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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
Y. M. C. A. Climbs.

The Y. M. C. A. team won her sixth
straight game yesterday by taking the
Bessemer team into camp by the close
score of to 2. The game was replete
with brilliant plays, both sides putting
up a rare article Of fielding. Though
the score was close the result was never
in doubt Thomas having his opponents
completely at his mercy. This clever
southpaw made the heavy hitting Besse-
mer aggregation look and feel like pig
mics. Fancher also pitched excellent ball
and under ordinary conditions would have
been returned a winner. Following is the
score by innings: R.H. e.
Y. M G. A. ....... 900 no 1913
Bessemer :. :. ..... .0O1 900 010-2
Batteries: Thomas and Hall; Fancher
and Trotter.
Summaries: Two-base hit, Norton,
Struck out Thomas 8, Fancher 2. Bases
on balls, Fancher 4. Stolen bases, Hall.
Zilminski McEnery, Mccoy. Sacrince
hits, Morton, Mccoy Zilminski. Hit by
pitched ball. Griffencamp ana Irotter.
Time of game. 80 Umpire, Esdale. At
tendance 500.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18

Every business trip is sugar
coated with pleasure when you
use the Taxicab. Then, too, it's
the new business habit of bust
ness men. Used once, always a
habit.
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Athletics Still Lose.

Louisville and Nashville defeated the
Birmingham Athletic club in we'll
played game on the formers ground. The
game was a pitchers battle from start
to finish. There were no particular fea-
lures. Score by innings: R.H.E.
l.. q N. ....-.-........... OW OO2 IA
B. A. G. ................. .0H 900 O0-3 8 8
Batteries: Aston and Brown; Moss and
Owen.
Summary: Struck out, Aston 8, Moss
7. Bases on balls, Aston 4, Moss O. Stolen
bases, Gould, King 2, B. Brown. L.
Brown, Robinson. Hit by pitcher, Aston
8. Umpire, Bradley Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE

Five more games will close the Sunday
Schol Athletic league. The season closes
August q. The standing Of the teams to
date Is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18

meHpnis 49,. 1880 ", wv w" w,
Summary: Two-base hits, Collins, Ca
sey. Sacrifice hits, Perry, O'Leary. Stolen
base, Collins. Bases on balls, Milton 8,
Dick l. Struck out, Dick /. Hit by
pitcher, Milton Daubert, OLeary). Passed
balls Casey. Double plays, Milton to
Perry to Casey. Time, 1:so. Umpire. Nor
gan.
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Decatur Loses One.

At North Birmingham Decatur lost to
North Birmingham by a score of to 2.
The game was close and interesting. North
Birmingham played an errorless game.
Score by innings: R.H ID.
Decatur .............-.....I ol wv wv
North Birmingham. ..0ll OCl OOTZS Q
Ratteres Barnes and Barnes; Simmons
and Hicks.
Summary Struck out, Barnes 9, Sim
mons 9. Bases on balls, Barnes 2, Sim
mons g. Two-base hit, Fowler Umpire,
Beresford
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Summary: Struck out. by Perdue s, by
Fisher 4. Bases on balls off Perdue 2, off
Fisher l. Sacrifice hit, Wiseman. Double
play, Walker to Jordan to Rohn. Time,
LBS. Umpire, Pfenninger.
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More Trouble In Cleveland.
AItrock Beats sox.

Chicago, July 17.-Nick Altrock, pitch
ing for Washington against his old team
mates of Chicago, held them to eight
hits and three runs while Washington
found Burns In the ninth inning and drove
him out OF the box. winning the game to
8. Score: R.H. e.
Chicago ........ 002 100 o0o-3 s 2
Washington ........... 100 0n 002-4 10 4
Batteries: Burns, Smith and Owens; Al
trock and Street. Time, 17:40. Umpfres,
OLoughlin and Hurst.
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PhjIIjes Made Errors,

Philadelphia, July 17.-Pittsburg won to-
days game here OK Philadelphia's errors.
Philadelphia drove willis off the rubber in
the seventh inning by making five sue
cessive singles Score: R.H.E
Philadelphia ............ 600 100 500-6 II 8
Pittsburg ......... BOZ 900 002-7 10 1
Batteries: Moore, Moren and Doom;
Willis, Camnitz and Gibson. Time. 2:05.
Umpire, KLEIN.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Bio Bill Divided.

