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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
FROM RINGSIDE

Joe, Levy, who is managing Joe Rivers.
SAYS he is willing to bet 5000 his Next
can can defeat Willie Richie.
Freddie Welsh. the English lightweight.
SAYS he will retire within the next year
W elsh has been in bad health and finds
II hard to get into shape for a match
Red Robinson. the boy who fought
6ackey Mcfarland a short time ago, and
SWats Adamson are scheduled to fight in
Plttsourg next Monday night.
few more bouts with fighters like Jim
make a first-class man, according TO re-
ports from New York Mccarthy an
peared to be a rough, unschooled boxer
with no knowledge of science However.
after meeting some clever heavies, such
as Stewart he should pick up what
science he needs
X. o. Brown will come South the first
OF September to meet the winner of the
Jack Whte-Joe Thomas scrap to be
staged in New Orleans This will he
Browns hrst appearance in the South.
he VIII probably go on to the coast from
New, Orleans and hook up with some of
the best Western Ishtweights.
Memphis boxing promoters have prac-
tically matched Joe Sherman and Harry
Trendal for bout 10 be staged there
some time in the near future.
Freddie Hicks has gained much conf
dence in himself since whipping Willie
Lewis in New York the other night and
IS now after match with Billy Papke.
Buck Grouse, who refused to make the
trip to Australia last month may leave
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
ABE ATTELL IS
POKER CHAMP:
WINS $4,000
By Sol Pick.

! WEN if Abey Attell never comes
back to the extent Of whipping
Johnny Kiibane for the feather
weight title-and it doesn't look As if
ape ever again would be able to make
~ pounds and be strong-he has one
ute they won't get away from him
very soon. Out on the Pacific coast
ne is known as the real poker cham
pion of the world
word is just sitting back to Atlanta
that the former featherweight star won
upward of s32, 900 in recent operations
there and that his streak of luck is
not broken yet In fact nobody out
there thinks it ever will be broken. be-
cause of the extreme skill that Attell
shows a all times in his card playing.
Likes to Take a Chance.
AttelI ever was riproaring young
plunger on all things that presented a
rairly even field and quick action. With
rather short bank roll, but allrof his
nerve intact, Attell began playing out
on the coast is soon as he landed there.
1t wasn't long before most of the play
ers in San Francisco began to fight shv
or him because of the phenomenal lucll
that appeared to follow him on the ia
Bile. Attell won consistently. but as his
slttings were usually of "A and 30 hours
duration Abey found little time for
training.
Hence 1t was that he was in mediocre
shape for the Kilbane battle and in
even worse shape for the contest that
fx11
Followed soon after with Tommy Muir
ply in San Francisco But all that
time Abe was whaling away at the
poker game and before long his win
nings had reached the $4,000 mark. It
was then that Abe, realizing that he
was in fair way to make himself COM
Portable for some future years pressed
his luck until today his winnings are
over $32, 900.
Sailing Down His Coin.
Better still It's said that Abey has
Joined the army of salters and is bury
ing goodly portion of the coin so deep
that nobody but him will ever be able
to find it. That's something that never
occurred to Abe before and may be one
OF the nice points that was hammered
into him during his brief stay with
Billy Nolan, the real sage Of the fight
ing game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
OIL MPIC TEAM TO BE
GIVEN BIG RECEPTION

NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-Plans for the
reception of the American Olympic
team here, August "a, are rapidly
nearing completion. The committee
having the matter in charge decided
today to extend invitations to the
Swedish minister a Washington and
Swedish consul general to join the re-
viewing party.
A unique feature of the reception will
be the greeting the athletes will re-
Ceive from the boys and girls of New
York city. The youngsters will form
the stationary guard of honor" edging
the sidewalk along Broadway from the
city hall TO Forty second street and
give the Olympic teams yell. which
will be taken up block by block
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
WHITNEY HORSE WINNER

LEWES ENG, Aug. 9.-Noonday,
owned by H. p. Whitney and ridden by
Skeets Martin, the American Jockey
captured the Ashley stakes of $2,500
here today. Sirabia was second and
Poulette third Eight horses ran. The
betting on MONDAY was to l, on SRA
hia to /, on Pouette 4 to l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
RECEPTION For REIDPATH

BUFFALO, n =, Aug. 9.-Charles
D. Redpath, winner of honors for the
American team a Stockholm, was
given an enthusiastic public reception
upon his return home. He was pre-
scented with silver loving cup and an
athletic meet was held in his honor.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
TITUS BARRED BY oARsMEN.

