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AO'S MANAGER
BETS $15,765
ON CHAMPION
By H. M. Walker.
IOS ANGELES, July 4—Ad
Wolgast will defend his
lightweight title at Vernon
thia afternoon against Joe Rivets.
8 sturdy Mexican, who battles ex
actly along the lines of the cham
pion It Is not going to be a one
sided mill, and I ■efuse to make a
selection.
Plenty of Coin on Mexican.
The uncovering of a lot of Hit -
ers money during the past few
hours has kept the betting going
along at a lively rate, with Wolgast
ruling as a ltt-to-6 favorite.
This reminds me that should the
Mexican topple Ad over and win
the championship this feat will
make a beggar out of "Cherokee”
Tom Jones, as the champion's
manager is taking every bet that
comes to his notice.
"If Rivers is good enough to
whip Ad Wolgast I am ready to go
back to work and begin life al!
over again,” said Jones today. "1
took all bets at 2 to 1 until the
odds were shortened to 10 to 6.
This Is the figure that I am re
specting now and 1 will take every
dollar that Is offered on Rivers. 1
have a few diamonds and a sMId
gold watch that 1 will turn Into
money when my bank account
gives out. I will wager every-
"If It's at Hartman's, It’s Correct"
A STORE FOR
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And old men too, but
studying the wants of
young men and supplying
those wants satisfactorily
is nur principal life work.
Most men know that the
Hartman Store can be de
pended upon to give more
value for the same money
than can be obtained else
where
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"If It's Correct, It’s at Hartman's” :
Friday, July 5
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: Johnson Flynn
• Title-Fight Facts •
• •
• Battle ground East Las Vegas, »
• N. M. •
• Starting time 3pm (Atlanta •
• time). •
• Principals Jack Johnson, chant - •
• pion, native of Galveston. Texas. •
• and Jim l-'lynn, challenger, native •
• of Hoboken, N. J. •
• Last two fights—Johnson; K •
• ('.. Jim Jeffries. 15 rounds, Reno, »
• Nev. July 4. 1910; 14. fT." Stanley •
• Kotchel. 12 rounds. Colma. Cal., •
• Oct. IR. 1909. l-'lynn: Defeated •
• Carl Mbrris. 10 rounds. Madison •
• Square Garden. New York, Sept. •
• 15. 1911. K O . Al Kaftfman, 10 •
• rounds. Kansas City, Mo., May 5, •
• 1911.
• Measurements: •
• FT.vnn. Johnson. •
• 5:101-2 Height . . 6:00 1-4 •
• 19T Weight 21% •
• 70 1-2 Reach 75 1-2 •
• 17 . Neck 17 •
• 13 1-2 ... . Biceps 15 •
• 12 1-2 Forearm 15 7-8 •
• 39 Chest at rest 40 1-4 •
• 42 1-2 Chest full InSpr’n . 42 1-2 •
• 37 .. Chest expansion 39 •
• 34 1-2 Waist 36 1-2 •
• 23 1-2 Thigh 26 1-2 •
• 15 . Calf 16
• Present betting .price Johnson •
• 2 to 1 favorite. •
• John O. Talbot, official betting •
• i omtnlssloner. •
• Seating capacity 17,150. •
• Farthest seat from ring 90 feet. »
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thing 1 possess, even the buttons
on my clothes, on my boy I have
placed $13,765 on Wolgast to win."
Wolgast Challenged Rivers.
Rivers has been tagged as the
challenger of Wolgast. yet the
Mexican marvel has never by word
of mouth, action or design. Issued
a defl to the 133-pound title holder.
Attention to this unusual point
was called by Manager Joe Levy
last night while a crowd of the
faithful were filling a cigar shop
with fight talk, and tobacco smoke
"Wolgast challenged Rivers. if
you want to know the real facts of
the matter.” said Levy, "and 1 be- ,
lleve that this is positively the first
and only case of its kind In the
history of the boxing game where a
champion ttaveled several thou
sand miles to reach the home of a
rival and then challenged his man
"You see, it was like this: Wol
gast was ready to fight and so
looked about for the opponent that
would bring him the most money.
McFarland be figured would keep
until there were no more legiti
mate 133-pounders in sight. Welsh
and Hogan were dead ones Man
dot would have commanded a fair
house in the South, but when Riv
ers was considered Ad realized
that Joe would bring more money
than ;ril the others put together.
Rivers «Go Means Fortune,
"The champion was quick to spe
that with Rivers an Idol in Los
Angeles, he could pack the house
here, no matter what the prices
were Joe meant a small fortune
to him. so he challenged us and we
,-u'cepted.
