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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
By Dan McKetrick.

n ARTS. May % The most
talked of boxer in the world
today comes from the home
Of la savante--a country where la
boxe Americana was unknown
three years ago when Sam McVea,
Willie Lewis and Joe Jeanette
showed it to the publique sportive
and II made hit.
Now La Belle France is boxing
and George Carpenter is the idol
Carpenter is but eighteen years
old and that he is a marvel no one
can doubt sitter a look at his rec
ord. The French are proud Of
him. To them he is the Napoleon
Of the prize ring, the beginning OF
a race of athletes such as Will one
day reign supreme.
Goes Through All Glasses.
This youngster has Leen boxing
but q few years. He comes from
the northern part OF France and
they tell Of his advent before the
Parisians when he came unan-
nounced with his manager and
trainer. Descamps, TO compete for
the hyweight championship. This
was four years ago and he won in
such style that his family, who
had apprenticed him out. imme-
diately withdrew its consent and
~
The following year he won the
bantamweight and featherweight
championship and year later won
the lightweight championship
It was here that he met his first
defeat at the hands Of Gloria His
manager threw UP the sponge in
the eighteenth round and Carpen-
tier fought him flercely for 80 do
ing. In fact. they had real bat
tie. This showed his spirit Once
more he met defeat. this time at
the hands Of an English lightweight
known as Young Snowfall. Not
a wee bit discouraged Carpenter
stuck 10 the game and again won
the lightweight championship Of
France.
English Fancy Him.
1t was only last season that the
English fans took fancy 10 him,
for he had come out and won the
welterweight championship Of
France and then crossed the chan
mel to England and whipped Sid
Burns This alarmed the English.
Could II be that Frenchman who
had fought with his feet could whip
? Britisher? Lets match him with
Young Josephs. our welterwelght
champion" said the English press
They did, and Young Josephs went
the same way as did Burns. only
more decisively, for Carpenter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
THOMPSON OFF !.
TOJO|N YANKS;
NAY CONE HERE

a THENS, GA, May 2S.-Carl
"A Thompson, Georgias star
n twirler for the last three
years, who was barred from the
three recent Tech games by the
faculty on account of absences, has
left for New York to join Harry
Wolverton's team for tryout
His brother. Homer the star
catcher and infielder, has decided
to stay here. and will be back next
year
carl is in fine shape, and should
give a good account of himself
though he expects to be farmed out
for this season. probably with At
lanta. He has pitched wonderful
ball All three years here. and all
Georgia fans hope he will make
good.
Should he stick in professional
ball he will not be the 1rst Geor-
gia man to make good. Claude
Derrick is the only one in the big
league. he having been utility man
for the Philadelphia Athletics 70
several years. but others are IN
the minors
Shorty Brooks is playing first
base for Albany and leading the
team in batting. Glenn Colby the
old Red and Black catcher is setting
the woods on fire with Savannah
this year, hitting in big league
fashion Another man in profess
sional ball is Stark CHM, who is
playing the outfield for Roanoke, in
the Virginia league.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
HARVARD, CORNELL, AND
TIGERS ON WATER TODAY

CAMBRIDGE, MASS May Ga
Clear, cold weather prevailed here to-
day for the triangular rowing race be-
tween the varsity eight-oared crews of
Cornell Princeton and Harvard on
Charles river basin over course of
one and seven eighths miles. Cornell
was the faVorite.
There We're many who believed that
the Harvard crew would give the Itha-
cans a severe battle for the days hon
ers Rowing experts predicted that If
the water was rough the Princeton men
would be out of it from the crack of
the gun.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
IN TAME GO CARPENTER
DEFEATS WILLIE LEWIS

PARIS, May 23-George Carpenter,
the middleweight champion of England
and France, tonight defeated Willie
Lewis, the American middleweight
pugilist. on points
The fight went twenty rounds and
was not particularly exciting. Both
men made a lot of wild lunges but
couldn't seem to land anything that
looked like a haymaker Lewis look
ed shade more ike a second rater
than usual.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
Attell Writes Story of Ranch
Life in Attempt to Come Back

of Lake California Abe At
r. tell is through training which
him his teking of the
to Johnnie
qoina the
He is living close o
Abe the of Billy Nolan,
tell tells back 0
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
FRANK BEATS ATLANTA
TO PITCHER ]. GRIFFIN

