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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. Whiling.
H- OW about getting Billy Smith
to take over the Atlanta
team before it returns
home? The plan has been suggest
ed to the directors of the Atlanta
Baseball association. Os course
the directors don't admit yet that
they have arranged things with
Billy Syilth, but they want him ahd
he wants to come and there are no
strings tied to him, so it ought to
be tolerably easy.
Also, don’t be surprised if he
takes over the team on Septem
ber 1.
The local directors are utterly
disgusted with the showing of the
team since Alperman took it over.
They admit that ’’Whitey" has
tried hard and they like him as a
man and as a ball player, but they
don’t see any especial reason why
the team under his management
should lose 95 per cent of its games.
Os course, now that the news Is
out that Smith is to have the team
next year. Alperman’s hold over
the players will naturally lessen.
So a new deal Is advisable.
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IT Is believed by the local dlrec
tors that President O. B. An
drews w ill be delighted to lot Billy
Smith out any old time It is pre
sumed that he is going to put El
berfeld In Smith’s place, anyhow, so
there is everything to be gained
and nothing to be lost by turning
Smith loose. It will save him some
salary and it will enable the new
manager to take bold 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 more matter
of finishing out the season any old
way.
If Smith can he secured to take
hold < f the team by September 1
there will be a lot of advantages
He caYi study out the situation and
make plans for mxt yea He can
look over the new material care
fully.
And think of the crowd that
would greet him if he should make
his re-entry into Atlanta on Sep
tembei 2, which is Labor day
• • *
LT NLESS th‘- Chattanooga club
J makes Otto Jordan the man
ager for next year Billy Smith will
almost inevitably have him back
here playing second base in 191"
Smith knows what he owes to
Jotdan’s help in winning two pen
nants for Atlanta. Jordan was
captain of the team both years
Afld Smith pronounced him the
best second baseman in the world.
The directors of the local club
know Ho their moderate sorrow 1
how popular Jordan is. They want
him for sure
President Andrews of Chatta
'nooga, will surely be willing to let
Jordan go P> ’■ -" not
keep him ns manage: Jr. and
Elberfeld arc both in effect candi
dates for the management lf-El
berfeid is given the job be will
naturally not want Jordan on the
team.
p'rom Jordan's standpoint the
change would be ideal Otto has
said that he would ratio r aptain
the Atlanta team than tv mag. h
Chattanooga team o that’s :’e
report, anyway. This is Jordans
home and he wants to plav with
the Atlanta club
Os course nobody is going to
stand in Jordan’s way If he can
get the job of mana;.- r tn Chatta
nooga it is the biggest thing that
can fall to his lot. and Bid Smith
will be the first one to congratu
late him. as he did when Jordan
succeeded him as manager in At
lanta. But If he doesn't land that
job it is almost*a ten to <.n< bet
that he will be back here at »• -
ond base next spring
AND what of Alperman" Well,
it’s a good bet he will stick, as
estop or as third baseman. Or,
If Jordan does not return, he will be
kept as second baseman. Probably
he will be made field captain, too,
in that event. -
Alpertnan has no designs on the
Job of manager. He didn’t ask for
it. Rut it was offered him—and the
job of manager, like the nomina
tion for the presidency-, has never
been declined. So "Whitey" will
no doubt give up the position
gracefully and will return to the
ranks with a light heart. For,
while nobody ever refused to try to
be a manager, nobody ever had any
fun managing a tail-end team.
, Alperman has played good ball
for Atlanta. When John Ganze!
gave him up he thought he was
squeezed dry of baseball useful
ness. Ganz.el is a wise old fox and
isn’t giving up any players while
they are worth a hang. But his
judgment slipped on Alpeiman.
The old boy came to Atlanta, liked
the town, the climate, the team,
the people—and he nas played good
ball. He should make a useful
member of next year’s team
• • •
TUR delight of Atlanta fans over
the news that Smith is coming
back to manage the team is inspir
ing. The hold the little manager
had on Atlanta fans was marvel-
|~FODDER FOR FANS~~
Pitcher Cook, who recently hurled a
one-hit game for Coltimbhs against Min
neapolis is the same man who tried out
with the Naps under the name of Win
chell. He was playing college ball then
and covered up his real cog for that rea
son.
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Hugh McMurray, the ex-Atlanta Crack
er, Is playing shortstop for the Syracuse
team now.
