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<GKMAN SMffi? <OEI® EMETS’
EDITED & W. 9 FARNgWORTH ______
Roy Moran Is Headed for Base-Stealing Record
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With Luck He Can Pass Rickert’s Mark of 77
By Perry H. Whiting,
IF Roy Moran k??ps his p>-?8?!i»
has? - ?t?a ling- clip he v. ’ll come
within six base*? of th* g-lat
est base-FteaHng i'i • f South
em I?agu?
un a bit h* will give the 1? *e<»? ,i
naw ma rk
The Southern mark fO’ bar- pH
feeing uas mad? by Jo? Kit k?»t.
now almost at tb» end of a has?-
hab d??lin? in -ome uit' .i - bushy
’?a?u?. in th? good season of 1 904
That c-eason Oiamond .loe” got
aw with 77 ba?*?? Th* <•?>’ b?«t
mark wa« the 57 hasp? -tolrn hr
irti? Phelan last for Rh
mingbam stole his wav
hark intn the big league, a- it n?'r.
an ß »«: n*”' 1 ‘tar with <"incln’iaii
r p t • nyhi Rnv Moran ex
Crarl\Av, ha* stolen 31 h;is< * in HI
gaoif' If h< roiiHnurc this . lip h<
f I’l g ib off 71 for the era-MD That
wjlj pu> him a mile ahead of any
body ■ or* ?v?i played ball in th?
Southern -av* onl\ Jo* Ri< k?’t
yt-»rin ’• a fm 1 hotter man on
b • -.r tr *n jor Ri*-km ’ *■• ■ ' da Ird
to hr .*.■ 1 as Ri-'kr I \ -s .k>*
w.-• a *r ■ • o’ in on ba - - H ■ ■a«
a g; *• at ,r. '£• ' f p’t< •> mJ • mjld
(X)'vc v nr\ • In-<■ tiling ”• b th?r
th* t-vi'lr» ’« ♦ i.*‘ine i*» throw in
fho h”S’ Ol th*' pl ■? to |t* v 1«: • «ir)\
ouii ’•: •' 'fri nml a terror sot
• r. .-<»»•» ■• pit he I Joi UK 1 "> " . lie
b...* v is el' •’. b 'I Gv a I of
ba- flu hr lias advam ed since
the ii.i va of 1 »«>4 atir| th I’ .kr i of
th- w dart u.i-n't a <■ it<■ nn>st;• n«-«»
to th* Mornn of todav
Moran 'u k- th* inlt’l-> r "ling
ability of llake.’i. H' ■ pi*tty
<lt ver, now. ttr. al sizing up .<
pin hr : * motions and h'' nr - away
like a (Vo-Il < >n< ■ «t(< i eil h» t«
lightning it-rlf. and hr slides into
a ba*c a neatly as nnv matt in th*
Southern
Ont of .Moran's sp*. I .lllea is
stealing honu He <an c t rarthi*'
oft third base with safely ;han any
man who ha* played in th* lenati*
in years, and he I* a demon when
he start* for th* plat* Hi* elid
ing I* so < lever that hi i* a dlffli ult
man to touch and It* get.- away
with a lot of them. <>f . nurse
atealing home isn't an easy I rick
for any man. but Moran can work
it as often as any body
The Johnston brothers. Jimmy
and l'oe. a , stdinK basea ptetty
cleverly th*mselves. Johnston, of
MANDOT IS OUTCLASSED .
IN BOUT WITH RITCHIE
NEW ORLEANS, .lune 2*. All that
kept W illie Ritchie, of San Francisco,
from knocking out Joe Mandot, of inis
city. In a len-round bout heie last night
■was the bell. Mandot. groggy from
Kitchie s stunning righ’s and lefts to
•the face and stonuoh. held on and
fought rakly
Ritchie never l» • up for a second and
wa.« in good condition at the end of the
fight.
From the first round to the last it
was ali Ritchie. The great little fellow
from th*' <-n««t took the -i rgressi vc at
the start and h'd Mandot on th»* run
throughout Viar«l ’i i— d. him work
h. rd forth- ths: six -oiikls, but the
toast renaaii n had a ;• i,r in every
< bapirt Hr ut f•<o to rib
Lons with «napp> lefts, and time and
again he d:u\« th«- Imai man to cover
with a stinging iigh' cross.
Mandot tried hard ;o r.illx- in the
wevt-nth H* landed a wild swing to
Bit ‘hie - jaw -m; 'Villi- staggered uul
ba Red up sot m in 'ant. Hr Heated
lip. however. <nd < has.-d Mandm about
the ring for tin remainder of the round.
