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SOUTHEASTERN’S
PRESIDENT DUITS
ANNISTON, ALA., July 18.—Affairs
In the Southeastern baseball league had
another turn when the resignation of
President Hugh W. Roberts Was made
Known. Laical baseball men did not
, are to prophesy on the effect this res
ignation Kvould have on the league, fur
ther than to say "it was mighty bad to
swap horses while crossing a stream."
The baseball situation was thor
oughly discussed on the streets yester
day by directors and fans. All were
agreed that events made a four-club
league for the balance of the season
inevitable. The clubs will be Anniston,
Gadsden, Rome and Selma. Bessemer
•= already out, and Talladega has never
been formally accepted as a member of
the organization.
The directors met in Birmingham
and decided that each of the five clubs
still going should put up S7O apiece to
enable Bessemer to play the last three
days of the last week, so that Cedar
town might have a chance to come in.
It is said Anniston’s representative was
opposed to this plan, doubting that
there was a chance of Cedartown com
ing in. but he was outvoted.
It is now up to President Bailey to
steer the league successfully for the
rest of this season, a period of a month
and a half. Sentiment here seemed in
favor of cutting down the league ex
penses. which, it is said, have run
something like S9OO a month. With a
four-club league the salary of one um
pire can be eliminated, and possibly
other savings can be effected.
ATLANTA TENNIS STARS
IN WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP
CHICAGO, July 18.—Tennis stars
from distant states have begun arriv
ing in Chicago for the annual Western
championship tournament, which will
begin on Saturday at the Owentsia
club. Lake Forest.
The national doubles matches will be
played on the same grounds July 30-31,
the winning team to meet R. D. Li'tle
and D. F. Touchard, the title holders,
August 20. at Newport.
Among the visiting players in the
men’s singles will be Nat Thornton and
(’ Y. Smith, of Atlanta; Elliott Mid
dleton and Alfred Cornelius, of Mem
phis; G. B. Monroe, of New Orleans,
and C. M. Church and W. H. Mace, of
P'inceton.
KARL BEHR DEFEATS
CLAY COURT CHAMPION
BOSTON, July 18.—R. N. Williams,
of Philadelphia, national clay court
champion, was defeated by Karl H.
Behr, of New York, at the Longwood
'picket club singles championship
tournament yesterday in a brilliant
five-set match. Another closely con
tested five-set match was between G.
F. Touchard, of New’ York, and Nat W.
Niles, of Boston, the latter finally win
ning.
F. C. Inman, of New York, and E. P.
Larned were put out of the Eastern
doubles championships by N. P. Hallo
well and J- Newell, of Boston. This
was the only upset in the doubles.
WANT DRISCOLL-KILBANE GO.
NEW YORK, July 18.—The National
Sporting club, of London, is trying to
match Jem Driscoll, featherweight
champion of Great Britain, with Johnny
Kilbane. for the world’s title. Charles
M. Mathison, representative of the
London club in this country, received a
cable message last night asking him to
take up negotiations with Kilbane. It
is understood the London club is pre
pared to hang up a big purse.
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FODDER FOR FANS
Muskegon, Boyne City and Cadillac will
stick in the Michigan State league. Pe
toskey has no chance for a franchise.
Luckless Petoskey.
• • •
Pitcher Ed Smith has resigned as man
ager of the Grand Rapids team. When
Ben Koehler dropped out of the team he
left a hole that Smith hasn’t been able to
plug and after staving off the inevitable
for a while he uit.
Lou Castro is still "calling' home runs.
In a game at Norfolk the other day. with
the score tied In the last of the ninth Lou
stepped to the stands as Nixon went to
bat and announced: “Ladies and gentle
men. the game is over. You can go
home.” Nixon then put the ball over the
fence.
• • «
Canton. Akron and Wheeling are ail
after Jesse Tannehill, who was recently
released by South Bend. They say that
they’ll take any man who can hit .300.
even if he is a bit slow on his knobs.
• • ■
Speaking of Eva Tanguay. Hugh Jen
nings says he don’t care either. It s alto
gether too distressing.
