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TTTF ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
BEATING THE WORLD’S SERIES UMPIRE TO IT
TEN-MILE RACE
Whitney Toughest Trial Horse
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Fuzzy Tells of First Fight Here
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TICHENOR SIZES UP CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYERS
A SWELL-BALANCED card of
motor races is scheduled at
Jack Prince’s saucer Tuesday
night. Although the longest race 's
oijly tqy miles, the way the card is
arranged it looks, as though there
ought to be more exciting sport than
there has ever been.
The 4ong races have proved to be
a bit unsatisfactory. The riders have
been unfortunate in having trouble
with their machines in the long
grinds.
The Forrest Adair Sweepstakes is
the main attraction on the bill. This
event will be run in three trial heats
and a final. The first heat will bring
together Glenn Lockner and Rich
ards; second heat, Luther, Lewis and
Rend; third heat. Graves, Swartz and
McNeil. The first and second men
in each heat and the third man in
the fastest heat will qualify. This
will make seven men in the final.
The Southern Merchants!’ Purse wili
b“ another feature. Special reserva
tions have been made for the visiting
conventionists and it is expected that
a'! ■*« 000 of the visitor*, will be on
hand.
Glenn and Lockner will run off
their match race. Last Friday night
the riders split even, each winning
a heat, while another was declared a
tie. Glenn has a new machine for
Tuesday night and he is confident he
will win.
Graves, Swartz and McNeil ar p
going to meet in a three-cornered af-
fair. There will be three heats. The
first, on ■ mile; the second, two miles,
and the third, three miles.
Annual Mountain
Excursion
Southern Railway
Saturday, -August 16.
56.00 Asheville, N. 0.
$6.00 Lake Toxaway, N. C.
$6.00 Hendersonville, N. C.
$6.00 Hot Springs, N. C.
$3.00 Tate Springs, N. C.
$6.50 Bristol, Tenn.
Final Limit September 1.
Three trains to Asheville.
Morning Noon Night
8:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 9:30 p.m.
MAKS RESERVATIONS NOW
By Fuzzy Woodruff.
F RANK WHITNEY to-day is con
sidered the most monumental
stumbling block in the ^ath of
aspirants to the lightweight cham
pionship. Less than two years ago
he was unknown to the followers of
the fisitic game, and the high repu
tation he has now was made right
here in Atlanta.
This is another of those “I knew
him stories,” but the incident is so
fresh in the memory of the ring en
thusiasts of Atlanta that it would
take a man of more daring than I
possess to try to fake the story of
Whitney’s first Southern appearance
• * •
I T was m the days of Harry Staten’s
old club on the Viaduct. Staten
had been wisely trying to develop an
Atlanta favorite. Old Jerry Murphy,
a veteran, had been beating all the
aspiring boys here, until* one night
he was matched against a young fel
low named Jackie Clark. I refereed
the match.
Clark was one of those little Eddie
Hanlon boys, with a pink and white
complexion and an awful right-hand
wallop. He had no knowledge of the
ring game in compari.-ion with Mur
phy. who was as skillful a 10-round
boxer as has ever been seen here,
but he had the dash and daring that
made friends.
When he boxed Murphy. Jerry hit
him. it seemed to me, a dozen times to
his one. but every punch that Clark
landed had its sting. When the ten
rounds were* oyer I had to hold up
Murphy’s glove, and when I did. I was
called everything in the dictionary
and some things that Noah Webster
never heard of by the Clark enthu
siasts around the ring. Clark him
self admitted to me he was out
pointed.
But Clark left the ring the hero of
the occasion, and Staten saw his pos-
I sibilities as an Atlanta favorite.
He matched him the next week
I with a fellow who recommended him-
p]f—he had no one else to recommend
I hi m — as a tough customer. His name
! was Frank Whitney, of Cedar Rapids.
I Iowa.
* * *
T HE night of the battle came. The
preliminaries were staged. Clark
was being rubbed down in his dress
ing room, but Whitney hadn t ar
rived. His train was reported late.
Staten asked me to delay proceed
ings until the last possible moment.
I balled, made speeches, asked for
rosin, examined gloves and did every
thing else that could kill time, until
finally Staten gave mo the signal that
Whitney was in the hall
Whitney had dressed for the battF
on the train. He had his hands ban
daged and all he had to do was to
slip out of his trousers and shirt to
be in ring togs.
He evidently didn’t like the lay of
the land. When he crawled through
the ropes he asked his only second.
Christ Ketchel, to see that no one
did anything to his orange water
Whitney had come here absolutely
friendless. To-day, he is probably the
most popular lighter who ever ap
peared before an Atlanta audience.
There were voluminous shouts for
Clark when he was introduced. There
was not a whisper for Whitney when
his name was called.
