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14 ffIOKUAN TO® <O®l® * EMKW EDITED ty W. 9 FARNSWORTH THDHNTONIN 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 * ■< NOTICE Wilton Jellico Coal $4.25 G>*e Us Your Order. Both Phones 3668 THE JELLICO COAL CO. 82 Peachtree 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 . .. 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 —— f 7 /a j ./' /^&SS fir™ 1 ’ ■ ◄O Si i 1 BOr l®t " jgk ~^W !<> <^ t . —<■• jl ¥A "Ok i 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. 4>oo ’ ... ’ PF N. ■ i ■ » ■ [RECRUIT FELL FOR TALE | THAT CY NEEDED FARE 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* The G O. M of baseball didn't Hr:i<\sm ri Cigap~l €»-nuiqe/ j W «ii | *r^ :;^zP : >rt o I I .... 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. //■/ / \s 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 \ - Inr / ‘ wF// | 4 ■ \ ‘ /• | i ' s' W / yAirSl ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* • To the Readers of The • : Georgian Sport Pages: • • • In the past The Georgian sport- • • ing pages have printed accurate • • accounts of sporting events and • • will continue to do so. We will • • pay no attention to irresponsible • • press agents. There are no press • • agents in the employ of The • • Georgian. • •••••••••••••••••••••••••a 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 P Ball FRIDAY Atlanta vs. Memphis PONCE DELEON PARK Game Called 4:00 MONEY TO LOAN ON DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY S t r 1 c t ly confidential. Unredeemed pledges »■ diamonds for sale, 30 per cent less than elsewhere. MARTIN MAY (Formerly of Schaul * May.) II 1-2 PEACH -REE ST. UPSTAIRS Absolutely Private. Opposite Fourth Nat Bank Bldg Both l*hones 1584 WE BUY OLD GOLD I 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. • • * 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. • • * 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. • • « 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. • • e 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.