"Eventually we would have chal
lenged Wolgast, but we were go
ing to box some of the other light
weights first and gradually work
up to Ad When the champion
came out fiatfooted and named
Rivers we - ould onlv accept and bo
glad of the opportunity I think,
too. that Rivers is the only light
weight whose first fight as a 133-
pouniler was against the champion.
Fb ginning as a bantamw eight. Riv
ers fin.allv grew Into the feather
weight division and now goes into
tht ring fm tin first time is a
light weigh'
THE ATLANT A GEORGIAN AND XEWS. THURSDAY. JULY 4. 1912.
Police Chief s Curiosity Starts Flynn oh Pugilistic Career
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Aspirant for Jack Johnson s Crown Travels Tough Trails
There Never Was Time in His
Life He Wouldn’t Fight Any
body Anywhere, and Size of
Man and Size of Purse Didn’t
Count Anything With Him.
By Damon Runyan.
ON a bright moonlight Saturday
night in later summer Chief
of Police Boh Griffin stood in
front of Pete Reilley’s. combing his
gray whiskers with bls finger?. Be
fore hitn lay the main channel of
Pueblo's activity—this was in
Pueblo, Colo., understand, and the
time some twelve years ago. The
eye of the good old c'h|ff— peace to
his ashes! —rested meditatively
upon the shifting throngs of steel
workers and smelter hands, and
recalling that ft had been pay day
at the mills, the chief was consid
ering whether he should send fif
teen officers, or the entire force of
sixteen, down into the "Grove”
against the exigencies of the eve.
As he debated this important
matter In his mind, and listened
to the polygot voices, his gaze
gathered up in the moving film of
folks the figure of young Mr. An
drew Chlarigllone--broad of beam,
and careless of manner and attire.
Young Mr. Chlarigllone was shoul
dering his way through th» throng
without reference to any human
obstructions in his path.
The brow of the chief clouded
He searched his memory swiftly,
and brought to light a recollection
of -ertaln Chiariglione peccadilloes
of the past—only in Pueblo they
don’t cal! 'em that. He raised a
beckoning finger
•'One moment, there, Andrew!”
he called
Mr. <'hrlariglione looked around.
A moonbeam fell upon the chiefs
golden shield, and glanced off into
Mr. Chlariglione’s eye. An alley
way yawned conveniently close at
band Without waiting to hold
converse with Chief Griffin. Mr
Chlarigllone dived Into the alley
as a rabbit dives in the whins.
Such was the custom tn our—in
that—day. Any time the chief of
police, or any person associated
with him in an official capacity,
bespoke a youth runnings free, it
was no occasion to wait to ascer
tain their capricious desires.
Flynn Obeys Instinct and Runs
What Chief wanted of
Mr. Chlarigllone will probably nev
er be known. Whatever he. want
ed, Mr. Chiariglione lingered not.
He obeyed instinct and was gone
As Mr Chiariglione fled Into the
darkness of the alleyway. Chief
Griffin drew a long, blue-beaked
revolver from his waistband, where
he wore it hooked to a suspender ■
button, and raising the nose of the
gun toward the moon, he fired two
separate and distinct shots—
b'ooie! blooie! This was merely to
accelerate the departure of Mr.
<'hl <' igllone. and < a rled no in'en*
to barm.
Had Chief Griffin not fired any
-h o- whatever. Mr ''hia• iglione
would have paused at the city lim
it > The first blast decided him to
keep moving until he reached the
state line; the second shot nerved
him tn keep going until he ar
rived. a bit breathless, in Salt
Lake City. I'tah
Time passed One afternoon
Chief Griffin encountered In Main
treat a large diamond stud, be
hind which was concealed a bulky
young man
Th* re' s that Chlarigdonr." he
• onimetited. ishh I'!' have
tn ipeak to him again "
Chiarlglione 1 'iu- toned a
' hlarigllon- nathin—
FIGHTERS’ FINAL STATEMENTS
By JACK JOHNSON. By JIM FLYNN.
I'll win. My friends need only te It may take me 30 rounds to win,
collect their money. They say Flynn but I’ll surely win. lam going to set
has taken on over twenty pounds, a terrific pace from the start and
but he is still too small for me. I keep it up until Johnson drops. I
know Flynn’s style and I’ll nail him am fully 200 per cent better now
coming in, and I’ll nail him so hard ' was when I fought Johnson
. ... . j ... before. I can punch twice as hard
that he II never be able to stand the and do not any % nger swin g, but hit
pace. I am faster and better than straight.] I will be champion of the
ever. world tonight.
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that’s Jim Flynn, the prizefighter.”
And so it was.
Thus do we introduce our hero.