Clark was in vivid red tights, smil
ing, popular, confident.
Whitney wore pale green trunks. He
was troubled and anxious.
Clark started lashing with that
great right hand. He wanted but one
blow, but his every lead was blocked
or countered. Whitney appeared stiff
from nis ride. Not until the later
rounds did he warm up and then his
margin was so small that I held up
both gloves.
Frank turned to me. ‘‘Thank you. ’
he said, *T didn’t expect a fair deal
from the referee. I think 1 had a
shade, but a draw decision is all
right.”
He met Murphy the next week and
met him at his own game. He out-
boxed him clearly and won without a
question of a doubt.
• * *
ROVER HAYES, then in the hey-
v-* day of his prosperity, was
brought to Atlanta soon afterward.
His opponent sidestepped him and
Whitney was substituted at the las;
moment. It was then that Whitney
showed Atlanta his worth. He din
everything to Hayea that a boxer can
do to another except knock him out.
Hayes was discouraged by the scrap
and has never been formidable since,
but Whitney has been formidable to
this day. and he will be formidable
when he meets Charley White
Wednesday.
McBride May Manage
Red Sox Next Season
MILWAUKEE, Aug 11.—George Mc
Bride. shortstop on the Washington
team, is slated for the berth formerly
held by Jake Stahl, now being held by
Carrigan. Advices from members of the
McBride family are to the effect that
this season is likely to be his last with
the Washingtons, and that he is to be
manager of the Boston Red Sox.
Reports from Boston state that a deal
is on bv which McBride will be sent
to Boston in exchange for Tris Speaker,
Carrigan and an < utfieider. In return
for these three. Washington is to give
McBride. Smith arc Mhan On every
visit to Boston, McBride stays at Me-
Aleer’s house
TO
Gilbraith Springs, Tenn, Aug. 11, 1913.
W. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Editor
Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
Stopped off here Sunday morning.
Afraid of heat in Atlanta. Will stay
here until to-night. Arrive Atlanta
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock. Grand
place for White to finish training.
Charley in best of condition and am
confident he will stop Whitney.
NATE LEWIS,
e • •
T HE foregoing telegram was re
ceived this morning from Nate
Lewis, manager of Charlf*
White.
Said telegram shows* that White
verily fears Whitney or he wouldn’t
go to all this out-of-the-way stuff
to get into tip-top condition
As soon as the match wn* made
White ran up to Muskegon, Mich., to
*tart work. Last Thursday he landed
hack in Chicago and worked out in
Lewis’ gymnasium for two days with
Chicago’s cleveres*; boxers.
And Saturday he started for At
lanta. En route, he figured he could
add a little to his condition by stop
ping off at Gilbraith Springs. H»
feared the heat here. If he had not
taken Whitney as a tough proposition
he would have rushed right on here!
In the meantime. Whitney is work
ing like a Tmi.tit Hi is already down
to weight and devoting most of hi?
time to boxing and skipping the rope
He is figuring on a rushing fight and
wants to be faot and have his wind
in excellent condition.
The other boys who are to battle
at th*- Auditorium-Armory on next
Wednesday night are also working
faithfully. Mike Saul and Eddie Han
lon are to meet in a 10-rounder, while
Kid Young and Charley Lee are slated
to travel the same distance in another
mill.
Th » advance sale of tickets has been
exceptionally heavy. The ducats ar a
on sale at Shepherd’s Segar Store.
Pryor and Edge wood.
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E at Flcm.e or at Sanitarium. Book on ant-jec#
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CUBS CAL LIN WHEELER.
TERRE HAUTE. IND., Aug 11.—
Wheeler, of the Terre Haute club, has
! been ordered by the Cubs to report to
the Indianapolis club, of the American
I \ssociation. This was a great surprise
1 to the fans, who did not know' that the
i Cubs f wr.ed him. Wheeler leads the
j Central League in batting with .342.
Clark Griffith May
Take Harry Holland
Major Frank E Callaw'av, president
of the Crackers, is back from Washing
ton, where he has been conferring with
Clark Griffith V as to the treaty exist
ing between the Atlanta club and the
Senators.
‘‘It looks now as If Griffith may de
cide to take Harry Holland and Slim
Love as the two players our deal en
titles him to.” Mr. Callaway said this
morning. ‘‘At first, the Old Fox seemed
to have decided on Wally Smith and
Love Then he began considering Hol
land very closely.”
t, »—>rr>v Long is going to stay with
the Crackers. That much is pretty cer
ium Somebody w'ill have to go to make
room for John Voss, the new pitcher
who Joir^ the club in Birmingham to
day Major Callaway is of the opinion
it will be Claik.
By Ti<*k Tichenor.
