mighty few of the Pa cific. coast fighters have made good in the East. Look at One Round Hogan. Frankie Burns. Frankie Neal. Frank Picato, Jimmy Britt. Lew Powell. Joe Thomas. Johnny McCarthy and others, who tried luck toward the East and all failed. Shorter Route Puzzles. In these cases it might be that they were unused to the shorter routes that prevail toward the At lantic, and never -were able to speed up enough against men who w ere thoroughly familiar with the six, eight and ten-round distances At any rate, the intersectional exchanges have been in the main unsatisfactory, especially to the boxers JENNINGS ADVISES NOT TO BET ON BASEBALL Here Is a lesson for the fans who try to make money betting on ball games. Hughey Jennings has never bet a nickel on a ball game. "Baseball is too uncertain for me to risk my money on it,” said Hughey "After a month or two of the season is gone. I believe 1 have a good line on the ability of the different teams, but ball teams miss running true tn form as often as they hit it Candidly. I think a man is a fool to bet on base ball." iREMEDYFQRMEN MONEY TO LOAN ON DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY S t r I c t ly confidential. Unredeemed pledges la diamonds for sale, 30 per cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul A May ) 1J 1-2 PEACHTREE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Hank Bldg Both Phones 15«4 WE BUY OLD GOLD I GETTING OFF TWISTING "CORKSCREW" SERVE v \ \ Ccu \\ - \\ J.* OfW -y\ : \ » 1 \ Jr/ , z Jn r 1 v® / W ' jHH 11 a VW 1 SaV ■ jWWwdtf j I " W li 'W'/ „\ W 'I ’ M. ■‘-A W L \ \ -\ ’ ' ’ /tn COWAN ROGERS. KNOXVILLE, 'VENN.. May 10. One tennis player who is making big preparations for the coming -tennis season, and especially for the Southern championship at Atlanta in July, is Cowan Rogers, for years one of the best and steadiest players in the South. Indications are that the Southern champion ship this year will be a peculiarly open event, and that bona tide .Southern players will have more chance than usual. FODDER FOR FANS The daj President Taft went nut to see the Reds play they threw a spasm of er rors and lost to the Phillies. * • * George Suggs has only lost two games for Cincinnati this year. • * • • Howard Williams, the southpaw taken by Hank O'Day to Columbus, Ga., this spring. Is slumping O’Day sent him to Dayton and Dayton passed him along to Chillicothe. • • ♦ Bill Bartley, former Cracker, has signed with Cincinnati in the f. S. league. • • • Ray Boucher, who used to perform for ’ Little Rock, is with Youngstown. Ohio. • • • With Hans Robert out. Tom Downey, I the former Baron, is likely to work reg I ularb with the Phillies. * « • Bert Blue, once of Birmingham, later with St. lemls Americans, still later traded to Philadelphia for Sid Smith, has turned up with Richmond in the United States league • • • In an effort to shorten games Ban John son has ruled that in the American league the Infielders must not throw the ball around between innings. • ♦ • Milwaukee has asked waivers on George Stone. The once famous batter Is on the skids again ♦ ♦ • Bert Whaling has been turned back by Cleveland to Seattle. • • • “Bone" Zimmerman. Cracker outfielder last year, is hitting 293 with Newark now • • • Exciting news from the North Mani towoc will not be in the latke Shore league this year! • • ♦ Macon is an In-and-out sori of a club ’ The Peaches got away like champions. Then they lost eight in a row • • • Right now. with the season only half way started, ttie Naps are making plans for a training ground next season Pen sacola is said to be the place selected. • • * Newark has released Bill Bergen out right Bad habits! The scar the Athletics trained in At- I lanta \rnus Strunk joined the Philadel phia club. He has been with them since \n«.i even now he isn't a regular He is mighty close to it. though, and ready to go in any old minute and to play “Connie Ma< k ball." too He has sat on the bench long enough to learn it. * • « T«m Connolly, dean of the umpire staff; of the- \meriean league, has invented a , shoe, with a reinforced concrete front. . that :s designed to ward off spikes and j I baseballs. ’ * • Baseball fans can t figure what is the 4 matter with Raj Caldwell. the Highland pitcher He looked a wonder before the season started and since then he hasn’t I had anything • ♦ • What between the tight among the own- I ers of the St Lottis Cardinals and the ill- I ness of Bresnahan, it is small wonder the! team is down. ■ • • Third Base-man McDonald is doing such good work for Xas' \ tile that thej have forg'dton “Red" Smith and are beginning :<• count on how much they ran get for McDonald from Brooklyn in the fall • * • Elbert Hubbard is quoted as saying that the best thing about baseball is the fact that ’he