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RIVERS PACKS
SPLENDID KICK
LOS ANGELES, June 27—A quiet
visit to the "private cemeteries" of the
Queensberry "bad men,” Ad Wolgast
and Joe Rivers, while these two fight
ers, who will contend for the light
weighti championship at Vernon on
July 4, are in the midst of their train
ing camp routine, might be of interest
to the genera! public.
Wolgast, who is now 24 years of age,
started his career in 1906; has been
fighting six years, and has yet to listen
to the lullaby of *the referee. He has
fought eight draws, fourteen,no deci
sion bouts, 24 wins and has 24 knock
outs to his credit. The only defeat
credited against him was at the begin
ning of his career, when "Young Nel
son" got a four-round decision over
him
Wolgast’s - record as it stands proves
that he is one of the best lightweights
that ever lived. He has met fighters,
boxers and combinations of both styles
and beaten or held his own with all of
them.
Rivers Just Twenty,
Rivers has just turned the twentieth
milestone. He started fighting in 1908.
when seventeen years of age; fought
three battles and then laid off until
1910. He has boxed four draws, four
wins, scored eleven knockouts and suf
fered one defeat. In figuring Rivers'
record this losing fight must be thrown
out.
"Rivers' fluke finish at the hands of
Johnny Kilbane was probably one of
the greatest 'accidents' in the history
of the game." says Charley Eyton. who
refereed on that occasion. "To me
this defeat amounts to absolutely noth
ing, as Rivers was so far ahead of
Johnny when 'the string broke' that the
go had ceased to be a contest, which
fact made Rivers grow careless.”
To sum up, Wolgast, has had 46
fights in six years and has wpn 50 per
cent of them by the knockout route.
Rivets has had nineteen fights in four
years and has knocked out 60 per cent
of his men.
Rive>rs Is Confident.
Rivers is confidence personified, in
regard to the clash of one week from
today. He is sure that this is going to
be 'Wolgast’s funeral and has ordered
up a couple of extra tons of fuel for
the Rivers crematory.
Ad will be so well done that he will
never be brought near the fire again,
says the laughing Mexican youth.
What Wolgast says In reply to this
taunt would not look well in print.
Be it “a one-horse store”—or
a many-horse store—as long
as it’s a horse delivery store
it’s extravagantly wasteful.
The Ford equipped store
multiplies its field of trade
by four—divides its delivery
costs by two---and adds a
hundred per cent to its deliv
ery efficiency.
Ford delivery cars cost hut S7OO f. o. b.
Detroit—complete with all equipment. Tn
mechanical construction they are identical
with all the seventy-five thousand new
Fords we arc making and selling this sea
son—a proof of their unequaled worth.
Get particulars—and booklet—from Ford
Motor Company. 311 Peachtree St., At
lanta, or direct from Detroit factory.
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NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Frankie Burns is scheduled to box Red
” atson in San Francisco tomorrow
night.
• • •
Al Kaufman tried hard but failed to
come back in his four-round bout with
Charlie Miller on the coast the othet
night. Miller was given the referee's de
cision, although many of the fans thought
it should have been called a draw.
• • «
Governor McDonald, of New Mexico,
says the coming Flynn-Johnson fight will
be the last match held In the state as
long as he is governor. The governor will
allow the coming bout to be staged and
then close up that kind of sport in his
state.
♦ • •
Frankie Moran is scheduled to box A.
Generin in El Paso tonight. Moran ap
peared here a short time ago.
• • •
The match between Sandy Ferguson
and Joe Jeannete. scheduled for Boston
this week was called off because of a dis
agreement between the club that planned
to stage the bout and the negro pug.
» « •
Packey McFarland will make his debut
in Cincinnati July 3, when he is sched
uled to box ten rounds with Eddie Ran
dall. the boy who claims a win over Harry
Brewer.
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Joe Simpson has unearthed a new hope
in Omar Welsh Tne hope weighs 190
pounds and stands over six feet in his
stockings. ' Simpson says his boxer Is
ready for a July 4 go with McCarthy or
any other heavyweight.
Sailor Petroskey is scheduled to mingle
with Freddie Berg in a ten-round bout at
; Oakland tonight. Petroskey has cleaned
up many of the middleweights and light
heavies and is now looked on as a comer.
« • «
By knocking out Young Britt in Balti-
YEARLING AT LEXINGTON
TROTS HALF IN 1:9 3-4
LEXINGTON, KY., June 27.—The
most sensational performance of the
year for a yearling trotter end the
most sensational of the entire season
at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed
ers association course was that of the
brown filly Princess Axworthy, in the
hands of Trainer H. C. Moody. *that
trotted a half in 1.09 3-4 last quarter
in 34 seconds. The filly went on her
wonderful journey on the first seme.
