Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, June 21, 1912, FINAL, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextffIOMAN SKOW * SKEW LPITLD & S FARNSWORTH Curley Now Threatens to Take Title Battle to Old Mexico By Ed. W. Smith. (The Georgian's fight expert, who has been selected to referee the Johnson • Flynn battle.) EAST LAS VEX.IAS. N M.. June 21.—Unless some sort of as surance Is given Jack Curley, promoter of the Johnson-Flynn contest, t.iut Io- "ill not be hat assed in the future by statements that Governor McDonald is going to stop the big encounter of July 4 he is apt to pull up stakes and the flgitters to El Paso and stage the contest in the bull ring at Juarez, across the Mexican line. Ae soon as th<- stories began to go out Monday night there was a gO"d chance that Governor M< - Donald would put a stop to the * contest as fat as New Mexico was concerned. the people of El Paso, who had tried to get the battle be fore and failed because the I.as Vegas proposition looked better to Curley. began to rtnew their bids for the contest. So the Chicago promoter feels that unless hr gets better treat ment from the new state as a whole he " ill pull out of here and accept the bonus that El Paso i- anxious to put up to get the battle. \. El P. o is only a matter of so’ lethirg ik" 200 miles farther south o. here, the shift. Curley lig n - ii would make little or no difference with the crowds from this s ' lion of the country that al ready have reserved seat- for the battle. , Like a County Seat War. Tile whole trouble appears to be in a cot: rle of hammer-t'hroweis at Albuqm rque, N. M.. to the south of this place Albuquerqu*. it seems, has been Insanely jealous all along of the at tention that I-as Vegas is attract tng to itself by the glove contest. Hence there has been a steady ef fort made to draw Governor Mc- Donald into a controversy, the ulti mate alm being to have him de lla re himself against the big bat tle. This the governor has declined to do so far; in tact, the local peo ple who are interested in the big contest have assurances from those dose to the 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 w ord to the public at large that the governor intends to stop the contest Albuquerque papers of y esterday containing the news are much milde in their ‘lat-ments about the governor than is the news these same men sent out broadcast ovei th" country Ibis shows that there is plenty of animus behind the. whole thing The Albuquerque papers also pick up th- Ryan incident with a great d ml of avidity ami play it up in an attempt to show that Ely tin is fooling the public and that the 550-HORSEPOWER BOAT READY FOR BIG RACES CHICAGO. Jmn- 21. Tin powerful en gines which wer. built-in Detroit for the giant hydroplane l Disturber .111, have arrived in Chicago ami the lug spee d ueial v. ill be- ready for launching by Thursday The- builde-is and speed . boat men who ear seen tin- new craft t dec aie- t ' ill be the fastest power boat eve, . -oust rue-ted. Commodore Pugh is i eeutim-ui ho will be- able to win tin \me. ie m championship and the $22,500 Wrigley trophy that goes with it. Tin Disunite r 111 i- <s feel long It is one of tin lightest craft e-vei built. New im'heeeis recently developed have l aided tin- builders to make a boat as strong as tin heaviest of old-time craft, and yet one that is as light as any thing that -ver float'd. The strati , to which 21 cylinder engines, develop ing 550 horsepower, will put the new boat would wreck anything constructed under old methods. The program for the naval pageant and aquatic review, which will be held here, will combine the yacht races be tween Canada and the United States for the great lakes international cup. the Lipton cup contests, the 40, 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 tht Central A. A. IL, a river marathon race, eutter races and international yachtswo men’s ’race and many other features ONE FISHING TRIP COST 808 MOHA LOT OF COIN Bob Moha. the chunky middleweight of Milwaukee, who is about as hard a nut tn crack as there is among the 158 or 17u pounders in this or any other country, lost a bunch of coin the past week be cause he went on a fishing expedition and failed to leave word with his manager where he could be found. Bob hiked away to a shack somewhere nound Pewaukee lake. 20 miles from Milwaukee, and for three days wires to that burg, also special messengers, laded to locate the chunky one. Ami 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 meant big money, and an other to leave for Australia on June 1.. but failure to locate him cost the trip to the Antinodes. It would have ineant some big mate-lies in Australia and a good guarantee Next time Robert goes away on a fishing trip he will no doubt leare his address YALE IS EASY FOR BROWN. PROVIDENCE. R. L, June 21.- Brown easily defeat'd 1 ale. 6 to -. here, yesterday in the closing game ot the season for both teams. big battle won’t be worth going far to jg-e. Jack Curley boarded a train for Albuquerque yesterday and went io see the publishers of these pa llets to find out whether they in tend to keep up their unfair war fate. , inle.