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JOHNSON WAS
TIRED,SHOW
FILMS DFFIGHT
By W. W. Naughton.
SAN 'FRANCISCO. July 13. The
moving pictures of the Jack Johnson-
Jim Flynn world's championship boxing
contest at Las Vegas bear out my story
of the mil’.
Those who have viewed them saw
Champion Johnson holding and blan
keting Flynn for probably two minutes
nut of every three that should have
been devoted to fair, stand-up boxing
They saw Flynn tearing to close quar
ters In spite of the occasional spells
of hooking and uppercutting he was
subjected to. and they saw Johnson,
under Flynn's persistent boring in,
grow gradually tired and less Inclined
tn trade punches with the fireman.
Johnson's Holding Shown.
Tire scene at the conclusion of the
bout when the state police invaded the
ring to call a halt, is particularly vivid.
For some reason the pictures are much
cleare- than such things usually are,
and the determined look on the face
of the police captain, as well as the
puzzled expressions on the faces of
Promoter Curley and other Interested
parties who clambered into the ring,
are reproduced with notable effect.
Just befo’e the invasion of the ring
by the authorities. Flynn Is seen ex
postulating with Referee Smith, who
has pulled the fighters apart to admon
ish Flynn for butting. Flynn is trying
to persuade the referee that butting
Is the only recourse when an opponent
resorts to holding the way Johnson did.
Johnson, meanwhile, is standing a few
feet away and there is something about
him that he Is not over-anxious to
continue boxing
Champ Talked to Writere.
When the police come In. Flynn
pleads with the captain to be allow
ed to continue, but the official shakes
his head and waves his arm to signify
that the fight has gone far enough.
Flynn then walks to his coiner with a
jaunty manner, while Johnson saun
ters slowly to the ropes and gives his
version of the affair to the men in the
press division Hi this time Johnson's
'golden smile" has mellowed Into a
saddened look but every play of ex
pression on the champion's features
is remarkably distinct as he stands
there talking to the newspaper men.
Spider Ki tv. one of San Francisco's
most famous pugilistic experts, was an
interested watcher of the moving pic
tures Kelly attended the fight and was
among those holding the opinion that
Johnson put up a wretched fight and
was in dange- of being wont down if
the state police had held aloof
"When Johnson boxes again, no mat
ter where it is. I will be at the ringside
to bet against him." said Kelly, when
the films bad ceased running "He
has had his day and will surely be de
feated if his next opponent is a rug
ged fellow with plenty of pluck"
TOM LYNCH PUTS BLAME
ON “HIS UMPS” RIGLER
NEW Y< >RK, July 13. President
Lynch of the National league has made
a thorough investigation of the row be
tween three Chicago players and some
spectators at a game it. Pittsburg last
Tuesday, and places the blame on the
flub players. He blames Empire Rigler
for not expelling the players from the
gam. President Lynch witnessed the
game and saw al! the trouble.
SEE RING BOUT IN BROTHER.
NEW YORK July 13.- Philadelphia
.been O'Brien is in town. Jawn is
strong with the fancy chattel and hit
ting 3<Hi in the same old way Jawn
snows lu ha- a pretty niftv boxer in
k hi« lu qli.-i and is going to give the
■ t ghtw eights around here a chance to
” Ever since toting Jack
• Ad Wolgast Jawn has been
"ie that great performance
"•'i’-ri the youngster starts to grow and
' l'» middleweight class —why
’ 1 • • - nothing to it
[baseball I
Diamond News and Gossip
j
Catcher Hnyder, bought by the St.
Louis Browns from Flint, Is a Texas
product.
♦ ♦ •
Pitcher Collins, of Vanderbilt fame, is
desired by Clark Griffith for the Wash
ington club.
• • •
Manager Kling is certainly rough on
Southern pitchers. He had so much trou
ble with Walter Dickson that the Texan
Jumped the team and went home to
Greenville, down in the Lone Star coun
try.
• • •
Bob Ewing, the National league veter
an. has been dug out of retirement by
George Stallings and set to work with
the Buffalo club.
Speaking of Stallings, there must be
some satisfaction to him in the present
Yankee situation After Griffith was
canned Stallings took the club and put it
right up in the running Then, for rea
sons never generally understood, he was
let out. Chase, who succeeded hint, made
a tremendous mess of things, and now
Wolverton has the club absolutely last
The Cubs are playing in luck When
they tried to let out Lavender the na
tional commission blocked the game and
made them keep their best pitcher When
they tried to let Vic Saier out nobody
would have him and he remained. If he
hadn't the Cubs wouldn't even be second
place contenders today.
