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Smith May Take Charge of Crackers Labor Day
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lordan to Return if He Doesn’t Lead Lookouts
By Percy 11. Whiting.
H’tiW about getting Billy Smjlh
to take over Hie Atlanta
team before it returns
home ' Tlie plan has been suggest
ed to the directors of the Atlanta
Baseball association. lif course
the diieclms don't admit jet that
thei han aiianged tilings will)
Billy Smith. Imt they want him and
he wants Io come and there aie no
strings tied to him, so it ought to
be.tolerably easy.
Also, don't be surprised If fie
takes lirri the learn on Septem
bei 1.
The .local directors are utterly
disgusted with the showing of the
team since Aipei inan took ii ox «■.
They admit thai ’"Whitey’ has
tried hard and they like him as a
man and ns a ball player, but they'
don't see any especial reason why
the team under his management
should lose 95 per cepi of its games
<if course, now that the news is
out that Smith is io have the team
next year. A1 pe i man' - hold owr
the players will naturally lessen.
So a new deal is advisable
IT is believed by the local dl e. .
tors that President <>. B An
drews will be delighted to let Billy
Smith out any old time II Is pre
sumi I that lie is going lo put E
berfeld in Smith's place, anyhow, so
theie is everything to he gained
and nothing to be lost by turning
Smith loose. It will save him sonti
-alary and it will enable tile new
manager tn take hold of the team
and to study out .its needs with a
view of plugging the holes next
season If Smith stays with the
Lookouts it will be a mere mailer
of finishing out the season any old
w a y
If Smith can b< st cured to take
hold . f th. team by S t*t. mb.- I
then will be a ot of advantages
H. .an study out the situation and
make plan* so next y. . He can
look over the new material enre
fu’b
And think of i in- . row d I ha'
would gleet Ilim if he sb.mid make
his re-entry In’o Mian < on S p
tembe: 2 which i- l.tbor dayl
• < *
TTNLESS i- • ’h:i h ■' n<» >g:« « luh
h,. ott<» Jordan thr nian
ag» 1 so n« xt \t i Bill-. Sinitb
almost IncvitalFv ha\» him back
herv placing b.is»- in IVIJ
Smith kn»'As what he owes to
.Jo,dan> h« i|» in winning pen
nanlJ ß f«» Atlanta ’<vdan was
captain of the learn bot i year®
And Smith pumoum- 1 him the
best hii-m an in tb» world
The <1 . ••« to-y of the local < lub
know (to the; m«»derat» sohowf
how popnl; I • in is Th« y want
him Cot sur*
Andrews of Chatta
nooga. w I -u ’ \ w i ling to let
Jordan, go. ;c<>\i'b' 4 p. does no.
keep him a* manager .Italian ami
Elberfeld ar. both in » IT. .amll
dates forth» management If El
berfeld if gi\»-!; ; b will
natural!) not want .lordan on the
tea m
Prom Jordan * * amli <ilnt tb«
change wouhl b< hh-al. <Mto has
said that he wmi:d ■»• < .ipi.iin
the Atlanta team tln.n man.ig» th.
Chattanooga team <» that > in.
report, anxway. Th- s J.« . m
home and he wants to p ,»\ with
the Atlanta chib.
<»f ours'- noboax ‘s gmim »o
stand in Jordan’s wax If h an
iret th« job of manager .n <’-a ta
nooga it is the biggest thing that
can fall to hh lot. and Bill Smith
wi ; | he the Hst one to congratu
late him. as he did when .lonian
suecccde<l h.m managei in A -
. lanta But if he doesn’t land 'hat
job it is almoat a ten to one b. t
that he w il! be hack here at <r< -
one basr next spring
■> guod bet h. will stick ..s
if Jmdan doc» not return, he w ill be
kept ns s< . ond baseman. Probably
he will be made field .aptt.in, too,
In that event.
Alperman has no designs’ on the
job of manage!. He didn't ask for
it. But ft was offered him and the
job of manager, like the nomina
tion for rite presidency, has never
been declined. So "Whitey" will
no doubt give up the position
guilefully tint! will eturn to the
tanks with a light heart. For.
while nobody ever t .fused to try to
be a manager, nobody ever had any
I’un managing a tail-.nd team.
