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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS

ern league. Sparks was hard to trim last season. Savidge and Lelivelt were strong when they pitched in Dixie on former occasions. Hammond is big fellow who is highly touted
 Bills was formerly a pitcher with Memphis. He is a utility man, now playing first. He is very fast can beat out a bunt easily and hits we'll. Gra- States last season was not very good. He hit hard, however. Elwert Is said to be an all round good man on short Pratt is a natural born infielder and hitter. He will grow with age and the report that his arm is ruined is rot.
 Daley is one of the best men in the league in the outfield. Happy" Smith has had a checkered career, but looks the part of a stayer in this conn. pany. He is as bald as Bill McGilyray Dobbs is playing center. He can field well. His arm is not as good as Molesl j worth's. He hits lightly, but timely, it is claimed. Montgomery looks better than usual. Were the spirit of the Montgomery fans. better the team would probably go faster that it will.
 The bolt of the usual Montgomery team is shot in midsummer.
 B. A.
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Manager J. Dobbs, the high and mighty potentate of the Montgomery Bllikens, is scheduled to arrive in Bir- and abetting Manager Molesworth of the Birmingham Barons in opening the Southern league season. The opening will occur this afternoon on Redwood Field at 8 o'clock.
 Montgomery critics contend that Montgomery is represented by a first class club this season. It is said that the Billiken pitchers can start at splendid speed and maintain the pace forevermore. It is said that for true larrupers of the horsehide, the Billi- kens are more than the lone seed in the pod. It is said that the visitors can field with the eXpertness of a Lew Walters, and run bases as neatly and cleverly as Ty Cobb when the peach was in his prime.
 It is very hard to judge team be- fore the beginning of a seasons cam paign. After a month has gone one can get line. Until then, in the most cases, it is guesswork.
 Behind the bat Montgomery has Me Allister and Flint. They may be world beaters. Thomas and Hickman have always done good work in the South
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
HIGH CONTINUES
 VICTORIOUS PACE

The Birmingham High school baseball team defeated the Birmingham College Training School team on the latters grounds yesterday by the score of to }. The contest was close throughout and it was all the High school boys could do to land the game on the proper side of the score. Both Strange and Timber lake performed well in the box and neith- CT suffered to any great extent by the heavy hitting of his opponents. The fea- lures of the game were the hitting of Goldstein, Hagler and Sargent and the fielding of Zielmnslli.
 The High school team will line up against the Presbyterian Buddes this morning at 10 o'clock on the Owenton diamond and an interesting game is ex- taA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Negro Athlete at Harvard

Cambridge, Mass, April 14-Theo- dore Cable. a negro student in liar vard is looked upon by the varsity coaches as the most promising of new sporting material developed this year. He won the 16-pound hammer throw at the annual spring meet yesterday with a heave of IA feet and 10 inches. and is regarded as a sure winner in all the meets this spring, up to the inter collegiates, where the students ngure his chances for first are good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
JORDAN RELEASES
 TWO CRACKERS

Atlanta, April 1i.-(Special.) )-Arlanta today released Pitcher Fucch outright and has sold Pitcher Dick last year with Memphis, to an Iowa league team.
 Atlanta will send Crabble in tomorrow to pitch the first game of the season.
 The story that Bussey of Washington might play with Atlanta is in error. The local club does not need his services.
 disappointment was dished out to the fans today when 1t was announced Chi- cago could not deliver Pitcher Griffin. Waivers have been asked three times and McGraw has baked the game every time. Here it is believed to be half spite worl on account of the recent friction between Atlanta and New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
s. s. A. l.. GAMES

Sunday School Athletic League games for today:
 At Behrens Park: a. m., Cumberland vs. Southside Baptist, c league; 2:30 D. m. West End Baptists vs. Avondale Bap- lists, B league.
 At End of Avenue c Car Line: 10 80 a. m.. Avondale Baptists ys. Avondale Methodists, c league; p. m., Avondale Methodists vs. St. Johns B league.
 At Norwood: 9 a. m., First Presbyte- rians vs. First Methodists, c league.
 At Howard College: 4 p. m., Ruhama Baptists vs. Newmans Chapel, B league.
 All scores must be phoned to Y. M. c. A. after game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
ADDIE JOSS, GREAT PITCHER,
 DIES AT HIS TOLEDO HOME

