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THE CHARLOTTE NhW&5 ainUaR 7, lvlU 11 .J r-- : - - . -71': , 1 7L;; i B'Al-L'-""-; 7 5-S ALL BOXING AVIATION -- BASKE u O) I . . . t . .. - . a league Clubs Prepare For Spring T? aining Trips (By MONTY.) New York, Jan. 6. Half a dozen eeks from now the baseball cam paigns of 1912 will be under wav. with the beginning of the spring training? t ips oi tne Dig league clubs. All of ;he sixteen clubs have selected their : i.ots ana all but one have choeen ---iiv rre-season stamping grounds. Hot Springs, Arkansas, will be the leading ante-bellum spot In a baseball v?.y this year. Five teams will work cut the kinks and crlnks of rusty mus cles there one American League out- Sit and rour rrom the National. Fred Tenney will superintend the early work cf his Boston Red Sox in the Razorback metropolis, while the Na tional Leaguers Fred Clarke, of Pitts burg; Charley Dooin, of Philadelphia, Bill Dahlen, of Broklyn, and Umpire Hank O'Day, of Cincinnati will be on the job with their charges. There will be some tall times down In the fascinating little city that used to be known as the Monte Carlo of America. It will be the first time in history that so many big league teams have been In action at one time in any single city. Hot Springs is an easy first In the race for .popularity as a spring train ing camp. Next comes New Orleans. Two clubs will work out there the Cleveland Americans under Harry Davis, and the Chicago Cubs under peerless" Frank Chance. St. Louis might be said to be tied with Nw Or leans for second honors, as the Mound City entries in both National and American Leagues will do their pre liminary conditioning on the home lot the first time In recent years that a major league team has dispensed with a southern trip. Bobby "Wallace and Roger Bresnahan, who again will lead the St. Louis ball-tossers, both disap prove the playing In warmer climes when the home city Is In a zone of mild temperature such as is enjoyed in the Missouri metropolis. Connie Mack will take his world'a champion Athletics to San Antonio, Tex.: Jimmy Callahan will "Moses" the "White Sox to Corsicana, Tex.; Harry Wolverton "will lead his New York Yankees to Atlanta, Qa.; Clarke Grlfflth wllllxonvene his "Washington Senators at Charlottesville, Va., and Muggsy McOraw will once more put the Giants through the paces at Mar lln, Tex. The Boston Nationals of Jake Stahl are the only ones who do not know where they are to go. The systems of training that will be in vogue at the baseball camps this sirring offer a larger variety than ever before, and there will be many other things to interest the fans in the early workouts. In, some caeea the work will consist largely of general all-round ex ercise to limber up the muscles of the men; in other cases practically all the time will be devoted to actual playing. Seme of the moguls will drive their men hard; so. as to have them In tip top finely drawn shape when the seo son begins; others will take things easy, starting the- season at a little below par, so that the maximum of effectiveness can be attained In mid season. ' . . One factor that will enter prominent r into the spring training of-1912 is the mineral bath. This was one of the chief considerations In the selecting ot Hot Springs by so many of the clubs. Corsicana,' Marlln and San Antonio, Texas are also bath cities, and the White Sox, Athletics and Giants were attracted to these places in the Lone stor ctflto tnrsrplv because of the min-: eral waters on'tap there. "Whether the press-agentings of tlje magic vir tues' of mineral baths are "bunk" or net, remains to be seen. Just about this time the air Is a tinsle with rumors of big baseball trades intending, and It Is not unlike ly that some deals will be put through before the beginning of the spring trips that will revolutionize the out look for the championship races. Ac cordingly, it Is hard to form a definite line on how the teams will stack up against each other when the starting gun is fled. But speculation