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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
American Association
STANDING
Results

At Indianapolis: First game. Indian apolis 2, Milwaukee l. Second game, Indiapapalis. .y2, Milwaukee o.
 At3 Columbus Columbus 5, Kansas City 2. ii<
 At Toledo: Toledo-St. Paul-rain. { At Louisville: Louisville 5, Minne- Rpolis 9. .... r.- e.faL .-A
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IN FIRST INNING BARONS HAVE CHANGE BUT THROW AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY - BAILEY PITCHES FINE GAME
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Montgomery 6, Birmingham l. Mobile 1, Atlanta l.. Memphis 6. Nashville 0. Chattanooga 4-l, New Orleans 9-4
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ATLANTA GETS ATKINS

Atlanta, June 25.-Atlanta did not stop when Vedder Sitton was ac- quired Another good finger was needed. and he came in the per son of T. Atkins. Atkins, who : helped Atlanta win a pennant in 1909. is expected to go like a house afire in this league. Brittoh, with ; The local staff now consists of ; Foxen, Atkins. Sitton, Miller and Johns. The staff is considered one
 7. of the best in the league.
 President Heisman has demon- ; strated the procs of the fact that 7 when the team has money 1t can , get anyone 1t desires.
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Jacksonville, Fla, June 25.-More than BOO people saw Jacksonville win from Columbus today to ?, the winning run being driven in by Leary in the last round and after two were out. It was the first Sunday exhibition in six years and there was no interference by the authorities, the officials of the ball club having framed a pro- gramme of athletic sports which took place between innings and be- cause of which. it is believed the law against Sunday baseball will not hold.
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'-Batted for Johnston in seventh
 Score by innings:
 Chattanooga 12o GOO Ol1-4 New Orleans .......k..... GOO OOl 2O0-3
 Summary: Two-base hits, Barr. Coval- eskie, Lejeune ?. Callahan Three-base hit, Hess. Stolen bases, Manush, Mil. Butcher. Barr. Sacrifice hits, Murch Sen tell. Struck out, covaleskie T, Hess 8. Bases on balls, CovaleslSie 2, Hess ?. Left on bases, New Orleans g. Chattanooga 10. Time, 2:15. Umpire, Collifower.
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HUNTSVILLE HELPED

Huntsville, June 25.-(Special.)- Artie Riggs and his ball players from Fort Smith, Ark, leaders in the pennant race of the disbanded Western association, arrived here today and on tomorrow will don Huntsville uniforms in the South eastern league.
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Every time that l meet a doctor blush and turn away for my natural impulse is to hug him like long lost brother and that would not apear nor nal on the street. AS an explanation, I beg to say that it was through one of the leading medical lights in San Fran cisco that I am still alive. It was just six years ago that this gentleman took my pulse, applied the stethoscope, put me on a liquid diet, shook my hand firmly and then whispered to my pa rents. Poor fellow Only six more months to breathe the air"
 At that interesting period I was bearing the title of note teller and real estate clerk in one of the leading banks in San Francisco. When it was gently hinted to me that I had only short lease on life, l did the best thing in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Cubs Beat Pirates

Chicago, June 25.-Chscago punched hits of Leiheld today and won from Pitts
 burg, 4 to 3. The game was played in
 an almost continuous rainfall, and the
 field was a mass of mud. Wagner's bat ting was feature. Richie, although wild, kept the visitors hits scattered. Score: R.H.E. Chicago ...............,. 0D OW ll'-4 lz l Pittsburg ............. 900 0O1 001-2 o Batteries: Richie and Archer; Leifield
 and Gibson. Empires, Johnstone and Eas-
 on. Time, 2:o5.
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Sox Trim Tigers

Chicago, June 25-A fifth inning rally, which netted six runs on five hits, helped by errors by Bush. and Delehanty, re- s to 4. Rain aided the Chicagos and com ling at a time when Willett weakened. Walsh rescued White in the sixth. strik- ing out three in that round, one in the eighth and two in the ninth.
 Score. R. H. E.. Chicago ................00 900 060 20~-S 12 l Detroit ...................11O o02 OW-4 II Z
 White, Walsh and Sullivan; Wilett, I.aftte and Stanage. Empires, Perrine and Dineen. Time, 2:10.
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Beaupiller Sacrifice hits, Swacina, Burleson, Myers Stolen bases, Zim- merman, ODe1l, Corbin. Struck out, Burleson IA, Johns ?. Bases on balls, Burleson 1, Jobns 1. Hit by pitcher, Burleson (Corbin), Johns (2). Passed balls Cadman. Double plays, Knotts to Jordan; Cadman to Rohe; Knotts to Sykes. Time two hours. Umpire. Car penter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
COTTON STATES
STANDING
Results

