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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
OFFICIALS WILL RETIRE.
Mayor-EIect Smith Will Take Charge
 of Affairs Monday.

Huntsville, April 4.-(Special. )-Mayor Thomas w. Smith aud Aldermen Mur- phy, Shields, Smith and Boyd will re- tire from office next Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, that being the time set for the inauguration of Mayor-eect R. E. Smith and Aldermen Murray. Weeden Middle ton and Phillips. Sheriff Mitchell has de- livered to the newly elected officials their certificates of election.
 Mayor-elect Smith is out in an inter- view in which he states that he will proceed at once to have the principal business streets of the city paved. He intends to enforce the vagrant law strict ly and see to it that every law ill the city code is observed or it's violators pun ished Blind tiger managers and boot leggers will receive no more consider ation at his hands than they would have received at the hands of the reform mayor had Judge Speake been elected.
 There is talk of contest of the cleo tion A meeting of the reform forces was held last night and the matter was discussed but no definite action was taken Many of the reformers are anx- ious to have contest but it is not be- lieved that the result could be changed.
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DEFENSE RESTS IN
 THE GOLD CUP SUIT
MEMPHIS TRoTTlNG ASSOCIATION SEEKING TO RECOVER PRIZE AWARDED SMATHERS' MAJOR DELMAR.

New York, April 4.-With the execution Of the testimony of one more witness who is expected to reach New York in time to testify tomorrow the plaintiff in the Lou Dillon-Major Delmar gold cuD suit completed it's case and the defense began the introduction of testimony to- day The Memphis Trotting association seeks to recover the cup awarded E. 11. Smathers after his gelding, Major Del mar, had beaten Lou Dillon. owned by c. K. c. Billings, in Q match race about two years ago.
 h"pert McCully, veterinary, testifying for the plaintiff today, in answer to d hypothetical question said that in his opinion the mare referred to in the oues ton did not stop from natural causes on the day of the race, and some drugs. such as cocaine, must have been administered. Former Judge Coyn, in his opening ad- dress for the defense declared that evil dence would be offered to show that the charges of drugging brought by George Speer were not made until Speer had been discharged by smathers and had failed to blackmail him.
 ]. M. Sehrieber, formerly state veterI- nary of Tennessee, took the stand for the defense and testified that he attended Lou Dillon at the time of her defeat and that she was suffering from "thumps" aud said that they were not caused by aconite The hearing was continued until tomorrow
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Baron Pltchery Arc Best in he League

1 nucleus for a splendid staff while Spade should rank not far behind Time and real season work will tell the worth Of Sparks, Harley and Ford.
 The Nashville fans are boosting of an excellent team, believing that their pitch ing staff ranks with the best in the league. Sorrell, the two Duggans and others are the personnel of the staff.
 Montgomery has little chance, it IS be- lieved to show up in extraordinary fash ion in the twrlng line, as her men are not above the average.
 Shreveport will probably be well sup piled as Fisher has made a splendid rec ord for two seasons. and he has mum Der of youngsters with him who have the goods and should deliver them.
 Little Rock is more or less a mystery as she has been for years past before the season opened, and Memphis should show up fairly strong, though there are few to believe that Loucks can ever fill the shoes of Liebhart.
 New Orleans has returned old veterans in Guese, Brett and Phillips, with a little new blood to help out.
 This staff of Franks is always steady to say the least and that counts Tor much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
AUBURN WINNER
 OVER MARION TEAM
The Score In the First Game of the Series Is to 1-Features of
 the Game.

Auburn, April 4.-(Special.)-The first game of the series with Marion Military institute went to Auburn this afternoon with the score of ' to 1. Marion could not hit Sam Weems, but Auburn hit Fei- ser freely getting two home runs, one three-bagger and two-base hits.
 Weems pitched his usual game, strik- ing out thirteen. Feiser struck out nine men. No bases on balls were given dur ing the game.
 The team work of Auburn was almost errorless, but Marion made several costly errors which allowed Auburn to score three runs. Auburn scored one in the first, second and third, and two in the sixth and seventh. Marion scored one in the eighth.
 Batteries: For Auburn. Weems and Whitner; for Marion, Feiser and Hanna. Umpire, Ed Braggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

The Atlanta Constitution dope artist has it figured out that the Barons are the strongest in the league in the box Their method of figuring is about the same as that of everyone in this berg, and everywhere in Birmingham it is said that Wilhelm, Ragan. Clarke and Turner will prove the four best.
 The dope is:
 Ante season form and dope places the Barons in the lead once more insofar as effective pitching staffs are concerned, and if Vaughn corrals anything like a com potent playing body to back their efforts it will be the Barons that other teams must beat out to grab the rag.
 While the Barons seem to be well sup piled, it now looks as if their strength is the Crackers weakness. for the way big leaguers have been walloping the ball over the face of the earth in practice games is at total variance with the history of years that have passed.
 If Atlanta manages to get Hughes re- turned for another year, however, there will possibly be a different story to tell as Teller and Hughes would form the
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Vaughn WiH Stop
 Dumb Ball Playing

Manager Vaughn said some things to one or two members of the Birmingham team yesterday after the game which was calculated to stir them up consider ably.
 In the dressing room he told Meek and Ragan about making dumb plays on the field, and afterwards made a state ment which is interesting reading.
 "I am tired of this failure to play base ball." said Manager Vaughn, and l told Meek and Ragan so today. The public pays it's money to see good ball playing, the Birmingham association pays money to get good ball players, and we expect the players to play ball and not do like college boys.
 Meek failed to run today when the um- pire called ball he hit a fair ball. Meek thought it a foul and stopped to argue which resulted in his getting thrown out
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There was no excuse for the play, and he should have run first and talked after wards.
 "Ragan's stunt was failure to cover the initial bag on one play in time to catch the runner out and also failure to go to the plate when ball got past GarVin.
 T can excuse bad ball playing and los ing games, but I cannot stand this mat ter of playing dumb ball. l want the statement made public and l want the people to know that I will not allow a team to play such ball. l will adopt drastic measures before I will stand for any more such playing.
 'Meek is overweight and will not train down. He will not work, and a player cannot hope to" get down to playing weight without working. He cannot stoop to get balls, cannot bat and cannot run in the shape he is in now"
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DetyoH Has q Llkey Bunch

be, and he has made many of the mem- bers of the team absorb some from him. The team may not have the individual stars, heavy hitters and crack fielders that some of the teams have in that league, but they all showed willingness to play ball and desire to win.
 Team work showed up on every hand yesterday afternoon, and those who wit messed the game decided then and there that Detroit would give a better account of herself than sixth place, the berth oc- cupied last season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
JENNINGS TALKS
 IF LONG CAREER Detroit Manager Pleased With Trip Through South IS TOO MUCH TRAVELLING Thinks Northern Teams Should Do Their Practicing at One Point
 Until April 1 and Work
 Home Gradually.
IS TOO MUCH TRAVELLING

Manager Hugh Jennings and his gin- gerry Detroit Tigers, accompanied by two Detroit newspaper men, arrived in the city yesterday morning from Little Rock, after a tour of the south, embracing the cities of Augusta, Macon, Atlanta, Vicks- burg and Meridian. at all of which places games were played without suffering a single defeat In this respect the Mich iganders have fared better than any other major league team training in the south this spring for all the rest of the teams have met with one or more defeats.
 Manager Jennings indulged in remin- iscences yesterday, after the game, and askno owledged to breaking into major league balldom with the Louisville team of the old American association in 1891.
 "I had been playing with the LehiGh team in Pennsylvania, that year. said he, and Manager Chapman made me an offer to come down to Louisville as catcher. He offered me $175 month to do backstop work when I would have come just as quickly for $50 a month, just to get chance in a major league team.
 Instead of catching I was put at short and there I stayed for number of years. Those were good old times and 1 liked Louisville all right, but in a trade l went to Baltimore, which has been the center of my most active work in baseball, both as player and manager"
 MT. Jennings is well satisfied with his spring trip, but he says there's too much knocking about over the country for the good of the teams. For instance, his team has just completed a trip of POGO miles, with nearly q thousand more to travel before reaching home.
 'I believe the best plan for spring training is for a team to go to one place and stay there until about April l, then arrange games and work back home slowly so as to overcome the difficult ties of climate. Now we jump from here to Memphis, then to Dayton, O., where we may run afoul of cool weather and accumulate some stiff arms.
 ''NVe have had a delightful trip, how ever. this spring, and haven't lost a sim
  teams have made things interesting for us and while we haven't lost a game we have had some close scores.
 Baseball is assuming higher stand ard in the south, especially in the South Atlantic league. where they have some fine teams and a lot of fine players. The managers now demand higher standard among players, here as well as in major league cities, with the result that major league teams are playing more regular games in the south and west with more defeats.
 Well make bid for the pennant this year, and if good hard work and lots of ginger count for anything, we expect to be heard from in the race.'
 Jo S. Jackson of the Detroit Free Press, an- Malcolm w. Bingay of the Detroit News, are travelling with the team.
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1 Washington, April 4.-The feature at ] Benning today was the first race, han
 dicap. The running was made by Cousin
 Kate. but at the turn Slickaway came
 fast with Right and True tapping him. the former winning in a drive. The fa-
 vorite, Tickle, did not figure Weather 1 ideal: track fast
 First race, handicap, five and a half furlongs- Sickaway. 11S McIntyre) to l. won Right and True, 106 (J. Johnsom 15 to l, second Cousin Kate, 94 Uee), 9 to 5, third. Time, 1:1o. Second race, selling. four and a half furlongs-Otwen. 94 (Vespe), 30 to l,
 won; Awless, 99 q. Johnson, 10 to l, , second; Merrimac, 99 L Smith), to l,
 third. Time, 0;5S.
 Third race, selling. seven furlongs-- Jack McKeon, 109 (Mountain), s to 3, won; Europides, 10i Englander), 9 to 1, second; ; Umbrella. SC (Goldsteim 20 to l, third Time, 1:29 4-5.
 Fourth race, handicap steeplechase
 about two miles-V Werner. 143 Dupee), , to 9 won; Dr. Keith, 1S5 (Archibald). IS
 to 3. second; Souvigny, 137 (Slaughter), ,
 to 2, third. Time, 4:0S
 Fifth race, one mile-Old Colony, S7 l (h,nglander). 2 to 5. won: Pins and Needles. S7 CMyatb. 12 to 1, second Will i Do. ST (Alex), to l, third. Time, 1:43 1-5 Sixth race, handicap, one mile and 100 | yards-Ormonde' Right 124 (McDanien, | 6 to ,, won; fCampaigner, 9S QI. Smith, l, 3 to 1, second; Sonoma Belle 112 0. John son), to l. third. Time, 1;52. Benning Entries. First race, handicap, six and one-half furlongs, Columbia course-Graziallo, 120; Golf Ball, no; Locale, 100; Alpenmarchen, | 92: Faust, Greene, 90.
 Second race, maiden 2-year-olds, two and one-lralf furlongs, old course-Mar- ston, Charlie Doherty, Merryman. Bifil, 10S Oredon, Mad Harry. False Garter. Kitty Smith. Donald T., Black Dominion, Long Ball, Belxcer, Glorious Betsy, Pen tratis. Wedding. 10o.
 Third race. selling, six and a half fur longs-Niblick. 113; Quadrille, no; Bettie Bouncer Lord Badge, 106; Greene. 105; Society Bud, Listless, 102; Edwin H., 91; Dairy Maid, Wabash Queen, S5 Fourth race four and a half furlongs- Gosson. Jubilee. 107; Servlle, 104; Ben Cole. Giles, 1O4 Glenada. Kate Carney, 99. Fifth race, selling, six and a half fur longs, Columbia course-Old Guard, Leger- man. 1l0; Flexion Marksman, Bowling Bridge. Sentry, Blue Pirate, Skirunner, 107; Roadway. 105; Bob Edgren, l02; Nob- less. Oblige, Venus. 100. Sixth race, selling, mile and forty yards, Columbia course-Workman. Parkville, no; Ivanhoe. Buttons. 107: Cobmosa. 106; Europides, 101 :. Azelina, Delphie 100; Sally K, S4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
Bayous SHY CrzbpIed BadN

by the team, either behind the bat or at first He is a good hitter and will make a valuable man when he gets down to play ing weight.
 Montgomery is back in the game, or rather in the game for the first time, and handled himself well yesterday afternoon. True. he made an error, but after all that error worked out for the best, as he caught a runner at third instead of catching another at first.
 Oyler is still on the injured list, and will be for some days to come. He was on the bench yesterday watching the game, but still is unable to wear shoe and has to use a stick when walking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
CHAPMAN PITCHES
 TEAM ID VICTORY Alabama Defeats Vanderbilt in
 Sensational Game FINAL SCORE WAS 4 TO 1 Only One Hit Made Off Chapman, and His Team Mates Played Like Vet erans Behind Him Through
 out-Game Today.
FINAL SCORE WAS 4 TO 1

Tuscaloosa, April 4.-(Special) 1.-The first game of the series here today be tween the University of Alabama and Vanderbilt was won by the former by the score of to 1. The decisive victory was due largely to the magnificent pitching Of Chapman, who let the visitors down with one hit. The game was one of the most exciting played here in long time, being replete with critical situations and sen- sational fielding.
 The visitors were clearly outclassed in every phase of the game and were outhit and outfelded by Pollard's youngsters, who displayed considerable more head work on the bases than did the Commo- dores With his team mates playing Ike veterans behind him and with the utmost coolness Chapman pitched an excellent game pulling out of several bad holes and letting the visitors down with what should have been a no hit game. A mis- judged fly to right field, which should nave been an easy out, was the only tally registered against him. At the con- clusion of the game he was carried from the field on the shoulders of a crowd of whoopng and delighted fans
 The university team was handicapped by the absence from the game of Out fielder Shepherd, and the slowness of Third Baseman Jones, who has badly sprained ankle. Smith will probably do the box work for Ala bama tomorrow, while Love will be on the firing line for the visitors.
 Following is the lineup and score by innings:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
ON THE RACE TRACK.
City Park Results.

