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Three Men to Pick Fight Winner
Carpentier Rules 5 to 4 Choice
By Herbert Temgle.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
ONDON, July 14.—A unique
I plan of selecting two judges
to assist the referee in
choosing the winner on points,
if the twenty-round fight be
tween “Gunboat” Smith and Georges
Carpentier goes the limit, has been
agreed upon. 'The referee is Eugene
Corri, and he will have as judges Jo
seph Garneau, of New York, and Vica
tor Brever, of Paris
The plan was adopted at the sug
gestion of Carpentier, who wants to
preclude the possibility of such a
squabble as followed the Ritchie-
Welgh battle, if Thursday night's con
test at the Olympia Stadium goes all
the way.
One of the greatest glove contests
in the history of the London prize ring
{s expected when Smith and Carpen
tier face each other. The arrival of
Carpentier this afternoon was await
ed with intense interest by many fol
lowers of the fight game, who wanted
to get a look at the Frenchman's
physical appearance before register
ing a bet.
So fevericsh is the public interest
and so great will be the crush at the
stadium. that the doors will be thrown
open an hour earlier than usual. Spe
cial police arrangements are being
made ‘o prevent a scene.
The preliminary contests will begin
SPORTING COMMENT
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By Ed W, Smith.
CHI("A(;H. July 14.—Thta the
English have many excel
lent ideas on boXing, some
of which are in advance of ours
as far as the conduct of boxing
shows is concerned, is the opinion
of Jimmy Barry, once famous the
world over as the greatest little
man that ever donned a giove.
Jimmy has been over there,
having fought Walter Croot, the
best British bantam at the time.
That was back in 1897, but even
at that time the boXing managers
knew how to run shows, and fur
ther, Jimmy avers they were emi
nently fair to outsiders
Barry was unfortunate in the
Croot fight, for it happened that
after the native boy had been
knocked out in the twentieth
round he hurt his head in falling
and did not recover. The bout
took place at the National Sport
ing Club, then as now the leading
boxing organization of Great Brit
ain. But Barry was exonerated
of all blame and given the credit
for a notable victory.
Jimmy has just closed a season
in vaudeville in this city and next
week is going over to Michigan
with John F. O'Malley and Solly
Suilivan to pay Tom Nawn a visit
at his Michigan summer home.
The veteran 105 pounder is doing
well with his monologue and ex
pects in the fall to start a fairly
prosperous season on the road. He
was deeply interested in the Eng
lish battle between Welsh and
Ritchie because it recalled vivid
ly the time he went abroad to
win an intern?tlgna.l title.
uTHEY want clean bouts over
there and insist upon them,”
Barry told me the other evening.
“Their glove men are taught to
box correctly and to stand right
up to it. They respect the Queens
berry rules in every regard, and
the referees, we found, were
among the best In the world.
They are schooled to be referees
and are not picked up at random,
ac is often the case in this coun
try.
“Jt has been nearly fourteen
years since I have been in Eng
iand, but from what the present
INDOOR SPORTS
at 8 o'clock, and the big fight is ex
pected to begin at 9:80 p. m. (4:30
o'clock New York time). It is re
garded as certain that the big amphi
theater will' be packed to its capacity.
The growing interest In prize fighting
among fashionable women is expected
to result in about 2,000 members of
the fair sex being present. Thera
were 1,600 women in the Welsh-
Ritchie fight crowd and neither one
of the lightwelghts is as handsome as
the big Frenchman,
The dopesters are now predicting
that Carpentier will adopt Welsh's
tactics and will do everything in his
power to see that the contest goes the
twenty-round limit, secure in his
confidence that he will be able to win
on points. However, If Carpentier
“stallg,” he will be roundly hissed, for
the patrons of the manly art are ex
pecting blood and plenty of action.
Smith seemed more confident than
ever at his Harrow training camp.
“The more | think about Carpentier,
the less I believe he can box,” said
the American heavyweight. “If he
beats me, he will beat me at my very
best.”
