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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
Must Award Damages

According to ruling of the supreme court the city of Birmingham must pay Carrie F. Gordon the sum of sl250 which was awarded to her by the Birmingham city court. Apepal was taken by the city from the decision of the court which had awarded the damages because of alleged defective pavement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
Mrs N A. Eddins Dies

Huntsville, April 7.-tSpecial)-Mrs. N A. Eddins died at her home in Patton Grove yesterday afternoon after an ill., ness of several months with consumption She leaves four children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Allreturning officers in muni- cipal bond election Monday, April il, please be at office of city clerk, city hall, Saturday at Il o'clock to receive ballots, ballot boxes, tally sheets, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
Lancaster Appointed

W. L. Lancaster. who has been one of the Elmore county representatives in the legislature. has rendered his resignation from that body in order to accept appoint ment at the hands of Governor Conner as county commissioner of Elmore. The new commissioner succeeds Henry Cobb resigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
ATTENTION, sHRINERs.

Members of Zamora Temple are requested to assemble at Terminal station this evening at 6 o'clock to welcome visit ing Mobiles. Ceremonial ses. sion at Orpheum theatre to- night at 8 o'clock.
 CHARLES A. MOFFETT,
 Illustrious Potentate CHARLES J. GEOHEGAN,
 Recorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08
EislS-MiIIer

Huntsville, April f.--tspecial. ,-Jsmes Fisk and Miss Ollie Miller went to Fay etteville yesterday afternoon and were married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

for a cotton states tennis tournament to be held here at the County club, be- ginning June 20. It is understood that players from all over the cotton section will be on hand. A programme is now
 being arranged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-08

Cotton States Tourney Plans have been protected in this city
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
CHANGES ARE MADE
BY COACH NELSON

The Georgetown football squad is now
preparing for Saturdays game Win
washington and Lee University
Coach Nelson Is putting the men
through the hardest kind Of practice,
and long and rough scrimmagcs are now
the regular order of the ,.sily work
outs Although the Georgetown candi-
oates are fairly certain that they Will
heat their opponents In spite OF ne fact
that washington and Lee has &. heavy
team. full Of speed and agrees iveness-
C0ach Nelson does not wish 20 "a 4, any
chances
\ few changes N the lineup are being
contemplated BY Coach Nelson, who IS
irving 10 increase the weight OF the
back field. and n the same time main
tain its high standard Of speed and
readiness. For some time he has been
thinking Of removing little Sitterding
from quarterback To end in order 70
work IN Kraft. Viyman. and Lamber-
tor. more regularly. These men are fig-
1,red too good 10 be left on the side lines
all the time. But in view Of the fact
that Sitterding is an experienced and
neady player. having plenty OF speed
and aggressiveness, IT IS hardly likely
r0aL ne Will AtNsEAE NAAfIN NtAeAAAe N1ktN~AeAA
" as It would be no easy matter to de-
yelop another man TO take Sitterding'
place at the pivot position 4 shift thai
win most likely take place viii be thai
of BRYANT from tackle 20 fuilback. Bry.
ant is the big man Of the Georgetown
aggregation. Weighing 215 pounds. and
/ has an abundance OF endurance auC
( speed. He was played at fullbaCk yes
| terdaw and made E splendid showing
! and it is generally believed among III,
/ Georgetown followers that Nelson in
! tend to keep him in the position, If h
I continues to show up so we'll This vii
/ also give him a chance 20 work in Stohl
/ man. Feenan. and Cunnif more often.
! Although Thoroughly satisfied with tn
{ showing in last Saturdays game wit
/ 4 and NJ Nelson says there is pient,
! OF room for Improvement, especially Il
/ regard 10 the peTfecting of the for
/ ward pass. Georgetown has been un
! successful with this play so far. Tn
, men are daily run I'D and down III
. field, passing the ball, TO ac-UiTe ac
( curacy both in receiving and tnrOwin
| forward passes
| Manager JoIiat has arranged Wit
| Maryland Agricultural College to com
up several days this week for a few
! scrimmagcs. Such practice was bile
] yesterday, but at the last minute CoaC
! Aston telephoned up that the NJ. a {
could not appear before next Thursday
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
.CORRIDEN'S DEFENSE
IS LOUDLY DERIDED
Plea That He Feared Lajoie
Would Hurt Him Gets
the Hoot.

