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BEWAHL.AHIHA!
IT'S S BAD YEAR
FOB CHAMPIONS
T t tho w i It mnd® that dlre
y/v* ful prerih t jon a short time
hack that the year 1912 was
tn lie a mighty bad one for the fistic
champions.’
Ferhar it was Jim Flvnn, Pueb
lo’s fireman gladiator, who was
moved tn make the remark after
Johnny Kilbane bad put a defeat on
Abe Attell, hut at anv mte the re
mark Is riming true tn many ways.
Ad Wolgast hasn't started out in
a reassuring w tv, cither, since his
operation in Los Angeles for ap
pendicitis.
The lightweight champion's show -
ing in a four-round contest in San
Francisco with Willie Rit* hie ha
started a wild buzzing and many
of the shrewd judges nf the game
are saying thai Wolgast nev< i will
be the same tough piece of whale
bone that he used to be
Os course, there Is plenty of ex
cuse In th’ Wolg.i-t ease, just as
there were < us< s for him w hen he
went against Knockout Brown in
live I'.i.-t aft'i the • < ond time that
he snapped a bom in his forearm
It was a test bout in each case
anil didn’t nunt seriously against
th-- hampii n
Put th' 'fl'i'i'is nf an operation
of thi kind it* f lr reaching and
said to |.< il> t'mitOy felt for •. *ar«
afterward, hence tin )■ -imistic
statement! about Wolgai t's fitiur**
Naturally m ith* r the Kilbane nor
the Wolg.i-t pniy • xpr* - ■•* tii’
slightest doubt about th” future.
Still there arc world of doubters,
many believing that Johnny Kil
ban* doesn't ■ i ’ ..., n , H m, ... n t
caliber to hold hi titb long Mam.
others are Inelined to think that
that other tough * hap Jose Rivers
will t ike tin io, a in* of Wolgast
when they . a. it mi July 4. if they
do
'nd the question naturally sug
gest- is- > How about .lack John
son it Ia s V*-g. i* J nlv 4 "
The big . oimed follow* e- tne next
to get his test, and despit*' the
general opinion that Flvnn is one
of the 1 mg' ' short * ndcr tb it
ever entered a championship bat
tle. it w ill be a mighty s* y * i<- test
for the t h iicpiou aides he is in th*
vert best ' . lition
Johnson hasn't so much time left
in which to mold his big form into
condition for the kind of batt'e he
is reasonably suie to get from the
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BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
Johnny Kling tried tn recall his waiv
on Xlmefda, the Cuban, now with t|
Barons, but the pardon came tno lat
“Al” would have looked pretty useful wL
the Braves.
• • •
Herbert More, centerfielder, has her
elected -aptain <>f the University of Tex;
baseball team for next spring
John McGraw has offered slo,non /ta
mone\» for Germany Schaefer for use i
a crutch.
• • ♦
Itorr? \Vel< hnne» has just been award?
; h.:.70 on an old claim dating back to t>
din? he played in the <• and P leagu
The derision was based nn the princlp
it it the lowering of the rating of a leagt
«li«l not relieve it of its obligations.
♦ • •
Hxder Barr has onlf to play wit
Montgomery. Nashville and Memphis
complete his circuit of the league F
has performed with the rest of them
• • • •
Guv Zinn, most sensational of Hlghlar
y«Hing-ters. was dug nut of the brush V
‘■’barley Babb three years ago and play?
part of the season with Memphis
< ‘oo; idering the amount of rain that hi
fallen in Atlanta this B pring, but fe
games have been called off on account ■
«<t grounds or a downpour.