The whole French colony in London
turned out this afterncon to welcome
the French pugilist and the charac
teristic enthusiasm of the French was
rampant,
The betting odds to-day were b to
4, with Carpentier the favorite.
day fighters tell me when they re
turn, they do things pretty much
the same way over there now. Une
of the greatest things the Eng
lish ever did was to bar the Kid
ney punch. It should be barred
everywhere, It isn't boxing, and
it isn't fighting. It doesn't prove
anything at all. Besldes, it is not
relished by nineteen out of twen
ty spectators, who usually hiss a
man who leans over another and
whacks away at his back.
“Chicago once had one of the
fastest, most skillful young fel
lows I ever saw in Sammy Har
ris, Harry's brother. He died be
cause in fighting bigger, stronger
men he got so many raps over the
kidneys that he never recover
ed. Yet these same men couldn't
have hit him with a handful of
shot in a fair boxing contest.
. - .
üBOXI?\'G is bound to resolve
itself into boxing, pure and
simple. The fighter who can not
box is gradually eliminated, leav
ing only the good men who
know how to conduct themselves
in the ring. Glamce over the lists
to-day and you will see that all
of the leading men in every class
are the best boxers, considered on
a boxing busis.
“Look at McGoorty and Clabby
and Welsh and Ritchie and Cou
lon and Williams and Johnny
Kilbane, to say nothing of dozens
of others that might be named
Every one of them is a master,
yet showing no rough, foul work
in the ring. I don't believe any of
them ever thought of using the
so-called kidney punch.
“Good ringship, generalship,
headwork—that’s what counts
now, and I imagine it is what
pulled Welsh through with Ritch
fe. Willie tried the same thing
too much without varying his at
tack. A heady fellow like Welsh
. could quickly checkmate such a
plan of battle. But it {s just as
well Ritchie was beaten, if he had
to be. It will stimulate the game
just where and when It needs it
most.”
PAIGE GOES TO OTTAWA.
CHATTANOOGA, July 14 —Pitches
“piggy"”’ Paige was released by the
Chattanooga club yesterday to the Ot
tawa club, of the Canadian League
and lefs at once for that city.
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NOTES
Organized baseball, with its boasted
fund, refused to go to the aid of Jack
| Dunn at Baltimore, so the Baltimore
‘munager is selling his star players to
big league clubs. One can't blame
Dunn, but it will hurt baseball to a
great extent. The sale of the players
will add $60,000 to Dunn's bank ac
’<'mmt and he will still have his Balti
more franchise and a team of medliocre
} players left.
. . .
[ The Balt!more fans also refused to
turn out to see Dunn's team in action,
\prct‘erring to go to the Federal League
games in the Baltimore city, where Ot
to Knabe {s piloting a team.
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~ Joe Connolly, of the Braves, is collect-
Ing quite a number of extra base hits
this season Up to a few days ago he
had eleven doubles, four triples and five
home runs.
L . -
Davy Robertson {s a member of the
best batting soclety in the National
League In his first seventeen games
as a Giant Davy got seventeen hits in
49 times at bat, thereby compiling an
average of .347
A - -
Hoblitzel, of the Reds, i{s having one
of the poorest seasons with the stick
since he came into the National League.
Hobby is hitting the ball fairly well, but
there seems to be a fielder always iln
the way.
. . .
Now that Josh Devore has come to
Boston the fans are wondering if Beals
Bocker will follow. The two were to
gether with the Giants, the Reds and
then the Phillies.
‘ . . .
Jim Shaw, a Washington youngster, is
a bit shy on control, but he gives prom
is¢ of developing into a great pitcher
He has the knack of pitching himself
out of trouble caused by his wildness.
- - -
The spurts of the Browns and Cardi
nals helped to put the St. Louis Feds
out ¢f the running for patronage, and
now the great playing mpthe Cubs and
White Sox is likely to affect the Chi
feds, though Joe Tinker has his team
winning as constantly as his rivals.
- . i
George Burns i{s the only member of
the Giants who has been playing regu
larly all season who is batting over .300.
- * *
Shanks, of Washington, once rated as
a weakling with the stick though a won
der in the outfield, has improved greatly
with the stick. Shanks is now batting
251 and is one of the ten leading slug
gers in the league with thirteen doubles,
tive triples and four home runs.
- . .
