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Bat Nelson to Build Street
Like Broadway on His Land
Bv \V. S. Farnsworth.
BA’I’I'LINC nelson may
have been the greatest light
weight that ever climbed
through the ropes, but he IS the
greatest young press agent—for
himself that ever lived.
There is no more chance for him
regaining the lightweight crown
than there is of the writer heating
out Champ Clark for the Demo
cratic nominal ion. He is "in” -
very, very much "in”—as far as
fighting goes.
Rut financially he Is all to the
mustard, despite reports that have
been sent out that he is dead* broke.
The writer is a personal friend of
the Battler and only a few months
ago Bat showed deeds for property
he owns that must he worth over
SIOO,OOO. T don’t believe I am far
off when I say Bat is worth a quar
ter of a million iron met).
The following letter, received to
day, well explains itself:
Hegewlsch, Mich.. May 15. 1012
Friend Bill: .Just a few lines of
rather live news from one B. Nelson.
1 am home here in Hegewisch on the
farm, plowing and planting, and wait
ing for my hands to get strong
enough to box again.
One of the biggest surprises of my
life overtook me yesterday, when I
was Informed that a steel mill, cost
ing $11,000,000, will be built on the
land immediately adjoining my llege
wisoh farm. I have a railroad front
age on two sides of the farm. On
the other side the Interurban rail
road has purchased three acres for a
depot, and has been operating more
than a year. The City railroad also
has plans laid out for a city street
car line which will parallel the rail
road on one side of the farm.
As soon as the actual work starts
on the steel mill property, I will be-
This Sumar Suit of Blue
The Sumar supreme is the suit of blue. There’s
something optimistic about a dashing blue suit tn summer
time. If it’s Sumar there’s an extra dash of comfort, too.
There’s a lot of ease in the wear of ’
it—-there’s an air of ease about the
wearel ‘
. There are other things to con
jK' 1 sider, too—-it conforms strikingly to
smart shoes of tan, and the airiness
WiOwßl of the straw hat.
> Vi’ I list "<r
Ahd even more—-the real hot
brings out the white trousers—
and there’s your blue Sumar coat
I to complete your comfort and add a
11l wW to env * ronment y° u see k-
Suits <>f Blue Sumar with a O C
Tr'-il WL | white silk thread decoration
Geo. Muse Clothing Co.
gin to lay out my farm in building
lots I will plot out two or four
blocks ala tape, have the streets
paved with asphalt, make them wide
Just like Broadway. New York
have sewers, city water. gas and
electricity installed, cement sidewalks
and combination curbing gutters on
each side of the streets. 'Then I will
build nice, modern collages on each
lot and sell them on easy payments,
so that every young married man will
have a good chance td get up in this
world - that is. providing he has a bit
of energy in his system.
You know I started from the bot
tom and I realize the value of a dol
lar. I am going to try and be of some
good in this world for the growing
generation, of course. 1 am not going
to give away anything in this case,
but it is a legitimate business prop
osition. My motto will be "Uve and
Let Live."
My hands are feeling so good i will
do light training every morning next
week, and plow on my farm in the
afternoon. If the bones can stand
the strain of hitting, I will box some
one on July 4. If not, I'll give my
personal attention to the land devel
opment. A week ago a real estate
man wanted an option on my farm
for HO days, offering me $2,000 an acre.
Rut 1 refused to gram Hie option,
although I offered to sell the farm at
that price at the time. He must have
had some inside information about Hie
steel mill, and I’m glad now that I
di<l not seil.
If this thing materializes according
to plans, the mill people take posses
sion July’ 1. and start breaking ground
immediately. Consequently, it looks
as though my span of dabbling with
the boxing gloves is short lived now.
Anyway. I worked extremely hard
for everything I have, and 1 have
taken practically every’ dollar p-jssi
ble out of my profession. Further
more, 1 obtained my fortune honestly
-one thing of which 1 am proud.
If at any time anything happens
which I think will be of interest to
you. I will let you know. 1 want to
keep in touch with you. anyway, just
for old times sake, if for nothing
more. Thine.
NGS r I?IN DNULLJA H
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FRIDAY, MAY 17. 1912.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
. !
Hub Northern, cx-Southern leaguer,
now getting a iria’ with Brooklyn, is “up
there" for the fourth time. His oilier
attempts were with the St Louis Browns.