In this corner-—Jim Flynn, the
Pueblo Fightirfg Fireman!
I know what you are going to
say—but never mind that. Consid
er thi; purely as a Boswellian sort
of stagger at Mr. Andrew Chiarig
lione's Jim Flynn, not in tfie light
of what you think is going to hap
pen at Las Vegasy weather i>er
mittlng. on the forthcoming anni
versary of the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
Prior to his precipitate departure
to Salt Lake City, Flynn had been
doing a little organized fighting
around his home town, along with
a great deal of loose, unrestrained
milling of one kind and another,
but he rode on the zizz of th°
chiefs skyward shots into a real
pugilistic career. Where they'used
to go to see him fight in the hope
of also seeing him licked. hFs home
town people are now preparing to
cheer for the railroad man. And.
to my prejudiceo—for —Pueblo
manner of thinking, that is support
tb be desired above championship
belts and all such trivialities.
Has Traveled Tough Trails.
To what slight eminence he has
won Jim Flynn traveled tough
trails There never was a time in
his life when he wouldn't fight
anybody, anywhere, and the size of
the man and the size of the purse
were the last things that entered
into his calculations. Surely that
is something In a day of great pu
gilistic quibble over a pound of
flesh. And. too, whenever Jim '
Flynn dipped his brow- beneath the
ropes the audience could settle
back feeling that whatever the
outcome it would see a fight, for
he has a lion's courage in a small
sized frame.
Had he ridden around instead of
trying to ride over such obstacles
as Tommy Burns. Jack Johnson —
both the heavyweight champions
when Flynn fought them —and Sam
Langford: did he stand today upon
his record, with those fights omit
ted. he would have to be conceded
a chance of defeating the cham
pion Jack Twin Sullivan. George
Gardner. Dave and Jim Barry.
Tony Ross. ,\1 Kauffman. Billy
Papke Philadelphia Jack" '' Brien
Malaria-Blood Poverty
Malaria is a species of blood poverty known as Anaemia; the circulation
becomes so weak and impure that it is unable to supply the system with
sufficient nourishment and strength to preserve ordinary health. In the 1
first stages of Malaria the complexion grows pale and sallow, the appetite i
is affected, the system grows bilious, and there is ageneral feeling of weak- I
ness. As the circulation becomes more thoroughly saturated with the ma
larial infection, the digestion is deranged' chills
and fever come and go, skin diseases, boils, sores
and ulcers break out, and the entire health becomes
impaired. Malaria can only be cured by removing
A the germs from the blood. S. S. S. destroys every
I particle of malarial infection and builds up the
J olocwl to a strong nourishing condition. Then the
system receives its proper amount of nutriment. ;
sallow complexions grow ruddy and healthful, the |
liver and digestion are righted and every symptom k
of Malaria passes away. S. S. S. cures in every
case because it purities the blood. S. S. S. is a safe and pleasant remedy ;
as well as ati efficient one. Bonk on the blood and anv medical advice fiee.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
—how many of the "white hopes”
of today would care to take that
same route before clamoring for a
little tilt? Not many. I wot and
ween.
Flynn's first fight with Johnson
was in 1907 at San Francisco, and
he renfained upright, or nearly so.
for eleven rounds. Then he be
came conversational with the Gal
veston black and cast aspersions
upon the Johnsonian ancestry.
Whereupon. Johnson knocked him
over. Afterward Jim remarked:
"The only time I put a glove on
him was when we shook hands."
Jim Flynn is np spring chicken,
as we reckon pugilistic springers
He is nearly 33 years old. .In sport
ing circles this is considered bor
dering upon senility. Somehow,
age never seemed to rest very
heavily upon the shoulders of Jim
Flynn. With all his 33 hard win
ters. and equally adamant sum
mers. he will weigh around 190
with his diamonds off.
Was Born in Brooklyn.
He was born in Brooklyn—
Brooklyn-Across-the-Tube—on De-
-cember 24. 1879. Brooklyn has sig
nally failed to commemorate this
event. In fact. Brooklyn didn't
suspect it until comparatively re
cently. But should Jim Flynn
chance to knock Mr. Johnson into
the middle of next August. Charlie !
Ebbets might well choose Decem
ber 24 as a fitting anniversary for
the opening of his baseball park.
Que rime, when the Pueblo club
of the Western league was in sore
t s'ralts. Jim heard about the matter
out In Los Angeles, and he prompt- ,
ly volunteered to return ]
his ow n expense and box an exhlbi- 1
tion for the benefit of the strug- 1
gllng basebailers. The offer was i
accented: Jim filled the coffers of
the club by beating Bill Pettus, a
colored basetai! catcher, new’
around New York, who hafl pugilis
tic aspirations at the time. That
cost Jim a pretty penny, but it
endeared him to the hearts of his
lellow-townsmen.