At vicksburg: Vicksburg '. Yazoc City 4.
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Games Today

Birmingham in Montgomery. New Orleans in Mobile. Memphis in Nashville. Chattanooga in Atlanta.
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Walter Nagle, one of the Pittsburg twirlers, is one of the greatest living examples of the benefits of outdoor life. Six years ago he was an anemic bank clerk in California, and the medical gentlemen shook their heads and gave him about isx months to enjoy the world. Instead of fulfilling their proph- esies, Nagle took up baseball as a profession. and is now in the best of health. During his time on the ball field he picked up pounds, is as hard as nails and never felt better. In the following narrative he tells how he reached the acme of health and happi- ness:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Mans Take Two

St. Louis, June 25.-The Cleveland team captured both games of the double-header here today, to and 8 to | In the opening game Gregg held the locals down to four hits, while in the second game Krapp was effective on the mound, and at bat featured in several timely plays Scores:
 First game R.-H. E. St Louis ................OOO OO0 OoO-0 l Cleveland ......,........ GOO 001 O01-2 0
 Batteries: Petty and Clarke; Gregg and Smith Empires, Evans and Mullen. Time :32.
 Second game q, R. H. D. St Louis ............. 600 GOO 1co-1 9 4 Cleveland ............. .0M O20 500-S 13 1
 Batteries: Lake, George and Clarke; Krapp and Fisher. Empires! Mullen and Evans Time 200.
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'-Batted Tor Fraser In seventh.
 Score by innings:
 Shattanoosa ...........-........ 600 GOO 01-1 New Orleans ............N.... 100 700 2@-4
 Summary: Two-base hits, Northern, Kirke, Doane Stolen bases. Lejeune 2, Barr 2, Manush. Doane. Sacrifice hits Sentell, Callahan, Angermeier, Butcher. Double plays Northern-Murch, Anger meier-Manush. Struck out Chappelle 4. Fraser '. Base on balls, Fraser Hit by pitched ball, Fraser Gister). Time. 30 minutes. Umpire. Collifower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26

You can always get a room with bath at the Birmingham Hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26

Courtney. Sacrifice hits. Crandall, Jack son @. Stolen bases, Altman CD, Adams. Double plays. Courtney (unassisted: Gran dall-C Courtney. Bases on balls, Case 1, Newton B. Struck out, Case ?. Newton l. Time. 1:35. Umpire, Pfenninger.
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FIVE PUNCHED FOR
 HITTING HONORS

Here are the hard hitters in the lea RlIe.
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ny UtVVcU 7a'II'
 Score by innings: Nashville ........................OoO 900 OOO OW-o Memphis .....-...................o9l 0l4 OV'-o SunmarY: Two-base hits. Swalm @,
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SOUTH ATLANTIC
STANnING
Results
ANOTHER GOOD DODGE

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02
CANT Little Bets.

Daring wagers between army Off.
GERS are now far less common than In
the good old days"
In a regimental betting book of the
early sos can still be read the entry:
mi. Wroughton bets Mr.. Johns one
bottle of port that Mr.. Johns will be
drunk before five nights from this
date" To this there is the significant
addition: Lost by Mr.. Johns let null.
lus error)." More humorous Is a
subsequent entry: Mr.. Evan bets
Mr. Hallet one bottle of wine that
he tMr e. will kick the apothecary
Oh Dundalk from one end Of the town
to the other"-a bet that was not de-
cided
In 1861 a Lieut.. Hayter bet DR. Sea.
man that he Cthe lieutenant) had more
hair on his head and face than the
doctor, and the sequel reads: Decd.
ed by the majority in the room, de-
cidedly the worse for drink. Lieut.,
Hayter losing" Finally. there was a
dramatic end to a wager made in In.
dia in 1856, A Capt. Crawford BET a
Capt. Wright one bottle of champagne
that neither Of them would be killed
in an action within twelve months
from that date. The bet was never
settled, for a marginal note reads:
Capt. Crawford and Capt. Wright
both Billed."-Answers, London
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02
Saved His wife Life.

