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THE ATLANTA UEUKUIAN AND NEW&
By W. W. Naughton.
S AN FRANCISCO, Au( 1 —
Money talk*
So says the old sporting slo
gan, and by the same token there are
times when money proclaims itaelf
in clarion tones.
Ad Wolgast, who haa been mooning
around In a half-hearted way ever
fines It was brought home to him
that an operation for appendicitis
had robbed him of much of his fight
ing force, had almost despaired of
getting into the limelight again, when
a happy thought struck h<m.
He challenged Willie Ritchie for
$25,000 a side, and the sporting world,
hearing the chink of so much money,
immediately stopped to listen.
Then, right at the psychological
moment, Ritchie said the proposition
looked good to him. and the sporting
world’s sense of hearing became more
acute than ever.
Now, in this case, as In others,
money’s voice may dwindle to a
whisper, and finally merge into com
plete silence. That is. so far as
threats of a big side wager are con
cerned. Ring men from time Im
mortal have brandished bales of cur
rency! and Jingled $20 piece* only to
deride after mature consideration
that it was as well to let the ticket-
purchasing public supply the sinews
of war.
And the public, happy in the pros
pect of a match between fighters with
pretensions to class, was quite con
tent to have it that way.
» • *
T F Wolgast and Ritchie decide to
1 have it out, never a single mem
ber of the grand army of fight fan?
will insist that the wager feature of
the affair be lived up to. Of course,
if the lads are stubborn about risk
ing some of their accumulations, no
one will object.
The notable thing about the situa
tion Just now Is that there seems to
have been a genera! awakening to
the fact that Wolgast is entitled to a
return match with Ritchie. It might
be said that the feeling that little Ad
should he given a chance to retrieve
the laurels he lost on a technicality
has existed ever since the day Ritchie
became champion. But the absence
of enthusiasm on the point was due
to Wolgast’s tactics In many of ills
matches he was careless about his
training, and even now, while hurling
defiance at Ritchie, he is going
around with his hand Incased in u
plaster cast.
What he needs Is a couple of
months far from the maddening
crowd to give his splintered knuc
kles a chance to knit and enable the
Wolgast frame to store up a little
vitality. The Ritchie match will keep,
and there Is little fear of the public
forgetting that the chance Is coming
to WolgaM.
• • •
DII.I.Y NOLAN, ex-manager of
* * Ritchie, is in town, and was ask
ed w'hat he thought of the Rltchie-
Wolgast contest as an “attraction.”
"I suppose,’* said Nolan, "that
Tommy Murphy haa the best right of
them all to a match with Ritchie, but
I honestly believe that a Wolgast-
Ritchie bout would draw a big gate.
To my way of thinking It Is the best
card in sight. I have always made
it a point to keep track of public
sentiment in these matters, and I
know r that 70 per cent of the spec
tators who passed out through the
gates the day Ritchie won the title
from Wolgast on a foul felt that Wol
gast should be given a chaneo to re
gain what he had lost. And that
sentiment still exists.”
And whisper, Nolan is skeptical
about Ritchle’e good faith in saying
he is willing to box Wolgast again
Now that the strings that held
manager and man together are sever
ed. Nolan is prone to call a spade a
spade, and he says that Ritchie never
relished the thought of one day hav
ing to stand in front of Wolgaftt
again.
According to Nolan, the names on
Ritchie’s roll of eligible* were Riv
ers, Freddie Welsh and Leach Cross.
Ad Wolgast’s name was "nivver mln-
tloned” In any of the councils of
war that Nolan and Ritchie held.
• • •
T> !TCH1E suid in Los Angeles a day
1 ^ or so ago that he held aloof from
Wolgast. thinking Ad would prove a
poor card. That is poppy-cock Wol
gast. were he to train right, Is the
best lightweight card in sight to-day.
He Is a card for the reason that
fighters who perform as well as Wol
gast has done are always strong with
the fight-going public until signallv
defeated, and nothing like that has
happened to Wolgast as yet
He is a card for the further rea
son that the breath of suspicion has
never attached to any of hla contests
He always gave the public the beet he
was capable of, and In the matter of
square dealing. Wolgast’s record is
on a par with that of Battling Nel
son.