Meantime he was fightings con
stantly on the coast. sometUnes-los- *
•ng. sometimes winning. Oddly
enough, he improved *rather than
retrograded with the years. He is
bigger and stronger now’ than he
Was Born in Brooklyn 33 Years
Ago—Started on Pugilistic
Way in Pueblo, and Has Both
Jaws Broken—Has Battled
With the Best in the Game.
ever was in his life. He was lit
tle more than a middleweight when
he was meeting champions.
He never really had a manager
until he met Jack Curley, the pro
moter of the present bout. Occa
sionally some friend looked after
his affairs for him temporarily, but
as a general thing Jim has been
his own boss.
NASHVILLE WILL HOLD
A “DOC WISEMAN DAY”
NASHVILLE. TENN., July 4.—Doc
Wiseman, who retired from baseball
this season after having set a record
for continuous service with one team,
having played right field for Nashville
since'the Southern league's organiza
tion twelve years ago. will soon be
honored by the Nashville fans.
"Doc Wiseman day" will be cele
brated at the Nashville baseball park
on July 8. according to plans already
completed by the local management. On
this day Wiseman, who is at present
employed at Cincinnati in the service
of the city, will come to Nashville at
the club's expense and will Ke presented
with a handsome present on behalf of
the fans. It is also hoped that he will
be prevailed upon to play in his old
position in right field that day against
New Orleans.
KNOCKOUT BROWN LOSES
BOUT TO JIMMY DUFFY
BUFFALO. N. Y„ July 4.—Jimmy
Duffy, of Ixickport. had the better of
Knockout Brown, of New York, in all
but one round of a ten-round bout here.
In the fifth Duffy closed Brown's left
eye and in the sixth opened up a two
inch gash in his cheek.
MARE WOnHrACE WITH
DEAD MAN IN SULKY
SANTA CRUZ, CAL.. July 4 —T. M.
Ferguson, near the -end of a trotting
race here, fell dead from his sulky, but
his mare finished first in the race and
trotted To he’ stable. The races were
called off.
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purpose—b u t excessive
weight means discomfort in
an automobile---or a man.
He • alone is sure that the
I I heavy car rides easiest who
has never ridden in the
light, Vanadium-built Ford.
A demonstration is a
revelation.
I l More than 75.000 new Fords into service
l | this season—proof that they must he right'
I j Three passenger Roadster s.s9o—five
I I passenger touring car $690 —delivery car
I I S7O0 —f. o. h. Detroit, with all equipment
I I Catalogue from Ford Motor Company.
k |l | 311 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, or direct
| | from Detroit factory
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• TODAY'S BIG FIGHTS. •
• «
• Jack Johnson vs. Jim Flynn. •
• Las Vegas. •
• Ad Wolgast vs. Joe Rivers. Los •
0 Angeles. " •
• Johnny Kilbane vs. Tommy »
0 Dixon, Cleveland. •
• George K. O. Brown vs Eddie •
• McGoorty. Benton Harbor. •
0 Harry Donahue vs. Phil Harri- •
• son, Peoria. »
• Patsy McKenna vs. Joe Her- •
• rick, Fort Wayne. •
• Harry Brad? vs. Eddie Mo? . •
• Shamokin. *
• Willie Canole vs. Harry Dell. •
• Tonopah. •
• Tommy Devlin vs. Yankee •
• Schwartz, Nashville. •
• Willie Beecher vs. Joe Thomas. •
0 New Orleans. *
• Jumbo Wells vs. Jess Willard, •
0 Fond-du-Lac. •
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McFarland knocks out
RANDALL IN THIRD ROUND
CINCINNATI. OHIO. July 4
Packey McFarland knocked out Edrlie
Randall, of St. Louis, in the third round
of a scheduled ten-round bout here
last night. Randall was completely
outclassed.
CREE OUT FOR TWO MONTHS
BOSTON. MASS., July 3.—Birdie
Cree, the Highlanders’ star outfielde:,
will be out of the game for two months
on account of a fractured wrist sus
tained in the game with the Red Sox
a few days ago.
STATEN TO GIVE RETURNS.
Returns of the Johnson-Flynn fight
at Las Vegas will be given at Harr?
Staten's old club on the viaduct todav
CALLER KING
WILL GIVE RETURNS OF
Flynn-Johnson Fight
TODAY
FROM POSTAL WIRE,
Blow for Blow,
AT
Harry Staten’s Old Club.
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cent less than elsewhere.
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