ST LOUIS, Oct 12.--"Convicted by
his own deiense," is the verdict OF St.
Louis fans ana baseball --i;ers today
on the statement OF Third Baseman
John COrTid- :. OF the St Louis Browns,
whose 4 ,'e TO field LaJoie's bunts in
Sunday stmes with Cleveland. save
the big 7enman eight hits and the
lead over T. Cobb for the premicr bat
ting hoIOTs.
Corriden sayE that he played back
on Lajole for fear Of getting injured
by a fierce drive, and WIS fooled when
La joie bunted instead or swinging hard.
Lajoie has been in the big leagues a
dozen years, it is pointed out. and this
is the first time any such excuse was
ever pleaded by an inAelder. The rec
ords do not show that LajOie IS any
more dangerous than a score Of other
siuEgers.
COrriden's explanation proves, II is
cOntended here. that players framed
up 10 help Lajoie out, and the de-
mand for a thorough investigation is
stronger today than ever
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
SCHMIDT DESIRES
TO BECOME OWNER
Detroit Catcher Is Trying to
Purchase Interest in Lit
tie Rock Team.

DETROIT, Oct. 12-Charlie Schmidt
has gone to his home in Fort Smith.
Arkansa-. and the focal paper is print
ing much news about Schmidt, "the
only Arkansan who ever got to the
big leagues
The veteran Tiger is again in charge
of his thirst emporium in Arkansas.
Last winter Charlie was ''pinched''
for not showing the Federal stamp on
some Of his kegs, but "the only Arkan-
san. who ever got into the big leagues
got out Of the trouble because he had
not been in the business long enough
tc have down the exact dope on those
U $. labels.
Charlie is quoted as being desirous
ot breaking away from Detroit-prO-
v-ding that Little Rock can get back
into the Southern League. II Little
Rock can return Charlie wants to be
part owner Of the club, that Is, il
President Navin viii sell him his re-
lease, but Schmidt SAYS there is. little
chance of the Detroit club allowing
him to go.
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
HEDGES CHAMPIONS
FRENCHNAN'S CAUSE
President of ST. Louis Team
Goes to Johnson in
Lajoie S Defense.

CHICAGO. Oct 12-President Robert
Lee Hedges Of the ST. Louis Browns
believes that Larry Lsjoie earned every
hit he was credited with in the two
games at 81. Louis last Sunday.
Hedges came TO Chicago to confer
with President Johnson he supported
Lajoie
According 10 Hedges, the St Louis
players instructed Corriden to play back
when Laioie came to bat, as there was
danger Of him being injured by one
of Larry's line drives down the third
base line The yOungster merely fol-
lowed his instructions, said Hedges.
President johnson has asked for a re-
port from Umpire Evans and Z complete
statement from the official scorer.
When these are received Johnson viii
announce his decision.
So far as learned. La ioie has not nc
ceived word Of congratulation yet
from "Ty'' Cobb on the wind-up of the
batting race
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
CRYDER IS WORKING
OUT c. ". j. SQUAD
Old Swarthmore Guard IN
structing Linemen First
RudimentS in Blocking.

George we shington is making rapid
strides toward perfecting play in prepa-
ration for the washington College game
on Saturday.
Attention was paid 20 the line yester-
day. and practice wound up with fast
signal practice and scrimmage work.
Coach Magofhn received substantial aid
Yesterday IN the person OF Cryder. the
Old Swarthmore guard, who spent an
hour in showing the linemen the rudi-
ments and principles OF blocking ana
breaking through, and the fruits OF his
Iabors were soon forthcoming, as A no
ticeable Improvement IN the work OF the
line was seen in the scrimmage-
It will be remembered that Cryder
was on the team when Swarthmore
boasted OF such stars as Maxwell, Mill
man, Kreuger, and Cobble, which line
IN that day was considered the peer OK
auv in the country ryder has assisted
at Swar rthmo-e in coaching the line
since his graduation. and Is capable OF
developing whatever latent strength
! there is in the Hatchetites' line
/ .'Cuppy'' Farmers injury was not as
! serious as was thought, and it is expect
ed that he viii be out before long. Al
I the veterans were out and Crafts
I White. and HOOten showed TO adVan,
J tage Hooten has taken on weight anC
/ looks 10 De IOuhu4LS INTO LOEul-
! What may prove a blow 10 thc team
] chances was announced when IL Wa
learned that not q few would be tneligt
Bile to play on account of matriculatiOn
II is understood that several men wh'
! were counted upon 20 make the team
of strict faculty regulations as regard
: entrance requirements. It was no
learned who the unfortunate men were
but the manager ana coaches hav
learned that il viii seriously interior
with the teams prospects.
Every effort is being put forth 10 de
velop the team for the game Satur
day Crydtr viii be out this afternoon
and Coach MagOffin expects to have
long, hard practice against Contra
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
CUBS MAY CHANGE
LINEUP FOR SERIES
Sacrifice Sheck" Slated to
Head the Batting
List.