-s lie can get assurances from them that they will be fair to thf- big contest lie will return to Las Vegas, explain the whole sit uation to the x-ople here who are backing him in th) enterprise and then probably announce his plan fii.’ transferring the battle to Mex ico. Wait For Curley’* Return. There is great rivalry, it is said, b- tween the two towns, and the re sult of Curley's visit is awaited with a great deal of interest. In thi meantime several of the newspaper men now on the ground are figuring on going to Santa Fe to s-- 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 ley's : eturn will be awaited before this i> attempted. Santa Fe is within easy reach of the public. With the departure of Ryan and .Morrow from the Flynn camp 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 the Flynn camp and over at Old Town, where Johnson Is working, George Deßray is suffering from bad feet, Clutier has a tin car that is mighty sore, Respress Is beaten up about the body, and everybody else has a weaiy 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. Jack Johnson is on her way home. She suddenly quit the fight eamp and left the big colored man in the hands of his helpers. It was stated at the camp that Mrs. Johnson is going home for the purpose of straightening out the champion's affairs, as they' may re late to the case the United States government is said to be pushing against him. This involves a charge of smuggling into the coun try a diamond necklace of 'high value. There ".as 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 he 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. tile 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 DETROIT. June 21.—The Detroit ball club is the shattered remains of a championship machine. It lias reached its last stage of deterioration. Detroit Tigers have gone the way that ill championship clubs go. It is a repetition of the Boston team, the New York team, the old Philadelphia team and the Chicago Cubs of more recent years. At present the Detroit team is play ing pool ball. There is no aggressive ness, little effort and no team work. one of the chief troubles with tin Detroit ball club is that some members have too many dollars and others too many debts. It would not be surprising to see six new 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 yc ho will be able to go to bed before mid night . The Washington team was recon structed by adding young and will ing workers. And there is no team that reminds one more 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. June 31. Ralph E. Barrett, Y'ale 1906. of Cleve land. who came here for the com mencement festivities at Yale, is today in a local hospital, seriously injured as the result of a class baseball game at Woodmont, a nearby town. While slid ing for a base, he collided with a play ■ er and was rendered unconscious He was brought here in a semi-conscious condition — —. I BUILD BASEBALL FIELD GREENSBORO. GA., June 21- An athletic field has been purchased on the east side of the city by the Greens boro Civic Improvement association. The plot of land w ill be used as a base ball field, and for athletic events con nected with the high school PRINCE PALATINE WINNER. ASCOT ENGLAND. Jun' The Ascot gold cup. vaht'-i' .'t *2.Mill. with $17,309 added, was won n;i to-’-iy by Prince Palatine. Bass, p m we- .< . olid and Bill-atld-Coo third Seven horses ran. ’I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. JUNE 21, 1912. SHORTSTOP KNAUPP, OF •PELS, SPEARS A LINER ! "C Jl IIOkM* \ tllrW/ z r \ 7 1 I 1 - / / ■■ -I Ms ’ I - J AB II a FW ■ * mkKl a ' ♦ A W I|i‘ ■ / I IB 1& '9HL < a » I W* S I I ” i I m jm l i -C" wl J / jf-’ i w* .>■ w ¥ - ¥ vw w - T- 1 - _ A'jrS?' / ' ' ffll \A I Jw ; i i ■ 1 \ ’ \\ y J \ * . V-v \ . / By far the liveliest shortfield performer in the Southern league is “Knauppy ” Knaupp. of the Pelican outfit. This lad is spry as a cricket, and comes as near covering the territory assigned him as any man in the league. WORLD'S SERIES TICKET SOUGHT NOW BY FANATIC NEW YOIJK. June 21 —The Giants have a supporter who deserves a medal for his confidence. A letter was received by- Secretary O’Brien yesterday afternoon with a money order inclosed and request ing a reserved box for the 101.2 world’s series R. P. Ja,xiues was the signature of the missive, and in part he wrote that he was positive the Giants would win the National league pennant and wanted to be sure he could get seats O'Brien, however, returned the letter and the money order to its owner and asked the writer to wait until October. The finish is a long way off, and there > an be many a slip between now and the last game AMATEURS PLAY AT PONCE. What should prove two of the best amateur games played in the city Sat urday are tin- two games scheduled between Bean A Magill and tin Beav er- in tin Railroad l-.igu' -These teams are rated with the best in At lanta. _ FOOTBALL COURSE ADDED TO CHICAGO CURRICULUM ■ CHICAGO, June 21.