is already noticeable among the fees as to who will win the pennants in the two lea gues. This Is but human nature, however, moreover. It Indicates that th.3 love of the fan for his favorite pastime lc not of the. kind that is. satisfied with Just six months of baseball. When he can't see it or play it, he must talk it. So we already have heard prophe sies, nominating this or that team as the one to be watched next year. At this time last year, the Athletics and Giants were generally picked to win the two pennants, and the predictions came true. The concensus seems to be in favor of the same teams this year. In the case of the Athletics it is for the same reason as before they figure just about a hundred per cent stronger than any other team in baseball. In the case of the Giants It is different. The disintegration of the Cubs is the chief thing that throws the Giants to the fore in the prognostications. The American League race looks like a walkover for the Athletics, with De troit finishing second, while the Giants undoubtedly will be closely pressed by the Pirates, Phillies and possibly St. Louis, according to the way the "bugs" in this town have it figured. None of them seem to be able to "see" Chicago at all. Well, there Is a lot of time yet for this Wall Street business before the season opens. British Soldiers Are Good Birdmen : r 4 ( r ' ,-re - .'A r. - I : v.'-.v t X 3f is JAMES E. SULLIVAN New York, Jarif 6 James E. Sul 'ivan, secretary of the American Olympic comittee and of the Amateur Athletic Union "is seriously ill, and his condition is causing his friends much concern. Friends of the athletic head declare that -his present illness is, a sequel to the railroad accident in which he was hurt last . summer. London, Jan. 6. Very quietly but very surely the British army and navy are progressing in aviation despite the poor financial encouragement given by the government. Last week aero plane manufacturers,, and army avia tors met in conference at the Royal United Service Institute, and great re sults are expected from this meeting. Young officers at Aldershot and else where are constantly getting "special leave to fly" at one or other of the many aviation schools. CoL Cody, who is now a British subject and prefers to be called Mr. S. F. Cody,, saw :hls own machine flown for the first time last week. The pi lot was a clever young naval officer Lieut. Wilfred Parke. Mr. Cody was the first aviator in this country to ob tain the new "Special Certificate" giv en by the Royal Aero Club. A few days ago he took up, not only his eon, but , another passenger in a hundred- mile cross-country test. A very keen military aviator is Captain John Ful ton of the Royal Fields Artillery, who has also received .the "Special Certifi cate." Three naval officers and two marines are now officially at work at Sheerness experimenting with a new biplane fitted with floats. The ex-' periments, which have been a great success, have brought several German "tourists" to Sheerness, fvhere be soy scare Is at Its height Just now. A dar ing aviator, Mr. W. B. R. Moorhouse, distinguished himself last , week by chasins and beating a Great Northern Express train which was traveling at sixty-five miles an hour. Iff Ubr I It n I 1S& i - l II t i' -i v . - V" '-Mi- l- 3)gyS The Game The Season morrow 1 - . - - ' 11 I I II' . J & . " t.t JMSON-FLYN BATTLE ASSURED FACT AN TRIO OF RING STARS A trio of ring stars who have been coming rapidly to the fore of late. On the left is Jim Flynn, the Denver fireman heavyweight, who has kept hfs position as leading white hope safe against the assaults of all whom he has met. On the right Is Joe Nlandot, the Memphis lightweight, whose recent Improvement has been such that he has, almost at a single bound, sprung into the same class with Knockout Brown, One Round Hogan, Freddie Walsh, Packey McFarland and the other claimants of the -title held by the invalid Ad Wolgast. Below is Georges Carpenter, the French light-heavywejght, who made a great impression on Jack Johnson, the