There {s some sort of a race for team
batting honors in the National League
between the Phillies, Giants and Brook
lyn, all three rating between .260 and
.370. In the American League the Ath
letics are again having things their
own way, though the Mackmen are hit
ting below the mark of the three Na
tional League clubs above mentioned.
* - -
Hans Wagner has begun to hit the
ball again, now that the Pirates are
back in Pittsburg. The slump Hans had
in the New York and Brookiyn series
was one of the most extended in his
long baseball career.
. . .
Ray Demmitt had thought serlously
of joining the Feds next vear after Nis’
contract with the White Sox expired. A
talk with Owner Comiskey changed him,
and he signed & new contract for 1916.
- - -
It has been rummored by those close
to the situation that Hal Chase got a
bonus of $B,OOO and a better contract for
jumping the White Sox to go to the
Buffalo Federals. The Feds will also
have to pay the legal bills. From the
outside it appears that the Feds paid for
more than they got, especially since
Chase {s enjoined from playing with
- them
- L .
Stuffy Mclnnis was a confirmed left
field hitter up to the present season, but
now he is likely to drive the ball into
right field any time he faces the pitcher.
. . .
Coach Car! Lundgren, of the Univer
gity of Michigan team, ciaims the col
lege championship, both East and West,
for his club. The Wolverines won 23
games and lost 6 They defeated Syra
cuse three straights, shut out Cornell
twice and won two out of three games
| withh Pennsylvania.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
By Tad
RINGSIDE~BLEACHERS
COMMENTARIES OF B. WELLS—BOOK VI.
“HAVE YOU EVER tried hitting a shadow?” inquirez B. Wells,
brightly, in this installment of his epochal memoirs. Then he pauses
for reply. Maybe you will say, “No—what about it?” Thus you be
come the goat, for he swiftly counters with this irrefutable rejoinder:
“It is harder than hitting a substance!”
There! Haven't we maintained all along that you were missing
a lot if you were not carefully following the Bombardier into litera
ture? What could be more lucid and succinet than this introduction
to his remarks on “shadow-boxing,” a reproduction of which we prom
ised some days ago?
* - -
IT IS TRUE that the Bombardier might have added that it is not
only much harder but a lot safer, as no one knows better than the
champion high-diver of the ring. But this would have been in this
case only useless verbiage. All through his talk on “shadow-boxing”
there is a note of affection which strongly bespeaks the regret he feels
over ever having tackled anything more dangerous than a shadow or
Bandsman Blake.
“First of all, there is no visihle shadow at all,” he says. The
advantage of this condition is but too obvious. A nervous, highly
strung chap, B. Wells, who {s wont to lapse into unconsciousness short
ly after seeing anything in front of him, would lose all of his “pep” if
the shadow were visible. An imaginary shadow is the stuc, and even
that should not be the product of too vivid an imagination.
“OF COURSE, HE—‘the shadow'—never hits you,” he goes on,
which in a large measure explains the Bombardier's fondness for the
sport, “but you can easily tell where and when he would hit you.”
* * *
THIS IS THE FAR better system. As Wordsworth so gracefully
put it:
“Tis better to know where you would have bheen hit,
Than to get on your beezer the other guy's mitt.”
* * *
“BOXING,” HE SUMS UP, “is anticipation and imagination.” It
undoubtedly is for the Bombardier. When he goes into the ring he
knows exactly what is going to happen to him, and can imagine ac
curately how it will feel. He has had a lot of experience.
* * *
JOE TINKER SAYS that twenty-five big leaguers are going to
jump to the Feds, but it is certain that there are no Yankees in the lot.
In the first place he says “big leaguers,” and, secondly, Mr. Farrell
never has any luck.
* * *
B. WELLS BEAT Colin Bell for “the championship of the British
Empire.” The latter is now about to challenge Bandsman Blake for
the “Championship of the Men Who Have Been Knocked Out by Bom
bardier Wells.”
» * *
PRESIDENT ILMORE HAS fined an umpire $5O, which is be
lieved to be a low-flung lure to induce Herzog and Heine Zim to jump
to the Feds.
