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Carpentier Proves the Real
Ring Sensation of All Europe
By Dan Mdxetrb'k.
PARIS. Max 23 The most
talked-of boxer in the world
today comes from the home
of la savants —a country where la
boxe Americaine was unknown
three years ago when Sam McVea.
Willie Lewis and Joe Jeannette
showed It to the publique sportive
and it made a hit.
Now La Selle France is jjoxlng
and George Carpentier is the idol.
Carpentier is but eighteen years
old and that he is a marvel no one
can doubt after a look at his rec
ord. The French are proud of
him. To them he is the Napbleon
of the prize ring, the beginning of
a race of athletes such as will one
day reign supreme.
Goes Through All Classes.
This youngster has 1 een boxing
but e few years. He comes from
the northern part of France and
they tell of his advent before the
Parisians when he came unan
nounced with his manager and
trainer. Descamps, to compete for
the flyweight championship. This
was four years ago and he won in
such style that his family, who
had apprenticed him out. Imme
diately withdrew its consent and
he be< ame a boxer
The following year he won the
bantamweight and featherweight
championship and a year later won
the lightweight championship
It was here that he met his first
defeat at the hands of Gloria. His
manager threw up the sponge In
the eighteenth round and Carpen
tier fought him flerrelj- for »o do
ing. In fact, they had a real bat
tle. This showed his spirit. Once
more he met defeat, this time at
the hands of an English lightweight
known as Young Snowball. Not
a wee bit discouraged Carpentier
stuck to the game and again won
the lightweight championship of
France.
English Fa noy Him.
It was only last season that the
English fans took a fancy to him,
for he had come out and won the
welterweight championship of
France and then, crossed the chan
nel to England and whipped Sid
Bums This alarmed the English
Could it be that a Frenchman who
had fought with his feet could whip
a Britisher? "Let's match him wltn
Young Josephs, our welterweight
champion," said the English press.
They did. and Young Josephs went
the same way as did Bums, only
more decisively, for Carpentier
Attell Writes Story of Ranch
Life in Attempt to Come Back
FAR from civilization, in the wilds of Lake county, California, Abe At
tell Is going through a course of training which he believes will
help him regain his title—king of the featherweights—which he lost
to Johnnie Kilbane.
Attell isn’t boxing, skipping rope and going through the regular train
ing camp routine. He is living close to nature. Plenty of sleep, lots of
hard work, plain food and sleeping in the open—that's the program.
Abe is on the ranch of Billy Nolan, the man who made Battling Nel
son a world’s champion. Billy is directing him. In the following story At
tell tells of his "back to nature life:”
By Abe Attell.
BEFORE leaving San Francisco
Nolan told me that I would
have no use for Jewelry,
boiled shirts, stiff collars, pointed
teed or patent leather shoes We
purchased two suits of clothes
(overalls and jumper), price $4.50;
two pairs heavy shoes with spikes,
a couple of wide-brimmed hats and
a few other necessaries, a pretty
cheap layout compared with what
I have been paying for my ward
robe heretofore.
Wf arrived at the ranch about 3
o'clock. changed my city clothes,
put on my new regalia -the over
alls. spiked shoes and soft shirt
and hat. I felt queer for a time,
but soon got used to it.
Nolan mentioned that, as supper
would not be ready’ until «. we
would have a few hours time and
would take a walk Accompanied
by two dogs, we started on our
tramp.
After taking in the level part of
the ranch, where I was taught my
first lesson how to distinguish
growing alfalfa from wheat. - at.=
ate., we proceeded to the hills, >r
pasture land, as thev cal' ti
were fully a mile and a half from
the house
At a signal the rtngs rounded up
a bunch of mules, horses and -'lts,
fully 40 or 50. The way they
handled this drove of bucking and
kicking animals was an eye-op. iw
to me. running around and bark
ing at them, always keeping tlwm
bunched. It seemed as though i -ay
knew more than a lot of n .V nr
of these shepherds, “Bum." v.
particularly smart. The way
ducked hind feet aimed at In
made me believe that he wa« one
of the best pupils In the art ■■ '
self-defense I have ever seen
‘‘Bum’’ Was Wise.
