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Brain Is the Essential of Atlhetic Success—Thomson By Fred C. Thomson. World's Champion Athlete. , * FTER all, the hands are k ZX the thing. Without them the ideal perfect fighting figure is as naught. And with them the head, the power and all the oth er requisites of the successful ring artist can have but secondary con sideration.” And the above paragraph ap peared in a paper of standing in a conspicuous place without apology. Room was given for an article in attempted proof of the above points. If that declaration be a true one the ring Is forthwith condemned summarily. I am not saying that to disprove the statement that •‘Good hands are better than brains in the ring” would leave the ring free from condemnation. But I do gay that that is not the condem nation that is to be fairly brought against the ring. The ring forfeits its right to existence through the fact that in all its life it lias never produced a noble man. Men have lived through a ring career and at the end been distinguishable from old battle-scarred bull-gorillas—a few have. But that isn't because the ring hasn’t tried its best to bat ter and bruise and coarsen them out of any semblance of the sons of God. It's rather because their hardest fight jvas won not in the ring but outside in keeping them selves from the taint of the ring and its spirit. An Unfair Accusation. It is only fair that we clear the roped arena of this unfair accusa tion. For in no field in which man has faced man has the determin ing factor been the physical ap paratus employed or every detail of it. The big meh in the world stand out not because of the size of their feet or the length of their noses —Such things are mere de tails and don't count in the final calculation; but such men stand head and shoulders above the men around them because of their keen heads and big souls. You notice that I say in no “field” on which man has faced man—in “instances" in which man has faced man every romantic posibility under the sun has been fulfilled. And so if we strove to obtain a judgment in stance by instance the result put graphically would make a good representation of a high frequency spark, shafts and fingers pointing to every point of the compass, but the main line of travel is clear and unmistakable. And it points out clearly that given two men everything in com mon of ordinary normal grade, the one having the keener head, the other the tougher hands. Why. of course the man with the better head would win. He’d probably come out not only the winner, but with his hands in better shape and all the rest of him. Man Subdues Lion. I've seen lions that with one swipe ♦ fL I Its fine natural B [ Burley flavor never | disappoints I DRUMMOND I NATURAL LEAF g! CHEWING TOBACCO Jg Dr. E. G. Griffin’s D S R c iL Over BROWN & ALLEN'S DRUG STORE, 24'/ z WHITEHALL ST. $5 Set ot Tee,tl COMPLETED DAY ORDERED 22k Gold Crowns, $3 Special Bridt' w « rk - S 4 ■» .£ 1; y All Dental Work Lowest Prices. PHO N E 1708. Hours—B to 7. Lady Attendant. [r E M 1 EN i XZoX MARTIN MAY ' 19% PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES , IC”’ of their paws could fell a half a dozen men and which would be unembarrassed by the most violent attacks on them with a man’s hands, that were taken, strapped down, chloroformed and under the surgeon’s puny hands its great paw slit and slashed at will. Could the man do that because his hands were stronger or more rugged than the lion’s paw? Why, it wps en tirely because his head was keener and his soul great in wanting to relieve from pain. But the great danger that I am fearful of is not that such declara tions as these will be made un true, though they are, but that being made and carrying with them somewhat of truth, though it be a small fraction, will be accepted on face value because of the quasi guarantee of good character, the grain of truth will vouchsafe to the whole, the most of it pernicious and false. An English writer gives us “What England is suffering from the most at present is not falsehood, but in cesantly reiterated half-truths.” But the "tight Little isle” is too small a place to monopolize such a wide truth. It fits America. It fits what we’re talking about. And in just this way. , Brain Most Important. The hand, the immediate instru ment in any work, is important. That's undisputed. But what makes the hands worth a rap is what's behind them, what directs them. The only reason any man's hands are ever brought to notice is the fact that a good head brought him into the limelight. We notice that some men are weak because of weak hands, because of any of a thousand minor weaknesses. Rut why do we notice them in particu lar? Why! Only because their head work brought them into prominence. We could probably find a thousand strong to excess in the one given particular whom we don't care a rap about simply be cause they had nothing with which to direct that asset. It’s not so much the natural as sets or talents we have. It’s the head that uses them and the heart that colors their use that counts. A group of stupendous assets at the very bi st gives but a perfect machine, but a body; just a body, coupled with a keen head and a i great heart., gives us a man, a noble sentient creature, and that’s the noblest work of God. WOLGAST TO FIGHT AGAIN ON THANKSGIVING DAY SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—the de termination of Champion Ad Wolgast ;to fight again on Thanksgiving day has stirred great activity into the ranks lof the lightweights. Wolgast has held i conferences with Promoter James ' Coffroth. the result of which he expects will be a contract to fight in San Fran ■ cisco on November 28. Wolgast left for Chicago today. GEORGE STALLINGS WON’T LEAD DODGERS NEXT YEAR BCFF.t ,O. N. Y., July 26.