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Johnson’s Camp Like a Circus;
Motley Crowds Watch Champion
By Ed W. Smith.
(The Georgian'* fight expert, who
he® been selected to referee the
Johnson-Flynn battle.)
East las vegas. n. m . June
27,—1t looked like the ar
rival of a circus out around
the Old Town training camp of
Jack Johnson yesterday afternoon.
There was a record mob around the
little valley In which the Mr black
fellow does his training. And It
was Just as good as a circus, too. to
watch that crowd, for It Is about as
etrange a looking gathering as,one
could find In a week’s travel In any
direction. The whites In the grand
stand that borders on three sides
of the little arena In which the
actual work is done do not out
number the Indians and the Mexi
cans and the other* of swarthy
skins that deligiti in watching the
antics of the star of pugilism.
Picture this motley throng In
gay array and you have a strange
sight The shawl lx one of the
prominent parts of the Mexican
feminine toiled and the gayest col
ors imaginable arc brought out on
Sundays Old Town is quite wild
about Johnson. There are plenty
of dusky-skinned followers of the
champion in that section- men and
women of Jack's own race- but
the Indians and Mexican", the low
liest of Which have been saving
their pennies for many a day now
In ord r ;- to purchase tickets for the
battle, thorough!? believe In the
mighty Johnson. There is no color
|in« out that way. no race preju
dice, no sentimental feeling that
the white man. by all that's right
and true, ought to win this battle.
Old Town Bets on Johnson.
The little bets of the motley Old
Town will be plunked down on
Johnson to a man One has only
to go out there any afternoon
when the champion Is working and
watch the positively idolatrous
manner In 'which the crowds fol
low his every <nove. Every clever
step is heartily applauded, every
bit of comedy is sure to bring a
laugh that would make a Hopper m
a Goodwin jealous, and. best of all.
there Isn't an inch of the journey
that Johnson travels every after
noon overlooked In any way.
Flynn has no following like that
here, although some of the inhabi
tants of tire little Mexican dobe
villages that dot the valleys be
tween this man’s town and Monte-
Klima. where his camp is located,
gather In herds after climbing the
big hill and discuss his chances In
awed w ihspers There are lots of
Mexicans around Flynn all of the
time —men and women and chil
dren but they fin not gather In
the same huge flocks that they do
at Old Town
Flynn Takes Fight Seriously.
Tou see. Flynn doe* not deport
himself In the same seml-comlr
. manner that Johnson affects most
of the kime This training busi
ness is a mighty serious affair with
the former fireman, kt's all bus!
ness with Flynn from the time that
he emerges from hls dressing room
until he announces In bls big iolce
that "that will be a’l for this after
noon. and , I thank you." which I.’
Jims stereoptic manner In dis
missing his audience.
Jim kids a lot about different
things when ■ rhe-gang" Is there,
the gang including some of his
friends from the dty and the
newspaper m r n. hut the Mexican
populace does not understand Jim
In these moods. They do not ap
predate his barbed sarcasms on
Titan and hog-fatness and the like,
for it Is a matter of great doubt
whether that t»ortlon of this strange
lend ever sees a line that Is printed
about Triton or his troubles or his
Joys ot his hopes and his ambi
tions, They merely tuke him a;
neriouslv as he appears to take
himse'f and tnev let H go at that
Johnson's kidding may be done
at some friend's expense, but It is
always broad enough to be com
prehensive to the motley ones in
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the throng. He punches his team
mates severely at times, and they
have ample, signs to show Jack's
earnestness, but he always follows
these spells w ith a. bit of comedy
that brings out a roar of laughter
from the crowd.
Johnson'* Followers Loyal.
That's one of the big reasons
why this strange following of
Johnson's is with him so thorough
ly. They would not believe you If
you ever hinted that Flynn has a
chance. They can not see anything
but a one-sided fight, such as their
own dear old scull fights always
are, but they are going tn see the
laughter Just the same, animated
apparently by much the same rea
son as they have when they go to
see the bull run through and killed.
And If thia comical coon they < all
Rastus ever fights anybody around
here tills Johnson following is go
glng to give him their heartiest
support. For, be It known, the
Johnson camp wouldn't bo half
what It is if it weren't for this
same comical Rasrus. Johnson
seldom falls’ to stage him at sum®
portion of the afternoon’s enter
tainment. although at the present
time Rastus Is ill and can not ap
pear. The right name of Rastus Is
f'alvln Respress and Johnson says
he’s always going Io have him
along Just to clown the act.
