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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1923
Page
3
In Philadelphia the middleweight title holder did not box as planned. Instead Cum meets a substitute while Pat Moore and Frankie Genaro, American flyweight champion, face off in the undercard. Weather and schedules cause shifts with teams and athletes on the move.
Walter Hagen the reigning British Open champion begins exclusive correspondence in The Constitution on British and American title matches. He previews the British setup, his cup defense, and American contenders including himself, with questions about Troon winds, Long Jim Barnes Kirkwood Sarazen Hoffner and others. His dispatches will come as he sails aboard the Aquitania from New York.
Georges Carpentier will fight Mike McTigue for the light heavyweight title, tentatively set for July 14 in New York or Jersey City. Terms reportedly offer 25 percent of receipts. McTigue’s manager in New York has accepted. Tex Rickard also signed Jack Renault as utility in the May 12 Yankee Stadium heavyweights event.
Wealthy prize fighters drift from New York as shortage of currency is felt. Willard fences a nine room cottage in Yonkers with stabling for sparring partners, while Eugene Criqui, Europe’s featherweight champion, has taken over a place at Manhasset as he eyes a summer bout with Johnny Kilbane.
Erminio Spalla of Italy challenges W. Vanderveer of Holland for the European heavyweight championship in Milan on May 15. Vanderveer holds the title, with Spalla the Italian champion, in a bout that will decide the regional supremacy.
Karr's pitching woes and Ewoldt and Clanton's stellar fielding lifted the Pelicans to an opening win. Bogart homered in the first, Catton Kwanna and Gilbert added key hits, while Ewoldt and Clanton's glove work saved several runs. New Orleans fielded flawlessly as Martina held off Cracker batters, with Matteson surrendering ten hits over eight innings.
Philadelphia April 23 Sprin Penns relay carnival at Franklin field promises a world class field with Oxford University distance medley and two mile relays. Morgan of England will run the two mile international, while Hamilton Collegiate Institute and Universite de Montreal contribute strong relay teams. Key races include the Friday distance medley and Saturday two mile relay with entrants from Princeton Yale Harvard and more.
This afternoon the prep baseball week opens with several games at Almond and Piedmont parks. Fulton vs Beys High, Mariston vs Tuiveralty, G M A Tech High at Piedmont, and Commercial vs Decatur at Decatur are on the slate. Fans may see upsets as Boys High aims to rebound from a prior Fulton defeat.
Tech athletes set three southern marks at last week meets in Sewanee and Gainesville. Rather tied the southern record in the 220 yard low hurdles with 25.2 seconds. Welch vaulted 12 feet 5 1/2 inches for a new southern high jump record. Whelchel threw the javelin 103 feet 3 inches, breaking his previous best, while Priester later set a 193 feet 10 1/2 inch southern mark at Mississippi A. & M. Sens, a Tech freshman transferring from the University of Texas, won both hurdle events at Gainesville before competing unattached in Saturday’s big relay games.
Floyd Johnson, the Little Giant of Iowa, earned the chance to face Jess Willard in New York on May 12 by narrowly defeating Fred Fulton in a round no-decision bout in Jersey City. Johnson, 190 pounds, weathered a late Fulton knockdown as the crowd backed the verdict, with ring writers largely favoring Johnson for the Willard rendezvous.
A column by Inniss Brown argues clubs should invest in youth by pairing aspiring players with a professional and a junior assistant to coach and play rounds together. The Kirtland Country Club in Cleveland implements this, while Philadelphia and other regions foster junior championships, signaling a nationwide push to cultivate talent and identify future champions.
Cincinnati April 23 Carl Schnell pitcher released to the Nashville club of the Southern league. August Herrmann president of the Cincinnati Nationals says a determined effort will be made to obtain several experienced pitchers. Were pains hunting for pitchers I dont know where we will get them but we have to have them.
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