Manager Chance VIII try out a new
liue-up for the Chicago cubs in the
worlds series, II is said. in which sac
rifce Sheek" leads on. followed by
Schultz. VITO can also buut, Hoffman,
some sluggeT; Chance. able pinch wal
Ioper: Zimmerman, cleanup hitter;
SteinfeIdt, heavy right-hand clouter;
Tinker, also competent pinch hitter, and
the batteries.
lie doesn't know how II viii work
but he believes that Sheer ards ability
10 get 20 base makes him ne best man
TO top the lineup in the absence OF
Evers
Jimmy Archer and Ginger Beaumont,
both OF the Cubs. have one unique dis
tincriOn. They are the only players
eligible for the coming worlds cham
pionshiD series. who have played in
previous struggles Of the kind upon
ether teams than they now adorn-
Archer was with the Tigers when the
C,ibs trimmed them. and Beau was
with PtttsburE when the Pirates were
yanoufshed BY the Boston Americans
S1perstitious folk may forecast moo
COO on this peculiar circumstAncc-
The Washington times., 1910-10-12

Earned runs-AU Americans. 3: Ath-
IetfcS, 3. Bases on errorS-All Ameri-
cans, > Athletics, 8. Left on bases
An Americans. g. Athletics, 6. First
base on balls-On Johnson. o. Of
Coombs. l. Struck Out-By Johnson, S.;
nv Bender. l. Three-base hit-Speaker-
Tvo-basc hits-Elberfeld, Street. John
son. Mcbride Davis. Sacrifice hits
Schaefer. Thomas. stolen bases-AIilan,
Speak ker. Mcbride. .. Street. McIuuis.
Double plays-StahI (unassisted); MUr-
phy 10 Davis. Johnson to Street 10
Stahl: Oldring TO Davis CmpireS-
NIeSsrs. Dineen and Egan. Time or
game hour and q minutes. Attend
ance-5.000
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
LYNCH is AGAINST
GIVING OF PRIZES
National League President
Says They Have Demoral-
iZing Effect on Officials.

NEW YORK, oct 12-Prezident Tom
Lynch of the National League has
lined up with President Ban Johnson. Or
the American League, IN favor Of aboI-
ishing contests FOR. prizes. the result OF
the scandal growing out Of the race for
the batting supremacy between LaJ0ie
and cobb.
The whole thing is wrong" Lynch
declared 1t not only influences scorers
Improperly, but fl causes the umpires 20
show favOritism 70 thcir friends The
Lajoie-Cobb affair certainly looks
crooked, but II was not unexpected.
Such close race for such a big prize
"a touring carl might be expected 20 de
velOp a scandal
OF course. We cannot prevent people
from ofterlrg prizes TO players, but We
can, and viii declare ineligible any
player who accepts special prizes
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
ALL STARS TAKE
FIRST OF SERIES
Walter Johnson Holds Ath-
leticS Down to Three
Runs.

