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EDITED Ar w s Farnsworth
Curley Now Threatens to Take
Title Battle to Old Mexico
By Eek W. Smith.
(The Georgian’s fight expert, who
has been selected to referee the
Johnson - Flynn battle.)
EaAST I.AS VEGAS, NM . June
21 -Unless some sort of as
surance is given Jack Curley,
promoter of the Johnson-Flynn
.on test, chat he will not be har
assed in the future by statements
that Governor McDonald Is goiny
to stop the big encounter of July 4
he is apt to pull up stakes and take_
the fighters to El Paso and stage
the contest in the bull ring at
Juarez, across the Mexican line.
As soon as the stories began to
go out Monday night there was a
good chance that Governor Mc-
Donald would put a stop to the
contest as far as New Mexico was
concerned, the people of El Paso,
who had tried to get the battle be
fore and failed because the Las
Vegas proposition looked better to
Curley, began to renew their bids
for the contest.
So the Chicago promote: feels
that unless he gets better treat
ment from the new state as a w hole
‘he will pull out of here and accept
the bonus that El Paso i« anxious
to put up to get the battle.
As El Paso Is only a matter of
something tike 200 miles farthei
south of here, the shift. Curley fig
u es it. would make little or no
difference with the crowds from
this section of the country that al
ready have reserved scats for the
battle.
Like a County Scat War.
The whole trouble appears to be
in a coterie of hammer-throwers at
Albuque'qua, N. M.. to the south of
this place
Albuquerque, It seems, has been
Insanely jealous nil along of the at
tention that Las Vegas is attract
ing to itself by the glove contest.
Hence there htjs been a steady ef
fort made to draw Governor Mc-
Donald into a controversy. the ulti
mate aim being to have him de
clare himself against the big bat
tle.
This the governor has declined
to do so far: in fact, the local peo
ple who are interested In the big
contest assurances from those
close to th governor that he in
tends keeping his hands off entire
ly. The chief executive hasn't said
a word one way or another, yet
Albuquerque sends out word to the
public at large that the governor
intends to stop the contest.
Albuquerque papers of yesterday
containing the news are much
milde in their statements about
the governor than is the news these
same men sent out broadcast ove:
the country. This shows that there
is plenty of animus behind the
whole thing
The Albuquerque papers also
pick up the Ryan incident with a
great deal of avidity and play it up
in an attempt to show that Flynn
is fooling the public and that the
550-HORSEPOWER BOAT I
READY FOR BIG RACES*
' HICAGO, Junv2l. ■ The pow erful on -
gln'p which were built in Detroit for
■he giant hydroplane. Disturber 111.
hate arrived In Chicago and the big
speed boat will be ready for launching
by fhurst’iay The builders and speed
boV men who a. seen the new craft
det at* it will b> the fastest power
boat evet conjttucted. Commodore
Pugh i- eonfldent Iv will he able to
"In the Amccean championship and
the \\ rlglej trophy that goes
with it
Tip I'tstii' bet 111 |- 4fi feet long. It
is on” of the lightest craft evet built.
New methods recently developed have
aided th- builders to make a boat as
string as the heat lest of old-time ciaft,
and yet om that is as light as any
thing that ever floated The strain
to which It i y In'!”! engines, develop
ing SSO horsepower, will put the new
boat would wreck anything constructed
under old method-.
The program for tip naval pageant
and aquatic review, which will be held
here, will combine the yacht races be
tween Canada and the I’nlted States
forth. great lakes international cup,
the Lipton cup contests. the 4t> 32, 26
and 20-foot class hydroplane races for
the American championship, naval re
view. naval sham battle, motor boat
parades. Venetian night, swimming and
diving championships of the Central A.
A a river marathon race, cutter
races and International yachtswo
men's race and many other features
ONE FISHING TRIP COST
808 MOHA LOT OF COIN
Bob Moha. the • hunky middleweight of
Milwaukee, who is about as hard a nut to
• rack as there is among the 158 or 170
rounders in this or any other country.
