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-GOMAN SEC® ' “ *EOTKirr EDITED ty S FARNSWORTH — * 'J. S Dll) Ql* The Judge Is a Regular Solomon copyright, ms. National News a»./«. Cid " ' < THe/M TF»//Nfr TO M>* Ji HE i Poor. LENA " 800 (+on -A 7*7,7 \ , m oCv (Jki* HE 1 \ME OF AAS FOtTVNE J CONJ/piTRABLE ; I PONT \NAaXT ™ £ j ( xNOMAV EH ’ ' \ SP/P?TOP ) _ 7777-®l KALE£H? 1 MONe< * OHLS iO¥£o \ KlNft JUDGE \ itj *ivP judge — v - (,* \. x. 0411 * OMANi / ( N -J fK & "7GOOD' O issgrti r«pi Mrfi -Mfr Mk , . InJ CLAfM / ______ 5H£ WAi f x jlfrl /Tshoct , I -p—" fe?, ( Wt R=^ w _fLL HF ate ■ i -jM H 7*'°JJF. J 7IL 7it * • ifflhj Yw2W : - ' WaL ■ Hl/H3T ™ ypi-W - ~7MT ’wv - 1 *U7® uj. <0 O -A ’ L —2^^— _j __s§sl£ _ — _ > „ Bat Nelson to Build Street Lke Broadway on His Land By W.S. Farnsworth. BATTING NELSON may havhccn the greatest light ivciit that ever climbed through ft ropes, but he IS the greatest xing press agent- -so himself *-t.I ever lived. There Ido more chance for him regaining:!’*' lightweight crown than lheris of the writer beating out i'han Clark for the Demo eratie ntjination. He is "in”— very, veil much "in” —as far as fighting fs. Hut fltieially he Is all to the mustardjespite reports that have been sennit that he is dead broke, 't he writ is a personal friend of the Batt' and onlv a few months ago Batpowed deeds for property lie ownihat must be worth over SIOO.OOOI don't believe I rim far off wil'd say Bat Is worth a i|tiar tr r of pillion iron mon. The flowing letter, received to day. explains itself: 1 HcO’lseh. Mich.. May 15. 11*12. Pricißill: .lust a few lines of ratherfe news from one B. Nelson. [ ani tie here in Hegewiscb on the farm. Swing and planting, and wait ing l niy hands to get strong enough* box again. Onn 'he biggest surprises yf my life Jrtook me yesterday. w hen 1 was brined that a steel mill, cost jug .000.000. will be built on the land (mediately adjoining my llege nisejarm. I have a railroad front age f two sides of the farm. On the her side the Interurban rail roarhs purchased three acres for a ,l c p,’and lias been operating more tha? tear. The City railroad also hasJans laid out for a city street <arhe which will parallel the rail rotfn one side of the farm. . soon as-the actual work starts onte steel mill property, I will be- , a • _. This Sumar Suit of Blue Ihe Sumar supreme is the suit of blue. There’s something optimistic about a dashing blue suit in summer ing. If it’s Sumar there’s an extra dash of comfort, too. Theresa lot of ease in the wear of * 'MRsSL y it—there’s an air of ease about the wearer. There are other things to con- I( s i ( J er ’ too—it conforms strikingly to smart shoes of tan, and the airiness °f the straw hat. ' A even more—the real hot ay brings out the white trousers— Acre’s your blue Sumar coat I \ to complete your comfort and add a Wj nW dash to the environment you seek, cl I M Inrlll vwl Suits of Blue Sunia)' with a £O E ’AvJ white silk thread decoration Geo. Muse Clothing Co. gin tn lay out my farm in building lots. I will plot out two or four blocks at a time, 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 cottages on each lot and sell them on easy payments, so that every young married man will have a good chance to get up in this world—that is. providing lie has a bit of energy in his system. You know F 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. Os course. I am not going to give away anything in this case, but it is a legitimate business prop osition. My motto will be “Live and Let Live." My hands are feeling so good 1 w ill do light training every morning next week, ami plow on my farm in the afternoon. If the bones can stand the strain of hitting. I wdl 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 rny farm for 60 days, offering me $2,000 an acre. Bui 1 refused to grant the option, although I offered to sell the farm at that price at (he time. He must have had some inside information about the steel mill, and I'm glad now that I did not sell. 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 I have taken practically every dollar possi ble out of my’ profession. Further more, I obtained my fortune honestly erne thing of which 1 am proud. If at any time anything happens which I think will be of interes to you, I will let you know. I wai t to keep in touch with you, anyway, just for old times sake, if for nothing more. ’Thine. NOS’K-IN DXrkLLVH THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: FR JDA V, MAY 17, 1912. | Diamond Alews and Gossip Huh Northern. < \ Southern leaguer, now getting a trial with Brooklyn, is “up there ' for the fourth time. His other attempts were with the St. Louis Browns, Pittsburg and Cincinnati. * * * Twice in the same week “Swats" Swa cina made a phenomenal number of nut outs for Newark -once 18 and once 2d to a game. « « » Catcher Higgins, former Chattanooga player, has been sent by Brooklyn tt» Toronto. ♦ • • Mike Finn bought Stoney McGlinn and Lefty l^auderniilk. a couple of an cients. McGlinn was offered to Atlanta last .'■car, but President Heisman was afraid he was too old to warm up, even in Dixie. • • » .!a> Kirkc. ex-Pelican. is showing ’em something about speed in the big leagues as well as about walloping. 