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ABE ATTELL IS POKER CHAMP; WINS 532, ODO By Sol Pl ex. Ev J3N if Abey Attell never comes back to the extent of whipping Johnny Kilbane for the feather weight title—and it doesn't look as if Abe ever again would be able to make 322 pounds and be strong—he has one title they won't get away from him very soon. Out on the Pacific coast he is known as the real poker cham pion of the world. Word is just sifting back to Atlanta that the former featherweight star won upward of $32,000 in recent operations there and that his streak of luck is not broken yet. In fact nobody out there thinks it ever will be broken, be cause of the extreme skill that Attell shows at all times in his card playing. Likes to Take a Chance. Attell ever was a riproaring young plunger on all things that presented a fairly even field and quick action. With a rather short bank roll, but all of his nerve intact, Attell began playing out on the c oast as soon as he landed there. It wasn't long before most of the play ers in San Francisco began to fight shy of him because of the phenomenal luck that appeared to follow him on the ta ble. Attell won consistently, hut as his sittings were usually of 24 and 30 hours duration Abey found little time for training. Hence it was that he was in mediocre shape for the Kilbane battle and in even worse shape for the contest that followed soon after with Tommy Mur phy in San Francisco. Rut all that time Abe was whaling away at the poker game and before long his win nings had reached the $25,000 mark. It was then that Abe. realizing that he was in a fairway to make himself com fortable for some future years, pressed his luck until today his winnings are over $32,000. Salting Down His Coin. Rotter still, 'tis said that Abey" has Joined the army of salters and is bury ing a goodly portion of the coin so deep that nobody but him will ever be able to find it. That's something that never occurred to Abe before and may be one of the nice points that was hammered into him during his brief stay with Billy Nolan, the real sage of the fight ing game. BOXING FOR OLYMPIAD. LONDON, Aug. 9.—Charles Harvey secretary of the New York State Ath letic commission, who attended the Stockholm games, is sailing on the Adrlati* today. Harvey states posi tively that boxing will be one of the events in the next Olvmpic games at Berlin. “Correct Dress for Men.” Essig Bros. Co.==August Clearance Sale 33' Per Cent Discount for Cash Our entire stock of Men’s and Young Men's fine Suits must be sold—and sold quickly—nothing will be reserved. Two and three-piece suits in Cassimeres, Cheviots, Worsteds, Homespun, Crash, Sumar Cloth, Mohair, Blue Serges, Black and Blue Unfinished Worsteds. $ 15.00 Suits now . . . SIO.OO 'xnPf'lsll \pdc \x/pm r* Ip SIB.OO Suits now . . . $12.35 □ptcidi saie $20.00 Suits now . . . $13.35 50c Values to Sell Quickly at $22.50 Suits now . , . $15.00 r ■< f\r\ $25.00 Suits now . . . $16.65 lOF 1 $27.50 Suits now . . . $18.35 $30.00 Suits now . . . $20.00 These Are Imported Wash Four-in- $35.00 Suits now . . . $23.35 Hands. They won't last long. \\ e take inventory on August 15, and want to close out our entire stock of summer goods before that date. This is your opportunity to buy dependable merchan dise and save money. All Straw ESSIG BROS. CO. Chargedlt Hats SI.OO ** NEWS FROM RINGSIDE’ loe Levy, who is managing Joe Rivers, says he is willing to bet SIO,OOO his Mexi can can defeat Willie Ritchie • * ♦ Freddie Welsh, the Knglish lightweight, says he will retire within the next year. Welsh has been in had health and ’finds it hard tn get intn shape far a match. ♦ ♦ » Red Robinson, the boy who fought Packey McFarland a short time ago. and • Swats Adamson are scheduled to fight in Pittsburg next Monday night. • • • A few more bouts with fighters like Jim Stewart and Luther McCarthy ought to i make a first-class man. according to re | ports from New York. McCarthy ap pea red tn be a rough, unschooled boxer i with no knowledge of science. However, after meeting some clever heavies, such as Stewart, he should pick up what science he needs. • • • K. O. Brown will come South the first nf September to meet the winner of the Jack White-Joe Thomas scrap