—Manager George Stallings, of the Buffalo Interna tional league club, set at rest all rumors ! stating that he is to manage the Brook i lyn club of the National league next sea : son. The big chief says there is abso -1 lutely nothing doing "So far as I know I will be with Bus- I falo next season,” said Stallings. The rumor referred to by George T. I probably originated with an article pub lished by a Buffalo paper, which stated: ST. LOUIS TEAM HELD UP BY WRECK: CAN’T PLAY TODAY BOSTON. July 26.—The Boston Na tional baseball club management re ceived a dispatch that it would be im possible for the St. Louis team to get I into Boston in time for this afternoon's i game, as it was held up by a train I wreck in the middle West. The dispatch did not 1 state where the : wreck had taken place or whether any member of the team had been injured. r-ORSYTH 1 Tode y’ 2:M 1 Atlanta’sßasiestTbeater ) Tonight 8:M ROCK and FULTON Next Wpplr Arthur Deagon, Hoey and Lee, Hayes and Johnson, Geo. Carter, Fred SIBIIB and Annie Pelot, Laveen and Cross MfijOGW ' IWWf 1 D TII»1 4 FEB I ! <Xr ST <r H I . ; '1 nf the most obstinate canes guaranteed in from 1 2 3 to 6 days ; no other treatment required. ’ ? * Sold by all druggiM* 1 iiir. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JULY 2(5, 1912. The Big Race Here is how the "Big Five” in the Amer ican league are hitting right up to date: Player— A, B~H. iAver~. i Cobb 347 148 I .421 Speaker 361 141 \ .391 Jackson 354 128 I .362 Collins 325 109 i .335 Lajole 216 72 ; .333 Cobb boosted his batting average 2 points yesterday by securing four hits in eight times up. Speaker also gained as much by securing two safe clouts In four trips to the plate. Jackson failed to con nect in four times at bat and fell off 3 notches. Collins lost 4 points by securing only one hit In six attempts. Lajoie Is still out of the game. Crackers* Batting Averages, Including Yesterday's Game These averages include yesterday's game with the bold Barons. Players—| G, |AB.| R. | H. (Av. Becker, pJ 4 I 12 I 1| 1 .417 Hemphill, cf....,.,..| 78 |296 i 35 | 93 |,314 Harbison, ss| 33 |llO | 12 i 31 1.282 Alperman, 2bl 87 |333 j 47 I 93 1.279 Bailey, rf| 87 1311 ( 54 i 84 |.270 Donahue, c| 56 |ll2 | 11 j 27 1.241 Graham, c....(35 |lO5 | 11 | 25 j. 240 Callahan, If] 45 |IBB ! 21 j 45 (.240 McElveen, 3bj 93 1342 j 41 | 79 (.231 Agler, lbl 24 | 79 i 10 | 18 (.228 Atkins, p.| 16 | 43 | 3 | 8 |.186 Brady, p| 13 I 40 I 2 17 (.175 Sitton, p| 18 ; 47 | 8 | 7 |.149 Waldorf, p.,,. 3 ; 7 ( 0 j 0 ,000 SOUTH EASTERN LEAGUE TO REVISE SCHEDULE ROME, GA., July 26.—The directors of the Southeastern league will meet in Rome tonight to adopt a playing sched ule for the remainder of the season. The recent deflection of Anniston did not disrupt the league, as that city believed it would and as press reports sent out from there stated. The league was, however, reduced to four clubs—Rome, Gadsden, Talladega and Selma. These clubs are all evenly matched, and are playing daily to large attendances. The schedule adopted will probably run until August 15 or Sep tember 1. BIG TIME IN ALBANY CARDED FOR MONDAY ALBANY, GA., July 26. —Great prep arations are being made for baseball field day here next Monday, which will also be made the occasion for the for mal turning on of Albany’s new ’‘White Way.” The Albany baseball team some time ago co-operated with the Columbus team in making "Pennant day" in the Electric City a success, and now Jim : Fox and his league leaders will return the compliment and help Albany make Baseball Pennant day here a success. LOOKOUTS GET BROWNE FROM QUAKER TEAM CHATTANOOGA. TENN., July 26. The Lookouts today signed George Browne, utility outfielder of the Phila delphia Nationals, and President An drews ordered him to report at' once. The locals have been after this player, who has plenty of experience and who knows the game from beginning to end, for some time, and today bought him outright. GIANTS SECURE PITCHER FROM MICHIGAN LEAGUE MUSKEGON, MICH., July 26. Pitcher Larau Kirby, of the Traverse City club of Michigan State league, has been sold to the New York Nationals. He left last night for New York. Man ager Hamilton of the Traverse City team said the price received was $2,500. SAVANNAH COUNCIL TAKES UP BRINSON ROAD PROJECT SAVANNAH. GA.. July 26.