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Carpentier Proves the Real
Ring Sensation of All Europe
Bv Pan AUKet rick.
I-» ARIS May 23 The most
talked-of boxer in the world
today comes from the home
of la savante a country where la
Americaine was unknown
three veers ago when Sam Mc\ ea,
WUlie Lewis and Joe Jeannette
showed it tn rhe publlque sportive
and It made a hit.
Now La Belle France is boxing
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 Napoleon
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 been boxing
but a few years Ha comes from
the northern part of France and
they tell of his advent before the
Parisians when ha catne 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
dlately withdrew its consent and
he became 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 fiercely for so 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 Fancy 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
Burns This alarmed the English.
Could it be that a Frenchman who
had fought with his feet could whip
a Britisher? "Let's match him wltti
Young Josephs, our welterweight
champion." said the English press.
They did, and Young Josephs went
the same way as did Burns, only
more decisively', for Carpentier
Attell Writes Story of Ranch
Life in Attempt to Come Back
F. AR 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 n" use for Jewelry,
boiled shirts, stiff collars, pointed
toed or patent leather shoes. We
pur,based two suits of clothes
(overalls ind jumper), price $4.50;
two pairs heavy shoes with spikes,
a couple of wide-brimmed hats and
a fee other necessaries a pretty
cheap layout compared with what
1 have been paying for my ward
robe heretofore.
We 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 bar. I felt queer for a time,
but soon got used to It.
Nolan mentioned that, as supper
would not be ready until fi, we
would have a few hours time and
would take a walk Accompanied
by two dogs, we started on our
tramp.
After taking in t .« level part f
the ranch, where 1 was taught my
first lesson how to distinguish
growing alfalfa from w ieat. wits,
etc.. we proceeded to the :’i|>
pasture land, as they ai. it. We
were fully a mil- and a h.i’f from
the house.
At a signal the dogs round- I up
a biindi of mules, horses and
fully' 40 or 50. The way they
handled this drove of bucking and
kicking animals was an me-opm . ■
to me. running around te
ing at them, always k< -'i-inc
bunched. It seemed as t > ■■ ■
knew more than a lot of in, i on
of the-e shepherds. "Burn w ■
particularly smart. Th,- way.-
ducked hind feet aimed at It,:--
made me bi liev, that he was -> -
of the best pupils in the art ,f
self-d- fens, 1 bay, < ver seen.
“Bum" Was Wise.
Some of the large brood mar,
would not move fast enough to sir’
“Bum." Hi would slip up hi ■
snip th-nt ">'! r ■ , m, ’ogs .<4."
as a flash, .’own "Biro w,.- ! .
or dodge tile blow. This little stunt
won with a knockout in eight
rounds.
This 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
l:r competed in France and which J
he won with ease. Now came
time to try him against the terri
ble Americans. Harry Lewis, who
is as good a light middleweight as
there is 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 wa.s now Carpentier's aim.
He wanted to fight Jim Sullivan,
middleweight champion of Eng
land, who had lost to Papke in
nine rounds, hup this sama Sulli
van to all accounts had Papke
beaten up to the knockout blow.
They met nt Monte Carlo berfore
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 selected. Carpentier went in
the ring with bad hands, but boxed
rlnes around Gunther ami was a
winner by a large margin.
Stick With Old Manager.
Carpentier will not go to Amer
ica with any American. If lie leaves
here at all It will be under the sole
management of his manager. Dew
camps. in fact, any negotiations for
Carpentier's services must he made
through him and then perhaps he
will not go. for be 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. Be 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 Dilion.
One of these will lie selected,
with McGoorty having the best
chance.
I will send you hater a story on
tlie other French boys. They have
some stars in all classes. Recent
ly Digger Stanley was whipped by
Posey, and Le Dattx, 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 thia show was going on,
we heard a bell tolled loud, a sig
nal that supper was ready. Wo
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 1 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 1 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-aere tract.-
After supper 1 chatted with the
men for an hour or so. It was just
’ about getting dark, when they
made for the hunk house.
Billy’s bed and mine were on the
front porch out in the open air.
Nolan stalled to undress. I told
him that I could not sleep as early
this. He replied: "Suit yottr-
.:’ We all get up at only one
: a hie. K, 12 and t>."
S'.,'.ng myself in the sitting
room. re. d until 10 o'clock, Com.
n ■ ■ ' side again I heard Nolan
snoting like a buzz saw, so I re
tired. Aly first night in the open
nr v is great, n,i,r remember
m • it mg ~ turn in the bed.
It Was a Real Sleep.
I: S« ■•;:i< d .is though I hadn't half
enough sleep when it was A a. m.
I N'oi.tn called a . .>ui>|, ~f times. I
«is ~l to th, v,,,r d. Waking
”! • 1 found my self chilled to ;he
1 I' ■’ ”, pulled the clothes off me
•'UI<I I <i ’ 4 NSVtI.