Jimmy Callahan isn’t hitting as he did
last year. It’s that way with managers.
• • •
If the’ Crackers stand between the rest
of rhe clubs and the bottom of the pit they
ought at least get a Carnegie medal all
around for their bravery.
• * *
The LaGrande club of the Western Tri-
State league has a woman for an official
scorer. Which leads some of us former
scorers to wonder who the players cuss at
about the hits they don’t get.
Joe Delehanty couldn't even stick with
Wllkesbarre and has drawn his release.
* • »
Last fall a guy named Frank C. Davis
got $1,600 from Miss Ellen Flynn to buy
world series tickets, alleging that he was
a friend of J. McGraw. Jawn is going to
court now and then these days to testify
that he doesn't know Davis.
• • •
Kraft, once a pitcher with Toledo, now
an outfielder in the South Michigan
league, recently made eight homd runs in
nine days.
Shortstop Foreman, of the Kankakee
club, made an unassisted triple play the
other day.
They've just discovered that if the
Giants weren't in the National league It
would be a grand race.
• • •
As absorbers of punlshm'nt the New
York Highlanders have Joe Grim’s best
efforts looking like an overripe tomato.
The Giants were pretty well shot to
pieces In Chicago and five men were on
the hospital list when McGraw retreated.
• . ■
Charley Faust alleges that he has put a
jinx on the Giants because they spumed
his services as pitcher and mascot.
Fine chance for the puzzle department
to spring one really worth working on!
How’s this for a puzzler: "What in the
dickens is the matter with the Crackers,
anyway?"
■ • •
President Lynch, of the National league,
has cautioned his umpires not to allow any
"kicks to the grandstand." Says he, "If
a man argues a bit with you over his
shoulder about balls and strikes, it's usu
ally all right. But if he draws a line on
the ground to show where the ball went,
fire him. He isn't kicking to you. then.
He's trying to prove an alibi to the fans.
• • a
What would be the betting If the High
landers faced the Braves?
* • •
They are taking up a contribution in
Rochester to buy John Ganzel an automo
bile.
• * •
With two pitchers badly crippled Man
ager Schwartz still manages to keep the
Nashville team ahead of the Crackers.
« ■ •
Ed Koney has missed only fourteen
games in eight years. The Big Train wal
lows in work.
• • •
Both John Henry and Eddie Ainsmith
were injured in a recent game. Henry
tore a ligament In his left knee and was
seriously hurt.
• « •
The Boston fans think that if Joe Wood
can keep on as he has been going that
they will take the pennant sure and they
wouldn’t mind wagering a kopek or two
on the outcome of the world's series.
• • •
Once when Dale Gear was managing the
Muskogee team a bug named Martin came
to him and asked for a job.
"What have you been drawing?” asked
Gear.
“Well, I’ve been in the habit of drawing
S2OO a month.” said Martin.
"It’s a bad habit and you’ll have to
iZifi ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1912.
break yourself of it." was Gear's retort—
and he signed him for $l6O.
Later Gear decided to fire this same
Martin. But Martin refused to be fired.
He pulled his contract and flashed these
words on Geor—“for the season of 1910."
“Also," added Martin. "I told my moth
er I wasn't coming home till fall and I
ain’t.”
So Gear tore up his release and let him
finish out the season.
• « *
The Giants are all to pieces. They have
already lost two series this season.
• • ■
Oh. yes. among the other places in the
National league Jennings is going to after
Detroit cans him is Brooklyn—which
would be a blessing for Brooklyn, though
tolerably hard on Hughie.
• • •
Kid Butler is batting .332 with St. Paul.
• * •
President Kavanaugh paid a recent visit
to New Orleans—but not on baseball busi
ness, of course. He gets his salary for
sticking in Little Rock, which isn’t in the
circuit.
George Shears, the skinny left hander
who trained in Atlanta with the Yanks,
has been shipped to Albany, N. Y.. for
more seasoning.
