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GIOMIAN OTO * DOTHTS* I
LDITLD & S FARNSWORTH
The tWTOK?
COLUMN
BILLY MADDEN, the greatest
conditioner and handler of
fighters that ever lived, the
man who steered John L. Sullivan
for years, comes across with a letter
regarding the recent Johnson-
Flynn battle, which is of little in
terest locally, outside of a story
about a mill that was held In South
Africa yea a ago. which, according
to Billy, was for the record side bet.
“I have my doubts about that
181.000 said to have been paid
Johnson 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 'his
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.
South Africa has us all beat when
It comes to side wagers on a fight.
"The contest in question took
place on the Dark Continent In
between Jack Cooper and
Wolf Bendoff. heavyweights. And
it was real money, too, not merely
a press agent IK-, for the party who
put up the stake so- Bendoff was
none other than BarYiey Rarnato,
the South African millionaire.
“Cooper originally hailed from
Australia. He was a big fellow
and 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 Barnalo longed
for revenge.
"He took a steamer for London,
resolved to 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 his 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 from being the best man
that money' could have procured,
but as Barney was a Hebrew him
aelf. 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 tn tow When
they arrived Barnato immediately
challenged Cooper to a fight to a
finish on behalf of his protege.
Cooper accepted, but was almost
stunned when Barnato insisted that
each man should post a side bet of
150.000.
“Cooper hesitated at first, but
urged on by his admirers and
afraid of being accused of coward
ice. he consented to Bamato’s
terms Fifty thousand dollars did
not mean much to the wealthy
Barnato, but 1t meant all to the
pugilist, whose scalp he tvas 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, MICH., July IS.—
Esther K.. a nine-year-old mure, who
made her debut in the grand circuit
this year, won the SIO,OOO paper mill
stake for 2:11 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 Wanderer 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 2:15 pace
never varied. Chimes Hall, Major
Odell, Bessie Bee and Jessie Direct fin
ished in the same order tn each heat
Although Beth Clark was the favor
ite in the 2:22 trot, ahe was defeated
by Warner Hall in the five heats. It
was in the second heat, won by Heth
Clark, that she was driven a mile tn
2:06 3-4. the fastest time made on th«
Kalamazoo track so far this season.
HOT GAME SATURDAY FOR
STREET CAR EMPLOYEES
The annua benefit baseba'l gatin’,
the proceeds of which will g<» to the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Employees Relief association, will be
played Saturday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at Ponce DeLeon park
The Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company and the Southern
railway Inman yards teams will be th>
contestant s
Tickets ran be purchased from any
of the street car men This is a yearly
event and is the opportunity for the
people of Atlanta to ehow their appre
elation of the efficient and faithful
that these m*n g’>c them day
day 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. 1n Gentry's circus. Ben
doff was a huge, powerful speci
men of humanity, and his 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’s condition
was not what it ought to be. H«
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 and 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 lest 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. Cooper, also died by his own
act. Following the battle with
Bendoff. he speculated on all sides
and became widely known 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 l . Like a true gambler, he
tried again, but failed, and wffke
up one morning to find himself
practically a. pauper. The ex-pugi
list locked himself In his bed room,
and after scribbling on a sheet of
paper the words I have thrown up
the sponge.' blew his brains out
with a revolver."
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UIK have received a hatch of let
’’ 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 we 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.t If you bet that your
team would yvin 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, Mlles. Dugan anil Shaw,
are riding with considerable distinc
tion on the courses of the dual mon
archy.
<>ne of the notable classics tn which
the trio participated recently was the
Austrian derby, run at 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 it 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
LOS ANGELES, July 18 A return
match between Ad Wolgast, champion
lightweight. and Joe Rivers. who
fought here July 4. will be 'staged on
Labor day This is the statement of
Promote Tom Mct'arev. who says the
fighters have agreed to everything ex
cept the referee. It is believed that a
Los Angebs man will be third man In
the ring when the battle begins.
The agreement was reached after
Met’arey had given up all hope of get
ting the men to sign articles. I’nder
the terms of the agreement Wolgast
gets $15,000 and Rivers SB,OOO.
GOLFER HILTON COMING
HERE TO DEFEND TITLE
CHICAGO, July 18 Word has been re
ceived by local members of the I'nited
States Golf association that National
Champion Harold H Hilton, of England,
would be on hand to defend his title of
champion at the I' S. G A. tournament
in September at Hie Chicago Golf club
Hilton is play Ing his usual good game this
season ami it wdll be a hard task for the
Americans to beat him and bring the
title back to the I'nited States
GOING DOWN: NICK ALTROCK.
KANSAS CITY. July 18 Pitcher
Nick Aitrock. formerly star of thet'hl
cago American', was given his uncon
ditional release by the Kansas City
American association team.
I’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. JULY 18. 1912.
Dr. T. P. Hinman, Who Is
A Demon With the Putter
Here is one of the steadiest
players at the East Lake t
course. He is not a flashy \
in a good card. He is not an / / . \
exceptionally long driver, hill /'■
very accurate, and is a past- / ,
master of the ntashie and pul- /-Jl * •’
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BIG POSITION
FOO SOLLIMN
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 vieiting
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 close, 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. Sullivivi. United 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 fontball can mix
well with the duties of the president of a
college are among the things that will be
investigated by a special committee of the
state normal school board that experts
to proceed to Moundville, Ala .. tomorrow
or Saturday
The committee was appointed b\ Gov
ernor O’Neal to look into charges pre
ferred against Professor B. F. Smith, of
the Moundville Normal school The prin
cipal allegations are neglect of duty in
that the president devotes too much of
his time to football and baseball The
committee is composed of John B Weak
ley. of Birmingham, chairman. W W
Lavender, 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 ami 'Pommy Burns
coming together m a 20-round encounter
out West. Word came to Jack Curley
today that Jimmy Coffroth is planning
such a match for Admission day, Septern
her 9. and that he is now negotiating with
the former heavy weight • champion. Cos
froth seems inclined to believe that such
a contest would draw a big gate It
should, for Flynn’s showing 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
home in Pueblo today and he and Man
ager Curley will talk over their plans.
Curley is inclined to take his charge to
New York, where thej can engage in a
fpu contests and then make a trip abroad
Jack sa\s he believes that a trip through
England and France would give them
plenty of work and then a jump tr. Aus
tralia would follow
Flynn is aching for a return battle with
Ja< k Johnson and it is learned that Cur
ie.' Is making a desperate attempt to g**t
Jack in the ring again, either in Frisco
or New York.
The Big Race
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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, failed to con
nect.
Lajoie didn’t play yesterday.
WESTERN OPEN GOLF
MEET OPENS AUGUST 28
• ,'HICAGO. 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. Elossmoor. 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 awardeß the
player making the lowest total score.
The competition will be 72 holes, medal
play. 36 holes to be played on Wed
nesday and the remaining 36 holes on
Thursday. A special prize will be
awarded the player making the lowest
score for any round of IS holes 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 he extended to all
contestants for one week prior to the
| tournament.
"•'rick" Evans. Warren Wood. Ned
Sawyer and other local experts will
contest among the amateurs.
• WINNER OF-HOPE” MATCH
GETS GO WITH JEANNETTE
NEW YORK. July 18. Tom Kennedy, i
| handsomest of our “white hopes. ’ ami !
Bombardier Wells, equally as handsome, j
meet tonight in Madison Square Garden
1 Both are dead anxious t<V win
Reason. Billy Gibson, who occupies a
pedestal all by hlmseif as the most pop
s ular fight promoter this city lias ever
known, has promised the winner of the
i mill a bout with Joe .Jeannette, the dark
skinned heavyweight gladiator, who is
i making Champion Jack Johnson retrace
his steps farthest West.
Gibson’s promise means that the win
i ner of this bout may ultimately land a
match with Johnson and a chance at the
world'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
i compelled to remain idle most of the time.
Wells is confident that he can beat Ken
i nedy He insinuated as much yesterday
i when he told Gibson that he might as
well go ahead and make arrangements
for the bout with Jeannette
' Wji|ls is not discouraged by his defeat
by ralzer He says he will be much |
t stronger and faster against Kennedy as I
> he has conditioned himself to go the route I
at dazzling speed. 1
Rain May Fall, Probably Will, But Golfers Play Right Through If
HUNDRED PLAYERS GET AWAY IN LOCAL TOURNEY
By Percy H. Whiting.
UNDER clouds that lowered
threateningly and gave priori
ise of putting, at any old
time, a cloud-burst finish to the
festivities, a good field of 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
health, the glory of their clubs and.
incidentally, to garner some of the
resplendent silverware offered for
the purpose by the Atlanta club.
Perhaps the most 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 the largest entry of real
golfers that was ever made by any
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CRACKERS MG
ANOTHER DAY OFF
NEW ORLEANS, July 18.—The
Crackers had another day of rest on
their bands. And they were not keen
for it. either, as they are fighting mad
to get back into harness and trounce
the Pelicans. The three defeats at the
hands of the Gulls still sting, and
Hemphill and his warriors are out for
revenge, no 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 some 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
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. July. 18.—
Outfielder Tutweiler was purchased
fropt M'ilkesbarre through Detroit to
replace Hopkins, who was released 1 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.
scaowtas tucwsies
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
blessed with pure, rich blood insuring good health, so the children of blood
tainted parentage inherit a polluted circulation which fosters a chain of
' scrofulous troubles. The usual sign of a scrofulous inheritance are swollen I
glands about the neck, weak eyes, pale, waxy complexions, sores and ulcers I
and general poor health. These symptoms are most often manifested in j
early life, though sometimes maturity is reached j
before the trouble breaks out. Treatment should ’
be commenced at the first indication of Scrofula for I
it may get beyond control if allowed to run un
\ checked. S. S. S. is the very best treatment for
I Scrofula. It renovates the circulation and drives
/ out scrofulous matter and deposits. S. S. S.
goes to the bottom of the trouble and removes the
\ ivlMcause and cures the disease. Then it supplies the i
weak, blood with healthful properties. S. S. S. is j
made entirely of roots, herbs and barks, and is an ■
• absolutely safe remedy for young or old. Book on the blood and medical
advice free. THE swIFT S p EaFIC qq 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 comfortably large entry
to handle and with all day for the
qualifying only a moderately early
start 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 players will
get around without being drenched
while a majority ■ will run Into a
half dozen of the maverick shotv
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
ts on the end of every hard-hit ball
when the course is dry anti baked
will be entirely missing. On a long
course, such as the one at East
Lake is. this run is helpful and
when it 1s absent the records are
seldom in danger.
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rNVITATION golf tournaments
1 are a thing of comparatively
recent origin in the Sbuth. 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 w'as 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 wait 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 w hile it flourished
it was a wonder.
The Birmingham club has kicked
in at odd times with 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
and made the 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
event, and it was. .n some ways,
considerable of a frost. The Mont
gomery club was'game, l 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 heAd there, but In 1914 it Is prob
able that the Montgomery club will
revive its invitation event.
. As things 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.
yHE 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 fi»r East
Lake trophy.
Third sixteen to qualify for De-
Kalb trophy.
Fourth sixteen to qualify fc>r
Ponce DeLeon trophy.
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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 round, 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.
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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 Pones
DeLeon trophy.
Semi-finals defeated eights in
each event.
Afternoon.
Event No. I—-Finals.1 —-Finals. Atlanta Ath
letic club trophy.
Event No. 2—Finals. East Lake
trophy.
Event No. 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 with Al Palzer, had a
narrow escape from death yesterday
when he became exhausted while in
bathing. He was rescued by lifeguards
and was unconscious when brought to
shore It required severe measures to
bring him ashore. It is possible that
McCarthy’s manager may ask ft>- a
postponement of the bout.
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