NEW YORK, Aug 9.-The TACT that
the name Of Constance S. Titus, former
amateur champion sculler was not in
cluded in the list Of entries for the ma
tional regatta at Peoria, H., is eX-
planned by a statement from the secre-
tary of the national association, an
nouncing that the executive committee
rejected Titus application. It is under
stood that his amateur standing is
questioned by the national association
officials.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
DETROIT GETS VEACH
AND MERZ IN TRADE

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Aug. 9.-Out-
fielder Veach and Pitcher Merz, of the
Indianapolis American association club.
will be given to the Detroit Tigers in
payment for Shortstop OLeary and
Catcher Casey. recently acquired by the
local team. according to announcement
today Veach is the best batter on the
INDIANAPOLIS team
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
BOXING FOR oLYMPIAD.

LONDON. Aug. 9.-Charles Harvey.
secretary Of the New York State Ath
lettc commission who attended the
stockholm games. IS sailing on the
Adriatic today. Harvey states posi-
lively that boxing will be one of the
events In the next Olympic games at
Berlin.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
TOMMY BURNS KNOCKS
OUT RICHARDS IN SIXTH

SASKATOON. SASK, Aug. 9.--Tom-
my Burns. former heavyweight cham
pion of the world, knocked out Joe
Richards in the sixth round of their
fight here last night
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
HAROLD WOLFE ON WAY
TO REJOIN CRACKERS

ALBANY, GA. Aug. 9.-Harold
Wolfe. the best fielding second base
man in the Sally league has been re-
called from the Albany team by At
lanta, which club had string on him.
He left here last night to join the
Crackers.
McClesly, formerly in the Southeast
ern league, takes VOTES place on the
local team
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Standing of the crups
Yesterdays Resulta.

MpblIe h, Atlanta 2
New Orleans 6, Nashville /.
Chattanooga Birmingham, rain.
Memphis Montgomery, off day.
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THE BASEBALL CARD.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.


Mobile in Atlanta. Ponce DeLeon mark
came called at o'clock
Montgomery in Memphis.
New Orleans in Chattanooga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
Yesterdays Results

Boston 5, Detroit 0.
st. Louis s. Washington 0.
Cleveland S, New York 5.
Chica go Philadelphia, rain.
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Standing Of tho cIuhs.
YestnrdaY,a ResultA.

New York 2, Pittsburg /.
Boston 6, Cincinnati 5.
st. Louis 2, Brooklyn 1.
Chicago 7, Philadelphia 4.
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Yesterdays ResuItn

Columbia 4. Columbus s.
Macon 3, Jacksonville 1.
Albany Savannah, rain.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC.
Games TnnaN

OaTnes ouaY,
savannah in Albany.
Columbia in Columbus.
Jacksonville in Macon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
Here's How Crackers
Are Hitting the Ball
Right Up to Date

These average include Yesterdays
game with Mobile
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Games Today.
Chicago in Boston.
Pittsburg in Brooklyn.
st. Louis in New York.
Cincinnati in Philadelphia.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-09
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games TO-DAY.

Games To-Day.
Philadelphia in Chicago.
Boston in Detroit.
New York in Cleveland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05

