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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Bringing Up Father
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By George McManus
M OBILE. July 23.—Mike Finn will
remain as manager of the Mo
bile Baseball Club.
Such was the announcement of
President Alfred Staples following a
meeting of the directors of the Mo
bile club. "The trouble has been ad
justed satisfactorily to everybody con
cerned.” he said, “and Mr. Finn re
mains as manager of the club.”
Further than the announcement
that “matters has* been settled satis
factorily to all concerned," President
Staples would not go into the cast
but from a reliable source. It is un
derstood that Mike Desmond, employ-
. ed at the ball park in the capacity
of special officer, had tendered his
resignation. It is understood that he
took his action, following Manager
Finn's statement that he would re
sign, rather than cause the club offi
cials any embarrassment.
Manager Finn would not discuss the
outcome of the case when seen, but
stated* that only one thing in con
nection with tiie entire affair had
caused him any regret, and that was
the statement that he had "insulted
the Hibernians." The Gull leader de
nied that he ever offered offense to
the Hibernians of any other organi
zation of any kijid in Mobile, ami
Kates that he has never made any
remark that could be construed as an
insult to any organization.
"Mike, you’re too good an Irish
man, yourself, to talk about the Hi
bernians; are you not?” he was
asked.
"Sure," he responded, "and to tell
the truth, I've made up my mind to
Join the Hibernians.”
The announcement that Mike Finn
will remain at Wr head of the club
means that the players will hustle as
they have In the past to keep the club
in the running, and no one was more
plea«ed when definite announcement
was made that he would stay than the
players now working for the Mobile
club under him.
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BOXING
News of the Ring Game
Leach Cross has the California “bug."
He says that if he succeeds in defeating
Matty Baldwin next week and It match
ed with either Willie Ritchie or Joe
Rivers, he will try to arrange to practice
l s profession of dentistry in Los An
geles. He will have considerable idle
time on his hands between bouts, and
thinks he can do well.
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Reports from the coast state that Tom
McCarey is still awaiting word from Abe
Attell In regard to a match with Jack
hite. There is Home question in re
gard to the weight at which the two
will box, and a wire from Abe will set
tle that question definitely.
Jack Payne is the latest to hurl a
challenge at Kddie Hanlon. Payne says
he will agree to box Kddie at catch
weights.
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George Mason. Baltimore lightweight,
who fought here about two months ago
is making a big hit In Memphis Pro
moters there are trying to secure
Johnny Lore to meet him some time in
August.
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1 erry NeLson is far from discouraged
over his defeat at the hands of Kddie
Hanlon. Terry says that the latter out
weighed him by nearly ten pounds, and
will gladly meet Hanlon In another
match, providing the latter will make
135 pounds.
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Tom O’Rourke is now managing Carl
Morris. O'Rourke hopes to send the
Kapulpa heavyweight against the winner
of the Flvnn-Smlth match scheduled to
take place at New York on August K.
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A1 Palzer is another heavyweight who
is seeking a ring encounter. Palzer is at
present in New York doing light work
n an effort to get into fighting shape.
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Jimmy Murphy, the Chicago light
weight. who recently stopped Danny
Goodman, is anxious to cotne to At
lanta Murphy would like to get on with
either Kddie Hanlon, Mike Saul or Ter
ry Nelson. Murphy also met Joe
Thomas in an eight-round battle.
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There are four brothers in the White
family—Charlie and Jack fight best
when weighing around the 126 mark; Bil
ly Wagner, the youngest of the bunch,
is best at 133. while Battling White can
easily make 116 pounds ringside
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Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo lightweight,
who holds decisions over Cross, Britton
and Young Jack O rtrlen. Is after a
match here. He is particularly anxious
to get on with Charlie White
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Mike Schreck signed articles yester
day to meet Dick Gilbert at the Val
iev Athletic Chib in Elmwood on Au
gust 18 Schreck will go to West Baden.
Ind.. for a stay of two weeks before the
scrap.
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Johnny Creeley and "Knockout" Mars
*'111 don the gloves for a scheduled ten-
found contest at New York on Thursday
T ight They have agreed to weigh 133
•ounds at 3 o’clock,
DENVER GETS ELSTON.