4 * « They are beginning to dynamite play ers from the t'nited States league teams. Donaldson, a southpaw, and Wilson, a first baseman, have left the Pittsburg. I‘. S. league team, to play with Connells ville in the O. and I’. * » * Walter Morris, manager of the Fort Worth club, is trying to bu\ Bugs Ra’ - mond from John McGraw. Morris played with Raymond at Charleston under Wil 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 pla\er 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 <loubles wore recently made in a I’. S. league game. Sounds like poor pitching or a live hall. Larr.v Lajoie has managed to get out of'bed and to hobble 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. * * ♦ Hither byway of an alibi or a sensa tion, Pittsburg has sprung the story that the Phillies not only rubbed oil on the ball while O’Toole was pitching to ruin his “spitter." but also stole the rag he secured to wipe the ball after the ruse was discovered. BILLIES GUESTS DFHEIVIP’SGREIN MiliglinK with the pellet for the next few weeks on their own back yard, the Crackers expect to boost themselves upward a heat' in tlie 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 Billiken?. While hanging their chapeaux on foreign books, the well-meaning ath letes of C. Hemphill did well Pourlcen separate and distinct times were they called upon to uphold their honor. Six times dul they annex a scalp, seven times they spelled defeat, and om e con descended to break even witli their jol ly ball-tossing opponents. In the fourteen conflicts the < rack ers pushed 53 runners across the plat ter, against M for the opposition. But the enemy cashed 103 binglcs against 98 safe and sound swats. The skiddoo number, which, according to Hoyle, i." 23. represented Hie times the (.'rackets fingers tyere butter, while tlie opposition wabbled on only 20-occasions. The Billikens Will decorate the green grass of Poncey park with their pres ence today and *1 hours bonce: then the warriors of both combinations hie themselves to Montgomery on Sunday for a Sabbath combat. Thence back here for battles Momfay and Tuesday. As some wise gink once penned, "There should be plenty of action for tlie next few days." MARIST BOYS SERVE OUT DEFEAT TO GORDON NINE BARNESVILLE, GA.. May J7. Marist college administered to Gordon her first defeat of the season, and it was a severe drubbing, score 7 to 1. Goach Beans boys played rings around the local team, running well on the bases and hitting timely in the pinches. Coaches Bean ami Williams agreed be fore the game that the contest was in no nature a prep school championship af fair, as it could not so he 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, but was hammered unmercifully. Fillingim. who succeeded him, held Marist safely al all limes. 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 Gillem. Both pitchers were extremely wild and Gillern had the big end of the wildness. Mercer was unable to hit Gillem at, Inst, 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 YoUK. May 17. —The American Olympic committee has decided to ask the owners of the major league baseball clubs to set aside a day at their parks to be known as "Olympiy 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 tiiat all the clubs in the National and American leagues will comply with the request. KILBANEANDK. 0. BROWN TO MIX IN N. Y. JUNE 11TH NEW YORK. May 17 A ten-round match between Johnnj Kilbane. the featherweight champion, and Knockout Brown, to be held here on June IL was arranged today. Under the articles the boys are to weigh in at 128 pounds at ♦> o'clock '»n the night of the fight The St Nicholas Athletic club has guaran teed a purse <>f $15,000. to be split evenly between the lighters. ENGLISH CHAMPION IS HERE AFTER JOHNSON NUM YORK Ma> 17 Bomlbirdip! i i Well , th«' British lightwi igl t. who la ' anxious to <’hampion Jack Johnson. I arrived here toda.v from England. ae«mn I I oanied bv his manager. James Malo'ncx BOXING Late News and Views Howard Morrow is scheduled to box ten rounds with Sailor Petrosky in Oakland May 22. • • ♦ Charley 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 '•amu-iini il May 25. How ever, he has ordered riynn to only do light train ing until he arrives to take charge of the ca rn p. • * • Packcy McFarland has been offered a Tight with Owen Moran, hut he has not accepted yet. sl* ♦ • Ray Bronson started training yesterday for bis ten-round bout with Packey Mc- Farland May 29 at Indianapolis. • * * The following are a few bouts s« hed uled for tonight: Billy Papke vs. Harry Ramses, at Philadelphia; Johnny Conlon vs Eddie Lennon, at Springfield. Mo.*: Frank Loughrey vs. Young Kurtz, at New- York;; Ad Wolgast vs. Freddie Daniels, 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— —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 I BUILT FOR BIG FIGHT < EAST LAS VEGAS, N. Al., May 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 fortr -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 bo 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 as Promoters Jack Curley and Charles ■ O'Malley have arranged with the Wells-Fargo Express Company to have seats on sale in every one of its thousand branch offices in the country, it will he known early in the game just how big a ‘‘house” Flynn and Johnson arc going ’o at tract.. Should the present seating ca pacity prove to be insufficient, ex tra seals will be added. All East Las Vegas was happjr today when the morning paper® came out giving General Fran® Clancy's opinion that as there is n*» law in the state of New Mexicil 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 light 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. 11