MY wife would have been in
her grave today" writes 0. II.
Brown of Muscadine, Ala, 81,
Is 5u!Y az IoJ uooq 4ou puV u
New Discovery. She was down
dn 4os % aIqp lou peq Ioq III
without help. She had a
severe bronchial trouble and a
dreadful cough. / got her a bot
tie Of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry, and she soon began to mend,
and was well in a short time.
lnfallible for coughs and colds,
ITS the most reliable remedy on
earth for desperate lung trouble,
hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma,
hay fever, Group and whopping
cough. soc, $1.OO Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed by Cren-
shaw & Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02

Mrs. T. B. Ramsey and little
nephew, John Graves, went to
Kansas City Saturday to
perd the day.
Hon. Alex. Graves went to
Kansas City Saturday on le-
gal business.
II. W. McNeel returned Satur-
day from a business trip to
Odessa.
FLOWERS Of quality: Roses,
Carnations and Chrysanthemums
at Leonard Coen's. Phone CTS.
Orders delivered promptly.
There now, l told you that
chair ought to be fixed. Take it
at once to R. F. Norfolk. He
can fix it before it is too bad to
be mended. He can repair
any kind of furniture and do it
right.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02
sized Things Up.

MS actions nor had he jumped to con
illusions. he had stood at the gate
and sized things up as he chewed his
cud. He had recognized the fact that
an auto was bigger than be was, and
that it kicked up far more dust, but
he was not dismayed. He was a
goat, and he had never yet met any.
thing that could stand a head-on col.
liston with him. He would daily for
awhile and then to business. Some
OF those who believed they could read
his thoughts said he was picturing to
himself a mile OF highway filled with
smashed autos and groaning men
Others warned Miss Cherrie that the
fatal day would dawn for him, but
she refused to fence him in.
One Sunday morning the goat made
ready for business by eating an un.
usually hearty meal and jumping a
fence half a dozen times to get the
kinks out of his legs. Then he trot-
ted off to the public square and wait.
ed. After a quarter of an hour, dur.
ing which interval he paid not the
least attention to the insulting re-
marks Of the half dozen idlers on the
tavern steps. he espied an auto. There
were three men in it, and they had no
cause for haste.
Plutarch walked to the middle OF
the street and posed himself. His
heart did not beat one faster. The
auto horn walled at him, but he did
not bat an eye. The coming vehicle
might have swerved from its course,
but it did not. The goat might have
sidestepped and saved his bacon. but
he was no such goat. Head down and
his tail jerking, and the collision
came.
The auto did not rise thirty feet
into the air and come down with a
kerchunk! It was the goat. But for
a young man in the tonneau of the
machine the auto would have passed
on with ~digniied Indifference. He or
dered a stop and got down. Before
him lay the huddled remains of what
had once been a goat in his halcyon
days. He was now smashed, frazzled.
broken-pulped. Never again for himl
Some men would have dropped a
silent tear and passed or to kill a dog
in another village, but not Fred Glea-
10 His inquiries as to the owner of
the victim were answered, and he
straightway proceeded to the resi-.
dence of Broker Vale and sent his
card in to Miss Cherrie. She came
into the parlor prepared to find a book
agent and make short work OF him,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02
The Game of Football.

Sailor" Burke, the ~well-known
pugihst, compared pugilism with foot
ball the other day.
why" said the sailor, I'D rather
fight than eat, but football is too
rough a game for me. 1 wouldn't play
in a game Of Intercollegiate football
for 100 per cent of the gate receipts.
I'm not strong enough. Besides,
haven't got the nerve"
He laughed and went on:
Last year, at the height of tho
football season, | met a Yalevard boy
one Saturday night.
"'That's a bad black eye you're got
there / said. Did you get It in to-
days game?'
"Yes, l did said he. He scowled
and patted his pocket. But do you
know what I've got here, sailorg
No; what?'
The ear of the fellow that black
ened it."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02
PlU1Grch'S
Mission
BY Donald Allen
Copyright r1l by Associated Literary
Press.3