Brooklyn, July 17.-Brooklyn and Chi
cago broke even in a double-header to-
day. Each team scored a shutout Bell
was complete puzzle to the visitors IN
the first game. In the second game Chi
cago batted wilwhelm freely, while Ruel-
bach kept Brooklyn down.. Score of first
game: R.H e.
Chicago ... 900 900 900 6 l
Brooklyn .............. 900 900 10-I o
Batteries: Overall, Brown and Archer;
Bell and Marshall Time, 80 Umpires,
Rigler and tombstone.
Score of second game: R. H E.
Chicago ........... O12 600 001-4 IS 0
Brooklyn ,.,..... 900 900 000-0 2
Batteries: Reulbach and Archer: Will
helm and Bergen. Time, 1:42. Umpires,
tombstone and Rigler.
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Knoxville Drops Another.

Chattanooga. July 17-(Special.)-T
game was very close and exciting, and
was witnessed by a large crowd, an ex-
cursion having been run from Knoxville.
The locals were ahead four times, while
Knoxville held the lead at three times.
Score: Ri. E.
Knoxville .......... OBJ 10 201-8 Is 2
Chattanooga I'll 900 32f@9 IA
Batteries: Mayo, Showers, Redfern and
Reisinger; Clark. Mckenzie and Baskette.
Time, 1:55. Umpire, Meek.
At Columbia Score: R.H.E.
Columbia ........... 200 900 O20-4 8 Q
Macon .................. COL 400 O00-6
Batteries: Lewis, Evans and Kahlkoff;
Clark and Robinson. Umpires, Evans and
Vaughn.
At Augusta Score of first game:
R.H.E.
Augusta ....... COL COZ 0O'-3 10 4
Jacksonville ........... 900 900 600 0
Batteries: Billiard and Carson; Weaver
and Roth. Umpire, Westervelt.
Score of second game: R.H e.
Augusta ............... 600 600 O01-1 1
Jacksonville ........v... 600 600 600 l
Batteries: Pierce and Carson; Reyes and
Taafe. Umpire Westeryelt
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CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.

At Winston-Salem: Winston-Salem 8,
Spartanburg 4.
At Greensboro: Anderson 8. Greens
boro2 Q.
Bowen).
Hits Apportioned-Of Jun ( In : - In
nings.
Time of Camel 80
Umpires-Ruddsrhama and Caxpsntar. ;
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AMERICAN LEA6U e.
Athletics Drop Two.

