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SEMI-FINALS
AT RICHMOND
RICHMOND. VA . June 13,—0n the
CPu-ta of the Country club this after
noon the semi-final round In the Old
Dominion tennis tournament will be
played Thornton, of Atlanta, lames
and Page survived the early rounds
yesterday, and there remains to be
played the Robb-Tyler match to deter
mine the fourth survivor
In the men's singles Thornton beat
Hall, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; James beat Zinn,
6-3, 7-5. while Pag. won from Trigg.
6-4, 6-0.
In the men's doubles Graves and
Page beat Cary and Blair, 6-0, 6-0;
Zinn and Mclntosh beat McCabe and
Ricks. 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Adair and Thorn
ton beat Rennolds and Trigg, 6-0. 6-1.
Dunn and Buford beat Masteller and
Lipscomb. 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Davenport and
Brousseau beat Smith and Tyler, 6-1,
6-8. 6-2.
In the ladles' singles Mrs. J S Tay
lor continued on her victorious way
by defeating Miss Caroline Prestbn io
love sets. Miss Merritt beat Miss Joy
ner. 4-6. 6-2. 6-8; Mrs Hardy beat Miss
Powers, 6-2. 6-2; Miss Colstnn beat
Miss Button, 6-4, 0-6. 6-1.
In the ladies' doubles Miss Joyner
and Miss Powers beat Miss Robinson
and Miss Lancaster, 6-4. 6-3; Mrs
Hardy and Miss Meredith beat the
Misses Colslan, 6-3, 6-1; Miss Duhring
and Miss Dlsaton boat Miss Scarbor
ough and Miss Parrish, 6-0, 6-0.
“ABDUL THE TURK” JOINS
FLYNN'S TRAINING CAMP
EAST LAS VEGAS, N M„ June 13.
Both Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn
put in some hard training licks today
in preparation for their championship
fight less than three weeks off Quiet
confidence pervades both camps, and
the men are slowly but surely getting
into shape
Johnson put in over an hour solid
work in the gymnasium, which Included
aome hard bouts with Cutler and Res
pess. He expressed complete satisfac
tion with his condition and went to the
rubbing table smiling.
Flynn sf>ent considerable time on the
road under the eye of Syracuse Tommy
Ryan. The Colorado aspirant to cham
pionship honors went through nine
rounds of actual work, Ryan. Hay Mar.
shall. Al Williams and Howard Morrow
being his partners, and let out some
links, w ith the result that Williams was
almost knocked out
Flynn's camp received an addition in
the person of "Abdul the Turk." one of
the best rubbers in the country, who
has assisted in training the husky fire
man before. After spending the day
with Flynn. Abdul said that the chunky
challenger was a much changed man
from the fretting athlete in former
training camps, referring particularly
to his disposition.
Flynn was known as a "bear" while
training in the old days, but Is a "lamb
now.
U. S. LEAGUE WILL FINISH
SEASON WITH SIX CLUBS
PITTSBURG, PA . June 13 -Owners
and representatives of six clubs of the
United States league met here and de
cided to finish the season with six
clubs Reading was dropped from the
circuit, and the following five cities al
lotted membership: Pittsburg, Balti
more. Richmond. Chicago and St. Louis.
The sixth place is undecided, Cincin
nati and Cleveland both being anxious
to stay In the league. It Is said the
franchise will be given to tits one
which Is first to put up the 310.000
guarantee.
BUGS. PIQUED.. TAKES
SLEEP ON BALL FIELD
CINCINNATI. OHIO, June 13. After
he had hit four batters in one and one.
half innings, Bugs Raymond was taken
off the slab in the game between the
Norwoods and Pelicans, and led to a
giasay place In Norwood ball park,
where he could sleep Meanwhile the
500 spectators didn't gaze at the game,
but looked at the wonderful Hugs, who
lay there on the grass, fast asleep. The
men hit were ail forced to leave the
game.
GILBERT VS KREIDER AGAIN.
CHATTANOOGA TENN June 13
Manager W. A Sharp, of he I’hstta
nooga Athletic club announced today
that articles had been signed tor an
eight-round fight between Dick Gilbert,
of Jacksonville. Fla . and Rude Kteider.
of Rome, Ga . to be fought In this city
July 4
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Crackers Threaten to Hit Last Place Earlier Than in 1911
ANOTHER GAME LOST; VOLS BET 2 GAMES BEHIND
By Percy H. Whiting.