Inst a hunch of coin the past week be
cause he went or a fishing expedition and
failed to leave word with his manager
where he could be found
Bob hiked awaj to a sha<k somewhere
around Pewaukee lake. 20 miles from
Milwaukee, and for three days wires to
tiißt burg also special messengers, failed
to locate the chunk.'- one And every hour
that Bob was missing it cost him money.
He had one offer from London to leave
at once for a meeting with Georges car
pentier. which mean: big »none> . and an
other to leave for Australia on lune 12.
but failure to locate him cost the trip to
the Antipodes It would have meant
some big matches in Australia and a good
guarantee Next time Robert goes awa
on a fishing trip he will no doubt leave
his address
YALE IS EASY FOR BROWN
PROVIDENCE R I June 1.-
easily defeated Yah -p,
-emerita- in th. cosing game a/
Kg*seaaon for both teams.
big battle won’t be worth going fat
to SPf‘.
Jack Curley boarded a train for
Albuquerque yesterday and went
to see the publishers of these pa
pers to find out whether they in
tend to keep up their unfair wat
fare.
Unless he can get assurances
from them that they will be fah to
the big contest he will return to
Las Vegas, explain the whole sit
uation to the people here who are
backing him in th s c iterprise and
then probab!' announce his plan
for transferring the battle to Mex-
Wait For Curley's Return.
There is great rivalry, it is said,
bet w een the two towns, and the re
sult of Curley's visit is awaited
with a great deal of interest.
In the meantime several of the
newspaper men now on the ground
are figuring on going to Santa Fe
to see Governor McDonald In per
son and try to get a statement
from him.
They will argue with him that if
he intends to stop the contest he
should do so now and not put them
and the papers to futile expense in
remaining longer on the field. Cur
ie's return will be awaited before
this is attempted. Santa Fe is
within easy reach of the public.
With the departure of Ryan ami
Morrow from the Flynn r amp and
the bunging up of most of John
son's helpers, both camps present
a sadly depleted appearance. Ray
Marshall and Al Williams are the
only two real assistants left in tile
Flynn camp and over at Old Town,
w here Johnson is wor king. George
Deßray is suffering from had feet.
Cutler has a tin ear that is mighty
sore. Respress is beaten up about
the body, and everybody else has a
weary appearance all except Wat
son Burns, the chief of the camp,
who Is ever on the job and always
keeps the others gingered up and
on their toes.
Mrs. .lack Johnson Is on her way
home. She suddenly quit the fight
camp and left the big colored man
in the hands of his helpers.
It was stated at the eamp that
Mrs. Johnson is going home for the
purpose of straightening out the
champion's affairs, a.-> they may re
late to the ease the United States
government is said to he pushing
against him. This involves a
charge of smuggling into the coun
try a diamond necklace of ’nigh
value.
There was a report around that
the champ had had trouble with
his wife and that she had deserted
him. but the champion only laugh
ed at this report and said that lie
expected his wife would return
within a week or two Immediately
after some business matters had
been fixed up as they should be.
Mrs. Johnson has had entire
charge of the champion's food out
at the camp and will be much
missed. It is said she was badly
affected by the high altitude here
and would remain no longer.
Mrs. Johnson is a white woman.
(SIX NEW REGULARS FOR
TIGER TEAM NEXT YEAR
I'ETRUIT, June 21. Tito Detroit ball
club is the shuttered remains of a
ehiunpionship machine. It has reached
its last stage of deterioration.
Detroit Tigers have gone the way
that all championship clubs go. Il Is
a repetition of the Boston team, the
New York team, the old Philadelphia
team ami the Chicago Cubs of more
re< ent year-.
At present the Detroit team is play
ing ta'or ball There is no aggressive
ness, little effort and no team work.
One of the chief troubles with tilt
Detroit hall club Is that some members
have, too many dollar* and others too
many debts.