dusky champion declaring that a few more months in the game should make the Parisian the peer of any of the big fellows, excepting of course Johnson himself. . v AdWolgast Of The Talks Future Of H is Ring daft (By W. W. AUGHTON.) Over Two Million on Baseball Plants New York. Jan. 6. More than $2,' 50Q.O0O Is being spent on new baseball ,phy its simpiy a toss-up which San Francisco, Jan. 6. Seated in his bungalow at Venice by the sea, sport ing a smoking jacket that was palpa bly a Christmas present and puffing at a cigar which also seemed to exhale the spirit of the season, when men evince their good will by making ex changes of merchandise, Ad Wolgast talked of the future of his craft. Being now an invalid, the champion has plenty of time in which to chew ! the cud of reflection and watch the ebb and flow of lightweight affairs. His period of enforced rest is not making Wolgast impatient. He talks calmly and philosophically of the out look, but deplores the dearth of ca pable material in his.class. "Funny tnlng about the lightweights is that there are so many men with so little to choose between them," re marked Wolgast. "Just look at Say- lor, and Magnot and Hayes and Bald win and Brown and Bedell and Mur trimming' him completely, but now he has been wiped off , the map."." "Are you overlooking your old friend, Packey . McFarland," was asked Wol gast. . "Not at all, but no one )seems to take Packey seriously now," said . the champion. "He is a, fellow who en counters heaps" ox :; bad luck and it seems unlikely to have anything to' do with him. JustJook .at tha-affair at Milwaukee. Battling Nelson used to speak of me as a cheap guy who never plants for the fans of Greater New of them is tne best York. New stadiums are eitner unaer "One-Round Hogan shades all these way or under contemplation for the fen0ws," said Wolgast, after a pause. Giants, the Yankees and the Brooklyn Superbas. These and their -cost are: Giants' stadium, $1,000,000. Yankees' new park, $750,000. .Brooklyn's new park. $750,000. Within a year the three fields In xsew Tork will be able to seat 110, 000 fans In one afternoon. The Polo grounds will seat 50,000; the Yankees' new park will seat 30,000 and the jrTeat stadium to be erected In Brook- lyn will accomodate au.uuw "I believe he is going to give me more trouble than any of them. When he first came out, too much was expected of him. He was fresh from the ranks of the four-rounders and he knew noth ing of the angles of the professional game. Now he is showing improve- iXiAXU tlWU. ' "Look what he did to Knockout Brown and look how he handled Bat Nelson. Mind you, I think it. was a great showing Hogan made when he j should the United States League ,was held down to weight and the Bat-- a:e Into operation in 1912 and Invade tier was allowed to come in weighing : New York two more Dig bihuiuuio mi wnai ne lineu. t be erected; one in New York proper "Among the new men, Mandot, in or tha other in Brooklyn. However, my opinion,, ranks next to Hogan. .. . v. v, 1 1 Iao mioa art ! r Uovao iag Vi a 9-hoon " TTf Vl a 3 ' thp tiainS OI new untcuan io.e,- rUiuici " i r""" . , i.ii I . i T Vnn-o. V.-ir?Ti or I fllld with trials ana iriDuiaiiuua. MARY'S NAUGHTY SKIRT. a fair man when I first began boxing,; but he has faded away. Anyhow he was always too big for a lightweight." "How about Freddie Welsh," Wol- f.Prin Hs to USC DO tn ncinuv w . ga-St wao aoutu. 1 Make it Do Its Duty. . "I will tell you," he said. "Right- Mary Garden was dying as Car- now I am rather dubious about Welsh s men nd as she herself admits, 'drawing power. I feel that the show Ehe'd like to have died 'way in ad- 'Ing he made with Willie Ritchie Injur vance of her "croak cue." What mere 'ed his reputation. Of course, I did person of the chorus wouldn't, to say ;not see the fight, but many have told nothing of a prima donna who realiz-; me that Welsh fell short of expect ed that that just when she had to tions. Right now my own opinion is be most tragically impressive, when that I could draw a bigger