• • ♦
Two marvelous things happened 1n Ne
York yesterday, viz:
1 The Yanks won their fourth stralgh
? Caldwell, who had lost six straight
won one
• • •
So long as Rr<’o|ch ti remains in the Ns
fi-mal league the Giants ought to wi
every p»-nn.int ’The ease with which M<
Graw > men dow n the ginks from acroj
the rolling water Is painful Yesterda
the Giant made six hits and six runs o
Brooklyn pit< hers The Dodgers ma<
twice a. man? hits and one-third as man
runs ,
• • •
The Reds seem to be slipping bac
where they belong They are pie ft
every team now
* • •
I’helan. ex Baron, made a homer forth
Reds y< uerday and scored their only rm
♦ ♦ ♦
llii terrible Turtles were soft for tV
ILll’kon xesterday Hopper gave up 1
bits f »r ba<es Gribbens was the on I
Bill who made as many as three hit
Elwert knock, d the only home run.
BILTZ GETS RELEASE:
JORDAN REJOINS CLU
( H XTTWtHHjA. TENN, May ?S
Oil! fielder Riltr. was sold today to th
Beaumont, T» x is. club.
t’Hlo Jordan will rejoin The team tr
d ->y and he on the coaching lines*
<Mto w i: b» tillable to play for sex
oral weeks mi account of his disk
rated shoulder.
LOOKOUTS SELL BILTZ.
t H ATT \ X TENN. Max 2S.
‘** nt-•rtmld* r Hein* Butz has been so
’<» tie Bo iinmmt club of thW Te\,
league. Bl’’/ s light hitting necessitate
bi- r< I. isc in fa\ or .>f Hy der Barr. H
•ab to Wilkvsbart* was not consuu
mat* »i.
TTTP ATT.WTS AVT> VFTTS- TUESDAY. MAY 28. 1912
Vols “Get Right” by Dint of Legal Legerdemain
+•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•■?*
Baron Team Will Make Strongest of ’Em Go Some
By Percy H. Whiting.
THE Nashville club has found
away out of its difficulties.
By beatins the devil around
the bush a couple of times, crossing
it* fingers, changing Its name and
by going through a few similar le
gal gyrations, it has escaped from
the clutches of the law
The way the Nashville club got
itself out of trouble was by making
a phony transfer of the franchise
to Pan McGugfn Os course Hirsig
and his old associates still own it.
Put to escape from the Injunction
against the old association they
have turned everything over to Dan
McGugln. who will form a new as
sociation. Os course it may trans
pire In time that the new associa
tion will buy out the old one, but
we hardly expect to see It happen.
The old association Is restrained
legallv from allowing its ball club
to play In the state of Tennessee.
Put there is nothing to restrain the
old club from playing for the new
association And there you are
Rut note this: Nashville will not
have any more Sunday ball for a
long time, unless they can get a
bill through the legislature allow
ing it. which isn't probable.
Over in Memphis they are hold
ing their breath for / legal action
similar to the one that crabbed
Sunday ball In Nashville would
have the same effect in the Rhiff
t'ity And Memphis, without Sun
dav hall, would be a queer place, in
deed.
/•’« ART,ETON MOLESWORTH has
brought quite a remarkable
collection of hall players with him
to Atlanta It's a club that is good
enough tn lead th*- It-ngue now and
it threatens to finish so elope to the
front that It will crowd the leaders
mightily.
Molesworth has some of the same
old gang—that team that didn't
lack but one real player of winning
the pennant last year. In the lot
are Rill MeGilvray. always a
mighti hitter; Rill Foxcn, Atlanta
last-off; Roy Ellam, speedy Infield
er: Marian, also a speedy Infield
er. Jimmy Johnston. playing a
grand game this vear in the out
field; Mcßride, and Prough, a
pitcher who has "been up there"
and * ome hack again.
Hill MeGilvray is known to the
fans as a fair fielder and a really
good hatter. The players know him
as a mastej- of vituperation and the
most dangerous man of the league
to "sick" on a nervous pitcher
When Pill MeGilvray takes up his
position at third base and opens up
his battery of billingsgate it is
marvellous to hear. Yet. so artisti
cally does he work it that nobody
hears him but the pitcher and a
few of the opposing players. Bill
megaphones it with his hands to
his lips and it must make callous
-pots on his paws as it passes out.
• • •
IV JOLESWORTH is using several
new men this year. Notable
among them arc Almeida, Carroll.