N OW that the foreign team has set
sail for the shores of America
to contest In the open cham
pionship of the United States the
question naturally arises—what are
the chances of one of them winning
this event?
To be perfectly frank in this mat
ter, It appears that they have a most
excellent chance of winning this
event. They expect to win it. Var-
den is quoted as saying Just before
he sailed. “I have played Americans
before and I do not think them very
strong.” This shows their attitude,
and why shouldn’t they be confident
of winning?
In th* 1 first place, any man who has
won the British open must he a golfer
of exceptional ability, and on this
team are three men who have won
this honor. Harry Vardon has come
home In front in this event five times.
Arnaud Massey, who, though a
Frenchman, learned his golf in Scot
land when a hoy. fought his way to
first place In 1908 in this tournament
when It was played In a gale, which
Vardon says was the most terrific
he h;*s ever encountered in his many
vears of golf. Edward Ray acquired
his first win of the open lart year,
and this year was only two strokes
behind J. H Taylor, the winner.
In addition to these three oelebrites
there may be a couple of French pro
fessionals to make the trip, but even
if they come, it does not appear they
are to be considered dangerous as
Vardon. Ray and Ma^v are the ones
the Americans have to beat.
In looking over the list of our pro
fessionals it appears that it is going
to be some job for any of them to get
home In front of the Vardon-Rav-
Massey combination
Tn the first place, the showing of
the American team, which visited
England and France this summer
was a great disappointment. Of the
six men sent to the British open, only
tw'o of them. J. J McDermott and
Tom McNamara, qualified; and In the
matches In France the Frenchmen
made a clean sweep.
• • •
A It DERMOTT. the present open
***■ champion of the United States,
is the chief hope of the Americans
Rising from the caddy ranks he first
sprang into prominence by working
himself into a triple tie with Alex
and McDonald Smith in his initial
appearance in the championship thr^e
years ago. In the play-off of this tie
he lost to both of them, but he es
tablished the fact that he had the
nerve and was not frightened by the
reputation of his opponents.
For the last two years he has won
the championship and this year fin
ished fifth in the British open in a
field of 270 players. He Is a player
who has the greatest confidence in
himpelf. and his statement upon hi*,
return from England, a few weeks
ago. that he expected to go back again
next year and take a crack at the
championship show's thnt he has the
ambition to urge him to keep work
ing at his game
• • •
A LEX SMITH, who has three times
won the championship of tills
country, and who was captain of the
Amerlcajn team which went to Eng
land and France, has either gone back
or could not hit his stride at Hoylake.
His failure to qualify hurt him deeply.
, and if there is any way for him to
regain his form and be the same old
Alex at Brookline In September you
may be sure that he will leave noth
ing undone to get on the top of his
game.
Those who saw him In England say
that he was about four strokes off
and, although he was on the water-
wagon and taking the best care of
himself, that he couldn't get going
in his old style. When he Is going
good there is no golfer anywhere
whom it is more pleasure to watch
There is a magnetism about him
which few men In any walk of life
can equal. If he loses there is no
alibi stuff for him. He always takes
his medicine like a man.
It Is to be hoped that old Alex
can hit his cld-time stride once again.
And If he does, there 1s no more bril
liant golfer anywhere.
• • •
T T is doubtful if Gilbert Nichols.
A who is considered by many as the
most finished golfer in America, will
be a serious contender this year
Nichols has only recently recovered
from an attack of typhoid fever,
which prevented him going with the
American team to England and
France, and it is not believed that h->
will be able to get on his game by
September Nichols usually has one
bad round in every championship
tournament, which kills his chance of
winning. If he could control his tem
per he would undoubtedly have won
at some time instead of throwing his
chance away each year. If he could
Just get U into his head that he must
control his temper if he wants to con
trol the ball, he would have, when
on his game, a fine chance of winning
any tournament.
Then there are F*red McLeod. Tom
McNamara, Mike Brady, Alex Camp
bell George Sargeant and a number
of others who have a chance, if they
get going good. And then. too. there
is McDonald Smith, a younger brother
of Alex, who has been steadily im
proving He has the tournament
nerve and disposition and, to put it
in Alex’s own words, “He is grand
golfer. He’s the befit of all the
Smiths.” which is some compliment,
to say the least of it.
• • •
THE man who wins a championship
1 is the man who can get going and
keep going good for the four rounds.
The question of who will be the win
ner Is Just the question of who will
get going and keep It up.
The chance of keeping the title on
this side of tly* Atlantic comes from
the large number of entries we will
have, some one of whom may get
going and keep it up for the four
rounds of the tournament.
J. H. Taylor Just did squeeze into
the last place in the qualifying round
of the British open and this was ac
complished by holing a 30-foot putt,
yet, after such a close shave of being
out of the tournament altogether,
he got going and won. This JuMt goes
to show that in ^ medal play tour-
pament you can never tell what’s
going to happen.
