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JWMfti .4 ? w BR\ Bk T ~ > h—• [ IB gpgM r _?> gfc .-A- r. ler llu —RmV far _bx - £ -«-■ -»*** ! 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 will be scarce—follow the crowds, i ■ —■■■—WMUWI .■ II I .!■!■■ ■■■«■■■ ■_ .. 'IT. ■ HI .. .. The Farmer chews Drummond because ¥ . S-jt he knows it is made sea. O if Jf x j J*jjwp oftfenuine, mild,natural- C "T leaf Burley A// JBSbMI JS/ /■ ft/ ' )/l Til l/SrOr // I 1 I DRUMMOND NATURAL LEAF CHEWING TOBACCO I M 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. Sumar—The Suit Fabric For Summer When you find a fabric that just pleases you in a summer suit—it s more than likely v Vs to be Sumar. pleases you because it is cool and be t cause it holds its shape and wears well. s coo! because it is very light of weight, being firmly and yet loosely woven of vMh pure worstec l y arn - / ( jMai It is interesting to know that the secret IFItH® of Sumar is not in the weave, but in the 111 HU yarn. It is the triple-twisted threads that give ■nß to s umar c l ot b its great strength and wear. ® he) Our Suits of Sumar are faultlessly design- ■ Bn ed and handsomely tailored. Blue, brown, ■ ■■ tan and gray, with white silk thread deco- .1 H ration. < | $25.00 Geo. Muse Clothing Co. Ri.l.lßU ull Ji ">i in "x'.." 1 . ... . u". 11 .j i ... .1: —. J .; ..j ... 11 . . I'. I" vi. . :'lii ■ AIM .X. J,. 1. ...11 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.