PHILADELPHIA. oct 12-In the
first dress rehearsal to the big base
ball drama TO be presented to the
populace of the United States next
week. Connie Mack's champion Ath-
letics fell before the powerful at
tack Of Jim McAIeeT's cast OF All
American League stars. out at Shibe
Park yesterday afternoon, by a count
OF to 3.
Five thousand fans assembled in the
stands, and dopesters worked with
pencil and paper as the athletes wear
ing the big "a" on their shirts com
peted against the strength, skill, and
cunning of the Ban Johnson league
Giants" There was no pail of dis
appointment hanging over the field
when the fnal figures were tackled on
the scoreboard Spectators, critics,
and players alike had realized that
Connie Mack's pennant winners pitted
their strength against a most for
midable machine, composed Of the
Pick Of headliners Of the American
ranks
There was Walter Johnson, the king
OF strike-out pitchers. Harry Lord, q
king-pin third baseman; Jake Stahl,
a most finished first baseman; Iris
Speaker. enviabIe for his speed and
hitting power: Mcbride. considered by
Connie Mack as one of the best young
shOrtstOpS in the business, and other
finished players
Three Mack Pitchers Work.
Bender. Coonhs and Plank. the main
springs Of the Mack pitching machine.
failed in their efforts to stop the slug
glng attack Of the AIl-Stars. These
three men. whom Philadelphia pins its
faith in for the worlds championship,
were batted hard. but at the same time
old not exert their pitching arms.
Walter Johnson. with the world 8
Strike-Out record pinned to his arm.
was I'D 10 his old tricks. Only four Of
the champions were able TO hit his
curves into safe territory. and between
thcm seven hits were compiled
Chief Bender first out. blanked the
side I'm the opening inning without hit
nor run. The second and third periods
saw the All-StarS amasS four hits for
two runs Eddie Plank, the port
wheeler, was touched up quite lively
two doubles. during his three-inning
regime on the sand tee. Three runs
counted while Re held office. Barring
his first inning and the seventh, COombs
showed an assortment Of shoots that
puzzled the Stars He with thirty vic
single in the seventh, but had the mis-
fortune OF two errors behind him,
which were responsible for the scoring.
Stars Hit for 81 Bases.
The AH-Stars poled out fifteen hits
for a total OF twenty-one bases. Ger
many Schaeser. who occupied right field
IN the absence Of Tyrus Cobb was the
only member Of NcAIeeTs east who
failed to Cet a safety. Speaker. EIber-
field. Mcbride. Street and Johnson
played the big part in tie hit and run.
Speaker had a triple and single. while
EIberfeld and Mcbride each mad three
hits
Baker. Collins and MCInnis were the
only members of the Mack crew who
were successful against Johuson's s
curves McInnis, who held down the
shortheld position in the absence of
Jack Barr. led the day with a triple
and single out OF four times up. Cap
tain Davis had double and one-baseT.
while both Of Bakers safeties were Of
the One-base sort.
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
ARMY DEPENDING
ON DROP KICKER
West Point Is Relying on
Dean 10 Win Game
From Yale.

WEST POINT. y. Y, Oct. L2-west
Point is counting on Quarterback
Deans toe 10 score against Yale on Sat
u1day and possibly 20 bring victory.
The little fellow Is being drilled every
day in drop kicking and Is putting them
over the bar from the 55-yard line with
encouraging regularity.
The cadets also md comfort IN the
fact that they beat Tufts BY a larger
score than Yale did. In the betting
however. the cadets are demanding 2
10 l. The demand for seats is the
largest ever made on the West Point
authorities, $500 tickets having been
sent to Yale alone.
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
National Commission Should Act Vigorously Protect Baseball Sport From Scandal
HAND NEEDED
TO SAVE BASEBALL
National Commission Must Act With Firmness to Pro-
tect Players From Their Own FOles-LajOe
Incident Not Yet Over
By THOMAS S. RICE.

Manager MCAleer, Of the All-Star
team, was playing the Athletics, an
nOunced today that the game between
the stars and Athletics m Washington
next Friday would start AT Q p. IA. with
Cobb in the lineup
The merry war OF mud-slinging be-
tween the adberents Of Laioie and COh5
over the batting prize continues, and
the longer II IS kept UP the more harm
VIII be done baseball The scandal has
such a nasty taste that the public viii
be nauseated for years 10 come when
ever the subject OF special prizes Is
mentioned. but perhaps good viii come
out Of evil. The incident may show the
players and the projectors OF new
leagues that unless the professional
sport IS controlled absolutely, and oven
arbitrarily, by some such central au-
thority as the National Commission II Is
doomed 10 fall 10 the level Of foot racing
and wrestling. The commission - IN
position TO put lts toot down ~ 1T my on on
every possible iuducement TO players 20
favor one another in matters where
q gain OF intrinsic value IS the stake
and as Il has promised 10 take that
stand in the future, il Ia not likely th2t
the game viii be seriously injured, de-
spite the blot placed upon IL this year
BY the charges that LaJoie was un-
fairly helped
Colonel Roosevelt tasted mint julep-
Onward the Spotlight Brigade, into The
CITY editors room. into the columns OF
the papers. space TO the right OF them.
space 70 the left Of them. type al
around them-tO denounce the horTtS
example for the rising generation!
We pointed out last year that the
money side OF baseball was becomipg
entirely too prominent, and that the
PLAYERS were eE6Sngering their OWE
source Of income. The great financial
rewards for participants in the world ;
series have caused ugly charges or one
team favoring another IN the past anc
the suggestion was made that after
reasonable amount had been set aside
for those taking part in the series, tn'
rest should be turned into an Insurance.
fund for the benefit OF ball players
who have come 70 grief after their use
fuIness IS over. This season the rac'
in the American League was so easy Io'
the Athletics that there could be no oc
caslOn for dispute. but II We naV'
another race like that OF last year, lool
out for squalls
The story says the colonel tasted tn
iuiep. Nuf sed- No man ever tasteC
a genuine julep without dnishing II
II the young man COrriden, OF St
Louis. really played back on the gras'
! fer fear that LapQies hits Tslgni hut
him, he is too yellow, 70 oe IA ~ N,
| league. and we would nate 70 MIR
him in any other. He would be
swell asset not 10 have around tn
place in a close game, II ne bachel
away every time LaJOie, COBB, CraW
ford. Doc Gessler. Harry Davis, Jak'
Stahl. Iris Speaker, and the otnel
slugEinE swatters came 70 bat IL
The Washington times., 1910-10-12