Trading
YANKEE ATHLETES WORK
AT PARK NEAR ANTWERP
ANTWERP .lune 25 Ncnrh ill oft
the American athlete* "h* ir. in port I
here on the liner l-'inl <nd <>n i*iii. fori
Stockholm for the Olympic game.* took
part In workout- toda\ in the irivinu'i
park near Antwerp
It is possible that *1- t 1 in to have i
the men liv* aboard tin I in mil while
in Stockholm hatbot *• ill not he f.*|
lowed. Trainer \lti'i o afraid that
the monoton. of lift aboard the ship!
would ha\' i b it! • ■(Ti • I on tin high
strung athlete*
Jim Dun* an the discus throw ei. i' I
R. Wilson, the .printei fi am i c,d
lege. Iowa: .1 Patterson, of . ~K (<
Harry Worthington of Boston and I'
M McGuire, of North Attleboro Ma<-
have been the worst sttffei s from . .
sickness.
KLAUS-CARPENTIER GO
ENDS IN A SORRY MIX
DIEPPE ER ANCE. June '
Carpentier, the middleweight < oimpion
of Prance and England, was dl t.
fled in the nineteenth round of his tixht
with Erank Klaus, the Pittsburg
dieweight, here vesterdHx
Both men used rough tar tit *. >
Klaus worked his elbows into *i
Frenchman's fare and hod. tn
< linches In the nineteenth. • irp.i
tier'* managers, believing that Klan
had struck the Frenchman a foul bio,.,
on the chin with his elbow, lumped Im.,
the ring and threw up the spongi
Carpentier protested that he was
able and willing to finish, but. owing
tn the interference of his manager*, the
referee disqualified Carpentier
YOUNG BROWN IS BEST.
NET! YORK. June 25 Young
Rrnwn of New York, who made a good
showing recently in his bout with Matt
We!l» conceded six pounds and suc-
< eeded 1" outpointing Jack Goodman,
giro a loca’ boy. in a ten-round bout
here last night
Birmingham, has alreadv ripped off
*5 bases In *l2 games. If be keeps
that clip h* will round out 51* this
year, which will pass any mark
mad* lit previous years In lit*
' Southern save Rickert’s 77, John
ston of New Orleans, has 23 tri his
credit In I<t games |f be keeps It
up he "HI ma.ke it 54 forth“ sea
son, a creditable mark.
'l* HK South' n league is reocirk
* able. really, for the mall
number of base'- stolen. There
have been three years when th*
record fell as lon as 42.
Here are th* b. si -foaling tec
ords of past Southern leagues:
Year. Players. Stolen R.
Hint Hilbert
1903 Smith 45
I tint B iekert 77
Ittnf, Williams 42
19ntl Brouthers 42
1906 Byrne . . . 46
1907 Ball SO
1907 . . Paskert 50
1908 Downey 42
1909 Henlin* 43
1910 McGllvray 45
1911 Phi Inn 57
* * «
*T* HF7 bnufir? th? past four
1 \r>ar? in tn
c’rallnß hav? gon? tn th? Ramn*’.
Pppi.in. M»-< 411 vrav. H?nlin? and
Dou n?y \v?i'? all s of
M--i* north’s F i"t Th* onh At
'* bn ?Vf ■ ( opprd ” as G?org»
I ’l
Rill M.’Gllvr*)- was nn? of the
in 5 | | r iup rl<a i»|r *»f th? lead?i t- H?
is ;i big brut? of a t hap and looks
s’ow Hr* is a rough nn< kon th?
bas?F how?\ o', ’nd got a lot of
steals just hr- .-hist* h< slid Into th?
has?s. f??t flying and kept th<*
!>■ T*m?n off for fear *»f spikes,
Paskort was on? of th? neatest
. f has*- ihi*fs. HI- iH*'ih- ds and
Mo are de?id* dly si nil.n . Roth
ar* slight, tg-il? < haps, who have
studied th? ait of sliding and who
run with good determina
tion Thai Pa-kerf hasn’t entirely
f<»rgoft*n th? knack *>f shaliog he
deinonM ra t?d in I9l<‘. when he
grabbed off 51 in the National
'<'agu? How ’ver, la ' \dm and in
1909 h? uis not :-o good. He put
23 tn his <*r»*dit th* former y?ar and
2R th? latter.
* * *
ASK stealing is a larger pari of
baseball no\< than it evei was
before. Th*- rules have made basi
stealing diffn nil, but by studying
I MAY "CAN” OUT SEVERAL
AMERICAN OLYMPIC MEN
NEW Yt'RK. Juno 25 Failure to
obey the. training rules laid down by
Mike Murphy may result in the bind
ing home of several athletes on the
Auvriian Olympic team. From the
Finland comes word that a committee. (
of which James E. Sullivan is the head, <
mar. however, decide to let the men in
question Off with a severe reprimand. ,
A number of the athletes, all with in- ;
ternational reputations, clashed with •
Murphy mi a question of training rou- '
tine and refused to follow his insurin'- .'
Hons It Is possible that after further ,
onsider.i: ion the Olympic committee t
will reverse a decision it reached, but t
if It should decide not to. several ath- *
letes never will get any closer to Slock- ’
holm than Antwerp, unless they are
willing to par - their own expenses and
travel alone. Their entries, of course. ]
would be withdrawn.
Tue entire team is more than ever ;■
confiden't that, to all intents and pur- l
poses, th. tdxmpiad is over, all hut the
homing Murphy, after two workouts
111'1* r his dltection, is w illing to go mi '
record as predicting the Americans will *
win everything they have been claim
ing
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FIGHT LID AT KENOSHA
GETS A DECIDED TILT
KI X< 'SH A, 'SIS. Jun* 25 Re pea i
j ?(, jiff f|), light lid tn Kenosha
• fin-ilh suet led and it "as stated
here today that the listic fans will have 1
<*han< e to gather t<» Kenosha on Julv » ’
tor a big ..pen slum at which Eddie Me
! Goort.x anti either George ( Knockout i
, Rrnwn <»r Erank Klaus will offer the
feature bout Sheriff V F Stahl said
this morning
1 have about agreed to grant a per
mit for an open-air show to bp held on
■’ip Fourth of July it is to be put on bx
men. and I have the assurance that
it will he put on in an orderly manner ”
The sheriff lot it bo understood that
| this was uni throwing down the bars for
the return of any old promoters The
show is to be puhrd off at one of the big
parks about Kenosha and It is probable
that the agreement for the bouts will be I
signed m Chicago on Thursday
WELL. ANYHOW. LOOKOUTS
GET THEIR3SDOLLARS RACK
- • IMMNNATI, June 25 Thr ’aim
<'f player < 'a rl Flick, who xvn« rclfv- 1
Ibx ;h iV't'olt Ante loan league Hub *o
1 • i.Mt t anoog.i und later rivalled <nd ’■ '
>i o.| tn New Huven, for salacx from
Ap'il II tn April ?fi. was dlsml s»d bx
’ ;th< Natoma! l»<«s»ba11 commission \> *
i fe’dax. and 1 counter rlflim again?! tiir
j p' h\ th» < ’b, ( 11 a ti(»oga Hub f-n ST’
l,ho row pd »n.»ne\ was allowed
AUSTRAL IA WANTS CHAMP
FORROUI WITH I ANGFORP
Cist I \« Xl '. AS. Im*« "1 Hugh I
= ' Mcimcb »>.,>« .i,.i in .-., n statmgl
- ' 'nflf 1,, would p m -in <»oo able <*f
r ■ sh» pond it »b« rluiYipmi* < appeman.-e
I *n Australia earh tn tha fall
X’o opponent xxa- named b,ji l.ang
ford ’< n-- doijb* the man . i< I. •,] ou* as
1 oh yo-. ,n ; victim
r
1 GIBBS BEATS OLLIE kIRKE.
i MEMPHIS. TENN, him "• Willi*
Gibbs, of Pbilatb'i i*. w nl u l-.i <
. decision or er OUT KwO. of st I nm
: before the Nati..ns,: V . yi,n'igbr
The affair w*n* eight roun-'s.
TOE ATLANTA GKOTCtTAN ANI» NEWS. TUESDAY. .rTXE 25. 1912.
th? art by working nut no\ ?i
•lid??, h-* sizing np mn-
Hnn? and b\ inrreaaing speed th?
leading teams have been able to
g?r more bases in recent years
than th?' used tn hofnre the im
portance of stealing was
ognized.
Th*’ G’ants. of * ourse. made th?
thing partieularlv popular by their
great work on th? bases last year,
which slid so mm h toward giving
Hmm th? National league cham
pionship.
As a esdlt ther? was mor? ba?e
st?ai»ng prarti* ? this -pring than
?\ ? licf**i'P. Sliding pits were
d up hx all th? teams and
th? art of base running earn? In
for d??p study. In consequent? It
is likely that mor? bases will be
stolen in th? m;ij*»r leagues this
year than ?v* » before In baseball’s
history.
SyR 9
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BASEBALL]!
Diamond News and Gossip
I'he Giants seem to be in earnest in
planning a lour around the world. The
financial difficulties loom large, but if
the\ can got the national commission to
waive its rule that world’s series teams
must not play exhibition games they have
a chance They plan io plax exhibitions
across the continent and then jump to
Honolulu From there they would go to
the Philippines and then on to Japan.
Thex would be in big baseball countrx all
the wax end ought to pile up a lot of
money From the way the Giants are
planning this trip it is evident that they
consider the world’s series alremlx won
which It Isn’t.
• • •
It has now been decided that
the Xew York Americans haven't any
thing that looks likt* a ball chib. So they
have unit bothering with this \car ano
are trxing to build something presentable
for next year
• • •
Tilings have come to an axx ful pass
when Brooklyn sends Northern in to hat i
for “Ked ‘ Smith.
• • •
The Reds have sent f’neher Flovd Porn
well ba.-k tn Huntington. W Va . from
whence he came. The* said Elovd ha<l a
nice disposition, but that let him out
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The t’lncfnnati team is virtual)} down
m five pitchers Suggs. Benton, Keefe. ~‘ a l
From me ami Humphries giv«
• • •
There max not he any Topeka team for T
long The stockholders are getting tired "ah
of handling a losing financial venture. cha
ell it's getting like old »tm< - They’re ' ’ n J l
having a scandal down in the Sally league
Macon papers sax that Columbia and pos
slblx Savannah framed up to give lack- A
sonville the pennant for the first half of chi:
the season. is r
• • • tier
Howard Cainnitz .ipi»ears now to he in
a fair wax toward making xvith ’he tnp T
pitchers of the National league He. has by
more this season than he has been able ! era
to di.splax in a long time | sit
Wow, what a s’ump' Eddie Srexer has
Income an umpire in th» South \li- higan \
league ton
♦ * • caß
The Central league, as a | club organ! \V<
ation. Is a artistic success, wb
The teams are bunched and the race is .'til
thrilling But the < roxx«ls don’t turn out
\nd there xvlll not he another 12-cluh ,
Central league in a long time
R\ passing the hat to the extent <»( ?'?.
ta.DOO the South Bend ’earn has raised n ,
j - nough monex to stick in the Central
league
lohn Ganzel G a great managt-r, hut a n ' a
bum s< out I i«t rail, xx hen he was h ' n £
■ andidate <or the tv inagement of ih» New
York Amerh ans. he t'mled that ’earn onto t
Mc<'onnell. Simmons and Osborn, and lr * lea
'lowlier. Foster and Moran slip to othe’ jex #
'bibs McConnell an«) (ij-born failed m<s j
crab!' Moeller. F« ; tc’ ami Moran arc ’ x
•uaklng ha ' ball hirtorx . tn
• • • 'of
\\ r thought Elberfeld ts about ihv
’eadx to quit baseba l ! and return tn his !
I home in • ’let i vooE.i Thp nld box i<u
al’ h 1
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lake !' t i,belt i? t,.rsai.ee his hm n e !)!'
burg of i lewellvn. I'j ?”d xx ill hereafter z ’
live q< Brooklvn Ms- he l,a; sold h>d ea
pool nar ! »! an 1 xx ill h 'rea’ter travel for
m • igat firm, which sp • tii/cs on a cab *
Lag*- named io über’ 1 **■'
• * • dre
\rt*e Hofman seems all in Hf has gone '°r
hnrvp for a res’ and max never be worth '' ’
his keep again He has never been him
self sine - he was bit behind the ear b\
a throxvn ball | la
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Rochester baseball writers express the <it
STAR OF DRIVING CLUB
PLAYING HARD SMASH
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This is Alex Smith. .Jr., or
at the Piedmont Driving 1 club,
ment which starts there today
r that Tommy M< Millan max - become
te shy as a result of the awful blow
en him recently.
♦ » «
The Washington team, max he, bx wax of
labying” for rhe broken winning streak,
arge that the Philadelphia players
Htghed’’ them and deliberately tried to
me them That sounds like Connie
irk work!
• • •
-Anadarko, Okla., has forfeited its fran
ise in the ’’klahoma State league This
not itkelx to have anv effect on the Na
nai league race
• • •
The Naps have started their siiake-un
releasing the box who kept the play-
< gate < »wner Summers happened to
behind him when he yelled “Take im
* ' at -me of the Nap pitchers.
• • •
Vmi remember a guv -offered a red au
mobile tn ever.' Cincinnati player in
se the club won the championship
ell. he was approached recently and
Pen interviewed stated that rhe offer
ill stand*
• *• *
The Pittsburg club of ’he I nited States
igue will stand off the inevitable a while
nger bx playmg some semi professional
anis around Chicago \ffer tha’
msh, bang'
• ■« »
I’errill P»aft hovers just below the SOH
ark. Bur that’s going some, consider
g the derhoraHzed crew he <s wL’b
The worst hitters among ’he Xmerican
Ague r.-'gnlars is Zeifier of <*bi< ag-> l’ao
pu in 5? games
♦ • •
Xtyers of tb P Giants is rapid lx slumping
bls me nial batting record Zlmmerniar
tpF *■’’!•< V'M ha 1 JJ point lead on
• • ♦
b’r’i'atrv'k ex '’ranker. >s leading the
pwark team in the matter of extra base
Ming, with sh total extra bases Bin
mme»- nia n also arr ex Cracker. the
adtng base stealer
• • •
h -iv a ven pnßred that you don ’ hea l
1 mm h of Tx Cobb sin l e ’he Tigers: haxe
opped back to nowhere 'l'tje onlx - no
lietx Cobb has realb acquired this 'ear
me when hr iked i spectator
• • •
Speaker of Texas. Cobb of Georgia and
i-'kson of South *'arolfna ar e the real
ider- of thr 'in'’’can league ba’t’ng
dei The erder f the Sons of the
no of the best of the tennis players
He will take part in thp tourna-
Sunny South isn’t a large one. but look
who belongs
• • «
Bert Maxwell Is showing the Interna
tiona! league something about a slow ball,
lie surely has a marvel
SPRING AND
SUMMER SUITS
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suits or limit,-|irs arc niclmloii in ''— - ■ LJt X' '
♦his sale, i ' ? ; J'X?* • -4-ts- ■lmhf’ 1 ■ ft"
sls 00 Suits for $lO. no --Wm ’" ‘ a
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$27.50 Suits for $lB 35 'J’ ’. ? //x MA
S3O 00 Suits for $20.00 nSa -
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$35.00 Suits for $23.35
$40.00 Suit? for $26 65 F T
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WHITEHALL STREET
Record of Kelly Is Faked by
Gate City Club Press Agents
Bv W. S. Farnswori h.
ONCE again th* Gate City Is
trying to bunk the fight fans
of Atlanta. Frank Whitney
Is cchvdulpri to meet I.eo Kelly
there tonight. Whitney is a top
notcher. while Ke'ly is a third
rater, or. at least, that Is what they
think of him out In St. Fouls.
Never having beard of Kelly,
the writer last night wired Harry
Nelly, sporting editor of The St.
"Louis Times, asking what the
Mount City fans think of Kelly, for
it is in that city on th* banks
of the Mississippi that he has don*
all of his fighting.
Here is Neily’s reply:
St. Louis, Mo., June 24. 1912.
W, S, Farnsworth,
The Georgian.
Atlanta, Ga.
Leo Kelly never beat anybody
of importance; nice boy personally;
clean boxer, but without a wallop.
Slipping you bunk in stating he
beat Trendall. Trendall gave him
terrific lacing in eight rounds a
few months back, Trendall beat
Kelly with one hand tied, Kelly's
most important matches—two de
cisions over Harry Donahue, Peo
ria, III.; draw. Kid Farrne l "; knocked
out Adolph Eaton; lost foul. Eaton;
beat Kid Graves. Cleveland, ten
rounds, Kelly will beat a third
rater. but nobody of any class,
HARRY NEILY.
* * ♦
RESPITE the fact that Trendall
handed Kelly a walloping, the
Gate City club’s press agents have
been printing stories that Kelly de
feated Trendall. They have been
telling about Kelly’s terrible wal
lop and according to Neily. ona of
the best fight experts in the mid
dle West, can't break an elec
tric bulb.
|news from ringside
■ -Joe Jeannette is scheduled to go twelve
I rounds with Sandy Ferguson tn Boston
tomorrow night
« • •
Jeannette has also signed articles for a
six-round bout with Kid Cotton in Pitts
burg either July 6 or 9.
• • »
Tommy Murphy arrived on rhe coast re
cently and started preparing for ht« fight
with Abe Attell. Murphy will train in
< lakland.
• * •
Fighters have different methods of try
ing to frighten their opponents before the
gong clangs. Ad VVolgast doesn't sit in
his corner and scowl at his opponent as
many fighters do. His way is simple—he
just goes ahead and signs up for several
bouts to be staged after the fight as
though the match he is going to fight
first was only a sparring tryout.
• • •
The San Francisco Examiner says Joe
Rivers has seen his fight with VVolgast in
I a dream. The Mexican says if was not a
Hine-sided tight; that, in fact, he was
floured several ’imes. However, little
Joe says along about the twelfth round
he slipped the sleep punch over on the
champion.
• ♦ ♦
The earl' betting on the Johnson-Flynn
j figh’ makes the champion a 10 to 4 favor
j ite
Tai Brown is the lad secured to tight
Battling Nelson in Winnipeg. Canada.
July I. The fighters have not signed
articles for the. bout yet, but the match
is almost a certainty.
Rrown recently whipped Ray Temple at
Hibbing. Minn., and all but knocked out
the Southerner.
• • «
K. O. Rrown is scheduled tn box ten
munds with Jimmy Duff' in Buffalo on
July 3. Rrown will receive SBOO as his
share of the prize, with a privilege of
taking *3O per cent. Pretty good for
K. O.
« • •
Phil Brock eliminated Timmx Kilbane
from the lightweight ranks the other
night when be knocked him out in the
sixth round of a scheduled ten-round
bout.
• • •
Rob Moha lost a good chance for ad
vancement as well as a good chance to
nick up some com when he failed to post
a forfeit and lost a return match with
KELLY may not get an opportu
nity to display his wares tonight,
for chances are even that Whitney
won't fight him Not that Frank
Is afraid of his opponent, for Frank
doesn’t fear any man of his weight.
But. knowing that the Gate City
club is on its last legs he intends
to see to it that his guarantee I#
posted in the hands of a reputable
person.
And this money must, be posted
before Whitney climbs into the
ring. He doesn’t want to disap
point the fans at the last minute
by refusing to box. So we wish
to announce that chances are even
that he will not perform this even
ing.
Frank, realizing that Kelly is no
drawing i aid. insisted on a guaran
tee He knows that Kelly is noth
ing but a third-rater, and It looks
as though h* put one over on the
Gate City club.
• » ♦
\ I 7 HY didn't th* club match Tom
* my O’Keefe with Whitney?
Well. I will tell you. The club 1»
getting Kelly for about one-half
w hat O'Keefe would get They
figured that Whitney would draw
against anyone, and thev don't care
a rap if the bout is one-sided if
only' the money is there
Some day there will be a real
boxing club In this city, and be
fore very long. too. One of At
lanta's most prominent i-eal es
tate men is already planning to
erect a club that will stage the
bran'd of mills that local fans de
serve.
• • •
’■pHAT the Gate City officials know
nothing about fighters, will
stand for anything and 4n turn have
proven fine boobs for wise boxers,
will be showp tn the columns of
The Georgian sporting page* to
morrow.
Eddie MrGoorty Genrge K O Brown,
the Chicago Greek, was given the match
in place of Moha
• • •
As soon as the contract which binds
Tom O’Rourke as manager of Al Palzer
Is settled the big white hope will trx to
land Jim Corbett as official handler of
his affairs.
• • •
Joe Stein has wagered $250 that he will
be fighting at the end of his ten-round go
with Mike Gibbons tonight.
• ♦ *
Jack Goodman is trying to secure a
return match with Packey McFarland.
The last time they fought the stockvard
champion stopped Goodman
• • •
Benton Harbor promoter.* are trving to
sign Willte* Ritchie and Eddie Murph' for
a ten-round bout on the Fourth
* ♦ *
Lond Du Lac, Mich., boxing promoters
have practically closed for a Fourth of
July bout between Jesse Willard and
John Wille. Wille's fight in this city was
a ten-round draw with Tony Ross.
•‘BRAVES” WILL TRY OUT
ARTY BUES NEXT SPRING
BOSTON. MASS.. June 25.- The Bos
ton National club has purchased In
fielder Arthur Bues. of the Buffalo club,
of the International league. Bues was
with Seattle last year and led the North
western league in batting with an av
erage of .352. He made 27 home runs.
Bues will stay with Buffalo till the
end of the International league sea
son.
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Baseball
WEDNESDAY
ATLANTA vs. CHATTANOOGA
Ponce DeLeon—Game Called 4:00