Toledo. April 14.-Adrian c. Joss, bet ter known in the baseball world as "Addie," well known pitcher of the Cleveland American league baseball team, died at his home here at 1:45 o'clock this morning. Death was due to tubercular menignitis from which he had been a sufferer since last Sunday. Joss was 31 years old. He is survived by a widow and two children. He was a thirty degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine.
 Joss joined the Cleveland American league club in 1903, under the manage ment of William R. Armour, present owner of the Toledo club. He became one of the premier pitchers of the coun;
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Meridian, Miss, April 14.-(Special.)- Meridian and Greenwood played to a draw, the game being called at the end of the eleventh. There was much excite ment throughout the contest, as the score was twice tied. Lauzon made the second home run ever made in league ball in Meridian, and besides he got three other hits. Duggleby appeared for the first time and pitched well until the last few in nings, when he weakened slightly. His fielding was sensational. Nicely, who re- lieved Calvert in the third, made good with the exception of the seventh. Rollin featured in fielding, making several one. hand stabs Score: R. H E, Greenwood .... 600 100 2Sl 00--7 F , Meridian ......... 120 900 400 C0-7 }
 Batteries: Calvert, Neely and Pierre; Duggleby and Emery.
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sidered the Birmingham clubs financial ability to produce a good team, if they find in the next few weeks that they haven't one at the start. Birmingham fans themselves feel absolutely safe be- cause they know their present manage ment to be liberal and vry desirous of put ting out a winning team. It's the same way down here. We don't have to worry about the Pellcans. We know we're al- ways going to have good team, because the man at the helm won't stand for a loser. and he has both ability and means behind him to provide against loser in such company as this.
 Mobile has a better looking team on paper right now than Birmingham, but if the Barons start out spending bunch Of money in the next month or so they will bring about a change in the dope in a pretty short time. The Mobile club is not apt to spend much money to brace Up the Gulls if they go badly. Birmingham is, and that's the difference
 Montgomery is in the same boat with Mobile, and so would Chattanooga be if she stuck to her own resources. Those teams are likely to shoot their bolts the first half of the season."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
REPUTATION OF
 RICK WOODWARD

The New Orleans Item says:
 ''Although the Birmingham Barons don't put up a very formidable front on paper in comparison with some other teams in the Southern league just before post time, we observe that quite a number of base ball men-men who are able to delve a little deeper into the dope because they know more than we--are giving Birming- ham pretty good rating.
 "Tfis is because these men have con
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Maps Win First Game

St Louis, April 14.-out of respect 10 the memory of Addie Joss, the Cleveland pitcher star, all the players in today's game between the locals and the Cleveland American league teams wore a band of crepe with their uniforms. The visitors won their first game of the season by a score of to D. Lefty George was knocked out of the box Score: R.H. E St Louis .... 900 900 5O0-5 9 1 Cleveland ..... O03 O10 021--7 10 0
 Batteries: George Pelty, Hamilton and Clarke Krappe, Mitchell and Smith. Time, 2:20. Empires, O'Loughlin and Dineen.
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In New Orleans

New Orleans-Johnson first base; Kirke, second base; Pope, shortstop; Rohe, third base; Barr, left field; Butcher, center field; Weimer, right field; Angemier, catcher: Chappele, pitcher.
 Mobile-Swacina, first base; Fox, second base Smith, shortstop; Newton, third base; Spencer left field; Boyles, center field; Jude, right field; Dunn, catcher; Chappelle, pitcher.
 IImpire-Carpenter
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How do the Barons look?
 Pretty good. They will look better.

Manager Molesworth will enter the game this afternoon confident that he is heading a first division team.
 We believe he is. If he isn't, he will. So where's the difference.
 As Joe Mowrey, the rightfelder pur- chased from Philadelphia, left Baltimore only yesterday afternoon, the chances are that he will not arrive until late this afternoon.
 Therefore, Yantz will play rightfeld for Birmingham.
 It might be the hit of Yantz which wins the game. You can't always tell. Elliott will catch and Fleharty will pitch.
 This means that very few of the fast BilIikens will steal second, very few will hit safely, very few will score, and sev- eral will die at the plate on strike-outs. Enough might score, however, to win the game.
 But very few will score. on Fleharty today or any other time.
 Sparks or savidge will pitch for the Billikens.
 Both are good men. Neither has ever gone through a season, however, with out receiving his bumps.
 It is no more difficult, as a rule, to infict the bumps in the beginning than al the end.
 It would not surprise us if one or the other of these gentlemen receives his bumps this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
LangfOrd Returns