I AST year the (Wackers hit
bottom on the 23d day of
June—never but once again
to rise as high as seventh plate
through the remainder of an awful
season! Yesterday afternoon, by
dint of losing the sixth game In a
row nnd the ninth out of the last
ten played at Poncey. the Crack
ers jolted downward to a position
in such dangerous proximity to last
place that the loss of two more
games, while Nashville Is winning
two, will put the Crackers "abso
lutely." If Atlanta loses today and •
tomorrow and Nashville wins, the
Crackers w ill achieve last place on
June 14, a good nine days before
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they accomplished that distinction
last year.
• • •
C AY what you want to about po
v litlcal steam rollers—they
aren't anything compared with the
Nashville diamond variety. The
Rock City machine, piloted by Li
censed Engineer Schwartz, again
flattened the Crackers to postage
stamp thinness yesterday after
noon nnd won another game—this
time a somewhat better one than
usual by a score of sto 2.
Such rough work by some brand
new, double-action, thirty-ton roll
er might not be surprising, but tn
see it accomplished by a contrap
tion that has wabbled, squeaked
and all but blow n up on several oc
casions this season was painful. A
while back the Vols were as abject
and broken-spirited (to change the
metaphor with abruptness) as life
termers in the Rastile. Now' they
are a yipping, scrapping, zipping,
hard hitting aggregation with as
much confidence as the Barons.
It was pitiful about the Vols a
while back. They were absolutely
dejected. Their condition was due
more to mental than physical fall
ings They couldn't win because
they knew they couldn't win. And
when that condition set In. the
stumpiness of their slump was aw
ful to behold.
Then Manager Schwartz, who
knows a lot of stuff that Isn’t in
the rule book at all. set to work to
liven 'em up Before one game he
bought strjchnlne and made every j
player take a dose He practiced
mental suggestion He encouraged
the players to do stunts to got their
minds off baseball.
The players caught the fever and
tried by every method known to
baseball to change their luck. Three
or four of them taught billlkens
and the other players "bought In."
Several wore little religious charms
around their necks. One or two
actually resorted to prayer.
Then finally the luck changed.
And now the Volunteers are fight
ing and scrapping upward. They
never were cut out for a tail-end
team, and they will impress the
fact on the league before they are
done with It.
• • •
'pHE pitcher who has jinxed At
* lanta nil this season. "Lefty"
Summers. was largeh to be
blamed for Atlanta's downfall. He
looked for nine solid innings as
though he were about to explode,
but he hasn’t done It yet Two sin
gles and an error let the first At
lantan across Two singles and a
sacrifice fiy let the other one home,
otherwise, the Crackers were help
less before his delivery Yet so
near did he wander on the border
line of total wildness that through
out a good part of the game Earl
Eleharty was busily engaged in
warming up.
This la the third game Summers
hss downed Atlanta In three
starts though the one of June 10
goes to him only because of the
faultiness of the Southern league's
asinine rules for scoring games
won and lost Fleharty was really
the man who saved It. Sumgiers
also beat Atlanta April 26. in a 6-4
contest
• • •
VpNAiIER HEMPHILL rather
I ’*- wanted to try "Lefty" Russell
again in this game, but after warm
ing up the $12,000 wonder changed
his mind and at th* last minute
slipped Brady in. That It was
strictly an eleventh-hour switch Is
evident from the fact that Hemp
hill fiaggged Empire Breitenstein
just ss he was ready to announce
"the battery for the home club,"
and substituted Brady's name for
Russell's They got to the ex-
Brave three times In nine innings
nm hard, but firmly enough tn win
In the fifth Schwartz's single. Mc-
Donald s sacrifice, Glenn's three
bagger and Summers' single net
ted a pair of tallies. In the eighth
THE ATLANTA GEORGTAX AXD NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1912.
Welchonce, Young and Perry sin
gled and these hits, coupled with
Hemphill's error, did the damage.
The final run was scored by the
Vols in the ninth. Glenn and Sum
mers doubled.
Kid Glenn had a large day at bat.
After popping the first one. he
made a three-bagger on the second.