would look real cunning away out on
the grass when there was a man on
third and nobody out lie would have
appeared in better light II he had
said he had been led astray IN the
LaJOie matter because OF his youthful
ness To say that he lacks the COUr-
age 10 fac the. big hitters in an Ordi-
nary game stamps him at once as an
undesirable who should 90 10 raising
rabbits and get out Of the national
pastime.
Perhaps II the cOI1neI took two real
1uleps he would tal;e a more cheerful
view about the country being able to
get along without one man running
the whole works
The Cleveland papers are busy chars-
ing Ty Cobb with having a yellow
streak, because he laid of part OF this
season. when his batting average was
unusually high. and he thought he had
LaJoie beaten 70 q certainty The story
was not believed at the time II was
first sprung. even By those IN other
cities, who did not Ike Cobb, but since
the St Louis case showed how seriously =
the players were taking the competition
for the auto, many fans are willing 10
believe most anything soma credeuce
WILL therefore, be given the cleveland
version or the eye trouble, which was
supposed TO have kept the Georgian out
Of the lineup for week or So
Three genuine juleps and the colonel
would not have needed an aeroplane 70
experience the sensation Of flying
It's pretty hard TO tell how 70 take
the exhibition games between the Phila-
delDlIta Athletics ana the AT-SIars.
| They are intended primarily 20 keen the
Athletics in condition and should serve
the purpose we'll Also. they should be
worth seeing Walter Johnson famed
three Of the Athletics in one inning yes
terday, which was nothing remarkable
for him. but it went 70 prove that the
Philadelphians are not fnvfncible at the
plate. and that they may have their
troubles IN hitting the Chicago pitch
ers-
The colonel has not been brlItalized
4 bv the fight pictures II he had been
/ he would never have appreciated such
| a delicate and subtle CO1COctiOn as a
genuine jUlcp-EenUine. E1ind YOU. not
/ those crimes they call mint juleps n
/ Philadelphia I'D New York
/ The Athletics and AU-StsTs viii pla3
1 here Friday, and the fans are discuss
/ ing the game with interest When the
/ series between the two teams was firs'
proposed not much was thought abCNI
4 IL. but IL seems 20 have grown beyond
the expectations OF the promoters :
/ good crowd saw the opener IN Phila-
| delrhia yesterday With the present
/ spell Of good weather and the baseball
/ public bet up about the worlds series
I we look for a large and Representative
/ gathering OF our beauty and chiyalry
next Friday. as Charley Dryden woulC
say
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
PREPARING FOR NAVY

WASHINGTON, Pa. Oct I2.-Coacn
Morrow put the W & J. squaI through
the hardest practice OF the year this
afternoon in preparation for the game
next Saturday with the Navy He used
the second string backfeId on the vs--
sity and placed the regulars on the
scrubs. The latter were unable 20 stop
the varsity, who scored one touchdown
IN two twenty-five minute halves.
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
HOUCK STOPS QUILL:

BOSTON, oct 12-Tommy Quill is
satisfied today that he has met his
master i'm Leo Houck. of Lancaster,
Pa. Quill was stopped in the eighth
round OF what was to have been a
twclve-round bout I'm club here last
night. He never had a chance.
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
LYNCH SIGNS FINNERAN

ST. LOUIS, oct l2-Finneran, the
best umpire IN the Eastern League. who
has been signed for next season bv AR
Lynch. IS vOuchcd fer nv Billy Murray,
formerly manager OF the Philadelphia
club. as an excellent official
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
MORAN TO FIGHT FRAYNE.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. E--Owen No
ran. English lightweight DuEilisJ. and
Johnny E'rayne, OF san Francisco. have
been matched to fight ten rounds before
the New Orleans Athletic Club next sat
nrlaT.
The Washington times., 1910-10-12
HACK" COMING AGAIN.

MONTREAL, Quebec, oct. 12.-Jack
Curley arrived here from Europe and
that he VIII conduct Hacken-
schmidt. the Russian lion, 3" or a wTest-
ling tour OF America