house with she should, per rehearsal, have one Welsh than with any of the other hand clutched at her throat and the lightweights and for- that reason I other pVessed on- her heart, have to .would rather fight him, but if he meets use both hands to keep her skirt up? someone else while I am ay ng up and Miss Garden really had a most . does as poorly as he did Vith Ritchie, narrow escape from ending the opera Ii will not count on Mm for an oppo fn bifurcaUons. But she. never fal-'nent. Of course, if the promoters pick turned and twisted her, Welsh for me and come to my terms, tered fahe turneo an e different." I Doay ana romDlete i Woleast looks upon Knockout Brown ed States from France where he held S n ii mp could properly take her as aphenomenon who lasted but a the middleweight title. In France Mor- 1 h!r heart and grab it. She short time. ' : . eau has defeated all the ' leading hand on ner 4I am sorry tnat fellow escaped me," lights in his class, and he is confi- fnl rpJlzed the predicament stie'said Ad. "He didn't escape altogether dent that he will-be , able to conquer dience rea"ze" half that did kept at that, because I gave him a pretty the best here. Us expects to meek ? w lS't And Miss Garden was good hammering the last time we met. ' Mike - Gibbons, the St. Paul welter- Wghly Pleased. New York World.. I always, looked forward, though, to weight in the very near future. i. " i ';., -.It- - 7 X T7pf -1 1 - - ' ' 7 i w , A-f ------ ?7 II 777rry r4 I- ' MrV , r, 71'-; t;, -,7- f7t, made much money by fighting, - but if that Milwaukee affair had gone through, I would have made more mon ey over that one battleY than Battling Nelson made with the best two of his career. "I had $5,000 coming to me from the small ' picture signs which are to be hung around the aerna- and $10,000 from two beer signs that would have loomed up in the moving pictures. Is it any wonder I look upon Packey Mc Farland as a picture of bad luck? We may get together some day at that but from the way things are going at pres ent, I don't think Packey will remain solid with the public long enough to become an opponent of mine after I get well." - Wolgast spoke favorably of Jimmy Giblin, but no great weight attached to what he had to say about the pal from Ad's own home town. It looked too much as if the wish was the farth er to the boost. Wolgast also spoke ina commenda tory manner of young Joe Rivers, the Dos Angeles featherweight, who it is thought will develop into a 133-pound man before a year has gone by. "This youngster knows how to box and is able to punish solidly," said Ad. "He is improving right along and, by the time he is big enough. to try his luck with the lightweights, he will be able to fight in a way that will attract attention. There will.be plenty of time for Ad's rivals to ponder over what he has to say, as he will be out of the ring for fully eight months. He is going east in February to follow the footlight route, and some time in May he will set out with Jim Jeffries for a big game hunt in Alaska. Chicago, Jan. b. Jack .Johnson ai-d Jim Flynn signed articles late this afternoon to battle to a finish for the world's heavyweight cham pionship some time in July In the Nevada desert. Jack Curley, Flynn's manager, .signed on behalf of a syndi cate of Salt Lake City business men, who have formed a club to "build an arena and stage the1 match. Curley. announced that thep robable date of the battle would be Monday, July 22, but asked . until May 10- to name the axact ,date. This brought no objection. The forfeits were, not posted as anticipated, but Curley agreed to put up $10,000 for the club by February 16 and each fighter agreed to have up $5,000 by the same date. - ' Champion Johnson was given: his $30,000 guarantee, $1,100 for training and traveling expenses and one-third of the moving picture rights. Flynn and the club are gambling on a per centage share of what is left after Johnson is paid off. The taking and handling of the moving pictures is to be mutually agreed on by all the parties