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A AHTI H. WHITING W W^AUGHTCN. TAD. ‘ rAAX'A I m/A\ SAM CRANE, WJ MS BETH. rN( ))) ( v(\. TT LEFT HOOK. SOL PL-E-k. ~ RECORD HUIS RIVERS PICKS 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 weight championship at Vernon on July 4, are in the midst of their train ing camp routine,, might be of interest to the general 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 fnugbt 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 lias 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 won 50 per cent of them by the knockout route. Rivers has had nineteen fights in four years and has knocked out 60 per cent of his men. Rivers 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 but S7OO f. o. b. Detroit—complete with all equipment. In mechanical construction they are identical with all the seventy-five thousand new Fords we are 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. Toledo I Detroit THE NATURAL GATEWAYS TO THE PLAYGROUNDS OF MICHIGAN CANADA AINO GREAT LAKE RESORTS Excellent Trains Daily From Cincinnati . . . . 8:10 1:00 9:45 eave Morning Noon Night Rae»! as Pwiar Dining, Sienpng nri . Conti Eqiipmeat Tliurfated Summer Tour Rookn Furnished on Application <«■*) f. j. phrmulee Traveling Paawnger Agea' ■! Na. 4N. Pner Street I !■ ATLANTA, GA. | THE BASEBALL CARD~ SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Toaay. Chattanooga in Atlanta at Ponce Re- Leon. Game called at 4 o'clock. Standing of the CTut>*. W. L. PC W T. ’P c B'hain. .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 j C’nooga. 32 32 .500 N’vllle. ..27 38 .415 Yesterday a Result*. Atlanta 1, Chattanooga 0 Birmingham 7, Nashville 2. L Others not scheduled. *- - . t SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Columbus. Jacksonville in Columbia, t Macon in Savannah. Standing or the Ciuba- W. L. P.O. tV. L P C J’ville. . 36 17 .679 Macon . .26 28 .481 , Albany .31 25 .554 C’bus. ..25 30 .455 1 Sav. . . .31 28 .525 Cola. . . .17 38 .309 1 s Yesterday’s Results. Columbia 7, Savannah 2; Macon 5, Columbus 1. Jacksonville 6, Albany 1 (first game.) 1 Jacksonville 4, Albany 4 (second game.) Only three games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. 5 Detroit in Cleveland. 3 Boston in Washington. , New York in Philadelphia. 3 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 1 Wash. . 37 27 .578 N. York 18 38 .321 , Phila. . 34 25 .576 S. Louis 17 42 .288 t —— 1 Yesterday’s Result*. Chicago 7. St. Louis 0. New York 6, Philadelphia 5 (first game.) Philadelphia 11, New York 1 (second game.) 1 Washington 3. Boston 2 (first game.) Boston 3, Washington 0 (second game.) f Detroit 4, Cleveland 1. f NATIONAL LEAGUE) > Games Today. ; Brooklyn in Boston. Philadelphia in New York. f Chicago in Cincinnati. Pittsburg in St. Louis. 1 Standing of the Club*. W. L. P.C W. L PC 5 N. York 46 11 .807 Phila. ..21 31 .404 !■ P’burg. .34 24 .586 Br’oklyn 26 38 .406 Chicago. 32 24 .571 S. Louis 21 35 .356 r C'natl. . .34 28 .548 Boston . .19 42 .311 t ■ Yesterday's Results. Chicago 2, Cincinnati 0. New York 3. Philadelphia 2. 1 Pittsburg 4. St. Louis 3. 1 Boston 8. Brooklyn 2. > ' DIXON TO BOX KILBANE. KANSAS CITY, June 27.—Tommy Dix -1 on, featherweight champion boxer of the South, was matched today to meet Johnny Kilbane for the world’s featherweight s championship at Cleveland July 4. The bout will be of twelve rounds. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 27,1912. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Indianapolis in Toledo. Louisville in Columbus. Milwaukee in Minneapolis. Kansas City in St. Paul. Standing of the Ciuba. W. L. PC W. L. P.C C’bus. . .49 27 .645 M'w’kee. 30 44 405 Toledo . .46 27 .630 S. Paul .30 44 '405 M apolls 44 27 .620 I'apolls. .29 43 .403 K. City .36 36 .500 L’vflle. .26 42 .382 Yesterday’s Results. Minneapolis 8, Milwaukee 6. St. Paul 5, Kansas City 4. Louisville 7, Columbus 2. Indianapolis 4, Toledo 2. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Toronto in Baltimore. Montreal in Newark. Buffalo in Providence. Rochester in Jersey City. Standing of the Clubs X W. L. P.C. IV. L. P.C Roch.. .36 25 .590 Buffalo .28 30 483 B more .36 26 .581 Newark. 30 32 '483 J. City . .35 31 .530 P’denee .27 36 .429 Toronto. 30 31 .492 M’treaL .25 36 .410 Yesterday’s Results. Buffalo 7, Baltimore 1 (first game.) Baltimore 6. Buffalo 3 (second game.) Toronto 12, Providence 6 (first game.) Providence 9, Toronto 7 (second game.) Jersey City 7, Montreal 6. Newark 2, Rochester 0. APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Johnson City in Asheville. Bristol in Knoxville. Morristown in Cleveland. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P.C. Bristol 23 13 .639 K’xville 20 19 .513 J. City 20 17 .541 A’eville 16 20 .444 C’vTnd 19 17 .528 M’town 16 20 .444 Yesterday's Results. Morristown 4, Johnson City 3 (first game). Morristown 4, Johnson City 0 (second game). Asheville 2, Knoxville 1. Cleveland-Bristol; rain. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs W L. P C W. L. P.C G’dsden 5 1 .833 A’nist’n 3 3 .500 H’tsville 4 2 .667 Selma 2 4 .333 Rome 3 3 .500 B’s’mer 1 5 .167 ■ Yesterday's Results. Anniston 6. Rome 3. Selma 4. Huntsville 3. Gadsden 3. Bessemer 0. CAROLINA ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Greensboro in Charlotte. Spartanburg In Anderson. Greenville in Winston-Salem Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C W. L. P.C A’ders'n 33 18 .647 W.-S'm 25 29 .463 CTlotte 29 21 .586 G’sboro 23 28 .451 Sp'b’rg 26 26 .500 G'nville 20 34 .370 Yesterday s Results. Greensboro 5, Greenville 2. Winston-Salem 2, Anderson 1. Charlotte 21. Spartanburg 0. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Games Today. Newport NeWs in Portsmouth. Petersburg in Roanoke. Richmond in Norfolk. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C. W. L. PC P’sb'rg 36 20 .643 N. N”ws 28 28 .500 P’sm’th 30 20 .600 R'anoke 22 24 .478 Norfolk 30 26 .536 R’hm’d 19 36 .345 Yesterday’s Results. Norfolk 1, Richmond 0. Roanoke 3. Petersburg 2. Portsmouth 7. Newport News 2 X COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Games Today. Greenwood in Yazoo City. Meridian in Columbus Only two games scheduled Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C I W. L. P.C. C’mbus 6 1 .857 I V’ksb’rg 3 3 .500 M'idian 4 3 .571 Jackson 2 5 .286 Y. City 3 3 .500 I G'nwood 2 5 .286 Yesterday's Results. Greenwood 4. Jackson 0 (first game). Jackson 5, Greenwood 3 (second* game). Vicksburg 4, Yazoo City 2 (first game). Yazoo City 3, Vicksburg 1 (second game). Meridian 2, Columbus 1. 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 Borrow in regard to signal tipping, and there is no dodging the fact that Manager Dunn is sore. While the letters have not dfrectly I accused t.he Baltimore club of stooping to such practices, according to Dunnie, their warding has been more or less pointed in that direction, and he proposes to make President Barrow either substantiate the charges or make hte other fellow suffer. Mr. Solomon went so far as to sav that Scout Steinmann was on the Oriole payroll to get the signals and nothing more, and added that the reason for Dent’s 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 ietter 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 he wanted the charge made and proved or to have the man making it punished. NORMAN KENNEDY GOING TO RACEJN THE BUSHES LATONLA. 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 bushes.” 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 out daily with the Hemphill's elan. He is a free agent. It is not known whether he will try to land a berth with some other club or not. Fboxing - ! Late News and Views L Frankie Bums is scheduled to box Red Watson in San Francisco tomorrow night. 4• • • Al Kaufman tried hard but failed to come back in his four-round bout with Charlie Miller on the coast th« other night. Miller was gtven 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 tiie state as long srs 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 dehut 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. • * ♦ Joe Simpson has unearthed a new hope in Omar Welsh. The 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 more 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 dallv before crowds that tax the capacity of their training quarters. • • • Wolgast now weighs 133 pounds, while the Mexican tips the scales at 136 pounds. Wolgast says he will enter the ring weigh ing about 130 pounds. V V • 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. a • a It now looks as though Willie iptchie Will be the iad’ to meet the winner of too 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. OFFERS $40,000 FOR JOHNSON. LAS VEGAS. N. M.. June 27. —Hugh . Mclntosh, the Australian promoter, has written Champion Jack Johnson and offered him 840.000 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 810,000 as a guarantee of good faith. Johnson has not yet decided whether he will ac cept. ■_ „ ■—■ —— ... .... I ■i __ . .1! I —«—————■ ———, 5c S 5c A % ilw' ® i ■ \ ‘ HU Ism ®Hbk * JaOaifehA (MSa- fin 1 vitaMa JreWsF SgA > . aimar ' :jl * r 4 "* ***'*/£/> aT” w *' "*** KiHl MHHiH 'WarnF ‘Wy I X Delicious—Refreshing IN BOTTLES--ICE COLD /. ' 1 AT THE GAME “Call the Boy With the Khaki Coat ” | ■--... . _ > FODDER FOR FANS Offensively yesterday s ba|l game con sisted in one hit, the home run of Dave Callahan. Defensively it was made up of more brilliant stuff than a world's series. • • • Atlanta’s new infielders, Agier 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 nne of those nasty push bunts for which Jordan is so justly famous and it was designed to sneak by Agier. 