to be staged in New Orleans. This will he Brown’s first appearance in the South. He will probably go on to the coast from New Orleans and hook up with some of the best Western lightweights. • » » Memphis boxing promoters have prac tically matched Joe Sherman and Harry Trendall for a bout tn bp staged there some time in the near future. • ♦ • Freddie Hicks has gained much confi dence in. himself since whipping Willie Lewis in New York the other night and is now after a match with Billy Papke. ■ ♦ • Buck Crouse, who refused to make the trip to Australia last month, may leave BILLY BURKE SETS NEW PITTSBURG TRACK MARK PITTSBI'RG. PA., Aug. 9.—The final in the professional drivers’ stake, 2:15 trot and the free-for-all trot cham pionship furnished the thrillers for the fourth day of the Pittsburg meet on the grand circuit. In the latter event Billy Burke, the horse that made the season's track record at Cleveland Au gust 1. was the center of comment, with Dodie Archdale, one of the Geers’ string, sharing honors. Billy Burke took the two heats of this race and in cidentally another son of Silent Brook won another race on the card, the 2:12 trot, which Shaw Ray took easily. In the free-for-all Billy Burke also set new records for this track in both heats. On a spongy track he went the first heat in 2:05 and the second in 2:04 3-4. In both heats Geers, with Dodie Archdale, got away first, but was passed at the half-mile by McDonald with Billy Burke, who finished with Geers upon his wheel. olympFteam to be s GIVEN BIG RECEPTION NEW YORK. Aug. 9. — Plans for the reception of the American Olympic team here, August 24. are rapidly nearing completion. The committee having the matter in charge decided today to extend invitations to the Swedish minister at Washington and Swedish consul general to join the re viewing party. A unique feature of the reception will be the greeting the athletes will re ceive from the boys and girls of New York city. The youngsters will form the stationary "guard of honor." edging the sidewalk along Broadway from the city hall to Forty-second street and give the Olympic team's yell, which will he taken up block by block. j lit AT LAN TA 1t EOKGiAN A.X DNE WS. KKI i)A \. Al <i I M 9. 1912. for the Antipodes September 4. Hugh Mclntosh still wants the Pittsburg mid dleweight to fight before his club Tom Andrews, the Milwaukee sporting man. who does Mclntosh's business in this country, says that Huck ought to clean up SIO,OOO by Christmas if he goes over. ■ • • Red Robinson. Pittsburg's best light weight. has signed articles for a ten-round battle with Battling Terry at Johnstown. August 20. • • • Joe Jeannette is seeking a match with Tommy Burns The big negro claims the title and so does Burns. Joe savs the only way tn decide the real holder is for them to fight it out Burns is training at Alberta for his "come back" act • • < Joe Choynski is physical instructor at the new Pittsburg Athletic club In Pitts burg. • « « Hughie Mehegan. lightweight champion of Australia, who is now in London, will sail for America shortly in hopes of se curing a championship match with Ad Wolgast. * * « Charles E. Davies, noted sporting inan and boxing promoter of Chicago, is seri ously ill in New York and “broke.” James J. Corbett is heading a movement to obtain sufficient funds to send Davies back to his old home in Ireland and pro vide him with a living income. • • * Frank Moran, the Pittsburg heavy weight. is cutting quite a swath these days. The big fighter is at present in San Francisco trying to get a crack at Al Kaufman or Charlie Miller. Last week he was to have met two men in the same ring at Jacksonville, but the police inter fered. BARONS SELL JOHNSTON AND SMITH TO CHICAGO BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Aug 9. Clarence Smith and Jimmy Johnston, star pitcher and outfielder of the Bir mingham club, have been sold to the Chicago White Sox and will report for a trial with the wind-up of the South ern league season or possibly after the Barons have won the Southern league pennant. On the Birmingham club this year are many players who were sent to the Barons under optional agreement and they will probably have to be returned with the end of the season. Many others, however, have been developed by Molesworth and will be sold for good prices. DETROirGETS VEACH AND MERZ IN TRADE INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Aug. 9.