New Orleans. April 4.-Pasadcna won the mile handicap at City Park today. After being outrun in the first half, Pasa- dena moved to the front Entering the stretch, however, Lancastrian caught him and at the seven furlong post looked to be winner. but Pasadena, under a strong ride, got the decision by head. Weather clear; track fast.
 First race, five furlongs, selling-Enfin 102 (Taylo) 9 to 2 won; Mollie Ball, 1O2 (Farrow). Il to ?, second; Entrada, 102 (Garner), 10 to l. third. Time, 1;0l 3-5.
 Second race steeplechase, short course ScharGeld, 13i (Boyle), to ,, won Lights out, 104 YourelD, 12 to ,, second; Profit able, 156 (McClure), s to l, third. Time, 2:59
 Third race, four furlongs-Bonnie Hayes, 1O9 (<eyes) to 1, won; Prince Bowling, HIS CIicls), 1S to 1, second; Brawney Lad. 1l5 (yNalker), F to 1. third. Time, :i2 3-5
 Fourth race, handicap mile-Pasadena 115 c. Lee), 9 to 10 won; Lancastrian, 1O2 (Farrow) 23 to 5. second; Warner Griswell, 90 (Garner), to l, third. Time, 1:i0.
  TOT Q.loyd), to 5, won; Brontenac' lo6 (J. Lee), to 5, second Cablegram' loS (Farrow), 40 to l, third Time, 1;l3 2-S.
 Sixth race. seven furlongs, selling-Fan- tastic, 1O2 U.loyd), 13 to .. won; Polly Prim. 1O7 e. Davis), 12 to 1, second; Cut ter. 1os CKeyes), to 5, third. Time, 1:27 4-5.
 Seventh race, mile and one-sixteenth, selling-Lemon Girl. 10S (Farrow), IS to D. won; Golden Mineral, 110 Crroxler), D to 1 second; Nellie Burn, 10i (Bilac). 10 to 1, third. Time. 1:4s S-5
 City Park Entries.
 First race, seven furlongs, selling-Lady Goodrich, 1O4; My Dulce, Stella Eichburg. Ash Wednesday,. Margaret M.. Floss s., Sonata, 1O6; Maggie Mackey, Monis. Rena P. sylvan Belle, Ever Near 109.
 Second race, four and a half furlongs, selling-Bernardo 95 Florence Keil, Co., landrina, Belavasia, 100; Bitterman. Head line, G. w. Macklin, Bucket Brigade, lOS; Orlandot, 104 Catherine F., Dethrope. Dick Rose, Antoine, o5; Ruby Wick, 1OS; Lute Foster, 113.
 Thi-d race, one mile. purse-Mortiboy ss; Peter Sterling, John l.. lnglis, los; Light Note. 109: John Smulski, Envoy 112 Fourth race, five furlongs, sellinS-No Quarter, 1O1. Dorothy Duncan. Monere, Spider Web, 1Oi; Sagapanak. Boserrian 1os. Bertha E.. 116; Fancy Dress 11s; Prince Brutus, 121; Limerick. 19i.
 Fifth race, mile and half ,sellng-Or- line. Evie Green, 9S; Dr. Young, 100; Long bright Glencare, John Mcbride, lOS Sin cerity Belle. Amberjaek, lo4; Lacy Craw- ford, Cashier, 106; Sanctin 1os.
 Sixth race, one mile, selling-Family Talk. Cuban Star, Imposition. Grandita, 1os; Gordon Rusk, Duchess of Montebello, Gold Duke, Baneful. Blacklock, Iick Abrams. 105; Quagga, Rothgeb' Chamblet Schroeder's Midway, Goddess, 1OS.
 Seventh race, five furlongs, selling Nedra, Mildrene, Attention, Aanie, 104 The Piker, 1o6; Oak Grove. Miss Dustin Marvel P. 11s; Clique. Baby P. l1s; Gold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
To End Racing at Ascot.