CHATTANOOGA, MAY 2S,-Charley
Frank is strengthening the Pelican
team so fast ii makes ones head swim.
Pitcher Swan and Outhelder Joe Stan
lev have Joined the team. Pitcher Hank
Griffin former Cracker, and Outtielder
Mclean have been purchased and will
ioin the team soon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
YATESVILLE TEAM COPS
2 GAMES IN SUCCESSION

YATESvILLE. GA, May 23.-Yates-
vile won a very interesting game of
ball from Thomaston Monday after
moon on the local diamond by a score
Of to Z Thomaston came down with
a very strong team, headed by Grant
King, ex-Sally Lacquer.
Yatesville also defeated The Rock
team on Tuesday afternoon in a very
one sided game; score, 10 to 3 The
feature of the game was the pitching
and heavy hitting of Jones
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
MANAGERS JOB OFFERED
TO COBB BY OGDEN TEAM

OGDEN. UTAH. May 2S-The Web
or club, the commercial organization of
this city, has sent Tyrus Cobb, of the
Detroit Americans, an offer Of 500
to manage the ogden team in the
Union Association league during the
present season The Weber club has
Just obtained the local franchise cobb
has not had time TO decline the offer
Yet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
ANDERSON QUITS ATHENS
TO COACH r. M. A. TEAMS

ATHENS. Ga. MAY % Frank An
derson, who is to leave the University
Of Georgia this season viii probably
return To Riverside Military academy
to coach the football and baseball
teams 1t is reported that Anderson
has heen+ offered a handsome contract
al Riverside
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
GULLS WILL JUMP HOME
FOR ONE SUNDAY GAME

MOBILE. ALA. May 2S-A game of
bah viii be played here or Sunday be-
tween the Gulls and Chattanooga
The Gulls win come here from At
lanta and the Chattanooga team from
its home city The two teams will leave
Sunday night for Chattanooga to com
White The series
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
BY Abe Attell.

~ EFORE leaving San Francisco
X Nolan told me that / would
- have no use for iewelry.
boiled shirts. stiff collars. pointed
toed or patent leather shoes. We
purchased two suits Of clothes
(overalls and jumper). price $3.50.
two pairs heavy shoes with spikes.
a couple of wide brimmed hats and
few other necessaries. pretty
cheap layout compared with what
! have been paying for my ward
robe heretofore.
We arrived at the ranch about
o'clock, changed my city clothes,
put on my new regalia the over
alls. spiked shoes and soft shirt
and hat. I felt queer for time,
but soon got used to il
Nolan mentioned that. as supper
would not be ready until 6. we
would have a few hours time and
would take walk Accompanied
by two dogs, we started on our
tramp.
After taking in the level part of
the ranch. where l was taught my
first lesson how TO distinguish
growing alfalfa from wheat. oats.
etc. we proceeded to the hills. or
pasture land, as they call II We
were fully a mile and a half from
the house
At signal the dogs rounded up
n bunch of mules. horses and colts,
fully 40 or so. The way they
handled this drove of buckne and
kicking animals was an eve opener
TO me. running around ana bark
ing at them. always keeping them
punched. 1t seemed as though they
knew more than q lot of met one
of these shepherds Bum was
particularly smart The way he
ducked hind feet aimed at him
made me believe that he was one
Of the best pupils in the art Of
self defense ] have ever seen
Bum" Was Wise.
some Of the large brood mares
would not move fast enough to suit
aeBurn." He would slip UP and
suip them on the hind legs. Quick
as fash, down Bum would drop
or dodge the blow. This little stunt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
TO DODGE COURTS, COBB
WILL PASS UP NEW YORK