parks are all so well ventilated. Buck Brent has deserted the Wilming- i ton club < f the Tri-S’ate league for the V. S league With the Mobile club plaj ing real base ball, for the first time the Gull town has i ever known such a thing since it has 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1912. been In the Southern league, the fans are knocking wildly evert time Einn's team loses. They are certainly appreciative. ♦ ♦ ♦ Green, a pitcher discarded by Birming ham, has hooked up with Roanoke. * • ♦ Pitcher 'Burleson, of Mobile, is said to be slated for a Roanoke berth. • * * The Spartanburg team, which gets a Graeker cast-off occasionally, is stirring up nn awful rumpus in the Carolina league. Papers around that circuit claim that the elun is wax over the salary limit. RICHIE WINDS UP HIS WORK FOR WOLGAST GO SAN FRANCISCO, May in. Big crowds today gathered at the training quarters of Willie Richie at the Seal rock gymnasium to watch his final preparations for tomorrow's four round go with Champion Ad Wolgast. Richie has been working hard to get in condition, and is confident that his I showing will surprise the fans. The former ,four-rounder, whose first step upward, came when he was substituted for Wolgast In the fight with Freddie Welch, at the time Wolgast was strick en with appendicitis, is alive to the pos sibilities in tomorrow's battle. It is Wolgast's first tight since the operation performed in Los Angeles. Although it is expected only to test the champion, and goes only four round-, fans are anxiously awaiting the showing the champion win make. JOHNSON STARTS REAL WORK FOR FLYNN MILL CHICAGO. May 10.—Two weeks of genuine work have been begun by Champion Jack Johnson before he leave-- for Las Vegas to put himself in condition for the Independence day bat tle with ,11m Flynn. Johnson did his first hard road work and then tried himself out on three sparring partners. The program will be carried out dally. The fans who saw the first real work out say .lack has lost nothing of his cleverness and speed. EXCITEMENT ON DESERT! JIM FLYNN HAS ARRIVED LAS VEGAS. N M. May t 0 ,11m I Elynn. who is to meet .lack Johnson for 4 tin heavyweight championship here Julv . 1, arrived, last night, and was met hi hundreds of citizens with a brass band I Elynn «ft; begin his training at Las Vegas I Hot Springs tomorrow MACK FINDS YOUNGSTER. MINNEAPOLIS, May 10.--Robert Stevenson, a I'nfversity of Minnesota I athlete, will join the Philadelphia i American ball team June 1, “Is the Bible the Infallible Word of God?” REV. E. DEAN ELLENWOOD Universalist Church. East Harris Street. Near Peachtree. SUNDAY. MAY 5. S P. M. BEATPELICANS OR QUIT DIME, SAYS WALT FIST NEW ORLEANS, LA.. May 10.—At kina or Miller will work today for At lanta. with the chances that the south, paw will be wheeled into action. Wag ner or Seindell, probably the latter, will work for the Pelicans. Haigh.will be behind the bat for the locals and Gra ham for the Crackers. The weather here today Is clear and hot and is getting hotter every day. The Crackers are now downeast over their defeat Thursday, as they think they outclass the Dutchman's present team in every particular. "When we get so we can't beat that hunch It* is time for us ter quit." said Walter East Thursday night, and his sentiment only echoed tfla t of the other members of the club Ganley’s arm seemed very bad in yes terday's game, hut the Pels got no ad vantage from this, for only one hit was sent in his direction- a short grounder —and Ffitz, a conservative base run ner, was satisfied to stop at second. Hemphill announced definitely today that he will carry only fifteen men. He is going to give Dessau a chance, if his arm regains its strength, but he is afraid this sterling pitcher is out for the year. Hemphill banked heavily on Dessau. Crackers* Batting Averages, Including Yesterday's Game This is the way the Crackers are hitting through yesterday's game: Players— rd .'ABTkTh. | AV Hogue, n! 2 ft 2 3 I .500 Hemphill. If. ... 22 189 15 i 32 500 Sitton, p 9 9 1 3 333 O'Dell, Ib. . . . 20 70 10 20 '2BO klperman. 3b. . . 23 85- 13 24 .282 Ganiev, rs 14 50 8 : 14 .280 Miller, p 9 16 . 4 1 4 I 250 Kerr, c2l. 71 ' 6 17 ,239 Sykes, lb. . . . .» 21 71 11 1R .226 Graham, c. . . . 5 9 0 ■ 2 1 .222 Bailey, If 23 79 20 ! 17 I .215 Dessau, p 5 14 0 3 .215 O'Brien, ssl7 I 66 I 7 I 14. .212 Paige, p 5 16 113 1 .187 East. 2b13 38 3 6 .158 Johns, p,7.12: 0 0 .000 Arkins, p. ..3 7 0 n .000 DECISION OF CHANCERY COURT HITS VOLS HARD NASHVILLE, TENN., May 10.