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'J-HE Ad-Men's Club has been work
ing hard on this affair. They
have sold tickets high and low. they
havf advertised the thing for keeps
and they expect to make a peck of
money. Also they deserve it.
The Ad-Men will use the money
raised here to paint the name "At
lanta" m large, glowing letters on
the doings of the Ad-Men's Conven
tion In Baltimore. They will use It
to boost the Gate City. And if ever
a burg owed a duty to boosters it Is
Atlanta, for they're the iads who
made the Atlanta spirit famous.
The Atlanta Baseball Association,
in recognition of the great work that
the Ad-Men’s Club did in drumming
up attendance for the opening game
has sold out Wednesday’s game at
the lowest practicable price. All
the receipts, over a small sum, wll!
go to the Ad-Men for their Baltimore
boosting.
Here’s a chance for the folks of
the Gate City to show that they ap
preciate a lot of good boosters—and
incidentally to see a good ball game-
ail for the usual price of admission.
* *■ *
T'S lucky for the Southern I^eague
that the Atlanta pitching staff is
somewhat punk. For If It weren't
the race would be a fright. With
the pitchers going right the Cracker
Club would look like a Fiat-120 in a
pushmoblle race.
P”rlnstance yesterday:
Bill Chappelie—big, old “Bell Cord”
Bill, pitching hts first game on At
lanta soil in an Atlanta uniform—
was decidedly right. The old boy
had so much stuff It was brutal.
Through the fifth inning only five
bglis had been knocked out of the
Infield and not a safe hit had been
made. It wasn't until Chappelie had
been rained on a couple of times
and had gone absolutely cold and al
so not until the Crackers had ac
quired a most overwhelming lead that
the Turtles made a hit. Then they
got but two, both scratches.
Now naturally, with a hurler go
ing 1' V that most any team could
win a ball game.
• But the Crackers didn’t take any
' hances—not they. They hammered
the offerings of the Turtles' prise
hurler, "Jim” Kroh. for eleven hits
and eleven run* iri five innings.
• * *
qt’PPOS3 the Crackers’ hurlers hid
~ gone all this season half or even
a quarter as strong as Chappelie did
yesterday? Why the little old
t Tuckers would be out in front now
with a sickening lead.
It T u possible blessing for Papa
l-ov.inaugh's organization that the
Tic lo r pitchers have wabbled vio
lently in most of the games of the
- a^on. It has made the race in-
i r resting.
• * *
V” ICSTERDAY’S game was a fine
1 old lacing match. The Cracker
huriers vied with each other in see
ing Just how many hits they could
make off the frequently invincible
Kroh.
Somehow it didn’t seem a good day
for Krohs
After the first inning, when the
Memphis star took a fine lacing he
lost interest in the proceedings and
relied exclusively on his lob ball from
that time on.
Captain Alperman, who had such a
fine day in the field Monday, went
efiazy with the ash on Tuesday. Three
tines he faced Kroh. Onee he sin
gled. twice he doubled, three times he
scored. Bisland had no punk after
noon himself. In three times up he
walked once, singled once and three-
baggered once. Long and Wel-
ebonce each made a brace of sin
gles
, , • • •
TWICE while the gsjne was in
* progress wandering showers dal
lied above the park for a few min
utes. After the second one, with the
Crackers leading 11 to I and dark
ness approaching any umpire with
a bit of decision would have ended
the agony. But Instead Pfenninger
dallied along for another half hour,
forced the Crackers to play one more
.half inning, spoiled Chappelie’* no-
nit game and then railed the game
on account of darkness.
VOLS PURCHASE GIBSON
FROM DETROIT BALL CLUB
NASHVILLE, TENN.. May 21 —The
purchase of Catcher Gibson from the
Detroit American League club has been
announced at the local baseball head
quarters. Gibson comes under an op
tional agreement and will probably re
place Ludwig. Outfielder Nicholson,
who stole 111 bases in the Blue Grass
I^eague last season, reported yesterday.
TECH HIGH TRIMS MARIST
IN 12-INNING CONTEST
'Tech High triumphed over Marist in
a 12-inning game yesterday afternoon
at Marist by the score of 2 to 1.