NEW YORK. May 2S.-Ty Cobb may
not play ball In New York again this
season. His trouble with a spectator
threatens TO bring him into court, and
he fears that civil actions may cost
him dear
Cobb pays but scant attention to the
report that several New York gangs"
have sworn to smash him - He has
never been one to fear personal Vio-
lence, and will hardly begin now.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23

got my goat: I never realized
dog was so smart
While this show was going on.
we heard a bell tolled loud sig
nal that supper was ready. We
arrived at the house in time to
wash. It was Just o'clock. No
Ian and | seated ourselves along
side Of the workmen and ate
very hearty meal of boiled meat.
fresh vegetables. beans etc, fin
ishing UP with a couple of glasses
Of milk
This Is my tenth day and have
not tasted any tea on coffee. or
pastry in any form It's kind of
hard to get used to the coarse
grub. You know what YOU do eat
IS fresh. It's all raised on the
farm plenty of game. besides. and
any amount Of fish right on No
lan's 20o-acre tract
After supper l chatted with the
men for an hour or SO. II was Just
about getting dark. when they
made for the bunk house.
Billy's bed and mine we're on the
front porch out in the open air.
Nolan started to undress. told
him that could NOT sleep as early
as this He replied Suit your
self We ali get up at ). only one
table s. II and 6"
Seating myself in the sitting
roo y read untU "a C,olo,k f-o,,,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
O'BRIEN BESTS BROWN
AT B0XING-THAT'S ALL

PHILADELPHIA. May 2S-Young
Jack O'Brien of this city. had shade
advantage over Knockout Brown, of
New York in a six round bout before
the American Athletic club last night.
OBrien gave clever exhibition of
boxing, landing three blows to
Browns one; but they lacked force.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
PRETTY soEr FOB KlLaANE.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Feather-
weight Champion Johnny Kilhane will
receive $4,000 for so minutes in the
ring on June is, when he will box
Johnny Dundee. of this city The CON
test will take place at St. Nicholas
rink, this being Kilbane's second APP
pearance here since he won his title
from Abe Attell
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-23
Crackers Batting
Averages, Including
Yesterdays Game

These are the Cracker batting aver
ages, including yesterdays game:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
IS VOTED DOWN
WOMEN OF ILLINOIS HAVE NOT
YET GIVEN UP THE
FIGHT.

CHICAGO. Apr. 11.-Advocatee Of
votes for women say they are not dis
couraged over the showing made by
their cause in the primary election
here. Rough estimates place the
vote against them at about to l. al
though some of the leaders claim a
better return than this.
twenty-five hundred women who
had toiled relentlessly for three
weeks In the hope Of gaining favor
able expression from the voters OF
Chicago for equal suffrage, and who
jourEeved to their homes after care.
full vigil Of the polls are seeking some
rest today, while entertaining di.
minisned opinion Of mans judgment
Meny are too tired to make comment
but others declare enthusiastically
that merely one battle in long fight
has been lost.
With determined spirit, Mrs.
Catherine Waugh McCulloch, one OF
the leaders in the movement, made
the mere comment, ut is always the
case in the big cities"
Miss Jane Adams said: ''The
cause Is good one and will win in
Illinois yet"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
GREGORY SAYS
A BI11EROPlLL
HOW EVER, He Is WILLING TO
TAKE HIS MEDICINE AND
VOTE FOR TEDDY.

What Teddy did for US in Illinois
was enough. The ''suckeds" took
the third term" minnow the recall
of judicial positions" worm, and all
of he other eccentricities of the re-
doubtsble Colonel, hook, worm, cork
and line. Manifestly the voters Of
the prairie state were for anything
to beat Lorimer. In their haste to do
the thing up brown they even swal-
lowed the Champ Clark bait with ap-
parent relish.
WCil-their zeal was commendable
but in our Judgment the matter of
their judgment was bad. We reiter-
ate the Colonel is not our choice, but
if he is nominated we will be for
him.--E. L. Gregory.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
FRANCE DROPS
A. M. AND P. M.
HOURS WILL BE NUMBERED TO
"a AFTER THE FIRST OF
FIRST.

Beginning June 1, the hours of the
day Will be numbered from 1 to "a,
from midnight to midnight, on all
French railways and in the postal
and telegraph service. The new ar
'angement is intended to replace the
awkward "a. m" and "p. m" desig-
nations. A partial test in the tele-
!raph service has given satisfactory
results.
New time tables for all the lines
will be printed, and, instead of 4 D.
m. the simple number 16 will be us
ed, and instead of II D. m. the hour
win be designated az %, and 20 on.
Postmarks will be similarly register.
cd
(The system described has been
used for many years in the transcon-
service of the Canadian Pa
cific railway
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
GARDEN SEEDS
FOR DISTRIBUTION
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS DOING
4 GOOD SERVICE FOR MANY
WORTHY FAMILIES.