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Price Good and Thompson Bad
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McQILL GOES TO MACON.
MOBILE. ALA.. Aug 2 Outfielder
William McGill, recalled from Pens*
cola when the Cotton States finished
its season, was sent to Macon, In the
South Atlantic League Miller, an out
fielder from Duluth, Minn . batting
3«0. has wired Manager Finn that he
will report at Montgomery next week
FORSYTH twice to-day
rUn31 1 n 2:30 and 3:30
JOE WELCH
Robt. L. Dailev & Co.
Dolan-Lenha r Co.
Elsa Ward
Cunningham & Marten
Lafat Trio---Karl Crass
NEXT
WEEK
Everest's
Monkey
Hippo
drome
By O. B. Keeler.
I N the sparsely occurring Intervals
w'hen we have nothing else to do.
we sit and wonder solemnly at
the number Hnd variety of the kinds
of baseball that can be produced In
the course of one reasonably p*hort
afternoon
Once in a while It doesn’t seem hu
manly po slble.
But we turn to the old score book,
and it Is even so.
There was yesterday afternoon,
now.
You might frisk the Big Show with
a vacuum cleaner and not bring to
light a prettier or more workmanlike
eomhnt than that first game. Four
hits apiece, tight pitching, clean and
brilliant fielding, and the score 3 to 1.
settled up in the eighth round by a
eharp attack.
And the home club on the long end.
Can you beat it?
• • •
A ND then, ns the well-known Bard
** of Avon puts it. having gazed on
this picture, unwind another reel and
turn in the riot call.
The bald fact that Fleharty slipped
it to us conveys only a small percent
age of the devastation. The redeem
ing feature of the aftermath was the
fact that It traveled only six frames
In other words, the rain rut In at
the wrong time, or else it stopped too
early.
• * •
I T N fact, the afternoon was consumed
1 In a battle between the element*,
two thousand earnest fans and a cou
ple of ball clubs. At the end of the
sixth Inning, game No. 1. the heavens
opened as usual and proceeded to .save
some more of the corn crop In the
immediate vicinity of the ball parje.
The umpires held up the proceed
ings for the entire 30 minutes pre
scribed by law. and then started the
cruel war again. Atlanta was lead
ing by a ?*core of 1 to 0 at the time,
but the Volunteers, taking advantage
of the only flivvers of the game, knot
ted the count. Joe Agler then shot
off a triple that scored Chapman, and
added his own run when the useful
Welchonce scraped a wallop off Jack
Spratt’s upholsterv.
• a •
ILBERT PRICE was in complete
'-T control of the situation from
start to finish. The four hits of the
opposition were in widely separated
inning* 1 —one in the first, one in the
fourth, one In the sixth and one in
the eighth. Mr. More, who yielded
the same number, was not so Judici
ous In placing them One was wasted
in the fourth but ad the rest were
produced In the eighth. A base on
balls, a sacrifice hit. an out and a wild
chuck by More spotted the Town Roys
their first tally without the aid of a
hit.
• • •
TN addition to his valuable triple, Joe
* Agler put on a bit of circus stuff
In the sixth, when he made a neat
steal of second while More clung to
the ball, as If he was afraid somebody
was going to take It away from him.
Joe began to slide about the lime'
More came to
• • •
C IRCUS SOLLY HOPMAN contin
ued to meet with poor luck on
the towpath. In the fifth inning of
the first game, he walked, after two
were down, and tried for second on a
short passed ball. Chapman made a
quick recovery, nnd Risland stuck
the pill on the Hiding Artie for a hair
line decision. It was fast work a!!
’round.
• • •
IT took two misplays. only one of
* which shows in the box. to help
the Volunteers to their one run in the
first game. In the eighth Inning. Hot-
man singled and Lindsay sacrificed.
More hit to Holland who threw wide
and the pitcher was safe. Artie reach
ing third The infield crept up on
the gras”, and Price did his part,
T0 2! ^ y grand to .3 , o omt
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EXCURSION
AUGUST 7.
Jacksonville, Brunswick,
St. Simon, Cumberland, At
lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit
ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla., $8
—Limited 8 days.