—Out fielder Veach and Pitcher Merz, of the Indianapolis American association club, will be given to the Detroit Tigers in payment for Shortstop O'Leary and Catcher Casey, recently acquired by the local team, according to announcement today. Veach is the best batter on the Indianapolis team. TITUS BARRED BY OARSMEN. NEW YORK. Aug. 9.—The fact that the name of Constance S. Titus, former amateur champion sculler, was not In cluded in the list of entries for the na tional regatta at Peoria. 111.. is ex plained by a statement from the secre tary of the national association, an nouncing that the executive committee rejected Titus' application. It is under stood that his amateur standing is questioned by the national association officials. GIBBONS IS NOT WORLD BEATER, SAYS J. GLABBY By Ed. W. Smith. CHICAGO, Aug. 9 -There is a thorn in the side of Mike Gibbons that the St. Paul man should pluck out before he can consider himself a champion. Said thorn is walking around here and answering to the name of Jimmy Clabby. now a Hammond bonifaee, but a fighter still for all of that. Jimmy came into town the other day to have a visit with his old running mate. Ad Wolgast. and in cidentally to take a trip to Mil waukee with the light weight cham pion. Both are decidedly well known there and usually make their visits together. Clabby would like nothing better than to get another shot at Mike, it can not come too soon for him and he would make a lot of con cessions to the St. Paul star in or der to get him into a New York ring for a ten-round display or something like that. How Mike Showed Speed. "Mike has achieved a wonderful reputation down East because of his speed and skill," Jimmy told a little, bunch in The American of fice the other afternoon. "Well, I'm glad he’s doing well and that they like him because that ought to make him a pretty good card with me down there. I’ve had Mike in the ring and he certainly showed speed against me. 1 never saw a man do so much backward running as he did that night tn Milwaukee. And there is still talk in Milwau kee about what a rotten showing he made against me in that con test. "1 don't know much about Mike’s weight, but I’ll do 150 pounds for him or anybody else. We boxed before at 145 and 1 weighed only 143 then. I've taken on some and 1 guess he has, too. But the fact that I can do 150 doesn't make me refuse to meet any and all middle weights. I'll go right up to 160 pounds with any of them. “Why shouldn't Mike do the same, if he's the champion they would make him out in New York? Boxing is a business and one must get his pile out of it. if he is to make a pile, while the going Is good. Gibbons never can make mother nickel out of the welter weight class. I'd starve if I had to depend upon men of my own weight. That’s why I'm making concessions all the time. Why, in Australia, I boxed Dave Smith, who weighed 165 pounds, and any of the other big fellows that could draw a cent with me.” THE BASEBALL CARD. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Mobile m Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon park. Game . ailed al 4 o'clock. Montgomery in Memphis. New Orleans in Chattanooga. Standing or the C'uta. W. L. P C I W. b. p.f! B ham. .65 39 .625 C'nooga 47 50 465 Mobile 59 48 .551 I N villa. .47 55 .461 A or 50 48 310 I Mont. . 45 57 .441 M mphis 49 411 .500 1 Atlanta .41 57 .418 yesterday s Results. Mobile 5. Atlanta 2. New Orleans 6. Nashville 1. Chattanooga-Birmingham, rain. Memphis-Montgomery, off day. SOUTH ATLANTIC. Games Today. Savannah in Albanv Columbia in Columbus. Jacksonville in Macon. Standing or tn e Clubs , W. L PC 1 W T., p r Sav nah 21 13 .618 \ Macon . 19 19 .500 J ville .22 15 595 \ Albanv . 15 22 .405 < bus . 21 15 .583 \ Col a. . .12 26 .324 Yesterday’s Results. Columbia I. Columbus 3. Macon 5. Jacksonville 1. A1 ba ny- Savanna h, rain. I AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Philadelphia in Chicago. Boston in Detroit. New York in Cleveland. Standing ot the Clubs. W. L. PC W. L. PC Boston . 71 33 .583 Detroit 53 53 500 Wash. . 