Some of the large brood mare?
would not move fast enough to suit
"Bum” He would slip up and
snip them on the hind legs. Qui'-k
a* a flash, down “Bum" would drop
or dodge the blow. This little stunt
won with a* knockout in eight
rounds.
Till French lad. then only seven
teen years old. was welterweight
champion of Europe He kept tak
ing on weight and branched out
as a middleweight, for which title
he competed in France and which
he won with ease. Now came the
time to try him against thy terri
ble Americans Harry Lewis, who
is as good a light middleweight as
there I? In the world, was selected.
Harry claims the welterweight
championship and gave Carpentier
some weight. Once more Carpen
tier won. gaining the decision over
Harry Lewis in twenty rounds.
Beat Jim Sullivan.
To be middleweight champion of
Europe was now Carpentier's alm
He wanted to fight Jim Sullivan,
middleweight champion of Eng
land, who had lost to Papke in
nine rounds, but this same Sulli
van to all accounts had Papke
beaten up to the knockout blow.
They met. at Monte Carlo be.rfore
the elite of Europe. Carpentier re
ceived a guarantee of $5,000. It was
quickly and easily earned for the
English champion went down to
defeat In two rounds.
George Gunther, a big middle
weight, who had -beaten Jack
Blackburn and Jack O’Brien, was
next eelected. Carpentier went in
the ring wdth bad hands, but boxed
rinrs around Gunther and was a
winner by a large margin.
Stick With Old Manager.
Carpentier will not go to Amer
ica with any American. If he leaves
here at all It will be under the sole
management of his manager. Des
camps, In fact, any negotiations for
Carpentier's services must be made
through him and then perhaps he
will not go, for he can demand and
receive more here than in Amer
ica.
An Instance of this Is that Car
pentier has been signed to fight at
Dieppe. during the Grank Prix au
tomobile races. He is guaranteed
$9,000 for his end and the con
tract was made win or lose against
Lewis. The men named to meet
him are Denning. Gibbons, Klaus.
McGoorty and Dillon.
One of these will be selected,
with McGoorty having the best
chance. ,
I will send you later a story on
the other French boys. They hive
some stars In all classes. Recent
ly Digger Stanley was whipped by
Posey, and La Daux. who fought
Stanley last week, is another star.
Posey fights Jim Driscoll next.
got my’ goat; I never realized a
dog was so smart.
While this show was going on.
we heard a bell tolled loud, a sig
nal that supper was ready We
arrived at the house in time to
wash. It was just fi o'clock. No
lan and I seated ourselves along
side of the workmen and I ate a
very hearty meal of boiled meat,
fresh vegetables, beans, etc., fin
ishing up with a couple of glasses
of milk
This is my tenth day and I have
not tasted any tea or coffee, or
pastry in any form. It's kind of
hard to get used to the coarse
grub. You know what you do eat
Is fresh. It's all raised on the
farm, plenty of game, besides, and
any amount of fish right on No
lan's 200-acre tract.
After supper I chatted with the
men for an hour or so It was just
about getting dark, when they
made for the bunk house.
Bill' s bed and mine were on the
f-ont por, h out in the open air.
Nolan started to undress. I told
him that I - >uld not sleep as early
< this He replied: “Suu your
self \\e alj get up at 5, only one
table, s, 12 and 6."
Seating myself in the sitting
roo n, 1 read until 10 o’clock Com
ing outside again 1 heard Nolan
snoring like a buzz saw. so I re
tired. My first night in the open
air «a great, never remember
making a turn in the bed.
It Was a Real Sleep.
seemed as though I hadn't half
enough sleep when it was :. ( . m.
Nolan . allod a lotipl- of times, |
was dead tn the world. Waking
up, I found myself chilled to the
bone. H<- pulled th> clothes off me
and I dressed.
' 'h. but I was sleepy and it was
so cold' Dressing out in the open
i« s •">• different from steam heat
I ar 1 Turkish rugs to step on when
I you rum out in the morning
Sime then I have met the farm
-gulaiions always the tiret ope at
•he table and believe me. 1 am in
hi\- a= .-iii\ as any of them.
