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TTTF ATLANTA CiEORfiTAN AND NEWS. d> BEATING THE WORLD'S SERIES UMPIRE TO IT • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Copyright, 1913, International News Service. :: By Tad TEMILE HE 11 EVENT AT I Whitney Toughest Trial Horse +*4* 4 , *4* Fuzzy Tells of First Fight Here A SWELL-BALANCED card o? motor races is scheduled at Jack Prince’s saucer Tuesday night. Although the longest race <s only ten miles, the way the card is arranged it looks as though there ought to be more exciting sport than there has ever been. The long races have proved to be a bit unsatisfactory. The riders have been unfortunate in having trouble yith 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 h n ats and a final. The first heat will bring together Glenn. Lockner and Rich ards; second heat. Luther, Lewis and Renel; 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 will be another feature. Special reserva tions have been made for the visiting conventionists and it is expected that all 4.000 of the visitors will be on hand- Glenn and Lockner will run ofT their match race. Last Friday night the riders split even, each winning a heat, while another was declarecj a tie. Glenn has a new machine for Tuesday night and he is confident he will win. Graves, Swar.tz and McNeil ar* 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. $6.00 Asheville, N. 0. $6.00 Lake Toxaway, N. C. $6.00 Hendersonville, N. 0. $6.00 Hot Springs, N. C. $6.00 Tate Springs, N 0. $6.50 Bristol, Tenn. Final Limit September 1. Three trains to Asheville. Morning Noon Night 8:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 9 80 p.m. IflAKF- RESERVATION £ NOW By Fuzzy Woodruff. F RANK WHITNEY to-day is con sidered the most monumental stumbling block in the path of aspirants to the lightweight cham pionship. Less than two years ago he was unknown to the followers of the fisttic 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 s*o 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 * • • T T was in the days of Harry Staten’s A old club on the Viaduct. Staten had been wisely trying to develop an Atlanta favorite. Old Jerry Murphy, a veteran, had been beating all Hie 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 comparison 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 over I had to hold up Murphy’s glove, and when 1 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 sibilities as an Atlanta favorite. He matched him the next week with a fellow who recommended him- '■telf—he had no one else to recommend him—as a tough customer. His name was Prank Whitney, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. • • • THE night of the battle came. Th* * 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 stalled, made speeches, asked for rosin. examined gloves and did every thing else that could kill time, until finally Staten gave me the signal that Whitney was in the hall. Whitney had dressed for the battle 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 auked 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 fighter 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. (’lark started lashing with that great right hand. He wanted but one blow, but his every lead was blocked or countered. Whitney appeared stiff from his 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, “I didn’t expect a fair deal from the referee. I think I 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. G ROVER HAYES, then in the hey day of his prosperity, was brought to Atlanta soon afterward. His opponent sidestepped him and Whitney was substituted at the last moment. It was then that Whitney showed Atlanta his worth He did everything to Hayeu 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 Washing!or.s, and that he is to be manager of the Boston Red Sox. Reports from Boston state that a deal is on by which McBride will be sent to Boston in exchange for Tris Speaker. Carrigan and an outfielder. In return for these three. Washington is to give McBride. Alnsmith and Milan. On every visit to Boston, McBride stays at Me- Aleer’s house WHITE STOPS ST MTUT TO FINISH T1CHEN0R SIZES IIP CHAMPIONSHIP PLAVERS Opium, Whiskey end Drug Habit* treated at Home or at Sanitarium. Book on aubjecy Free. DR. 3. M WOOLLEY, 24-N, ¥!•» Sanitaria**. Atlanta, C.*«r*** , CUBS CALL IN WHEELER. TERRE HAUTE. IND., Aug 11 — Wheejer, of the Terre Haute club, has been ordered by the Cubs to report to the Indianapolis club, of the American Association. This was a great surprise to the fans, who die not know that the Cubsjfcwr.ed him. Wheeler leads the Central Lea&ue In batting with .343. 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. • • • T HE foregoing telegram was re ceived this morning from Nate Lewis, manager of Charley White. Said telegram shows that White verily fears Whitney or he wouldn’t go to all this out-of-the-way stuff to got into tip-top condition. As soon as the match was made White ran up to Muskegon, Mich., to start work. Last Thursday he landed back in Chicago and worked out in Lew-fs* gymnasium for two days with Chicago's cleverest 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. Hs 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 Trojan He is already down to weight and devoting most of his time to boxing and skipping the rope. He is figuring on a rushing fight and wants to be fa‘it and have his wind in excellent condition. The other boys who are to battle at the Auditorium-Armory on next Wednesday night are also working faithfully. Mike Saul and Eddie Han lon are to meet in a KV-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 are on sale at Shepherd’s Segar Store. Pryor and Edgewood, and at The Rex. Clark Griffith May Take Harry Holland Major Frank E Callaway, president of the Crackers, is back from Washing ton, where he has been conferring with Clark Griffith as to the treaty exist ing between the Atlanta club and the Senators. “It looks now as If Griffith may de ckle to take Harry Holland and Slim Love as the two players our deal en titles him to,” Mr Callaway said this morning "At flrRt. the Old Fox seemed to have decided on Wally Smith arid l ove. Then he began considering Hol land very closely.’’ Tommy ■ Long Is going to stay with the Crackers That much is pretty cer tain. Somebody will have to gN to make room for John Voss, the new pitcher who Join* the club In Birmingham to day Major Callaway is of the opinion It will be Clark. By Tick 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 Lo quoted as saying Just before he sailed, “I have played Americans before and I do not think them very strong.” This show’s their attitude, and why shouldn’t they be confident of winning? In the first place, any man w’ho has won the British open must be a golfer of exceptional ability, and on this team are three men who have won this honor. Harry Vardon ha9 come home in front in thl«i event five times. Arnaud Massey, who, though a Frenchman, learned his golf in Scot land when a boy. 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 has ever encountered in his many vears of golf. Edward Ray acquired h 9 Mr-’ win of the open last year and this year was only two strokes behind J. H Taylor, the winner. In addition to thes* three celebrites 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 Maeney 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. In the first place, the showing of the American team, which visited England and France this summer. w3.fi a great disappointment. Of the six men sent to the British open, only two of them. J. J. McDermott and Tom McNamara, qualified; and in the matches in France the Frenchmen made a clean sw’eep. • • • M ’DERMOTT. the present open champion of the United States, is the chief hope of the Americans Rising from the caddy ranks he firsl 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 ho lost to both of them, hut 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 greate.'ft confidence In himself, and his statement upon his return from Fngland, a few’ weeks ago. that he expected to go back again next year and take a crack at the championship shows that he has the ambition to urge him to keep work ing at his game • • • \ LEX SMITH, who has three times won the championship of this country, and who was captain of the American team which went to Eng land and FVance. 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 isi to be hoped that old Alex can hit his rld-tlme stride once agai i. And if he does, there Is no more bril liant golfer anywhere. * • • T T is doubtful if Gilbert Nichols. 1 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 it 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 Frod McLeod, Tom McNamara, Mike Brady, Alex Gamp- bell George Sargeant and a number of others who have a chance, if they get going good. And then, too, there Is Mt-DonaId 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 beat of all the Smiths,” which is some compliment, to say the least of it. • • • THE man who wins a ohampionship 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 the Atlantic comes from the large number of entries w r e 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 Just goes to show that in a medal play tour nament you can never tell what’s going to happen. Eastern fans are now lauding Gi v boat Smith as the heavyweight cham pion of the world. Smith’s knock-out victory over Jim Flynn In five rounds last week 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 l’elky. • • • Tom Jones has not lost hope of drag ging Willie Ritchie into the ring with Ad Wolgast again. Jones says he has Tom McCarey’s word that the coast pro moters will stage this bout in either October or November, providing Ritchie succeeds in defeating Freddie Welsh on September 1. • * • Dillon was handed a surprise package Saturday night when George Ashe, an unknown boxer, held the Indianapolis mi«r to a draw In 12 rounds. The bout was held in Winnipeg. Man., and Dillon was a 8 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 Ne'son-Whitney affair. • • • Tommy Murphy, the New’ York light weight. claims Willie Ritchie turned down a big offer from Jim Coffroth to meet him on I^abor Day. Tommy ex pects Welsh to be easy picking for the champion. • • • I,os Angeles fans are showing much Interest in the Jack White-Johnny Dun dee 20-round go to-morrow- night. These hoys are fighting for a chance to meet Ad Wolgast on I^ahor Day and a tough scrap should he the result. * * » Boh McAllister, the Western heavy weight, managed to hold Sailor Petroi- kev to a 20-round draw at Frisco the other day. This w’as McAllister’s first attempt to go over the long route. IN FILL BUST 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 tne league, the Cubs, captained by "Mac” McLin; the Pirates, with "OUle” Atridge as 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 ajfc 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 the star pitchers for the Pirates are Han cock and Hurlbut. with Atridge be hind the bat. Ralph Malone, the star outfielder of the varsity, umpires the games. The summer school varsity, which will enter the City League, will be picked to-day. 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 I>»e is getting in great shape for his 10-round scrap with Kid Young. Reports from I**e'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 hia 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 I*abor Day 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. 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 FORSYTH To-day IliS KEATH VAUDEVILLE RALPH B5RZ-WM. A W ST0N & COMPANY ADAS FAMILY-WOOD A WYDE. MILO BELOOM Bl CO -RANDALLS. BRANGAN A SAYILLE—PATHE PICTURES Motor Races Tuesday Night 8:30 P. M. ECZEMA SUFFERERS ' Rr*<1 what L S. Glddens. Tampa. 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