Dilger, Hardgrove. Smith and Boyd.
Here is something about each man:
R. ALMEIDA —He is the newest
of Barons He comes from Cin
cinnati. where he flayed with bril
liancy last year, acquiring a batting
average of .313. It is reported that
after John Kling waived on this
man he thought it all over again
and then hired a strong man to
ki> k hint for letting such a tre
mendous batter get away
CHARLEY CARROLL—This la.l
is being carried as utility man
Last y*a' he played shortstop for
the Gr* > nsbor" team of the i 'aro
lina association where he batted
I<7 and field. | 9.’s Dale Gear and
Mik' Finn both liked him so yveil
that They offered to buy him from
Mo • * y orth. hut “G'adys" d'Cide.i
to hang on
PICKLE" DILGER-He is on
ot the teams new catchers He
hails from Kewanee of the Central
association, where he backstopped
with credit last year, but batted
.222, which is rather more feebly
than the law requires.
808 MESSENGER—He is back
from the White Sox with .the Baron
team again this year. Messenger
was a wonderful player in the
Southern in 19in. He batted .285
and stole 13 bases. Also, he fielded
962 and was a very marvel He
didn't shine in the big show, for
some reason yve can't seem to un
derstand, but he ought to make
Molesworth a peach of a man this
year.
“BUGS’' H A R DG ROVE—This
one came to the Barons from Mon
mouth. 111., in the Central associa
tion. and Monmouth is his home
town. He was formerly with the
Indianapolis team, hut yvent down
with typhoid and after he recovered
was shipped back to the bushes.
He ivon 18 and lost 13 games last
year He averaged two bases on
balls, seven strike-outs and gave
up an average of seven hits to th®
gam® last year. In th® entire sea
son he made but three errors.
CLARENCE SMITH—A new* one
and a bush leaguer, this chap, but
a corker, they say. H® hails from
Birmingham and got a try-out last
spring with the Birons. They sent
him over tn Anniston, where he did
yveil last year. Now h® has stepped
up a few- pegs and Is doing well
yvith his home club.
RAYMOND BOYD—A man who
looks good on past records and
recent performances is this Boyd.
H» was born in Indianapolis, hut
worked last year with Ottumwa.
Ohio. He led the Central asso
ciation. yvith 39 victories and 7 de-
MATT McGRATH IS SHOT
WHILE CHASING ITALIAN
- NEW YORK. May 28.—Matt Mc-
Grath. th® world s champion hammer
throw er. was nearly lost to the Ameri
can Olympic team as the result of an
Italian's attack. McGrath, who is a po
liceman on the New Y'ork force, was
shot fyvtee while chasing the Italian,
who yvns charged with attempting to
kill a man in Harlem.
Both bullets entered th® fleshy part
of McGrath's left shoulder and inflitt
ed wounds that were painful hut will
not interfere yvith his going to Stock
holm. though ho will be relieved from
police duty for some days.
JOHNSON SETTLES DOWN
TO HARD TRAINING WORK
EAST LAS VEGAS. N M . Mav 28.
Training work at Jack Johnson's camp
settled quickly into routine today The
big champion, eager to get down to
hard work at once, mapped out a pro
gram of road work and gymnasium
Stunts that yy ill fill his time for the n°xt
week. All the yvork yvill be done in the
open
Carpenters are putting a big platform
in th® back yard of th® training quar
ters and the-® Johnson will furnish
daily entertainment for his sparring
partners. For the present he plans to
devote most of his time to road work to
accustom ' < lungs to the high altitude
SAM LANGFORD STOPS
FLYNN IN 14 ROUNDS
MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA. May
28.—Sam Langford, the heay yw t ight
negm boxet. of Boston. defeated
"Porky" Flynn, also of Boston, here.
Flynn v*a* being so badly latnn*' re 1
that the referee stopped th*- fight in
the fourteenth round
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CITY OFFICIALS HAVE TO PAY.