1 ' •• 1 'f tramping, horseback
ri-.0-A. ’’untmg. .ilw.n- in th, open.
' it ilk- a hoi ■» . I feel great
already.
T HE \TL\vT\ GTT - THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1912.
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Crackers* Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
These are the Cracker batting aver
ages, Including yesterday’s game:
Players. ~~ G. |AbT R. | H. I AV~
Dessau? p. . . . 6 18 0 6 I .333
Hemphill, cf.. . 34 132 18 *43 I .326
Sitton, p. . . . 5 10 7 3 ! .300
O’Dell lb. . . . 31 108 14 30 I .278
Alperman. 3b. . 35 125 24 34 I .272
Railev. If. . . . 35 123 125 30 I .244
Ganley rs . . . [ 26 |BBI 13 21 I .239
Sykes, lb ... 24 76 111 17 I .224
East, 2b. . ... 25 |Bl I 5 18 | ,222
Graham, c. . . J 12 130 1 4 6 .200
Paige p. . . . 8'25 i 2 5 ! .200
Miller, p . .: 12 |25 | 4 5 I .200
O'Brien, ss. . . 29 -108 11 20 .185
Johns, p. . . .1 10 |2O I 3 3 j .150
Atkins, p. . . . 6115 I I 11 .067
Donahue, <•. ..: II 2J 0 1 Oj .000
IN TAME GO CARPENTIER
DEFEATS WILLIE LEWIS
PARIS. May 23.—George Carpentier,
the middleweight champion of Pingland
and France, tonight defeated Willie
Lewis, the American middleweight
pugilist, on points.
The fight went twenty rounds and
was not particularly exciting. Both
men made a lot of wild lunges, but
couldn't seem to land anything that
looked like a haymaker. Lewis look
ed a shade mope like a second rater
than usual.
YATESVILLE TEAM COPS
2 GAMES IN SUCCESSION
YATESVILLE GA Mav 23. Yates.
YAfESVIt I.E, GA., May 23. Yates. |
ville won a very interesting game of
ball from Thomaston Monday after
moon, on the local diamond by a score
of 8 to 7. Thomaston came down with
a very strong team, headed by Grant
King, ex-Sally leaguer.
Yatesville also defeated The Rock
team on Tuesday’ afternoon in a very
one-sided game; scord, 10 to 2. The
feature of rhe game was the pitching
and heavy hitting of Jones.
TO DODGE COURTS~COBB
WILL PASS UP NEW YORK
NEW YORK. May 23. Ty Cobb may
not play’ ball-In New York again this
season. His trouble with a spectator
threatens to bring him into court, and
he fears that civil actions may cost
him dear.
Cobb pays but scant attention to the
report that several New York "gangs”
have sworn to smash him tp. He has
never been one to fear personal vio
lence, and will hardly begin now.
FRANK BEATS ATLANTA
TO PITCHER J. GRIFFIN
CHATTANOOGA, mV 23 -Charley
Frank is strengthening the Pelican
team so fast it makes one’s head swim.
Pitcher Swan and Outfielder .Ice Stan
ley have joined the team. Pitcher Hank
Griffin, former Cracker, and Outfielder
Meloan have been purchased and will
join the team soon.
MANAGER'S JOB OFFERED
TO COBB BY OGDEN TEAM
OGDEN UTAH. May 23. The Web
er club, the commercial organization of
this city, has sent Tyrus Cobb, of the
Detroit Americans, an offer of SIO,OOO
tn manage the Ogden team in the
I nion Association league during the
present season. The Weber club has
just obtained the local franchise. Cobb
has not had time to decline the offer
yet.
ANDERSON QUITS ATHENS
TO COACH R. M. A. TEAMS
YTHENS. GA May 23 -Frank An
derson. who is to leave the University
of Georgia this season, will probably
return tr Riverside Military academe
to coach the football and bus’hail
teams. It is reported that Anderson
Iris been* offered .a handsome contract
at Riverside
YALE OFF FOR REGATTA.