Eastern fans are now lauding G >
boat Smith as the heavyweight cham
pion of the world. Smith’s knock-oul
victory over Jim Flynn in five rounds
last wf*ek has put a big feather in^ his
cap. Jim Buckley, manager of the Gun
boat party, says he will not take his
protege to the coast for a scrap with
Arthur F’elky.
• • •
Tom Tones has not lost hope of drag
ging Willie Ritchie Into the ring with
Ad Wolgast again. Jones says be has
Tom McCarey's word that the coast pro
moters will stage this bout in either
October or November, providing Ullchie
succeeds In defeating Freddie Welsh on
September l.
• * •
Dillon was handed a surprise package
Saturday night when George Ashe, an
unknown boxer, held the Indianapolis
star to a draw’ In 12 rounds. Th© bout
was held In Winnipeg, Man . and Dillon
was a 3 to 1 favorite before the scrap
• • •
Indications point to a banner house at
t h e White - Whitney engagement
Wednesday night Lou Castro, match
maker. says that tickets are going fast.
He expects a larger crowd to be present
than the gathering that attended the
Nelson-Whitney affair,
• . .
Tommy Murphy, th-; New York light- ,
weight, claims Willie Ritchie turned i
down a big offer from Jim Coffroth to
meet him on Labor Day Tommy ex- j
pects Welsh to be easy picking for the
champion.
• • •
Los Angeles fans are showing much
Interest in the Jack White-Johnny Dun
dee 20-round go to-morrow night These
boys are fighting for a chance to meet
Ad Wolgast on Labor Day and a tough
scrap should be the result.
• * •
Bob McAllister, the Western heavy
weight, managed to hold Sailor Petros-
key to a 20-round draw at Frisco the
other day This was McAllister's first
attempt to go over the long route.
Three challenges have already been
received by Lou Castro from boxers who
are anxious to meet the winner of the
White-Whitney battle. Jack Britton.
Joe Mandot and Jimmy Duffy are after
the chance to display their wares here
• • •
Charley Lee is getting in great shape
for his 10-round scrap with Kid Young.
Reports from Lee’s camp state that the
tall boxer is going better than ever in
his life.
Spider Britt has a few words to say
regarding the various boys of his weight
In the city. Spider says he has a stand
ing side bet of $100 to any boy here
who will meet him at 116 pounds This
goes for Kid Young and Charley Lee
• • •
Leach Cross is one boxer who be
lieves In keeping busy. Cross' bout
on Labor L>ay with Joe Rivers will be
his third fight on the coast since July
4 Matty Baldwin and Bud Anderson
were the Easterner’s other opponents
• • •
Young Ross, who fights under the
monicker of the ‘’Siberian Wildcat,” is
after a bout with “Cyclone” Levy The
bout may be staged in private Friday
night
T HE regular Tech baseball season
ended when the school closed
in June, but the 300 students at
the summer school have kept their
enthusiasm alive by the organization
of a summer school league. There
are three teams In the league, the
Cubs, captained by “Mac” McLin:
the Pirates, with “Ollie” Atridge a*
their chieftain, and the Giants, guid
ed by Ed Montague.
Each team is composed of mem
bers of all classes, and each one has
Its partisans, among whom feeling is
very high. Two games a week are
scheduled, on Wednesdays* and Fri
days, but double-headers have been
played for the past week, in order to
catch up with the games rained out.
The batteries are the strong points
on each team. On the pitching staff
of the Giants are Hope and Parker,
with Fife, catcher; Spence and
Hathon twirl for the Cubs, with Mer-
rlam receiving their hot ones, and th*-
star pitchers for the Pirates are Han
cock and Hurlbut. with Atridge be
hind the bat. Ralph Malone, the sfta**
outfielder of the varsity, umpires the
games.
The summer school varsity, which
will enter the City League, will be
picked to-day.
MORRIS IS FAVORITE.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. Aug. 11.—
Carl Morris and Fred McKay, who are
to meet in the ring here to-night, are
both predicting a victory. Morris is a
slight favorite.
FINDS MASTODON’S TUSK.
MIDDLETOWN. N Y Aug 11.—W.
J. Post unearthed the tusk of a mas
todon while digging In a swamp on
his farm near Reyman. The tusk meas
ured 5 feet 4 Inches in length and 15
Inches in curcumference.
CICLES GLOBE ON CYCLE.
HARBIN. MANCHURIA. Aug 11.—A
bicyclist named Pankatrow has arrived
here, having ridden around the world
on his w Heel In two years and eighteen
days.
Motor Races
Tuesday Night
8:30 P. M.
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