New York, April 14.-Sam Langford, the negro pugilist, who aspires to wrest the championship laurels from Jack Johnson, returned to America on the Lucitana today Langford laughed heartily when told that Johnson had been sent to jail for speeding an auto mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
WITHOUT CEREMONY SEASON ] WILL BLOSSOM AT RICK WOOD
COLLEGE GAMES

At Atlantic City: Pennsylvania s, Dartmouth 2.
 At Anniston, Ala: Alabama Presby- terian college ', Jacksonville State Normal g.
 At Norfolk Va: Yale 7, Norfolk (Virginia league) 4.
 At Charlottesville: University of vir. ginia 1, Princeton 3.
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In Atlanta

Atlanta-Hykes, first base; Jordan, sec ond base; Walker. shortstop O'Dell, third base; Moran. left field; Corbin, center field; Watson right field; Wells, catcher; Crabble pitcher.
 Chattanooga-Lis first base; Hull swift, second base; Sentell, shortstop; Murch, third base: Collins, left field; Zacher, center field; Cannell, right field; Higgins catcher; Carmichael, pitcher.
 J'mpire-Fitzsimmo
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THE LINE-UPS
 FOR FIRST GAMES
In Birmingham

Birmingham -McGilvray, first base; FL lam, shortstop; Phelan, third base; Mo Bride, left feld Molesworth, center field; Yantz, right field Elliott, catcher; Fle- harty, pitcher.
 Montgomery-Bills first base; Graham, second base; Elwert, shortstop; Pratt, third base; Daley, left field; Dobbs, cen- terfeid Smith, right field; Flint, catcher Sparks. pitcher.
 Umpires-Hart and Byron.
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try and had the honor of pitching a no-hit, no-run game against the Chi cago White Sox in 1908, his opponent being Ed Walsh
 Joss began his baseball career in Juneen, Wis, in 1898, with a semi professional team. He was discovered by Charles J. Strobel, at that time owner of the Toledo club in the Inter- State league.
 Cleveland. April 14.--Dr. H. M. Castle physician for the. Cleveland baseball club, who diagnosed Joss illness while in Toledo Thursday, said today that the pitchers afflietion was incurab ble Tubercular meningitis is a rarely con trolled disease and no cure is known to science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
In Memphis

Memphis Courtney, first base; East, second base; Crandall, shortstop; Altman, third base: Swalm, left field; Jackson, center field; Baerwald, right field; Knotts, catcher: Allen, pitcher.
 Schwartz first base; Hart well. second base; Lindsay, shortstop; Smith, third base: Bay left field; Storch, center field; Seabaugh, catcher; Case pitcher.
 Umpire-Caulifower
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ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN

Brussels, Beglum. April 14.-Avia- < tor Lanser today flew in an aero plane from the aviation field at < Kiewit to the Belgian capital, <
 carrying his three sisters as pas { sengcrs. The distance flown was { s7 kilometers tabout 54 miles), which < is new record for cross-coun- { try aeroplane flight with four per sons. {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
From Birmingham to the
 Heart of New York City

| The Seaboard's Birmingham-A tlanfa
 Special, equipped with steel electric | lighted Pullman observation and draw ! ing room sleepers. Leave S:30 q. m.
 arrive New York 3;56 P. m. Dining cars, serxing all meals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15

Summary: Struck out, by Strange 5, by Timberlake 6. Two-base hits, Ziel- mnslxi, Goldstein, c. Propst, Colvin, Cook. Three-base hit Sargent. Bases on balls, off Strange ?, off Timberlake ?. Hit oy pitcher, Waldron. Umpire, Clark.
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American Association
Results

At ndinapolis-Indianapo 0; Mil- waukee, 4.
 At Toledo-Toledo, g. Minneapolis, 4. embellishments e-Kansas City,
 At Columbus-S Paul Columbus, wet grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
POINTERS TO RANDOM