McGrath weakened In the twelfth In
ning and Tech High sent over the win
ning tally on J. Park’s single, a stolen
base and a fielder’s choice.
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MEET RIVERS
JULY FOURTH
© o © © o o o
Defeats Willard in Slow Battle
By W. W. Naughton.
S AN FRANCISCO, May 21.—Gun-
boat Smith won a questionable
decision over Jess Willard in
the white hope elimination contest
here in a battle that was anything
but interesting. The fight went the
full twenty rounds.
It proved Willard is a game fellow
and can stand a hard punch. For that
matter, there is a good deal of Tom
Sharkey about him. He livens up
and fights with more readiness after
taking a punishing swing on the ear
or jaw. Willard’s range saved him
from Gunboat’s best smashes. Smith
had to jump to reach the target and
as a rule his blows did not land sol
idly.
Once, at least, however—it was in
the thirteenth round—Gunboat caught
the Kansan with full force, right on the
chin. The punch did not seem to
feaze Willard in the. slightest. He
tore after Smith and tried his best
to land a right uppercut, but failed.
Fourteenth Be6t Round.
The fourteenth was probably the
best round of the fight and was very
much iji Willard’s favor. He used a
straight left to good purpose and bad
Smith slightly dazed and holding
tightly from the effects of a right up
percut.
Smith fought in the same style
throughout, keeping his head low and
prodding at the body with the left.
Just as soon as Willard’s guard was
diverted to the stomach region, Smith
swung either right or left for the
face. Willard's best punch was his
straight left.
The contest was devoid of knock
downs, and the only time that either
man was dazed a trifle was when Wil
lard caught Smith with that uppercut
in the fourteenth.
Kansan’s Attack Weak.
The Kansan displayed no knowl
edge of the art of attack and that is
what cost him a chance to smash
Smith clown with his greater weight.
More than once he staggered the Gun
ner with lefts and sent him up against
the ropes, but that was where the
novice would stop, look around the
ring as if inviting assistance and then
allow Smith come to a protecting
clinch.
Handicapped by the size of Wil
lard, who towered over the smaller
man and held him off at long range,
Smith had fairly to leap from the
canvas in order to score. His jump
ing rushes and the punches that he
landed brought results, and on several
occasions Willard looked a mighty
tired man.
Manager Disputes Decision.
Tom Joins, in the bitterness of los- I
ing vWiaL he thinks should have been |
no worse* than a draw decision, made
many unkind remarks about the way
he has been treated in the San Fran- I
cisco pugilistic game. “It is only on
a par with other decisions which j
have been given against my fighters,” |
he said as Willard was being given
treatment in his dressing room. “It I
was downright robbery, that’s what it
was.”
But Jones, when he cools down and 1
lias a chance to review the situation, !
may be inclined to look at things dif
ferently.
While it is true that Willard made
a surprisingly good showing to the
ring followers, who had not expected
much of him. it is also true that had
the Gunner followed the same course
of failing to lead there never would
have been much fighting.
Bv II. M.
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Walker
May 21.—Upon
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games To-day.
Memphis at Atlanta at Ponce DeLeon.
‘Game called at 3:45 o’clock.
Mobile at Birmingham
New Orleans at Nashville,
Montgomery at Chattanooga.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. U. Pc. I W L
Mobile 27 12* .602 M’phis 17 19
Atlanta 20 17 .541 Chatt. 17 19
Mont. 19 18 .514 I B’ham 14 19
N’ville. 18 18 .500 1 N. Or. 12 22
Tuesday's Results.
Atlanta 11, Memphis 0.
Chattanooga 2, Montgomery 0.
Nashville 8. New Orleans 8.
Birmingham-Mobile, rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Boston at Chicago.
New York at St Louis.
Washington at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Standing of the Clubs.
Pc.
.472
.472
.424
.353
W L.
Phi-la 19 9
C'land 21 11
W’gton 17 11
Ch go. 20 13
Pc.
.679
.656
.607
.606
W L.