Alperman has played good ball
so; Atlanta. Wnen John Ganzel
gave him up he thought he was
squeeged drx- of baseball useful
ness Ganzel is a wire old fox and
Isn't giving up aux playeis while
they are worth a hang But his
Judgment slipped on Alperman
The old boy came to Atlanta, liked
the town, the climate, the team,
the people .iml he nits played good
ball H>. should make a useful
member of next \ ear’s team.
♦ ♦ ♦
*r* H E delight of Atlanta fans ovet
the news that Smith is coming
back to manage the team is inspir
ing. Ihe hold tlie little manager
had on Atlanta fans was marvel-
FODDER FOR l \\S
Pitchei Cook, who recentb hurled a
"ii. h.i game for Columbus against Min
neai'elis is ilo> same man who tried out
’ii the .Nap,- under the name of Win
' •‘♦II He was playing college hall then
ami covered up his real cog lor that rea
son
• • w
Hugh McMurray, the ex - ktlanta Crack
er. is playing shortstop for the Syracuse
’cant u<»w
• • •
Infielder Nattress. of the Syracuse leant,
recently reminded I'tnpire Arlle l.nthani.
wltll.- a game was tn progress, that Ite
tl ailuiin. tra.i been owing him (N&ttress)
the sum of sl2 for ten \ ears. Where
upon Latham lined Xattress $lO. That s
a tine way to < o||ect a debt
r « •
The Cubs are out after hurlers If the)
<an get a couple of good ones the' max
win yet
• • ■
\ Boston amateur team has a pitcher
, named Asbeston. Go on now and get
1 funny
• • •
• The (’’incinc) s max be !ie<ls. but nolh
»ng like a learn made up of •’Ked" Dooin.
Ue«' Wingo. "Red* Ames Mart)
11 Poole, 'Roti Kdlilt" “Red" Downs.
’Re<l" Smith, “Red" Murray and "Re«i"
< ‘orriden
• • •
I'ris Speakers mother, who is visiting
him no\v. sc'.xs that her box should have
been a mechanic. She wants him to quit
baseball and to go home and live on the
latm. This idea makes an intense hit
with Jimmy MeAleer
x- • • •
\1 w Orleans paid SI,OOO for Pitcher Cul
j !op Bristol must have thought prettx
well ot him for they signed tive men to
I take his place
Majot league drafting begins on Au
! ITesjdvm o B \ndtews. of the Chat
* lanooga club. scouting through the big
leagues, looking for castoffs
• • •
Rax Mort i*on. t apiain of the 1912 bale
ball team at Vanderbilt, and perhaps the
most brilliant football plaxer the South
evet devo|op< d. wax married Tuesday to
Miss Julia Clifton Goar, of Birmingham.
\lu ,\lorris«m w.il «‘oa t eh the baseball
and football teams at the Branham and
■ Hughes team of Spring Hill. Tenn..
' through the < oming m Ikhh season
If us has been published m 5o papers.
'hiTith’s knowledge of pitchers explains
! Washington’s success’ what explains his
awful showing with ’’nemnati and the
New York Americans
« * •
\ misdirected letter <aused the blow
up of the Sharon team of the Ohio and
' l’» nnsx Ivama Itagm in the lettei was a
cheek for SSOO. in payment for Outfielder
Bill Allen, sold t<» Washington. It was
misdirected t<» Sharon, Ohio, Instead of
i Sharon. Pa. if it had come on schedulo
■t would have tided the Sharon team ox»u
jto flip end of the seas<»n It didn't, hence
| the blow up
• • •
I Brooklyn has sent (’y Barger hark to
j Newark
Win bless us. if the seda'c < »hio an<l
Pennsylvania icagim I asn turned out
box an<l invaded Pittsburg If nieumrx
serx es Hils is the second attack on Pltts
i but g tills y r*TH
X team up <n >• w Brunsu k E ihs s. d
: u. players t<» i.ig hugue clubs P j
O..ggan • H( White Sox ami David
Bt own. furmei Bau s <-olh g* play er to the
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. ACGUST 16. 1912.
lons and >til] is. It was not only
due to the fact that he gave the
fans a pennant winner, but to the
added fact that he played the los
ing hand In an unpopular game for
supreme baseball power in Atlanta.
The famous Heisman-Smith con
troversy Is history now and should
riot be raked up. But the fans
woie on Smith's side, whatever the
merits of the case were, and they
will welcome Smith back with ex
tra rejoicing on that account.