Sparks had the best record in the Southern league last season.
 Therefore, MT. Dobbs, let him work this afternoon.
 It is more fun breaking up real play house than to disfgure one which was not intended to remain permanent.
 We would like to see Frank on the hill this afternoon.
 But we were speaking of the Barons!
 With Wilhelm and Schetter-and a hope of obtaining Perdue-the locals are very. strong on the hill. There is promise in all the new pitch CTS Manager Molesworth has gathered. He may have difficulty in wedding out when the time comes.
 And Kent-bought from the White Sox and Dr. Mccain Robinson. known to home, are coming, eventually.
 The Baron infield and outfield will rank with the best.
 The catching department is first rate.
 Molesworth, Mcbride, McGilvray, Phe. Ian and Mowrey will furnish fine hitting strength. McGilvray, Molesworth, Phe- Ian, Mowrey, Marcan, Mcbride, Ellam- and others-will steal large number of bases.
 There you are.
 We may be wrong-but it looks to us as if Birmingham will have a first rate team when all the framework is trimmed away.
 But our greatest strength is this
 Rick Woodward is on the job with his desire and determination to win. | H. W. R.
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Tigers Defeat White Sox

Detroit, April 14.-Detroit punched hits off Lange in the first and eighth innings and defeated Chicago again today, 6 to 0. Score: R. H E. Chicago ......... 900 900 000-0 } ? Detroit .......... 200 900 04*-6 Il 2
 Batteries: Lange and Payne; W.llett and Stanage Time, 1.35. Empires, Per inc and Sheridan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Gun Club Shoot

The following were the scores made yesterday by members of the Birming- ham Gun club:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Washington game postponed rain.
 New York Philadelphia game post poned; rain
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ALL CRACKERS SIGNED

} Atlanta, April h. Special. 1.-The > Atlanta team is now "in the cor > ral" The last hold-outs came > across tonight when Outflelder > Zimmerman signed his contract and } Pitcher Harold Johns announced he } would sign.
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Other Sports on Page II

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Results
Meridian and Greenwood Tie Up

Batteries: Schultz and Kahlkoff; Torrt and Reynolds. Umpire, Irwin.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-20
BEARS AFTER FOREST FIRES
Grizzlies Become Menace to Live
\ Stock In Mountain Regions Of
Oregon.

(, One effect Of the forest fires which
swept great areas last year has been
10 drive lot Of grizzly bears from
their former feeding grounds and
make them a menace to stock. Many
reports have been received here re.
Gently Of the depredations of these
big animals on the east slope Of the
Cascade mountains and preparations
are being made to hunt them down,
says Portland correspondent OF
Chicago paper
The Cascade mountains have never
been known as the haunt of the griz-
zlies In the Blue mountains, about
200 miles to the east, however, the ami.
mails have been known to be fairly
plentiful. Great areas OF the Blue.
mountains and nearby ridges were
burned over in the great forest fres
of last year, and so this spring the
grizzlies did not find the supplies Of
food to which they had been accus-
toned. 1t is believed that they then
wandered across the valleys to the
range nearer the coast. Here they
also found insufficient supplies, and
so they have turned on the stock which
ranges the east slope Of the Cascades.
Berry Hickson, an old time woods
man of the upper Mckenzie river, had
great surprise recently when he set
out on an expedition into the Cascades.
In the middle Of one night several
bears brought down one Of his pack
mules and ate 1t. He had to guard
the others on succeeding nights and
with difficulty got out Of the country
with any Of them He has also suf-
fered losses in stock and will join with
other hunters in going after this big
game.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-20
ENGLISH MONEY DOWN SOUTH
Being Invested to Large Extent In
Railroad snd Industrial
Enterprises.

For several years prior to the Bar.
ing failure English capital was being
invested to very large extent in
southern railroad and industrial enter
prises. AT the time OF the Barring col
lapse many negotiations we're under
way in England, with good prospects
OF success, for other large investments
In the purchase Of mineral and timber
properties, in the building OF railroads
and in various undertakings looking to
broad development Of southern re-
sources.
Following that failure, and the col
lapse Of business and financial inter
ests in this country with the panic of
1888 and the free silver agitation Of
the next few years. English capital
sought other channels for investment
This condition has existed for nearly
twenty years. but now there is a
marked REVEAL Of interest on the part
OF English capital in southern invest
ments.
Within the last few months English
cotton manufacturers have put $1,000
600 into the purchase of cotton lands
in Mississippi and s6,0000OO into a
great irrigation enterprise in Texas.
Negotiations are now under way in
England for the financing of some
large water power enterprises and a
number of other undertakings, the
carrying out Of which would prove OF
very great value to the south.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-20
WHEAT MARKET IS FIRM
Unsettled Conditions in Spain and
Austria Has Effect on the Chi
cago Pit,