—The plan to have Savannah appropriate $150,000 to assure a direct extension of the Brinson railway from Waynesboro to Athens, has been formally presenter! to city council, with representatives present from Thompson. Washington and Lexington, in addition to commit tees from the Savannah Chamber of Commerce. The matter was referred | to th^ committee of the whole. FLOVILLA MAN, SWIMMING OCMULGEE RIVER. DROWNS JACKSON, GA.. July 26.—1 n attempting to swim from the shore to an island Luth er Edwards, a merchant, 24 years of age, of Flovilla, was drowned in the Ocmul gee river at Smiths Mill yesterday after noon, The body has not been recovered. His wife, mother and a brother survive him. TWO SLAYERS HANGED AT NASHVILLE; 1 REPRIEVED NASHVILLE, TENN, July 26.—John Bailey and George Shelton, convicted of the murder of Ben Pettigrew and two chil dren in Decatur county, were hanged at the state penitentiary here today. Ed ward Alexander, who was to have been hanged at the same time, was granted a twenty days' respite by Governor Hooper. ‘‘lf It’s at Hartman’s, It’s Correct” Sale $1.50 Shirts Saturday $1.15 Men, here’s what you’ve been waiting for—regular $1.50 “Savoy ’ ’ and “Hart inan” Shirts—in all the popular colorings and stripes—some with soft fob! cuffs—some stiff cuffs and detached colored col lars to match—also regu lation negligees. Choice, Saturday only, at $1.50. Note our window display. Six Peachtree Street (Opp. Peters Bldr.) "If It’s Correct. It’s at Hartman's" Sporting Writers Nearly Always Differ on Result of Big Bouts By W. W. Naughton. IT Is very evident that sporting critics, unlike doctors, do not hold consultations in refer ence to the “cases” that come un der their observation. If they did, no doubt there would be more unanimity of opinion in respect to the merits of contests and com petitions of various characters. That sporting writers should view boxing matches and other events from different standpoints is as it should be, A wise head once said “it’s difference of opinion that makes horse races,” and what is true of the sport of the turf is true of everything else tn the sport jng line. Without difference of opinion there would be no occasion to arrange tests of skill, speed or endurance. There would be a total lack of interest in everything re lating to competition. There would be no “sporting situation,” in fact. There is one thing, however, that a sport critic should beware of. and that is insisting his view of a con test is the only possible and cor rect one. He should qualify what ever opinions he writes with the remark, “This may not be the right analysis, but it's the way it looked to me.” For no matter what re spect his opinion commands, he can only exercise individual judgment. Critics Differed on Big Fight. It is doubtful if there were ever a brace of pugilistic happenings that caused more difference of opinion among the workmen of the press than the world's cham pionships on the Fourth of July. Those who held that Jack Johnson had showed no decline in fighting ability were fairly well paired with the critics who noted—or thought they noted—a vast difference in the BRITISH OVERFED AT OLYMPICS, SAYS COACH LONDON, July 26. —Apologies and ex planations of the British Olympic team's failures are still providing abundant copy for the London press. The Evening News prints an interview with F. W. Parker, chief advisory coach of the British team. Parker said: "We have had to buy our experience and there is no doubt we shall do better in not sending too many men to the games in the future. We shall do better with fewer men. carefully selected and only the very best men with real chances taken. “The all-around men were trained care- I fully, for we made it a rule that men run ning on the following day must be in bed j by 10:30, all others at 11 o'clock. How ever, our fellows did not exercise the same ; self-denial as the Americans. They ate too much. 1 should say that some of them ! ate twice as much at Stockholm as they would have eaten at home. "The Americans were trained to the hour. You could see it when they were ; on the track or strolling through the I streets of Stockholm. They were a team I of world-beaters, and they looked It. "If we are to do any good at Berlin in 1916 we must systematize our training and the team be built up gradually. A few months is not enough. It is the work of years and of money. Don’t forget this. America had $125,000 to spend on her ath letes: we had SI,OOO. That was the dif ference." STARTaPLAY TOMORROW FOR PRESIDENT’S CUP Tomorrow afternoon, over the East Lake course of the Atlanta Athletic club, the qualifying round in the golf tourna- ' went for the president’s cup will be ; played. This tournament is an annual affair, the president of the club giving a trophy for the golfers of the club to contest for. This year the players will qualify ac cording to their net scores and the club ( handicaps will apply all throughout the tournament. The first and second round of match 1 play must be played by August 2, the j semi-finals by August 3 and the finals by | August 4. As many flights as fill will be played and cups will be awarded to the winners in each flight. THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUt. Games Today. Atlanta in Birmingham. Memphis in Mobile. Chattanooga in Montgomery. Nashville in New Orleans. Standing of the Cluos. W L. PC. W. L. P C. | B'ham. . 