* * *
MATTY SAYS HE hears very little Fed talk in Boston. When
vou consider that the Feds are not operating within a night's ride of
Boston, this is exceedingly strange.
* » »
THE DEAR OLD BOY also observes that tlre Athletics are “up
near the top,” and, as they are leading the league, there is no particu
lar way of disputing the assertion.
Now Riggs May Call
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S.I.A.A Meeting Here
ATHENS. GA., July 14—It Is pretty
authentically reported her that Dr.
Riggs. of Clemson, head of the S. I. A,
A., will call the colleges of the associa- |
tion together for conference in Atlanta
on the 25th to discuss points upon
which the association seems about to
split, Georgia Tech having quit. Van
derbilt pulled out and cther colleges be
ing discouraged over the delay of Mr
Riggs to accede to the request made in |
a-resolution passed at a conference of
colleges in Atlanta July 1 asking for an
official call of the association to meet
on the 18th l
GIRLS' SWIMMING RECORD.
PHILADELPHIA, July 14 —Miss
Louise Debus, a local high school girl,
broke the best authentic swimming rec
ord for women over the five-mile mara
thon course in ths Schuylkill River.
\Miss Debus covered the distance, which
1§ in dead water, in 3 hours and 48
minutes.
Ten-vear-old Florence McLoughlin
swam nine and & ha!f miles in the Dela
ware River in 3 Rours 22 minutes and 25
seconds. }
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TERRE HAUTE, IND., July 14.—Jere
ry Dalton and Maurice Flynn will fur
nish the main event of a boxing show
here on the evening of July 28 The
winner will be sent against one of the
top-notchers. |
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.—At a
meeting of the directors of the Pacific
Coast League here, President A& T.
Baum and Frank Leavitt were named a
committee of two to prepare a resolu
tion demanding of the National and
American Leagues that they cancel their
right to draft players from the Coast
League
| For years past the Pacific Coast
League has been drained of some of its
finest playvers by the big leagues. As
a rule, the magnates declare, the best
the coasters receive for their men is the
draft fee, which, in most cases, is far
oo small to cover the value of the
player.
} GOTHAM FIGHT RESULTS.
. NEW YORK, July 14—Young Dick
\T)‘sor‘.. of Providence, and Dick Stone,
‘Ughlwelght;. fought ten rounds to a
draw last night.
| Mike Metigue, of Ireland, a middle
weight, last night earred an even break
in ten rounds with Rube Howard, of
Texas.
! Dave Cross, brother of Leach Cross,
knocked out Johnny Baker, of Brooklyn,
lm the second of a scheduled ten-round
bout last night
Frankie Callahan, of Brooklyn, easily
outpointed Fred Halsband, of England,
in ten rounds last night,
3 VI
ROXING
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While Freddle Welsh, the English
champion, won the worid’s lightweight
title from Willie Ritchie, he did not re
ceive a dollar for his victory. Instead
he was forced to dig down into his
pocket for about $5OO, spent for training
expenses.
* . =
Welsh lost money on the fight because
he agreed to split even with Fight Pro
moter Charles Cochran on the money
left after Willie Ritchie, the American
champion, was paid his $25,000, of which
$15,000 was for a guarantee and the rest
for his rights in the moving pictures.
. * -
The gross receipts of the Welsh-
Ritchie battle amounted to $21,000,
which was far below the sum both
Welsh and Promoter Cochran figured
would be taken in at the box office.
They had expected that the receipts
would surely reach $35,000. Cochran
lost about $lO,OOO on the contest.
* * -
Johnny Coulon, ex-bantam champion,
loves Kid Williams like a case of small
pox. And because of this ‘love’” John
ny says he will not rest until he finds
some one to wrest the emblem from
the Baltimore boy. Johnny believes he
has discovered the youth to turn the
trick, and it is none other than Patsy
Brannigan, Pittsburg's one best bet in
the 116-pound class.
* * -
According to Coulon, the next time
that Brannigan and Williams meet—and
the probabilities are that the event will
take place in the near future—Sammy
Harris' protege is due to lose his title.
The former champion is sure that Patsy
can best Williams.