MACON GA.. Mav 28 The refusal
of the Macon baseball officials to admit
city officials to games free of chargt
has extended to firemen and policemen
and. in fact, to a't |>* sons other than
newspaper reporters Notwithstanding
that the *-ity spent over Jl.'mrt this
spring on improvements upon th'
grandstand and park, the mayor ami
Council were not given th*’ customary
Season passes F* ■ .-i'i 'nt N tt Eth
ridge declines to say why this action
has been tab-
feats, and has been going mighty
good this year.
\V HEN all is said and done the
the most remarkable man of
the Birmingham team Is the ro
tund leader himself. Carleton
Molesworth. In seventeen years of
ball playing Molesworth batted for
a grand average of .314. Once he
led the Southern league batters
Molesworth entered the Southern
league as a player in 1901. He was
with Chattanooga in 1901 and 1902.
Then he went to Montgomery for
three seasons. In 1906 h® turned
up in Birmingham, where he has
since been.
H«re is his record.
Year *1895. Washington club. Na
tional league. .297.
Year *1896. Rockford. 111., club,
Wisconsin-Illinois league. .325.
Year ‘1897 Shamoykin. Pennsyl
vania State league, 427.
Year xIB9B, Pelmara club, New-
York State league .325
Year xIB9B, Binghamton club.
New York State league. 347.
Year XI9OO, Schenectady club.
New York State league. .300,
Year x 1902, Chattanooga club.
Southern league. .320.
Year X 1902, Chattanooga • club,
Southern league, .327.
Year X 1903. Montgomery club.
Southern league. .319.
Year x 1904, Montgomery club.
Southern league. 319
Year X 1905. Montgomery club.
Southern league 322
Year x 1906, Birmingham club.
Southern league. .275.
Year x 1907, Birmingham club.
Southern league. .303
Year 111908, Birmingham club.
Southern league. .293
Year 111909. Birmingham club.
Southern league. .288.
Year 111910, Birmingham club.
Southern league .300.
Year 111911. Birmingham club.
Southern league. .243.
’Pitched. xOutfielder. HOutfleld
er and manager.
Southern league average, 303.
Grand average, .314
PLAY MATCHES FOR THE
T. P. HINMAN TROPHY
Match play started In th® four flights
yesterday for the Dr T. P. Hinman
golf trophy. The following are the re
sults:
First Flight—First round. D. Jemison
defeated C J. Holditch. 2 up and 1 to
play : J. P. Webster defeated E R.
James, 2 up. Second round. J. P. Web
ster defeated D. Jemison, up.
Second Flight—First round. R J.
Norris defeated R P. Jones. 4 up and
2 to play; I. L. Graves defeated J. D.
Osborne. 3 up and 2 to play; C. Knowles
defeated G. A. Howell. 4 up and 2 to
play . J Q. Burton defeated W. Mark
ham. 1 up. 20 holes. E. M. Blount de
feated W. J. Tilson, by default.
Third Flight—First round, W. O.
Marshburn defeated J. J Hastings. 2
up and 1 to play; C. G. Giddings de
feated G. H Atkisson, 3 up and 2 to
play ; E. R. Austin defeated W R. Tich
enor. by default.
Fourth Flight—First round. I. L. 'ln
gram defeated L. M. Crichton, 2 up.
VANDY WINS TITLE BY
DEFEATING SEWANEE
SEWANEE. TENN.. May 28.—Van
derbilt clinched the claim of the South
ern college championship by taking the
deciding game of th® series from Se
wanee today. 6 to 2. Gordon and Coi
lins were worked in th® box for Se
wanee and Vanderbilt, respectively,
both working well, Collins having a
slight edge and the best support.
FOXES LAND NEW MEN.
COLUMBUS. GA.. May 28. Manager
Fox, of the Columbus baseball team,
has just completed a deal whereby h®
has secured three new men to help pull
the Foxes out of the hole they have
been in since the season opened The
new men ar® Siegfried, shortstop; Web
ber. second baseman. and Hurley, an
outfielder, all secured from Columbia
|by purchase outright and by trading.
The new men are expected to strength
en the team considerably.