long. or has hundred feet or hundred
miles of good road at each end He
knows that its worst hill or mudhole
limits the size of the load he can move.
Because this is SO the maximum eff
cheney of stretch of highway does not
exceed the maximum load that man
can haul over the poorest spot in it.
The automobile has been the greatest
factor in securing better highways, but
the motorist is not the only benefactor.
direct benefit than any one class. Good
roads appeal to ALL whether they be
pedestrians. bicyclists, horsemen or
motor car tourists. Good roads are a
boon to mankind and have probably done
more than any one thing to raise farm
values. Good roads are an important
factor In advertising a community, and.
regardless of it's size or manufacturing
magnitude. towns progression is often
judged by the condition of its thorough
fares and outlying highways
1T seems to me that the hundreds Of
automobile clubs and associations could
do no better work for their members than
to wage campaign for better roads for
the next few months, even il other club
work has to be neglected"
4 \ X
Paul Smith. sales manager of the an
tomobile department of the Studebaker
Corporation, has resigned, and in this
connection comes the additional. an
nouncement from an authoritative
source to the effect that he and some
associates have purchased a large in
terest in the Metzger Motor Car Com
pany, makers Of the Everitt cars, four
and skies, and that Paul Smith will
hereafter direct the sales of that
product. The title of first vice presi-
dent will also be conferred on him.
An interesting angle to the present
move is the fact that Smith allies him.
self with B. F. Everitt and William E.
Metzger, the two men who. with
Flanders, laid the foundation for the
phenomenal success Of the EMF Com
pany. It will be recalled that the
name of the car EMF 80" was de-
rived from the initials of the three
partners-Everitt, Metzger and Flan-
ders. Early in the career of the com
pany Everttt and Metzger sold out Tor
q handsome figure and started the
Metzger Motor Car Company. Later
the Morgan interests bought out the
other shareholders and merged the
company with the Studebakers.
Greatly increased output will be possible
with the additional capital that comes
with Smith, and Everitt limited the com
pany had other things up Its sleeve. He
declined, however, to state who are the
mysterious associates" who with Smith
have acquired q large interest In his COM
pany. Folk who ought to know state
they are prominent Indiana capitalists
who are known to have been lifelong
friends Of Paul but nothing authentic
IL forthcoming on that point.
4 sales for seif-starting Everitt cars were
announced for the past week az follows:
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4-3O speed roadster. battleship gray. to
Walter Johnson, Americas premier pitch
er. 4-36 five-passenger touring car, Ever
lit blue, to ]. Harry Bean. 4-36 five-pas-
senger touring car. Everitt blue, to Oscar
c. Brothers. Six cylinder touring car to
j. S. Wynn. Six cylinder touring car to
Frank c. LEM. 4-36 touring car to A.
F. Francis 6-48 touring car to Frank
Harris. 4-36 touring car to E. E. Nc
Kinley- 4-3O touring car. battleship
Carload shipments Of Everitt cars
were delivered this week to the Shenan-
doah Motor Company, Richmond, Va;
Tidewater Garage Company, Norfolk.
Va; LEM Motor Car Company, Newport
News, Va: Speedwell Motor Company.
Moundsville, and Everitt Sales Com
pany, Charleston. w. Va.
The car delivered to Walter Johnson
is the second Everftt the star National
has purchased. the first being a touring
car, which he left with his family in
Kansas.
William P. Barnhart & Co. will open
roof south of New York. 1t will be
located at 1907 14th street. and will
be known as the Society Garage, having
facilities for fifty cars. with large re-
pair shop, under the supervision of
factory experts.
X X X
Although Gov. Goldsborough did not
sign the Bells Anne Arundel racing
commission BILL which does not permit
Laurel to hold a spring meet, and al
though thirty days racing will be held
in the fall, two days automobile rae
ing will be held on the Laurel track
June % and 20. during the democratic
convention. which will be held at Balti-
more.
Bob Burman. the worlds champion
speed king, will be there. Bob forged
into the limelight last year when he
piloted q edhorsepower car
over a mile in Is 40-100 seconds, and
later two miles in 81 2S-100 seconds.
Burman also holds the record for
one-mile dirt tracks in 4s 62-100 Sec
onds- He also holds the speedway rec
ords from a quarter of a mile up to
mile.
Dick" Shaded. a member Of the
American Automobile Association. will
promote the races to. be held at Laurel
on the above-named dates. Shaded has
an agreement with Curley Brown, man.
ager of the Laurel race track. for the
two days, and everything Is being
pushed for the meeting. Sanction for
the meet is expected daily. Shaded. ac-
by Fred Loudon Of Phila-
delphia. made a trip to Laurel last