DENVER, July 24.—The Denver
Western League team purchased Curt
Elston, a left-handed outfielder, whi
was recently turned by the
Chattanooga team of the Southern
League.
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The Sensation of All Diving Act*
JOHN F. CONRGY
RITCHIE'S TITLE
I OS ANGELES. July 24. And
still they come! With enough
boxers here to stage a carni
val of fistic revels lasting until
Christmas and managers and pro
moters clamoring over each ■ others
shoulders for a chance at a date and
a trunk full of coin it appears that
the end is not yet.
Joe Woodman is clamoring for
dates for his two proteges. Sam
Langford and Jack Head, the Aus
tralian lightweight champion, and
bids fair to make a landing.
Ad Wolgast also wants to be re
membered. lie is right on the ground
to press his claim with Champion
Willie Ritchie for an early match.
He figures that since Rivers lost out
in his match on July 4 he is in direct
line for another match in preference
to the Mexican, and probably his bout
at the Vernon arena would be a good
ca rd.
Lester, Diero, Smith, Cook
ar«d Brandon and Others
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A NOTHKR challenger of Ritchie is
Jimmy Duffy, whose record
during the past year certainly gives
him some right to consideration.
His manager, Bert Finch, writes that
Duffy is willing to mee. any light
weight in the lountry, with an ex
pressed preference for Ritchie, Fred
die Welch. Leach Cross or Joe Rivers.
Finch says that if Ritchie will con
cede Duffy a match for the cham
pionship he will post $5,000 as a side
bet that Duffy will defeat him in
twenty rounds and that he can fix the
j terms for the division of the purse
1 to suit himself.
In May of last year Duffy fought a
I ten-round bout to a draw with Fred
die Welch and has defeated Leach
Cross twice, once in New York and
once in Buffalo.
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“D UM B DAN” MORGAN. the
* ' "speechless*' wonder from New
York, has issued a statement offer
ing to match Jack Britton with
Champion Ritchie for a side bet of
10,000. There is no mention .made
in the letter of whether it is iO,0©0
ligars or 10,000 toothpirks. He
says this would be a real test for the
champiqip and that Britton will box
I at any weight that suits the "cham-
t pion."
Jim Flynn Gets Chance at Title
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Gunboat Smith Is His Opponent
By Ed W. Smith.
I T takes a good bit of managerial
skill to boost Jim Flynn, of Pu
eblo. up from the depths into
which he had been forced through
successive defeats into a real match
for a real belt which is to be emblem
atic of the heavyweight cham
pionship of the boxing world. That
skill has been shown by one J. Curley,
Flynn’s manager, and the Pueblo man
Is to get his second chance to win a
title—or Is it the fourth or fifth?—In
a bout in New York early next month
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when he faces Gunboat Smith, of
Philadelphia and San Francisco. And
the winner will be given a belt to
replace the one that went out of com
mission when Luther McCarty died
in Alberta the latter part of May.
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FLYNN'S peculiar position in the
U boxing world is brought to mind
now and then by a dispatch from
Missouri telling of the progress the
boxer is making in his automobile
trip from Pueblo to New York. The
other day the wires bore the news
that Jim had been pinched in a small
town for speeding, after having had
his machine repaired. Flynn ever has*
been a thorn in the side of the as
pirants for the white title, but un
fortunately for the hardy fellow from
the mountains he always has Just
failed of getting there. Jim is a trille
too small. In the general opinion of
the critics, or rather he Is too short
to cope successfully with the tall men
of the heavyweight division.
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T F many of the fight fans do not
1 like Jim for his brash ways and
the overabundance of ego that he dis
plays constantly, they nevertheless
must a-dtnire the man for his sterling
fighting qualities. Gameness Is Jim's
middle name, and he ha** proved in
the last four or five years to be the
grandest little trial horse the ring
ever has known. As a matter of fact,
a man never would be thoroughly
tried In the ring until he had met
Jim in a real encounter. If he could
get by the Pueblo ringster. his fu
ture would be pretty well assured.
until he had sent Jim Into a crushing
defeat. Then we all knew that Lu
ther was the real thing, a demonstra
tion that the poor fellow strengthen
ed a s»hort time later by whaling the
stuffin’ out of A1 Palzer. one of the
behemoths of the ring. Flynn got his
chance at McCarty out on the coast
after he had demonstrated that he
couldn’t do much with Jack Johnson,
and figured that if he had whipped
Luther he would have had little trou
ble with Palzer, who was sent in
against the winner. But McCarty
proved far too big and strong and
lengthy in the reach for the squatty
Flynn.
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IN Gunboat Smith. Flynn will meet
* a man much more to hig own
measurements, though the Gunboat
is a long, ran*»v chap. But he hasn't
the weight that most of Flynn’s op
ponents* have possessed, and for that
reason Flynn believes he has a royal
chance of being returned the win
ner. The heavyweight class is a
mysteriously weak division just now,
and almost anybody has a chance of
dragging down the honors.
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D FT in Los Angeles, where Flynn
^ has done some of his best fight
ing, they like him. As a matter of
fact, they like the rough, tough fel
low prettv much out there without
losing sight of and giving free credit
for his cleverness and skill. Both
Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast.
former lightweight champions, were
great favorites there. So were Georg*
Memsio. Rudy Unholz, Frankie Con
ley. Charley Dalton. Bud Anderson
and other strong boys of the ring.
They like the puncher out in Tom
McCarev’s town, and haven’t a great
deal of use for the fancy boxer.
DELHI BACK IN MAJORS:
PIRATES BUY TWIRLER
J ’ AUK PRINCE really gets sore
when he is called "the Rain
maker.”
But being well armed with a
pair of perfectly good legs, we dare
him to come forth for battle, and so
here goe***:
Jack Prince, you are a regular
rainmaker!
For the second time in as many
days the races carded for the Motor
drome have been called off on ac
count of rain. And to make sure
that they will have plenty of time to
get Jack out of town, the other back
ers in the saucer have decided that
the next set of races will not be
held until Friday night.
They want all of to-day to get Jack
out of the city. And they guarantee
that Prince will not be within fifty
miles of here by sunrise to-morrow.
And with that promise, the local
bugs may be assured that the big
Marathon grind will come off to
morrow night. Also a number of
other events that should prove cork
ers
To-dav all of the riders intemt
tuning up their machines a bit more.
To-morrow night the record for the
26 miles. 38.% yards is very likely to
get an awful kick in the slats.
Report That Cobb Is
Slated for Chicago
CHICAGO, July 24.—Just before the
White Sox pulled out for their East
ern invasion a report gained circula
tion to the effect that Ty Cobb, Tiger
star, is to become a member of the
South Side crew.
To get him, all this according to the
report, Owner Comiskey must give up
Pitcher "Red” Russell, Outfielder
Chappelle, for whom Comiskey re
cently paid $18,000, and a catcher.
It has been known for several
months that Cobb has been anxious to
break away from the Tiger band, but
this is the first time that an offer
was made for him.
LARNED-WRIGHT WIN
FROM JOHNSON-WHITNEr
BOSTON, July 24.—W. A. Larned
and R. C. Wright, veteran tennis
masters, worked their way into the
fourth round of the Enstern doubles
championship at the Longwoo 1
Cricket Club’s courts yesterday oy
disposing of H. C. Johnson and E. H
Whitney, of Boston, in four sets. The
scores were 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2*
Other matches in the doubles anJ
singles were without striking fea
tures. The au-comers’ tournament
for the Long wood singles was ad
vanced to the fourth round.
ATTELL COMES TO LIFE.
NEW YORK. July 24.—Abe Attell
will be seen in action again to-nignt
at Rockaway, where he will clash
with Willie Beecher, the New York
lightweight, for a ten-round bout.
AS i matter of cold fact, it was
never demonstrated that the
Luther McCarty was a real fighter
PITTSBURG. July 24.—D. W.
"Flame" Delhi. the young giant
right-hand pitcher, who was bought
by the Chicago Americans from Los
Angeles in 1911. and who went to
Great Falls. Mont., of the Union As- ,
sociation, has been bought by the
[ Pittsburg Pirates on Manager
J Clarke’s belief that be has come back.
| Clarke likens him to George McQuil-
i^en. who has been pitching great ball
| sin« e he v as pulled out of the minors
a few weeks ago.
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