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GEOMIAM STOWS’ COVEW EXPERTS*
9,023 PROVE
ATLANTA BEST
EITY IIS LEAGUE
By Percy 11. Whiting.
COMING back on the cars from
the ears from the ball park yes
terday afternoon there was jus,
- one question
X thex all asi
I on< another:
I What WOULD
ife. j we have done to
J* I Birmingham if
| it had been a
i 9 ° od day? ”
I: '* n as *■ " a ~
—with the
__J WjlKk weather |..i
•',, T $ nets, ts not <•<»,•-
. , Jfb -with snow.
raln -
chunks <
-?"Iw' falling, with .1
jy\?SL "' n, l sweeping
down from I’o
lai regions,
with the field muddy. the bleachers
wet and all conditions unfavorable
Atlanta turned out 9,1123 howling fj
natics for the opening game: and the
Crackers won the contest. t> to 2.
The attendance figures not only
surpassed those made at Birming
ham last Friday but broke the
league's record for opening day •••-
tendance and set a mark that will last
—until Atlanta shoots at it again.
♦ » $
QNE thing about Atlanta—whenevr
er the Gate City sets out to do
anything it does it well—and It does
not let a few obstacles interfere.
A month ago it looked a two-to-om*
bet that Atlanta would he worse than
third in the race for the largest a.t
tendunee. Gradually the inter d
grew Day !>■ ■'■>:<- yesterday it ap
peared that Atlanta had a chance—
If the weather was good. But in
stead of being good the weather yes
terday was most unspeakably bad
And yet, having set out to win the
cup for the largest attendance and to
smear it on blatant, blustering Birm
ingham. the Cracker fans disregard
ed bad weather, cold and a dozen dis
comforts and knocked the spots off
Birmingham's record.
\y’ HIJ.E the Atlanta fans were
pinning it on Birmingham in
the matter of attendance the Atlanta
baseball team was walloping the
Barons and idling up its fourth con
secutive victory.
It was a game without a hero
or with nine heroes, as you prefer.
Every man did his duty and nis
durndest. James Brady took over
the assignment of hurling a hat.’,
game. The ball wa» wet. the foot! :g
was slick, the weather was beastly
cold and it was not a day for .1
pitcher to shine. And yet Brady was
touched for only four hits.
Agler, Alperman and Smith wer.
i-rrors with the willow and the whole
cum fielded well.
[•HE Crackers displayed something
yesterday they haven't shown
-Ince Bill Smith was here before
and that is the winning spirit* Bui
seems to instill it into his teams.
Tine not only play for him but
they PLAY TO WIN.
The Crackers yesterday weie un
table. They made enough runs
off Carl Thompson to win the game
and they went after Sloan, who suc
ceeded him. hard enough to make
enough to tie it up. even, if th,
hadn't previously won it off Thoma
son.
•
"p HE Birmingham b am ;i» it looked
yesterday, was not impressive
The old “college club” spirit, that
gave the Barons the pennant l.i>t
year was absent. They played me
chanically and without enthusiast;
-Mao the team has some tremendously
weak spots.
But don’t get the notion that be
cause the Birmingham club doe# not
look like a pennant winner now that
it will not be in the fight.
Considering the Barons as an in
stitution they consist of 50 per cert
ball club and 50 per cent Rick Wood
ward.
When Mr. Woodward sees that his
Hub is not strong he goes* out and
buys men who will strengthen it.
Last year at this time the Baron'
did not look any stronger than thc\
do to-day. Yet they won the penn nt
<nd they did it moderately easj
Right now it is a cinch that Mob -
worth is casting around for a couple
more players, notably one outfiehle .
And when he gets the team to suit
himself and to suit Woodward it wifi
be dangerous and a contender. A' l
hey will never quit strengthening
until they get It Caere.
Incidentally It might be added t
the Baron club has a most compe
tent and efficient club president ’n
Rob Baugh, and a corkin .▼ good m « ■
'ger in Carleton Molesworth. It’s a
hard combination to beat.
DILL SMITH is going aft*>r
Baton# to-morrow with Gilb* t
Price. It isn’t really Price's turn but
the left-hander is ready and tight
and Bill S'.ijith is an awful bug about
pushing a winning streak. Hr uilg- t
stick In one of two or three men and
maybe get by but he feels sure h
<an win with Price and he is going •.
tiee him. i*’more than willin':
because he want# to ride along on
the winning tide too.