st. Louis, July list. Louis took two
games from Philadelphia today 2 to and
to 4. The first was a brilliant bat
tie, Pelty's pitching being the most i'm
portant factor. The second was a con-
trast to the first. Poor pitching char
acterized the game. Criss opened for st,
Louis but was wild. Howell replaced him
and did better. Dygert's wildness was
costly to his team. Scores:
First game R.H.E.
Philadelphia ............ 900 900 900 3
st. Louis ..,....... 900 010 1872 0
Batteries: Petty and Stephens; Plank
and Thomas. Time, 1:50. EMPIRES,
Evans and Perrine.
Second game R.H.E.
st. Louis ........ 900 400 1915 2
Philadelphia ........... 100 900 OO0-4
Batteries: Criss. Howell and Crtger;
Dygert and Livingstone. Time, 2:10: UNI
pires, Perrine and Evans
MuIIn Gets Another.
Detroit, July 17.-Brockett was rather
easy for Detroit, two singles, two dou-
bles and home run by Mcintyre in the
first two innings causing his retirement.
Chesbro did fairly well. but too late.
New Yorks batting did not count be-
cause the hits came with two out in too
many cases Moriarity stole home for the
third time this season Score: R.H.E
Detroit ............ 14 010 11*-9 IL 0
New York ............. 100 001 000-2 IL 2
Batteries: Mullin and Schmidt; Brock
EFT, Cresbro and Kleinow. Time, 1850.
Umpires, Connolly and Egan.
More Trouble In Cleveland.
Cleveland, July 17.-Boston jumped on
joss in the sixth inning today and scored
five runs, enough to win the game. Wood
stopped Cleveland, tanning ten men In
four innings. Turner of Cleveland broke
the little finger Of his right hand in prac-
tice today and is out of the game in
definitely. Score: R.H. E.
Cleveland ............... 100 Ill 000-4 IL
Boston ................. UV UO0 1O0-b III U
Batteries: Joss. Falkenberg and East
erly; Arellanes. Steele, Wood and Dono-
hue. Time. 1,55. Umpires. Sheridan and
KERN.
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Boston, July 1.-THE locals broke their
losing streak by shutting out Cincinnati
today to 0. Hits by Sweeney and Beck
er, with a sacrifice in the seventh in
ming, gave Boston the victory. Score:
R.H.E.
Boston ........... 900 5000 10s-1 9 o
Cincinnati ................ 900 900 600 6 2
Batteries: White and Graham; Campbell
and Mclean. Time, 1:39. Umpire, ODay.
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Totals 40 TO II
One out when winning run scored.

N. OrIeans.. UUU UUU UUI UUU UUU II
Summary: Two base hit, Thornton.
Home run, Watson. Stolen bases, Hill,
Demont, Dexter, Lindsay. Sacrifice hits,
McCay, Dexter, Hickman, Ludwig,
Neighbors. Double plays, Hill to Dex-
ter, Maxwell to Demont. Struck out,
Maxwell 2, Hickman 8. Bases on balls,
Maxwell 4, Hickman 10. Hit by pitched
ball, Maxwell (SentelD. Time of game,
1855. Empires. O'Brien and Fitzsim-
mons.
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SaIIee's Great Victory,

New York, July 17.-St. Louis, by big
streak Of batting in the ninth inning. de-
feated New York today by score of
to l. In the ninth the st. Louis team
tied the score on Konetchy's triple and
Devlin's error and followed this with
six more. Ellis made home run with
two men on bases. Score: R.HE.
St. Louis .......... 600 900 O07-7 10 0
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Continued on page eight
The river press., 1909-06-23

institution. 1t became more than ever
such Il body when a year or two ago
1t consolidated with or absorbed the
Society of American Artists. 1t has
recently been doing many things to
show that it realizes the opportunities
1t possesses and wishes to keep abreast
OF the new currents Of thought and
action in the art world.
In the exhibition that has been in
progress during March and April more
than usual opportunity was given to
new blood. In all about 800 artists
had a chance to show Of what stuff
they are made. While this ia not
long list as compared with the mum.
Der OF art workers who might reason
ably make claim to be represented
IN the exhibitions Of body calling it.
self national 1t is to be remembered
that space in the galleries now used
by the academy is limited. That is
one reason the institution Is anxious
for building Of it's own Of adequate
proportions. One Of the chief places
OF honor in the exhibition was given
to Sargent's portrait Of the Countess
Laszlo Szecheny1. formerly Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt. Another notable portrait
in the exhibition was the splendid like
ness Of the late Bishop Henry C. Pot
ter, by William H. Hyde. Robert
Henri, one Of the new lights in the art
world, exhibited strong study Of
Spanish bullfighter, 1.-THE Picador."
Sculptors were not numerously repre-
sented, having filed a gallery all by
themselves at the winter exhibition.
One OF the groups in the spring exhibi-
tion was a work Of much originality
and beauty, entitled "The Finding of
Noses" by Augustus Lukeman.
The statue Of Henry w. Longfellow
which will be unveiled in Washington
next month is the work Of William
Couper Of New York. 1t is of bronze
and represents the poet in academic
robes and seated in an armchair. One
hand Is raised to his head, and the
other holds an open book. Critics are
agreed that the work is much above
the average Of the statues which
abound in the nations capital and
worthy presentation of the poet loved
so we'll by all Americans.
Funds for this memorial were raised
by an association Of which Bishop
The river press., 1909-06-23
THE LONG POLAR NIGHT.
Coming Of Darkness Hailed With Glee
by the Eskimos.