Pittsburg and Cincinnati.
♦ * *
Twice in the same week ’‘Swats" Swa
cina made a phenomenal number of pin
outs for Newark - once 18 and once 20 10
a game.
• * •
Catcher Higgins, former Chattanooga
player, has been sent by Brooklyn io
Toronto.
• ♦ *
Mike Finn has bought Stoney McGlinn
and Lefty Laudermilk. a couple of an
cients. McGlinn was offered to Atlanta
last year, but President Heisman was
afraid he was too old to warm up, even
in Dixie.
♦ ♦ *
-Jay Kirke. ex-Pelican, is showing 'em
something about speed in the big leagues
as well as about walloping.
♦ ♦ *
They are beginning to dynamite play
ers from the United States league teams.
Donaldson, a southpaw, ami Wilson, a
first baseman. have left the Pittsburg.
I’. S. league team, to play with Connells
ville in the < ». and I’.
Walter Morris, manager of the Fort
Worth club, is trying to buy Bugs Ray
mond from John McGraw. Morris played
with Raymond al Charleston under VVil
son Mathews and believes he knows how
to handle the insect.
• * *
Big league clubs are sending their
scouts through the outlawed United
States league now and are planning to
grab every first-class player who ap
pears. if they have to pay more than
the player is really worth In this way
they can make their superior financial
backing count against the outlaw clubs.
* * »
Bill Bergen will finish up the season
with Baltimore.
♦ ♦ *
Seven home runs and three doubles
were recently marie in a U. S league
game. Sounds like poor pitching -v- a live
ball.
Larry Lajoie has managed to gel out
of bed and to bobble around a bit, with
the aid of crutches. It will be a week
or two before he will even be able to
walk without the crutches.
♦ * *
Either byway of an alibi or a sensa
tion. Pittsburg has sprung the. story that
Hie Phillies not only rubbed oil on the
ball while O’Toole was pitching to ruin
his "spiiter," but also stole the rag he
secured to' wipe the hall after the ruse
was discovered.
BILLIES GUESTS
OFHEMP'SCREW
Mingling with tin- pellet for the ne.v
few weeks on their own back yard, the
Crackers expect to boost themselves
upward a hea) in the gonfalon chase.
They eased themselves into the village
late last night from Baronville. and
this afternoon will do their utmost to
kick in the slats of the Billikens.
While hanging their chapeaux on
foreign hooks, the well-meaning ath
letes of C. Hemphill did well, fourteen
separate and distinct times were they
called upon to uphold their honor. Six
times did they annex a scalp, seven
times they spelled defeat, and once con
descended to break even with their Jol
ly ball-tossing opponents.
In the fourteen conflicts the Crack
ers pushed 53 runners across the plat
ter, against 51 for the opposition. But
the enemy cashed Id.! bingles against
98 safe and sound swats. The skiddoc
number, which, according to Hoj ie. 1*
23. represented the times the crackers’
fingers were butter, while the opposition
wabbled on only 20 occasions.
The Billikens will decorate the gre?n
grass of Poncey park with their pres
ence today and 24 hours hence: then
the warriors of both combinations hie
themselves to .Montgomery on Sunday
for a Sabbath combat. Thence back
here for battles Monday and Tuesday.
As some wise gink once penned.
"There should be plenty of action fol
the next few days "
MARIST BOYS SERVE OUT
DEFEAT TO GORDON NINE
BAFtNESVILI.E. G.V. May 17. • Marist
college administered to Gordon her first
defeat of the season, ami it was a severe
drubbing, score 7 to 1. Coach Bean’s
boys played rings around the local team,
running well on the bases and hitting
timely in the pinches.
Coaches Bean and Williams agreed be
fore the game that the contest was in
no nature a prep school championship af
fair. as it could not so be considered with
no prep school organization. Further
more, as Marist had previously been de
feated by Locust Grove institute and Gor
don had twice defeated that team, Marist
had no claim to the title clearly.
Norman started for Gordon, hut was
hammered unmercifully. l-'llllnglm, who
succeeded him, held Marist safely at all
times.
MERCER DOWNS SEWANEE
IN LAST GAME OF SERIES
MACON. GA . May 17 Mercer defeat
ed Sewanee here by the score of 7 to 4
and wound up the season. The game
was a pretty pitchers’ duel between the
two captains. Voss and Gilletn. Both
pitchers were extremely wild and Gillem
had the big epd of the wildness.