—A coaching course . has been add'.; to the curriculum of the . University of Chicago. ( Coach A. A. Stagg. whose abilities earned him the title of wizard years ago, ; has decided to impart his football secrets , to the physical instructors enrolled in the Midway Summer school, and send them . back to their institutions fully qualified , to spring Stagglan tactics on opposing teams this fall. The first session of the coaching school [ was held yesterdav at Marshall field with ten aspirants on hand and more register - , ed. Coach Stagg was assisted by Coach Page, who will take part of the work, with the director superintending the course. The class will be held four times a week for the rest of the surputer Coach Stagg calls his course ‘ Football. I Coaching, Study of Rules, and Typical | Formations." and the Sessions will follow I the prospectus. A number of the Midway warriors are interested in the course, and have promised to illustrate some of the S>agg formation- if called Upon. The pu- i pils. however, will be expui-ted to get into | gridiron togs later in the term and dem- Jonstrata playing ability. ■ r B7 f » DESSAU TO FACE ALLEN IN GfflE m'Looiws 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 crowd will be 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 whether “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.j Crackers might come to life and win after all. Hemphill pulled Russell put and si jek Brady in. The former Brave pitched pretty fair ball throughout t ic 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 tofeet---wed ZassK?’*'*’*? be shoeing everybo y in TRT* y? And we are not resting on our reputation. Ihe / ,bb 'zl I ▲ thought, attention. skill [/'''A | ' and creative ability which I go in the making of Shoes for Boys could not iI . vV /J'*'* I help but make for them a - ”ZJR f reputation of their own. i 4 r-U-r 1 1 jETT’"*/ > We fit them perfectly fIQ/ I\| VWf M i ' A with great concern for 'J ! !! V } V" growing feet. Every size. ‘lk | / / wJ jjp every w idth and every i \\ if I I j / A x \ ll A) j \ ' style. A? fl IB $2.50 /// BTISf $3.00 >■ $3.50 Boys' Scouts $2.00 and $2.50 Tennis Shoes $1.50 Barefoot Sandals $1.25 and $1.50 MENS SHOE SECTION Geo. Muse Clothing Company Two Southern Golf Events Set For July; One on Local Course By Percy H. Whiting. rpHE Southern golf chajjipion- ? ship has been played and won. but the tftolf season of Dixie lacks a big lot of being over. Two of the most important invi tation tournaments of the season tire still to tie played. They are those given by the Montgomery Country club and the Atlanta Ath l< club. The former is set for July 4 to 6 and the latter for July IS to 20. Montgomery's tournament will be its third. The first attempt in the. Alabama capital was almost a total ftezle. There were hardly enough entries to make 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 wa.4 tremen dously classy. This year ABmt g-omery ought to have a big tour nament. As the Southern cham pionship is to be played over the Xlontgomery 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 * * * ATLANTA’S invitation tourna ment ought to be "the class of ’em all." The focal 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 can 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 ' v 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-manqered 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 who would always prefer tq, scare a man to death rather than to beat him to death, said to McDermott: "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 JMg if you try to scare me I’ll knock your brains out with a nibbeck.“ McDermott was the first Amer ican horn golfer who ever won an open event in America. In last year’s event he tied with M. J. Brady, of Wollaston, and G. t>. 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 wa< wretched. Then he reX’ived, took a 72 for the second 18. a 75 for his third and a 79 for bis fourth. In the play-off McDermott was easily. McDermott was born in Philadel phia, is 22 years old. and has play ed golf twelve years, six as a cad dy and six as a professional. KITTY LEAGUE TEAMS TRYING TO STRENGTHEN HOPKINSI’ILLE, RY., June 21. Be fore the third v eek of the playing season had been completed, several el' the Kitty league teams were anxiously hunting for playrs to strengthen their line-up. Nearly all of the teams have found it necessary to strengthen weak places, but the big surprises in the poor showln< made has been in Evansville and Paducah. The Evansville bunch were touted as won ders, ami com'ii’g from (he largest town ir. 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 they ate after new men. At Paducah. John Nairn, who has a rep utation for winning pennants In this league, announced confidently that he would repeat this year, but bls team has so far shown up one of the weakest, ami he. too. is scouring the woods for new players. Cairo is also weak, but promises to come. Clarksville has shown deeiilqrlly the best class so far, with Hopkinsville holding second place. .Hen derson lias shown more improvement than any team and Is now coming strong and holding down third place in the standing. Umpire Dan Mareks has been given his release by President Bassett, and John R. Hayes, of Hampton, Va., is handling the indicator in hjs stead. Dowell, outfielder and heavy hitter, has been secured from the Frankfort team, in the Bluegrass league, by Henderson. At Cairo last week, Pitcher Yon, of Hopkinsville, and Outfielder Kinser, of Cairo, quarreled, and Yon struck Kinser. 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 D?D SCOUTING FOR HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN COLUMBUS, OHIO, June 21. —Pitch- er Russell Ford, of the New York! Americans, was here a few days ago to watch Shortstop Corriden, of the Kan sas City club. Another New York: player watched his work at Indianap olis a few days previous. Tehran will not s> ll him at present if an i>ff\ r is made unless enough players ate turned over to make it worth while.