* * -
Eyes of the boxing world will be
turned to Denver, Colo., to-night, where
Charley White, Chicago’'s _wonderful
lightweight, battles Stanley Yoakum in
a scheduled 20-round set-to, Yoakuma
is said to be the greatest lightweight
developed in the Colorado City since the
days of Young Corbett. However, Char
ley is expected to have little trouble
with the Denver iad, as White is going
at his very best these days.
- * -
“Why does Ad Wolgast always break
bones in his arms or hands while box
ing?' This guestion was asked of Dr.
S. C. Moore. president of the Cadillac
ball club. The doctor answered:
* - .
“The reason Wolgast breaks bones in
his arms and hands is because he hits
too hard for his build. Ad has remark
ably powerful muscles—the muscles of
a man who should weigh 150 or 160
pounds. The bones in his body are just
about of the strength and thickness they
should be. Consequently Ad can deliver
a blow with much more power than any
man his size should be able to do. And
he hasn't the bones that can stand the
shoek.”
- . -
Dr. Moore laughs at the idea that
Wolgast's bones are brittle, and that
they break because Ad is growing old.
He declares Wolgast is right in his
prime, and that his condition is as %nml
as ever, except for his hands. He does
not believe Ad will ever recover from
his many injuries, and predicts that
Wholgast never can learn to hit light
anough to protect his injured arms and
fists.
Battling Kelly, the local featherweight,
sprang a big surprise last Friday night
by giving “‘Stump’’ Goodwin a hot scrap
for eight rounds. Although Goodwin
was given the decision, Macon fans were
of the opinion that the Battler was en
titled to a draw. Promoter Crawford
has already signed Kelly for another
serap in Macon. Kelly, when in con
dition, should givé any of the boys
around here a tough argument.
i S ;
An agreement was made yesterday for
a fight between Jack Johnson and
Georges Carpentier, to take place in
Paris in October. Johnson is guaran
teed $20,000 by Theodore Vienna, who
organized the Johnson-Moran fight, plus
50 per cent of the ‘‘movie'” monopoly
and 45 per cent of the gate. If Car
pentier is beaten by Gunboat Smith
this month Johnson has an option of
canceling the match. Negotiations are
also in progress for a fight between
Frank Moran and Bombardier Wells at
the National Sporting Club, London, at
the end of the summer,
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Fans Puzzled Over Great Hurler
By Frank G. Menke.
VERYBODY seems to be entered
in the grand little guessing
contest, “What's the matter
with Walter Johnson?” And nearly
everybody has a different hazard.
Some think that Walt has hit the
chutes—that he isn’t what he us=d 0
be as a pitcher, and that he'll xler
come back. They point out that Walt
has been on the firing line for about
eight years and doing so much firing
that he's run out of ammunition—
and that he’'s through.
Others think that Walt's just a bit
worked out—that he's having an “off”
vear, as is the case with most ball
players. They think that hefll come
back next year with the same stuff
as of old.
Another faction thinks that Walt is
going to hook up with the Feds next
vear, and that on that account he's
quite indifferent about what he does
this year. They point out that Walt
has been promised a huge salary by
the Feds next year, no matter what
he does in the pitching line this year,
and, therefore, he's just taking things
easy this year. :
What is your guess? The contest
is free.
* - -
LARI-‘LY CHENEY, of the Cubs,
seems to be a curious mixture of
control—and the lack of it. Larry
has given more bases on balls than
any pitcher in the National League
and has struck out more men than
any of his rivals. How do you dope
it? SWhen he's good, he's very, very
good, and when he's bad, he's awful.
* * *
S OME of our little golfing “experts”
have just discovered the (to
them) startling fact the! Larry Var
don is one of the world's greatest
golfers. If these fellows horned thelr
Hot Tennis Battles
In City Tournament
Playing most of the matches in the
first round in the men's singles, the
first city tennis tournament has started
on the courts at Pledmont Park, great
tennis featuring the play in all the
matches.
Several of the matches were hard
fought and brilliant affairs, and especial
ly so was the Hunt-Martin match, which
the former won in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5.
The score of this match, however, does
not show how fiercely the match was
fought. Hunt won the first set in easy
fashion, but in the second Martin, by
some very brilliant playing, ran five
games up to one by Hunt and had the
set within one point, when Hunt set
tled down and after running the match
into deuce won out 7-5.