Coming Of Darkness Hailed With GIee
by the Eskimos.
The polar Eskimos. the most norther.
ly dwelling people in the world. are
said to exist only by the exercise Of
great ingenuity and the practice of So
cial virtues. says the Chicago Tribune.
The cheeriness, kindliness and practi-
cal socialism Of the Eskimos from east
ern Greenland to Alaska may be re-
garded as much due to their environ
ment as is the necessity for eating
large quantities Of fat The Eskimos
hail the first dark evening with the
same glee as the first daylight afte
the polar night.
When a whole summer through the
eyes have been bathed in light day
and night they long to see the land
vanish into darkness again. And with
the idea Of change they associate al
the good things the winter will bring
the frozen sea and the hunting on the
ice. the swift sledge drives far from
the sweltering houses after BEARS
"Ha, now the dark nights are coming;
soon the ice will close in the scar the
men cry as they meet toward evening,
or BE glad, for soon the blubber
lamps shall light those who go out to
fetch meat from the flesh potsw 9th
ers call out. "And windows and fires
shall light far into the night and has.
ten the tagging pace of late returning
sletlpes"
The river press., 1909-06-23
STEEL AND CEMENT.
Marvellous Growth Ct TIE Use Of Re.
enforced Concrete.

Marvellous Growth CT the Use Of Re.
enforced Concrete.
The steelcrete age is a-cOming. Al.
though we are accustomed to speak
of prehistoric man as belonging to the
stone age, the real stone age Is only
dawning. Forestry has been declared
a farce, and fenceposts are being
grown by the farmers not by planting
acorns. but by pouring mixture of
cement. sand and stone into molds.
Hollow telegraph poles Of REINFORCED
concrete are common in France, and
concrete piles are finding wider field
OF usefulness every year. In Italy
barges and scows Of REINFORCED con-
crete are used.
Fireproof buildings of the stone
lumber" are too plentiful to excite
comment, and concrete cottages and
residences bid fair to be equally nu-
merous ere long. Enough has been &C.
compltshed with re-enforced concrete
to show that forests VIII soon be a
little needed for building purposes AZ
buffaloes for carriage robes or deer for
dinners" The wonderful artificial
stone called REINFORCED concrete IN
credited with all the essential proper
ties Of lumber save combusttbility.
And the want Of this property is an
advantage. Fire does not burn It
quickly nor rot consume it slowly. It
has the strength Of steel. the durability
Of granite and promises to surpass all
present attainments in the future
when the wonders wrought today will
be tomorrows commonplaces with the
steel buried in stone.
The ancient age Of stone and the
present age Of iron are uniting to pro-
duce the coming age Of steelcrete, as
the REINFORCED concrete has been
called
The river press., 1909-06-23