week for the purpose of getting
There is a parkway
space in the center Of the track for
1875 carr and forty boxes are also
in prominent places in front OF the
The track will be dug
out at the turns SO that the corners
will not be dangerous. thus making 1t
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latest apparatus, and scarcely day
passes but what some change is made to
keep abreast Of the ever-increasing num-
Der of appliances that are being made for
measuring and testing the properties OF
various materials from which the cars
are made"
The situation is peculiar because OF
the amazingly rapid growth of the city
and it's business. In ten years the motor
car industry advanced from almost moth
ing to be the seventeenth industry of the
nation in point of persons employed and
the nineteenth in the point of value of
product The population advanced with
a rush. Great factories employing thou
sands of men sprang up. The output
goes to every part Of this country and to
every city of the world. Thus the BUSH
ness grew too rapidly for the railroads
10 handle. and the automobile men found
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SO that some new records may be hung
up during the meet.
Cars of the Moross outfit will include
horsepower. 120-horsepower, 90
horsepower and a special l00-horse-
power. 1t is estimated that over fifty
thousand strangers from every section
of the country will attend the demo
cratic convention in Baltimore. The
Laurel track is located midway be-
tween Washington and Baltimore and
Is accessible by both steam and cleo
trio railroads.
]. s. Cassidy, representative from the
Marion factory, is spending several days
in town, the guest of the Marion Motor
Car Company.
Dr. John w. Stewart, a local motorist.
has purchased the first of the Dia
Herreshoff roadsters. 1t is finished IN
royal blue, with gray running gear, anu
was delivered last week.
Men in close touch with the auto
mobile tire industry predict that during
1912 the volume Of pneumatic tire sales
will amount to more than s12O.e0O,0oo.
They base this estimate upon the num-
Der Of cars in use and the probable ure
requirements of each car.
There are somewhere near 60O.0eo
machines in operation in the United
states at the present time. Figuring
six tires to a car for twelve months
of service (this is the manufacturers
basis of estimation). it Will be seen
that the motorists of this country will
require approximately 100000 tires
this year. Putting these down at an
average of $50 each. an aggregate OF
$12O.000,000 is shown.
These figures are not far from cor
rect" says ]. NJ. Gilbert, general man.
ager of the United States Tire Com
pany That 1912 will be by all odds
the banner year of the tire industry 10
already an assured fact.
emit enormous output of tires in which
the consumer is especially interested is
that while the production has increased
SO materially. the quality of the tires
themselves has not suffered in conse-
quence. Certainly no one will question
the statement that, generally speaking,
better tires are being manufactured to-
day than ever before. This is due en-,
tirely to the fact that the tire Industry
has gone forward along substantial.
business-like lines.
Texas win be making history next .Au-
gust by having the first road run for
farmers and ranchmen ever held In tne
world. This tour, which will include the
principal cities Of the state and cover
about 1000 miles, will be known as the
Farm and Ranch tour. Farm and Ranch
has offered $1,000 In cash to be distribute
ed as prizes. while other companies
Only farmers and ranchnien who live
on and operate their own farm or ranch
(Continued on Eiehthsl'I gc.)
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livery" said the manager of local
store yesterday, lis that our customers
are entitled to prompt delivery There
are two sides to every question and
there are two. sides to purchase and
q transaction. There is our side, the
sale and the delivery. the customers.
the purchase. It is within the bounds
Of reason for the customer to expect
prompt delivery. To deliver bundle
two days after purchase is wrong, I
don't care whether 1t is this establish
ment that is at fault or some other.
With horse equipment you cannot get
the results. and 1t must be remembered
that deliveries well outside the city
are heavy. We make a bid for sub
urban trade and offer as an induce
ment prompt delivery. The suburban
customer. as rule, Is a good spender
and when he or she comes to town 1t
Is a case Of whole day spent In shop
ping. Now, then, II the purchaser lives
five or ten miles outside the city and
has made good purchase, is 1t not
made? Most assuredly it is. In a
store like this the country trader.
probably, in the course OF the day. Wis
its about every department. The bum
dies make quite pile. 1t Is to our ad-
vantage to get them out of the way.
for crowding in the shipping room
means delay We can do SO much more