TWO SPECIAL TRAINS.
10 p. m. solid Pullman train.
10:15 p. m. Coach train.
Make Reservations Now.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
SINGING CONVENTION IN
ELBERT TO BE REPEATED
EI.BERTON. Aug. 2—The Elbert
County Singing Convention, which
met in an all-dav session at the
courthouse here, was a success in
every way. The singing was enjoyed
so much that it was decided to have
another session here on Saturday be
fore the fourth Sunday in September.
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a man ME.
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NJLL BLOODED
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MexiceH
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making Daley hit weakly to short.
Rialand stuttered with his hands, and
Solly was over, but the runner was
retired at first, saving Bisland a boot.
• • •
C ARL THOMPSON ran into some
thing In the second game and
bounced back before a hand was out.
Daley singled to left, Callahan tripled
to center, and Spratt .Mngled in the
same hole, in rapid and terrifying
succession. Clarke came on, and
Spratt went out stealing, aftsr which
two more singles went to waste, the
five solid smashes producing only
two runs. Clarke got in the next
round, an error, a sacrifice and three
hits—one of the fluke Cincinnati va
riety—putting over two more runs
and cinching things for the smiling
Fleharty.
• • •
A FTER Manush had filed out for
Clarke in the fifth, the fans got
a belated treat. There was a slight
delay, and then ’’String" Love, the
human office building, was wheeled to
the center of the arena.
The long chap got a great hand
an responded with a burst of speed
that in the thickening du*k was sim
ply unhittable. Half dodging a shoot.
Callahan scratched a Texus Leaguer
into left, but the tall boy put some
more swift on the pill, and Spratt’s
twisting short fly resulted in a sensa
tional double play, put on by Tommy
Long
Callahan had reached second, when
one of Love’s fast ones got clean
through Dunn, nnd when Tommy
came sprinting In for Spratt’s short
pop. Cally broke for third. Tommy
froze the fly on the dead run, and
raced on over to second for the other
out.
Then Noyes fanned, bewildered by
the speed of the long fork-hander.
• * •
A NOTHER bargain matinee for this
afternoon, the trouble beginning
at 2:15 o'clock. Manager Smith said
this morning he had a good mind to
shoot Thompson right back at the
Void in one of the games. He was
undecided as to Conzelman and Love
for the other. Manager Schwartz an
nounced that Williams would work In
the opener, with Brackenridge In the
afterpiece. “That’s all I've got,” said
Bill, cheerfully.
Belgium Puts Ban
On Jack Johnson
BRUSSELS, Aug. 2.—Jack John
son ma.v soon be without a country to
tight in. England does not want him.
He can not return to America be
cause of the sentence for white
slavery hanging over his head. France
harbors him, but not enough to allow
him to mix with the guests In first-
class hotels. Now* Belgium has put
the ban on him.
Following the announcement that
the champion was to give boxing ex
hibitions in Belgium, the Minister of
Justice yesterday Issued an order that
all boxing contests in the future
should be Investigated. This move
was made to prevent faking in
matches.
The hue and cry against Johnson’s
exhibiting In Belgium became so
great, however, that the Minister of
Justice was forced to issue another
edict. To-day he put the lid down on
all boxing No further matches,
whether between blacks or whites or
inlxed, will be allowed to be staged
In the kingdom.
GRIFFIN AND ARMSTRONG IN
WESTERN TENNIS FINAL
CHICAGO, Aug 2—Clarence Griffin,
California's latest tsnnls marvel, up
held the reputation of his State by
qualifying for the Western champion
ship finals through a victory In his
hardest match of the tournament over
William Blair, of Lake Geneva. Wls .
6-2, 7-5. 6-2
To-day in the final round, upon
whlc:., through the absence of Cham
I pion Maurice MeLoughlln, depends the
title, Griffin will meet Joseph Arm
strong. of St. Paul, who yesterday
downed Harry Waldner. of Chicago. 4-6.
6-1. 6-2. 6-3
Sports and Such
FAMOUS IN SPORT—I.
THE BASEBALL IDOL.
THE BASEBALL IDOL (CF.
