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10 c®oaa« »ow cawe * dwkt i LPITLD W 9 FAENSWOKTH UrQPORTING tWOS _ COLUMN _ j BILLY MADDEN, the greatest coritlilione.’ and handler of lighters that over lived, the man « o steered John 1. Sullivan fni years, corm s o-'-o- ’ wlt h a let t» rega-ding the r>■ n‘ Johnson- Flynn battle which is of little in terest locally outside of a story ' about a mill that was field in South Africa yea s ago, which. at cording to Billy , was fm the record side het "I hare my doubts about that I.ll.(Hitt said to have b• n paid .Tbhnson for his fight with Flynn," pens William, "but whether he re ceived It or not. that purse offered for the Johnson-Jeffries farce will continue to* hold the record in this country. “The sum that this pair corralled two years ago this month was cer tainly a pretty fat offering to the gods of war, but. according to some dope that came to hand the other day from an old friend In England, Pnuth Africa has us al! beat when It comes tn aide wagers on a fight. “The contest in question took place on th* r>ark Continent in 1893 between Jack Cooper and Wolf Rendoff. heavyweights. Anti It was real money, too, not merely a press agent lb. for the party who put up the stake for Rendoff was none other than Barney Barnato, the South African millionaire "Cooper originally hailed from Australia He was a big fellow end a good boxer, but hardly up to what we would consider the quality of a second-rater here In 1887 he went -to South Africa and there met Barnato The latter took a strong fancy to Cooper, and they were great friends until the shad ow of a woman crossed their path. Bhe was Barnato's girl and Cooper won her affections Barnato longed for revenge "He took a steamer for London, resolved tn seek out a fighter ca pable of thrashing Cooper This faet soon became known to the wise ones of the metropolis Heavyweights of all kinds and col ors were dug up for Barney's In spection. Picked Wolf Bendoff. “Finally hia choice fell upon Wolf Bendoff, a nephew of an old time heavyweight of the late fif ties, who was also named Bendoff They both came of a famous He brew fighting family, which had furnished many a scrapper to the London prize ring Bendoff was a long way fron» being the beat man that money could have procured, but as Barney was a Hebrew him self. it may be that pride of race • had something to do with the selec tion he made "At all events he returned to Africa with Bendoff in tow When they arrived Barnato Immediately challenged Cooper to a fight to a finish on behalf of hls protege Cooper accepted, but was almost Stunned when Barnato insisted that each man should post a side bet of tfiO 000 "Cooper haattated at first, but arged on by his admirers and afraid of being aroused of coward ice, he to Barnato's terms Fifty thousand dollars did not mean much to the wealthy Barnato, but It meant all to the pugilist, whose scalp he was after At that time Cooper, while well-to do, had not amassed the fortune which in later years was to gain NINE-YEAR-OLD MARE MAKES DEBUT AND WINS KALAMAZOO, Mini . July 18 Esther K, a nine-year-old mare, who made her debut tn the grand circuit this year, won the 110,000 paper mill stake for 3:11 class trotters here. The crowd that witnessed the event was the largest ever attending a race meet here. Baden, who was generally thought to be the best of the lot, made a poor showing Esther W. lost only one heat. Bergen, driven by Geers made a re markable dash on the home stretch, winning the first heat.'with Marigold, Oakdale and The W anderer all racing some ahead of Esther W. In the second heat Oakdale followed) Esther W. by a length at the wire, beating Marigold by a nose for second place. Esther W. had no difficulty In taking the third heat, but the fourth was a close contest The three heats of the ?: 1 5 pace never varied. Chimes Hail, Major Odell. Bessie Bee and Jessie Direct fin ished in the sanje order in each heat Although Beth Clark was the favor-I ite in the 2:22 trot, she was defeated; by Warner Hall in the five heats. ) was in the second heat, won by Beth Clark, that she was driven a mile in 3:05 3-4. the fastest time made on the Kalamazoo track so far 'his season. HOT GAME SATURDAY FOR STREET CAR EMPLOYEES The annua benefit baseball game. | the proceeds of which will go to the Georgia Railway and Electric Company Employees Relief association, will be played Saturday afternoon at 3 3<i o'clock at Ponce DeLeon park Th- Southern Bell Tel.-phon* and Telegraph Company and the Southern j railway Inman yards teams will be tin contestants <an be purchased from »n> I the , M , men Th.s is a yearly ) ■P'en: iq,|. u t unity forth. ‘ ■ ' t t<, «h'.w thou appro elation of efficient and faithful sc-vi. e > n «t these men give them day I Ac arm ..ay out all year round. him the reputation of being the richest speculator in South Africa, and loss of the fight would mean his financial ruin. • "The battle took place at Johan nesburg, In Gentry’s circus. Ben doff was a huge, powerful sneci men of humanity, and tils likely appearance led to his being heavily backed by a number of wealthy sports, who followed Barnato’s lead. Early in the fight it became evident that Bendoff'.’ condition was not what It ought to be. He tired rapidly and Cooper won in the twenty-seventh round. Bendoff was accused of having thrown the fight, and though no actual proof of the assertion ever came to light. It was generally believed that he made arrangements with the other side ami double-crossed Barnato. Failed to Get Revenge. "At all events, he had plenty of money when he next showed up In London Bendoff has resided in the British capital ever since, and promotes boxing contests there up to the present day. But the hard est hit man was Barnato. He had not only lost previous shekels on the result of the combat and failed to obtain his revenge on the wily Cooper, but felt that he had been played for an easy mark. Barnato later committed suicide by jump ing overboard from a Castle liner while en route to England. "Oddly enough, his successful rival, t'ooper, also died by his own act Following the battle with Bendoff. he speculated on all sides and became widely known as a promoter of various wildcat com panies organized for the skinning of unwary Englishmen seeking for tune In South Africa. For a long while Cooper made money hand over fist He was a millionaire twice over, but one unlucky ven ture caused him to lose half his fortune Like a true gambler, he tried again, but failed, and woke up one morning to find himself practically a pauper. The ex-pugl - locked himself In nls bed room, end after scribbling on a sheet of paper the words. I have thrown up the sponge.' blew his brains out with a revolver" • * • \V E have received a batqh of let vv ters from local fans! regard ing the Crackers. Some of them are unfit to print, others Very rea sonable and filled with good logic. But all the writers have requested that we do not sign their names to the letters. To save these letter writers a lot of valuable time and the price of the stamp, we wish to announce that wp will not print any of them unless the writer is willing to stand back of his statement by allowing his signature to run along with the rest of the missive. • • • H. K, H.: If you bet that your team would win a double-header and they lost one of the games, you lose the bet. Harry Perkins: President Kava naugh has not taken up the protest of Charley Frank. There is no doubt about him sticking to the decision , of Umpire O'Toole. A Big League Fan: Cobb hits 'em everywhere. Lajoie usually drives his clouts to left-center, low liners that sail about five feet over the shortstop's head. Lajoie has slowed up during the past few years and hasn't beaten out many bunts. YANKEE JOCKEYS ARE RIDING WELL ABROAD LONDON. July 18 Word has been received from Vienna that the Ameri can Jockeys, Miles. Dugan and Shaw, are riding with considerable distinc tion on the courses of the dunl mon archy. One of the notable classics in which the trio participated recently was the Austtian derby, run al Vienna. Danny Maher made the trip from England and rode the favorite In a hotly contested race the leading four horses crossed the magic line necks apart. Maher, with whom ft has become second na ture winning derbys, finished third. His mount was slightly interfered with Barring this mishap, he would have passed the judges' stand in front, it is said. WOLGAST AND RIVERS TO MEET AGAIN LABOR DAY 1 <»S XNGELES. July 18.- A return match between Ad Wolgast, champion Ugh: w eight, and Joe Rivers. who fought here July 4. will be staged on l abor day This is the statement of (Promote Tom Mct'arey, who says the fighters have agreed to everything ex cept the referee. It is believed that a | Los Xngebs man w ill be third man in the ring w hen the battle begins. The agreement was reached after Mct'arey had given up all hope of get ting tin men to sign articles. Under the terms of the agreement Wolgast gets $15.00(1 and Rivers SB,OOO GOLFER HILTON COMING HERE TO DEFEND TITLE UHh’AGO, July 18 Word has been re- J < oived H local members of the United i States Golf a*so< lation that National 1 ('hampion Harold H Hilton, of England, i would l»e on hand to defend hia title of champion at tin I S G A tournament In September at the Chicago Gulf club I Hilton is playing hip usual good game this j season and it will hr a hard task for the I Americans to beat him and bring the •title back to the United States GOING DOWN: NICK ALTROCK KANSAS r'ITT lnls D p !t he- ! Nick Altrork. formerlv stat of the (’hi- j I I ago American.-. given his urn on | i'ib’ine - ’e4.« h\ tm Kansas Chy American association team. / ■■ LHE ATLANT A GEORGfAX AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JULY IR. 1912. Dr. T. P. Hinman, Who Is A Demon With the Putte.r Hers is one of the steadiest players at the East Lake eourse. Ik is not a flashy / performer, but always turns / \ in a izooil card. ll<- is not an // . • \ exceptionally loiiu dri\ ■r. but / \ v.-i v accurate, and is a past / 1 mast.