The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-08-20

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gambling on the ball games In New
York there are arrests being made
daily, and the same is true in bad
Chicago In Boston there was SO
much said that the police wanted the
license Of the National League Ball
| Club held up.
At the Buffalo Veledrome. in Paris,
France, Migiet, the French pace fol-
lower, met and defeated Bobby Wal
thour, the American cyclist, in a 30
kilometre motor-paced match. The
time was "a minutes and 8 1-5 sec
onds.
Some one has suggested picking out
the umpire baiters and bad actors In
the minor leagues and publishing a
list of them, so they may be followed
about the country, as many OF this
style of player work for several
leagues during season.
The Hoffman BILL relating to Sun
day baseball, which has been advers-
ed in the Alabama Legislature, seeks
to amend the code so that Sunday
ball could be played in coast towns
and cities between the hours of and
in the afternoon, it being move
to help Mobile secure Sunday ball.
The first offer for the Jenries-John-
son fight came from Nick Aprea, the
president of the Southern Athletic
Club of Savannah. Mr.. Aprea offers
$4,000 for the match with privi-
lege of 10 per cent of the gross re-
ceipts. Aprea says that when the
auto races are combined with the big
fight in March the pugilistic attrac-
ton would draw at least 100000.
Aprea says he has bali park under
contract which will seat at least 3d.
coo people. The promoter is bank
ing on over 10000 colored people
attending. 1t is the intention of Mr..
Aprea to put on a carnival of attrac-
lions for the auto week, and Mr..
Aprea has Battling Nelson's assur-
ance that he will box Bert Keyes at
the time providing the Jeffries-John-
son match is made and secured for
the southern club. There is little like
lihood that Mr.. Aprea will get the
match, as the limit Of rounds in Geor-
gia is 20, and although JEFF has no
doubt he can put Johnson away in
less than that, would hardly consent
to fight on those conditions.
The plans of promoters promise to
make New Orleans center of pugil-
istic interesting during the coming
fall and winter. Present tentative
schedules call for the carrying out
of twenty bouts at the West Side
Athletic Club at McDonoughville, La,
just across the river from New Or
leans.
Booker T. Washington and Jack
Johnson, the Intellectual and physical
giants of the negro race, met face to
face at Quinn Chapel in Chicago,
while more than 1000 colored men
cheered until they were tired. The
educator had come to Chicago to tell
the men of his race to be clean and
strong, talking from the platform,
while the pugilist sat in the front
row, living example of the doctrine
of health and strength that was
preached.
The Germans are certainly doing
things in baseball. Not so many
years ago the Irish had the call in
the great national game but the
Dutch have come to the front with
rapid strides. Take the leading bat
tiers in the National League, for in
stance: Honus Wagner, Hoblitzel,
Bescher, Zimmerman and Lobert are
among the first twelve, and in that
list there are but three with Irish
names, Donlin, Doyle and Mccormick.
Ii two teams of Germans and Celts
should meet it would be a great strug-
gle, and it might not come true that
ut takes the Irish to beat the Dutch"
The Germans have come to the front
rapidly on the diamond, and have CIV
EN- the lie to the theory that they
are slow-moving race in athletic
sports.
Captain John Moren, the rich Pitts.
burg boat owner and father of Lew
Moren, the Philadelphia pitcher, de-
MED a story that he had promised
his son $500 for each game he won
from Chicago in order to help out
Pittsburg in the race "a tale like
that is SINFUL" said Captain Moren.
4 never promised my son anything
like this. Once when he was doing
well at Philadelphia / sent him
letter Of congratulations and check
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