Moleswo’/th dorf no; care to t.i »*
about his ptobabl*plt<*her. H* a’a- r
bjects to ft at any stage of tL- g-r •
<«nd he say# that right now he 1 -
some young pitchers he may st? -
n aiiv old time. He planned o not \
Rill Foxen yesterday bin the v\«-at r
"ag so bad he decided to save s
priceless antique and takr ■ ’■«*
wfrh younger men instead.
FAMOUS HORSE DEAD.
LEXINGTON. KY April IJ. B
son 2:On. world champion tr«»t:»T.
died last night at the <’ »» ii
near here. Hr was valued •’*< *•’•* hJV
The Sunday Amert.an goes every
where all over the South. If yea . ave
anything to sell Th? Sur.da Arie- -
•can is “The Market place cf -je
South.” The Sunday American is tre
best advertising medium.
Jeff Evidently Took Mutt’s Disposition Into Consideration :: :: :: By “Bud” Fishe
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Can PCA/ni x. SFEru IDEA iFMCTHfR To _
that to«e nmno Reading, rr'b
‘ S-HPUn Cc-MVXON SBNSff.
A Boi/r and I'll Give i" F Sgt ilanblindfcld noxm allow juyr ' Mutt j
My u?or.d op honor ' 1 , /p' TM this osl nvmutc to think. t 5 on
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RITCHIE HAS
SWEET TROTH
FDR ICE GM
By VV. \V. Naughtou.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, —
"Show me what you eat and I'll
tell you what you are,” said a
modern savant not Very many years
ago.
He did not mean that he could dis
tinguish the nationality of the sub
ject by the nature of his dinner order.
It doesn't always require a savant to
m ike correct deductions in a ease of
that kind. If you happen to be on a
trans-Atlantic steamer and hear a
young man order tea. toast and mar
malade, for bieakfast, it’s safe to bet
he's an Englishman. If it's lunch
time and another yells for sauer
braten and potato pancake, together
with a stein of the stuff thilt set the
name of .Milwaukee ringing down the
corridors, tile chances are he's Ger
man.
What the savant meant, is that
■ome idea of a man's temperament
ami intelligence can be gathered from
the way he selects from the menu,
and I gue > that’s right
Ritchier Likes Ice Cream.
All of which is preliminary to tile
announcement that a St. Paul writer
has discovered that Willie Ritchie is
■n i< e cream fiend and a chocolate
sundae jagstef.
It lifts the veil in away. The
critics have been hard on Willie
'.itely for refusing to tall, of his ring
plans, and it’s just possible that the
frozen confections he has become ad
dicted to have chilled his fighting
spirit.
In the interest of science, it might
he .is well to inaugurate tests to de
termine whether, in the case of cham
pions—ice cream is not as baleful as
wmsky. The latter is a provocation
of too much talk and too much fight
ing. lee cream, it would seem, goes
to the other extreme.
.Manager Billy Nolan, by the way.
is beginning to prate of bouts a
prospect ami it is a relief to hear
right talk of any character cmaua.-
Ing from the Ritchie cemp. Nolen
sacs Rivers ami Ritchie are likely o
meet at the Polo Grounds. N< w York,
and that the contest will draw $10".-
000. be cream never had to do with
a dream of that kind.
Beer Better Than Coffee.
Talking of "foodstuffs and their
effects one Robert Bogardus. who
manages a bad team at Dunellen, N.
.1.. and who is in addition a total ab
stainet and a leading light in Sunday
school circles, declares that lager beer
is a better beverage tor ball player
than coffee. Here are his very words:
• Titere is poison in coffee. It makes
a person dopy. »hile b ■ r has a tan-
O, m y to inject ginger and ear toe
head. .
While Bogardus does n . say so. ue
of course . onnsels a moderate euti
-umptioii of beer Otherwise bis
elaim ti.a i' clears t:ie head wou.d
provoke argument, although a f.-w
might t. ■ found to combat his ass r
tion that i injects ginger even when
taken in l"rger quantities.
BovarJus' contention goes un
. red the hiew nrs .. i.l probaid.'
tske .dvantage of it. It would be
ease to pl. t are huge signs overtop
ping tile scoreboard and reading.