-r of the niashie and put J JUEL r- . . ter. especially the latter. v / // \ VoE, iL j j AN ACCURATE DRIVE BIG POSITION FOR SULLIVAN STOCKHOLM, July 18.—-The Swed ish capital, which for over a fortnight has been the center of the world's ath letic Interest, was nearly deserted by the International exponents of brawn today and by the thousands of visiting tourists who came here on account of the games. " Rowing events in the Olympic re gatta, in which no Americans were en tered. were the only numbers on to day's program. It Is likely that the fifth renewal of the Olympic games, which has just come to a t’lose, will be the last engineered by the Inter national Olympic committee. The In ternational Sports association, which has been formed, with representatives of seventeen countries, will supplant the International committee in author ity. The presidency has been offered to James E. Sullivan, i'nited States commissioner to the Stockholm Olym pic games. But the American athletic sport Is reluctant to accept. In fact, he has given a negative answer, but he is still being urged to consent. TO SEE IF ATHLETICS MIX WITH PRESIDENCY MONTGOMERY. ALA , July 18.— Whether baseball and football can mix well with the duties of the president of a college are among the things that will he investigated by a special committee of tin state normal school board that expects to proceed to Moundville. Ala . tomorrow or Saturday. The committee was appointed by Gov ernor O'Neal to look into charges pre ferred against ITofessor B F Smith, of the Moundville Normal school The prin cipal allegations are neglect of duty in that the president devotes too much of Ids time to football and baseball The committee is composed of John B. Weak ley. of Birmingham, chairman; W \V lag vender. of Centerville, and R B Evins, of Greensboro TOMMY BURNS MAY TIE UP IN GO WITH FLYNN CHICAGO. July 18 There is a likeli hood of Jim Flynn and Tommy Burns coming together in a 20-round encounter out West Word came to Jack Curley toda> that Jimmy Coffroth is planning such a match for Admission day. Septem ber 9, and that he Is now negotiating with the former heavyweight (hampion. Cof froth seems inclined to believe that such a contest would draw a big gate. It should, for Flynn's show ing against John son and Burns' fourteen-round tight with the champion make them an evenly matched pair. Flynn Is due to arrive here from his ‘mine In Pueblo todav and lie and Man ager Curl. \ will talk over them plans Curley Is inclined to take his charge to New York, where they can engage in a few contests and then make a trip abroad, i Jack savs he believes that a trip through I England and Frame would give them plentv of work and then a jump to Aus i trails would follow Flynn is aching for a return battle with I Jack Johnson and it is learned that Cur- Hex Is making a desperate attempt to eet I Jack in the ring again, either in 'Frisco' I or New York. The Big Race These American league batting aver ages include yesterday’s games: Players. AB. H. P.C. COBB 313 129 .412 SPEAKER 337 133 .394 JACKSON 326 121 .371 LAJOIE 216 72 .333 COLLINS 297 93 .313 Cobb made seven hits in eleven times up yesterday. His seven hits were suc cessive—three singles, three doubles and a triple. Speaker went to the plate four times and failed to pole a single safe swat. Jackson was up five times and one hit was the best he could garner. Collins, at bat twice, tailed to con nect. Lajoie didn’t play yesterday. WESTERN OPEN GOLF MEET OPENS AUGUST 28 CHICAGO, July 18. —Announcement was made today that the Western open championship, open to amateurs and professionals throughout the world, will be played on the course of the Idle wild Country club. Flossmoor. Wednes day and Thursday, August 28 and 29. There will be five prizes offered. The first will be S3OO. second S2OO, third SIOO, fourth $75 and fifth SSO. A gold medal will be awarded the player making the lowest total score. The competition will be 72 holes, medal play. 86 holes to be played on Wed nesdaj and the remaining 36 holes on Thursday. A special prize will be awarded the player making the lowest score for any round of 18 hol-s during the competition. An amateur winning any of the prizes will also come in for an appropriate medal. Entries for the tournament close August 23. Privileges of the course will be extended to all contestants for one week prior to the tournament. ’Crick" Evans, Warren Wood. Ned Sawyer and other local experts will contest among the amateurs. I WINNER OF “HOPE” MATCH GETS GO WITH JEANNETTE NEW YORK. July 1R Toni Kennedy. I I handsomest of our “white hopes." and * Bombardier W ells, equally as handsome. ; meet tonight in Madison Square Garden. < Both are dead anxious to win. Reason: Billy Glbsoh, who occupies a pedestal all by himself as the most pop ular fight promoter this city has ever known, has promised the winner of the mill bout with Joe Jeannette, the dark- I skinned heavyweight gladiator, who Is making Champion Jack Johnson retrace his *4teps farthest W est Gibson's promise means that the win ner