IDLE) Is a state of mind. He was
created by a lot of honest but
thoughtless newspaper writers who
were fond of Jokes and never ex
pected to be taken seriously. Thus
we see that Joking is a dangerous
habit.
The Baseball Idol leads a life of
busy inactivity. In the winter
months he is on the stage or In the
newspapers telling all and sundry
how’ many thousands of dollars he
will demand in the spring. In the
spring he is hard at work demand
ing In the summer he is In the
hospital suffering with a commi
nuted fracture of the feelings or
on the bench recovering from the
effects of a collision with the um
pire. He takes a much-needed rest
in the fall.
Hailing from Marissa, HI., or
Broken Bow, Nebr., he begins at
once to talk for publication*about
his "loyalty to our city,” that being
the one that has bid highest for
his services. His loyalty fluctuates
with hla pay, and is changed with
his uniform. Occasionally he adds
to the sum of human Joy by nod
ding to some otherwise intelligent
man In the grandstand w’ho at
once rushes down to his office and
demands a 50 per cent increase of
salary on the strength of it.
On the field he can always be rec
ognized, as he is the last member
to emerge from the clubhouse and
is languid and aloof. We knew
one also who could be Identified
by the skill with which he could
quarter an oval dish of mashed po
tatoes and empty It clean in four
swift scoops of the knife.
He is the one financial fly in the
golden ointment of the magnate.
Whenever a club owner groans and
tosses in his sleep he Is thinking
about some item or $10,000 on his
payroll. From this w’e learn that
in the wonderful scheme of things
even a Baseball Idol has his use.
Don’t mlR« the next article of the
great series—“The Alibi."
THE RULE PROVIDING heavily
padded head-gears for motor
cyclists in track competition is a
wife one. We have always under
stood that it cost a lot of money
to build a good motor track.
• • •
IF JOHN BULL HAS ANY more
valuable Junk lying around over
there, let’s send somebody over
after it and get the whole thing
finished up.
• • •
THERE IS A LOT OF unneces
sary excitement about betting in
ball parks, which is bound to die
a natural death. The few with so
little Intelligence as to bet on base
ball can not acquire much money or
keep it long—so there you are.
• • •
AD WOLGAST HAS DECIDED
to re-enter the ring in a match
with Johnny Dundee, which is about
as safe an entrance as could be de
vised.
• • •
CHANCE’S DIFFICULTY IN
making trades Is occasioned by the
fact that since the Chicago deal
the other managers resent his want
ing anything in return.
Three Naps Using
Matty’s Fadeaway
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2.—Three mem
bers of the Naps' pitching staff have
mastered the fadeaway ball Invented
by Christy Mathewson aud have been
using It lately to deceive batters. Cy
Falkenborg learned the deliver^ while
with Toledo, and his employment of
it is the chief factor in his successful
comeback, he says.
Falkenberg show ed Vean Gregg and
George Kahler how } to throw it. and
after experimenting for a month, both
added It to their regular repertoire
about six weeks ago.
Gregg is believed to be the only
southpaw In the big leagues that uses
a fadeaway. The ball Is hard to con
trol, but the three Naps have achieved
good results with it.
By Damon Runyon.
C hicago, ill., Aug. 2.—Rube
Marquard, McGraw’s eminent
southpaw, who hung up a rec
ord for straight victories last sea
son that will probably be a mark to
shoot at for some time to come, is
loose again upon a record-making ex
pedition. The Rube has now’ com
piled nine consecutive victories, or
nearly one-half of the number he un
furled last year, and is still going
strong.
It may be that Marquard will never
again reach the mark he set him
self last season and which such hurl-
ers as Walter Johnson and Joe Wood
have tried for and failed. But he ha3
gone nearly half the dlsta^e with
out any difficulty whatever, and has
a good chance to equal if not pass
the nineteen straight, which now’
stands as the record.
Has Good Chance for Record.
The thing that stands very much in
his* favor Just now is that the Giants
are going at top speed. They are
winning Just as often as they were
early last year w’hen he started his
large run, and what is more, they are
apt to continue their pace through
the balance of the season, as was the
case last season, for they have already
had their annual sliimp, and are now-
in the ascendant.