*• • •
Infielder Nattress. of the Syracuse team,
recently reminded I’mpire \rlle Latham,
while a game was in progress, that he
(Latham) had been owing him (Nattress)
the sum of sl2 for ten years Where
upon Latham fined Nattress $lO. That's
a fine way to collect a debt.
• • •
The Uuhs are out after hurlers. If they
can get a couple of good ones thev maj
win yet.
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A Boston amateur team has a pitcher
named t \sbeston. Go on now and get
funny
a a a
The Cincincys may he Reds, but noth
ing like a team made up of ‘‘Red" Dooln.
“Red" Wingo. “Red' Ames. .Marty
‘•’Toole, "Red" Killifer, ‘“Red" I»owns.
’Red" Smith. “Red” Murray and "Red”
Corriden.
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Tris Speaker’s mother, who 1s visiting
him now. sa\ s that her boy should have
b< en a mechanic. She wants him to quit
baseball ami to go home and live on the
farm. This Idea makes an intense hit
with Jimmy McAleer.
• • •
New Orleans paid SI,OOO for Pitcher Cul
lop Bristol must have thought pretty
well of him. for they signed five men to
take his place
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.Major league drafting begins on Au
gust
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President O. B Andrews, of the Chat
tanooga club. Is scouting through the big
i leagues, looking for castoffs.
Ray Morrison, captain of the 1912 base
) hall team at \ anderbilt, and perhaps the
! most brilliant football player the South
ever developed, was married Tuesdax to I
Miss Julia Clifton Goar, of Birmingham, i
Ala Morrison will ( oa< h the baseball |
am! football teams at the Branham and i
Hughes team of Spring HHI. Tenn.,
through the coming school season
if. as has been published in 50 papers. I
i ■'diffith s knowledge of pitchers explains
' W ai-liington's suv< ess" what explains his
lawful showing will Cincinnati ami the i
i N» w York Americans?
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A misdirected letter caused the blow- |
up of the Sharon team of the < thio’ and t
Pennsylvania k\igue In the letter was a|
- i ''k for SSOO in pa\’mnt for <mt fielder ;
Bill Mien, sold i<> Washington It was
misdirected to Sharon. Ohio, Instead of
Sharon. Pa If it had come on schedule I
it would have tided the Sharon team over
to the end of the season It didn't, hence
the blow up
Brooklyn has sent Cy Barger hack to
Newark
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Why, bkss us. if tin- si late Ohio an<i
Pennsylvania leaßiie hasn't turned out
law and invaded Pittsburß If memory
si rves tins is the second attack on Pltts
! burg this veara
1A team u|> tn New Brunswick lias sold
two players to big league elttbs P .1.
DuKKtin tn the White Sox and David I
Brown, former Batea college player to the
RHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, ID I_.
ions—and still 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 hfstor.v noyv and should
not be raked up. But the fans
were on Smith’s side, whatever the
merits of the case were, and they
will welcome Smith back with ex
tra rejoicing on that account.
• • •
'T'HERE is hardly a fan In At
-1 lanta now who doesn’t believe
that Atlanta is set for a success
ful season next year.
The 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 he given
the word to "go the limit"—and
Smith surely knows how to spend
the coin to advantage.
Tile early settling of the question
of a manager for next year was a
grand move by the baseball asso
ciation. It has revived waning 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.
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Bob Bescher has bought an automobile.
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Pitcher Ad Brennan, of the Phillies, who
had diplrlheria, is out of the hospital, but
hr lost a lot of 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;
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J. MrC.raw; “The pennant—a cinch."
I* t’bance: "They're helpless—the Cubs
cop in a canter."
B Dreyfus: “The Pirates will win the
National league pennant."
(obviously somebody is either wrong or
misquoted.
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Portsmouth is dickering for a player
named Paploski.
Asheville is trying to get the Anderson
franchise of the Carolina association, and
if it does will put on continuous baseball
for the rest of the season, the Carolina
association team playing there while the
Appalachian tram is on the road.
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Johnny Evers 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 b\ paying on a man-sized
grounds while other clubs are allowed to
pla> on abbreviated fields The Atlanta
club has always suffered with the same
handicap.
• • •
Lefty James, of Toledo, has pitched 26
successive innings without having a run
scored behind him. That makes the going
eas\ f<»r Lefty.
• • •
They've moved Tommj McMillan's re
porting time up one day He is now due
t<» join Wolverton's team on August 19.
« •
Clark Griffith says that he’s afraid he
would <lie if be quit baseball. He claims
that, after 25 xears of tension, it will he
impossible for him ever again to let down, i
Mrs. Rube Marquard. who once le<i a I
| happy life as Madge Maguire, of New Or- ■
h ans, has secunai a divorce from Rube. |
This is the third divorce episode in George 1
; Edward's life.
• * •
It will bp noted by press agents that
Murphx and Chenee both viciously attack
the Giants and McGraw in print just be
fore the Giants were due to open a series !
in Chicago. Poor publicitx man, that
Murphy
Pitcher Fred Beebe has been ordered to
•.. k th $166 he overdrew from the
Phillies Fred tried to prove that he lost
the coin, v. hrn he went from Philadelphia
tn Buffalo, hut the national commission
wasn’t convinced
« • •
i’itche'- Griner, of the Clevelanil club,
former Mooney school football and base
bail player, has gone to join the Cardinals.
THOMAS 10 TO 7 CHOICE.
L< >S ANGELES, Aug 16 Finishing
touches were applied to their training
tasks today by Featherweights Harry
Thomas and Frankie Conley and both
will take things easy front now until
i they enter the Vernon ring for tlieif
. ■w • ntx-round contest on Saturdnv .if:-
|ernoon. Thomas is favorite in the bel
ting at odds of 1U to i.
I MUND BOYS
MSI STURT H
BANTAM CLASS
By Ed. W. Smith.
FROM the looks of things right
now in the bantamweight
class the division will be split
up during the coming fall and the
men claiming membership will sub
divide into two bands.
One of these will be headed by
Johnny Coulon. who claims 116
pounds as the real bantamweight
limit. He won’t 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 bunch.
The ann> unced coming of Le
doux. the French champion, threat
ens to make the split in the ranks,
which, at that, always have been
more <»Y less torn over the weight
question.
It is said that Dan McKetrlck
will bring over the little Frencher
for a shot at the best of them in
this country. But, 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 course, when he lands here, if
he comes, the fans will want to see
him hook up at once with Coulon,
but 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
factor 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 by agreeing to keep the ban
tamweight limit at 118 pounds con
trive to keep the fighting pretty
much among themselves.
Burns Can Do 116 Pounds.
According to Tommy Walsh, his
manager, Frankie Burns is willing
to make a weight of 116 pounds at 6
o'clock for Coulon for a ten-round
• battle, and would do 116 pounds at
the ringside only 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 tix.
It appears that Ledoux’s defeat
of Digger Stanley, the English star,
got him a great reputation in Eu
rope. 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 as the Parisian
is securing.
N. O. Wants Big Tourney.
New Orleans is talking of giving
a big winter tournament that will
bring together all of the greatest
of the little fellows, who art ex
tremely popular down near the
delta. /
Whetlui this Is started or not.
the same old weight argument is
going to be rehearsed to the fullest.
I p Baltimore way they have Kid
Williams, a 116-pound lad. who is
regarded as the real whale of the
class. He is .. slammer for fair,
and the predictions are frequent
that he will down any of them,
including Coulon, before the winter
is over. Ht s a short block of a
boy, only nineteen years old. but
with a middleweight kick on eithei
side. Ideal symposium, isn’t it?
Johnson Wise in Fighting Jeannette 10-Round Go
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Win Will Give Him Chance to Escape Finish Mill
By W. S. Farnsworth.
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 has 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.
* * *
J 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
picture 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 Palzer was the only first
class "white hope”- in America. He prob
ably thinks this as Palzer is the only real
pug he met while in this country, and he
got his a plenty in that battle.
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Frank Mantell is back in New York
once nmre after fighting seven 20-round
bouts on the coast. Mantell will be
matched with some of the best boxing
talent in the East.
* * •
Jimmy Coffroth is negotiating with Abe
Attell and Johnny Kilbane for a 20-round
battle at 'Frisco, September 9. Attell
t 0 the match, but Champion
Kilnane nas not come to terms However
Coffroth thinks he will be able to stage
the bout.
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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 shoqld w'in.
Jack Britton looked like a human pin
wheel when he was fighting Eddie Smith
in New \ ork 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
day at 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
flights of the golf tournament for the
Perry Adair trophy at East Lake.
The matches played yesterday were
as follows:
First Flight.
Second Round—G. H. Atkissm de
feated E. T. 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. L. Dix defeated J.
O. Burton. 5 up and 4 to play ; W J.
I’ilson defeated W. O. Marshburn. 4 up
and 3 to play.
Third Flight.
Second Rflund—R. P. Jones. Jr., de
feated J. S. Raine. Jr., by default: J. C
Harris defeated R. P. Jones, by default.
Fourth Flight.
Second Round—H. G. Butler defeat
ed S. Hard, 2 up and 1 to play
Fifth Flight.
First Round—J. J. Hartings deft .t
--ed R. M Clarke. 5 up and 3 to play .
Second Round—C. P. Howard defeat
ed H A. Tigner, 4 up and 2 to play . H.
L. Graves defeated 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. And later, when
Jeannette will challenge for a fight
over a championship distance.
Johnson will be able to crawl out
of such by
“Oh, I gave Jeannette a good
beating in New York, He and I
wouldn’t draw anywhere now. No,
I 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 wrtl 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.
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iqERE are some of the reasons
11 why Johnson doesn’t want to
fight Jeannette over a route:
1. Jeannette can stand an unlim-
i Milwaukee, and Steve Ketchell will meet
i Young Erlinborn, of Denver, over the
j same route. Boxing contests arc 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 heavv-
• weight show at the Garden A. C.. in
■ New York, Monday night. Some of the
I best white heavies in the East are on
* Monday’s card. The main bout will l>e
between Luther McCarthy and Jesse Wil
lard, while another ten-rounder will be
; between Jim Savage and Tom Kennedy.
I ♦ # «
Fred Lucas, who has a newspaper de
; vision over Johnny Qundee, 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.
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Dallas, Texas, is tlie latest city 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 he 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.
* ♦ 4
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 middle
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, representing Packey
McFarland, last night signed articles
for a ten-round no-decision fight be
tween Wolgast and McFarland before
the Madison Square Athletic club. Neyv
York, on October 27. Wolgast's mana
ger. Tom Jones, is in California and the
champion took charge of bis ow n end of
the negotiations.
The terms provide that Wolgast’s
share will be $15,000 with a controlling
interest share of the pictures. Mc-
Farland is to get 17 1-2 per eent of
the receipts and ten pet cent of the
picture money.
Wolgast consented to allow McFar
land to weigh in at 135 pounds at 3
o’clock.
GROVER FOR LOOKOUTS.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Aug 16
The Chattanooga Baseball dub has
bought Pitener Grover from tin Mays
ville. Ky.. team, in the Rim- Grass
league. Pittsburg was after this young
pitcher, and offered *I.OOO, but Chatta
nooga got him fur $1,200.
By “Bud” Fisher
ited amount of punishment and can
recover from a blow faster and
better than any fighter in the game
today.
2. Johnson knows that Jeannette
does not fear him and therefore
will fight 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 w ill be impossible
for Johnson to use an uppercut ex
cept when in a clinch on Jeannette.
,-i. Johnson’s best blows, including
the uppercut, will be of little use
to him. 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
blance 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
eatlx rounds Mc\ey made a chop
ping block of Jeannette, but from
the 2.>th round on Joe came back
strong and all but knocked Samuel
out. He immediately challenged
McVey to a finish tight.
McVey agreed, after being given
about all the money there was in the
house. So on April 17 they fought
the greatest fight ever witnessed
east of the Atlantic ocean.
For forty rounds McVey made a
punching bag out of Jeannette,
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 to 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 tim no good,
and when the bell rang for the
start of the 50th round his seconds
tossed in ihe sponge as a token of
defeat. He couldn’t get off his
stool.
O' VR Y is now and always was a
harder puncher than Johnson.
Jack knows this. And. believe me,
this is going to keep him from ever
fighting Jeannette in a finish fight.
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.
/Y A'D the longer Johnson puts off
fighting Jeannette for the cham
pionship over a route, the worse it
is going to be for him; that is. if he
ever fights him at all. And for
the simple reason that Jeannette is
a clean liver and n family man who
has no had habits, while Johnson is
exactly Jeannette's opposite.
In ten rounds it’s Johnson in a
walk, but in a finish battle Jean
nette would carry our bunk roll and
the family jewels.
NEW SIX-CLUB LEAGUE
about to organize:
WAYCROSS. GA., Aug. 16.—Therm
now seems to be no doubt that a first-:
class league that will include Bruns
wick. V\ ay cross. \ aldosta, Americus
Cordele and Other Tifton or Fitzgerald
will be formally organized at a meet
ing that will be held in this city som«
time in October.
Every city named has been well rep
resented this year by semi-professional
teams or strong local teams, and th«
demand for baseball is such as will jus
tify « season of at least three months.