'•Drink Muff Bratt -nd get a ho
run ’ __
SOX RELEASE ROY KERNAN
TO INDIANAPOLIS TEAM
CHIC AGO. H L 'pr. I' Roy Ker-
•rm *•» <*;* ifbrm i with th- W • it** «’•
r \ „ routed a# i .om r
: ‘ n ‘ , , . ' > jrfielrt*rs. "as re : eaar*:
among 1 • •
da. o> th* Indianapolis leant of tee
i' / ■” .
I ‘ c ;»| matter, and decided
h; • T/. : evt- v:-r.x
I ' r ■' r to
.f you have anything tc »ell adver-
. in T’-» S nda / Amertean car
i’eat c-.reumt.-, of any Sunday newy
paper in the South.
THE ATLANTA (JEOKGI \.X AM) MAVS. I I ESDAY. APIHL 15. 1913.
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
If some thing like 9.000 fan# slosh
through the rain, mud and sleet to sh
three shivering hours through the open
ing game, what will l»e the attendance
July 4 and Labor Day?
• • •
The actual contest yesterday took two
hours anti seven minutes—which was
too long. The umpires, competent
enough in other ways, did nothing to
keep things moving
• • •
Judge Kavanaugh ought to order his
umpire.# to keep the games going
There’s a lot of lost motion to every
Southern League contest.
• * *
This lad Sloan was especially slow.
He took longer to wind up than the
village clock.
*** . ’
Carl Thompson. Ia?«t year of the Uni
versity of Georgia, New York American
and Brockton teams, seemed to Ih» the
worst victim yestetuay of the wet ball.
He could <lo nothing with it. and before
Moleaworth found it out. five Crackers
had tallied.
• * •
If yesterday s work was a sample of
what Brady is going to d«> this season,
he will win three-fount Ins of his games.
He worked with as little friction as
money sliding out of your purse, ami he
was never in a tight plat e
Sen no had « great butting carver
two strike-outs and a two-bugger
« ♦ •
This Senno lad is an Italian, and a
famous performer with the pen. IL
isn’t a bad baseball player either.
• € ♦
Senno hit one wallop that had Bailey
guessing. It was a clean two-bagger,
but if Harry hadn’t fought it down it
would have gone for a home run
The “bull” sign at Poncey Park ha#
been moved ferthet over into right
field and much closer to home plate.
11 ought to b»- tiit man? tlm<i I
season. Yesterday McGllvray walloped
one that missed it only a few Inches.
« e •
Welchonce was another Atlantan who
had a great fielding day. They bit a lot
of bed ones to Harr.', but le handled
all of them well
• • •
Agler and Welchonce worked the dou
ble steal ready. Agler scored on it
They tried the short throw, but Marcan
did not get in far enough on it. and
Agler had oceans of room.
<s • •
Pitcher Bausewein was limping arourd
the held in early practice, and his game
kg is improving. Bill Smith says he
will probably take him to Nashville
Thursday, though le doubts if will
use him until he returns home again.
• « «
Graham raugl t a rive game. Never
in all Pat’s career has he looked any
better than he deos right now
• • M
The Crackers batted >esterda\ a; a
team clip of V,3. which win# bail games. '
"I’ve got youth, speed and brains.‘
says Clark Griffith- meaning his bah I
club.
For an all-freak-name line-up. how’s 1
this from the Grand Rapids club: |
Borleski. Pfefler, u.: Schmick. lb.; Koeh
ler. 2b.: Bark well. Sb.: Moha. ss.:
Grimes, if.. Kroy. <f : Tydeman. rs.
• • •
Larrx McLean I.as reported to He
Cincinnati team, with his arm mended
and his thirst under control, though
noi utterlx ext inguisiu*;
Ilans Wagr.er batted : in l?*H. 314
in PH2 At that rat- oi slumping, the
old b<»> l as something like eight years
more to jinger in tin division.
f’re- dem Ban Johnson ha* served n<. j
tire on ti’.e players' fraternity that l i
nld rule of suspending a man first ami .
investigating afterward wi: continue j
lie iigi'te- list it is tiir, oi l*, wax to |
niuLr .ls« plli.e ►tick
STONE MOUNTAIN BEATS
G. M. C. IN PITCHERS' BATTLE
MILLHIMJEVILLE. <JA . Auril 1'
Stone Mountain shut «»ut «J. M <’
terday. 1 to <’ Bondurant, twirling f«. • i
the winners, fanned ten and allow.-I but]
three hits Harrell, nf <J. M struck j
out' fifteen and allowed bat two him I
I David. «» M <’ fielder, made a ie-atiti
ful one-handed running catch
SHRUGRUE-LORE bout off
NEW ORLEANS. LA . A|»ri’ 14 The j
M-!»e<i'He.: sigh: bet ween Young Shrugrue |
and Johnny l»re. New York light - :
xxeights, was oiled off hiat night ai it r
rliigsid** The reason anm>um-e«l was
that the crowd wa- t«»o small to justify j
a bout
TIGERS appoint coaches
PH!N« ET«.’N. N I \prd ’*• W.tker
G. wdr* v- end Arthur KluthenthaJ. ,
;» merntiers «>f the sen <«r w*- *-
ixe«*e*i.a' appmmed ti-’IJ • «»f • '-**
p*.meton *o.*ban ’ .tI«M to”, 'or l
». v ■ ••ar I le-atd j * » 1’•
i; .j Rluthenthel la- i\’ “d t • ’
I I . Tiger eie»*H f«»i the la-t three years I
I Andrew- pta.'rd end U-1 fall. I
I MATHEWSON S
BIG LLAGUI GOSSIP
KT**" YORK, April 15. —They are off! Hut it is difficult for anybody to try
to say now how the teams are going Io siring out to make the race for
A ’ the season lifter only these few days of aetual playing. Several eham
i hopes are bound to be born and div within the next month or two.
• Remember how the ('uijeinnati Club jumped to the front in the National
'*- ~~1 League raee last spring and the shouts of joy from Ciueinnati which were fol
lowed onlv bv sobs and knocks later along! Recall how the Chicago White Sox
loaped away In th** American Leegue
In the early part of the nice only to
rotreat. after i ?horl sprint, before
the battling Red Sox. Athletic# anti
Senator!*’? Many a pennant is won In
the spring that is never hoist.
Therefore it is useless for me to
risk any forecast on this meager sup
ply of dojM at hand. I expect some
t v am that has not been reckoned as
having much chance for the ehu’n
pionyhip will jump away in the lead
for a time. That is usually the ca#e.
It is hard to say what < lub w 111 as
sume the position of early pacemaker
now be< ause such a thing is generally
due to ihe breaks in the luck and the
condition of the team, iutick. of
course, plays more or less of a par’
in baseball, and one team, us a rule,
dips awa v hi th- had because It is J
getting the breaks. But in the long I
run class shows, and it is the < lub
which can hold up through one hun
dred and fifty-four games, hold tin
through the strain of Julg and
August, when tin heat seeps into
y -at system and your musiuvs begin
to drug, that finally wins. Then h'
the time you will find the early- sea
son starter lagging.
While McGraw de>lres to gel away
in good shape thl« spring, he has no
d» sire to go out hi front and set the
race for a week or two. He merely
wants to stay there or therealxiuts
until the clulffF acqiiir« something like
their normal po*itlons in the statiu
inr.
“Tiie Jump is the great thing.’’ Mae
told some of tiie boys the other dav.
"and we want i: again this year, hut
titere is no need in getting right out
m front much hefor«‘ May.”
The club must hammer into its
siride first, it was far advanced in
condition . - en the season opened, too
far advanced for the time of year, if
.ny tiling McGraw declared, Juel t
few days before the first game, tha;
he must apply the brakes now. H*
hope • io shoot out ahead by the hi st
of May. l owever. and open up such
i gap by July that he can afford to
i slump silghtly.
• • •
rHE po>ta! revenues last week must
have grei . judging from th?
number of < orn spundc nts who de
ni rer to know what I thought of Wai
ter Johnson as a pi•< her after seeing
him work against th* Giants in
Washington a week ago Monday.
Walter Johnson i one of the best
| pitchers I have e\ir seen. I have
not had i look at Wais • -hive he
put on big league "spangles.” John
■ son was title shot! of wonderful for
| the spring. He »tavked up agaittst
j the Giants, a club which had thun
dered through the South, smearing
the pltt hing we had encountered on
our trip i ll over the parks, a chib
iiighlv rated for its batting
and he h*‘d the Giants io two hit#
in five innings It is like looking at
a w vmierful pl< tore or admiring some
alii, i v. ork of . r; to watch him work
that i-. if < s no. working against
you.
