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ME fITTELL 15
POKER CHAMP :
WINS 532.000
By Sol Plex.
EVEN 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
122 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 $32,01)0 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 al* 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 coast as soon as he landed there.
It wasn’t long before most of the play
ers in San l-’rancisco .began to fight shy
of him because of the phenomenal luck
that appeared to follow him on the ta
ble. Attell won consistently, but 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. But 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.
sortable for some future years, pressed
his luck until today his winnings are
over $32,000.
Salting Down His Coin.
Better 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
Adriatic today. Harvey states posi
tively that boxing will be one of the
events In the next Olympic games at
Berlin.
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NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
•Joe Levy, who is managing Joe Rivers
sa>s he is willing to bet SIO,OOO his Mexi
can can defeat Willie Ritchie
♦ * •
sa v^‘ e .m elsl ’' ,he En KHsh lightweight.
UVUh s I re e Wlthin 'he next rear.
It har<l h | , ~7 e i n .' n u a<l health and finds
it hard to get into shape for a match.
Robinson, the boy who fought
A'V Cta ‘ lan,i a s hort time ago and
S" I .’ Adamson are scheduled to tight in
Pittsburg next Monday night.
sna e t*’ o^ 8 "'.'J 1 fl khters like Jim
Stewart and Luther McCarthy mieht
make a first-class man, according t<> re
ports from New York. McCmhv an
wbhren 'V unschooled boxer
With no knowledge of science. However
after meeting some clever heavies, such
tciencrhe r, needs ShOUld P ‘ Ck up what
• • •
of K «J’.\, B E own wil * come South the first
ack ,he "inner of the
Jack White-Joe Thomas scran to he
Xew '’rleans This will be
He w it ß ”7’ , a P p e ar a n ce in the South.
JJe" '1* probably go on to the coast from
k°V e »P s and hook 11,1 «'ith some of
the best Western lightweights.
Memphis boxing promoters have prac-
J-cally matched Joe Sherman and Harrv
for a . bout lo 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
YESTERDAY’S GAME.
Mobile. ab. r h. po. a. e.
Maloney, cf. . . . 4 1 2 1 0 0
Starr, 2b3 1 3 3 1 0
O Dell, 3b3 0 1 0 1 0
Jacobsen. If 3 11 | 0 0
Long, rf2 0 1 .2 0 0
Paulet, lb 4 0 0 7 0 1
Ualsh, ss4 1 2 0 0 0
Dunn, c 3 1 2 5 2 0
p 3 1 2 0 2 0
Miller, c 1 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 30 6 14 21 6 1
Atlanta. ah. r. h. po. a. e.
Agler, lb 4 0 0 13 1 0
Bailey, If 2 0 0 1 0 0
Alperman, 2b. ... 3 0 11 1 0
Harbison, ss. . . . 4 0 2 1 6 0
Reynolds, c 2 1 0 3 2 0
McElveen, 3b3 0 11 4 1
Callahan, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lyons, rs 2 0 0 0 0 0
Johnson, p1 0 1 0 2 0
Sitton, p 2 11 0 1 0
Totals 26 2 6 21 17 1
Score by innings: R
Mobile ..101 300 1 -6
Atlanta 000 011 o—2
Summary: Two-base hits—Maloney 2.
Starr 2. Jacobsen, Alperman. Three-base
hit —Sitton. Double play—McElveen to
Agler to Reynolds. Innings pitched —By
Johnson 3 1-3 with 11 hits and 5 runs.
Struck out— By Johnson 1, by Sitton 1. by
Caret 7. Bases on balls —Off Cavet 3, off
Sitton 1. Sacrifice hits—O’Dell, Jacobsen,
Alperman. Starr. Long. Stolen bases
Starr, O'Dell. Hit by pitched ball —By
Cavet. Bailey. Time—l:so. Empires—
Stockdale and Fitzsimmons.
TIGERS PURCHASE ONSLOW.