Has Changed His Style.
Marquard has changed his style of
pitching since he made his big run of
nineteen straight. He was under :•
heavy strain during that time last
year, because he tried to get every
man that faced him at the plate. He
had not learned then to save him
self for the tight place, but he now
permits his teammates to do a little
work whenever he has a lead, and,
like Matty, only- uses all of his stuff
when the situation demands it. For
that reason he may be able to go
along and win repeatedly without in
any way impairing his arm and bring
ing on a slump such as followed his
streak last year.
40 BAPTIZED AT DALTON.
DALTON, Aug. 2.—As a result of
the revival meeting In progress in
North Dalton, the Rev. E. B. Farrar.
In charge of the meeting, baptized 40
people In a large pool near the Crown
Cotton Mills, the baptizing attracting
hundreds of people.
FIREMEN GOING TO TAMPA.
DALTON, Aug. 2 —Instead of
spending the!.* annual outing at St.
Simons Lsland. as planned, the Dalton
fire department will go to Tampa,
Fla., and will leave a^ere on August I
7 in stead of August Z.
Ranks of Champion
Clubs Are Depleted
Queer how quickly a world’s
championship team will disintegrate.
Already eight of the champion Ath
letics of 1911 have severed their con
nection with that club, while six of
the Red Sox who helped to win the
American League bunting and later
down the New- York Giants are no
longer with Boston.
Of the 1911 array of Athletics. Liv
ingston, Hartsel. Lord. Kraus. Dan-
forth, Martin, Morgan and Derrick
are no longer on the Philadelphia
roster, while Danny Murphy, Harry
Davis and Ira Thomas are but extras,
with Jack Coombs prevented by ill
ness from playing.
It is something new. however, for
a world's championship manager to
lose out before the following season
is ended, but the going of Stahl was
preceded by the release of Pitchers
Pape and O’Brien and extra Inflelders
Ball. Krug and Bradley.
Of the Giants w-ho lost to the Ath
letics in 1911, Ames, Becker, Devore.
Devlin, Drucke. Latham and Paulette
are now- missing.
Motorcycle Races
Off Until Tuesday
Rain again caused a postponement
of the motorcycle races. Just when
everything looked rosy for some fast
going at Jack Prince’s saucer yester-
dav afternoon, a big shower blew up
and put everything "on the bum.”
So the management decided to call
proceedings off for the week. Next
Tuesday night the same card that
was to have been held last evening
will be run.
In the meantime all the riders will
be working on their machines in hope
of establishing some new records.
ELBERT0N PASTOR IS ON
THREE WEEKS' VACATION
ELBERTON. Aug. 2.—The Rev. R.
C. Cleckler, of the First Methodist
Church, is attending camp meeting
in Har: County. After the camp
meeting he will attend the conference
of the Sundav school and Epworth
League near Waynesboro. N. C. There
will be no services at the First Church
for three weeks.
Sporting Food
OIORQB ■.
SPORT.
McLoughlin smote the hall so hard
he made them all look lame;
And English critics up and wrote: “It
is a crying shame!
Such nide, uncultured tennis play
will kill the grand old game"
IT MIGHT HAPPEN THU8LY:
Old Honus Wagner came to bat and
hit one to the fence.
“O, Roughneck! Roughneck!" yelled
the fans, whose feelings were in
tense.
The umpire fined him fifty bones and
told \im beat it hence.
OR THUSLY:
Ad Wolgast poked a wallop through
the other fellow's guard.
“Yo. l-ose," the referee remarked.
‘‘You hit that man too hard,
And as a member of this club you
are forever barred."
OR IT MIGHT BE THIS:
Chick Evans drove the pellet far
across the grassy lea.
“Disqualified!" they said to him.
“And wherefore?" questioned he.
‘Because " they said, ”you smote the
ball with too much energy.”
While the*e English expert* are about
It, why not have McLoughlin Indicted
for cruelty to tennis balls.
ay be
as our beloved English brethren opine,
but so is Walter Johnson when he
heaves his imoke ball.
Lavem Chappell has been relegated to
the bench as a result of a sore leg and
paralysis of the batting average.