To* \\ ■> ingt’Hi players < roas
themselves every time thex mention
I Johiixtn s name, and Grifil h treat*
l .s gl'c.. pitcher as a slepfather doen
.i daughter wh. as just inherited
i three or H.ar millions. If Johnson
was whh erher the Giant# or toe
I Pirates tn Ihe Naliona! League lid’?
ih» ince would be oxer now.
ia-Mixi, • l»» iiig ' great pitcher, he isj
•.; good fellow riwalesi and unnsMUM * i
I Ing.
• • •
U 1 r E i.ad quite a-S|»ley time In W« -li
Ingtoti Tllrre »:.» a diepute over
i a triple pla> trie Washington elttu
i . lait.iKl in the gam- when Morxat:.
|tli- N.i iona 'a second hasemun. n-
..i mat Movers 1.a.1 . :
lir.at !.«►► Jl..man and MeGtaa g' l '.
...r.ona!. ami the Gian: boa* finailv
I. . 11. thrmix I with tnii* reply to a
! *a!v from Morgan:
I w.i i'dti't make »•> n>u< i noire
I if 1 were >ou when 'Griff' is <-srry-
I Ing juM to hit for you."
• • •
, A i.RF.ADY bg eague .tars have
I. - n njurt.l t’hen as alona-d
I in. m th. ’xhlbltioi: game, with the
; Brookl.i < lub befog* the sexaM evat
>i>. ne : •: •! Wagn.’r is try r.a to have
a V.-:.. ie. repaid. W.ien ort
j v.’eral - I ’<e «'h«n e and Wagner
i xe- In,- r »»l a. a font tint* for
j •••• «»t in>o siape again. It
I i..<- . •• I’ u-hurg < 'ah ai*< t
I i -of vv <gmr this >»ar and would ‘
).rai tically put Ulnrke out of the rate
for the pennant.
The Plttaburi; chances tor chum-
I plonslilp lie In Wagner ns I see them.
Besides Wagner, Clarke possesses a
great pi telling staff, although I d >
not. consider it any stronger than
the Giants’. Wagner holds the Pitt»-
buig Infield together, and he must las
through this season if Clarke is to
have even a look-in for tin- pennant.
I Even though the Pirates will give us
a good battle with Wagner in the
game. 1 don’t want to sae him fore * i
to quit. Hq is too much of a ireiitt
to the pastime.
Already McGaw's advantage l-t
showing over Clarke. The Glant-t
'iuiie the e.ibatitutes to ti l in for an
| player who Is Injured. McGraw c'ii
I have a regular Infielder and an out
fielder out of the game, and tile
strength of the club will not be ap
preciably reduced. Clarke has XVag
nur out. and his elub is gone. Os
course, it could nut be expected 'to
would have another Wagner on tap,
but he lias not any very caparilo
substitutes.
T> ARNEY DREYFUS made the
journey of the great Dulvhma i
to Youngstown Io see Horn-sett- r
Reese in tegard to Wagner's injured
knee a personallj conducted trip.
This story leached me the other dav.
While Dreyfus ami Wagner were in
Chicago, tiiey went out to the h-rlt
park to are the Cubs play. A new--
pape ■ man recognized them.
"I see the Pittsburg club is n
town.” he remarked to Dreyfus
pointing to Wagner. "I didn’t know it
was scheduled to play here yet.”
"Yep." said Dreyfus. "Too bad you
fellows haven't a bull club out lie- *.
I've just been watching those fellow s
in Chicago uniforms.
» « *
IT IS not much like the first time
* Dreyfus met Wagner, according :>
the story of that event. Wagner was
discovered in Paterson. N. by t v
late Harry Pulliam. formerly th
president of the National League.
Puliia.n. anxious to ameliorate his
star firn- and ease his journey l>a <
to Louisville, asked him whether I .
would like anything
Some bananas." bluntlj tepli-J
Wagner.