Boston 13 18
St. L. 14 21
Detroit 12 21
N. York 9 21
Pc. 1
.419
too
.364
.300
MATTY BALDWIN WINNER
OVER GILBERT GALLANT
BOSTON. May 21—Matty Baldwin
secured the decision over Gilbert Gal
lant in a twelve-round bout last night.
BASEBALL
TO-DAY
MEMPHIS vs. ATLANTA
Ponce DeLeon Park • ’ Clock
Tuesday’s Results.
Detroit 8. Philadelphia 7.
New York 6, St. Louis 3.
Cleveland 10, Washington 9.
Boston-Chicago, rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Chicago at Boston.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
St Louis at New York
Cincinnati at Philadelphia
Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pc
Phila. 18 7
B’klyn 19 10
N. York 15 13
Chgo 16 16
.720
.655
.536
500
St. L.
Boston
P’burg
C'nati
W i-.
15 15
10 16
13 18
9 20
Pc
.500
.385
.419
.310
Tuesday’* Results.
P» edelphia 5. Cincinnati 1.
Pitto urg 4. Brooklyn 1.
St. Ia* 's 8. New York 0.
Chicago “V Boston 3.
CUBS AFTER YOUNG STAR.
SUPERIOR, WIS., May 21. A major
league club, said to be the Chicago Na
tionals. is negotiating for the purchase
of •’Rube’’ Schauer, the Superior North
ern League pitcher. He has twirled two
one-hit games this season. Schauer i*
a young giant and i splay ing his first
year in professional hall.
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Talladega at Opelika.
Anniston at Newnan
Gadsden at LaGrange.
Standing of the Clubs.
OS ANGELES
Promoter McCarey’s willingness
to release Joe Rivers from a
verbal agreement to box here on July
4 rests' the fate of Eddie Graney’s
proposed Rivers-Ritchie battle.
Graney has arrived from San Fran
cisco with a telegram from “Billy”
Nolan accepting terms for a July 4
meeting with Rivers. Manager Joe
Levy, representing Rivers, listened to
a proposition from Graney and an
nounced that he would fill the North
ern date if McCarey would release
them from the agreement made to
box here.
”1 will give my answer on Thurs
day,” said McCarev. “It is asking me
to give up a rich card but I don’t want
to stand between Rivers and a chance
at the lightweight championship. I
want a couple of days to revise my
plans before making a definite state
ment.”
McCarey had planned to match
Rivers against Ritchie or the winner
of the Mandot-Anderson fight for
July 4 at Vernon.
“Bill” Aldridge is on his way to San
Francisco for the purpose of signing
the winner of the Jess Willard-Gun-
boat Smith fight to meet Luther Mc
Carty at Venice on July 4.
Promoter J. VV. Coffroth nursed the
Willard-Smith thing along for the one
purpose of pitting the winner against
McCarty on July 4, figuring that San
Francisco would pay close to $40,000
for such a match.
If Aldridge can go to Ooffroth’s
own town and match Jim for thiis card
we will have to admit that “Bili"
has been wasting his talent on the
four-round game.
“It's an even bet that Aldridge lands
the match,” said Harry Gilmore of
the Venice club. “He’s taking along
the bank roll and that's the stuff that
talks.
"In a few days we will announce
the name of the financier who is back
ing us in the Venice venture. We
have our twenty-round permit for
July 4. and will start building our pa
vilion inside the next two weeks.”
W. L. Pc
Gadsd'n 10 4 .714
T’dega 7 6 .538
Newnan 7 7 .500
W. L.
Ann’ton 7 7
Opelika 6 7
LaGr'ge 4 10
Pc.
.500
.462
.286
Tuesday’s Results.
Opelika 5, Talladega 3.
Anniston 3. Newnan 1.
LaGrange 5, Gadsden 3.
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Thomasville at Americus.
Cordele at Waycross.
Valdosta at Brunswick.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc. W. x_
V’dosta 10 7 .588 j Cordele 9 8
T’svttle 10 7 .588 B’wick 6 11
W’cross 10 7 .588 1 Am’cus 6 11
Tuesday's Results.
