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THE ATLANTA UEUKUiAJN AMf JNhiVVS. MUAKAV, MA\ 2<>, 15M3. TELLS IF FATAL TITLE BUTTLE By Ed. W. Smith. I Referee Pelky-McCarty Fight, Sport- mg Editor Chicago American.) C ALGARY, ALBERTA, May 26.— Medical testimony at the Cor oner’s inquest at 4 p. m. to day on the remains of Luther Mc- i 'arty, tvho fell dead in the first round of his glove contest Saturday with Arthur Pelky, will, it is said, tend to show that McCarty's neck was dis located and that this injury brought about the fighter's collapse. The phy sician who spent most of Sunday in an examination of the big boxer’s body would not say directly what he had discovered, being bound by law not to divulge anything in advance of his testimony before the Coroner's in quiry. There was nothing the matter with the heart. Since there was hardly a blow struck that could have inflict ed an injury of that nature, there will probably be a lot of contradiction at the inquest. Everybody connected with the affair has been summoned. All hands have agreed now' that McCarty, while known to be in grand condition to all outward appearances the day before, did not look exactly right when he shaped up for the opening round. During some of the preliminary bouts he sat among the newspaper men and was jolly enough but after he got into the ring his face took on a pasty, drawn expression and though he laughed and kidded with his helpers it was apparent that he was not quite himself. McCarty Was Not Right.- What little boxing he did was rather to the bad side and his miss ing was ridiculously wide and ama teurish. Just before he toppled over to the floor, he had missed an op portunity of landing his famous up percut as Pelky fell forward, wide open, into a clinch. Luther never made a move and Billy MeCarney yelled at him angrily. Luther merely winked at his manager and about fifteen sec onds later was stretched at full length on the floor, dying quickly. There never was a more dramatic ending to a battle and the general ef fect was heightened by the presence of a minister of the Gospel, the Rev. Walker, who made an address to the crowd asking for fairness in all man ly sports and likening the ring con test to the ordinary man's daily bat tle in life. It appears now that McCarty had talked often with Walker and they had become very friendly. It was at Luther’s behest that Walker was present at the contest. During the address, McCarty, while having gloves adjusted by Trainer Sears, lis tened attentively. Sears asked him several times if the gloves fit him and were all right, and he did not re ply at all, Sears finally having to speak sharply to him. MeCarney will take the McCarty remains East within the next two days. He received wires from Lu ther’s father at Cynthlana. Ky., and Luther’s wife at Moorhead. Minn., giving him full authority to act. The wife is on her way here to accompany the body East. The burial will be at Piqua, Ohio, and probably within a week. Sister Predicted Death. In looking through McCarty’s ef fects to-day, MeCarney found a letter from the young man’s sister fearing some such fate for her brother. The letter was dated April 14, and warned him that he might be knocked out at any time and never regain conscious ness. Despite the great interest displayed in the affair, there was a gate of less than $9,000, which just about cleared Promoter Tommy Burns. MeCarney was guaranteed $5,000, with the privi lege of taking half the gross. McCarty did most of his banking in Frisco and has an occount of $10,000 there now. He never carried more than $50 In his pocket. MeCarney has aged greatly in the last 24 hours and the strain certainly is telling on him. He has received hundreds of telegrams from all over the country, many of them offering all kinds of assistance. Arthur Pelky, the man who faced McCarty in the fatal battle, is 26 years old and a native of Chatham. Ont. By trade be is a millwright, having worked for years in the cot ton mills around the country. He calls Detroit, Mich., his home now. He has been married four years and his wife is here with him. Mrs. Pelky was hysterical when she met her hus band aftet the battle, but the joy was short-lived, for 20 minutes afterward they received word that McCarty was dead and that Pelky was