Through the kindness Of Congress
man Lem Padgett the Kings Daugh-
tiers have been furnished a large
amount Of garden seeds. and these
are being distributed to the poor peo-
pie, those who are unable to secure
the seeds they desire.
These seed comprise a full quota
for garden products and include
beans, peas, lettuce, beets and many
others, and the Kings Daughters are
bearing the expense of onion sets
themselves.
The seeds may be had by calling
on them, and any who may know q
worthy family, win do both the or.
ganization and the family a favor by
reporting the same.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
CORRESPONDENTS
GET EXCITED
}. p. MORGAN JOINED IN ROME
BY FIERCE LOOKING
STRANGER.

ROME, Apr. 12.-Newspaper cor.
respondents and others who are
closely watching the doings of ]. P.
Morgan became much excited today
when the financier's party was joined
by fierce hooking stranger. The
man was at first believed to be
messenger from the Kaiser and later
it was surmised that he was an ennis.
sary sent by art dealers to sell the
stolen "Gioconda." He was finally
identified as Mr.. Morgan's German
courier, a fellow well known through
out Germany as Mr.. Morgan's most
faithful watchdog.
Mr. Morgan tired, after yesterdays
incursion. kept to his apartments all
day today with the exception of a
half hour motor trip.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
BEGGARS MUST
GET MOVE ON
MAYOR ISSUES ORDERS TO THE
POLICE TO THAT EFFECT
THIS MORNING. I

Mayor Dedman issued an order to
the police department this morning
that they must cause the excessive
NUMBER Of beggars that have recent.
ly infested the city to move on.
Since Nashville has put the ban on
this character of individuals, Colum.
bia has more than usual. It being 10
close by that they come on here
when learning that the cannot stop
in the capital.
1t has been noticed and remarked
on by the citizens that objects OF
charity were more numerous, and
the action of Nashville accounts for
it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
NEW MAGAZINE
TO APPEAR SOON
FORMER EDITOR OF BOB TAY.
LoR's TO BEGIN NEW PUB
LlCATlON.

NASHVILLE, Apr. 15.-It is now
definitely announced that Gerald.
tons Magazine" will be issued in Juns
from local printing establishment
Mrs. William w. Geraldton, of Nash
vile, former editor of Bob Taylors
magazine, and who is to be editor-ir-
chief CT the new journal, is now In
New Orleans completing arrange
ments for the launching of the new
journal.
One-half of the editorial staff is to
be located in New Orleans and the
other half In Nashville. The maya
zine will also be published in Nash
Vile. A large corps OF expert asso-
ciate editors are to be retained in
New York, Washington and other cit
les.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
JURY REFUSES
INDICTMENTS
eoRUM's CASES ARE TURNED IN
TO COURT WITHOUT ANY
TRUE BILLS.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, April 13.-In its final
report to the court this morning the
grand jury failed to return indict-
ments against any of the liquor deal
ors that have been arrested in the
recent crusade against them. This
apparently ends the crusade, though
The sheriff gave no intlmation of his
view of the matter this morning.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
SOLDIER BOYS ARE
GIVEN DRUBD|NG BY
SPRING HILL LADS
VISITORS TAKE ROTTEN GAME
BY SCORE OF THIRTEEN
TO NOTHING.
IT WAS A COMEDY OF ERRORS, "
Locals Were outplayed at Every
Point and Could Not Connect With
the Sphere When Hits Were Need.
ed-Small Crowd Out.