Brunswick 4. Valdosta 1.
Waycross 9. Cordele 4.
Americus 15, Thomasville 1.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Wednesday.
Savannah at Albany.
Jacksonville at Charleston.
Columbus at Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. Pc. ■' W. L
Sava’h 22 6 .786 ! Macon 13 15
J’ville 15 13 .536 i Ch’ston 12 16
CTbus 14 14 .500) Albany 8 20
Tuesday's Results.
Columbus 3, Macon 2.
Charleston 1, Jacksonville 0.
Savannah 4, Albany 1.
.529
.353
.353
Pc.
.464
429
.286
FORMWALT AND EDGEW00D
TO CLASH IN TITLE GAME
The public school baseball fans of
the city are on edge in anticipation
of the outcome of the game at Mar
ist College W ednesday afternoon oe-
l ween the Formwalt and Edgewooa
Schools.
This same will settle the publle
school championship of the city.
Formwalt having won the pennant
on the South Side and Bdfrewood on
the North Side. They have broken
even in the two post-season games
played to date.
CHRISTIE AND SANDERS
GO TEN ROUNDS TO DRAW
MADISON, WIS.. May 21. -Gus
Christie, of Milwaukee, and Ernie
Sanders, of Chicago, fought ten fast
rounds to a draw before the Madison
Athletic Club.
LUCAS DEFEATS SMITH.
PHILADELPHIA, May 21.—After
a hard fight, Willie Lucas, the Fail-
mount welterweight, earned a deci
sion over Cyclone Smith, of Hoboken,
who proved a tough proposition at the
Kairmount Athletic Club last night.
DUNDEE STARTS TRAINING.
LOS ANGELES. May 21.—Johnny
Dundee, the Mew York featherweight,
to-day began training for hts bout
on June 10 with Ad Wolgast, former
lightweight champion.
Sports and Such
Of all bright word# from Chance's
cripples
The brightest are surely these:
“Chase triples.”
* • *
MR. THOMAS LYNCH, WHO
has recently been convincing him
self that he is president of the
National League of Professional
Baseball (Tubs, went publicly on
record as giving a pair of umpires
the black spot because they did
not conduct themselves with S'uffi
cient dignity when apart from the
scene of their daily afternoon dis
turbances.
Seemingly there is no stand
ard in operation when the official
uniform is on. It is undoubtedly
well that the office of umpire
should be respected on the field and
that he is entitled to protection in
the plying of his unpopular trade,
but he would certainly get a lot
more of both if he acquired some
of the dignity that Mr. Lynch con-
aider.-' so necessary when he is
resting
He has been protected and up
held to the point where he has
about as nint h dignity as the four-
year-old habitual cry-baby that
screws up its face and bellows for
its parent if you happen to look at
it in a manner that doesn’t meer
with its entire approval.
* * *
THE UMPIRE HAS THE SAME
refuge. If a ball player looks
cross-eyed or makes to me perfectly
* parliamentary remark in a tone
in which the umpire fancies he de
tects a sneer, the umpire Immedi
ately orders him off the field and
writes a -three-page letter to the
president of the league, giving him
all the horrible details of the case.
There is no doubt that frequently,
smarting under a bad decision, a
ball player cuts loose with a lot
of talk that merita punishment. They
are a lot of children in most ways.
Rut the trouble is that we have
babies bossing children, and the
fair is, as usual, the goat.
Rows between umpires and play
ers burlesqued the Giants-Cubs se
ries’. for which a number of the
loyal public gave up earned money.
Our notion of nothing to travel ten
miles for is to have an umpire—
say. Klein, whose vocal exit is lib
erally designed—stop the game at
an exciting moment, pull off his
mask, open a foot or so of one side
of his face and snarl toward the
players’ bench:
“Hey! Ten dollars for you over
there!”
Dignity—that is something else
again, Mawruss.
• • *
IT IS TIMELY that Walter
.Johnson's record of fifty-six innings
of shut-out hall will mand as long
as that world's record for the po
tato race which was established
at the “Olympic” games-in St. Louis
in 1904.