under ar rest. Pelky got seven offers of vaudeville engagements within an hour after the result of the contest had been flashed over the country. He did not consider any of them. To-day he announced gloomily and with tears in his eyes, that he had fought his last fight and would never put on another glove. BASEBALL TO-DAY New Orleans vs. Atlanta Ponce DeLeon Park Now the Question Is, Where Did Jeff Go? By “Bud” Fisher 3:45 o'Clock ATLANTA MATS. MON. WED. SAT. 25c 3 All This Week Miss Billy Long Co. ST. ELMO By Request Wights 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c. ■ ■ IWATIWEE TO-DAY O U T01H1GHT 7:30 4 8 JOS. E. HOWARD'S IE DISTRICT LEADER tabloid musical comedy RESERVED SEATS 10c EMISSION FORSYTH Matinee To-day 2:3C To-Right 8:30 THE IRISH QUEEN MAGGIE CLINE The Great Howard- Madden & Fitzpatrick Caesar Nes "next WEEK LILLIAN SHAW Much Interest in College Sports GBAHAM S ROUT -S-e-h Keenness of Rivalry Is Cause By J. W. Heisman. (Famous Tech Coach.) T HE total attendance for the four games of the Tech-Georgia se ries was something over 15,000 people. A trifle staggering, eh? Not a club in the Southern League but would be delighted to have that at tendance for four successive games. For one thing it shows that the public is coming to take more and more interest in college games and sports. Whether specially interest ed in the teams or not most every body is coming to understand that college games are “for blood” and that when they go to one they may expect to witness an encounter in which each player is going to “do his durndest” in the endeavor to win. And that's what people like to see. Tech-Georgia Hot Rivals. Still it might as well be admitted that no other college games in the entire South draw anything like the way these Tech-Georgia games do. They have come to possess certain special magnetic powers all their own. The keenness of the rivalry Is not alone sufficient to account for it, be cause other colleges in other flections have been as hot rivals yet could never draw any crowds like this. Neither do the crowds go on in the hope or expectation that a grand riot would —or might result—as some have al leged. For the last three years there has been no more danger of anything of this sort happening than if either of them were playing Sewanee or Mercer, yet the attendance has stead ily increased each of the three past years. The main factor, in m.v opinion, why people go in such numbers to these particular garner is that they can always count on seeing some real ball games, no matter what the rec ords of the two teams may have been up to that time. In other words, they go because you just can’t tell any thing for sure about their outcome; and the very uncertainty is the mag net Fans Get Enthused. To be sure due allowance must also be made for the fact that here one get a the annual refreshing glimpse of just what college life is like, with its songs and yells, its bands and colors, its enthusiasm and inspira tion that makes the blood of even the most indifferent beholder run riot through the veins. It takes us all back; it gives to us all that one touch of nature (or of nigh life— whichever you prefer) that is alone worth three times the admission price. On the night that Tech had won her third game from Georgia, and with it the series, the student body and the friends of the school after parading awhile had finally come to a halt at the corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets for the usual pur pose of holding some .speeche.*-' on the steps of the Atlanta National Bank. This, of course, resulted in a complete blockade of traffic, and the policejnen stationed there were led a perfect dog’s life trying to keep the sidewalks and street car lines open. Their best efforts were prac tically without result ay the boys pai*I absolutely no ^attention to their threats, requests or commands. Final ly one of them, with the perspira tion streaming down his face, fal tered out in a broken, pleading voice; “Aw, boys, for sake, please go on up to the Piedmont awhile and give us a little rest down here!” College Star* for Pirate*. I observe by the preys despatches that Messrs. Ezell, of Clemson, and Davenport, of Auburn, are both to report to the Pittsburg National League club immediately at the close of their respective college sessions. I wish merely to remark, sotto voce, that it affords me gratification— ahem!