Mr. Evers’ Idea of the national
pastime is to walk right in. bawl the
umps and walk right out again.
The Intrepid gent who threw the
brickbat at Ty Cobb escaped to parts
unknown. He probably is at home beat
ing his wife.
EXERCISE.
“O, baseball is a healthful game," a
fan remarked to me.
“It stirs the sluggish blood and makes
the heart beat merrily.
It clears the eye, it clears the brain,
it makes the body strong;
It lays aside a store of health to live
and prosper long."
“How often do you piny the gamef"
/ calmly made reply.
And as he spoke there was a look of
pity in his eye.
“What? Me? Get out there in the sun
and sweat to death?" he said.
“Perchance you have a notion I am
crazy in the head."
There are those who hold that Larry
Chappell has not struck his stride and
there are others who hold that he has.
Mr. Weston’s hike to Minneapolis may
be considerable feat (not feet), but why
should any one go to all that trouble to
get to Minneapolis?
After months of persistent endeavor,
the Cards have achieved last place,
demonstrating that perseverance always
brings its reward.
Even a pugilist believes In taking an
occasional vacation. For Instance. Ad
Wolaast haa offered to bet $25,000 In
the last two days.
THAT FAMILIAR RAG.
Warble not in mournful numbers:
“Sox are getting bumped again."
I can hear it iH my slumbers.
So familiar is the strain.
BENTON TO LOSE SALARY
AND PA* DOCTOR BilLS
CINCINNATI. Aug 2.—President Gar
ry Herrmann, of the Cincinnati baseball
team, says that Rube Benton, who was
seriously injured when his motorcycle
collided with a street car. would not be
allowed one nenny of salary and that
the flub would not stand any expenses
while he is at the hospital. Herrmann
says that he had repeatedly requested
Benton not to ride his cycle
“The whole affair Is an Injustice to
the club,” said Mr. Herrmann. “The
injury to Benton means that we will
have to get a pitcher or two and good
pitchers are hard to get."
RED SOX BUY PLAYERS.
BOSTON. Aug. 2.—Announcement was
made to-day of the purchase by the
Boston club, of the American League,
of Pitcher Reiger, of the St. Paul team,
of the American Association, and In-
fielder Carl Strom, of the Lawrence,
Mass . team, of the New England
League.
Satisfaction in glasses depends upon
their fitting properly.
Our skillful fitting will satisfy the
most critical.
Oculist service at Opticians’ prices.
L. X. Huff Optical. Co. Two Stores,
70 Whitehall. 52 W. Mitchell. Adv.
To Call New Club Atlanta A. A.
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White Has Fought 4 Champions
, By Left Hook.
A TLANTA Athletic Association.
That Is the name of Lou
Castro’s boxing club at Ponce
DeLeon.
Lou Is forming a regular club, and
he expects to have some of Atlanta’s
mest prosperous business men as
members within the next few days.
It is going to cost a heap of money
to get the skating rink at Ponce De
Leon fixed into a "regular” clubhouse,
but the Count Is going to spend the
money.
All yesterday he had an architect
going over the building. The plans
will be ready within a day or two, and
next Monday the carpenters will start
work.
There will be seats for 6,000 fans.
Boxes, containing six chairs, will en
circle the ring. Back of these will
be row after row- of opera chairs.
The ring is to be of regulation size.
24 feet by 24. The ropes are to be
extra heavy and covered with reii
plush. The posts will be of heavy
brass, and highly polished.
The “seconds” will be forced to
wear white uniforms. And so will the
ushers, ticket sellers and takers.
Class will stick out prominently
everywhere.
* a *
AND to open his classy club, the
** Count has by far the classiesr
bout ever staged in Atlanta. In Char
ley White he has a real contender for
the lightweight title. Whitney is a
tough fellow, and the most popular
that ever fought here.
Frank has boxed some tough lads
here, too. Among them Clarence Eng
lish. Jake Abel, Joe Thomas. Charley
"Twin” Miller, Battling Nelson and
Tommy O’Keefe. And since leaving
here last spring he has been defeating
all comers through the West. Only
the other night he handed out Phil
Knight a tough beating in Denver
And Denver fans had been boosting
this same Knight as a coming tltls
holder.
