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TTTF ATLANTA (1 EOT?0TAN AND NEWS.
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Copyright, 1913, International News Service.
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A SWELL-BALANCED card of
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
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
Renel; third heat. Graves, Swartz and
McNeil. The first and second men
in each heat and the third man in
V \ the fastest heat will qualify. This
• will make seven men in the final.
The Southern Merchants' Purse wili
be another feature. Special reserva
tions have been made for the visiting
conventlonlsts 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
.i 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 are
going to meet in a three-cornered af
fair. There will be three heats. The
first one 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. C.
$6.00 Hot Spring's, N. C.
$6.00 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.
^akf. reservations now
Whitney Toughest Trial Horse
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Fuzzy Tells of First Fight Here
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,' 1 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 fitory of
Whitney’s first Southern appearance
• • •
I T was in 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 referee-.l
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?ton 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 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
sibilities as an Atlanta favorite.
He matched him the ne*4 week
with a fellow who recommended him-
• telf—he had no one else to recommend
him—as a tough customer. His name
was P'rank Whitney, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
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T HE night of the battle came. The
preliminaries were staged. Clark
was being rubbed down in his dress
ing roofti, but Whitney hadn’t ar
rived. His train was reported late.
Staten asked me to delay proceed
ings until the last possible moment.
I ‘Called, made speeches. n c ked for
rosin. examined glov’ea and did every
thing else that cpuld kill time, until
finally Staten gso** me the signal that
Whitney was in the hall
Whitney had dressed for the battl*
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.
lie evidently didn’t like the lay of
the land. When he crawled through
the ropes he a.uked 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.
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 his ride. Not until the later
rounds did he warm up and then his
margin was so small that 1 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.
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C* ROVER HAYES, then in the hey-
vJ day of his prosperity, was
brought to Atlanta soon afterward.
Hl3 opponent sidestepped him and
Whitney was substituted at the last
moment. It was then that Whitney
showed Atlanta his worth. He did
everything to Hayes that a boxer can
do to another except knock him out.
Haves 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
Carrlgan. Advices from members of the
McBride family are to the effect that
this season is likely to be his last wdth
the Washingtons, 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 he sent
to Boston in exchange for Tris Speaker,
Carrlgan and an outfielder. In return
for these three. Washington Is to give
McBride, Ainsmith and Milan. On every
visit to Boston, McBride stays at Me-
A leer’s house
A Opl'im WUikty and Drug Habit* treated
Bat Home or at Sanitarhiin Book on subject
| J>e«. DR B. M WOOLLEY. 24-N. ¥»••»
B Saaitarlwn, Atlanta. Georgia /
CUBS CALL IN 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
Association. This was a great surprise
to tha fans who di<i not Know that the
| Cufcs\wned him. Wheeler leads >he
i Conirai League in batting wfih .342.
WHITE STOPS ST
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TO FD IDS
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.
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T HE foregoing telegram was re
ceived this morning from Nate
Lewis, manager of Charley
White.
Said telegram shown 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 was made
White ran up to Muskegon, Mich., to
start work. Last Thursday he landed
back In Chicago and worked out in
Lewis' 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. Hft
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 fn^t 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 10-rounder, while
Kid Young and Charley Lee kre 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 hack 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
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.”
Tommy Long is going to stay with
the Crackers That much is pretty cer
tain. Somfbfxly will have to go to make
room for John Voss, the new pitcher
who Joins the club In Birmingham to
day Major Callaway is of the opinion
it will be Clark.
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Local Expert Believes Englishmen Will Win U. S.
T1CHEN0R SIZES UP CHAMPIONSHIP
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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 nr^
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,
end why shouldn’t they be confident
of winning?
In the first place, any man who has
won the British open must be a golfer
of exceptional ability, and on this
team are three men who have won
this honor. Harrv Vardon has come
home in front in thin event five times.
Arnaud Massey. who, though a
Frenchman, learned his golf in Scot
land when a bov fought his way to
first pla^e 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
his first win of the open lnnt year,
and this year was only two strokes
I behind J. H. Taylor, the winner.