NEW H WEN. co.N'N . May 23 The I
so laid Yah crew, which represents th '
blue in the Herry regatta al I’hllub'l |
phia Saturday. I, ff this city this, morn. i
Ing for the Quaker city
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This photograph by Staff Artist Wilton shows Frank Pear son starting a dive. The camera
snapped just an instant before the swimmer “turtled,” and is one of the most freaky snapshots
of its kind ever taken. There are many expert divers here ip Atlanta .and it is likely that
during the summer months a tourney will be held to decide the best man in this line of sport.
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HOOSIER MANAGER AND
CAPTAIN RESIGN JOBS
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 23.—The
resignations of President William H.
Watkins and Manager Jimmy Burke of
the Indianapolis American association
baseball team were accepted this morn
ing.
Sol Meyer, a heavy stockholder tn
the club, succeeds Watkins as presi
dent, and Charles O'Leary, recently ac
quired from Detroit as an infielder, be
comes manager of the team.
The “decapitation” of Watkins and
Burke came as the climax of long
standing- dissatisfaction over the fail
ure of Indianapolis to procure a win
ning team. At a stockholders' meet
ing last nigH it was decided to re
quest the resignation of Manager
Burke. To this Watkins strenuously
objected.
It was announced early ’•today that
the resignation of Watkins, which is
said to have been in the hands of the
directors since last. fall, has been ac
cepted together with that of Burke.
HARVARD. CORNELL, AND
TIGERS ON WATER TODAY
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. May 23.
Clear, <old weather prevailed here to
day for the triangular rowing race be
tween the varsity eight-oared crews of
Cornell. Princeton and Harvard on
Charles river basin over a course of
one a iijl seven-eighthe. miles. Cornell
was the favorite.
There were many who believed that
the Harvard crew would give the Itha
cans a severe battle for the day's hon
ors Rowing experts predicted that if
the water was rough the Princeton men
would be out of it from the crack of
the gun.
GULLS WILL JUMP HOME
FOR ONE SUNDAY GAME
MOBILE. ALA. May 23. - A game of
ball will be played here on Sunday be
tween the Gulls and Ghattanooga.
The Gulls will come here from At
lanta and the Chattanooga team from
Its home city. Tip’ two teams will leave
Sunday night for Chattanooga to com
plete the series.
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ATHENS, GA.. May 23.—Carl
Thompson. Georgias star
twirler for the last three
years, who was barred from the
three recent Tech games by the
faculty on account of absences, has
left for New York to join Harry
Wolverton’s team for a tryout
His brother. Homer the star
catcher and infielder, has decided
to stay here, and will be back next
year.
Carl is in fine shape, and should
give a good account of himself,
though he expects tn be farmed out
for this season, probably with At
lanta. He has pitched wonderful
ball 3d three years here, and all
Georgia fans hope he will make
good.
Should he stick in professional
ball he will not be the first Geor
gia man to make good. Claude
Derrick is the only one in the big
league, he having been utility man
fdi the Philadelphia Athletics fo
several years, but others are in
the minors.
Short' Brooks is playing first
base for Albany and leading the
team in batting. Glenn Colby, the
old Red and Black catcher, is setting
the woods on fire with Savannah
this year, hitting in big league
fashion. Another man in profes
sional hall is Stark Ginn, who is
playing the outfield for Roanoke, in
the Virginia league.
O'BRIEN BESTS BROWN
ATBOXING—THAT'S ALL
PHILADELPHIA. May 23.—Young
Jack O'Brien, of this city, had a shade
advantage over Knockout Brown, of
New York, in a six-round bout before
the American Athletic club last night.
O'Brien gave a clever exhibition of
boxing, landing three blows to
Brown's one; but they lacked force.
PRETTY SOFT FOR KILBANE.
NEW YORK. May 23 - Feather
weight Champion Johnny Kilbane «ill
receive s4.et>o for 30 minutes in the.
ring on June 18. when he will box
Johnny Dundee, of this city. The con
test will take place at St. Nicholas
link, this being Kilbanes second ap
pearance here since he won his title
from Abe Attell.