• • •
Frank Belin, manager of the Whiting
team of the Northern Indiana league, has
resigned and Sam Babcock has taken his
place
• * •
Bob Messenger, of the Barons, got his
start as a college player. He was at
Bates college, up in Maine, once.
• • »
A Birmingham kid named Blanchfield
led the Cotton States league in batting
for the first half of the season
• • •
Manager Bill Schwartz has issued form
al denial of the rumor that he Is to let
out "Rowdy" Elliott, Bill seems to pre
fer postponing the Inevitable. But they
all come to It—ln time
• • •
Tom Phllbin Is catching for Allentown
this year
• • •
They have stuck Jackson, formerly of
Memphis, In the Braves' outfield, in place
of Klrke, formerly of New Orleans, de
spite the fact that the ex-Pelican was
doing the better hitting
• • •
Official statement of President Thomas
Lynch, of the National league: “There
are no rowdies In our league. John Mc-
Graw Is not a rowdy.”
Since when?
Says Charley’ Dryden: "Cap Tinker
wrenched a hock joint. Doc Semmes
opened a field hospital back of the bag
and placed a pink rubber dofllcker on
Joe's knee Loud applause."
* « •
Cree Is expected back In the Yankee
line-up in a month Wolter has just dis
carded crutches, but there is no chance
that be will be back this year
• «
Pitcher Ftnyd Kroh. former Cub. sus
pended by’ the Louisville club for being
out of condition, has reformed anti re
ported again to the Colonels
• • •
Shucks, another retirement has gone
wrong McGlnnlly Is going to pitch some
more this season. Many retire, but few
quit.
• • •
The Texas league moguls have decided
10 adopt a waiver rule at their next meet
ing
• • •
Walter Johnson's mark of 72 innings
without allowing a run has been passed
by "Cy” Young, of the Stevens Point.
Wls . team, who has gone 76 Innings In a
row without a tally. After all, though,
considering the company and everything.
11 Is likely that Walter still has some
thing on "Cy."
Eddie Hlhnhorst has been sent by To
ledo to Indianapolis The guy who once
failed with the Crackers can’t seem to
make a go anywhere
« • •
The Reds need another southpaw so
bad that every time any big league mogul
asks waivers on one they put In a claim.
They haven't secured any by that method
i yet. but they have, kept the visible sup
ply of live ones up In the big ring where
i they belong
Because of the bad weather and dwin
dling gate receipts in many minor leagues
, the price of ball players has gone up.
Many moguls, who see the receipts dwin
dling. hope to make It all back by sell-
> Ing some star athletes
BEHR BEATEN BY NILES
IN SEA BRIGHT TENNIS
SEA BRIGHT, N. J.. July 13.—N
W. Niles, of Boston, won his place in
the final round for the Achelis chal-
< lenge cup. lawn tennis singles, here by
’ defeating Karl H Behr, the interna
tionalist. 6-1. 6-3, on turf courts
' By this victory Niles couples with W.
J. Clothier, of Philadelphia, forme
> national champion, in the final for the
' cup Melville E Long of California.
1 who won the trophy last season, has
I announced his intention of defaulting
to the challenge . so that the winner of
the final today will score on the cup.
1 ttfj A ’ BAIN fA G KOKGIAX AX I ) X EVV IS. «ATL RDAY. JL DY 13. 1912.
Crackers Are Off Tonight on a ‘Jinks Journey”
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Second Invasion of the South Is Always Unlucky
By Percy H. Whiting.
rpHE Cracker club, after to
day's game, is off for the
far south. When the festivi
ties set for this afternoon end the
locals will hike out on the Jinx
Trip of the season. Maybe the
curse Is off this trip this year, and
possibly it will run as smoothly
as a dynamo. But If it does, it
will establish new precedents. For
in years past the second Jaunt of
the Crackers among the southern
teams has ever been the Trouble
Trip.
It was on this second southern
trip when Bill Smith's famous
"rubber ball" charge was made,
that Otto Jordan was arrested and
that the league was thrown Into a
turmoil that k<*#t it seething the
rest of the year. It was, if mem
ory serves, on a second southern
trip Shat, Jim Fox received the
wound in his arm that ruined the
best first baseman Atlanta ever
had. It is a trip that has been
marked with injuries, defeats and
ructions.
But mavbe the luck has changed.
• * •
THE runs made in the forfeited
game Thursday do not count.
To many it might seem an imma
terial point whether they counted
or not: but to the many who are In
baseball pools the question of how
many runs were made is an inter
esting one. And for the benefit of
this it may be mentioned that the
score of forfeited games is 9 to 0
(though what logical reason there
ever was for making the forfeit
score 9 to 0 has never been demon
strated).
In order to get a definite ruling,
The Georgian wired President W.
M. Kavanaugh of the Southern
league. His reply was: "According
to rule 27, averages do not count,
as five innings not played."
As a matter of real fact, rule 27
does not cover specifically this par
ticular point. It relates only to
games terminated by the umpire
under rule 22. section 3. And
Thursday’s second game was not
covered by that particular section,
for it was not "called on account of
darkness, rain, fire, panic or any
other cause which put patrons or
players in peril."
However, even if the president
quoted the wrong rule, it Is appar
ent that nothing counts in a game
that runs less than four and a half
Innings. Thanks to O'Toole's nerve,
however, the victory went for At
lanta.
• • •
\\HTH one exception, the Crack
** er club has not found a pitch
er in the Southern league yet that
it could beat with any regularity.
The sole and illuminating exception
is Heinle Berger. He has lost three
to the (’rackets and has won none.
Otherwise, the Crackers haven't
found a man this year they could
defeat oftener than once without
losing a few to him to spoil the
showing. Os course, that isn't so
amazing when it is considered how
infrequently the Crackers have de
feated anybody.
It's queer the way some pitchers
prove jinxes to certain clubs and
how some clubs put the hickey on
others. For instance, Aitcheson
has won four games from Atlanta
without losing any Foxen has
won three from Memphis and three
from New Orleans without losing
an' Demaree has won four from
New Orleans without losing any
Case has had Mobile's goat, to the
extent of three in a row. Dessau
has trimmed Montgomery three
times running Chattanooga is pie
for Campbell, who has piled up
three victories without a defeat
A few teams are hoodoos for cer
■ain pitchers. Fleharty can't get
by Mobi c and has lost th.ee games,
all he ha.« pitched against the Golls.
Foxen is Jonahed by Mobile and
Chattanooga. Chappelle can't do
anything with Memphis or Mobile.
Josh Swindell has dropped three
and won none form Memphis. Johns
has lost all he has pitched against
Birmingham. Coveleskie finds Bir
mingham his only Teal stumbling
block. More is in the same fix, and
so is Fritz.
Baseball fans, except the bettors,
do not pay a lot of attention to this
especial slant,® but managers do.
When they find’a pitcher can't win
against a club, they try to jockey
their staff so that he will not have
to try. Bill Smith has ever been a
great believer in the efficiency of
certain of his pitchers against cer
tain clubs. He keeps most elab
orate pitching records, and can tell
you to the last fraction of a hit
what his pitchers are doing against
the various clubs.
A lot of the old psychology stuff
enters into this. Let a pitcher be
lieve he can beat a particular club
and he will usually do it. On the
other hand, let him believe that he
can’t get by any’ one team and lie's
beaten before he goes in. A wise
manage r. knowing these things,
jockeys his staff accordingly.
WANT TO STOP PAPERS
PRINTING RACE “DOPE”
CHICAGO, July 13. —The council
committee on judiciary has recom
mended the passage of an ordinance
that will forbid the publication of rac
ing “dope" in Chicago newspapers. The
ordinance was recommended by Mayor
Harrison. It will prohibit the publi
cation of racing form charts, tips and
other information on which bets may
be made’or paid.
LAS VEGAS WANTS TO PUT
ON PALZER AND JOHNSON
CHICAGO. July 13.—Jack Johnson
says he has received an offer from
Charles O’Malley at Las Vegas, N, M.,
for a battle with Al Palzer, the lowa
white hope. Johnson is keen for a
clash with Palzer and does not care
where it takes place. Las Vegas or
New York, as long as he gets his price,
530.V00.
BIG REGATTA ON TODAY.
NEW YORK, July 13. Humid, tor
rid weather threatened to interfere with
the program of the Hudson river re
gatta here this afternoon. The annual
meet was scheduled to begin at 2:30
p. m. on the Riverside Drive course.
The association single sculls is one of
the features in which Thomas J.
Rooney is entered. Rooney has been
advancing in the rowing world by leaps
and hounds Other events were the
senior double sculls. junior double
sculls, four-oared barge race.
WELLS TRAINING HARD.
NEW YORK. July 13. Bombardier
Wells is hustling along at Rye Beach
getting in shape for his coming bout
with Tom Kennedy next week. The
English champion feels that a victory
over Kennedy will help him to get an
other match with Palzer Wells i°
one of the cleverest heavyweights seen
around here in many years, and his
great fight with Palzer will be remem
bered for many days.
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XTOT since the days of Noah has
baseball suffered as much at
the hands of the weather man as
it has this year. Not satisfied with
raining all the spring and making
training impossible, it has rained
almost every day since.
Yesterday's game was off on ac
count of the rain. The second
game Thursday ended in a shower.
It rained the day before that. It
rained the day before that. It has
been raining as long as human
mind can remember —not all the
time, but usually at game time or
shortly afterward.
The Southern league magnates
are feeling the strain. So is the
league. If it rains, you can't play
baseball. And if you don't play
baseball. there are no gate re
ceipts. It's certainly a tough prop
osition.
On the other hand, the moguls
have been helped out by a close
race. There isn't a team in the
league except Nashville that isn't
in the hunt. And a close race
means money for the moguls. So
maybe they will do fairly- well aft
er all.
AD HAS BROKEN HAND;
RIVERS TO CLAIM TITLE
LOS ANGELES, CAL., July 13.—Fol
lowing the report given out by Tom
Jones, manager of Ad Wolgast. that an
X-ray’ examination of Wolgast's right
hand had disclosed two broken bones
which would force him to remain out
of the ring for at least three months.
Joe Levy, Joe Rivers' manager, issued
an ultimatum that he would claim the
lightweight championship so" Rivers if
Wolgast did not sign articles within
48 hours for a return match.
"I am tired of keeping my foot on
the soft pedal and waiting liat in hand
for Ad Wolgast to attach his signa
ture to articles for a return match with
Joe Rivers,” said Levy. "I consider
that Joe Rivers is rightfully entitled to
the lightweight championship right
now. but we would sooner win it than
claim it.
"If Wolgast is sincere in his desire
for another bout, now is the time fur
him to declare himseif. If Wolgast's
hand is really broken, which I doubt,
we can sign articles now with the pro
vision that he be allowed time enough
to get thoroughly well.”
MAY SUTTON DEFEATS
MARY BROWNE EASILY
LOUISVILLE, KY. July 13.—Miss
May Sutton, national clay court cham
pion. defeated Miss Mary Browne. Blue
Grass court champion, in the bl-state
tennis tournament. 6-2. 6-2.
Miss Sutton will play Miss Helen M< -
('loughlin. of Madisonville. •Ohio, the
present bl-state title holder-, in the
challenge round this afternoon. Miss
Sutton ami Mrs. Gustav Touchard, of
Newport, defeated Miss Rhea Fair
bairn. of Toronto, and Miss McClough-
Itn. 6-1. 6-3.
Gustav Touchard had to default his
mutch in the semi-finals to Dr. T W.
Stephens, of Pittsburg, because of ill
ness.
BOXING
Late News and Views
•Jack White is training faithfully for his
20-round fight with Owen Moran in Los
Angeles July 20. These two scrappers
were matched for a bout some time back
but the Englishman hurt his hand while
training and the scrap was declared off.
• • a
George Engle, who is managing Frank
Klaus, in a letter to friends on this side
of the pond, says French gamblers of
fered $5,000 for Klaus to lay down to Car
pentier when the two fought recently.
• • •
Promoter Goffroth recently announced
there would be no hitch In the Abe Attell-
Tommy Murphy fight scheduled for Au
gust 4.
• • •
Al Kaufman will get his last chance to
deliver the goods this month when he is
scheduled to go 20 rounds with Charley
Miller. If big Al loses this tight he will
have to join the has-been club.
■ • •
Tom O’Day, the San Francisco tight
promoter, has offered Ad Wolgast $32,500
for a 20-round scrap with Packey Mc-
Farland in that city Labor day. according
to reports.
• • •
Wolgast has also received an offer of
$20,000 for a return engagement with Joe
Rivers in Sacramento on Labor dav.
• a a
The champion has not accepted either
of the offers yet, but it is likely he will
accept the offer to meet Rivers, as he
figures he would not take as much risk
with his title in fighting the Mexican as
he would in boxing the Chicago Whirl
wind.
a a •
Albert Griffith, known better in the pu
gilistic world as "Young Griffo. " was ar
raigned in a New York court a few davs
ago charged with soliciting alms. Griffo
at one time boxed George Dixon for the
featherweight title.
a a a
Griffo. who is an Australian, fought his
first time in this country’ for a purse of
$4,000. It is said after the tight the pro
moter brought Griffo three one thousand
dollar bills, eight one hundred dollar bills
and two hundred dollars in one dollar
bills, Griffo. could neither read nor write
and had never seen any hills as large as
one hundred dollars, so he took the one
dollar bills and. despite much urging,
left the $3,800 with the club officials.
• » a
fiuther McCarthy, the big Chicago
tighter, is yelling because no one will fight
him. McCarthy was recently matched
with Al Palzer. but the lowan ran out
of the match, claiming the guarantee was
not large enough for him.
a a a
Tom Jones. Ad Wolgast's manager, is
very ill. His illness is not serious, but it
has delayed the signing of articles for a
return match between Wolgast and
Rivers.
• • •
Willie Ritchie is back on California soil
again. Ritchie did not fight but once on
his Eastern invasion, and that was when
he defeated Joe Mandot.
ALEX W. STEPHENS ANNOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY FOR JUDGE OF
FULTON SUPERIOR COURT
To the White Voters of Fulton I’ounty; I
1 announce my candidacy for judge
of the superior court of the Atlanta cir.
cult, subject to the White Democratic
Primary to he held August 21, next
Having been a practicing member of
the Atlanta bar for the past fifteen
years, and now having a desire to be
honored with the position of judge of
the superior court. I submit my can
didacy for the consideration of the vot
ers of said county.
Tlte legislature in Its wisdom sub
mitted to the people a constitutional
amendment providing for the election
of superior court judges by popular
vote.- The people, having overwhelm
ingly ratified this amendment, thereby
acquired the right to choose their own
judges.
The amendment contemplated that
the people should elect, and that no pri
vate caucus of a few individuals should
usurp their prerogative in behalf of the
candidacy of any one man and thus
deprive the people of their constitu
tional right to make their own selec
tion.
1 therefore deem it not improper to
call in person during the campaign
upon every voter of Fulton county and
enlist his good will and support. If 1
should fail to make the acquaintance
of any qualified voter during the cam
paign the failure will be due only to
the brief time remaining between my
announcement and election day.
In the meantime I respectfully so- '
Helt the support of all Fulton county I
citizens w ho believe In the selection of i
judges by the people in opposition to
their selection and PERPETCATIi >.X
in office by a back room caucus.
Respectfully.
ALEXANDER W STEPHENS.
fiITGHISONHfIS
BEEN HARDEST
FOR CRACKERS
By Walter Wilkes.
Aitehison, of the Billiken-, i.- Hie
pitcher who has the highest pit< liing
percentage against the local club. The
unluckiest is More, of Chattanooga, w ii,,
has lost two games out of two pl iv :
this season. Following is a tot.,! of
the league pitchers and the games they
have won, lost and tied against the
Crackers:
Name. W. L. T. PC j
Aitehison, Mont 4 O' l
Ware. < 'hatt 3 " " 1
Boyd, Birin 2 n 0 1 Hl1 "
Smith. Memphis .... 2 n h 1. 111,11
Foxen, Birm 2 0 0 I. 1 ' I '''
Case. Nash 2 On] oH''i
Hooper, Mem 1 0 u I"i .
Swann. N. 0 1 o o t , o , t
Fritz, N. 0 1 oo i.no>
Loudermilk, Mobile . . 1 o o l.uio
Lelivelt. Mobile .... 1 00 I."""
Johns. Mont 1 o o 1 ~ ,H"
Page. Mont I u n 1.
Summers. Nash. ..... 3 I 0 "
Coveleskie, Chatt 2 1 11 k
Hardgrove. Birm. ... 2 1 o .'i’b
Wagner, N. 0 2 1 't 'l'"
Campbell, Mobile .... 2 1 u .'l'"
Swindell. N. O. .... 11 11
Ferguson. Mem 11 o
Bair. Nash 1 2 0
Chappelle, t'hatt I 2 2
Prough, Bi rm o 1
Smith. Bi rm 0 I u
Kissinger, Mom o o i
Merritt. Mem. . . . . 0 1 o
Allen, Mem o I "
Dentaree, Mob o 1 o
Cluet. Mob o | 0
Burleson. Mob o I u
Allen. Chatt 0 l o
Bonner. Mont o 1 n
Lively, Mont. ...... 0 1 "
Bills. Mont 0 1 ii
Radabaugh, Mont. . . . o I 0
Kellogg, Mont. . . . . 0 1 o '
Fleharty, Nash. . . . . o 1 u '
Anderson. Nash 0 1 "
Neely. Nash 0 1 "
Berger. Mob 0 2 I 1 "
More, Chatt u 2 "
ALEX. W. STEPHENS
Well-known attorney, who is a
didate for judge of the superior co
of Fulton county.