• • •
At Cape May they are offering daily
prizes of one pair of silk stockings to the
lady who holds the ticket number which
corresponds to the score of the home team
multiplied by the score of the visitors.
• • •
Al Bridwell is still suffering from the
effects of an attack of blood poisoning,
but is improving.
• • •
Gabbj' Street is proving more and more
of a failure with the A anks. and it is
likely that Williams will be the second
catcher in the future.
♦ * •
Pat Maloney, purchased by the Yanks
from Brockton, is an awful disappoint
ment He can neither bat nor run bases.
Just before the Yanks bought him the
Braves turned him down. Wow!
• * •
Charley Sterrett is likely to be the reg
ular Yank center fielder the rest of the
year. He is going strong with the club
and, while callow, is willing and husky.
• • •
Hugh Roberts, the sporting editor-pres
ident of the Southeastern league, has re
signed his job. He says he can’t give the
league sufficient attention.
• • ♦
Catcher Kelly figured as the small end
of the big O'Toole deal, but he is prov
ing one of the best catchers in fast com
pany. X
♦ • ♦
A dozen pitchers are batting better than
.250 in the National league—which is
Heinie-Zimmering some for pitchers.
• * •
Tommy may not be responsible, but the
Cubs have certainly played vastly im
proved ball since T. Leach joined them.
• • •
Great as the Giants are they haven't
but three pitchers who are worth a hang—
the peerless Marquard. the fading Math
ewson and the uncertain Tesreau. Wiltse,
Ames and Crandall wouldn’t be an es
pecial credit to the St. Louis Browns.
• « •
Jud Daly continues to be the big cut-up
in the fielding way with the Superbas.
His mental obfustication is no great
handicap to him in that company.
• * •
Players close to Rube Marquard say
that he nearly popped under the strain of
keeping up his record string of victories.
When the strain ended he went all to
pieces.
» » •
Cliff Curtis, the human trading stamp,
has a new berth. He’s with Brooklyn.
Curtis started with Boston Then he went
to Chicago on the Kling deal. Then he
went to the Phillies for Kitty Bransfielff.
Pretty soon he'll be going to the minors—
for good.
CREWS RACE AT STOCKHOLM.
STOCKHOLM, July 18.—Half a doz
en nations competed against each other
in the rowing events of the Olympic
regatta today. In the preliminary
rounds of the outrigger fours Denmark
beat Finland by a length. Thames
Rowing club bested Norway by 1 1-2
lengths; the Christiana crew defeated
Belgium, the Ludwigshaven. Germany,
crew, had no opponents and had a
walk-over.
FAMOUS DRIVER DIES.
KALAMAZOO, MICH., July 18.—
James Flynn, 65 years of age, famous
as the driver of Sweet Marie when she
made her 2:02 record in California, is
dead here today. Flynn, whose home
is Bangor. Mich., was attending the
races here and was stricken with heart
failure.
THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta in New Orleans
Memphis in Montgomery.
Nashville, in Birmingham
Standing of the Club*.
W L. P C W. L. P C
B ham. .53 32 .621 C'nooga. 40 41 .494
Mobile . .47 42 .528 N’ville 37 43 .463
N. Or. . 39 38 506 Mont.. . 38 47 .447
M'mphis 40 40 .500 Atlanta .34 45 .430
Yesterday s Results.
Nashville 4. Birmingham 1
New Orleans 4. Chattanooga 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games Today.
Albany in Jacksonville
Columbia in Savannah.
Macon in Columbus.
Standing or tne Clubs.
W. L P C W. L. J’.C.
C’bus. . 11 6 .647 .1 ville. . 10 8 .556
Macon . .11 7 .611 Cola . . . 13 .316
Sav . . .10 7 .588 Albany ~6 13 .316
Yesterday s Results,
Jacksonville 12. Savannah 0.
Macon 1, Albany 0 (first game.)
Albany 3. Macon 2 <second game. I
Columbus 1, Columbia o (first game.)
Columbus 7. Columbia I (second game.)
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
Games Today.
Chicago in Boston.