The filly now holds the season workout
record for both a half and quarter of a
mile.
Princess Axworthy is the property of
John F. Howley, of Pittsburg. Pa., who
bought her dam. Princess Kent, 2.22 1-2,
when she was carrying this great filly,
and the mare is s'till his property. She
is the daughter of Morgan Axworthy
the royally bred son of Axworthy, own
ed by Mike Bowerman. Morgan Ax
worthy's dam is Kinglyne. a full sister
of Bingen, 2.96 1-4 Princess of Kent,
the dame of the filly, was quite a fast
mare and is a daughter of the double
record stallion, Heir-at-Law, 2.12, trot
ting, and 2.05 3-4, pacing. .
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1912.
mon the other night Patsy Kline has won
the right to battle Johnny Kilbane for
the featherweight championship. Kline
scored many points the other night when
he defeated Kid Julian, who was looked
on as a coming champ.
• • •
Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers box daily
before crowds that tax the capacity of
their training quarters
• • •
Wolgast now weighs.l33 pounds, while
the Mexican tips the scales at 136 pounds.
Wolgast says he will enter the ring weigh
ing abouj 13t) pounds.
• s •
Four clubs in easy riding distance of
Chicago are seeking good bouts for the
Fourth. This assures the Windy City
fans of a chance to see some good box
ing. '
• ■ •
Dock Message, who says he has the
word to rip off the lid in Kenosha, is
dickering for a July 4 match between
Charley White and some good feather
weight.
• • •
Message says the Kenosha business men
want boxing, but they want it under his
supervision.
Bombardier Wells and Al Palzer are
both in good shape for their go In NeW
York Friday night. Palzer has trained
hard for this fight, as he knows a victory
will mean a crack at Jack Johnson for
him. while Wells will be able to grab a
bunch of coin should he defeat the New-
Yorker.
• • •
It now looks as though Willie Ritchie
will be the lad to meet the winner of the
Rivers-Wolgast scrap Ritchie recently
fought the champ a four-round draw on
the coast. He then went to New Orleans
and all but knocked out Joe Mandot. who
was hailed as the Southern lightweight
champion.
BALTIMORE IS CHARGED
WITH SIGNAL STEALING
BALTIMORE. June 27.—The recent
. squall about signal tipping made by Vice
President George Solomon, of Newark, is
liable to become a league matter before
many days go by. Several letters have
recently arrived from President Barrow in
regard to signal tipping, and there is no
dodging the fact that Manager Dunn is
sore. While the letters have not directly
accused the Baltimore club of stooping to
such practices, according to Dunnie. their
wording has been more or less pointed in
that direction, and he proposes to make
President Barrow either substantiate the
charges or make the other fellow suffer.
Mr. Solomon went so far as to say
that Scout Steinmann was on the Oriole
payroll to get the signals and nothing
, more, and added that the reason for
I'enfs downfall here a week ago last Sat
’ urday was because the signals had been
■ stolen. As a matter of fact, Steinmann
was sitting in the press stand, where it
Is Impossible to see any signals.
Manager Dunn sent a letter to President
Barrow yesterday, In which words were
. not minced He stated that if the Bal
timore club was one of those supposed to
be stealing signals of the opponents ho
wanted the charge made and proved or to
■ have tbs man making tt punished.
NORMAN KENNEDY GOING
’ TO RACE IN THE BUSHES
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LATONIA, KY.. June 27.—Norman
Kennedy, for a-number of years pre
mier jockey on the Kentucky circuit,
but who has now grown too heavy to
ride, is getting together a pretentious
stable of racers which he intends cam
paigning on the Canadian half-mile
tracks. In other words. Kennedy "is
going to the buelieS." • ■
He amassed considerable of a fortune
during his career as'a'race rider, which
he now has invested 'in real estate in
and around Cincinnati. Before his re
tirement he was under contract to J. R.
Wainwright, the Pittsburg millionaire
turfman, but rode a good deal for H. C.
Hallenbeck last fall, and had the mount
on Worth in the now famous match
race with Sprite.
GENTLE NOT A CRACKER.
John Gentle, the Atlanta boy who
was released to the Albany club, of the
South Atlantic league, by the Atlanta
team at the start of the season, has
failed to make good with that club and
is now here working o»t daily with the
Hemphill's clan. He is a free agent. It
is not known whether he will try to
land a berth with some other club or
not.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chattanooga in Atlanta at Ponce De-
Leon. Game called at 4 o'clock.