Copyright c1l by Associated Literary
Press9
Miss Cherrle Va.e. almost twenty
years Old had Decided ideas about
suburban life. One OF them was 10
keep a goat as a pet. comrade and
friend She had no care TOR a canary.
parrot, dog or cat, but she did want
a goat, and she wanted a name lcr
him. Just why she called MIN Plutarcn
she never explained, but that cogno.
men was bestowed upon the animal
generally referred TO as Billy, the day
she bought him in the city and had
MIN shipped out to the village.
Miss Cherrie had plenty OF friends
Among themselves they said a goat
was a queer pet for a girl to keep
around, but when any one was asked
why a goat shouldn't be coddled
combed, petted and ted on the best OF
The land he could put forward no good.
objection. That the Vale goat appre
ciated his position in society was to be
noted in his walk; that the bad bows
10 the village had better let him alone
was shown when Miss Cherrie ven
for them with a ~horsewhip and the
village constable afterwards fright
eued them with threats OF chains ana
dungeons.
Three months after his arrival
from the city Plutarch owned the vii
lage. 1t was his privilege to wander
where he would and be ~unmoleated by
man or beast. He took on the dignity
of a governor and the exclusiveness
OF the president Of a butter trust, and
his days were full OF c%omplacency
Then came the shadow Of trouble and
il soon developed into a solid sub
stance.
A new bridge was built across q
creek, a steep hill graded down and
a macadam road brought the autos
c~hugging through a village which had
hitherto been avoided.
The dogs ran out, to be knocked
down and rolled over. Some were
and others went limplng away
to be wiser next time. After a few
weeks Plutarch Vale was about the
only living thing in the village who
hadn't come to the conclusion that an
auto had the right OF way over every
thing He hadn't been impulsive in
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02
lightning Kills Few.

In 1906 Lightning killed only
1863 people in this whole coun
try. Ones chances of death
by lightning are less than two in
a million. The chance of death
from liver, kidney or stomach
trouble is vastly greater, but not
If Electric Bitters be used as
Robert Madsen of West Burling-
Ia, proved. -Four doctors
gave him up after eight months
suffering from virulent liver
trouble and yellow jaundice. He
was then completely cured by
Electric Bitters. They're the
best stomach, liver, nerve and
kidney remedy and blood purifier
on earth. Only so cents at
.renshaw & Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02

W. z. Hickman came down
from independence Friday and
returned Saturday morning.
Miss Elma Brooks left Satur-
day morning for a visit with rela.
tives in Quincy, Illinois.
Young Ewing went to Kansas
City Saturday to spend the
day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-02

and was therefore somewhat sur
prised to behold a gentleman VINO
bowed and stammered, and finally
said:
q was told on the public square
that you were the owner OF a goat"
Yes, sir"
Would yon be willing to put a
price On him and let him go?"
sir, l am not selling goatsy"
No, but you see-you know"
q have a goat. hit he is not Tor
sale"
81 know, but you see III have Eilled
him and wish TO pay damages!"
What killed PlutarchH half
shouted Miss Cherrie
Yes. He was in the street and
made a dive for my auto We were
going too fast to stop and"
81 will never forgive you. sir
never! He had as much right to the
street as your auto. You are prob
ably proud OF the feat you accom-.
plished You probably chuckIed oven
it. The wonder is that you did not
sneak away after your crimel"
Miss Vale, II" stammered Mr
Gleason, but before he could get fur
Their she haughtily said:
1T was an insult to come here and
tell me you had slain my goat!
shall lay the facts before my father
With that she turned away. and the
young man found his way to the front
door He had been embarrassed ana
confused, but he had noted that Miss
Cherrie Vale had big brown eyes.
chestnut hair, a handsome face and a
figure to be admired Had it been
some old woman or spinster her words
would have angered him, as he had
done all that could be reasonably
looked for, but in this case, while he
felt Inundated, he kept the picture OF
the girl before his eyes and took a
solemn vow to himself. A boy and a
spade were engaged. and in a grove a
quarter of a mile down the highway
the remains of Plutarch were laid in
their last resting place.
Three days later, as Miss Cherrte
stood at the gate, wondering in which
direction she would walk, an auto
halted, a young man raised his cap,
and Mr.. Fred Gleason saluted her
with:
Miss Vale, ! have a goat here to
replace the n I killed the other day
VIII you kindly look at him? He is
a real angora and a great pet"
The girl never raised her eyes, but
turned and entered the house as ii
Mr.. Fred Gleason did not exist.
On the evening Of the second day
Mr.. Vale came home from the
city to say:
Say, dear, the young man who
your goat has got me going. He
wants to make good and he is asking
me If you would accept OF this or that
Better take a camel or giraffe and call
It square"
A week later the father telephoned
that he would bring a friend to din.
ner, and when he arrived the friend
proved to be the goat killer. The
faded from Miss Cherries face
once, but the father laughed in his
way and pinched her cheek and
said:
Mr.. Gleason is here to provide
Plutarch with a grave stone and an
There's just time to fix it up
between you before dinner, and then
can attend the funeral in a body" :
Dinner was delayed half an hour by
he fixing up" but when the young
people came to the table at last both
we're smiling, and 1t was while the two
we're down in the grove, later on, at
he grave Of the goat that dared an
iuto, the broker said to his wife:
Wouldn't It be funny If the killing
# that old goat was ~foreordained SO =
IS to provide us with a s~on-in-law be.
ore Cherrie gets to be an old maid?'
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-03
AGED WOMAN LEAVES FOR
UNACCuSTOMED TRAVEL