New York, April Alt has been definite ly decided to send American amateur bill liardists to France to compete in the in- ternationa tournament, which will be held in Paris this spring.
 The Lederkranz club has voted to en- ter F. Ferdinand Poggenburg and defray his expenses. News has also been re- ceived by the officials of the National Association of Amateur Billiard Players that the Chicago Athletic association has taken similar action with regard to Calvin Demarest. the youthful winner of the championship title.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
BILLlARDlsTs GO TO FRANCE.
To Compete In Paris Tournament This
 Spring.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 4-ln accor- dance with the understanding perfected some time ago. the city attorney yester- day requested the city council to enact an anti-pool selling law, which 1t is under stood will end racing at Ascot park. The measure, which was introduced when As cot park was anneXted by the city, was not pressed to passage because of an agreement between the city authorities and the Ascot officials, whereby there was to be no interference with racing until the season just closed had ended.
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Lister was not able to get into the game yesterday due to boil on his arm. He scraped some skin off several days ago and the place became unframed and he has a rising on 1t that is giving him a great deal of trouble and pain. How ever, he is expected to be in the game again before the opening day
 With Oyler out of the game and Meek overweight, the team is not in as good shape as it might be for the opening game. It is hoped by all the fans that Meek will get in shape right away. He is a favorte with the fans and there is no questioning the fact that he is needed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Anyone who figures that the Detroit crowd of ball players is going to land at the bottom of the league has another guess coming judging from their work here yesterday.
 The team showed the one great essen tial of winning yesterday afterhoon- namely, team work They played with will that indicated a determination to win, and the team has an amount of gin ger that is extraordinary.
 Hugh Jennings, manager of the bunch, is as full of ginger as a man could well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
Meridian Traffic Association.

Jackson, Miss. April 4-(Special)-The governor has received for approval the charter of the Meridian Traffic assoeia- look after freight matters for the busi- ness men of it's community, and to do all things necessary to facilitate the move ment of cars and the transportation and handling of freights.
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Will Organize a Bank.

Huntsville, April 4 Especial )-Fox Hen derson of Troy, Ala, has returned to Huntsville and Will proceed at once with the organization of a new national bank here. A large block of the capital stock of SlO0,OOO on which the new institution will start business, will be offered to the business men of this city and MT. Hen derson will take the remainder.
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Was Made Example.

Huntsville, April 4.-(Special)-Granni- son Hall a negro, was fined $50 and sem tenced to a term of six months at hard labor for the county yesterday, after con- viction of a charge of violating the new liquor laws. Hall is the first man to be convicted under the new law and the court made an example of him.
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SUMMARY. Home Runs-Rossman. Two Base hits-Caughlin, Crawford, Cobbs Base on Balls-By Ragan, 2; by Mullin, 5; by Jones, l. Struck Out-By Mullin, ?; by Jones, 1. Passed Balls-Garvin. Stolen Basses-M Molesworth, Gardner, Crawford, Schaefer 2. Innings Pitched-Mullin, 5; Jones, g. Attendance, 600. Time of game. 1850. Umpire, Welsh
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vardaman Pardons a Negro.

Jackson, Miss. April 4.-(Special.) )-Gov- ernor Vardaman has granted pardon to Newton Hunter, a negro, who was sent up from Tate county. to serve a ive-year sentence for manslaughter, and who had served little more than one year.
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The bowling season at the Apollo closes tomorrow night. so that only two more days are left for this popular sport. Eff forts are under way to arrange contest with some of the visiting Detroit baseball players, which it is thought would prove of unusual interest
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Cashed $45,o00 Lottery Ticket.

New Orleans, April 4.-E. J. Demarest a wealthy resident of New Orleans today pleaded guilty to violating the state law in having cashed a S45,0O0 lottery prize about year ago. He was fined $100. The prize was issued by the Honduras Ma tional Lottery company.
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Stockholders, Meeting.

OTlICN
 Birmingham, Ala, April ,. 1907. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of this com pany for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting, will be held at the office of the company in the city of Birmingham, Ala. Monday, April 15. 1907. at 10 o'clock a. m.
 By order of the board.
 F. II. EATON, Secretary.
 4-5-10t
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Mrs. Andrews Dies.

Huntsville. April 4,--(Special.) )-Mrs. Will Andrews died last night at her home on Monte Sano drive, after a brief illness with pneumonia. Her husband ana several children survive her.
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Have you tried the imported beer at the Florence Bar?
FOR SALE.

Beautiful Groom house, street improvements, all modern conveniences, terms like paying rent. See Jemison Real Estate & Ins. Go.
 2O24 Third Ave.