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RIDERS FEAR
“MB IDLES"
B OARD track motorcycle racing,
such as will be exemplified at
Jack Prince’s Motordrome begin
ning Friday night, is shot as full of
dangers as a colander is of holes and
one of the greatest Is seldom realiz
ed by the people who watch the races.
This danger to the riders results
from “suction,” “air-holes” or what
ever you want to name it.
Almost everybody -has stood near
a fast-moving train and ha* felt the
“suck” of the wind after the oars
dashed away. It is caused by the
air rushing in to fill the place left
empty by the passing of the train.
Tour average train moves perhaps
sixty or seventy miles an hour. Mo
torcycle racers, on a ‘‘wash-tub
track,” go twenty miles an hour fas
ter. They don’t displace so much air
but they leave a terrible air-hole be
hind them and the pressure of the
air in filling the gap thus left would
knock down a brick wall.
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TTHE “suction” behind a train is
A usually apparent even to those
standing some distance away, because
of the dust and trash kicked up by
it from the roadbed. On a board
track it is an unseen danger for
there is no dust to be kicked up. It
is none the less real, however, on
that account and “air holes” have
claimed about as many victims in
the motor racing game as in aero-
planing.
One of the near-victims of an “air
hole” was Billy Shields, one of the
riders here for the races Friday.
It was one of Billy’s first outs and
he was riding at top speed, some
thing like eighty-five miles an hour,
no doubt, on a steep board track. He
slowed down a trifle and a* he did
so another rider passed him like the
proverbial bat out of Gehenna. The
“suck” of the wind pulled Shields’
front wheel against the back wheel
of the machine that was going by.
In a second both men were down and
a couple of rider* behind them piled
up in a fine mess. There was an
elegant smash and then what was
left of the machines and the riders
went sliding down the incline.
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'T'HIDN an odd, thing happened.
A The ambulance corps rushed to
the rescue and picked up the men,
no one of whom was badly hurt. But
Shields was missing.
“Where's Billy Shields?” the cry
went up. Riders, attendants and
spectators ran round in flurried cir
cles. But still the rider was not to
be found. The thing w r as uncanny.
Finally a speed fan in the stands
solved the mystery.
"Look in the weeds off there,” he
said, pointing to a clump twenty feet
from the track. Out rushed the
crowd and there, insensible but not
really hurt, was Shields. How he
had hurled through the air and twen
ty feet from the track nobody knows
yet. But he had, and wasn’t much
the worse for the incident.
All old drivers are familiar with
the dangers from the “air holes” and
ride accordingly. The new riders
who are learning the game here are
being warned. No accidents from
that source are looked for at the lo
cal track. .
Carpentier Puts Out
Wells in 4 Rounds
Frenchman Wins Heavyweight Title
of Europe After Being Floored
Twice by Opponent.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
GHENT, BELGIUM, June 2.—The
ring career of Bombardier Wells, Brit
ish heavyweight, has suffered’another
setback, and to-day he is seeking a
. return engagement with George S.
Garpentier, the French pugilist. Wells
was knocked out in the fourth round
of his match with Carpentier here
yesterday after felling his opponent
twice. The affair was a scheduled
twenty-round contest and billed for
the heavyweight championship of
Europe.
The knockout came when Wells was
floored with a hard right to the stom
ach. Wells had finished the third
round in great distress after Carpen
tier had landed several heavy punches
in the same quarter. Carpentier was
floored in the first and again in the
second round, but after that he took
the lead. The result was a great sur
prise, as Wells had a tremendous ad
vantage in -weight and height, and
ruled a heavy favorite in the bet
ting.
DAVIS OUTRIDES COX.
NEW YORK, June 2,—Sol Davis, of
Brooklyn, last night defeated Johnny
Cox, of New York, in straight heats
in the first of the series of motorcycle
races to determine which rider shall
go against Arthur Chappelle, the
champiop.
YALE AT DR. BULL’S HOME.
NEW HAVEN. CONN., June 2.—
Yale football candidates will practice
this year at the Newport, R. I., estate
of Dr. William^ T. Bull, of New York,
former Yale gridiron star. The play
ers will be guests of Dr. Bull.
HARVARD OFF FOR RIVER.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 2.—The
Harvard oarsmen—30 strong—were
scheduled to leave to-day for New
London, Conn., where they will de
vote their time preparing for the re
gatta with Yale on June 20,
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Copyright, 1913. International News Berries.
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By George McManus
Flynn To Be in Shape For Savage
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Calls Off Bout With Frank Moran
J IM FLYNN, the Pueblo fireman,
intends to be in the best shape
of his life when he meets Jim
Savage at the Auditorium-Armory on
June 13.
Jack Curley, manager of Flynn, had
his protege matched to box Frank
Moran at Boston Monday night, but
has wired the Beantown promoters
to call off the fray. Curley stated
that he feared Flynn might injure
one of his hands in the go and did
not want to take any chances.
Curley realizes that Flynn must
defeat Savage if he intends to match
him against Gunboat Smith or Ar
thur Pelky. Tom McCarey, the coast
promoter, has promised Flynn the
next chance at the title providing he
defeats Savage. The latter is train
ing like a beaver in New York and
is bound to be in great shape for the
fireman.
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C URLEY also wired the local pro
moters that he will have Flynn
In Atlanta in a few days. This will
give local fans a chance to see for
themselves thp great shape Flynn is
in. Curley has already made prepar
ations to have Mike Saul and some
big heavyweight work out daily with
Flvnn.
Danny Morgan, manager for Sav
age, is carrying a broad smile these
days. Morgan has not been saying
much about Savage lately, but such
well known critics as Jim Corbett
and Bob Fitzsimmons have been do
ing enough talking to make up for
Morgan’s silence. Daniel is of the
opinion that Savage is going to catch
the fireman off his guard and hand
him a neat lacing, Corbett and Fitz
simmons can see, nothing but suc
cess ahead for the Eastern heavy
weight.
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T HE confidence displayed by boih
camps should give the Atlanta
boxing followers the greatest bout
ever staged Imre. Victory .means
much for both scrappers and the bat
tle should be a hummer.
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■RESIDES the Flynn-Savage bout
■L* two other ten-round affairs
will be staged. Mike Saul and Terry
Nelson will clash in one. and both
boys need no introduction. If the
fur doesn’t fly in this encounter then
we miss our guess.
Britt and Meyer Pries will don the
gloves in the third set-to. These
boys have met several times here and
always put up a wonderful scrap
when pitted against each other.
Coulon Gets Bids
From 3 Big Clubs
CHICAGO, June 2.—The boxing
clubs in three -widely scattered cities
are bidding for a world’s champion
ship bantamweight match between
Johnny Coulon, of Logan Square, and
Johnny "Kid” Williams, of Baltimore.
The cities involved are Baltimore,
New Orleans and Los Angeles. Bal
timore was first in the field, Sammy
Harris, Williams' manager, starting
the ball rolling there. Coulon quick
ly got the others to bidding against
the oyster town.
Harris originally came across with
a $3,000 guarantee and a percentage
privilege for Coulon. The champ sent
word of the Baltimore offer to Tom
McCarey at Los Angeles. Thomas
immediately raised the ante $2,000.
Baltimore met this and promised a
more liberal percentage. In fact the
Eastern club is waiting for John to
tell it how much of a gate privilege
he wants besides the guarantee.
Leave it to John to ask enough. Tor-
torich at New Orleans is yet to be
heard from with a definite bid. but it
is known that he is waiting for the
other fellows to get through talking.
Matty Denies Being
Unfair Toward Cubs
CINCINNATI, June 2.—Christy
Mathewson, of the Giants, to-day is
sued a statement denying the charges
made against him by President C. W.
Murphy of the Chicago Cubs.
Mathewson. who also writes base
ball articles for the newspapers, re
cently criticised the Cub pitching
staff, saying it was not of pennant
winning caliber. In reply to this
Mr. Murphy declared that Mathew
son was prejudiced against the Cubs
because Murphy had turned down his
request to permit him to insure the
Chicago team, the accident insurance
business being another side line of
Matty’s.
“My sentiments expressed concern
ing the Cub pitchers were sincere and
unbiased,” said Matty to-day, “and
never to the best of my recollection
did I ask Mr. Murphy to allow me
to insure either himself or his team.”
KRAMER BEATS GOULLETT.
NEWARK. N. J., June 2 —Frank L.
Kramer, the veteran American cycling
champion, yesterday defeated Alfred
Goullett, the Australian, in straight
heats.