''DRAMA," FROM PANEL BIZ BEnA L. PRATT.
even factories and stores. This signi-
f1es that the meaning of art has taken
deeper hold on the general public
and that the mass Of the people want
more beautiful things in connection
with their daily life.
Mr.. Pratt's panels for the Boston
Opera House will occupy conspicu-
GUS place in the main auditorium Of
this new home Of music. They typify
respectively Drama" "Music" and
"The Dance" that symbolizing music
being pictured in the engraving at the
head Of this column. They are to be
executed in terra Gotta from the mod
els by Mr.. Pratt.
Mr.. Pratt, who was born in Nor
wich, Conn.,, in 1867, studied at the
Yale School Of Fine Arts and later
was a pupil Of st. Gaudens in New
York and Falguiere in Paris. He has
received honors from the Paris salon
and from several expositions, notably
the St. Louis worlds fair, for which
he did some notable work Among his
achievements are the statue of Gov
ernor John Winthrop at New London,
Conn; the Butler memorial at Lowell,
Mass; the statue of soldier boy
erected at Andersonville, Ga in men,
Ory of the Connecticut soldiers who
suffered death in the famous stockade
there in the civil war, and the por-
trait bust of Bishop Brooks for Brooks
House, Harvard university.
There has been quite discussion
over the question whether the site of
the old armory building in Central park,
New York, should be turned over for
use for an art gallery for the National
Academy Of Design. Some think It
would be very fitting purpose to
which to put it. Others contend that
it would open the way to the location
Of other public or semi-public build
ings In the park and thus detract from
its value as public pleasure ground.
Some. too, argue that it would be best
for the academy to remain on the site
where its school is now located. ON
Morningside heights. near Columbia
The river press., 1909-06-23

WILLIAM COUPER
Mackay-Smith, General A. w. Greely
and B. H. Warner are active members
and Chief Justice Fuller and ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt are honorary members.
The association was organized about
twelve years ago, and the fund was
made up Of small contributions from
the many admirers Of the life and
works Of the poet. The fund amounted
to about $4,000. Congress appropri-
ateu $4,000 for pedestal for the
statue and authorized its location in a
public reservation in Washington.
Mr.. Couper is especially happy in
modelling works Of this kind and fig
ures Of historical characters Offering
opportunity for the study Of particular
periods, like his Captain John Smith,
unveiled last year on jamestown is
land.
The Tissot Old Testament paintings.
which through the generosity Of the
uoted tinancier and philanthropist ia.
cob II. Schiff have become the property
of the New York Public library, are a
wonderfully realistic presentation Of
the scenes amid which lived the char
acters of the Bible. To those who have
never given special attention to the sub
ject these paintings contain revela-
ton. and traditional ideas as to many
The river press., 1909-06-23