Baseball
Atlanta vs. Birmlngh'm
wtowtsosv
PONCE DELEON PARK
GAME CALLED AT 3:301
BOXING 1
Late News and Views
'
Red Ames and Charley Kennedy will
box ten rounds at the Auditorium in Chat
tanooga June 11. Both boys have boxed
here.
• • •
Reports from New York say K O.
Brown and Johnny Kilbane have finally
come to terms. The boys will box ten
rounds before the St. Nicholas rink in
New York June 11.
• • «
Tom O’Rourke, the canned manager
who still claims he has a contract with Al
Talzer that can t be broken, is demand
ing $50,000 for his contract.
Arrangements have practical!? been
closed for a short bout between Ray Tem
ple and Ad Wolgast. If the bout goes
through it will be staged in Memphis
some time In .June
• • •
Young Delmont is scheduled to box
Tickle Sanders in Memphis some time in
the near future.
• • •
Ray Bronson, somewhat discourage!
over being defeated by Harry Brewer, is
training hard for his bout with Packey
McFarland next month.
• • •
If Jimmy Perry wins over Robinson to
night he will probabl? challenge the win
ner of the Bob Moha-Eddie McGoorty
bout.
OLSEN DEPOSED AS
CAPTAIN OF THE NAPS
CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 28—Ivan
Olsen, Nap shortstop, who has recently
playM at thirfl base, has been removed
as captain of the team. It is said that
Manager Harry Davis took, this action
because Olsen slugged Willie Mitchell,
southpaw pitcher, on the return trip
from Boston. Mitchell has a black eye.
Joe Birmingham will probably suc
ceed Olsen.
BROOKS BEATS KENNEDY.
ALBANY, N Y , May 28. —Joe Brooks,
of England, and Steve Kennedy, of
Boston, both lightweights, put up a rat
tling good fight here last nigiht before
th® Knickerbocker Athletic club. Brooks
had all th® early rounds, but Kennedy ;
by a strong finish earned a draw.
1
I All life is a “whiz”—and
every third whiz on the road
is a Ford. It’s the car of the
millions and the millionaire
—lightest, Tightest, most
economical. Many thou
sands of the seventy-five
thousand we’re building this
year are being sold to own
ers of more expensive cars.
All Fords are Model T’s—all alike ex
cept the bodies. The two-passenger
runabout costs $590 —the five-pas
senger touring ear $690 —the deliv
ery ear s7oo—the town ear S9OO
t. <>. b. Detroit, completely equipped.
Get latest catalogue from Ford Motor
Company. 311 Peachtree street. At
lanta. or direct from Detroit factory.
I HERNSHEIM Cl GAI?
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ROBHN AND
PEDOINGLE
HERETOIHGHI
THE most talked of event in
town is the Perry-Robinson
scrap which will he staged
at th® Gate City A, C tonight. The
boys will box ten rounds.
Robinson has not box»d any in
over a year, but h® says ft was not
his fault, as no on® would fight
him at his weight. H® knows well
if he defeats Perry he will h® able
to secure several good matches,
which would mean plenty of cash,
and that is what Jack wants.
Perry, as usual, has nothing to
say in regard to the outcome of the
fight. Jimmy came to Atlanta in
hopes that th® clima’e would help —
his lame back. And now be says
It is practical!v 1 K , and that he
will enter the ring tonight in th®
best of condition. H® had to post
pone his debut in New York on
account of his hack, but h® says if
he wins tonight he will leave for
the East, where h® hopes tn secure
matenes with Eddie McGoorty, Bob
Moha and the rest of the top
.notchers in th® welter class.
Eddie Hanlon and Young Sey
mour are to clash in the semi
windup, while Spider Rritt and
Johnnie Herndon go in the pre-,
llminary. A battle royal will open
th® card.
KENNEDY MEETS FERGUSON.
BOSTON. May 28. Tom Kennedy
th® New York white hope, will enter
th® ring favorite over Sandy Ferguson
at the Pilgrim Athletic association to
night. Th®> will box ten rounds.