—to note that the Pittsburg scout.-' have been perusing my all - Southern. Of course some low sneak will not be lacking to, er-ah-hint that I happened to hear that Pitts burg was going to sign these young men before I wrote up my all-Solith- ern. Rubbish! flubdub! and nothing of the sort! I will merely say that this could not have been, for the simple reason that I had both these players slated in my mind’s eye for the all-Southern this year over a year ago. And there you are. Well, well, as I was saying— On the evening of the afternoon that Georgia won her first and only game from Tech, a gentleman stand-* ing at Five Points overheard two others discussing some particular features of the game that they had witnessed. At the first lull in their talk he butted in with, “Excuse me, but who won the game to-day?” “Georgia,” was the reply. “Well, thank the Lord for that! Maybe I’ll get some sleep to-night.” Puzzle: Tell what section of the State of Georgia that gentleman lived and tried to sleep in. BASEBALL SUMMARIES SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Monday. New Orleans at Atlanta, Ponce De Leon. Game called at 3:45 o’clock. Montgomery at Birmingham. Mobile at Chattanooga. Memphis at Nashville. Standing of the Clubs. A S a result of a red-hot run-in between Bill Smith anad Pat Graham, catcher, which fol lowed the yanking of Pat out of Sat urday’s game, the latter will be let out by the local club. Chapman, a catcher from the Cincinnati club, wili take Graham’s place. Chapman has played two years with Topeka, field ing well and batting poorly. Just how far the row between Bill Smith and Catcher Graham went is a club-house secret. When asked about it, the other players look wise and say nothing. The fact that Graham’s dismissal came right on top of the incident in dicates that it was moderately seri ous. During Bill Smith’s career as man ager ho has had many jBtormy inter views with ball players,’including the time Red McMurray clawed away several square feet of his cuticle in a bickering that occurred while th** team was on foreign soil. The local club house has been the scene of several short, feverish fights —most notable of which was the run- in between Otto Jordan and Paul Sentell. W. L. Mobile 30 15 N’ville 22 19 Atlanta 21 20 M’phis 21 20 Pc. .667 .537 .513 .513 W. L. Chatta. 20 21 Mont. 20 21 B'ham 17 21 N. Or. 13 27 Pc. .488 .488 .147 .325 ay’i Mobile 4, New Orleans 3. Memphis 4. Montgomery 2. Nashville 6, Chattanooga 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Monday. New \ ork at Boston. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Pittsburg St. Louis at Chicago. Standing of the Clubs. W. Phi la. 21 7 B’klyn 19 13 St. L. 18 16 N. York 15 14 Pc .750 .594 .529 .517 W. Ch'cago 18 17 P’burg 16 19 Boston 10 17 C’nnati 10 24 Pc. .514 .457 .870 .294 YANKEES AND CLEVELAND TRADE DIAMOND WARRIORS CHICAGO, May 26.—Manager Bir mingham, of the Cleveland club, an nounced to-day that he had put over a deal with the New York Americans whereby Peckinpaugh, one of the util ity inflelders, was traded to the Yanks for Lelivelt, outfielder, and Stumpf, infielder. Lelivelt will be used, ac cording to Manager Birmingham, in the role of pinch hitter. He did not say what disposition would be made of Stumpf, but the general Impression is that he will be sent to the American Association. BRANNIGAN VS. M’CUE. MILWAUKEE, WIS„ May 26.— Matty McCue, Racine’s knocker out, will be put to the test here to-night when he hooks up with Patsy Bran- nigan, of Pittsburg, in a ten-round contest before the South Side Ath letic Club at Elite rink. Nearly everybody In Atlanta reads The Sunday American. YOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! White City Park Now Open ZBYSZK0 HURT IN MAT BOUT WITH LEMARIN MONTREAL, May 26.