Mercer was unable to hit Gillem at first,
but after he got wild hit him for safeties
many times. Mercer won two of the
game series.
WANT OLYMPIC DAY AT
BALL PARKS FOR FUND
NEW YORK.-May 17. The American
Olympic lee has decided to ask the
owners of the major league baseball clubs
io sor asi<!<‘ a day at their parks to he
known as "oivnipie Day." and turn over'
their receipts to the fund that will be
used to send the American athletes to
Stockholm in July.
'The committee believes that al) the
(bibs in the National and American
leagues will (’(imply with the request.
KILBANE AND K. 0. BROWN
TO MIX IN N. Y. JUNE 11TH
.NEW YORK, May 17. A ten-round
match between Johnny Kdbane, the
featherweight champion, and Knockout
Brown, to be held here on June 11. was
arranged today. Under the articles the
boys are to weigh in at 128 pounds at 0
o’clock on the night of the fight. Tne
St. Nicholas Athletic club has guaran
teed a purse of $15,000, to be split evenly'
between the fighters.
ENGLISH CHAMPION IS
HERE AFTER JOHNSON
NEW Y'dib Ma' 17 Bein', ar-lmr
Wells, the Brlti h lightweight, who is
anxious to fight I'bampmo la< 1, loiu;s<>r ( ,
arri'ed here todav front l-.ngiaod, arconi
panied by hi- manager, James Maloney.
BOXING
Late News and Views
Howard Morrow is scheduled to box ten
rounds with Sailor Petrosky in Oakland
May 22.
• • •
(’barley White is in receipt of an offer
from New York promoters to box Johnny
Dundee in a return bout. White easily
defeated Dundee a few weeks ago.
* * *
Jack Johnson is reducing weight at the
rate of one pound a day.
* • ♦
'Tommy Ryan will not reach Jim Flynn’s
Training camp until May 25. However, he
has ordered Flynn to only do light train
ing until he arrives to take charge of the
ca mp.
» • •
Lackey McFarland has been offered a
tight with Owen Moran, but he has not
accepted yet.
* • •
Hay Bronson started training yesterday
for his ten-round bout with Packej Mc-
Farland May 29 at Indianapolis.
♦. • *
'The following are a few bouts s< hed
uled for tonight: Billy Papke vs Harry
Ramsey, at Philadelphia: Johnny Uoulon
vs. Eddie Lennon, at Springtield, Mo.;
Frank Loughrey vs. Young Kurtz, at New
York;: Ad Wolgast vs. Freddie L’aniels, at
St* Joseph, Mo.
—as one of the boys
out at the ball park
said—
“l’d always rather sell a
guy a bottle of—
lA'T
--he’s sure to call for it
again. He knows he’s
gettin’ his
money’s worth”
Red Rock Co.
Atlanta
17,150 SEATS WILL BE
BUILT FOR BIG FIGHT
East las vegas, n. m„ May
r 17.—With the site for the
arena picked and with the
contract for the building of the
arena placed, two of the-most im
portant details of the. Jim Flynn-
Jack Johnson forty-five-round con
test in East Las Vegas, N. M., July
4, are out of the way.
A Kansas City firm will construct
the arena. Work will be started
next week and the entire layout
will be completed by June 25. The
arena will have a seating capacity
of 17.150, and every seat will be a
reserved one.
As treasurer, Mark Lewis, of
Chicago, will begin selling seats
within a fortnight's time, and a,s
Promoters Jack Curley and Charles
O’Malley have arranged with the
Wells-Fargo Express Company to
have seats on eale In every one of
its thousand branch offices tn the
country, it will be known early in
the game just haw big a "house”
Flynn and Johnson are going to at
tract.
Should the present seating ca
pacity prove to be insufficient, rat~
tra seats will be added.
All East Las Vegas was happy
today when the morning papers
came out giving General Frank
Clancy’s opinion that as there is no
law In the state of New Mexico
prohibiting the contest between
Flynn and Johnson he does not for
the life of him see how it can be
stopped.
The good citizens who are to a
man strong for the fight began to
celebrate. There was general re
joicing all around town, and to
night dozens of bonfires were con
structed In appreciation of East
Las Vegas’ successful stand for in
dependence.