Johnson, with all of his kidding,
got down tn the serious stuff yes
terday afternoon. He went two
rounds with George liebray, both
of w hich were full of ginger. Then
he took on Matty Cutler for the
remainder of the boxing work of
the day. The? went eight rounds
in all ami Mart?- was pretty well
bruised up at the finish. Debray's
feet are still a bit snaky, but din -
ing the coming week he will stand
the brunt of the boxing, giving
Cutler a much needed rest.
Tim crowd was so thick around
the Johnson camp yesterday that
the price of admission was tilled
up sharply from the low I? fifteen 1
cents to th® more prosperous look- 1
Ing quarter of a dollar. But the
gang paid the new tax cheerfully
and without a single murmur ami
the man who built the grandstand
for It Is said Johnson gave him
the whole taxing privilege at the
camp, 1s looking over automobile
catalogues and dickering with
steamship agents for a trip to Eu
rope Immediately after this battle
is over.
In addition to the boxing John
son went through the routine work
with the medicine ball and the
punching bag Ho eschews the
skipping rope entirely, as he be
lieves its effects are had on the
heart, and Jack has been said at
different times to have one of the
greatest hearts of an? athlete in
th® business.
Flynn bad a corking good, useful
day of It at Montezuma and looks
read?- if ever a fighter did Ho
opened up his boxing work with
three pull-and - haul rounds with
Ra?' Marshall, followed this up
with four slashing rounds with Al
Williams and closed with a couple
of lively bouts with Abdul the
Turk, who Is Just breaking Into
the serious part of me training
Nine appears to be Jim's favorite
number of rounds for his boxing
and lie divided them a» equal!? as
possible among bis partners.
PLAY FOR CUNNINGHAM
CUP BEGINS SATURDAY
Th? W. . t'unrrtnchain g-df trophy
will b? contested for by th? golfers of
the Xtlanta Vthl?tlc club nil next week,
beginning with th? qua lifting Pound on
Saturday.
Th? player? ’Till qualifv from scratch
’n thi? event, and th? handicaps will
appl\ in th? match play round? that
follow
Th? first and second round? of th?
tournament must b? played by July 5,
th? third round by July 6 and th? finals
h\ Juh 7. Play in the fir«t flight finals
will h? at 36 holes.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JUN E 27. 1912.
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SECOND ROUND TODAY IN
PIEDMONT D. C. TOURNEY
The first round of the men's singles
in the annual Piedmont Driving club
tennis tournament was completed yes
terday afternoon.
The second round will be played this
afternoon, beginning at 3:30 o'clock,
and the first round in the men’s dou
bles w ill be started.
The following were the results Wed
nesday :
I'oreman defeated Dußose by de
fault
Dr. Williams defeated Dr. Hurt by
default.
Draper defeated McCloskey, 6-0. 6-0.
Eftzsiminons defeated Hail. 6-4. 4-6
6-1.
Smith defeated Nunnally. 6-3, 2-6.
6-2.
i lay defeated Dr Roy by default.
Hoyt defeated Colquitt. 6-0, 6-0.
Moore defeated Floyd by default.
CASH SLOAN. EX-JOCKEY.
BEING SUED FOR DIVORCE
LOUISVILLE. KT . lune 27. Mrs. Eu
fftnia Hurst Sloan, of this city, tiled suit
for divorce Against Cash Sloan, brother of
Tod Sloan, noted jookex Th*' petition
charges abandonment
Cash Sloan once rode with great suc
cess abroad, although he never was as
renowned as his brother Tod in this
country
He and the woman who seeks perms
, nent sepaartlon were married in New Or
leans December 20. Ifi94. and separated in
May. tom
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Crackers Sure Look Like Regular Ball Club Now
Callahan’s Hit and Brady’s Pitching Won Game
By Percy H. Whiting.
IT a Joe-Agleri’zed-"Dug"-
y y Harbisonized Infield a re
suscitated pitching staff, a
couple of tip-snorting latchers and
an outfield that is all to the big
league Jhe Crackers are back home
and playing ball that would make a
dent in armor plate. Hon long the
spasm will lest nobod? dares to
predict. But if the Crackers put
on a lot more of the stuff with
w htich they regaled the Lookouts
yesterday, Atlanta will fly the pen
nant.