• * #
"THE NAVY MADE ME,” says
"Gunboat” Smith.
If this charge is true, here is a
fine chance for a board of inquiry
to do some work.
* • *
SPRING BOOKS— The Winning
of the West,” by Frank Chance.
Bud Anderson KnocksOutMandot
G O O © O O ©
Right to Jaw in Twelfth Stops Joe
C HICAGO, May 21.—Eddie Mur
phy redeemed himself last
night at Konosha. He held the
hard-hitting Jack Britton, of Chi
cago. an even break in a slashing
ten-round scrap.
The Boston boy had not beenanpy
too well thought of in thes» j paHs
since Packev McFarland trimmed
him for the second time last winter.
But Chicago enthusiasts, who dashed
through a driving rain storm to the
Badger ringside, were loud in their
praise of the Hub star. He fought
the fight of his life and came home
with colors flying.
Murphy wore the proverbial yard-
wide smile when he left the arena
amid the cheers of the handful of
bugs present.
Murphy and Britton dished up a
$5,004) windup for about a $900 gate.
They fought as if they were sore
about it, too. Britton and Manager
Dan Morgan were for postponing the
affair just before gong time, but the
promoters made them go through
with it.
Though there was no great damage
done, it w-as a wonderful fight. Brit
ton tried with his haymaker half a
hundred times and Murphy started
the fight when he saw an opening.
But In the main it was a battle of
left hands, ami Eddie showed that
his southpaw is about as good a pis
ton rod as Jack’s. Time after time
they stood the ground and traded
lefts to the face, each with rights
poised that 'never got home. The
rounds were much alike.
AMERICAN GOLF PLAYERS
TAKE FINAL WORKOUT j
WEST NEWTON, MASS., May 21.—1
Three aspirants for the British open golf]
championship—Mike Brady, of Wollas
ton: Tom McNamara, of Boston, and
Alec Campbell, of the Brookline Coun
try Club—had their last public workout
in the ninth Massachusetts open cham
pionship. which began yesterday. The
ihroe “pros" will leave for England later
in the week, and hope to he at Hoylake
early in June in order to obtain suf
ficient practice for the British cham
pionship. which begins June 19
LOUIS DEP0NTHIEU SHADES
0LLIE KIRKE IN 10 ROUNDS
BINGHAMTON, N. Y. May 21.—
Louis Deponthfeu. champion of
France, shaded Ollie Kirke, of St.
Louis, in a ten-round boxing bout
here last night.
By H. M. Walker.
L OS ANGELE;, May 21.—Joe
Mandot may still be the idol
of New Orleans to-day, but ho
is far from enjoying that title among
the fight fans who saw Bud Ander
son knock him out here. A 9h->rt
right to the jaw was the sleep-pro
ducer It came in the twelfth round.
The finish was remarkable, inis-
rnuch as the New Orleans boy, af « r
being knocked out, remained on his
feet in an upright position. Mandot
had taken such terrific punishment
for several rounds tha; Referee Eyton.
fearful of Joe’s condition, made no
attempt to count, hut held up Antler-
son’s hand and motioned for Man-
dot’s handlers.
Mandot was “out” for five or six
minutes.
In the twelfth, with Mandot paw
ing the air in helpless and almh.s>
fashion. Anderson drove the right,
with an upward twist, to the jaw and
Joe staggered back, with his chin
resting on his chest and both arms
•hanging limp.
Toward the ropes he tottered, and
as Anderson sprang in to drop his
man. Eyton interfered. Mandot tried
to stagger in the direction of bis
corner, but his legs would not support
him and his seconds quickly assisted
him to the chair.
From the start Anderson fought
only for the body. Mandot’s left side,
stomach and heart were the targets
for Anderson's smashing rights, and
after the first furious body attack In
rhe opening round. Mandot fought like
one in a stupor.
Either the Mandot of to-day has
gone back” 50 per cent from t'no
form shown when he boxed Joe
Rivers, or Anderson is an even bet
ter boy t ian his folhowers have giv 1
him credit for.
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