Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

STOPPING position"
FASHIONABLE England, especially
that part which goes in for out
door sports, is reeling and stagger-
ing to-day under the weight of an
other American innovation. One oil
the American competitors in the open
golf championship at Hoy lake APP
peared on the links before a fash
ionable gallery in his shirt sleeves
and the shock was so staggering thai
a couple of venerable colonies nearly
dropped the teacups from which they
were drinking.
Letters are being written to the
press, sartorial experts are being in
terviewed and the suffragette out
RACES are nearly forgotten for the
time being
WE are in receipt OF the following
w interesting article from the we'll
known Caucasian expectancy, Mr.
Daniel Dixon, of Ty Ty, Ga:
Mr.. Farnsworth. Sportin Editor
Sunday American:
| have cut out rowing a boat
after findin out about draggin
that anker all day along the bot
tom Of the Chattahoochee River,
no wonder my hands was calluc-
ed, my trainer said that 1t was
all mistake but said no more
rowin for mine, l also cut out the
Pluto water, the city water may
not agree with me but If stick
to that pluto stuff there would be
no Bitin Dan at the next fife. so
my trainer has changed to hun
10 41r 4 hnav1 fnlyin
II for three days now but / can't
see much change for the better
1t looks like water all right but 1t
don't act like 1t, and amt crazy
over the vegetable diet either 1
got to have somethin more solid
as 1 am near starved to death, /
already lost fifteen pounds and
told my trainer that must have
more to eat if am to do such
hard trainin.
with my other work 1 run If
teen miles every morning now
and am no chickin hearted guy
but honestly mr. Farnsworth l
cant stand II on the stuff 1 am
eatin and drinlxin, I'll stick 1t out
this week and If my new trainer
don't give something to eat that
is more solid it's a new manager
for me. I got to new sparrin
partners named Ernie Goat and
Billy Lamm, I don't know how
long they will last caws they amt
very husky. I heard that CyClops
Sam is helpin train Gyp the
Gouger for his fife with me, he is
trainin him how to avoid my feet.
Sam says that my big feet was
the caws of his loosing his fife
with me, he wants another chance
with me,
My Injunctions suits amt come
of yet but it looks as though
was goin to beat all these bum
lawyers caws my lawyer tells me
that no jury in the world will be-
lieve that ever ate any $40.
worth of beans in so short time.
or drank any $40 worth of slip
perry elm tea. he said 1t would kill
any man to do it, 1t perty near
killed me at that but never again.
BY the way Bud is back on the
police force, (Bud is the force)
in Joshua. they got bud to sign
the pledge and Judge Scriby put
him back. don't pay any attention
to any letters you may get from
my folks caws they are dead set
on nv fitin and are doin all they
can to stop my fitin, they are
afraid that / will get my eyes put
out. there will be some putin
out but 1t will be Gyp that goes
out.
yours truly,
BITIN DAN DIXON,
trainin quarters, Ty Ty. Ga
THEY were talking about hurdling.
4 Did you ever see a horse jump
five feet over a fence?" asked Joe
Agler.
1--WE seen EN- jump four feet over,
replied Whitley Alperman. Il didn't
know that a horse ever had five"
BASEBALL very nearly lost Frank
ID Chance. The peerless leaders first
leanings were toward the ring, and
in his early day he was a noted anna
teur.
There came to Fresno a giant from
the Middle West. He weighed about
220 He had a record as a scrapper
and on the strength Of it was made
a constable. He had hardly gotten
into town before Franks friends goy
busy with challenge. A purse was
made up and the bout arrange3.
The big constable made Chance
look like a baby. But they mixed il
hard from the gong and for -four
rounds the milling was fierce and
even.
In the fifth the constable swung