Standing of tbs Ctupfc.
W L. PC, W L P C
B'ham, .43 25 .632 Mobile .36 36 .500
N. Or. .33 29 .532 Mont. . 31 36 .463
M'mphis 32 31 .508 Atlanta .27 34 .443
Cnboga. 32 32 .500 N'vllle. ..27 38 .415
Yesterday's Results.
Atlanta 1. Chattanooga 0
Birmingham 7, Nashville 2.
Others not scheduled.
, SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Columbus.
Jacksonville in Columbia.
Macon in Savannah.
Standing or the Clubs.
W. 1.. P C. W L P C
J'ville. . 36 17 .679 Macon . .26 28 .481
Albanv .31 25 .554 C'bus. . 25 30 455
Sav .31 28 .525 Cola. . ..17 38 .309
Yesterday's Results.
Columbia 7, Savannah 2
Macon 5, Columbus 1.
Jacksonville 6, Albany 1 (first game.)
Jacksonville 4, Albany 4 (second game.)
Only three games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Detroit In Cleveland
Boston in Washington.
New York in Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs,
W. L. P C W L. P C
Boston . 42 20 .677 C'land. . 28 31 .475
Chicago .37 26 .587 Detroit .30 34 .469
Wash. 37 27 .578 N. York 18 38 .321
Phila. . 34 25 .576 S. Louis 17 42 .288
Yesterday's Results.
Chicago 7, St, Louis 0.
New York 6. Philadelphia 5 (first game )
Philadelphia 11, New York 1 (second
game, i
Washington 3. Boston 2 (first game, i
Boston 3, Washington 0 (second game )
Detroit 4. Cleveland 1.
NATIONAL LEAGUE-
Games Today.
Brooklyn in Boston
Philadelphia in New York.
Chicago In Cincinnati.
Pittsburg In St. Louis.
Standing ths Clubs.
W L. PC W . L. PC
N York 46 11 807 Phila .21 31 404
F burg .34 24 586 Br’oklvn 36 38 406
Chicago 32 24 571 S Louis 21 35 356
C'natf. . 34 28 .548 Boston 19 42 .311
Yesterday’s Results,
Chicago 2. Cincinnati 0
Neva York 3. Philadelphia. 2.
Pittsburg 4. St. Louis 3.
Boston 8, Brooklyn 2.
SAILOR SCRAMBLES OVER
FAST-FLYING MONOPLANE
NEW York, June 27.—Walter Bon
ner’s performance while making a pas
senger flight with Miss Harriet Quimby
has the colony at Mineola still agasp
It was one of the most thrilling things
ever seen on the field in its history.
Bonner is a student in the Molsant
school. He used to be- a sSilor and
served aboard the U. S. S. Washington.
On one of her passenger-carrying
flights Miss Quimby asked him to go
along as freight. Incidentally she asked
him to sit on the duster she always
carries along in tbe machine.
When the speedy military Bleriot
monoplane was rushing through the air
1,000 feet high at a speed of 70 miles
an hour the duster Bonner was sitting
on suddenly blew from under him. It
fluttered against the side of the ma
chine and then rested against ihe rud
der. To the amazement of the crowd
below Bonner glngerl\> climbed out of
his seat, scrambled over the tail and
gradually worked his way some eight
feet along the slender body of the ma
chine toward the duster.
The swaying of the craft did not
seem to bother him in the least. Calmly
folding up the duster, he crawled back
toward the seat and safely dropped into
his place. Until she reached the ground
Miss Quimby did not know what her
companion had done.
BILLINGS’ NAGS MAKE
RUSSIAN DEBUT SOON
CHICAGO, June 27.—The American
trotters now in Russia will make their
first public appearance in Moscow tomor
row. according to news that has Just
reached here by letter. The horses are
the property of C. K. G. Billings, who will
drive them himself in 'heir foreign exhi
bitions. He foots all bills himself and
accepts no return for the money bls horses
, may bring in at the gate. Mr Billings
is a horse enthusiast who wished to prove
the value of the American trotter to the
whole world The stable sailed from New-
York on April 16.
The American trotters will probably re
main in Moscow until about July 1, and
it is then probable that they will be sent
to Stockholm, Sweden, for the great in
ternational Olympic games, tn connection
with which trotting races will be held
July 9-12. Their presence has been
speedily invited by the president of the
, Swedish Trotting association. Count
Charles Bode.
The stable consists of six trotters, which
are: Chian, 1.58’i. the present world's
champion "in the open;" The Harvester.