White has fought four champions.
He has stopped Joe Thomas twice and
Jake Abel once within the past two
months. He fought Abe Attell to a
standstill twice w-hile the Hebrew was
a real champion He made Ad Wol
gast look like a Joke in a six-round
no-decision mill when Ad possessed
the lightweight crown. And he held
Johnny Kilbane even
Charley gave Joe Mandot a terrific
eight-round scrap when Joe was look
ed upon as a champion two years ago.
It was called a draw, although Char
ley did all the forcing. He gave Pal
Moore a severe trouncing.
And he stopped Owen Moran, for
mer English champion, in nine rounds.
Young Shugrue. the man who defeat
ed Leach Cross in New York last
soring, twice lost the decision >
White.
W r ith a broken hand, broken in the
fourth round, he gave Jack Britton
the fight of his life in New Orleans*
a few weeks ago. Tire bout was
stopped in the eighteenth round be
cause the sheriff thought the going
was getting too rough.
After the bout. Britton openly de
clared that W T hite was the hardes:
puncher he ever met.
* *
Y\7HITNEY has never been knocked
^ * out. Can White turn the trick
that hundreds of others have failed
to accomplish?
No Class D league in the country is
putting up a prettier pennant race than
the Empire Just at this time. Every
team in the league is within striking
distance of first place and each day sees
the race becoming warmer.
Waycrosn has cut loose one of the
most helpful winning streaks seen in the
league in weeks. Although at the bot
tom AVayeross has brought the league
teams close together by winnings from
teams higher up. The last at home se
ries resulted in four victories, one tie
and one defeat.
Thomasville has added a few new
men in anticipation of the post-season
pennant games with Valdosta. Thomas
ville has a team that is to be reckoned
with, too.
* • •
Otto Jordan nearly always furnishes
a lot of fun In even’ game he plays.
Recently after he was thrown out easily
at first on a slow one to the pitcher he
rushed to first, sliding into the bag.
lumped up and romped to second. He
actually looked peeved when the umpire
motioned that he was out.
• • •
Whitey Morse, who once played with
the Atlanta team, and more recently of
the South Atlantic League, is again
signing * manager" after his name. He
was released by Valdosta and signed
with Brunswick, succeeding Charlie
Moran, formerly of the Chattanooga
team.
• • •
Doc Fenton continues his splendid
work in center field for Waveross. In
the m it of the series at Thomasville he
caught three line drives against the
fence, and only a short time ago did
the same thing at Way cross.
• • •
As far as is known E?aby Wilder and
Fillingim established a new no-hit rec
ord for organized baseball when they
pitched two no-hit games at Cordele re
cently. Fillingim pitched a nine-inning
no-hlt game and was followed by Wil
der. who gave up no hits for six in
nings.
• • •
Americus has been playing better
baseball for the past few weeks than
any team in the league. A casual re
view of the scores of games played
shows that the team has put up some
mighty pretty exhibitions.
• * •
Wild Bill Clark has added a one-hit
game to his credit. Pitching for W r ay-
cross against Thomasville he let down
the hard-hitting Thomasville bunch
with but one hit. a single that was se
cured In the first Inning
• * •
Signed as an outfielder, Pacey, of the
Americus team, has developed into one
of the best pitchers In the league. HH
string of victories is apt to establish a
new record in the Empire. A few of
his games were won by mere luck, but
most of them have been deserved vic
tories.
• • •
Americus and Brunswick hare two
pitchers who are brothers and they arq *
apt to oppose each other most any day
now They are the Stewarts and both
seem to have the goods.
• * •
To Outfielder Medlock goes credit fo»
the second home run hit on the Valdosta
field. Bittlna, now with Charleston,
formerly with Waycross, got th e first
home run in Valdosta. Medlock played 4
with Waycross before he was slened b?
Valdosta.
• • •
It Is quite probable that the firs*
games of the pennant series In the Em
pire will be played the last week in Au
gust. The season ends August 27, and,
unless the directors decide to start the
pennant series the first of September the
whiner of the second half will plav Val
dosta the first game on August 28
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