58 35 .624 C’nooga. 41 46 .471 Mobile . 52 43 .547 N'vllle. .40 47 .460 j N. Or. . 42 41 .512 Mont. . .40 51 .440 M’mphis 44 43 .512 Atlanta .37 48 .435 Yesterday 1 ! Results. Birmingham 6, Atlanta 2. Nashville 1, New Orleans 0. Only two games played. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Albany in Macon. Columbus in Columbia. Jacksonville in Savannah. Standing or the Clubs. W. L P C W. L. P C C'bus. . IS 9 .625 J'ville . 15 11 .577 Sav. . . ,15 9 .625 Albany. . 9 17 .346 Macon . .15 10 600 Col a. . 619 .240 Yesterday's Results. Macon 9, Albany 2. Savannah 2, Jacksonville 1. Columbia;Columbus, off day. AMERICAN LEAGUt. Games Today. No games scheduled. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C W. L. P.C. Boston . 63 29 685 Detroit . 45 48 .484 Wash. . 56 36 .609 C’land. . 45 48 .484 Phtla . 53 39 .576 N. York 27 58 .318 Chicago .47 42 .528 S. Louis 26 62 .295 Yesterday's Rssults. Chicago 6, New York 4. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2 (first game ) St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3 (second ga me.) Detroit 5, Washington 4 (first game.) Washington 7, Detroit 5 (second game.) Cleveland 1, Boston 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. St. Louis in Boston. Cincinnati In Brooklyn. Chicago in New York. Pittsburg In Philadelphia Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P C I W. L. P C. N York 65 21 ,756 |C’nati 41 45 494 Chicago .53 33 .616 I S. Louis 39 52 429 P'burg 50 34 .595 Br'klyn .32 57 .360 Phila. ..41 41 i>Oo I Boston 23 64 .264 Yesterday's Results. Pittsburg 8. Brooklyn 7. (inly one game played Johnson of Reno and the Johnson of Las Vegas. The writer takes his stand with those who believe that Johnson tires more readily and is a less formidable puncher than he used to be. I ha e seen Johnson in every contest f note he has figured in, in this country, since he de feated Frank Childs at Los An geles, nearly eleven years ago, and am therefore in a fairly good posi tion to judge of his present fight ing prowess. Incidentally. Johnson is one of the hardest men in the fighting world to get a line on. He is such a consummate ring general and everything he does within the ropes is done so artistically, that it is anything but easy to tell when he is in trouble. In the affair with Flynn he held on and stalled around with a grin on his face and with no particular appearance of being flurried, but he was an exceedingly tired champion of the world just the same. If he had been the Johnson of other fights, instead of looking hungry eyed at Referee Smith when Flynn began butting, he would have broken his hold and punched Flynn clear across the ropes. Different Views on Los Angeles. The different views held in re gard to the Johnson-Flynn match were not a circumstance, however, to the confusion of opinions that existed at the Wolgast-Rivers ringside It used to be said that a man interested in boxing did not have to attend a fight to gain an idea of what happened—that he could read all the accounts of the affair and strike an average. Any one who could follow this course in the Los Angeles mill would have to be possessed of highly analytical mentality. Whether Wolgast struck his op ponent foul or fair, whether Rivers downed Wolgast with a chin crack or a smash in the pit, whether Wolgast fell athwart Rivers’ knee and whether Rivers was short counted, are points that will be argued for many a day to come. 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Part of the considera tion is that the local club gets the first Southern league call on Washington’s discards next year. The' financial de tails are not stated. Moran reports to Washington in September. Outfielder Hamilton, a Notre Dame college star, was signed by Chattanooga today. Outfielder Warem and Pitcher Ware probably will be released. Attention, Gentlemen! WE offer for Friday and Saturday only, any $4.00 and $3.50 Ox ford in our house for $2.89 Patent Leather Button and Blucher Gun Metalßutton and Blucher Vici Kidßutton and Blucher, Russia Calf.... Button and Blucher 25 WHITEHALL ST. JR FRED S. STEWART CO. FRIDAY AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY SATURDAY ONLY JOHNSON WANTS $30,000 TO BOX JEANNETTE IN N.Y. NEW YORK, July 26.—Jack Johnson, the negro heavyweight champion, an nounced over the long-distance tele phone from Chicago that he was ready to sign for a match with Joe Jeannette on Labor day at Madison Square Gar den in New York if he could get his pi ice. The latter, Johnson dictated, was $30,000. The champion refused a $20,000 offer. Johnson’s statement was made to Billv Gibson, manager of the Garden Athletic club, who is trying to get the ’ big negro here as a Labor day attrac tion. 13