65 40 .019 C'land 47 56 (56 Phfla . .60 42 .588 S Louis 33 70 320 Chicago .51 50 505 N. York 32 68 .320 Yesterday's Results. Boston 5. Detroit 0. St. Louis 8, Washington 0. Cleveland 8. New York 5. Chicago-Philadelphia, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Chicago in Boston. Pittsburg in Brooklyn. St. Louis in New York Cincinnati tn Philadelphia. Standing or the Clubs. W. L. P.C. W L. P C N. York 72 27 .727 C'nati. . 47 55 .161 Chicago .64 36 .640 S. Louis 45 58 .437 P'burg. 58 39 .598 B’klvn. .37 65 363 Phila. . .48 48 .500 Boston . 28 71 .283 Yesterday's Results. New York 2, Pittsburg 1. Boston 6, Cincinnati 5. St Louis 2, Brooklyn I. Chicago 7, Philadelphia 4. HERNSHEIM 1 w ISsiteS/ UoodOrqoke Pure, whole- I some and invig I Bl] I as delicious. I I JJj Don’t just drink it at the ball game Keep it in the ice-box at home. Take it to the Picnic F. - ■ Sold at all stands 1v e cen ts | and stores. Made for a big cold I by the Red Kock bottle. I pe ° P ’ Here's How Crackers Are Hitting the Ball Right Up to Date These averages include 'esterday's gain,' wit It Mobile Players— j Q, iaB.I R. I H. |Av. Becker, p 8 20 : 1 ; 6 1.300 Harbison, ss 45 148 18 144 .297 Alperman. 2b. . . . put 378 54 101 .267 Ba.ley. If. .... . 100 349 62 92 .264 Graham, c 1:: l.'to 15 34 <261 Callahan, cf ... 58 229 21 56 .240 McElveen. :tb. . . . lot, 382 45 89 233 A Rier, lb 37 115 is 27 223 Sitton. 1> 21 50 :* 8 160 Lyons, rs 8 20 2 3 150 Brady, p 15 43 2 7 113 Reynolds, c 7 I:< 2 2 105 Waldorf, p 5 II 0 0 000 Duggieby. p. . . 2 500 000 E. MAYER IS RECALLED FROM PORTSMOUTH CLUB Atlanta has exercised its option on Erskine Mayer, ami the ex-Ctavker flinger will report to the local club in the near future. Mayer is now hurling for the Portsmouth club in the Virginia league, and will continue with that team until the end of the season, when <he reports to Atlanta He should reach the Cracker club in time to take part in the last week or two of games in the calendar. Mayei has sprung to the fore during the last season, and developed into a gtand slabman. He was easily the foremost pitcher in the Virginia circuit and has attracted the attention of a bunch of big league scouts. Atlanta has received several flattering offers for his services from Pittsburg and other clubs in the big show, but it is not at all probable that they will he seriously considered yet a while, as Mayer will make the Atlanta club a grand flinger next year. TOMMY BURNS KNOCKS OUT RICHARDS IN SIXTH SASKATOON. SASK.. Aug. 9.—Tom my Burns, former heavyweight cham pion of the world, knocked out Joe Rickards in the sixth round of their fight here last night. WHITNEY HORSE WINNER. LEWES. ENG.. Aug 9. —Noonday, ow ned by H P. Whitney and ridden by Skeets Martin, the American jockey, captured the Astley stakes of $2,500 here today Sirabia was second, and Poulette third. Eight horses ran. The betting on Noonday was 4 to 1, on Sira bia 5 to 1, on Poulette 4 to 1. HAROLD WOLFE ON WAY TO REJOIN CRACKERS ALBANY, GA., Aug. 9.—Harold Wolf.:, the best fielding second base man in the Sally league, has been re called from the Albany team by At lanta. w hich club had a string on him. He left here last night to Join the Crackers. McClesky, formerly in the Southeast ern league, takes Wolfe's place on the local team. RECEPTION FOR REIDPATH. BUFFALO, N Y.. Aug. 9.—Charles D. Reidpath, winner of honors for the American team at Stockholm, was given an enthusiastic public reception upon his return home. He was pre sented with a silver loving cup and an athletic meet was held in his honor. MARTIN MAY XT ' 191/2 PEACHTREE STREET UPSTAIRS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL UNREDEEMED PLEDGES ✓ X- FOR SALE X \/\ AND QW t -fc * d.lrrr I<■ s « fib I T..1 ' MAN EN T CURE ( ] of the most obstinate cases guaranteed in from i z 3 to 6 ‘lays ; no other treatment required. 1 c Sold by all dniggista. iREM EDT for MENI BASEBALL Atlanta vs. Mobile PONCE DE LEON PARK GAME CALLED 4 O’CLOCK. CORSYTH I Todßy. 2:38 I Atlanta'sßasiestThraler ) Tonight 8:S0 Marshall P. Wilder Next Week ETHEL GREEN 7 McWaters & Tyson—! 1 Gordon Eldrld & Co.—| WORLD Three Yoscarys. Van Der w Koors-Armstrong & Ford" DANCERS READ FOR PROFIT —GEORGIAN WANT ADS— USE FOR RESULTS. 15