of this bout may ultimately land a tnaicli with Johnson and a chance at the yvorld's title. Jeannette is the barrier aspiring heavies must overcome in order to prove their efficiency. But not one has been able to surmount this obstacle and for that reason Jeannette has been compelled to remain idle most of the time. I Wells is confident that he can heat Ken- I nedy He insinuated as much yesterday when he told Gibson that he might as well go ahead and make arrangements I tor the bout with Jeannette Wells is mu discouraged by his defeat b\ Balzer He says he will be much stronger and faster against Kennedy. as 1 has . ondi tinned himself to g<> the route at dazzling speed. * Rain May Fall, Probably Will, But Golfers Play Right Through If HUNDRED PLAYERS CET AWAV IN LOCAL TOURNEY) By Percy H. Whiting. UNDER clouds that lowered threateningly and gave prom ise of putting, at any old time, a cloud-burst finish to the festivities, a good field "f golfers got away this morning in the sec ond annual invitation tournament of the Atlanta Athletic club. For three days the cream of Southern golfers will hammer ex pensive’little bits of rubber balls around the illimitable geography of DeKalb county for the good of their he-alth, the glory of their clubs and. incidentally, to garner some of the resplendent silverware offered for the purpose by the Atlanta club. Perhaps the mo«t Impressive fea ture of the affair is the tremendous entry of Atlanta golfers. More than 80 players of the A. A. C. will take part in the event, which is un doubtedly tlie largest entry of real golfers that was ever made by any f i . 11 « * w A : HI ■ viOII ■ t|l RUNNING DOWN A PUTT. emffISTMG ANOTHER OAV OFF NEW ORLEANS. July 18.—The Crackers had another day of rest on their hands. And they were not keen for it. either, as they are fighting mad to get back into harness an£i trounce the Pelicans. The three defeats at the hXnds of the Gulls still sting, and Hemphill and his warriors are out for revenge, ho matter who may be the op ponent. Atlanta has an extra game to play here, and it was thought that as today was an off one in the schedule, it would be played this afternoon: but Charley Frank decided to tplay it spine other time. Tomorrow the teams will hook up, with Tommy Atkins on the mound for the Crackers. Swann is slated to per form for the home aggregation. OUTFIELDER TUTWILER BOUGHT BY LOOKOUTS ( HATT.yNOOGA. TENN . Julv IS.— Outfielder Tutweiler was purchased from Wllkesbarre through Detroit to replace Hopkins, who was released last week. He will join the team in Mo bile. Barr and Jordan will return next week when the local hospital list will be without a name. scuon/zoi/s taoismes No truth is more forcibly manifested in physical life than the old saying “like begets like;” for just as the offspring of healthy ancestry are I blessed with pure, rich blood insuring good health, so the children of blood-1 i tainted parentage inherit a polluted circulation which fosters a chain of S I scrofulous troubles. The usual sign of a scrofulous inheritance are swollen i glands about the neck, weak eyes, pale, waxy complexions, sores and ulcers > , and general poor health. These symptoms are most often manifested in I e early life, though sometimes maturity is reached , before the trouble breaks out. Treatment should be commenced at the first indication of Scrofula for it may get beyond control if allowed to run un checked. S. S. S.'is the very best treatment for Scrofula. It renovates the circulation and drives out all scrofulous matter and deposits. S. S. S. goes to the bottom of the trouble and removes the cause and cures the disease. Then it supplies the I weak, blood with healthful properties. S. S. S. is i made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, and is an ! absolutely safe remedy for young or old. Book on the blobd and medical advice free - THE SWT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. club in the South. This means that enough local players entered to fill the tournament and leave a pretty good surplus.' With a comfortaljly large entry to handle and with all day for the qualifying only a moderately early sfart was made. A few players, hopeful that there would be less rain in the morning than the after noon. were making dashes for the first tee about breakfast time, but the majority of players took it easy and began play at a more rea sonable time» It is quite likely, considering the stuff misbranded “weather" that has been handed* out of late as the real thing, that a fall of moisture will cut some figure with the quali fying rounds. Under the rules of golf it is not permissible to stop be cause of rain. This will mean that perhaps a few lucky payers will get around without being drenched while a majority will run into a half dozen of the maverick show ers that are always prowling about, seeking somebody to drench Nat urally it is a difficult matter to play good golf in a driving, howling rain and a lot of good scores are likely to be spoiled by the weather' man. At best, there