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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
FOB 30 MINUTES
Big Thriller Slated for Motor
Bugs at Prince’s Saucer on
Tuesday Night.
Well, You've Got to Hand It to Mutt for Trying, Anyway
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By “Bud” Fisher
A HALF-HOUR tMm raoe It to be
the big: feature at th* Motor
drome to-morrow night, and
for the really Jammy excitement this
ehould ton anything that has been
staged yet at Jack Prince’s eaucer
Five teams will be in the long
grind. And what a wrangle the ten
riders had trying to get matched up!
Finally Morty Graves suggested that
the partners be found by a drawing.
Manager Noon Hudson put all the
numbers in his new straw lid and the
result was:
Graves and McNeil, Schwartz and
Lockner. Shields and Richards. Lu
ther ;wid Lewis. Renel and Glenn.
These teams appear to be very
evenly matched. Graves and McNeil
will probably rule favorites, wt»h
Richards and Shields second choice.
No rider will be allowed to remain
on the track over twenty successive
minutes. But each rider can call for
his partner as often as he desires.
The partners who are not racing will
remain in front of the paddock. The
partner riding must drop off the track
and touch his teammate on the shoul
der before the latter can take up the
racing.
It sure will he a thrilling event if
all goes well.
The Motordrome Sweepstakes is
the second feature event. All the
riders will start, five in each qualify
ing heat. The qualifying heals will
be over a one-mile course, while the
final will be two miles
Harry' Glenn, who defeated j
Schwartz the other night, will meet
Luther in a match race It will be
the two best heats in three over a
two-mile circuit. Glenn is a local boy
and he will be backed heavily to
down his worthy opponent.
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FOLLOWING is the complete card
* for Tuesday night:
First Event.
First heat Motordrome Sweep- j
stakes (One mile to qualify and two-
mile Anal.) Starters—Graves. Shields. I
Richards. Renel. Lewis.
Second Event.
First heat of a match race between
Glenn and Luther. (Race to be two |
best heats in three.) Distance—two.
miles.
Third Event.
Second heat of Motordrome Sweep- I
stakes. Starters—Schwartz, Lockner.
Luther, McNeil, Glenn.
Fourth Event.
Second heat of match race between
Glenn and Luther.
Fifth Event.
Final heat of Motordrome Sweep
atakes. (Winners of first and second
heats and second man in fastest heat
to start.)
Sixth Event.
Third heat of match race between
Glenn and Luther. If necessary.
Seventh Event.
Half-hour team race. Teams—
Graves and McNeil; Schwartz and
Lockner; Shields and Richards; Lu
ther and Lewis; Renel and Glenn.
(No rider can remain on track over
twenty consecutive minutes.)
Wolgast and Ritchie
May Sign Articles
LOS ANGELES. July 2* - Eager to
nail down Ad Wolgast. to hlB offer—a
$25,000 side bet for a return match—
Willie Ritchie to-day 1b making a des
perate efTort to get the former title-
holder to meet him to-day and sign ar
ticles. On Saturday, Wolgast posted
with James J Jeffries $1,000. part of a
$25,000 side bet, in a twenty-round title
contest with Ritchie Wolgast specified
that half is to go that he will from the
title-holder in twenty rounds, the other
hal/ that he knocks out, stop or force
Ritchie to ult inside of the limit.
Ritchie lost no time in accepting the
offer when he learned that there was
seriousness to Ad s movements, and he
asked Jeffries to affect a meeting be
tween he and Ad for this afternoon in
the hope that articles might be signed
Ritchie leaves here for ’risco Wednes
day afternoon and he would like to close
the match before starting Should the
pair come together they will clash either
September 1 or 9
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JEFF SMITH GETS PARIS
BOUT WITH CARPENTIER
FEW YORK, Julv 28.—George S
Carpentier, the English llg-ht heavy
weight champion of France, and
Jeff Smith, of Bayonne, N. J.,
have been matched to meet In a 20-
round bout at the Cirque d# Parts
on October 20. Smith will leave for
Paris early In September.
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S AN FRANCISCO. July 28.—Ar-
thur Pelky, the new w'hlte
heavyweight champion, pos.
sesaes most of the facial characteris
tics of the professional pugilist, but
it can scarcely be said that he has a
fighting eye
Now. do not misunderstand me
There is nothing in Peiky’s look to
suggest that he is lacking in courage,
but, sizing him up as he «nt in my
den yesterday. I could not help think
lng how different he was from other
brand-new champions 1 had known.
