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White Is a Confident Battler;
He Would Gamble With Conley
By H. M. Walker.
LOS ANGELES. May 10.—As a
convincing tip that he is con
fident of beating Frankie
Conley in the Vernon ring to
day. Jack White offers to battle
the Kenosha Knocker on a 90-and
-10 basis, the proposition being a
next door neighbor to the old win
ner-take-all talk.
At first thought this would ap
pear to be but the usual bluff chat
ter which so often accompanies the
training camp grind. It isn't,
though, and therein lies a tale
which reveals the "trit ks of (he
trade. - ’
Several months ago Conley came
to Chicago from his home in the
little Wisconsin hamlet. He had an
engagement to talk business with
his new manager. Harry Gilmore.
Jr., the latter having telegraphed his
willingness to take up Frankie’s
case
Conley Boxes for Gilmo r e.
"I never saw you with the gloves
on,” Gilmore reminded the Italian
boy. "Would you mind going over
to my daddy’s gymnasium and box
ing a few rounds? I want to see
how you shape up. want to lay a
foundation for our work, you un
derstand."
Wheezing away at the creaking
pulleys was a sad-faced youth in a
faded sweater and a pair of green
tights. This was Jack White, and
he paid no attention to the en
trance of Conley and Gilmore until
White City Park Now Open
MERMAID A, the diving Venus
—next week at the. Bijou—seats
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he had been asked to box three
rounds with Frankie. The rest of
the story I'll leave for White to
spin.
"Laughable.” Says White.
“I hadn’t been boxing with Con
ley a minute until I discovered
that I could land on him at will,
while his punches were so well ad
vertised in advance that I could
get away from him with such ease
that it was laughable," says Jack.
"This fellow Is a Joe Grim, I said
to myself, and f hen I cut loose
with some ripping uppercuts, and
soon had his mouth looking like it
had been hit with a ripe tomato.
"Gilmore stepped in and stopped
the show when I was backing Con
ley all around the floor of the gym
nasium. T knew 1 had Frankie's
number, though and I ticketed
him from that very' afternoon,
planning to taJte him on at the very
first opportunity. I’ve got my
chance now, and if that kid thinks
he stands a ghost of a show he can
get a good gamble out of me.”
The argument is all right, as far
as it goes, but Jack wants to re
member that Conley is not a three
round performer. Frankie believes
in Tad's famous song of the under
taker — "You mar linger, but I'll
get you in the end."
The best evidence of this was the
uphill fight Conley put up against
Monte Attell when be won the ban
tamweight championship belt at
Vernon. For thirty rounds Attell
unmercifully mauled Frankie, but
the latter never faltered, finally
wearing Monte down and knocking
him out in the forty-second round.
No doubt White will outpoint
Frankie in the earlier rounds, but
has he the stamina to survive the
terrific pace that Conley is sure to
set from the tenth round on? Here
is something that Jack wants to
think over carefully before going
[ through with that 90-and-10 plan.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY. MAY m. 1912.
Betting Law and Action by Baseball Association Needed to Curb Gambling
NATION-WIDE WAR BEGUN ON BASEBALL BETTING
By Percy H. W hiting.
BETTING on baseball must be
stopped. More particularly
betting on baseball in the
South must be stopped. And most
particularly betting on baseball in
Atlanta must be stopped. And
there is plenty of it to stop.
Last year, at the suggestion of
The Georgian, Representative Wal
ter MeElreath introduced a bill in
the legislature, designed to wipe
out the hand book evil. The bill
was not introduced in time to get it
up for a vote at the last session of
the legislature, hut Mr. MeElreath
has promised to get it in early this
summer and to use every effort to
get it considered.
If the anti-hand book gambling
bill is ever put before the legisla
tors for a vote it will become a law,
and once a law. It will be possible
to wipe out the evil of public bet
ting on baseball games on the
streets of Atlanta.
Under the present laws of Geor
gia, wretchedly defective in this
respect, a man may openly offer
GREAT WORK OF HESS
NETS PELICANS $4,000
Pitcher Otto Hess doubtless cost the
Boston Nationals a matter of $4,000
yesterday afternoon. He let the Chi
cago Cubs down with a single hit, and
cinched his place with the club there
by. But to keep him the Braves must
pay New Orleans a ''balance due" of
$4,000
The work of Hess was about as im
pressive as anything shown in the ma
jor leagues this year. The former Nap
“had everything" and something be
sides.
BY DEFEATING U. S. B.
MARIST NEARS TITLE
When the Marist team defeated Stone
Mountain yesterday on the Marist dia
mond. 9 to 7. it put itself within one
•ieg of the prep championship of the state.
• iniy the Gordon nine stands between it
and the title.
The Marist laris completely outclassed
the Stone Mountain players, especially
in slugging.
They knocked one pitcher off the mound
and worried the other one. Three two
baggers. a triple and numerous singles
were garnered off their deliveries. Han
cock. of Marist, held the Mountain boys
safely, but let down a little in the ninth
HEMPHILL THINKS CHASE
IS ABSOLUTELY “ALL IN”
NEW ORLEANS. LA., May 10.—“ Hal
Chase may never again be a great first
baseman." Such was the opinion of
Manager Hemphill, voiced here yester
day. in discussing the mysterious ail
ment that has attacked the Yanks' first
ia cker.