Tn addition to these three celebrltes
there may be a couple of French pro
fessionals to make the trip, hut even
I if they come, it does not appear the’’
are to be considered dangerous as
Vardon, Ray and Ma^ey are the ones
the Americans have to beat
In looking over the list of our pro
fessionals If appears that it is going
to be some Job for any of them to get
borne in front of the Vardon-Rav-
Massev combination.
In the first place, the showing of
the American team. which visited
England and France this summer
was* a great disappointment. Of the
stix men sent to the British open, onlv
two of them. J. J. McDermott and
Tom McNamara, qualified; and in the
matches in France the Frenchmen
made a clean sweep.
• • •
M ’PERMOTT. the present open
chamnion of the United States,
is the chief hope of the Americans
Rising from tha caddy ranks he first
sprang into prominence bv 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 greater confidence in
himself, and his statement upon his
return from England, a few weeks
ago. that he expected to go back again
next year Rnd take a crack at the
championship shows that he has the
ambition to urge him to keep work
ing at his game
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ALEX SMITH, who has three time?
: won the championship of tills
country, and who w»fi captain of the
American team which went to Eng
land and France, has either gone back
or could not hit his stride a* 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 be?* care oi
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 in to be hoped that old Alex
can hit his cld-tlme stride once agnii.
And if he does, there Is no more bril
liant golfer anywhere.
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TT 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 in not believed that h-*
will he 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 Fred 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 bent of all \the
Smiths.” which is some compliment,
to say the least of it.
THE man who wins a championship
* 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 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 80-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.
RINGSIDE NEWS
Eastern fans are now lauding Ch V
boat Smith as the heavyweight cham-
Three challenges have already been
received by Lou Castro from boxers who
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 Pelky.
• • •
Tom Jones has not lost hope of drag
ging Willie Ritchie into the ring with
A<1 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 Riichie
succeeds in defeating Freddie Welsh on
September 1.
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Dillon was handed a surprise package
Saturday night when George Ashe, an
unknown boxer, held the Indianapolis
star to a draw in 12 rounds. The bout
was held in Winnipeg. Man., and Dillon
was a 3 to 1 favorite before the scrap.
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Indications point to a banner house at
the White - Whitney engagement
Wednesday night. IjOU Castro, match
maker, says that tickets are going fast.
He expects a larger crowd to he 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 Goffroth to
meet him on Labor Day. Tommy ex
pects Welsh to be easy picking for the :
champion.
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Los Angeles fans are showing much ;
interest In the Jpck White-Johnny Dun-
dpi* 20-round go to-morrow night. These
hoys are fighting for a chance to meet
Ad Wolgast on Labor Day and a tough
scrap should be the result.
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Bob McAllister, the Western heavy
weight. managed to hold Sailor Petros-
krv to a 20-round draw nt Frisco the
other day. This was McAllister’s first
attempt to go over the long route.
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 t^ee la getting in great shape
for his 10-round scrap with Kid Young.
Reports from Irae’s camp state that the
tall boxer is going better than ever in
his life.
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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.
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Leach Cross Is one boxer who be
lieves in keeping busy. Cross' bout
on Ivabor 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.
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Young Ross, who fights under the
monicker of the “Siberian Wildcat,” is
aftor a bout with “Cyclone” Levy. The
bout may be staged In private Friday
night.
ECZEMA SUFFERERS
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For aavrn year* I had eczema on my
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eight weeks am entirely free from the ter
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Tetterine will do e* much for others. It
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6HUPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. CA.
Ill FULL BUST
T HE regular Tech baseball season
ended when the school closed
In June, but the 800 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 “Ollle” 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 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 the
star pitchers for the Pirates are Han
cock and Hurlbut. with Atridge be
hind the bat. Ralph Malone, the Altar
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 Prod McKay, who are
to meet In the ring here to-ntght, are
both predicting a victory. Morris Is a
slight favorite.
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