In most cases the eye of a freshly-
fledged champ glints with a mixture
of pride and defiance. If looks could
be construed into words the look
to which I refer would read, “I can
lick anything that walks in two
shoes.”
Pelky** eyes are large and dark—
the eyes of a man who broods. To
me it almost seemed as if the shadow
of that fearful experience he had in
the ring at Ca’gary was still upon
him. The suspicion was confirmed
by his evident reluctance to talk
about the recent past and his palpable
inclination to talk about rlngmen
other than himself. To the majority
of champions the recital of how they
won their spurs gives unbounded
pleasure. To Pelky the recollection
brings a rhudder.
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P ELKY is tall, squarely built and
has a strong jaw and large. Arm-
ly-knlt hands. He Is big enough
to tackle anything in human shape.
He is here with Tommy Burns, once
world’s champion In his own right,
but now fallen into flesh and quite
content to be known as a connois
seur.
Tommy is Peiky’s manager, and the
manner in which Bums discovered
that Pelky was worth managing was
not the least interesting thing he had
to tell. Pelky wenrto Calgary to box
six rounds with Burns While the
affair was in progress the beauties of
Pelky** character as a fighter unfold
ed to Tommy. At the end of the bout
Tommy was all in, and an hour later
Tommy wap Peiky’s manager.
"We are in no hurry to make
matches,” said Burns. “We have
twelve weeks’ work in the theater-,
beginning at Pantages next week,
and in the meantime the Gunboit
Smith-Jim Flynn match will be de
cided and the winner will stand forth
as a challenger of Pelky. If Smith
wins, and I think he will ”
“Pardon me." said Pelky in a soft-
voiced way. ”1 think Flynn will de
feat Smith.”
"Weill an^w*y, you'll he ready to
sign with the winner,” resumed Tom
my.
“And if it is Smith you’ll like it
all the better You have always want
ed to box him, haven’t you?”
Pelky nodded his approval.
* • •
13 URNS and Pelky were reminded
that Sam Langford, the qegro
pugilist, is back from Australia, and
were asked how overtyres for a Pel-
kv-Langford match would be regard
ed.
"I want It to be understood that
I will never box a colored man,” said
Pelky. 'Some time ago. when the
promoters of the country decided to
discourage the making of mixed
matches and contests were arranged
to decide who w'as the white heavy
weight champion. I thought it one of
the beat moves ever made in pugilism.
I am still of that way of thinking. I
call myself the white champion, and
feel that I have every right to do
so, but if the public took the irtand
that I ought to accept matches with
negroes, I'd be willing to drop out of
the game entirely.”
**T THINK he’s
A “Of course
right,” said Burns
I fought a negro
when I met Jack Johnson, but if I
had my time to go over again he
w'ould wait a long time for a match.
To tell the truth, I never wanted to
fight Johnson I was offered big
money by the National Club of Lon-
e on. and I turned it down. When I
ent to Australia and the question
came up again, 1 said that I wanted
every cent of $30,000 before I’d go
into the ring with Johnson. It was a
lot of money, but McIntosh produced
it. and then there was no getting out
of it. eo far as I was concerned.
"And talking of public opinion in
such matters. I have lived to learn
tha4 a fighter should not lay too much
atress upon public opinion. It ’shifts
and veers too much. Before I boxed
Johnson I used to receive letters
taunting me with being afraid to
meet the negro. After I went agatnsi
him and lost mv title the letters still
came in. But their tone had chang
ed. I was reviled for having glvVn
a negro a chance at the champion
ship.”
• • •
\UHEN matchmaking la in order,
it is juat Voseible that a trip
to Australia will be included in the
Burns-Pelky itinerary. In response to
a message from out yonder, Burns
has cabled that Pelky will be willing
to take the Journey and engage In a
series ^>f three fights.
Tommy lias named as po^ible op
ponents for Pelky: Jim Flynn. Jess
Willard. J1m Coffey, A1 Palzer and
Gunboat Smith,
B. JOHNSON ’S RAGE.
{In one week.)
FIRST DAY.
r HE Magnate tore his seldom
hair
And roared in fearsome rage:
“What's thisf Ye gods; What this
I lamp upon the sporting page?
Jake Stahl is canned—my own
pick—Jake!
Oh, gimme room to puss!
I’ll show those Boston guys they
can’t
Make us ridiculous!”
THIRD DAY.
The Magnate speeded to the West—
The tcild news speeded, too;
In Cleveland he was cornered by
Reporters quite a few.
“Ahem!” he said. “About Jake
Stahl—
I do not care to state
My full conclusions at this time—
I must investigate.”
SEVENTH DAY.
At last he makes his lakeside home;
And Fandom stands agog
To rat. h the mighty gaekwar put
Those ingrates on the hog!
And noir the crushing sentence
comes—
With quite some ‘pshaw” and
“pish”—
“In this l can not interfere.
E’en if I had the wishr
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JIM FLYNN eays without a smile
that he Is "going to train” tor his
fight with Gunbo. ‘ Smith.
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THERE I8 TALK OF PRE-
servlng Hans Wagner's uniform in
a Pittsburg museum. Posterity’s
grasp of our national game would
be safe if added to this were Ty
Cobb's spikes. McGraw's vocabu
lary and the skull of the peanut
butcher. Any fan will be glad to
contribute the latter.
• • •
JADED.
Bow can I pet excited
When the “Standing of the Clubs”
Shows the Giants and Athletics—
And an awful flock of dubs!
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BEFORE FRANK CHANCE
buys any more ball players It
might be well to fire the club
trainer and hire a consulting
chiropodist.
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EVERS HAS BENCHED BRES-
nahan for disobedience, the only
wonder being tho.t in that combi
nation someone was not benched
or biffed lon£
M ORDFCAI BROWN is not
through. In fact, it looks as
if Manager Joe Tinker, of the
Reds, said very true words when in
the spring he claimed that the three-
fingered wonder still had a lot of
good baseball left in him. True.
Brown is not hurling the kind of ball
he did several seasons ago. but just
the same, Johnny Evers could use
him at present, and to good advan
tage.
AJter Brown had helped the Cubs
to four pennants and two world’s
championships his arm went to the
bad In 1912. When the off season
came. C. Webb Murphy thought he
wmuld not need the three-fingered
boy any more, and ehlpped him to
the minora.
But Joe Tinker, new manager of
the Reds, thought different. Joe was
with “Brownie” a long time, and when
he w’as shipped to the A. A., he and
Garry Herrmann arranged a deal
whereby Miner wmuld come back to
the National League. And it looks
as if they made no error in securing
Brown.
Beats Old Mates Twiee.
Maybe now C. Webb Murphy and
Johnny Evers see they made a big
mistake In releasing the former star
of the Cubs. Recently when the Reds
were playing the Bruins, the three-
fingered hurler took a pair of games
from Johnny Evers' gang, one of them
being a shutout, in which only six
base knocks wmre made off him.
When Tinker secured Brown, it
was for the simple reason to use
him as a coach for his young mound-
men. He was carried until May 1
before he made his appearance on the
firing line Since the hot w’eather
arrived, though, Brown’s 'mod right
arm seems to be as good as ever, and
he is taking his regular turn on the
mound for his club
Has Good Record.
Although Brown is not winning as
regular or working quite as often as
he did a few' years back, he has a
record which is far better than the
one owned bv his club.
Miner has won seven games and
lost six this campaign. That’s a per
centage of .638. The Reds own a
mark of .380. ao It can be seen that
Brownie Is 158 points ahead of his
team.
So far this season Brown has ap
peared in 22 games, being used as a
relief hurler most of the time. In
these 22 contests he has worked 95
innings, . _
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip
1
Ty Cobb and Jos Jackson are run
ning neck-and-neck for the slugging
honors in the American League The
Georgia Peach has closed up the gap
on the Shoeless One, and from now on
it will be a battle to the finish.
* * ^
It looks as if Rube Marouard Is going
to try to beat his record of nineteen
straight games won. made last season.
The $11,000 beauty annexed his ninth
straight yesterday and is pitching in
better from than he was a year ago.
* « *
In a sea of mud, the Giants and St.
Louis battled for seven innings, with the
Giants on the long side of the score.
Then the deluge came and the game was
called. The second part of the double-
header also had to be called off
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The Dodgers are trying hard to get
back In the first division. They shoved
the Reds back twice yesterday and a
victory to-day, with a defeat for the
Pirates, will put the teams on even
terms at the foot of the leading four.
* • •
Bert Garden, of the Roanoke club, es
tablished a Virginia League record when
he pitched two shut-out games against
Newport News. He Is the first pitcher
In the league to start and finish two
full games.
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The Cotton States league pennant
race has been won by Jackson. The de
ciding of a number of protested games
against Pensacola did not beat that team
out of the pennant, as the club had the
bunting cinched.