esting life and character Of their own,
only awaiting proper insight and
knowledge and human sympathy to be
recognized as valuable national pos
session in our life as well as our liter
ature. Mr.. DAILY brings to his task
precisely the sympathy and insight re-
Qufred. His art. like other fine art.
eludes analysis. The thing is done,
the effect produced. but how perhaps
he himself could hardly tell. The
spelling, like that Of Thackeray's
Jeames Yellowplush,' is in itself a
work Of genius. But the secret is not
all there. The little stories or themes
OF the poems are charmingly apt and
characteristic. but neither do they
quite account for it. Somehow we
are made to feel the very nature and
way Of thinking and feeling Of the
persons whom he presents; not their
national peculiarities merely. but their
individual Ones"
Thirty years ago Miss Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps, now Mrs. Ward. wrote
''The Gates Ajar." AS it gently op-
posed the stiff church notions Of
heaven then currently held it excited
somewhat the same antagonism that
another Mrs. (Humphry) Ward aroused
ten years later in Robert Elsmere."
Mrs. Phelps-Ward has been publishing
in Harper's Bazaar series Of articles
explaining her present theories on i'm
mortality and the future life. She
asks who now expects the orthodox
heaven that shone in the mental eyes
Of our grandmothers or yearns to
stand in row with musical ghosts
around throne? If "The Gates
Ajar" appeared as new publication
now, the author asserts that It would
scarcely excite remark. Who antici-
pates a white robe. demands Mrs.
Ward, and a palm branch and q
hymn book, but who, on the other
hand, does not anticipate the restitu-
ton Of lost things1
The river press., 1909-06-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There has been a food Of dialect
tales and poems, ranging all the way
from good to the worst possible. In
truth the thing has been overdone.
Yet now and then appears a dialect
book SO true to nature and so charm
ing that it makes up for the many
dreary performances In the de-formed
spelling line. One Of these good ones
is T. A. Daly's "Carmina," just issued
by the John Lane company Of New
York. Days songs in italian dialect
have gone through the press of the
entire country. He does not make the
mistake Of being always humorous,
though he is humorist Of parts, writ.
ing skits on the Philadelphia papers.
Many Of his Italian songs owe their
popularity to tender pathos.
The authors official name Is Thomas
Augustine DAILY, but he Is known as
Tom all over Philadelphia and among
the writer's Of humorous columns from
New York to Los Angeles. Most of
these young men who brighten the edi.
torial pages Of our leading dailies are
members of an organization known as
the American Press Humorists, the or
ganization whose prize Joke was ad-
mitting John D. Rockefeller to men,
bership. OF this aggregation Daily was
at one time president, and when the
joke writer's had their annual conven-
ton at the Be.levue-Stratford In Phil
adelphia he carried of the honors so
we'll and did such a lot Of entertain
ing that they have since loved him only
second to their pastor emeritus, Robert
J. Burdette.
Mr.. DAILY is editor of the Catholic
Standard and Times, in which much
of his best work has appeared. In
reality he Is an American Irishman-
that describes 1t better than the hack
neyed Irish American-which makes
his success in Italian dialect all the
more surprising. He has already is-
sued one book under the title of "Can.
zoni," which, with his work in the
has put him far and away
in the lead Of all Italian dialect writ
ers in the country. His fame is by no
means confined to the one field, how
ever, as his verse in straight English
and in his inherited Irish dialect Is
also widely copied.
The high esteem in which Mr.. Days
glimpses into the life Of our American
Italians is held Is shown by the fol-
lowing appreciation from the pen of
Julian Hawthorne:
Ills Italian studies" says Mr. Haw-
thorne, "are really marvellous. These
Italians have a captivating and inter-
The river press., 1909-06-23
HOMEMADE LOG JACK.

Simple Device Fer Raising Heavy
Sticks Of Timber.
The accompanying sketch shows a
device to raise logs to be cut in stove
wood or post lengths. Two boards are
bolted together at each end with 2
by 4 inch piece between them. This
forms an opening into which a lever
is fitted and worked on pins thrust
through holes bored at intervals in the
two boards. as shown.
A chain is fastened to the lever with
an eyebolt. the end passed under the
The river press., 1909-06-23

Envy Not.
Oh, envy not your brother man
Because his coat is seedy
Or rave about the list of cares
Missed by the poor and needy!
His life may not be all a dream
OF peaches, cream and honey
His troubles may be fierce as though
He had lot of money
We know the worries of the rich
At times are quite pehetic;
That they must ever be alert,
Resourceful. energetic,
For pitfalls lie along the way,
And there are schemes in plenty
Designed to make them loosen UP
And drop a ten or twenty.
You see a man without a cent:
Ideal seems existence.
No schemes are laid for him that call
For firm and strong resistance,
No taxes and no charities,
No social dues to shatter
His nerve reserve and keep him glum,
With everything the matter.
True. he may sometimes wonder where
He'll find a quarter growing
Or maybe even less than that
A dime to keep him going.
So do not envy him because
On stocks he is not tripping,
For there are worse things in the world
Than tedious coupon clipping.
The river press., 1909-06-23
The National Forests.

The United States forests now cover
about 55O,OOO.cto acres. according to
the forest service, while the original
forests covered at least S50,OOOOOO
acres. The government owns about a
quarter Of the total forest area. which
contains one-fifth Of oil timber now
standing. The timber lands privately
owned are generally more valuable
than those Of the government, but are
far less carefully managed.
The river press., 1909-06-23

log and large link at the opposite end
hooked over one limb of crotched
stick. AS the lever is worked up and
down the pins are pulled out and =
placed in their turn farther up on the
boards. A log can easily be raised to
the proper height for saving.