The .Hall-H. E. Peeples match was
also a brilllant affair, which Peeples won
in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3.
One match in the men’'s doubles was
played, Henry and Stephens downing
Taylor and Foote in easy fashion, 6-3,
6-0.
Matches in the first and second rounds
of the singles and the first round of
the doubles will go rapidly on to-day,
play starting at 5 o'clock in the morn
ing and 5 o'clock 'n the evearing,
The result of all matches played to
date is as followe
MEN'S SINGLES.
First Round.
J. B. Crenshaw defeated O. N. White,
6-1, 6-3.
Francis Peeples defeated Howel’
Brewster, 4-8, 6-4, 6-2.
T. R. Hoffman defeated Robert Bed.
inger, 2-6. 6-1, 6-0. f
R. Ri Stewart defeated R. R. Morris.
6-3. 6-1.
J. D. Hunt defeated R. A. Martin, €-§,
7-5.
C. H. Everett defeated W. L. Rey
nolds, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3,
. _H.G}éj. Peeples defeated H. J. Hall,
-5, 6-3.
Edward Richardson defeated E. w.
Von Maurer, 2-6, §-2, 6-2.
way into baseball, it's a cinch bet that
béfore 1919 they'd come to the conclu
sion that Ty Cobb was a pretty good
batter in his day.
- * -
CHRISTY MATHEWSON, of the
Giants, in addressing a crowd of
schoolboys, said, in giving advice on
the art of pitching:
“Don't be too anxious to throw a
curve. Some of the best curve pitch
ers I have known were never able to
make the big leagues. The reason
was that they could never attain con
trol. In pitching, control is every
thing.
“Most young pitchers attempt a
round-arm delivery, because it per
mits them to ‘put more on the ball’
I would advise you to keep to a
straight overhand delivery. Never
mind if the opposing batters do make
hits off yon. It won't be long before
vou will have such control tihat you
can place the ball where you wrant to
and begin to « .tzuess the batters.”
- - * 1
“DUTCH UNCLE,” writing in The
Minneapolis Journal, ranimed
the nail on the top when he pe.aned
the following, some days back, qon
cerning the squabble between jthe
Feds and organized laseball: {
“The general public is going to see
the winning ball teams or the ball
teams showing a dash, or the speed,
or the most class. The organized
bosses need not think anyone is go
ing to follow organized teams out of
any sentiment, as it is a business and
amusement proposition, and the
crowd will go where the best show is
offered. It is a fight wherein cash is
fighting cash, with cash for the win
ner and no cash for the loser. No
great or vital principles are involved.
It is merely one set of professional
athletes in competition for coin with
another set equally ravenous.
“And in the meanwhile »”inis, polo,
golf and the amateur sports are mak
ing tremendous inroads.”
Big Post-Series for
City Championship
The official schedule, as adopted by
the Amateur Federation of Atlanta for
the playing of the games for the cham
pionship of the city, has been adopted
and is published below.
The first of the games will start on
Saturday, August 8; the second series
on August 15, and the flnals, of which
there will be a three-game series, will
start on Saturday, August 22.
The plan for the playing off for the
title is the elimination kind, each team
playving until they have been defeated
by some other team.
This is the first time that such a plan
has been tried, and from the hearty sup
port given by all the leagues, it prom
ises to be a huge success from the
start.
Here Is the Schedule,
1. (a) Cosmopolitan League playvs (b)
City League. Losers become 1 z.
2. (a) North Side Sunday School
League plays (b) South Side Sunday
School League. Losers become 2 z.
8. (a) Saturday Afternoon League
plays (b) Park Board League. Losers
become 3 z.
4. (a) Junior Sunday School League
plays (b) Morning Commercial League
or Gate City League. Losers become 4z.
August 13,
1 plays 4, winner becomes X.
2 plays 3, winner becomes Y.
1 z plays 4 z, winner becomes A.
2 z plays 3 z, winner becomes B.
August 22, ;
X and Y will play a three-game se
ries to decide the championship of Ful
ton County.
A and B will play for the title of sec
ond best team,
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