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Catcher Agnew, of the St. Louis Amer
icans, is rapidly improving from the
effects of being hit by a pitched ball
during one oj the Washington games
He will be out of the game, however,
for several weeks.
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Hess* wildness and opportune hitting
by the Cubs gave them a close victory
over the Braves. Zimmerman returned
to the game for the first time since his
ankle was injured and displayed his
old-time speed and hitting powers.
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A report is in circulation here that
Joe Tinker, manager of the Reds, will
5 1ve up his position at shortstop and
irect the fortunes of the club from
the bench.
MAGNATE REFUSES TO OBEY
COMMISSION’S RULING
LOS ANGELES, CAL.. July 28 —
Henry Berry, president of the Los
Angeles baseball club of the Coast
League, said to-day he would not obey
the baseball law which forbids a class
AA team to carry more than twenty
players in the middle of the seanon.
“If the National Commission de
cided that I should pay a fine I will
not do It,” said Berry.
Charles Arbogast, a catcher, Is ex
pected to join the Lon Angeles team
to-morrow. This would make 21
players. Berry declared to-day he
would not release any of the old men
for the reason that thr*e of his play-
erg were 4b. the hospital.
By Harry Gilmore, Jr.
L OS. ANGELES. CAL.. July 28 —
Next in line on the Vernon fistic
slate Is the twenty-round en
gagement to-morrow night between
Matty Baldwin, of Boston, and Leach
Cross, of New York City. What bet
ter fistic offering could be asked, bar
ring an immediate championship en
counter with Willie Ritchie as one of
the principals, than those two crack
Eastern lightweights?
Cross and Baldwin have long since
been bitter rivals, and after repeated
efforts on the part of Eastern pro
moters to bring them together with
out avail, they will now settle the
old score with twenty rounds in which
to bring about a result which should
be decisive. Cross has forever found
the Bostonian a thorn In hie side, and
carefully analyzing their respective
records 1t seems he might well have
found him a formidable foe.
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DALDWIN has had In excess of 150
fights In the eleven years in
which he has been in the ring, and
has met the best of the lightweights
of recent years, barring the old war
rior, Bat Nelson. Baldwin won and'
lost a 12-round decision to Owen Mo
ran in January and February, re
spectively, of 1910, when Moran was
at his best. He had previously drawn
In limited bouts with Tommy Murphy
and Abe Attell In New York City,
when the foxy Abe and the Harlem
scrapper were at the zenith of their
careers. He lost to Cross on a tod.
fit eight rounds. May 13, 1910, in New
York City, when, 1t Is claimed, he had
Cross beaten and practically out.
Baldwin visited the coast Just two
years ago and took Freddie Welsh
for twenty rounds at San Francisco.
June -3, losing the decision after
going the limit. Only two months
later he was returned a winner in
the twentieth round over the now
present champion, Willie Ritchie. In
April of 1911 he met Cross for ten
rounds in New York, and although
a , n £‘‘! eclslon affa!r . the press award
ed Ba.dwin the verdict. Baldwin has
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Cross-Baldwin Battle To-morrow
Matty Has Great Ring Record
since drawn with Joe Mandot, and is
credited with a fairly even ten rounds
just recently with Jack Britton, while
best of all, his last engagement, a
decisive win over Young Shugrue in
New* York, speaks his praises. Shu
grue took a decision from Cross some
months before the latter came Wes*
for the Anderson engagement, so on
the dope the Boston boy figures very
strongly against his Leaches.
• • •
TV/TATTY has completed training for
1 the bout, and shows a confi
dence that Inspires some of the Cross
adherents to believe that there is in
deed a doubtful chance for their en
try; and. from present IncttcationSi
the getting price will be a pretty even
thing.
“I know Croas and his fighting
style about as wen as any one of tha
fighters who have met him,” said
Baldw-ln in dlscuaslng the match. “He
knows that I have little fear of any
of the wallop# that he carries, and
when it comee to the rough stuff that
is where I have his number, and he
knows it. When I took him on in
New' York I had him bad, and would
have finished him had it been a long
er bout. With twenty rounds to go.
I am satisfied that I can land a de
cisive victory, and then I w'ant the
chance that I halve hoped for to clash
with Ritchie for the championship.”
SWEENEY WILL GET $50
FOR LONG HIT SATURDAY
NEW YORK, July 28.—EM Sweeney,
the big catcher of the Tankees, who
hah been out of the game on account
of Injury, won $50 Saturday by hitting
the "bull" sign In right field with a
fairly batted fly ban. This is the first
time the feat has been accomplished
since the new Brush stadium was built