It would not be surprising to see
six now regulars on the Detroit club
next year. They will be young men
who are starting at the bottom and
who must be able to deliver the goods
to keep their jobs; young men who
can not afford to dissipate and who
will be able to go to bed before mid
night.
Tin Washington tenm wis recon
strutted by adding young and will
ing workers. And there is no team
that reminds one tnpre of Detroit's Ti
gers today than the Washington team
of the three or four years previous.
PLAYER IN CLASS GAME
RECEIVES BAD INJURY
NEW HAVEN, CONN Juno 21
Ralph E Barrett. Yale 1906. of Cleve
land. who came here for the com
' menceinent festivities at Yah-. Is today
' in a local hospital, seriously Injured as
1 the result of a class baseball game at
Woodmont, a nearby tow n. While slid
ing for a base, ht collided with a play
■ er ami was rendered unconscious. 11■-
was brought here in a semi-conscious
1 condition.
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BUILD BASEBALL FIELD.
GREENSBORO, GA.. Jun>- 21. An
. athletic field has been purchased on
the cast -ide of the .’tty by tip Greet .--
boro t'ivle Improvement issoeiation
The plot of land will be used as a base
ball field, ami for athleti. events con
nected with the high school
PRINCE PALATINE WINNER.
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117..v0n added was xrm tm-w toda* by
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‘.-nd and Biil-and-t'oo tltiid. Seven
| horsts -
TH E A TLA NT A G EORGI \XA X D XEWR. ERIPAV,.J I’ X E 21. 1912.
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I!.' fur ihc liveliest sltorlfieltl performer in th** Southern
league is “Knauppy" Knatipp, of the Pelican outfit. This lad
is spry as a cricket, and conies as near covering the territory
assigned him as any man in the league.
WORLD’S SERIES TICKET
SOUGHT NOW BY FANATIC
NEW YORK. June 21 The Giants have
a suppnrter wlm deserves a medal for
his contblen t x letter was received by-
Secretary O'Brien yesterday afternoon
with a money order inclosed ami request
ing a reserved box for the 1912 world's
series R. I’ Jacques was the signature
of the missive, and In part he w rote that ;
lie was positive tile Giants would win the]
National league pennant anti wanted to
be sure he could get seats.
O'Brien, however, returned Hie letter;
anil the money ortle- to its owner and ]
asked the writer to wait until October !
The finish s a long way off. ami there
.an be many a slip between now and the'
last game
AMATEURS PLAY AT PONCE
M hat should piove two rs the best '
amateui tim - t iycd in the thy Sa: '
mday are the f•> ■> games -chedulrd I
between H at' Magdl tmi the Beat '
ers m the R.id >ad Tagm Th.-o ;
train, are rated with the best in At
lanta.
FOOTBALL COURSE ADDED
TO CHICAGO CURRICULUM
CHICAGO, June 21.—A coachi-ng course
has been added to the curriculum of the
I’mvt rsitv of Chicago.
Coach A \ Stagg, whose abilities
earned him the title of wizard years ago.
has decided to impart bis football secrets
to the ph\steal instructors enrolled tn the
I Midwa> Summer school, and send them
i back to their institutions fully qualified
' io spring Staggian tactics on opposing
' loams this fall.
The first session of the coaching school I
was held yesterdav at Marshall field with |
i ten aspirants on hand and more register- i
ied Coach Stagg was assisted by Coach |
• Page, who will take part of the work,
with the director superintending the
'•ourse 'The class will lie held four times
1 i week for the rest of the summer
Coach Stagg calls his course ' Football:
Coaching. Studs of Rules, and Typical I
Forn ation- ’ and the sessions will follow .
phe prospectus X number of the Midway
wan t -s ai> ’nterested in the course, and
have promised to illustrate some of th#» ’
’H E g formation- if called upon The pit- '
r J . however, will be expected to ge> into i
andiron tog? latet m the term and dem ,
h uotrate playing ability. |
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OESSfIU TO FACE
ALLEN IN OWE
WITH LOOKOUTS
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. June 21.
With the count standing one and one,
the Crackers will get together this aft
ernoon in a contest that should be
"some caloric.” to say it gently .
It is likely that Billy Smith's men will
be opposed by Frank Dessau today.
Two ptchers, Russell and Brady, were
used up by the Crackers yesterday, and
that brings Dessau around as the logi
cal candidate. It is Allen's turn to
pitch for Chattanooga.
Two games will be played tomorrow,
and it is not unlikely that the season's
record for a will he broken by
that contest.
The ball was cruelly mauled in yes
terday's contest that the Lookouts won.
10 to 7.
The game was the much vaunted
"third test” of Lefty Russell. The first
time he worked he was wild. The sec
ond time he was a wonder. Yester
day he was neither of those things,
but just a plain pitcher whose curves
didn't fool the opposition much.
Manager Hemphill had been all
fussed up over this game for days. ' He
was impatient to find if Russell's grand
showing against Nashville was merely
a fluke or w hether “Lefty” really meant
it. And the former Hope of Hagers
town didn't waste any time in showing
him. He let the hated Lookouts make
five runs in the first Inning and three in
the third.
When in the fifth inning it began to
appear that th s Crackers might come
to life and win after all. Hemphill
pulled Russell out and st ick Brady in.
'I he former Brave pitched pretty fair
ball throughout the remainder of the
contest. But the Crackers found it im
possible to overcome the Lookouts’ ear
ly lead.
Fitting Boys With Muse Shoes
If we could fit language
to facts as admirably as we
can fit shoes to feet---we d
be shoeing everybody in iz ’ ,i
Georgia.
And we are not resting f K •
on our reputation. The I i v
thought. attention, skill t ilk
and creative ability which | Ox/i ' X
go in the making of fyfuse '-■Xr. ' k K
Shoes /or could not X. = a '/ i ” ' C”'
help but make for them a 1* >W| I' Jvr "“Uk t> J
reputation of their own. ffl 1 1 j VT'Tt / Ji
We fit them perfectly /rLJ !|l 'Hivu I
with great concern for n *'' I 1 ’ l*C V
growing feet. Every size. h j/l . -Xy -r< ptf " W7b
every width and every I I I. I Jp C \
$2.50 pM Ifwp
$3.00 1/ U JI
$3.50 ’S
Boys’ Scouts $2.00 and $2.50
Tennis Shoessj,so
Barefoot Sandalssl.2s and $1.50
MEN'S SHOE SECTION
Geo. Muse Clothing Company
Two Southern Golf Events Set
For July; One on Local Course
IA I‘crux 11. Whiting.
IX Hl Somlieih golf >hamplmi
■'hip has been played and
won, but the golf season of
Dix lat ks a big lot of being over.
Two of tlie most important invi
tation tournaments. of the season
ate still to be played. They ate
those given by the Montgomery
Country club and the Atlanta Ath
letic club. The former is set for
Jul.t 4 to fi and the latter for
July Ik to 20.
'Montgomery's tournament will
be its third. The first attempt in
the Alabama capital was almost
a total fizzle. There were hardly
enough entries to a ball
handicap interesting. The second
one held last summer, was a vast
ly better affair and while the en
try was not large it was tremen
dously classy. This year Mont
gomery ought to have a big tour
nament. As the Southern cham
pionship is to be played over the
Montgomery course next season
many golfers will want to play in
this coming tournament, in an ef
fort to get the hang of the circuit
and the lay of the land.
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ATLANTA'S invitation tourna
ment ought to be “the class of
'em all.” The local club is the
largest in the South. Its course is
the best. Atlanta's hotels top any
thing in Dixie. The summer cli
mate is the best. And as for the
"nineteenth hole." without which no
tournament 'an be a go. Atlanta's
is second to none. The local course
in in bully good condition now and
will be polished to the limit for the
coming event.
a MERICAN golfers "pulled” In
vain for J. J. McDermott, the
American professional who is play
ing in the British "open." the ban
ner event of the professional world.
In the first round, played yester
day, McDermott took 91 strokes
and virtually lost out.
Atlanta golfers well remember
McDermott. He played here in the
open event in the fall of 1910. And.
truly, he’s a queer specimen. He
looked then like some school boy
who had strayed into the wrong
lot. He is small, slight, smooth
faced and looks as inoffensive as a
well-mannered cow.
Yet McDermott is considerably
more of a golfer than he looks.
Two years ago, then an unknown
child in the golfing world, he tied
with Alex Smith and MacDonald
Smith in the open championship of
America. Last year he won the
open.
McDermott may not have the
.size nor the looks of a champion,
but he has the nerve. It is re
lated that when the two Smiths
and McDermott were ready to play
off the tie in the 1910 event, Alex
w ho would always prefer to scare
a man to death rather than to beat
him to death, said to McDermott: 4
"Laddie you're a nice little player,
but you've no chance with me."
Whereupon McDermott. who
loks like a kid caddy along side of
the bulky Alex, retorted "Why you
big if
,' ou try to scare me I'll knock your
brains out with a nibbeck."
McDermott was the first Amer
ican born golfer who ever won an
open event in America. In last
year's event he tied with M. J.
Brady, of Wollaston, and G. O.
Simpson, of Wheaton, and won the
play-off. The first round the first
day of the tournament McDer
mott started off with an 82, which
was wretched. Then he revived,
took a 72 for the second 18, a 75
for his third and a 79 fpr his
fourth. In the play-off McDermott
was easily.
McDermott was born in Philadel
phia. is 22 years old. and has play- ,(
cd golf twelve years, six as a cad
dy and six as a professional.
KITTY LEAGUE TEAMS
TRYING TO STRENGTHEN
HOPKINSVILLE, KY . June 21. Be
fore the third week of the playing season
had been completed, several of the. Kitty
'eague teams were anxiously hunting for
playrs to strengthen their line-up
Nearl.v all of the teams have found it
necessary to strengthen weak places, but
the big surprises In the poor showing
made lias been in Evansville and Paducah.
The Evansville bunch were touted as won
ders. and coming from the largest town
in the circuit. It was suposed they would
take the lead at the very start and hold
it. But they have failed dismally so far
to do this, and the management already
announces that the.'’ are after new men
At Paducah. John Nairn, who has a ref
utation for winning pennants In this
league, announced confidently that he
would repeat this year, but his team has
so fat- shown up one of the weakest,
and he. too, is scouring the woods for
new players. Cairo is also weak. but.
promises to come. Clarksville has shown
decidedly the best class so far. with
Hopkinsville holding second place. Hen
derson has shown more Improvement
than any team and is now coming strong
and holding down third, place in the
standing.
Umpire Dan Mareks lias been given his
release by President Bassett, and John
R. Hayes, of Hampton. Va., is handling
the indicator in his stead.
Dowell, outfielder and heavy hitter. haS
been secured from the Frankfort team,
in the Bluegra«e league, by Henderson.
At Cairo last week. Pitcher Yon. of .
Hopkinsville, and Outfielder Kinser, of •
Cairo, quarreled. \ind Yon struck Kinser I
The pitcher was arrested and fined.
In the four games played between
Evansville and Clarksville at Evansville
last week, a near-record for heavy hit
ting was made, an even hundred swats
being recorder, many of them for extra
bases.
RUSS FORD DID SCOUTING
FOR HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN
coLI'JIBI'S. OHIO. June 21—Pitch
er Russell Ford, of the New York
Americans, was here a few days ago to
watch Shortstop C'orriden, of the Kan
sas City club. Another New York
player watched his work at Indianap
olis a few days previous.
Tebeau will not sell him at present if
an offer is made unless enough players
are turned over to make it worth while.