< »h. but 1 was epy and it was
IMa ssing mu in the open
j > > i • ditl*rent from st am heat
• -xisli tug-- to stop an when
> 1 • ‘ — l n out in the morning.
s • lhen ’ !iav. mt i the farm
aiw.ixs the tils! era- at
’ ‘ ' 41H1 believe me. I am in
' ea:i> as anx of them,
i i ••• <if i • i pin-. horst thick
| r - moling aiwa.xs in the np?n,
j ' ■sva ho If«*. 1 great
THE ATLANT \ GFOpr- *v • vim-c- THURSDAY. MAY 23. 1912.
Diver Caught in the Air at Piedmont Park
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Crackers' Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterday's Game
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These are the Cracker patting aver
ages, including yesterday’s game:
~~Players, ~" G. |AB.T~R.~T'HJ'av7
Dessau, p. .. . J 6 I 18 0 1 6 1 .333
Hemphill, cf.. . 31 1132 18 |43 ! .326
Sitton, p . . .! 5 10 * 3 1 .300
O'Dell. Hi. . .1 31 108 14: 30 , .278
Alpmnan, 3b. 35 125 24 134 i .272
Bailee. If. . . .1 35 1123 25 30 i .241
Ganiev rs . . .1 26 1881 13 21 I .239
Sykes, lb. . . .1 24 76 II |l7 I .224
East, 2b. . ... 25 81 I 5I 18 .222
Graham, <•....’ 12 '3O | 4 6 | .200
Paige p. . . .: 8i 25 215 .200
Miller, p . .‘l2 125 | 4 5 .200
O'Brien, ss . . 29 1108 11 1 20 185
Johns, p. . . Jlo| 20 I 3 3 I .150
Atkins, p. . . . B 15 11 i JH»7
Donahue - 12" " """
IN TAME GO CARPENTIER
DEFEATS WILLIE LEWIS
PARIS, May 23. -George Carpentier,
the middleweight champion of England
and France, tonight defeated Willie
Lew.'-. the American middleweight
pugilist, on points.
The light 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 more like a second rater
than usual.
YATESVILLE TEAM COPS
2 GAMES IN SUCCESSION
YATESVILLE. GA. May 23.—Yates- I
ville won a very interesting game of
hall from Thomaston Monday after
noon 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: score. 10 to 2. The
feature of the 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 up. He has
never been one to fear personal vio
lence. and will hardly begin now.
FRANK BEATS ATLANTA
TO PITCHER J. GRIFFIN
CHATTANOOGA. May 23. -Charley
Frank is strengthening the Pelican
team so fast It makes one’s head swim.
Pitcher Swan ami Outfielder Joe 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. I’TAH. May 2::. The Web
er club, tlie commercial organization of
this city, has s.-nt Tyrus Cobb, of the
Detroit Americans, an offer of SIO,OOO
:o manage the Ogden team in the
I nion Association league during the
present season. The Weber dub 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
VI’HENS. GA. May 23. Frank An
derson, who is to leave the I niversity
of Georgia this season, will probably
return to Riverside Military academy
to coach tiie football and baseball
teams. It is reported that Anderson
II ls li en offered a i. mdsoiue contract
at Riverside.
YALE OFF FOR REGATTA.
NEW H.WII.X. I'ltNN . May 23- 'l' e
s ■•••n 1 i Yah I>l’W. which represents the
blue m tiie Henry regatta at Philadel
phia Saturday, 'eft this city this morn
ing for the Qu.ih r 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 ’’iurtled," anti is one of the most freaky snapshots
of its kind ever taken. There are many expert divers here in Atlanta .and it is likely that
during the summer months a tourney will he held to decide the best man in this line of sport.
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 in
tiie 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 night 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
(’AMBRIDGE, .MASS., May 23.
Clear, cold weather prevailed here .to
day for the triangular rowing race be
tween the varsity eight-oared crews of
Cornell. Princeton and Hat ward on
t’harles river basin over a course of
one and seven-eighths miles. Cornell
was the fayorite.
There were many who believed that
tiie Harvard crew would give the Itha
cans a severe battle for the day’s bon
ers. 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 Chattanooga.
The Gulls will come here from At
lanta and the Chattanooga team from
its home city. The two teams w ill leave
Sunday night for Chattanooga to com
plete the series.
ASEBALL
ATLANTA vs. MOBILE
rONCE DELEON PARK
GAME CALLED AT 3:30
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« THEN'S. GA., May 23.—Carl
ZA Thompson. Georgia's star
t wirier 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
.war. ,
Carl is in fine shape, and should 1
give a good account of himself, |
though he expects to be farmed out_ ..-, _jj|
for this season, probably with At
lanta. He has pitched wonderful
bafl ail three years here, and all 1 |
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
for the Philadelphia Athletics for
several years, but others are in
the minors.
Shorty 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 ball is Stark Ginn, who is
playing the outfield for Roanoke, in
the Virginia league.
O’BRIEN BESTS BROWN
AT BOXING-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
bdxing. landftig three blows to
Brown's one; but they lacked force.
PRETTY SOFT FOR KILBANE.
NEW YORK, May 23.—Feather
weight Champion Johnny. Kilbane will
receive $4,000 for 30 minhtes in the
ring on June 18, when he wilt box
Johnny Dundee, of this city. The con
test will take place at St. Nicholas
rink, this being Kflbanes second au
pearance here since he won his title 4|
from Abe Attell.