• • •
-THERE Is hardly a fan In At-
1 lanta noxx- who doesn't believe
that Atlanta is set for a success
ful season next year. •
Tin baseball association, hacked
by the Georgia Railway and Power
Company, is going to turn loose
money as it has never turned it
loose before. Smith will be given
the word to "go the limit"—and
Smith sin elx knows how to spend
the coin to advantage.
The ca ly settling of the question j
of a manager sot next year was a |
giant! move by the baseball asso
ciation. It has revived leaning in
terest and it has demonstrated that
the baseball association is going to
give Atlanta a ball club next year,
led by the manager the Atlanta
fans want
well, yon know who gets all the college
players,
• • »
Bob Best her has bought an automobile.
• • «
Pitcher Ad Brennan, of the Phillies, who
had diphtheria, ih out of the hospital, but
he lost a lot <>f weight and will hardly be
able to work again this year.
Within the week big league papers have |
printed three interviews which, boiled
down, read as follows:
• * •
J. McGraw "The pennant a cinch.’’
F Chance: "They're helpless -the t’ubs
cop in a canter."
B Dreyfus: "The Pirates will win the
i National league pennant."
<»bviouslx somebody is either wrong or
misquoted.
• ♦ •
Portsmouth ts dickering for a player
named Paploski.
• • •
Asheville is trying to get the Anderson
franchise <»f the Carolina association, and
’f It does will put on continuous baseball
for the reat of the season, ihe Carolina
association team playing there while the
Appalachian team is on the road
» ♦ •
.Johnny I’vers has become so pugnacious
lately that it is suggested he must have
been vaccinated with tiger’s blood
. The Reds are complaining that they are
’ handicapped by guying on a man-sized
grounds while other clubs are allowed to
> pla' on abbreviated fields The Atlanta
! club has always suffered with the same
ba ndicap.
• • •
Lefty James, of Toledo, has pitched 26
successive Innings without having a run
, scored behind him That makes the going
easy for Lefty.
• • •
They ve moved Tommy McMillan's re
porting time up one day He is now due
' > join Wolverton's team on August 19.
* •
Clark Griffith says that he’s afraid he
' would d.e if he <iuh baseball. He claims
that, after 25 years of tension, it will be
impossible for him ever again to let down
• • «
( Mrs Rube Marquard. who once led a
( happy life as Madge Maguire, of New Or
leans. has secui i.i a divorce from Rube,
j ’Vids is the third divorce ♦ pisode in George
I l<dward’s life
It will be noted by mess agents that
I Murphy and Chance both viciously attack I
the Giants and McGraw in print just be- :
fore the Giants were due to open a series
in Chicago Poor puhlicltx man. that :
P, Murphy
• • •
Pitcher Fred Beebe lias been otd.ere«l
. pay bark ihe $166 he overdrew from the
1 ' Phillies Fred tried to prove that he lost
> the e- ii when he went from Philadelphia
r to Buffalo, but the national commission j
< 1 w isn’t crtnvhice*!
Pitcher Griner, of the Cleveland < lub. i
! former Mooney school football and hase
ball player.’has gone to join the Cardinals.
THOMAS 10 TO 7 CHOICE.
LOS ANGELES. \ug 16 Elnishing
( i-touches were applied tn their training
‘ tasks todax by Eeathe weights Ha rx
Thomas and Etankie Conley and b«>th
i ill take things » a«x from now until
Ithex rnte* the Wrnon line sot their
• i tw»ntx ound contest on SaiurdH' -if i
I cim>on Tlum .i- is favorite in the but- I
e ting at odds • f I” lu »,
118-POUND BOVS
m S W NEW
8«U55
By Ed. W. Smith.
the looks of things right
now in the bantamweight
class the division will be split
tip during the coming fall and the
men claiming membership will sub
divide into two bands.
One of these will be headed by
Johnny t’oulon. who claims lift
pounds as the real bantamweight
limit. He wont have a great deal
of company.
The other squad will be made up
of men who insist, for reasons de
cidedly palpable, that 118 pounds
is the real international limit for
the bantamweight class. There are
some good men of international
reputation in this hunch.
The announced coming of Le
doux. the French champion, threat
ens to make the split in the ranks,
which, at that, always have been
more or less toni over fhe' Weiglit ‘ ‘
question. ,
It is said that Dan McKetriek
will bring over the little Frencher
for a shot at the best of them in
this country. Hut. alas. Ledoux can
not or will not do. better than 118
pounds, which weight he made for
Digger Stanley, the English star, in
their recent international combat,
won by the Parisian.