—Stanislaus Zbyszko. the Polish wrestler, is suf fering from a fractured skull and oth er injuries as a result of a plunge from the ring to the floor and al leged fouling tactics used by his op ponent, Constant Lemarin, in a match here last night It is not believed that his injuries will prove fatal. The men had been wrestling only a few minutes when they plunged from the ring. Zbyszko received a bad cut over his left eye in the fall and the referee had to call time and have the wound stitched, as the blood from it had completely covered the wrestlers. When hostilities began again the Pole was the aggressor. He had se cured a partial crotch and reverse half-Nelson when the Frenchman, it is alleged by the referee, fouled Zbyszko so fiercely that the contest was stopped and the decision award ed the Pole. Zbyszko rose to his feet, but totter ed and fell unconscious. He was taken to a hotel and an examination by the doctors disclosed a fractured skull. Zbyszko was to have met George Lu- rich, the Russian wrestler, next Wed nesday in New York City. “NEW HOME”=~1018-S See this latest expression of present-day requirements and BUY it. Also NEEDLES, our make, for all machines. We RENT—sale rebate—and repair. Try us. Call, write, or use either phone. The New Home Sewing Machine Co. 10 Equitable Bldg. (Hall and 1 dgewood Ave. Entrances* Germany Alarmed by Invasion of U.S.Autos Soeclal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN. May 26.—German manu facturers are watching with concern the increasing demand for American automobiles. Reports from the motor trade for the eight most active months of tha season just closed show' that nearly 300 automobiles of American make were sold in Germany. In the cor responding eight months* in 1912 only 89 automobiles were imported; in 1911 only 50. Sunday’s Results. Chicago 9, St. Louis 2. Cincinnati 1, Pittsburg 0. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Monday. Detroit at St. Louis. Chicago at Cleveland. Washington at Philadelphia Boston at New' York. * Standing of the Clubs. W. L. Pc. Phi la. 21 9 .700 C’land 24 12 .667 W'gton 18 13 5fl Ch’cago 21 16 .568 W. L. Boston 14 19 Detroit 15 22 St. L. 16 24 N. York 9 23 Fc. .424 .405 .400 .281 Results Sunday. Detroit 7-8, St. Louis 4-6 Cleveland 8, Chicago 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE. Games Monday. Savannah at Charleston. Albany at Columbus. Macon at Jacksonville EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE. Games Monday. Brunswick at Cordela Waycroas at Thomasville. Amerlcus at Valdosta. Standing of the Clubs. W. x. Pc. V’dosta 13 8 .619 Cordele 12 9 .671 Th’ville 11 10 .524 Sunday's Results. No games scheduled. W L. W ‘cross 10 11 B’wick 9 12 Am’eus 8 13 Po. .476 .429 .381 $25,000 PURSE OFFERED FOR RITCHIE-WELSH BOUT EDMONTON, May 24.—Edmonton A. (\ announced it will offer $25,000 for title bout, July 1, between Freddie Welsh and Willie Ritchie. Pollock has accepted. Pollock also wired McCarey and (’offroth offering to let Welsh meet Ritchie in California, winner to take all and a $5,000 side bet. Welsh will pick up $9,000 soft money in four Western Canada bouts. PAPE QUITS BASEBALL. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 26.—Larry Pape, former member of the cJiam- pion Boston American League team, and since January i on the Buffalo International League pitching staff, has quit baseball and will return to his home in Pittsburg, where he will take up his former occupation as an electrician Pape’s decision was an nounced w'hen President Stein in formed him that he was to be farm ed out to a Canadian League Club. GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUE. Games Monday. Newnan at Gadsden. Opelika at Anniston. LaGrange at Talladega. Standing of the Clubs. W L. Pc. W. L. Gad’den 11 7 .611 Ann’ton 8 9 Newnan 11 7 .611 Opelika 8 9 T’dega 9 8 ,529 LaGr’ge 5 12 Pc. .470 .470 .294 Sunday's Results. eaul No games scheduled OTHER RESULTS. American Association. St. Paul 1. Toledo 0 ’ Columbus 2, Milwaukee 1. Kansas City 1, Louisville 0. Minneapolis 3, Indianapolis 0. International League, Newark 2, Baltimore 1. Jersey City 2. Providence 0. Toronto-Montreal. postponed; rafn. Only three games scheduled Federal League. Cleveland 3, St. Louis 1. Indianapolis 4, Covington 1. Covington 3, Indianapolis l. Texas League. Beaumont 4, Galveston 3. Austin 3, Waco 2. Fort Worth 3, Dallas 2 San Antonio 2, Houston 1. Confederate Veterans’ Reunion CHATTANOOGA, TENN. For the accommodation of the Vet«r*n* and their friend*, the Western and Atlantic Railroad will operate train* Atlanta to Chat tanooga an May 26, to leave Atlanta as followaj 8:00 8:35 2:00 2:15 3:00 4:50 8:50 A. A. P. P. P. P. P. M. M. ML M. M. M. M. Round-trip tickets will be .old Atlanta to Chattanooga and return/ at rata of $3.00. Tiekets will be on aale May 24 to 28, inclusive, and for treina .cheduled to arrive Chattanooga before noon of May 29,, with return limit June 6, with an extension by deposit at Chatta nooga to June 25. C. E. HARMAN, General Passenger Agent. / FIREBUG TOUCHES OFF THE FATAL FIGHT ARENA ns pc° W-. L. S’v'nah 25 7 .781 C’l’bus 17 15 .531 Macon 15 15 .500 W. L J’ville 16 16 tyi'ston 13 19 Albany. 