Hemphill believes that Chase is suf
fering from a nervous breakdown, and
doubts if he will ever again regain his
old strength and skill.
APPLEBY, OF THE YANKS.
MAY JOIN ATLANTA CLUB
Word has been received that the New
York Americans have released E. Ap
pleby, their giant catcher, to Atlanta.
Nothing is known about the deal at
local headquarters, but it is suspected
that Appleby is coming to take Gra
ham's place. He is a very promising
young backstopper and Hemphill liked
his looks when he was here with the
Yanks.
TECH OFF FOR MACON:
PLAYS MERCER 2 GAMES
The Tech basebail team left ’his morn
ing for Macon, where this afternoon it
tangles with the Mercer university nine in
games Friday and Saturday.
These ’wo games will probably be the
hardest fought that have been played on
the local diamond this season, due not
only to the extreme rivalry between the
two clubs, hut to the apparent evenness
in strength that the two teams show
CONNOLLY TAKES JUMP
to escape McFarland
FALK RIVER. MASS May in At the
end of the fifth round nf a -cTeduled
ten-round bout here tonight between
Packey McFarland, of Chicago and
johnny Connolly, of Scotland Connolly
jumped through the ropes to escape fur
ther punishment.
White City Park Now Open
odds on baseball games or horse
races and get away with it without
fear of molestation from the police.
The only chance to get him is in
ease he operates long enough in one
place to hop on him for maintain
ing a gambling place.
In the meanwhile, since we must
wait for the passage of a. real anti
hand book gambling law. the local
baseball association can do a lot by
hopping on the'gamblers who try to
operate in the stands and bleach
ers. They can't have these chaps
arrested, but they can have them
thrown out and that is what should
be done.
In Philadelphia they have gone
right out after the gamblers. Twen
ty-seven men were arrested in one
day. Thirteen of them were sen
tenced. under the efficient Pennsyl
vania law, to serve 30-day terms.
Other cases are pending. It will
not take much of this to stamp out
the evil
It will be a blessing for the ball
players if betting is curbed. The
knockers are. almost invariably, the
TWENTY-TWO CARS WILL
H COMPETE IN HILL-CLIMB
Twenty-two cars and three motor
, cycles have been entered for the At
lanta Automobile and Accessory asso
ciation's hill climb, which will be held
tomorrow on the Stewart avenue hill.
This is not a large entry list, but it
is plenty big to assure interesting
events. The motorcycle list will be
held open and at a meeting of the local
motorcycle club tonight more entries
will be stirred up.
Several handicap races have been ar
ranged to follow the regular events.
Among the races so far scheduled is
one between a Flanders 20 and a Pope
-1 Hartford. A handicap will be given
the smaller cat.
Another contest will be pulled off be
tween a National and a Buick, while
theie have been numerous other chal
lenges among the twenty-odd contest
ants, and some exciting sport is prom
ised.
The idea of pulling off some match
races was suggested by the close pre
liminary practicing which has been go.
ing »n for some weeks. Many of the
ears are running within a second or two
of each other, and there have been some
exciting brushes, followed by various
claims from rival cars.
A big list of cups has been offered
by the following companies: Atlanta
Automobile and Accessories associa
tion. E. Rivers Realty Company, The
Atlanta Journal, The Motor Era. The
Georgian. The Constitution, Studebaker
corporation. Ajax-Grieb Rubber Com
pany, Diamond Rubber Company, Em
pire Tire Company. R. F. Goodrich
Company, Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company. Fisk Rubber Company, Good
year Tire and Rubber Company. Kelly-
Springfield Tire Company. Republic
Rubber Company, United States Tire
Company. All of the foregoing are for
automobiles. The. following are the
cups to be contested by motorcycle en
trants: Elyea-Austell Company. Alex
ander-Seewald Company, Gus Castle.
GOTHAM REFEREE GIVES
DECISION: AGAINST LAW
NEW YORK. May 10. Followers of the
boxing game expressed fears today that
complications may result from the action
of Referee Patsey Haly in giving a de
cision last night in the ten-round bout
between Gunboat Smith, of California,
and Jim Stewart at the National sport
ing club
Boxing Commissioner <» Neil said he
would fall the mailer to the attention of
Attorney General t’armody as decisions
are not provided for in the law establish
ing the boxing commission. At the end
i of the bout Haly walked over to Stew
art and lifted his arm, which in boxing
signifies a decision.
Stewart weighed 34 more pounds than
! Smith and won with ease.
GROVER HAYES SHADES
GOODMAN IN FAST FIGHT
COLUMBi’S. OHIO. May 10. Grover
Hayes, the Coluhibus manager light
weight. shaded Danny Goodman, of Chi
cago, in a fast and turions ten-round bout
here last night. Evory second of the
I game was full of action and Hayes proved
to be a very hard puncher with both
hands He had all the better of many
‘ exchanges Goodman proved game and
stood up under severe punishment
Watch the Bijon next week—
MERMAIDA. the diving Venus,
i and three other big acts for 10
cents.
losing bettors. One cheap sport,
who stands to lose a 50-cent bet.
van make more trouble for a ball
player than a stand full of non
betting fans.