St. Louis in Washington.
Detroit in Philadelphia.
Cleveland in New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L. P C
Boston . .58 27 .684 C'land. . .43 43 .500
Wash .52 34 (105 Detroit . 41 44 .482
T’hila. . .48 36 .571 S Louis 25 57 .305
Chicago .45 37 .549 N. York 22 56 ’ .282
' Yesterday’s Results.
Detroit 13. Philadelphia 1 (first game.i
Philadelphia 5. Detroit 4 (second game.
Cleveland 5, New York 1.
Chicago 1, Boston 0 (first game.)
Boston 7, Chicago 3 (second game.)
Washington 1, St. Louis 0 (first game.)
St. Louis 7, Washington 6 (second
game.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
New York in Pittsburg.
Boston in Cincinnati.
Philadelphia in Chicago.
Brooklyn in St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L. P.C
N. York 59 20 .747 Phila .42 44 488
Chicago 48 29 .623 S. Louis 30 45 .400
P'burg. 46 32 .590 B'klyn. .29 48 .377
C’nati. . .41 39 .513 Boston. 21 59 .263
Yesterday’s Results.
New York 10. Pittsburg 2.
Brooklyn 7. St. Louis I.
Cincinnati-Boston, rain
Philadelphia 6, Chicago 5.
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NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Buck Crouse s debut in New York box
ing circles Monday night was a hot one.
Buck beat up Young Kurtz so badly that
the referee stopped the fight in the eighth
round to save the Newark man from fur
ther punishment.
• * •
Crouse, who fought a preliminary bout
in Atlanta under an assumed name some
time hack, outweighed his opponent some
twelve or fifteen pounds. However, Kurtz
was the more scientific of the two and
this probably helped him to stay the
eight rounds.
• • •
Joe Jeannette is scheduled to box Jim
Johnson in Philadelphia tomorrow night.
• * «
Jeannette recently stopped two pugs in
the same night at New Bedford. Mass.
The negro got Mickey McDonough's num
ber in the second round, while Jeff Mad
den was able to last four numbers. Both
contests were scheduled to go six rounds.
• • •
Promoter Tom McCarey is thinking? of
having an electric time clock installed at
his club that will toll off the seconds when
a fighter is knocked to the boards as well
as ring out the rounds. This would save
unsatisfactory endings of bouts.' such as
wound up the Wolgast - Rivers match on
the Fourth.
• « •
McCarey is still holding the SBOO dia
mond belt that was to have gone to the
winner of the Wolgast - Rivers fight and
will probably do so until the two fighters
meet again.
• • •
Ray Temple has started training in New
Orleans for his ten-round bout with
Young Ahearn In that city Monday night
• • •
The winner of the Temple-Ahearn con
test will be sent up against Joe Mandot,
the New Orleans pride.
• • »
Packey McFarland has decided to post
pone his trip abroad until after the hot
weather. The Chicago whirlwind prob
ably figures Paris a dead city during the
summer months and this Influenced him
to put off his trip abroad.
** • !
Tommy Ryan has practically matched
Howard Morrow and Eddie McGoorty for
a ten-round fight to be staged before the
club offering the largest inducements.
♦ * *
R. D. Masters, who was in the auto
smash-up with K. O. Brown a few nights
ago. has succumbed in a New York hos
pital. where he was carried shortly after
the accident. Brown is doing better than
was expected at first and will be able to
box again within ten weeks.
♦ * ♦
Bombardier Wells and Tom Kennedy
are scheduled to settle the question of
America against England in New York
tonight.
• • t
On August 8. Tommy Burns is sched
uled to meet Bill Rickard in a fifteen
round go at Saskatoon. Sask The for
mer heavyweight, champion will receive a
guarantee of $5,000, win. lose or draw.
♦ ♦ •
Jim Coffroth is arranging to stage a
twenty-round contest between Tommy
Burns and Jim Flynn in the West on A<l
- day, September 9.