DETROIT, MICH., Aug. 9.—Presi
dent Navin, of the Detroit American
league baseball club, has announced
the purchase of First Baseman Onslow
from Lansing, of the South Michigan
league. Onslow has been one of the
sensations of the league this season,
both as a fielder and hitter. He was
formerly the property of the St, Louis
Nationals and is a brother of Catcher
Onslow, of the Detroit club.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912
for the Antipodes September 4. Hugh
Mclntosh still wants the Pittsburg mid
dleweight to tight before his club. Tom
Andrews, the Milwaukee sporting man,
who does Mclntosh’s business in this
country, says that Buck ought to clean
. up §IO,OOO by Christmas if he goes over.
Red Robinson. Pittsburg’s best light
weight, has signed articles for a ten-round
I battle with Battling Terry at Johnstown.
! August 20.
Joe Jeannette is seeking a match with
Tommy Burns The big negro claims the
1 title and so does Burns. Joe says the
only way to decide the real holder is for
them to fight it out. Burns is training
at Alberta for his '*oool6 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-
< nring a championship match with Ad
1 Wolgast.
* ♦ •
Charles E. Davies, noted sporting man
and boxing promoter of Chicago, is seri
ously ill in New York ami "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 Ivith a living income.
• • •
Frank Moran, the Pittsbufg heavy
weight, is <utting quite a swath those
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.
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date
These averages include yesterday’s
game with Mobile
"Players— ■ G. AB.’ R. | H. |a7
Becker, p’B 20 1 6 .300
Harbison, ss 45 148 18 44 297
i Alperman, 2b. . . . 100 378 54 101 .267
Bailey. If 100 349 62 92 .264
Graham, c 43 130 15 34 .261
Callahan, cf. . . . 58 229 ' 24 I 56 .240
McElveen, 3b. . . . 106 382 45 89 .233
Agler. 1b37 116 18 ,27 223
i Sitton, p2l 50 i 9 8 .160
Lyons, rs 8 20 2 3 .150
Brady, p 16 49 2 . 7 .143
Reynolds, c 7 19 2 2 .105
Waldorf, pi 5 14 0 0 .000
Duggleby, p. . . . 2 5 0 0 .000
WRITES NOVEL WITH TOES:
CRIPPLE GIRL NOT BALKED
ST. PAUL, MINN.. Aug. 9.—Ephie
Gladys Virtue, a young woman of this
city, who is completely crippled as to
■ the use of her hands, has just com
pleted writing a novel of 175 pages.
She does her writing entirely on a
typewriter with her toes.
TITUS BARRED BY OARSMEN.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9 —Th. fact that
the name of Constance S. Titus, former
i amateur champion sculler, was not in-
I eluded In the list of entries for the na
tional regatta at Peoria, 111., is ex
i plained by a statement from the secre
. tary of, the national association, an
. nounclng that the executive committee
i rejected Titus' application. It is under
i 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
consiut. him.-ell a champion. Said
thorn is walking around here and
answering to the name of Jimmy
Clabby, now a Hammond boniface,
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 lightweight 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 ting and he certainly showed
speed against me. I 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.
"I don’t know much about Mike's
weight, but I'll /io 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 al) middle
weights. 1'1! 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
another 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 LEAQUB.
Game* Today.
Mobile in Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon park
Game called at 4 o'clock.
Montgomery in Memphis.
New Orleans in Chattanooga.
Standing or the Club*.
W. L P.C. W. L. PC
B ham. .65 39 625 C’nooga. 47 50 485
Mobile nil 48 .551 N'ville. .47 55 .461 ,
N Or. 50 48 .510 Mont. 45 57 441
M mphfs 49 49 .500 Atlanta .41 57 418
Yesterday’* Result*.
Mobile 6. Atlanta 2.
New Orleans 6. Nashville 1
Chattanooga- Birmingham, rain,
Memphis-Montgomery, off day.
SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Game* Today.
Savannah in Albany.
Columbia in Columbus.