His next time up there was a pinch
in prospect and Brady was ordered
to pass him. In the ninth Glenn
doubled. Pitcher Summers also
laced out a single and a two-hag
ger.
• • •
'pHE ('rackers tried out the scheme
* of shifting the line-up a bit.
East was benched. Sykes went to
first, O'Brien to second, Alperman
to short and O’Dell back to his old
stand at third. It was a shift that
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YANKEE SCHWARTZ WINS
DECISION OVER KILBANE
NASHVILLE, TENN . June 13
"Yankee" Schwartz, of Philadelphia,
was awarded the decision over Tommy
Kllbane. of Cleveland, here in an eight
round fight. Both fighters were hissed
repeatedly for rough tactics.
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[RECRUIT FELL FOR TALE
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Ry Elmer Bates.
UTITH amazing fidelity do ma-
' jor league recruits "fall”
into traps set by the vet
erans. As there is no evidence
that this is done in a spirit of pat
rontage. it must follow that the
youngsters look upon the players
of experience as veritable sages,
whose advice is to be allowed im
pllcity.
It is because this is so that the
pages of baseball history bristle
with some of the rare jokes. It re
mained for 1912 to produce the real
classic Incident, however.
Not many days ago Cy Young,
of the Boston Nationals—the only
real G. O. M. of the game—real
ized that his big right arm was not
responding to training 3° Cy, al
ways conscientious, decided to go
to his home In Peoli. Ohio, and to
stay there, unless his arm "came
back " The Boston team was in
Pittsburg at the time From
Pittsburg ,to Peoli may be 150
miles in The fare may be $3.
One of the veterans suggested to
one of the recruits that it would
be a gracious act by the youngsters
to raise a purse to pay "poor old
Uy's" expenses home.
"Because," said the veteran, "Old
Uy may never °arn another dollar
on the diamond."
The bait was swallowed. Also
the hook and the sinker. A few
hours later Uy was called to a cor
ner and handed a “purse” of
pennies, nickels, dimes quarters,
halves and small bills With the
"purse" went the blessings and
good wishes of the "boys."
Uy wanted to cry, but had to
laugh His ticket home had been
ordered, but Uy let the last train
go without him He remained in
Pittsburg until every penny of the 1
$44.78 had been restored to the
giver*
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pleased the fans, but didn't seem
to accomplish much in the way of
results.
The story has frequently been
published in Atlanta that the
Nashville franchise and club are
on the market. A fan has suggest
ed that the local baseball associa
tion buy the whole works, take over
the team, send the present Crack
ers to Little Rock and throw in
the Nashville franchise to make it
n good deal.
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tell the young men who so gladly
essayed to help him, that during
some seasons his salary had been
more than $44.78 a day. and that
he had 320 acres of rich land upon
which the Creator had smiled be
fore he set it down in Tuscarawas
county, Ohio. He said nothing
about his mansion of a house, his
dozen or more farm buildings, his
herds of cattle, his tiocks of sheep.
Os course, he didn't produce his
bank books showing his deposits
He merely told them that they
were mighty kind, but that he did
not need their “purse.”
Men who have watched Cy's
wealth increase since he entered
the major league ranks In 1890 say
Young is worth every cent of
SIOO,OOO.
Cy says the Incident reminds
him of another. "I was in Cleve
land with the Boston Americans,”
says Cy. "when a newspaper friend
came to the hotel soliciting sub
scriptions to save somebody or
other from burial In the potters'
field. Everybody knew the news
paper man who went around with
a long sac he soon received
subscriptions for S2B.
"As he handed the subscription
blank to me to sign I read it over
to see if 1 had known the poor fel
low. the newspaper man was try
ing to save from an ignoble burial.
W ho do you suppose It was?"
"Who, Cy?"
"Marshall Field, the Chicago
millionaire!" The newspaper man,
of course, was joking—as was the
old player in Pittsburg, but the in
cidents serve to show how quick is
the response of ball players tn a
sympathetic appeal.
JACK (TWIN) SULLIVAN
SHADED BY JACK DILLON
BUFFALO. N Y. June 13.—Jack
Dillon* of Indianapolis, had a shade the
bettor of Jack (Twin) Sullivan, of
Boston. In a ten-round bout here.
Sitton Snapped as
He Curved One Over
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McGRAW TO TOUR MAP
WITH TWO BALL TEAMS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.. June 13.