Bonus ate bananas all the wav to
Louisville, when- Mr. D: er fits then
owned the team. He was at the train
to oieet .Mr. Pulliam, who was at that
time the set retary of the Louis. ’’
club, to get a look at the find w ill. .
(lie discoverer hud boosted so high
ly
Where is the ball player?” in
quired Mr. Dreyfus.
"There he is." replied Mr. Pulliam,
pointing to Wagner.
Dreyfus waa extremely skeptics!.
"M’CAREY not after
CROSS-RIVERS FIGHT
By Left Hook.
Not we’xhin< hi* word# -ilovety
diiti *•«it-fully. not ronaide In«
itir fe-e-iinxM of tiie- battler* l.«*t
even Kiting h lUaSrilng thought Io l-te
iMtniiiex liiHt riiight poMMiblt ge-t t
jug <»f milk out of th- m«t» h. Thoni.**
Mc<*ar*y. of l-o* Aug* ♦*.«, <’#!.. I’. <
A., -tood on tne brink of the* P.i< fi.
«B-ean ye#i#rd#\ and enunciated.
"They ain't no chance of me bi t i<
Joe Rivet m and Leach to b>x
tacitly toiinti# in ihi# aweet villas--
I him de nte flfldnd up. and If it# (he
last act of me innocent life—it can’t
be did.”
Great was the confusion. T. » *
x*d\eH m trunk rignt out into the mid
dle of the big po.’id. scared deathless.
Blate men wiped their brave bro., s.
and the kda ai ran hoin«- to l»«
ihe do efu tidings
F ier «. visitor* and Los Angele-I
si.tcs.’’ *<»ntinue<l Thomas. In per# -I.
site ton** ow - an it be «’id ' Th.»>»*
»'.»n fel-ov » got f I’s “«»<♦ for battling}
•«?n in I »e u «et »»•»: • -mi
town of N*w Yntx Tv.entv toiind* I'
;• tube jp»n Twenty-s x thous-ti .
'dollar* .w fa-tce No* I'm lui l '
but now. after many years, he is.
himself, traveling around with Wag
ner. endeavoring to hold him in shape
so he vvi’l have a ba!! club this sea
son.
• • •
|?OR the sake of alliteration, it
* might bt said that tumors ire
rife about a trade, and the* same tu
mors have worried Joshua Devore. «»f
the Giants, worse than the triumph
of a rival (rets a youth in love and,
the senior year of high school at the
same time. The rumor is that Jut i
will be slipped to Boston foi a con
sideration us some piavers. And Josh
is much set against Boston. So far
he has escaped it. Josh says h*
wants to stay in the big league. This
same bugaboo crops up every once in
a while and disturb# the Devore
peace of mind. Josh finally became
su worried over the persistent repots
he asked McGraw about them.
“I’ll tell you when you are going
to be traded,” replied the New York
buss. "Don’t let them trade you tn
the newspapvt s."
This was small comfort for Devor •.
He does not know any more than lie
did before I do not think McGra -\
would let Devore go. but he might
h.iv- it hinted with ih»- Idea of spi?«
ing him up in his work. That is an
old trick of manage is.
• * •
■r Y COBB, .-u-cordinv to the nrwnpa
pern ha* had another debate with
I s firsts. You might call him the
"Battling Nelson of Baseball.” The
Delink < lul> would cull him that. too.
I guess, from the way in which lie
lias fought it all winter.
• • •
pERHAPB it m ght not be amiss
* and would interest American
L> igtM fans to »•• - ipeifl< tally to
observe that the Washington bait club
is a good one this season, and une
Which will bear c lose watching It
struck me a- being a big improve
ment over the team we faced last
year hi the exhibition game on our
spring trip. The players have lots
“pep" and are shot full of ambition.
You cannot keep them beaten, which
is a good sign in a team. They be-
ve thet have a ham e for the
world's championship, ami everyone
of them I nuv. s just how much that
means in c old figures. It is my per
sonal opinion, after playing against
the club, it will have a grand little
( bam e of copping the honors, ft
would have a much better chance,
however, if the Athletics were n>t
working in tne same league The
Nationals looked better in the firs;
game that th»y won f'.om us than in
th* second, which they lost
<«'o|»> right. H»l3. by the McClure News
paper St mile ate »
a vety strong mm. and if I were u
give those boy* SJU.chhi all I'd get o:n
of it would be a silent ride in one
of th<»?e things that ha# glass on . 11
«idr> and plumes waving in the air.”