Betting killed horse racing. It
killed professional foot racing. It
killed wrestling. It has crimped
boxing. It is not helping golf any.
It will wipe baseball off the map if
it is allowed to go unmolested. It
is a graver danger in the Southern
league than the exceeding of salary
limits or the pennant monopoly of
Charle.v Frank.
• • •
5 MAN who has seen almost all of
•*"*• the Southern league teams
this season gives the following es
timate of them:
Playing above its form —Mobile.
Gone plumb crazy—Chattanooga.
Playing below their form—At
lanta. New O'leans, Montgomery.
Just about right—Nashville.
The dangerous clubs—Atlanta.
Birmingham, Memphis.
The probable pennant winner—
Atlanta!
You can take this for what ft is
worth. He didn’t charge me any
thing for it.
/"’AN It be that we have all been
under-estimating the Memphis
club a good bit this year? it looked
mighty good while it was in At
lanta, but we all took it as some
thing exceptional and not likely to
be repeated—like a satisfactory
umpire. But somehow the Turtles
keep right on playing good ball.
They look a little too light for the
job of finishing In the first division
—just as Bill Smith's Chattanooga
club does. Rut they have certainly
won the confidence of all the teams
that have faced them this year and
they are right up within striking
distance. Bill Bernhard fooled us
once yvlth a second-rate ball club.
Maybe he will do It again.
The next club that the Crackers
tackle, the Birmingham bunch, is
one that is calculated to make trou
ble. The longer we look at that
collection of players the stronger it
looks.
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Jim Perry, Determined To Be
Champ, Writes Story of Life
No pugilist in Atlanta has
achieved a larger measure of suc
cess recently than Jimmy Perry.
The Pittsburg boy is one of the
most gentlemanly fighters in the
business, and a young man of more
than ordinary intelligence and edu
cation. Following is his own story
of his life:
By Jimmy Pern’.
I BELIEVE there Is no one tn At
lanta knows my real name. I
have always been known here
as Jimmy Perry, my ring nom de
plume, but my real name is Frank
Wittier. I was born March 21,
1885. at Chicago of German par
ents. I now weigh 142 pounds, and
stand 5 feet 6 1-2 inches tall.
My father. William Wittier, and
my mother, Frances Wittier, were
both born in Germany, and came
to this country at an early age.
Father settled in St. Louis, and
served under General Phil Sheridan
throughout the Civil war. After
the war he met rtty mother and
they were married. Five children
were born, I being the second
youngest. I have three sisters.
Wallburg, Ida and Marie, and one
brother, John.
I assumed the name of Jimmy
Perry tn following the pugilistic
profession, for the reason that my
mother objected s.trenuously to my
following the business, but upon
her learning of my successes, her
objections were less persistent.
My father died before I started to
fight.
Mixed With Schoolmates.
I am free to say that my desti
ny was outlined at the start, for
the reason that during my school
hoy days I was Regarded as the
Irrepressible bad hdy—always keep
ing myself busy mixing 1t with
my schoolmates, one of whom was
of the same turn of mind as I,
and afterward became a boxer
himself, but for a short period. His
name Is Frank Vogt. He had the
opportunity of receiving a few
boxing Instructions from a boxer
who worked at the same place as
he. After each lesson he would give
me the benefit of his instruction,
teaching me the early tactics of the
art and finally persuading me to
take up the profession permanent
ly, but being otherwise employed
I was unable to devote my entire
time to the work, so I did my train
ing at night.
My first fight was at a neighbor
hood club smoker in Chicago early
In 1902. I weighed at that time
about 100 pounds and had for my
opponent a neighborhood boy
named George Ahearn. There was
no purse. I won in three rounds.
Fight Was Raided; Guns Drawn,
I never will forget my nineteenth
fight. It was with Soldier Kinzel,
in Sheridan Park, a suburb of Den
ver. The bout was in a dancing
pavilion on a Sunday afternoon.
We were raided tn real Wild West
style during the third round.
opponent and I escaped with our
clothes In our arms. I looked into
the mouth of a six-shooter, which
appeared to be the largest ever
manufactured. In the audience
were people of high social and
financial standing in Denver. There
were also many women in the
audience, all of whom were re
leased after the boxers had effect
ed their escape. I had the better
of the bout up to the time of the
raid.
Before coming to Atlanta I had
been in 79 fights. I have fought
five times and won them all in a
walk. It Is now my intention to
force Ray Bronson into a battle for
the welterweight tlile. Bronson
sidestepped me on two occasions;
first In Pittsburg in December, 1911,
after the bout had been duly ad
vertised. On the next occasion, at
Springfield, Ohio, last January, also
after that bout had been well ad
vertised, programs Issued and he
had consented to meet me. I am
confident of beating Bronson, If he
will meet me, and believe I will be
entitled to the welterweight cham
pionship.