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, w ho often requires an awful lot of heading. With Moran coming into tire 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, Agier. Brady didn’t walk a sin gle man. * * « 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 In the Chattanooga stands, 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. • a • Newt Ethridge brings the news that “Mary" Calhoun, former Tech first base man, is going great guns for Macon. He Is batting over .300 and fielding like a fiend. • * • 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 yesterday with Bill (’hap pelle, than whom there Is none better natured. • • • 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 thfe balk rule. After Aglet had walked In the fifth Chappelle threw to first without stepping or even looking toward the bag anti Agier 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 Atlanta bats didn’t arrive until just as the game began. If they had never turned up it wouldn'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 fIERNSHEIM Ogar n flllways- ™ scared by a reputation. His most effect ( Ive work is done against men like Cobb. ' Crawford, Bodie. Collins and the other "Hard Ikes” ot the American league. • ft • Montreal papers are charging that Chick ' Gandill didn’t do his best lor the Inter national league team. And. naturally, i 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. • a » 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 ease 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-stealer.. 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 j after a good rest. j * * » < Ty Cobb gets 86 every time he comes to • bat and $6 every time he fields a ball. Os - course they don’t actually hand it to him. i hut averaging up his salary with his times 1 at bat and his fielding efforts that's the I way it works out. He gets about S6O a 1 game, which is at the rate of nearly 830 an hour. Ralph Mattis, of Richmond, who was * with Washington in tiie spring, is said to be. the best outfielder in the Virginia ( league this season. ( • • • Tom Smith was sure batting some in Chicago the other day. He made 209 runs. Yes, cricket; not baseball! • • • The hit that put the Cubs in second i place was a homer and James Archer < flit It. , , The Havana Dally Post throws a weekly ' fit when the batting averages of the Southern league come In. Those Cubans : are certainly tickled over what Almeida Is : doing. So, it might be added, is all Bir- ( mlngham. Yes. It took a benefit game to get the Richmond V. S. league team out of the burg. » » » Somebody ought to start a series of “New Managers for Brooklyn.” The last we heard of was Larry Doyle. The-Dodg ers are to get. him and Josh Devore for ; Nap Rucker—yes. they are. ; Open gambling in the stands is ruining the sport in New York, according to news paper stories. Nobody seems to have time I to stop it. Crackers' Batting Averages. Including Yesterday's Game The averages include games played t$ date. x. Players— 1 G. I AB.; R. | H. Dessau, pI 1.3 139 8 18 >33 Harbison, ssl 11 ;41 4 13 .317 Hemphill, cf 60 >237 27 75 .316 Bailey, If 64 232 42 76 .302 O'Dell, lbl 59 205 32 54 .265 Alperman, 3b 64 246 34 60 .244 O’Brien, ssl 52U172 19 42 .244 McElveen. 3bl 70 >254 33 69 .232 Graham, c 22 65 7 15 .231 Callahan, cf| 32 97 11 22 .227 Atkins, p 12 132 3 7 ,289 Donahue, c> 21 64 7 14 .217 Sitton, p 12 I 29 1 6 .207 Brady, p' 7 21 0 2 .095 Agier, lb> 1 I 8 0 0 | YESTERDAY’S GAME Chattanooga. ah. r. h. po. a. e Moran, If 4 0 1 3 0 0 Jordan, 2b 4 0 0 2 1 0 Hopkins, rs 4 0 0 1 0 0 Coyle, lb 3 o 1 » 2 0 Barr. cf. 3 0 0 2 0 0 Balenti, 3b3 0 0 0 5 0 Sentell. ss 3 0 0 I 0 0 Hannah, c 3 o o 6 j. o, Chappelle, p. . . . 3 0 0 11 0 Totals 30 0 2 24 10 0 Atlanta ab. r. h. po. *. *. Bailey, rs 3 0 2 0 0 If Hemphill, cf. . . . 3 0 0 3 I 0 Callahan. If. ... 3 11 4 o 0 Alperman, 2b ... 3 0 0 1 4 0 McElveen. 3b. ... X 0 0 4 2 0 Agier, lb 2 0 0 9 1 0 Harbison, ss. . . . 3 0 0 2 6 1 Donahue, c, .... 3 0 o 4 0 0 Brady, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals2s I 3 27 12 1 Score by innings: R Chattanooga 000 000 000—0 Atlanta 000 100 00s—1 Summary: Home run—Callahan. Struck out—By Brady 2, by Chappelle 5. Base on balls—Off Chappelle 1. Time of ggnte —1:25. Empire—Rudderham. SI,OOO FOR BOOSTER DAY. GADSDEN, ALA., June 27.--Booster day tickets are being sold by the Gads den Baseball association, and it is es timated that at least SI,OOO will be real ized on the celebration, which will be held today. The tickets are being sold by a committee of young ladies, and they have been meeting with »plen- • did success. The number of games won by the ball team dliring the past few weeks has been very encouraging to local people. Baseball FRIDAY ATLANTA vs. CHATTANOOGA Ponct DeLetn—Gimt Called 4:00 = ss J a i* O z 2 8 J®!® £s * V —— 7