Since the English authorities on
pugilism have stipulated 118
pounds as the bantamweight limit,
and their word goes in Europe,
Ledoux claims to have excellent
grounds for his position
Old Argument Up Again.
Os coupse, when he lands here, if
he comes, the fans will want to see
him hook up at once with t’oulon,
tint that old weight question is apt
to prove the drawback to such an
affair. Then it will be that boys
like Jimmy Walsh, of Boston, an
international scrapper of repute;
Frankie Burns, the Jersey lad who
is an established and acknowledged
tailor in the bantam class; Johnny
Hughes, claimant of the English ti
tle. to say nothing of a horde of
Eastern lads, will band together
and bi agreeing to keep the ban
tamweight limit at IIS pounds con
trive to keep the fighting pretty
much among themselves.
Burns Can Do 116 Pounds.
According io Tommi Walsh, his
manager, Frankie Burns is willing
to make a weight of 116 pounds at 6
o’clock for t’oulon for a ten-round
battle, and would do 116 pounds at
the ringside onli for a long con
test that might involve the title.
But at the same time he would be
delighted to meet the French star
or any of the others at 118 pounds.
Walsh is in the same fix.
It appears that Ledoux's defeat
of Digger Stanlej. the English star,
got him a great repufation in Eu
lope. and he is regarded over there
as the real wonder. But it must
be remembered that Burns trimmed
Stanley eighteen months before
that happening, so he is entitled to
Just as much credit us the Parisian
s seeming.
N. 0. Wants Big Tourney.
Xeu i>i h ans is talking of giving
a big winter tournament that nil!
I bring together all of tile greatest
of the little fellows, who are ex
tremely popular down near the
delta
Whethei this is started or not,
the same old weight argument is
going to be rehearsed to the fullest
l p Baltimore wax thei have Kid
Williams, a 116-pound lad, who is
regarded as th< real whale of the
class. He is a slammer for fair,
and the predictions are frequent
that he will down an\ of them
including t’oulon. besot. the winter
is ove' He's a short block of p
| box. only nineteen wars old but
I with a nvdd eweigitt kick on eithm
side. Ideal symposium, isn’t it?
•Johnson Wise in Fighting Jeannette 10-Round Go
Win Will Give Him Chance to Escape Finish Mill
By W. S. Farnswoitli.
SEVEN times have Jack Johnson
and Joe Jeannette battled. Four
of these were no decision af
fairs. Once the referee rendered a
draw verdict after ten rattling
rounds. Once Johnson was declared
the winner in fifteen rounds. Once
Jeannette earned a decision on a
foul in the second round.
Jeannette <tas never been knock
ed out. Outside of Johnson's one
victory over him. Joe has lost to
but two men—Sam Langford and
Sandy Ferguson. After losing to
the Chelsea Joke Jeannette stop
ped him in eight rounds. And he
and Langford have clashed so many
times to an even break that the
record books have been unable to
keep an account of all of 'em.
♦ « ♦
I F the above dope doesn't make
Jeannette a worthy opponent for
the champion, then listen to this:
Time and again Johnson has admit
ted that he fears Jeannette more
than any other fighter, not except
ing that demon slugger, Langford.
Time and again Johnson has re
fused to sign up with Jeannette in
a battle over a route. Finally, when
offered $25,000 and half the moving
pit tine receipts, for a ten-round
|news from ringside
Terry Nelson was in town looking for a
match a few days ago. but when he found
the game was dead here he announced
his intentions of going to Jacksonville,
where the game is flourishing at present.
• * •
Bombardier Wells in an interview a few
days ago said Al I’alzer was the only first
class "white hope” in America. He prob
ably thinks tliis a> Balzer is the onlj real
, pug he met while in this country, and he
got his a plenty in that battle.
♦ ♦ *
Frank Mantell is back in New York
once more after fighting seven 20-round
bouts on the coast. Mantell will be
matched with some of the best boxing
talent in the East.
♦ » *
Jimmy CoftToth is negotiating with \be
At tell and Johnny Kilbane for a 20-round
1 battle at Frisco, September Atleli
agr<* (I to the match, but (’hampion
Kilbane nas not come to terms. However
<’off rot h thinks he will be able to stage
the bout.
Vic Hansen and Montana Dan Sullivan
mix it for 20 rounds at Coalings. Cal., to
morrow night. This will be Sullivan’s first
match this year and as he has trained
hard for this bout he should win.
ho k Britton looked like a human pin
wheel when lie was fighting Eddie Smith
11 •' A York the other night According
to newspaper men who witnessed the
Britton often gave Smith five or
six blows without receiving one in re
turn.
• ♦ ♦
I wo bouts are scheduled for next Sun
da\ ai Stumpf’s island, in the Mississippi
near Dubuque Clarence Forbes will go
ten rounds with Freddie Andrews, of
SEMI-FINALS REACHED
FOR PERRY ADAIR TROPHY
Match play continues on the five
Hights of the golf tournament for the
Petty Adair trophy at East l ake.
I The matches played yesterday were
as follows;
First Flight.
Second Round G. 11. Atklsston de
feated E. ’l’. Winston. 4 up and 3 to
play , G W. Adair defeated C. P. King.
4 up and 3 to play.
Second Flight.
Second Round —H. I. Dix defeated .1.
O. Bijrton. 5 up and 4 to play ; W. .1.
Tilson defeated W <>. Marshburn. I up
and 3 to play.
Third Flight.
Second Round—R. P. Jones. Jr., de-
■ ted J. s. Raine. Jt . by default J. C
I Harris defeated R. P Jonts. by default.
Fourth Flight.
Second Round H. G. Rutler defeat
ed S Hard. up and Ito play.
Fifth Flight.
I" st Round J. J Hastings defeat
led R M i "hi Kt sup and 3 to play.
Se ond Round c P Howard defeat-
I H x Tigm" iup an ,j to play . H
it.. Graxe. <| ( f.j i >.,; w. c. Barnwell, 3
up and 1 to play. -
mill, he assents. So, on or about
September 25. whenever the New
York promoters are ready, he and
Jeannette are to struggle.
The $25,000 and half the "movie”
money, of course, are big induce
ments. But. believe me. Johnson, a
shrewd business man, has figured
even further. He knows he can
outbox Jeannette in ten rounds, and
do it handily, too. He will probab
ly pile up a big lead on the New
York negro. Anti later. when
Jeannette will challenge sot a fight
over a championship distance,
Johnson will be able to crawl out
of such by claiming:
"Oh. I gave Jeannette a good
beating in New York. He and I
wouldn't draw anywhere noxx. No,
1 don't consider him at all."
Therefore the coming ten-round
fight in Gay Gotham is going to
furnish a fine young loophole for
Champion John Arthur Johnson.
He will then only have Langford as
a real contender, and, as in the
past, will keep on saying that
Langford is too small and that
the public doesn't want such a
match.
• * ♦
ITERE are some of the reasons
why Johnson doesn't want to
fight Jeannette over a route:
1. Jeannette can stand an unlim-
Milwaukee, and Steve Ketchell will meet
Young Erlinborn. of Denver, over the
same route. Boxing contests are held on
the island every Sunday and have been
attended by hundreds of fans from all
nearby cities.
* ♦ *
Billy Bibson is going to stage a heavy
weight show at the Garden A. C.. in
New York. Monday night. Some of the
best white heavies in the East are on
Monday s card. The main bout will bo
between Luther McCarthy and Jesse Wil
lard. while another ten-rounder will be
between Jim Savage and "Pont Kennedv.
* ♦ •
Fred Lucas, who has a newspaper de
cision over Johnny Dundee, is trying to
get a match with Patsy Kline, the win
ner to be given a chance at Johnny Kil
bane for the featherweight title.
* * •
Dallas, Texas, is the latest citv to un
earth a white hope. Frank Beverly, a
member of the Dallas fire department, is
the hope's name, and he is the largest
to be sprung on the public yet. Beverly
is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 246
pounds. He is matched with Cass Tar
ver for a bout to be staged at Clovis,
N. M.. August 29.
* ♦ ♦
The fighting game was revived at Rich
mond a few days ago when Jack Dillon
knocked out Bill Donovan in the fourth
round of a scheduled ten-round contest.
Mike Gibbons will be seen in Gotham
again before many moons. This time
Mike will be accompanied by his kid
brother, Tom. Young Gibbons is a mid
dleweight. and is said to be almost as
clever as his brother. The Gibbons
brothers should have little trouble in se
curing matches in the East as ntiddle
' weight material is plentiful there.
WOLGAST AND McFARLAND
TO BATTLE OCTOBER 27TH
CADILLAC, MICH.. Aug. 16.—After
months of negotiations Ad Wolgast.
champion lightweight pugilist, and Emil
Thiry. of Chicago, t epresenting Packey
McFarland, last night signed articles
for a ten-round no-decision light be
tween Wolgast and McFarland before
the Madison Square Athletic club. New
York, on October 27. Wolgast's mana
ger. Tom Jones, is in California and the
champion took charge of his own end of
the negotiations.
The terms provide that Wolgast's
shale will be $15,000 with a controlling
interest share of the pictures. Mc-
Farland is Io get 17 1-2 per cent of
the receipts and ten pet cent of the
picture money.
W olgast consented to allow McFai
land to weigh in at 135 pounds at J
o'clock.
GROVER FOR LOOKOUTS.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Aug 16
The I'hattanoogt Baseball club has
bought Pitiitm- Grover from th Mays
ville. Ky . team, in the Rim Grass
leagm Pittsburg was cftei this young
pltch< .ml offeree jt.otiti. i, ul t'hatta
nooga got him foi Jl.jmi'
ifed amount of punishment and can
recover front a blow faster and
better than any fighter in the game
today.
2. Johnson knows that Jeannette
does not fear him and therefore
win tight at top speed.
3. Johnson's best blow is an up
percut—both right and left. Jean
nette is not a rushing fighter and
stands erect, it will be impossible
for Johnson to use an uppercut ex
cept when in a clinch on Jeannette.
4. Johnson’s best blows, including
the uppercut, will be of little use
to hint, for Jeannette is a bear on
the defense when in close.
5. Jeannette's best blow (and. for
that matter, about his only blow)
is a left jab, which is lightning
fast. And with it Jeannette can
beat Johnson to the punch every
time.
JOHNSON’S seven fights with
J Jeannette were before Joe beat
Sam McVey in 49 rounds in Paris
April 17. 1909. But that fight in
France has caused Johnson to ap
preciate what a wonderful scrap
per the New York negro really is.
On February 20. 1909. Jeannette
and McVey fought a terrific 30-
round draw in Paris. During the
early rounds McVey made a chop
ping block of Jeannette, but from
the 25th round on Joe came back
strong and all but knocked Samuel
out He immediately challenged
McVey to a finish fight.
McVey agreed, after being given
about all the money there was in the
j house. So on April 17 they fought
i the greatest fight ever witnessed
1 east of the Atlantic ocean.
For forty rounds McVey made a
punching bag out of Jeannette,
I knocking him down 29 separate
, and distinct times. But in the 41st
round McVey began to tire—tire
, from punching Jeannette so hard
and often. And right there the
* tide of battle changed.
, From then on through the 48th
round Jeannette jabbed the totter
ing McVey from rope t o rope.
When Sam went to his corner at
, the end of the 49th. he was prac
< tically out —out from exhaustion.
The minute's rest did him no good,
I and when the bell rang for the
start of the 50th round his seconds
tossed in the sponge as a token of
defeat. He couldn't get off his
stool.
♦ ♦ •
K/T’VEY is now and always was a
harder puncher than Johnson
' Jack knows this. And believe me
I this is going to keep him from ever
. fighting Jeannette In a finish fight,
f He figures that if McVey, who
landed his hardest and flush time
and again, could not stop the New
Yorker, then he realizes he can not.
All of which proves that J Ar
thur Johnson is a wise champion
* * *
the longer Johnson puts off
fighting Jeannette for the cham
pionship pver a route, the worse It
I is going to be for him; that is if he
ever tights him at all. And for
s the simple reason that Jeannette is
a clean liver and a family man who
, has no bad habits, while Johnson is
exactlx Jeannette’s opposite.
In ten rounds it's Johnson in *
»• walk, but in a finish battle Jean,
f nette would carry our bank roll and
the family Jewels.
NEW SIX-CLUB LEAGUE
ABOUT TO ORGANIZE
U A'CROSS. GA., Aug. 16.—There
now seems to be no doubt that a flret.
I class league that will include Bruns,
wick. Way ci oss. Valdosta. Americus
Cordele and Other Tifton or Fitzgerald
will be formally organized at a meet.
. ng that ‘ ill be held in this city Some
: time in October.
ritx named has h*en well rep.
i '• -nted this oar b\ semi-professional
i<ams oi strong local teams, and th*
demand for baseball B >jch a? wii: |u>.
tin a season «»f ai least three months.