Jutiged exclusively by yesterday's
performances, the Cracker team is
going to be heard from like a fog
horn in the rest of the pennant
race.
Judged b? yesterday's perfortn
an e. plus all the indications and
preparations, plans and specifica
tions and all other data, the local
team will soon be ready to tak®
its proper place in the pennant
canter.
The infield seems to have worked
out at last to everybody’s satisfac
tion There is no reason on earth
wli\ Joe Agler shouldn't rank with
the best first basemen In the league.
His record and his work yesterday
all point in that direction. White?'
Alperman Is entirely at home at
second and is good anywhere.
Douglas Harbison, the new-comer
from Spartanburg, put on a lot of
good stuff yesterday He is no pol
ished fielder, but he Is a good, live
ly kid. “Humpty" McElveen at
third is playing as good ball as he
ever played In his life, is covering
ground ami hitting.
For the first time this season At
lanta has an infield that is as near-
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OFFICERS OF 17TH WIN:
ENLISTED MEN BEATEN
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., June 27.
Dotson's single, Meyers’ sacrifice and
McLaughlin’s single settled a brilliant,
pitchers' duel in favor of the Eleventh
cavalry over the Seventeenth infantry
vesterday. Honors were about even
between Zickapoos and Owen. The
Seventeenth had one good chance to
score when hits by Zickapoos and
Schwartz and an error filled the bases
in the sixth, with none out. Succeed
ing batsmen filed out without ad
vance. McKissick went in as pinch
bitter in the eighth and doubled, but
was left.
Seventeenth officers non an easy vic
tory over Eleventh officers in a morn
ing game, which was played in the rain,
the score being 9 to 5. The Seventeenth
team won Iho g'aYne by a third-Inning
rally of six runs.
LONG BOUTS IN LOUISIANA.
RATON ROUGE, LA.. June 27.—A bit!
allowing 25-round pugilistic exhibitions
was favorably reported by rhe house ju
diciary committee A minority report will
also be made. Only fen-round bouts are
now legalized.
ly hit-proof as they ever get to be
in this league. When the Crack
ers had its all-vetran infield in ac
tion it was a .'•lever fielding aggre
gation. bone-proof and able to take
care of any balls hit. within reach.
The trouble was that the infield
was as full of holes as a colander.
The players weren't fast enough to
keep the hits from slipping through.
Now the speed of the infield has
been increased 25 per cent or more
and any hit that gets through the
infield is entitled to the honor.
The Cracker outfield has never
given an?- trouble and now is at
its best. If there is a better out
field in the league, please trot It
out.
Tlie Cracker catchers continue to
he a little better than satisfactory.
The one weakness of the team is
Its pitching staff. "And." says
Charley Hemphill, "I’m after pitch
ers. I want one to fill the gap left
b?’ Russell's departure and I wan*
others." This can't mean but one
thing, and that is that Hemphill
will keep right on after pitchers
until he finds what he wanted.
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rT has taken Jim Brad?- a long
time to find himself. But it was
worth waiting. For Brady pitched
one of the most illuminating con
tests yesterda?’ that ever rested
sore eyes.
Brady faced the most eager ag
gregation of batters that will ever
hammer at his curves in this
league. Te was pitching against
the All E.x-Atlantas. and five out
of nine men on the Lookout team
had a grouch against the Crack
ers. There isn't a man in the lot
who wouldn't give a day’s pay to be
able to hand a wallop to the Crack
ers. Jordan, Moran and Sentell in
particular despise everything with
the Atlanta brand, and put on all
steam in an effort to pile up some
hits.
On the one hand were the Look
outs. eager beyond words to ham
mer the Cracker pitcher to a pulp,
i In the other was Brady, w ho hasn't
had enough luck this season to gel
a tin whistle in a prize package.
The only reason Brad.v was sent in
yesterday was because there wasn't
BOILLOT .WINS GRAND
PRIZE: BROWN THIRD
DIEPPE. FRANCE, June 27. Boillot,
driving a French Pougeot machine, won
the automobile grand prize, completing
rhe distance of 1.540 kilometers (about 956
mile?. 7 furlnngs), in the elapsed time of
IS hours. 58 minutes. 2 3-5 seconds, at an
average hourly speed of 110 kilometers
(about 68 miles. 1 furlongs.)