Mahager Roger Bresnahan of the Car
dinals received an Invitation from Man
ager McGraw of the Giants to accom
pany him (McGraw) on a baseball tour
of the world next winter. McGraw is
planning the most pretentious trip ever
undertaken by a hall club, and he wants
Bresnahan as his rival tactician on the
long junket.
In keeping with McGraw's policy of
doing everything right, Muggsy this
winter intends to journey to every
country on the old continent and also
to Australia with two of the most rep
resentative teams in baseball today.
One of the teams will be the Giants.
The other will be a picked aggregation.
Bresnahan will command the latter, as
Roger has all but decided to accept the
invitation. The picked team will prob
ably contain a few American leaguers,
but most of them will be National
league stars.
PACKEY McFarland’may
TAKE UP LAW IN COLLEGE
CHICAGO. June 13.—Friends of
Packey McFarland In Joliet send the
story that the aspirant for Ad Wol
gast's title Intends to enter Notre
Dame university to study law. unless
he can force the lightweight champion
to give him a fight. It is well known
that the stock yards scrapper does not
like his ring calling, but the sporting
fraternity decline to believe that he
will retire. f
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Atlanta vs. Memphis
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Australian Plans to Promote
Fight Club in United States
IS Hugh D. Mclntosh, the Aus
tralian fight promoter who stag
ed the Johnson-Burns cham
pionship fight in Sydney, selling
something to his townsmen, or has
the American pugilistic world lost
confidence in the ability of its pro
moters? This is the question that
arises from a story printed in the
Sydney, N. S. W., Bulletin, one of
the leading sporting journals of
that country. Besides telling of the
wonderful plan on the part of Mc-
Intosh to turn the stadium ipto the
world's greatest boxing arena, the
story imparts the information that
Hugh is to make his way to this
country to take hold of a club in
the states that is to surpass any
thing that we have seen thus far.
The story as printed in the Bul
letin does not say just who Mcln
tosh is dickering with nor where
the place is that this wonderful club
is to be. The only reference a,s to
location is that the arena will be
in. the United States. Some small
spot this United States? With such
promoters as Jimmy Uoffroth,
Jack Curley, Tom MeCarey, Billy
Gibson and the many others It Is
very doubtful whether Mclntosh
can break in under the Stars and
Stripes unless he is ready to fur
nish the bankroll.
To Build Great Arena.
The clipping as printed in the
Bulletin reads:
"Hugh D. Mclntosh has com
menced the work of roofing on the
Sydney Stadium, and that hall of
toush will b° a fine place when the
Improvements have been carried
through. The size of the great in
closure will be in no way reduced
and the unsightly boardings on its
walls will give way to an orna
mental front and elegant sides. The
entrances will be of a new and
improved design, by which a crowd
will walk in about a dozen abreast,
and yet be capable of perfect check.
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Patsy Kline and Young Britt are sched
uled to box in Baltimore June 24.
• • •
Jack Johnson has been training hard
for the past week and is now down to
222 pounds. U1 Arthur expects to train
down to 215 pounds before time to enter
the ring.
• • •
The bill legalizing 25-round boxing
matches in Arizona went through the
house, and it is now up to the governor
to accept or reject it.
• • •
It now begins to look as though Joe
Jeannette was right when he said, "Get
a heavy forfeit out of Sam and don't
allow him any expense money, if you want
him to fight me." Langford has backed
out of a scheduled match with Jeannette,
claiming that legal proceedings will hold
him in Australia for three months. At
any rate it will be interesting to learn
the nature of the proceedings.
• • •
Willie Driscoll has accepted an offer to
box Patsy Brannigan in Cleveland July 4
• • •
Harry Thomas made such a good show
ing against Jack White when he was
substituted for Owen Moran at Los An
geles last Saturday that It is likely the
promoters will rematch them.
• • •
Harry had hut six days’ notice in which
to train for the fight and would probably
have made a better showing had he. been
given more time in which to train.
• • •
Jack Herrick continued his good fight
ing a few days ago when he all but
knocked out Chappy Homer in a twenty
round bout in the bull ring at Juarez
• * *
Battling Nelson has signed articles to
box some one yet to be picked before
John McKee's club in Winnipeg. Canada,
July 4.