— Chancellor Allison, in the chancery court, this morning instead of dissolv ing the injunction against the owners of the local baseball association for playing Sunday baseball, enlarged the scope of his former injunction so as to prevent the management from having anything to do with the baseball club or its property or from playing any games at all in Tennessee. The affairs of. the club were left jif. the hands of the receiver, Robe ;t Vaughn, clerk and master; and', the court refused dlso to increase the bond of the receiver from $1,200 to $20,000, as had been prayed for. The decision of rhe chancellor is in effect a forfeiture of the charter of the Nashville baseball Club. As soon as the transcript of the court record can be obtained an effort will be made to take the case before the su preme court on a supersedeas. SALARY LIMIT STICKS;- DESSAU NOW INELIGIBLE The Southern league salary and player limits will go into effect at mid night. In consequence of this. Frank Des sau. Cracker pitcher who has a bad arm. has been put on the ineligible list, where he can be held for ten days. At the end of that time he must be sold, released outright or reinstated on the unanimous vote of the league. The attempt to get the Southern league club owners to extend the time for putting the salary limit in effect to June 1 has been defeated. Three club were against it. and that ruined it In consequence, the Southern league clubs are working overtime, throwing excess players overboard, in order to be with in the salary limit by midnight. DODGERS MAKE BID FOR WILDER AND H. HOLLAND The Brooklyn ball club has offered a fat contract to Kid Wilder, the Qeorgia pitcher who has set the woods ablaze this season. Wilder has not yet made his decision and is not likely to until after the games with Tech next week. Brooklyn has also put in a bid for the services of Harry Holland, the Tech third baseman, but Holland has decided to stick to his job with the Georgia Railway and Electric Compahy. THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. W 1,. P C W. L P.C Mobile 16 10 .615 Atlanta .11 11 500 C'nooga 13 a 591 N. Orl'nslO 14 .417 M'mp'is 13 9 .591 Mom. 9 16 .360 B'ham 16 12 571 N ville ,7 14 ,333 SOUTH ATLANTIC. Standing of the Clubs. W 1.. P.C W L. PC Albany .12 4 750 Macon ..7 11 .389 S'van'h .11 5 .688 C'lumbla 512 294 J'ville . .11 7 .611 C'lumbus 512 294 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. IV. I. P.C I W L. P.C Chicago 16 6 727 Wash. . .10 9 .526 Boston 12 7 632 Detroit. . 913 .40!, ("land 9 8 .52:' St. Louis 612 333 Phila 9 8 529 N. York 4 12 250 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. W. L P.C. W. L. P.C N York 15 4 .789 Blyn .7 9 438 Cnati. 15 5 .750 P'burg .7 11 389 Chicago 11 to .524 Phils. . . 7 12 36S Boston 911 450 St. Louis. 516 .238 FINISH OF HALF-IRON SHOT ON LOCAL LINKS 1 y (q ‘l TB.frZK. . A *4* 1 . * j'CJ 7 A * Ji \ / • < \*■ SL K » M. ’ \ / « ' y -■••■■k i&'AA Bl Ji ♦. r ./ F GEORGE W. ADAIR. In George W. Adair. Atlanta has one of the best goiters in the South. 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With the glistening of a ten-karat headlight lighting the way. the champion hove into sight yester day. "Never felt better in my life. can beat any man my weight in the world. Am going to start train ing right away,; the misses and baby are in grand shape," were a few bright remarks Jolin wised us to. John tried to tell us a whole lot more about the baby, l?ut we drew the line. Then John with his retinue blew out and hustled for Rye, where he has struck his train ing camp. ’ John’s visit is due to the fact that he is going to mingle with Frankie Burns next week in a ten round melee. It will be his first appearance as a slam artist in this part of the country and should be quite a gala affair. He realizes that Burns is a boy that has to be bandied roughly to beat, so the champ is not going to take any ’ chances. • • * Sam Fitzpatrick is still with us. Samuel has dug up a real live heavyweight named Hugh McQann, who is going to clean up the field. "This man.” blabbered Sam last evening, "gave Jim Flynn the toughest eighteen minutes of his life in Indianapolis Why, Flynn signed up for a match with John son to avoid meeting McGann in a return battle. Just let that sink into your dome. Why, what Mc- Gann will do to Johnson and all the ‘white hopes’ in the limelight will be shameful." And Sam doesn't smoke the hop. UNASSISTED TRIPLE IS MADE BY WACO PLAYER HOUSTON, TEXAS, May 10.—Roy Aiken, third baseman of the Waco club of the Texas League, retired the Houston team in the first inning of yesterday s game with a triple play, unassisted With runners <>n second and third bases the signal was given the Houston batsman to bunt for a “squeeze” play He bunted.,, the runner from thir<l raced toward home and the mpn at second hasp came to third. But Aiken caught the bunt, on the fly, tagged the man from second and touched third base before the man who attempt; “■ ed to score could get back. Waco, how ever, lost the game, 4 ,t» 5.