8 22 Pc. .500 .406 .267 No games scheduled. CALGARY. ALBERTA, May 26.—As a Sensational climax to the sensational developments of the last 36 hours. Tommy Burns’ fighting arena, where Luther McCarty lost his life Satur day, was touched off by a firebug early to-day and completely con sumed. The caretaker, his wife and two children barely had time to es cape the trap. Inside of twenty minutes there was not a piece of the place as big as a toothpick left. The firebug set the torch in the northeast corner, which was Pelky’s corner in the fatal contest, and as there was a twenty-mile breeze sweeping over the hill on which the structure was located, it took but a short time for the place to be wrapped in flames that shot a hun dred feet into the air. “Oappie” Smart, chief of the fire department and at one time referee of the glove contests around Calgary, took several pieces of apparatus with in a short distance* of the place, but saw at a glance the hopelessness of the case, as there was no water .for blocks around. So the firemen merely contented themselves by putting out the prairie fires that were started and then watching the building go. Burns lives but a short distance from the arena and was one of the first on the scene. He said he had no idea who could have done the thing, but supposed naturally it was some ene my. He says it cost him $7,000 :o build the place, and that it was in sured for $5,000. He has no idea yf rebuilding the place. PHILIP SIDERSKY TO GIVE FOUR LECTURES ON ISRAEL Everybody in Town At Public Worship CINCINNATI, May 26.—Probably not since the days of the Pilgrim Fathers have the citizens of a town fastened their latchstrings on the out side of every' door on Sunday morn ing and gone in a body to public worship. This is what the town of Wyoming, O., did Sunday. Every person in the town went to church. Pink placards pasted up all over the village Issued a general call and every one of its 1,700 inhabitants responded. ANOTHER SENSATION ii SEE THE MONSTER” Tenth District Commencement. AUGUSTA.—The annual com- mencensent of the Tenth District Ag ricultural College will be held at Granite Hill on Tuesday. The com mencement sermon was preached Sunday by Dr. E. J. Forrester, of Mercer University. The address on Tuesday will be made by Joseph S. Reynolds, of Augusta. Philip Bidersky, a Jew, converted to the Presbyterian Church, will deliver stereopticon lectures at Atlanta churches this week on the subject of "Israel Among the Nations,” as foi- 1 lows: Tuesday night, First Baptist. 1 Wednesday night. Central Presbyte rian: Thursday night. Second Bap tist; Friday night. First Presbvterian. ONEY LOANED TO SALARIED MEN AT LAWFUL RATES ON PROMISSORY NOTES Without Endorsement Without Colleteral Security Without Real Eetate Security NATIONAL DISCOUNT CO. 1211-12 Fourth Nattoeef Bank Bldg. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the ! best advertising medium. While on the Pacific Coast read the San Francisco Examiner Go to Piedmont Avenue and Decatur Street this after noon from 4 to 6 o’clock and see the monster tapeworm cap tured alive yesterday by the GREAT MILLER REM EDIES. These great remedies have been advertised by Johnson’s Big Free Show in Atlanta for the*'past six weeks— see the big show—“All Free”—ten performances each night at Peters and Haynes Streets. Don’t miss seeing this live mon ster tapeworm taken from Mr. J. T. Frazier, 175 Mason and Turner Avenues. Hundreds saw this worm yesterday (Sun day). It is the talk of the city. On exhibition at Piedmont Avenue and Decatur Street afternoons, from 4 to 6. And at the Big Free Show each night at Peters and Haynes Streets, 7:30 P. M. After seeing this live tapeworm, see our Big Free Show. And if sick try The Great Miller Remedies. , THEY ARE BENEFITING HUNDREDS OF ATLANTA PEOPLE