"A Comedy OF Errors" without q
star was played again Saturday at
ternoon to small audience on Acad-
envy Field. The supposed stars in
the cast were given equally as poor
support as they themselves put up.
From the rising of the curtain until
the going down Of the same the per-
Torrance was rotten. Not redeem
ing feature was exhibited to give the
audience chance to call for an en-
core. B. & H. romped all over the
stage and rung down the drops at will
while the orchestra played They Are
All Doing It." And they were. They
hit the sphere all over the lot The
background was punctured as II a
gattling gun had been turned against
II. The G. M. A. felders almost had
their tongues hanging out from chas-
ing the three-baggers, two-baggers,
grounders and pop-ups. Everything
was a hit During one act there
were 60 many ring downs Of the cur
tain that the official scorer was kept
busy marking up the tallies, and then
it is believed that he forgot few
dozen Of them.
In the seventh inning McGehee was
taken ont as leading lady and Harris
substituted who few up in the first
scene and had stage fright, but came
down in the next act and pulled of
some rice stunts in tho way of cut.
ting of the bouquets.
McAdams, who occupies promi.
nent part in the chorus was taken
out and Steele substituted. Gamble,
Allen, Lockwood, Hurt, May, Harris,
E., all had stage fright and carried
out the Comedy of Errors" plan
Mills, with one exception, played the
only star role of the local team.
If the B. & H. lads had had chance
they could have shown some speed,
but they had nothing to bring out
their strong points and develop their
talent to a sufficient degree to show
just what they had in their repertoire.
Anderson is crack pitcher and had
the G. M. A. batters at his mercy
Ills drops were enigmas to them,
while his curves were worse than
that-The game was scream 20"
The final outcome of the farce was
I13 to 0 against the soldier lads, but
here is hoping that they will timber
Up and when they meet the purple
md white lads again that they will
make better showing and If posi-
BILE reverse the decision.
Following is the score by innings:
G M. A. ......0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o. 0
r. G H. 81 0 0 8 0 4 S 0 *-13
Batteries-C. M. A., MeGehee, Har-
Harris and Mills; B. & H., An.
derson and Burrus. Umpries, Nc
Williams and Spoeneyman.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
BITTER FIGHT IN
REGUl AR RANKS ON
HARMONY MATTERS
FULL ATTENDANCE OF THE YER
TREES COMMITTEE TAKES
UP JOE.
EDITORS PLAN MAY Be WINNER
Although the Vote ls Expected to Be
Close and Every Inch Of the Ground
10 Being stubbornly Contested by
The Chairman.
Special to The Herald.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Apr. H.
There IL a full attendance at the
meeting Of the Vertrees committee
today. Two resolutions were intro
duced, one to rescind the primary
plan and adopt the editors harmony
plan and the other was to stand by
the primary plan. At l o'clock no
vote had been taken. Indications are
that the first mentioned resolution
will be adopted and the primary re-
scinded The fight between the two
factions is bitter and the vote is ex-
pected to be close, and the result b
by no means assured.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
H. S. HAYES DEAD
IN NORTH CAROLINA

H. S. Hayes died at his home In
Murphey, N. c., yesterday and will
be buried today. He was seventy
years of age and was a brother of
w. A. and Geeo. w. Hayes, Of this
county. The latter was at the bed
side OF his brother when the end
came. Squire Hayes will return in
a few days.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
FOR SALE

Farms Of all sizes, on the Lewis
Mrg and Northern. A special farm
I Ice acres that IL an ideal stock
or dairy farm. Possession at once II
takea IN fifteen days.
J. R. BIGGER Agent,
lgH Chapel Hnl Ten.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Richard Armstrong, house and lot
in Columbia. $780,
A. N. Akin, C. & NJ, 100 acres in
Sth district, $1,000.
J. t. Fitzgerald and wife to Ross
Sparkman, grave lot, $35.
SEc w. King to G. w. Killebrow ct
al, lot in Mt. Pleasant, $4,000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19

J.. F. Garrett, 301 Ave, So. Nash
vile, Tenn, writes, Il was afflicted
with serious case of liver trouble.
The pains in my back sometimes be-
ing unbearable, and the kidney action
was very painful and irregular. AZ
ter taking a few doses of Foley Kid
ney Pills the pains left me and my
kidneys became normal. I advise all
who suffer as did to take Foley Kid
ney Pills. Woldridg Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
THOS. B. JOHNSON
HAS ALSO RESIGNED
WILLIAMSON COUNTY MAN GETS
OFF THE INDEPENDENT STATE
COMMITTEE.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Apr. Is
Thomas B. Johnson, secretary of the
independent state committee, today
resigned. Mr.. Johnson has not been
In harmony with the committee for
some time and has consistently OPP
posed fusion with the regulars.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19

"Dr. Thomas Hclectric OIL IL the
best remedy for that often fatal dis
ease-croup. II has been used with
success in our family for eight
years. Mrs. L whiteacre, Buffalo,
N, Y.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
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