2:01. the world's champion trotting stal
lion; Charley Mitchell, 2:04’1, the cham
pion stake race horse of the American
; turf last year; Lewis Forrest, 2:06'4. the
■ third largest money-winning trotter of
America In 1911: Leu Billings. 2:08-\ at
three years, the daughter of Lou Dillon,
i 1:58%, the queen of trotters, and the
handsome stallion Wilmefing, 2:12'4. in
addition there being a running pacemaker
to assist in their work, and exhibitions.
: On the first trip of the Billings stable
tn Russia and other European countries
i in 1909 it was made up of entirely differ
r ent horses, the star at that time being
> Lou Dillon herself Its advent created
Intense Interest among European lovers
of the trotter, but that attending the
present troupe is even more pronounced.
I OFFERS $40,000 FOR JOHNSON.
LAS. .VEGAS. N. MUJune 27.—Hugh
Mclntosh, the Australian promoter, has
’ written Champion Jack Johnson and
offered him $46,000 for a bout to be
; fought in Australia within the next
’ year. It is supposed Johnson's pros
pective antagonist is Sam Langford,
though the name of that negro fighter
’ is not mentioned. Mclntosh offers to
post at once a, forfeit of SIO,OOO as a
guarantee of good faith. Johnson has
not yet decided whether he will ac
cept.
DIXON TO BOX KILB/BNE.
KANSAS CITY, June 27.-Tommy Dix
on, featherweight champion boxer of the
South, was matched today ,to meet Johnny
Kilbane for the world's featherweight
championship at Cleveland July 4. The
bout w-ill be of twelve rounds
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FODDER FOR FANS
Offensively yesterday's ball game con
sisted in one hit. the home run of Dave
Callahan Defensively it was made up of
more brilliant sluff than a world's series.
< « «
Atlanta's new infielders. Agler and Har
bison. had a chance to show some stuff
before they had been playing on Atlanta
grounds for two minutes. After Moran
had singled at the beginning of the first
inning Jordan stung a bunt down by first.
It was one of those nasty push bunts for
which Jordan is so-justly famous and it
was designed to sneak by Agler But the
new first baseman dashed in on it like a
Hal Chase, picked up the ball cleverly,
and without even looking hurled the pill
for second, to head the speedy Moran, who
often requires an awful lot of heading.
With Moran coming into the base spikes
first and with the throw a trifle short It
was a hard chance for Harbison, but he
handled it cleverly
* • •
There’s no holding Harry Bailey down
these days He made two of the three
hits that Bill Chappelle gave up.
Both pitchers had the control of a Tam
many chieftain. Chappelle walked Just
one man, Agler. Brady didn’t walk a sin
gle man.
* e •
Newt Ethridge, former business man
ager of the Atlanta club and now presi
dent of the Macon club, was in Atlanta
yesterday for the game and there was a
reunion of the working force of other
days at the Chattanooga bench, with For
mer Business Manager Ethridge, a for
mer club president. W. R. Joyner, a for
mer manager. Bill Smith, and a former
team captain. Otto Jordan, taking part,
with some assistance from former players.
Moran, Barr and Sentell.
« • •
Newt Ethridge brings the news that
"Mary" Calhoun, former jTech first base
man, is going great guns for Macon. He
is batting over .300 and fielding like a
fiend.
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Os course Catcher Hannah, of the Look
out team, is nicknamed "Mark."
Sentell is the same old sunny-natured
Paul. He even got up an argument and
a Jawing match yesterdaj- with Bill Chap
pelle, than whom there is none better
natured. •
4 • •
Only one umpire was on the job—Col.
Rudderham. But he proved a plenty.
• * »
"Ruddy" fell flat, as Kavanaugh's um
pires all do. in failing to enforce the balk
rule. After Agler had walked in the fifth
Chappelle threw to first without stepping
or even looking toward the bag and Agler
was caught off flat-footed It was as
cold-blooded a balk as ever happened, but
■Rudderham didn't allow It.
• * •
If any umpire called a balk on a South
ern league pitcher these days he would
fall dead from surprise.
* • •
The Atlant® bats didn't arrive until just
as the game began. If t\ey had never
turned up It woiildn't have made a lot of
difference yesterday, to anybody but Bai
ley and Callahan.
George Stovall is leaving it to his catch
ers to decide when a pitcher is skidding
so badly that he should be retired. He
; figures they are likely to know more about
it than he does.
• * •
Bob Groom is one pitcher who Isn't
Hessheim
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scared by a reputation His most effect
ive work is dune against men like Cobh.
Crawford. Bodie. Collins and the other
“Hard Ikes" of the American league.