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The Durable Dane Is at present on his
way to Winnipeg, where he was select
ed to referee the K. O. Brown-Jack Dillon
match June 17.
• • •
Johnny Dundee has hired Jack Britton
the second Packey McFarland, to teach
him the good points of boxing Dundee
will have several other trainers who will
slip him the rough stuff If hp ran ab
sorb all the knowledge taught by this
Every big town is a small
town—and the far-away
friend is a near-by neighbor
---to him who owns a Ford.
Extend your range of action
---and your pleasures. The
Ford has solved the automo
bile problem for the man who
values his dollars. It’s slight,
right, economical.
Seventy-five thousand new Fords go into
service this season—proof of their une
qualed merit. The price is $590 for the
roadster, $690 for the five-passenger car,
and S7OO for the delivery car—complete
with all equipment, f. o. b. Detroit. Latest
catalogue from Ford Motor Company, 311
Peachtree St., Atlanta, or direct from De
troit factory.
All the present office buildings are
coming down, and will be replaced
with elegant structures.
Camps Near Structure.
"Training roomsand gymnasiums
will be erected close beside the
main structure so that the whole of
the training can be carried out
elose to the scene of battle. A
Turkish bath will be installed for
the use of the athletes. In the sta
dium itself the improvements will
be considerable. A nicely decorated
sounding board will be placed over
the ring, to save the strain on the
voice of announcer and make the
place available for public speaking,
concerts, etc.
“A hugh array of exits will
make it possible to shoo the thou
sands of people into the street in
about two and one-half minutes.
Actinic lights, capable of giving in
stantaneous photographs, will be
set up over and around the ring, so
that pictures can be taken night
and day. When all the improve
ments have been carried out. the
boxing season in Sydney will be
the winter, so that the best fighters
of the world will be engaged for the
round circuit of United States,
Paris and Sydney.
To Promote in States.
"For Mclntosh’s appearance In
the United States seems to be an
assured thing now. Sometime ago
a fairly gilded syndicate wrote to
him. asking him for the use of his
name, a proposal which he turned
down with emphasis. The offer
has now come in a different form,
and the syndicate has offered him
the opportunity of coming in on
the ground Actor as general high
priest of the show. So, while the
stadium is being rebuilt, Mcln
tosh will hie him away and go Into
details of the matter, and, in all
human probability, emerge as the
world's boss fight promoter, and
have special prayer meetings held
on his behalf.”
combination, then the Kllbane days are
drawing to a close.
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It now begins to look as If Tom Mo-
Carey will have to appoint an official
referee for the Wolgast-Rlvers mill. Wol
gast has refused to allow Charley Eyton
to officiate and Rivers will not allow
Welch, Ad's favorite, to be the third man
in the ring.
• • •
Ad Wolgast will not return to his Los
Angeles quarters until June 2«. He Is
training at Wheeler Springs, his favorite
mountain resort.
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Cleveland promoters are arranging to
stage a twelve-round bout between
Johnny Kllbane and Johnny Dundee. If
the two Johnnys agree to the match it
will be staged the afternoon of July 4.
Jim Stewart and Charlie Kennedy are
scheduled to box In New York next Mon
day night.
• « •
Manager Gibson, of the Garden A. C.
New York club, has substituted Kid Wil
liams and John Daly to fight a ten-round
bout in place of Pal Moore and Young
Shurgrove. The bout will be staged Mon
day night.
• • •
Al Williams has packed his grip and
hiked ft to 'Frisco. Al's reason for leav
ing Flynn's camp was that the Pueblo
fireman's punches were more than he
cared to stand.
• • •
Although reports were sent out from
New Orleans that Joe Thomas defeated
Jake Abel In their ten-round bout a few
nights ago. The Daily States, a news
paper of that city, says the bout W’as a
good draw.
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Grover Hayes Is in good shape for his
ten-round fight with Freddie Welsh in
Columbus, Ohio, tonight. Hayes Is popu
lar in Atlanta and local fans hope he will
be returned the winner.
• • •
Howard Baker is scheduled to mix it
with Guy Buckles at Cripple Creek, Colo.,
tonight.
• • •
Mayer Pries certainly showed improve
ment in his eight-round semi-windup with
Spider Britt Tuesday night. If he keeps
fighting as he did Tuesday he will soon
be appearing in the main bouts.