Furnishing this exciting piece «»f
m»v s t«» the world, we feel that »ri
. ut.x is done si< semper auagespieid*.
tlfoßD iea« .i» > us hat \d Wolgal
.s t ail ing hard for his coming I
uatt e with Tmiiim Murpiiy/witleh i> I
> < bed tiled so ne\: Hatnrday in Saul
Fiam *• <» AH *ay :« that Adoip-t
wiil lute to if he wants to to-r
Tom.
JOE JEANNETTE, the "< ullu I” I
batr’er. i« one ot the perform* r* |
r< t'.e i»<g . lash of heavyweights in
Philadelphia to-irtorro -. evening. I
Among tne bum i nre Lutuer McCa*-
ty. Jim Fbiiii. Jun Savage and ot :-
ere. Would anv <»f the peach blond.** j
prefer to m*-er Joseph Instead of th ri
reg’j.a !y a-»c :«•<! opponent? Wou'd |
anybody love to get hyd’-iphobla .'
Nearly ever ybody in Atlanta reads '
The Sunday American. YOUR ad- *
vartisemar* in the next issue will sell j
goods. Try it!
BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Ad Wolfajt. ex-llsbtw•ighi champion.
,s working III." a trojan for hl, twenty*
round nghi with Tommy Murphy at
I'rlseo Saturday night Ad realizes h«
miiat beat Murphy thia tlmo, or atep
down «n<l out a contender for Wil
lie Rltehle’H title.
* • •
.l«M Willard, tallest of all heavy
weights. la helping Wolgast. get Into
shape. Coaet sane are turning out
strong to aee the two work Willard
Is a strong booster for Ad and looks
for him to regain his lost title.
, . *
Frankie Burns, who has not donned
a glove einoe he lost to Tommy Murphy,
will meet Joe Azevedo In a ten-round
bout at Oakland. Cat. to-morrow night.
• • •
If Frankie Whitney eu< < aede In de
feating Eddie Johnson at Denver. Cot.
Friday night ho la to get on with Jack
Redmond April 2S. Whitney and John
son are seheduted to go ten rounds
...
Joe Rivers, the Mexican speed marvel,
will make his next flghi In New York
agalna' Young Hhugfie The date la
April 2f
...
Pal .Moore. Hie Eastern llghlweight.
nt d Johnny Griffiths are 10 don the
giovea for a len-routwi Bee*ion April 22.
They will weigh in at ISO pounds a 3
o’clock.
♦ • ♦
Dlg<*r Stanley, the bantamweight
champion of Eng Im ini. sUJ! hold# his
thle lb was to meat Elddi# Morgan in
London the other night, but a f*-w days
before ’he content Morgan found he
could net n-iHlce the weight, so the bout
wmm called nff
• s •
luimny KilbHiio still insists Hiat ht
xixanfM to turn light weight, and the first
man he wantM to meet i# none other
than hl# old rival. Jne River# Kllbare
loin to Ilivt-rK the first time the pair
ever met, but later more than evened
me iter# by slopping the Mexfogn in six
teen rounds
• • •
George Knockout" Brown, of Chi
rag ’, meets Jack McCarron to-morrow
nlyfit at New York Jack Britton and
Matty Baldwin clash in the same ring
• 4 e
Spike Kelly proved too touch h propo
sition for Billy Walters at Kenosha
last week. Kelly was riven the news
paper verdict over the Sailor after ton
rounds of furious fighting Both boys
hold draws to their eredft ever “Wild
cat” Ferns
Mike Gibbons. Igecch Cross or Freddie
Welsh wlil be the next star at Kenosha.
WL» . according to a letter received here
from mauhrnaker Nate l-ewis Rome
good man will be secured to meat which
ever of the above mentioned the club
secure#.