Sioux Falls, S. D.. July 31.-An in
cident OF more than passing interest
was the departure from Sioux Falls
a day or two ago or Mrs. Jennie Wap-
les. for the purpose of visiting her son,
William NAPLES, a prominent business
man of Grafton, n. d.. Mrs. NAPLES
Is rs years old and this was her third
railroad journey during her lifetime
She came to Sioux Falls with her hus-
band, Commodore NAPLES, now dead
on the first passenger train that ever
ran into this city. This was on August
i, 1873. William Il. Doolittle, few
years ago mayor OF Sioux Falls and
now veteran engineer on the Oma-
ha railroad between Sioux Falls and
Worthington, MIMI, was the man i'm
the cab on that memorable trip over
the Omaha railroad, which was the
first to build lire into Sioux Falls.
In all the 33 years which have since
interviewed, Mrs. NAPLES has not been
out OF the state until her present trip.
although during that entire period she
lived only few miles from the Min
nesota and Iowa Zines. And but once
before had she been on n railroad train
since 137S-seven years ago, when she
took trip to Salem and Mitchell. For
some years Mrs. NAPLES served as
treasurer OF the Sioux Falls school
district.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-03
Neus Brev;ties

ST. PAUL-The executive commit
tee Of the Mems Religious Movement
was in session in St. Paul yesterday
for the purpose of planning world.
wide campaign for a more material
religion than offered, which is to be
launched from the Twin cities on
October 10.
HALIFAX, n. S.-The Canadian
navy was nearly deprived of half its
strength Sunday when the flagship
Niobe crashed on the lodges southwest
of Cape Sable. Four hours later she
was foated leaking badly, and pro.
ceeded under her own power to Shag
harbor. 10 miles away, where she Is
at anchor with six fathoms OF water
and a soft mud bottom under her.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.--State's Attor-
ney j. G. Weaver and Sheriff David
Allen, Of Pike county, appeared Sur.
day before Governor Deneen TO obtain
a requisition for the return OF Cares
f. Marker, the absconding president
of the Bank of Pearl. at Pearl, H.,
who fled from there almost three years
ago with his accounts about $4,000
short The requisition was issued and
Sheriff Allen started for San Francisco,
where last Saturday Marker surrend-
cred himself to the police. Marker will
be brought TO Pike county to stand
trial. He Is said to be penniless.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-03
BIG PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
WILL EMPLOY LOCAL LABOR

WATERFOWL. $. D., July 31.--At an en-
thusiastic meeting of the Watertown
Business Mems union a resolution was
drawn up to be presented to the city
council praying them to begin work at
once on paving the business district OF
the city. Every member voted I'm favor
Of the resolution. Cement was favored
as the material because it will give
local firms the chance to do the work
employ home labor and utilize home
products. WATERFOWL does more ce-
ment work than any other city in the
state.
A second resolution was drawn up
memorialiZing the board Of county
commissioners to construct dams across
the outlets of Lakes Kampeska and
Pelican TO keep the water in these two
lakes at normal level during dry sum-
mers such as the present has been.
That work on the system of storm
sewers for the city be begun at once
was also asked Of the city council
1t was the opinion of the business
men that the city could profitably in
vest $4,000 in municipal improve
ments at this time, when work is a
little slack and thus furnish employ
ment 10 citizens who are looking for
work. The treasurer's report showed a
cash balance in the treasury Of nearly
500