Jacksonville in Macon
Standing or tn* Club*.
W. L EC W. L. PC
Sav nah 21 13 .618 Macon 19 19 .500
.1 ville. 22 15 .595 Albanv .15 22 405
C bus 21 15 .583 Col a 12 26 .324
Yesterday'* Results.
Columbia 4. Columbus 3
Macon 5. Jacksonville 1.
Albany-Savannah, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games Today.
Philadelphia in Chicago.
Boston in Detroit.
New York in Cleveland.
Standing of the Club*.
W. 1.. PC W L. PC.
Boston .71 33 .683 Detroit .53 53 500
Wash. . 65 40 .61’4 C'land .47 56 456
Phila. .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 in Philadelphia
Standing or the Clube.
W L. P.C W L. P C
N. York 72 27 .727 C'nati 47 55 461
Chicago .64 36 .640 S. Louis 45 58 137
P burg. 58 39 .598 B'klyn. . 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 1.
Chicago 7, Philadelphia 4.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Milwaukee in Louisville
Kansas City in Columbus.
Minneapolis in Indianapolis.
St. Paul in Toledo
Standing ot the Clubs.
W. L. P C W L. P C
M apolis 79 40 .664 M’w’kee 51 63 447
C’bus 74 44 .627 S Paul 52 67 437
Toledo .71 45 .612 L’ville. .43 71 377
K. City 57 59 491 I apohs. 42 80 .344
Yesterday’s Results.
Milwaukee 4. Louisville 0
Toledo 2. St. Paul 1.
Columbus 7. Kansas City 1.
Minneapolis 7. Indianapolis 3
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Montreal in Jersey City.
Toronto in Providence
Buffalo in Baltimore.
Rochester in Newark
Standing ot the Clubs
W. L. P C W L. P C
Iloch. 64 14 592 Newark. 54 35 .495
Toronto .60 47 .561 Buffalo. .49 57 .462
B'more. .56 48 .538 P'dence. 46 61 .(.yi
J. City .55 55 .500 M’treal. 47 64 .424
Yesterday's Results.
Rochester 7, Baltimore 0.
Toronto 6. Jersey City a,
Montreal 8. Providence 5.
Buffalo 4. Newark 1.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Greensboro in Anderson.
Spartanburg in Winston-Salem
Greenville In Charlotte.
Standing ot the Clubs.
W. L. P C. W L. P C
A’ders’n 53 34 609 Sp'b'rg 41 46 471
C’rlotte 49 37 .570 G'sboro 38 <8 .442
W.-S’m 50 40 .555 G nvlfie 31 57 352
Yesterday s Results.
Winston-Salem 6, Charlotte 3.
Spartanburg 1. Greensboro 0.
Greenville 3. Anderson 1.
COTTON STATES LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Jackson in Columbus.
Meridian In Vicksburg
Yazoo City in Greenwood,
Standing or the Clubs.
W. L. P.C tV L. P C
V’ksb'g 24 16 .600 G'nwood 23 18 .561
M'idian 22 15 .595 Jackson 21 20 .512
C'mbus 24 17 .585 Y. City 533 132
Yesterday's Results.
Columbus 5. Jackson 1.
Vicksburg 1, Greenwood 0
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Petersburg in Richmond
Portsmouth in Norfolk.
Newport News in Hoanoke.
Standing of the Clube.
w. P C. I w. L. P C.
P’sb’rg 62 39 614 | P’sm'th 42 47 .472
Norfolk 52 46 .531 | R’hm’d 47 55 .461
R'anoke 46 45 ,505 1 N. N’ws 40 57 .412
Yesterday’s Results.
Roanoke 5, Newport News 2 i first
game).
Roanoke 4. Newport News 1 (second
game).
Richmond 7, Petersburg 5.
Norfolk 11, Portsmouth 5.
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Appalachian League.
Morristown 3, Asheville 2.
Johnson City 2. Bristol 0 (first game).
Johnson City 3, Bristol 2 (second game).
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