isn’t any great like lihood that the amateur record for the local course will suffer much as a result of today's qualifying round. The course is in excellent condition—as good as it ever was in its career, but it Is wet. That means that every ball hit will stick about where it lands in the wet clay. The tremendous "run” that ' Is on the end of every hard-hit ball when the course is dry and baked will be entirely missing. On a long course, such as the one at East Lake is, this run is helpful and when it is absent the records are seldom in danger. * • ♦ tNVITATION golf tournaments 4 are a thing of -comparelively recent origin in the 'South. It is probable that the Nashville Golf and Country club was the first one that inaugurated such events in Dixie. There may have been spo radic outbreaks before that, time, but Nashville's was the first chron ic affair. They had some corking fine tournaments there, too. In the old days Nashville had but nine holes, and they were most of them fine little drive-and-pitch affairs— the first, second, fourth, fifth, sev enth and ninth then answering that description. This Just suited the average players and they flocked to the tournament in droves. It got so finally that the little course could not begin to accommodate them and when a couple had played their first round in a tournament they would have to retire to the club house for an hour’s yfait before they could get another turn at the first tee. The Nashville tournament has not been played for the last cou ple of years, but while it flourished it was a wonder. The Birmingham club has kicked in at odd times w-ith an invitation event, but has never made it a regular annual affair. The first Birmingham tournament was considerable of a frost. The Alabama club provided the most remarkable collection of trophies ever offered in the South up to that time, and one • which probably hasn’t been equalled since. But nobody, to speak of, came to the tournament. So the Birmingham players played for their own cups ami made rhe best of It. After that the Birmingham club retired from the invitation tournament business until this year, when they gave one • that was a great success, Montgomery had a somewhat similar experience with their first tournament. Only a handful of visiting players turned up for the considlWble of a frost. The Mont gomery club was game, however, and came back last year with an other and this year with still an other. and now has the event well established. Next year the con tinuity will be interrupted by the Southern championship, which will be held there, but in 1914 it is prob able that the Montgomery club will revive its invitation event. As thing* stand now, Atlanta and Montgomery are the only South ern clubs which advertise and pro mote annual invitation tourna ments. though the Birmingham and Memphis clubs give enough to keep them decidedly in the running. 'J* HE’ program for Atlanta’s invi tation tournament now in prog ress is here given: THURSDAY, July 18. Qualifying Round. Eighteen Holes Medal Play. Sixteen lowest scores to qualify for Atlanta Athletic club trophy. Second sixteen to qualify for East Lake trophy. Third sixteen to qualify for De- Kalb trophy. Four,th sixteen to qualify for Ponce DeLeon trophy. ♦ * * FRIDAY, July 19, Forenoon. Event No. I—First round. Atlan to Athletic club trophy. Event No. 2—First round, East Lake trophy. Event No. 3—First round, De- Kalb trophy. Event No. 4—First yound. Ponce DeLeon trophy. Afternoon. Event No. I—Second round. At lanta Athletic club trophy. Event No. 2—Second round. East Lake trophy. Eveut No. 3—Second round. De- Kalb trophy. Event No. 4. —-Second round, Ponce DeLeon trophy. First round defeated eights in each event. • « * SATURDAY, July 20, Forenoon. Event No. I—Semi-finals. Atlan ta Athletic club trophy. Event No. 2—Semi-finals, East / Lake trophy. Event No. 3 —Semi-finals. De- Kalb trophy. Event No. 4—Semi-finals. Ponce DeLeon trophy. Semi-finals defeated eights in each event. Afternoon. Event No. I—Finals, Atlanta Ath letic club trophy. Event No. 2—Finals. East Lake trophy. Event l(o. 3—Finals. DeKalb tro phy. Event No. 4 —Finals. Ponce De- Leon trophy. Finals defeated eights in each event. McCarthy brought to SHORE BY LIFE GUARDS WILDWOOD, N. J., July 18.—-Luther McCarthy, the Springfield. Mo., white hope, who is here training for. his ap proaching bout witlj Al Palzer, had a. narrow escape from death yesterda" when he became exhausted while In bathing. He was by lifeguards and was unconscious w’hen brought to shore. It required severe measures to bring him ashore. It is possible that McCarthy's manager may ask for a postponement of the bout. "If It’s at Hartman’s, It’s Correct" Smart “Manhattan” Negligees Drop in today and see our line of Summer Shirts. Soft Shirt with soft-fold cuffs and de tached soft collar to match, and all regulation styles. “Manhattans’’ galore, in all the rich, new stripes and white, at $1.50 to $3.50. “Hart man’’ Shirts at SI.OO to $1.50. 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