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TTTF ATLANTA (1 EOT?0TAN AND NEWS. BEATING THE WORLD’S SERIES UMPIRE TO IT • • »• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Copyright, 1913, International News Service. • • • • By Tad A.HO BATTETEiE^ T-orc. todays (?Am£ WOOVORK MATTHEW-SO ^ AwD •'"VER Pi4iuaOEL>H/A bemdee ^mO l app- ^^rrnrTrrmr^fTTTmrr^ 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 [*•4* *•* 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. • • • 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. • • • 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 Hi III 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. • • • 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. oh ouo&e - — Cm JO'jOi{Ry « thoog-ht v/ou covLt> cat^-K *>• CL.U R-V6 / 7HATS l*V PISH ' AS MU TOOTS USED TO * IT-S OF MO cowseQoEwcE ns owtN a BLP^ck ev/E FAN WV L AU- *AV 2o\Ah£ HA-hA-HB - I Mi5J«T> A 6All. mat ■PANWN Tv+ftEW JV\IS !'A0ft.Wi|U(r |X|JO 6-OT iT JvpUAft-fc OM THE. SLAMTE.R THAT lW SHOOT TWE "ONCE ONER v KlD _ ^ SOME &L/NA you GOT rweR-E | .ROM/'j SOU BiCr FAT HEAD OO. mi Oh sNAtr tilm , 1 est O/p |W\ 50G(AN R(J M MV - ARE VO'J HURT ? > LAW OFF THAT JpEEU ■STUFF . Local Expert Believes Englishmen Will Win U. S. T1CHEN0R SIZES UP CHAMPIONSHIP Open Title PLAYERS It r By Tick Ti(‘honor. 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 • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • • • 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. • * • 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. • • • 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 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. • • • 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 R*ad what I. S. Glddens. Tampa. Fla., say*. It prorra Ujat Tetterine Cures Eczema For aavrn year* I had eczema on my ankle. I tried many remedies and nu merous doctors. I tried Tetterine and after eight weeks am entirely free from the ter rible eczema. Tetterine will do e* much for others. It > cures ereema. tetter, eryeipelas and other akin 1 troubles It. cure* to stay cured. Get It to- ' day—Tetterine. 50c at druggists, or by malU 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. FORSYTH To-day silo HEATH VAUDEVILLE RALPH HEFZ—WIN. A W STCN & COMPANY ADAS FAMILY-WOOD A. WYDE, MHO BELDON A CO-RANDALLS BRAKGAN A SAVILLE—PATHE PICTURES SPSlSS666SS6miS6S^S^S6i9^ Motor Races Tuesday Night 8:30 P. M. 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