N ashville, tenn., June 2.—
The Crackers are enjoying an
off day. Owing to the fact that
we moved up a game in order to get
that Sunday contest with the Vols
yesterday we can loaf to-day. There
haven’t been a whole lot of off days
for 11s this season and It doesn’t go
bad at all.
To-morrow we are going back after
the Vols with the only pitcher we have
who can seem to handle Bill
Schwartz's men—“King” Brady. ‘‘His
Royal Highness*” is the only man who
took a game from them in the last
series, and he took a brace, so I guess
maybe he "has something on them.”
We’re willing to risk it, anyhow, for
the old boy is extra good now. Chap
man will do the catching to-morrow.
Our old team mate, Jim Jinx, spilled
the beans for us yesterday. He Isn’t
on the pay roll and he isn’t in the line
up. But he's a great little player—
take that straight from me.
Brackenridge, the Vol pitcher, had
his luck with him all through the
game. He was backed up by good
fielding and he escaped with one run.
Musser pitched a wonderful game
of ball up to the ninth. The Vols
couldn’t get a semblance of a run off
him. He was stingy with his hits and
it seemed that it was too good to be
true that we were going to get by
without any runs:
And it was too good to be true—al
together too good.
Paul wpakened slightly In the ninth,
and Perry’s great hit in a pinch sent
in a second run and cost us the game.
Six thousand five hundred fans wit
nessed the game, and it was a grand
crowd. Sunday hall is a hit in this
town. And they sure saw some
pastiming yesterday.
COURTNEY TO QUIT CORNELL.
ITHACA, N. Y., June 2.—Charles E.
Courtney, the veteran coach of the
Cornell University crews, it became
known yesterday, will cease active
work at the head of the Cornell
•‘navy'' when his contract ends three
years hence. He has been coach for
Cornell for 28 years.
FISK TO LEAD TIGERS.
PRINCETON, N. J., June 2.—Ter
rance Fisk, a junior from Minneapo
lis. Minn., has been elected to the
captaincy of the Tiger field and track
team for 1914.
JAPS DEFEAT AMERICANS.
TOKIO, June 2.—The Leland-Stan-
ford University team, of California,
suffered defeat again yesterday at the
hands of Keio University team by the
score of 8 to 3,
Sporting Food
By QKOKOC E. PHAIR
RARITY.
A poet sang in a lilting tune:
“And what so rare as a day in June?"
But rarer far is a Summer day
When Murphy hasn't a word to say;
When Evers plays till the day grows
dark
And is not canned from, the baseball
park-;
When F. L. Chance and his wabbling
men
Refrain from bumping the bumps
again;
When lowbrowed pugs from the
sporting page
Xo longer clown on the vodeville
stage.
The poet ei'red when he sang this
tune:
“And what so rare as a day in
JuneF 9
Mr. McGraw Informs us that his ath
letes are recovering from the idea that
they are going to have a walkaway.
Possibly they have been under the In
fluence of chloroform.
The Federal League In St. Louis is
experimenting with fifteen-cent base
ball. It Is said that Federal League
baseball In St. Louis is worth It.
Mr. Zbyszko, the rassler, fainted while
plying his nefarious trade in New York.
It is rumored that he was overcome by
an attack of conscience.
Fainting is a new stunt In a wrestling
match, but the public Is stung In the
same old way.
SAFE AND SANE.
The boy stood on the burning deck,
A smile upon his face.
Quoth he: “ft's safei here, by heck,
Than in an auto race!"
Let It not be thought that only sur
geons and morticians are Interested In
the Indianapolis races. There are hotel-
keepers.
When Homis Wagner Is chased off the
field, one Is led to suspect that the Na
tional league umpires are crazy with
the heat.
Up to date Frank Chance has not been
able to win a home game, but he never
did like the atmosphere of the Polo
Grounds
FOUR BOATS IN OCEAN RACE.
PHILADELPHIA. June 2.—Four
motorboats, ranging in size from 85 to
51 feet, so far have been entered for
the annual Philadelphia to Bermuda
ocean race which is scheduled to start
from here next Saturday. The Dream,
winner of last year’s race, is entered
in the contest, which is over a course
of 734 nautical miles, and for a cash
prize of $1,400.
Bv Bill Bailey.
C HICAGO, ILL., June 2.—Mana-
ger James John Callahan of the
White Sox and Hugh Jennings,
the sorrel-topped boss of the Tigers,
were due to get their heads together
before long and talk over a big deal.
Said deal Included none other than
Samuel Crawford, demon slugger, if
the words of a certain Cleveland
player may be taken at their spoken
value.
It may seem strange, this thing of
going away from home to get the
new* about the home boys, hut stran
ger things have happened. This
Cleveland player, who was quite cer
tain that he knew whereof he spoke,
said he understood telegrams had
been exchanged and that long dis
tance telephone conversations had
been indulged in. And in this day of
interstate commerce commissions tel
egrams are not franked. And the
fellow has never been found who could
talk over the long distance telephone
for nothing.
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T HE detail that he was shy on was
just who was included in the Chica
go end >f the deal. He said he under
stood that Jennings wanted a first
baseman and another Inflelder, prefer
ably a third baseman. But he didn’t
know the identity of the men Involved
beyond that. Manager Callahan has
two first basemen. One is Jacques
Fournier, who is a slugging French
man when he hits the ball and just a
Frenchman when he doesn’t. The
other is Bill Borton. Other inflelders
who aren’t in the game every day are
Rollie Zeider and Berger Since we
have never made it a habit to trade
off a ball player, preferring to get the
announcement of the manager In ad
vance, we refuse to at this stage of
the game.
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T HE story picked up in Cleveland
may turn out to be ft revival of
last winter’s yam that Sam Crawford
was to come to the White Sox for a
goodly return. There’s no question
that he would be acceptable. Mana
ger Callahan figures that if he pos
sessed one clean-up hitter of the
Crawford style he would wade
through the teams in the American
League,
Bresnahan Would Like Old Job
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Wishes He Was With Cardinals
S T. LOUIS, June 2.—Roger Bres
nahan admits that he made one
of the biggest mistakes any play
er ever turned in baseball, and wishes
that he was back in St. Louis and
managing the Cardinals. Having a
5-year contract at a salary of $10,000
per season, together with an addi
tional clause of pulling down 10 per
cent of the annual profits, Roger had
what many players say was the best
job In baseball.
And now a mere second-string
catcher for the Chicago Cube,
Roger is beginning to realize what
he tossed aside. Yesterday the ex-
boss of the Cardinals and several of
the players dined and chatted. The
Cards were telling him how good the
team was going, and during the
course of the conversation Bresna
han openly stated that he would rath
er be back in St. Louis with the Car
dinals.
One of the players who was in the
session gave out the news thaNRoger
expressed the wish.
When Bresnahan joined the Cuba,
it was rumored around the circuit
that Murphy secured Roger for the
managerial purpose if Evers flailed.
Now, though it is understood, that
Evers will stick and that if Evers
does make a winner out of the Cube.
Murphy will not carry Roger around
at the big salary he is paying him,
simply to serve as the second'-string
catcher.
So far Archer has been doing pret
ty well all the catching. Although
the season Is nearly a month and a
half old, Bresnahan has not worlked
in many games, sitting on the bejach
and only coaching from the side liftes,
which is quite a contrast ttarg. th*
position the Duke occupied fourty®®**
with the Cardinals.
There are quite a few mem/bem of
the Cardinals who are glad that Bres
nahan isn’t the manager to-day.
CHASE GOES TO WHITE SOX
FOR BORTON AND ZEIDER
CHICAGO, June 2.—Hal Chase, first
baseman of the New York Yankees,
became a White Sox # yeaterday as the
reeult of a deal whereby Rollie Zeider,
utility player, and First Baseman W.
Baker Borton go to the Highlanders.
The trade was consummated over the
long-distance telephone, with Man
agers Callahan and Chance doing all
the talking.
Zeider and Borton left last night
with the White Sox to join their new
teammates In New York. Chase will
don his White Sox uniform when the
Callahans play their first game In
Boston on Tuesday.
DONOVAN HURLS 56-POUND
WEIGHT FOR NEW MARK
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2.—Pat
rick Donovan, of the Pastime Athletic
Club, broke his own world’s record in
the 56-pound weight throw for height
when he hurled the missile 16 feet
9 1-4 inches in the air at the forty-
fourth annual picnic and games of
the Knights of the Red Branch yes
terday at Sheilmound Park. The pre
vious mark of 16 feet 7 Inches was
made at the Olympic Club's Indoor
games last February at the Audito
rium
White City Park Now Open
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