concerned Johnson articles champion also ; announced that he would ask Hugh Mcintosh to' post pone his fight with Sam McVey in Paris from June 23 until fall.' The! May 1 limit, on fights before the Ne vada go, will permit Flynn to fight Al Kublak In Toronto January 17, and Al Palzer In New York February 15, If he wishes. . Tim Sullivan, of New York, who acted as stake holder in the Johnson Jeffries fight, will hold the forfeits in this case. The referee will be named later. Asheville's Strong five to Tty 'Mi Local Association Quintette Turn (Inmpz Srh01u?0ti ill ; One' for-. Monday, the OtherWfJ 7 EXPERIMENTS IN DESTROYING AEROPLANES Tuesday Night. Asiieuuie j. cam onongesi I Has Had in Years Char-mi I laffe is Cminfinn cm -J m. v j ; - . a- ujlkii uiu oiiuiiy men :-l0f.J,m Reach the Goal. : j game of the season will be played atl V' the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, when the ; tl .. .'. . - . 'I t.- ville Y. M.- C. A. .. : Two games are scheduled, one for 7'!' tomorrow, night and the second for f;7- 7' De, and in ail probability will, be, two , A if1 ui. iiie easiest auiU iuost exciting mat ?: ;,!'-.'. have ever been played in the gymna-i' r; sium. : - yi. ! i . . ASHEVILLE. . 17 v Asheville has some team, and .hasj7,;'f ( had -for the past few years. Thlsf;V;;v year's team is far and above the oneaf 'l'. oi . the ' nrevioua years, and they nat-f t-4f.' urally are out for the championship.' ,7 In their line-up will' be found LlpinskyjIVr'1;;.' who is na tall as nnv man nn th' ison and Flynn agreed In the charlotte team, and one of the best! !;) s not to fight after May 1. The piayers ln the ontiim Hi3 partner atf 7- inn a sn announctja mat ne fnln.,..j ; ti.. v...:u i - , a very accurate shot. At center will' 7 ; be found Chambers, whovplayed such! ' ? Y a fine game when-the locals were at7 ''.'Si-. A 1 ill . i7:'- jt . . i rry j. 3 I . f Asnevine. .ine-iour guarus, x enuaui,'. ; t l av or. Yfiiinfi' anri Hrnwn ta tho tuara tu " strong point, and they win count on j , t. lotte Monday and Tuesday nights; t'-T I :V CHARLOTTE. Hr lie iuucus aic uxsjjxaj lug duuic ca.'v-u . r Aalf at) 4 no cs o i vi cr am3 qtyi nrriflr . rT , $ i i late, and all they will have to do to-' morrow night is piay theg ame theyf irr.;;'' X C VtB'MWAV VX Xlll WW II Ml W MUV; fj f. scored all of the points but three aC.'j : 4'-! i-j Aahavtlla will ha nt tha nn fnrwnrrt J , 1 5 ft with Allison at the other. AUisor. I a i : "found himself" in the second Wash;i'Y f ington and Lee game, and the way hf -. is going now will" rather surprise the ' J: ; , opponent's guards. At center will bi --, are j mighty hard to best when if M ",, ; comes to goal shooting and jumping' ,'' ., - The local's guards are thel ightes!;-?:.-',-'; and fastest that have ever played ojr!r' ;: a renresentativA team of the- associat;;;:; uee games snowea wnai ue was v, ohla - of tnlrfTip' psro nf anH in Rosf i'i, ;: and Alexander the locals have twi;! ?,; that are capable of taking care" of iM forward who is a foot taller antf; weighing 40 or 50 .pounds more, ifvl - NEW FEATURE. K' f A new feature to the . ' basketbal- : 1 game, will be. the playing . ot-xne Doy t;!-,- orchestra before and ' between tht W. halves of the game. They will rende?t: i f-. several selctions which xWlll doubtls. j " , be enioved bv ' the larce" number rtiUYb'-. people who are expected to be on han ,u for thse games.; TVia pamo Mondav' nieht will cei': tainly be in capable hands. Dr. E. H'')-" ' has consented to referee the game and with a man such . as . he, wh' knows the game from A to Z, th ;, ; game will in all probability run oi; -1 smoothly. " ; ' The game will.be called at 8:30 an?,;; 7 , the admission will be . twenty-fivf; 3, cents. . . , . ,. . . -..';-'.':',: ' r UBNER JOE T WILL MEET 0 I S E N PROBABLY Berlin, Jan. 6. A great future being assured for the aeroplane as a power- XUA illOU ULUUt VX nniiv, i-uv -vji x i , p . , military authorities are actively en-! middelweight championship ? of tne Joe Turner, who is well known in this