Louis Wagner secured second place with
a Fiat in 14 hours 11 minutes 8 2-5 sec
onds. and Regal, driving an English Sun
beam machine, was third, in 14 hours. 38
minutes and 36 seconds.
De Palma, who was driving a Fiat, was
disqualified for replenishing fuel against
the rule.
Bruce-Brown completed the race un
officially. so that Regal is officially third.
R?gal likewise won a cup offered by the
newspaper Auto for small automobiles.
Boillot’s spare wheel flew off during th?
race and broke the arm of a gendarme
who was keeping th? course.
The race took place In a continuous
”?.in. There were 22 starters, and for the
first three laps there was a sensational
- struggle between David Bruce-Brown, of
New York, the leader In the first half of
the race, and Boillot. Then Bruce-Brown
j had motor trouble and lost his lead
SALLY LEAGUE SECOND
i HALF WILL OPEN TODAY
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I JACKSONVILLE. FLA.. June 27.-Al
though Jacksonville was assured of the
5 pennant for the first half of the South
. Atlantic league last Saturday, when the?’
defeated Savannah in a double-header,
? the? have defeated Albany twice since
I the? gained the pennant, the third game,
S the second game of a double-header yes-
- terday, being a tie after ten Innings of
. play
The local club left last night for Colum
bia.' where they will commence the sec
' nnd half of th® South Ulantlc league race
today, '
BECKER MAY NOT COME:
’ HEMP, AFTER PITCHERS
Pitcher Buck Bockcr has joined lot
fielder Curtis Coleman among th® num
-1 ber of the Jumpers. Manager ('lark
s Griffin has notified the Atlanta club
’ that Becker lias refused to report here,
, and Manager Hemphill has about given
up hope of getting him.
anybody else. It was a case of last
resort.
And what did Brady do? Oh,
nothing except keep the Lookouts
popping up little flies and striking
out all the afternoon. When the
session was over and the accounts
cast, it was observed that the hated
visitors had garnered a total of two
hits for the afternoon. One was
from the-agile bat of Roy Moran.
The other was kicked out by First
Baseman Coyle. These two men
got safely to first, but no farther.
Hyder Barr, who lived on an error,
reached second on an infield out,
but died trying to get to third.
No other players got as far ns first
base.
It was the greatest pitching that
an Atlanta twirier has shown this
year.
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’T'HE beauty of the system of meet
ing trouble half way was clev
erly illustrated yesterday afternoon
b?' David Callahan. Cracker out
fielder. Dave, like all the. rest of
the Crackers, had been having a
terrible time all the afternoon lo
cating the curves of Bill Chappelle,
who was going extra good. The’
were breaking over the plate witi
curves and angles that never get
into the geometry books, and tie
Crackers weren't hitting often
enough to keep their shoulder mut
-cles exercised. Finall?’ Callahan di
vided that he'd try to get to one 5f
Chappelle's spit balls before it brole.
So he waited until one was comiig
in about to suit him. rati in on it a
few steps, met it before it ducted
and lacerated it for a home rm.
For length, speed and timelines
it was one of the best home ruts
that ever graced the outfield it
Ponce DeLeon park.
Though fielded by Ro? Moral,
than whom there is no better fiei'.-
ing performer in the Southen
league, Callahan had time so canttr
around the bags at an easy cb
and to beat the hall home undr
double raps and not even breathis;
hard.
Yea. verily, it was some walloi,
And il won the game. For no otl)
er runner scored during the afte?
noon.
BUYS TEAM OUTRIGHT
FROM ANOTHER LEAG'E
BAY CITY. MICH.. Jun? 27 - Th? by
City Southern Michigan league club 93
purchased the entire Salem. Ohioi < luNn
the Ohio-Pennsylvania league, for a prt
of the present Bay (’it\ placers and cßh
consideration. The Salem club is n\v
leading’ the Ohio-Pennsylvania league
The local officials announced that tie
Salem club, which is managed by Ht?h
Shannon, of Buffalo, will be her? by Su
da y.
Bay City at present is tied with Sai
naw for last place in the Southern Mie
igan standing, with a percentage pf .326
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