with cars, especially for the long-distance
work. that horses are out OF the ques-
ton, and we can deliver direct to bet
ter advantage we think than TO let
another do 1t for US.
"At this season of the year. when mo-
florists begin to catch the spring FEVER
Of touring. our thoughts mechanically
turn toward the problem OF good roads
building" says the president OF a west
ern automobile company.
"Judgins by the numerous appropria-
lions for good roads which are being
considered by the state legislatures
throughout the country 1t would seem
that 1912 will 60 down in history as a
record breaker in the advancement of inn
proved highways. New York state. with
an impending appropriation OF $JOOOO,-
600. appears to head the list.
.AThe whole country is stirred as never
before relative to this great question OF
highway improvement. II there 10 any
thing In the world that a good citizen
who loves his state and has civic or
state pride delights in 1t IL to have the
sNever in the history Of this country
has the finger pointed SO strongly to
the attitude OF the states toward this
question. A commemorative reputation
for enterprise. progress and all that goes
to make It worth living In Is determined
to a great extent by the. character or
it's roads-the great arteries through
which fiow the business and pleasure life
Of q state.
Whenever q farmer loads his wagon
he has In mind the worst part OF the
road over which II has to go. whether
that be one or ave or six hundred feet
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themselves this winter with warehouses
crowded with cars ordered, but which
could not be shipped because there were
no cars to carry them. One group of
factories had $3.5O0,O0O worth Of cars
stored because the railroads could not
move them.
Other motor car men are having the
same difficulty: the whole list of De-
troit's varied manufacturing interests is
beset by the same problem Of getting
the raw material into the city and NOV
ing the finished product to the con-
sumner. Hence the cry for help that Mr..
Warren has carried to the Pennsylvania
Office and the result of which the citizens
are awaiting SO anxiously.
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Is the only man in the United States who
is spending money to build bad" roads
This is the result Of the announcement
this week of the RICH corporation to
build a testing track for its big crew Of
gasoline cowboys.
is unique. It is to be constructed on
part of the RICH estate in the Fairview
motor car district Ground has already
been broken for the quarter-mile oval
where the cars VIII be tested for speed.
To one side Of the track will be built a
big pyramid-like mound where they will
be forced to do grade work. On the
other side OF the area will be construct
ed the bad roads.
zone of the many reasons why
am using commercial cars for de-
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Robert c. Hupp. the Detroit automobile
laughingly claims that he
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zone Of the many reasons why
am using commercial cars for de
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Frame extra strong, 5-32-inch STEEL Four
inches deep, 3 1-2-inch flange.
Shortsville wheels, 34x4-inch tires and de-
mountable rims just to make sure that Michi-
gan owners will not be bothered with that
bugbear of motordom, tire trouble.
Fourteen-inch brake drums. One square
inch of braking surface to every six pounds:
White nickel mountings throughout. :
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iai2 self-sfarting Hudson a5 touring
ears were delivered during the past week
to William Smith. Mrs. G.. r.. Gregory.
\. e. Chambers and A. J. Riley.
y
The automobile industry has developed
with strides that are almost unequaled in
modern manufacturing history.
II has not been very long since We Were
accustomed to hear much talk about the
automobile game. This very name
shows conclusively how the business was
regarded. and speculation was rife as to
how long the fad would hold sway. At
the present time We hear only about the
science of motor car building, and
automobile manufacturers are among
those most interested in developing in
struments and formulate that will place
their business on even more exact basis
Howard Marmon recently made the fol-
lowing statement: The testing depart
ment Is one Of the most expensive factors
Of factory organization. but these tests
are of the most vital Importance. They
mean an equipment of the newest and
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Motor, 40 horsepower Four cylinders,
41-4x5 1-4inches. Three-bearng crankshaft,
inclosedvalves.
Self-starter- absolutely efficient; light in
weight; non-injurious to motor.
Dual ignition. Briggs guaranteed magnetic.
Three speed selectve transmission.
Strong enough for 60-h.p. car.
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sales for seif-starting Everitt cars were
announced for the past week az follows: