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10 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." • • ♦ 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 * •’ ter. especially the latter. / /KTk / zfz/ /z ■hS 1 ’ w AN ACCURATE DRIVE -v- 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 * 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 Hr wr*"' * I: & 1 a V*- iv’• WHIM ■ 7 |W"' ij ♦ A WE» A ML 4 *' jEs; Wl > Jl****’** ||| jUglll W. Jr Jlfii Ijg 1 ■ I ' a RUNNING DOWN A PUTT. 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. *. * * 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. » » • 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. • * • 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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