• • *
Montreal papers are charging that Chick
Gandill didn’t do his best for the Inter
nationa! league team. And. naturally,
Chick is sore.
• • •
So good is the work of Sterrett, the
young Princeton catcher, is doing with the
Yanks that "Gabby" Street is likely to be
released.
• • •
With the Washington club going strong
the Capital City association Is‘making a
keg of money.
Walter Johnson is rapidly getting his
health and strength back and should be
able to go some before the week is out.
Paddy Bauman, one of Detroit’s utility
infielders, has been turned over to Provi
dence—not because Providence wanted
him, but because Jennings wanted to be
rid of him.
Whenever the talk turns to "come
backs” it brings up in time against the
case of Jake Stahl. He is back —and back
good and strong at that.
Zeb Milan, of Linden, Tenn., is out for
Ty Cobb’s laurels as a base-steaJer. He
is chasing them hard and if the Wash
ington club gives him any encouragement
he may pass the Georgia flyer.
There you go again. Adeline: Bone
setter Reese has announced that there is
nothing the matter with Cy Young’s arm
and that he should be able to pitch again
after a good rest.
«>* « « •
Ty Cobb gets $6 every time he comes to
bat and every time he fields a ball. Os
course they don't actually hand it to him,
but averaging up his salarv with his times
at bat and bis fielding efforts that’s the
way it works out He gets about S6O a
game, which is at the rate of nearly S3O
an hour. •
• • •
Ralph Mattis, of Richmond, who was
with Washington in the spring, is said to
be the best nutfielder in the Virginia
league this season.
Tom Smith was sure batting some in
Chicago the other day. He made 209 runs.
Yes. cricket; not baseball!
• • •
The hit that put the Cubs in second
place was a homer and James Archer
■ « « •
1 The Havana Daily Post throws a weekly
fit when the batting averages of the
Southern league come In. Those Cubans
are certainly tickled over what Almeida is
doing So, It might be. added, is all Bir
mingham.
Yes. it took a benefit game to get the
Richmond U. S. league team out of the
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Somebody ought to start a series of
"New Managers for Brooklyn." The last
we heard of was Larry Doyle. The Dodg
■ ers are to get him and Josh Devore for
I Nap Rucker —yes, they are
a • • •
t ' Open gambling in the stands is ruining
the sport in New York, according to news
paper scerles. Nobody seems to have time
t to stop it. »
Crackers* Batting
Averages® Including
Yesterday's Game
The averages Include games playeef to
date.
Players— I G. |AB R. ! H.
Dessau; pI fg’ 39 g fg gig
Harbison, ss 11 Hl 4 13 .317
Hemphill, cf: 60 237 ; 27 75 .316
Bailey. If 64 232 42 70 .302
O'Dell, lb 59 205 i 32 54 .265
Alperman, 3b 64 246 !34 60 244
O'Brien, ss 62 >172 'l9 42 244
McElveen, 3b 70 254 , 33 59 232
Graham, c 22 65 7 15 .231
Callahan, cf 22 97 11 22 227
Atkins, p 12 32 : 3 7 .219
Donahue, c 21 64 7 14 217
Sitton, p 12 29 I 1 6 207
Brady, p., 7 21 0 3 095
Agler. 1b 1 2 0 0 000
STOVALL NEEDS ONLY 20
NEW MEN FOR 1913 TEAM
ST. LOUIS, June 27." —If the scouts
can bring in the talent this summer
and this fall there will be little-resem
blance between the 1912 and 1913
Browns. This Is looking far. far ahead,
but Manager Stovall has adopted such
a system, preparing for the future.
Os course. Stovall is anxious to make
a good record this season and if pos
sible shove some other team down into
last place, but at present he is laying
hisi foundation on the 1913 Browns.
Stovall, naturally, is not satisfied
with’ the team he owns and he doesn't
make rthis a secret, and if youngsters
of ..fair.; major league knowledge arrive
this fall the fans may see an entirely
new set of athletes In the spring of
1913.
ARGENfiNEPOLO~TEAM
MAY PLAY IN AMERICA
BOSTON, June 27.—Promise of real
international polo at Narragansett
Pier this year is contained in the In
vitation extended by the Point Judith
Polo club to the Argentine team to
take part in the Open championships
tourneys between July 29 and August
24. The Argentine team is made up of
two Irishmen and two Englishmen, all
of whom have business Interests in the
Argentine. Their South American
ponies are branded and rough looking,
but rare gallopers and very handy.
Aided by the handicap odds, the Argen
tine team won the Whitney cup tour
nament at Hurlingham, England.
Baseball
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