city will be matched to meet Jack Olsen in this city some time in the near future. Turner wants to come back to the Queen City for a j couple of bouts if good men can be got to meet him here. Hack, as he is familiarly known here, says he likes, i the Queen City, and .would line to wrestle here again. Hack is the most popular man who ever went on the mat here, and no doubt there are lots of wrestling fans who will be glad to see him in action here again. ' If a satisfactory date can be arranged no doubt the match will be held in the au ditorium some time next week. The promoters say if Olsen caii not be got some other good man will be secured. Hack is one of the best men in the wrestling game and is known all over America as the best middleweight in the game. Hack claims the middle weight championship of the world. ThArA has been no man ln his class so far who has been able to pin hi shoulders to the mat in a finish. Hack has met all .the best men In America and has defeated" them all. He has Improved a lot since be was last nere and is better and raster tnan ever De-fore.- Hack says he wants to meet all the mlddleweights on this side of the water' and defeat them all if. possible, as he contemplates a tour of Europe next year and does not want the title in dispute over here. Not long ago he disposed of Henry Gerrlng, of Cleveland, Ohio, who has a world-wide reputation In sporting circles.. Hack defeated Sam Anderson, the English title holder in Washington, D. C. last fall. Anderson was the holder or tne T rd Lonsdale belt, of England. An derson won the belt In competition with 45 other middleweight wrestlers held under the auspices of the Nation al Sporting Club, of London, Eng. The American title holder at tnat time was Walter Willebouy of Chicago, 111. An derson defeated Willebouy and Hack defeated Anderson thus winning tne v. ; gaged with experiments that will solve the problem of dealing destruction &o these machines from the land. The German army will shortly be in possession of the necessary apparatus for iudffins: very exactly from the earth the speed ahd direction of balloons,; world. He has never been dereatea since he wont It and says he hopes to retire from th game the undisputed champion. . Hack has met and defeated Olsen once, using the terrible toe holt and. half Nelson. Olsen wants an other chance at Hack and wants to MARCEL L. MAREAU Marcel Moreau, who is in the Unit- "::,a i bar the toe holt. But it is doubtful it inarr-l H" "er Vhe Tomoters satisfactory, and it is hoped after some , m.? JS an wiFl Zke a additional trials have been . made to are .f devise an Si' leltVl utrS ihetts1 vs. : y " spawns JUNIOR LEAGUE. GAME. Hack and Olsen and each will do his ibest towin. If Hack wins he will be 4 . . ... r ' x 4.v.'158 pounds whom he has not met and Tawitn- one mmuie vw. defeated already. If the promoters get C. H. S. met defeat by the'C. U s. ms m&tth no doubt there are many quintet, final j score being 9 to 12 ln , wrestling Ians In tnis city who will be favor of the C. U. S. steam. Line up: j ,n. t these men in action and C. XJ S. t,,; c-v 4 Via TTrfcTvirtf afa cntnaac in aonnr. . - 1 . - iuai x r open to meet any other- wrestler at C. H. S. Andrews C. Davenport F Nesblt . ' F Fore . Q Rhyne (Capt.) Q Mason Dowd (Capt Squires - Ruse Mason starred for. the C. U. S. with Dowd second. f " - For the C. H. S. Andrews starred with Rhyne second, . ing it. It Is not improbable that th Fair 'Association may go into liquidation tomorrow and a new association be or ganized. The old association may re organize, or a new association will or ganize. No one knows what the mor row has in store. ' - r :' v W 5 if r f V 1 : , V ' 1,. 'f I. "W1 MLLE HELENE DUTRIEU Mile. Helene Dutrieu, the Frenc airwoman, who made exhibitic flights in the United States last sun j V mer who won the - Femina Cup !,V Frence for making a flight of 1i ?. '.: miles in two hours and fifty-eigi ' . " ; minutes beating all women's recorc for distance. - I '
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