• « •
Georfe Chip is not the only fighter
in the Chip family. Joe. his voungest
bt »ther. is new seeking fanif in the
"oped arena
Eddie McGoorty. the Qsbkosii middle
weight. is to be a busy bov for the
next few weeks He is battling Freddie
Hicks, the I»eiroir favorite. Weor.ee>ciav
mghi. and on May 2 W’fll travel to
Denver. <‘oi., where he takas on Jimmy
Clabby in & ten-round affair
• • •
Rudy Cnholx. who is now managitig
McGoorty, Im apparently making good
in the rapacity as manager Rudy al
ways was an ambitious boxer. For ref
erence. see Battling Nelson.
a • •
Rsports from Chicago mate that
Johnny Couion. Imntam weight cham
pion. has already siarted training for
his ten-round match w'ith Francis Hen
news' s’ St. Ixuiis April 2» This will
be Jolinny’e first figitt elnce he met Kid
Williams al Baltimore nearly a vear
a<u.
• * • »
George bugdale, of Billy
Waller.* Las rece.xed word from Bt.
Joseph. Mo., that H e proposed match
j between Wallen and Fems scheduled
to take plate May 2 nas been post -
ponce (ntgdale fears that the fighi
may be . a lieu, off all tugw’her on ac
count of Walters* <>feai at the hands
ur Spike Kellx
• • ♦
k <» Br«»wu and Bud Anderson are
vn fur their iw«ni>-round battle
on the < oasi tomorrow «Ught Fans on
tre .oast are going wold over the fray.
mm ’hev still rerrember the wonderful
dtsw the mm me boy# put up after twenty
round* of real fighting alxotf one month
ago
• • •
Geotgr MftSuii. ihe tkiixuiivie US
pound T»oxer. who m iiwin at the present
ti*rte. i« anxio*'* u» close a match with
Banu) Kaufman
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FOREIGN GOLF
SWSTOIW
ON THIS 5101
*“*r. 1
NEW YORK, April 15.—Hani
Vaixlon and Edward Ray, td
of th« leading golfers in Ena
land, will be sent to this country ■
Lord Northcllffe. of England, to coal
pete In the open golf championshl
in September, according to word r«
ceived here yesterday.
Vardon has won the coveted titl
in England five times, and R»y
now the champion. But there is I
possibility of neither repeating; ■
fact. It may be considered probabd
thu reason being that practically tli
<ream of American and French prd
fesstonal.. also will be in conipefitld
thia year. Then there Is George Dud
can, the Hanger Hill "pro," who I
regarded by many followers of tM
British game as about due to w>
, the title. Dunean, however, is *•
busy with exhibitions, which will ■
Increased by the absence of X'Srdo
and Ray, that he has called off hl
prospective American trip in the-faa
Expenses To Be Paid. j
it may be, nevertheless, that Dun
can can be induced to further e hand
his plans in view of the fact tl>H
Vardon and Ray aie not only bavin!
their expenses paid by Lord North!
. liffe, but are also to be well ra
warded for their services in quest a
the American championship. It J
said that when the generous pea
first suggested to Vardon anotnd
American trip, the famous Briton ex
pressed no particular enthusiasm anl
asked a price for his services whici
lie considered prohibitive. Howeve,
the wealthy journalist promptly ac
cepted the terms and Vardon set t
work to have the American date
i changed so as to be convenient.
Duncan May Make Trip.
Under these conditions it was pl
difficult task to convince Ray of th
desirability of the American trid
Moreover, Ray had never been in rhll
country and was desirous of comini
over, and it may be that under sue)
terms Duncan could be induced t]
change his plans in the event at hi<
becoming the champion. Vardoff an
Ray are coming here with the diipu
lation that they use only clubs an
balls of British manufacture, so ths
if their efforts are attended by sue
cess it will be an all-Britlsh triumg
There is also the requirement tha
the two famous golfers must play so
three w>eeks in America prior to th
open championship, which probabl.
means that they will be seen t
matches or tournaments before the
appear ir. the open. Several club
are raising purses for either matebe
with the best local "pros" or for oper
tournaments to which the cream a
the talent will be attracted.
PALZER RETURNS FROM
PARIS; JOHNSON BOUT Oh
NEW YORK. April 15.—Al Palter
wAo used io be a very nopeful
hope until Luther McCarty
1 him ia»»t fall, returned from Parti
' v«4terdey on the liner George Waabs
inaton.
Palr.er said ilini hi# echeduiert -flgh
with Champion Jack Johnson at Paris
in June w no: V)ff" Howevai
he admitted that trie high
against Johnson in the French vapil
Pal at th s tlm* m ; ght necessitati
»» postponement of the batt'e untl
October.
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