• * *
Owen Moran and Jack White are both
in good condition for their twenty-round
contest at Vernon Saturday. The English
man's hand has fully recovered from the
injury he sustained which necessitated
the po tponement of the bout
* • •
Willie Beecher and Joe Mandot are
scheduled to go ten rounds in New Or
leans tonight.
• • «
Billy Papke, who has just returned
home from France, will go back to Paris
to fight George Carpentier October 22.
Young Dyson and Young Haughton are
scheduled to box in Liverpool, England,
tonight.
• • *
Although Mike Gibbons was penniless
a little over a year ago. he now boasts
of a $30,000 bank roll.
ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK
TEAM WINS A_HOT GAME
The Atlanta National and Fourth
National bank teams met yesterday
in one of the most thrilling and excit
ing games of the season. Atlanta Na
tional winning. 2 to 1. It was a pitch
ers’ battle front start to finish, between
Dewberry and Golightly. Aside from
the pitching, two features stood out
above all. They were two double plays
and the timely hit of Gilbert, a single
to tigh4, scoring two men and winning
the game. The work of both teams was
superb.
BOSTON BUYS PITCHER.
SPOKANE, WASH, July- IS.—The
sale of Pitcher Wynn Noyes, of the
Spokane club, to the Boston club of
the National league, has been an
nounced here. Noyes, who is the star
right-hander of the local club, will not
be delivered until the close of the
Northwestern league season.
Down the highway or up
the by-way-—at a maximum
cost of a cent or two a mile
—as against thirty or forty for
the heavy, “Dreadnaught”
type of car—-the light, strong,
Ford will carry you in perfect
comfort-—and, if need be, in
record time.
More than 75,000 new Fords into service
this season—proof that they must be right.
Three passenger Roadster $590 —five
L passenger touring car $690 —delivery car
s7oo—f. o. b. Detroit, with all equipment.
Catalogue from Ford Motor Company,
311 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, or direct
from Detroit factory.
O’KELLY COMES TO LIFE
AS WILD IRISH HOPE
Con O'Kelly, the giant Irishman who
spent a year or more in this country,
first as a wrestler and then as a fighter
under the leadership of Tommy Ryan,
Is going to don the gloves again and
go after heavyweight honors. He is
not coming to this country in any great
hurry. He wants to engage in several
battles in and about England, and if
be succeeds in making good impres
sions may again invade America.
O'Kelly spent the early months of his
short stay here wrestling, but he wasn't
much of a success. His wonderful build
and makeup impressed Tommy Ryan
and the former middleweight champion
took him to his home In Syracuse and
hogan teaching him the finer points of
the game, (’on took hold nicely and
Ryan saw hopes of turning him into the
real white hope.
O’Kelly had several fights and made
good, but a longing to be back home by
his loved ones grew rapidly on him un.
til he pulled away, promising to re
turn. All trace of him, so far as ths
sporting circles on this side of the
Atlantic are concerned, was lost until
in a recent issue of The Sporting Life.
London's leading daily, an article ap
peared regarding his return to the
ring. Part of the story is reprinted
below:
"Having thoroughly recovered from
the eye troubles which compelled Con
O'Kelly, the aspirant to heavyweight
championship honors, to seek a long
rest, he contemplates returning to ths
ring as a principal. Through his man
ager. Mr. H. Turner, the ex-amateur
and Olympic wrestling champion chal
lenges Cyclone Warren (who is located
in Belfast), Gunner Moir. Ben Taylor,
Jewey Smith. Jimmy- Esson. P. O. Cur
ran or any other heavyweight in Great
Britain.
"When under the management of
Tommy Ryan, former middleweight
champion of the world, O'Kelly won
several important contests in America,
and was acknowledged to he the most
likely successor to the world’s title. In
his last engagement the Hull champion
sustained severe damage to one of his
eyes. and. acting on medical advice, he
gave up boxing, but has kept himself in
condition by giving exhibitions of wres
tling and weight /lifting in various
parts of the country. His only contest
with the gloves in the interim was
when outpointing Gunner Moir at the
Free Trade hall, Manchester,’ last
March.
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