Chicago, Sept. 19-presence Of
martial law in Spain and Vienna
had part in making the wheat
market firm today The close was
u net higher for active months but
Il off for September.
Corn finished quarter to ~
lower.
Oats were up shade TO quarter
In addition to the war like condi-
IONS lii the Spanish and Austrian
lominions the cause for uneasiness
eloped In the raising Of the German
9ank rate and in the fall Of British
eonsuls.
Evidence that Canadian farmers
i ere storing their wheat had far
rom a tanning effect on the bulls.
The only important reaction dur
ing the day followed short break
IN corn futures.
Fine weather in the spring wheat
country acted against values, wheat
closing at almost the top figure Of
the day.
Because OF poorness of shipping
demands and free selling by local
longs corn suffered a set back,
Oats made gain for the day as
the result of the fact that sellers
over-reached themselves and but to
hid against each other when rallies
occurred in wheat and corn,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-20
GIRL THAT LOVED A SOLDIER
With Removal Of Young Wom-
an to Asylum.

The pathetic romance OF "a lass that
loved a soldier" concluded the other
day by the removal of Magdalene Her
mann Of Gronau. Saxony, to an asylum
for the mentally diseased, says Ber-
lin correspondent OF the London News
Twenty years ago during the imperial
maneuvers smart artillery regiment
was CHARTERED in Gronau. AS is Gus.
tomary during the maneuyer billet
ings, a sergeant began to flirt with
Magdalene and promised her marriage.
The promise was not seriously intend
ed, but poor Magdalene took 1t all in
earnest, and from that day to this
she has never ceased to meet trains
by night or day coming from the SER
geant's garrison town.
Some years ago, as her beloved
Sergeant Albert had still not arrived.
Magdalene jumped TO the conclusion
that the war Office opposed the we'd
ding and she has since bombarded the
military authorities with petitions for
permission to marry the sergeant, Aft
er time the authorities ceased to an
swer her letters Magdalene there
upon concluded that the post Office
was now suppressing them, and ever
since has walked ten miles daily to
post her letters in q neigbboring town.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-20
MADE FORTUNE IN RADIsHEs
Long Island Man Got In on Ground
Floor and Fseaped Rich
Harvest.

What little things make men
rich," said Robert A. Shelton, at the
Cochran. Il was on an automobile
ride on Long island the other day, and
out Jamaica way was shown a fine
country residence, with beautiful
grounds and delightful fields.
MY friend told me that what I saw
was all derived from selling radishes
and lettuce to New York produce deal
ers. Nothing else was raised on the
farm winter or summer but radishes
and lettuce of high quality, and most
of 1t under glass. Abe Van Sicklen
was the farmer who foresaw a good
market for such relishes out of sea
son, and he began in small way to
supply the big restaurants In New
York, then merchants, with the prod
uct every month In the year.
HE could get his own prices in win
ter, and for that matter did not worry
about the outdoor competition in sum-
mer His regular patrons were glad
to make yearly contracts. and soon
Abe became rich.
Others started in to follow his
methods. but by the time they were
looking for customers old Abe had
gathered in fortune, and he died at
the age of eighty-seven, very well con-
tent with the radish and lettuce road
to fortune. Washington Post.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-20
= STOCKS, BONDS, CEREALS J:
5 '0C|s HEAVY IN TONE
Foreign Situation and Domestic Po-
litical Conditions Are Held
Responsible.

New York, Sept IA distinctly
heavier tone developed today There
was renewed selling on heavy
scale. The movement seems to rep
resent in the main the influence of
two factors-the foreign situation
and domestic political conditions.
The advance Of the German bank
rate from to percent was no sur
prise. 1t is now thought that the
English bank will advance its inter-
est to 4. per cent,
while the most bearlsh forecas,
Of what the president was to say
in regard to corporations in yester-
days speech, were not borne out, the
selling Of United States Steel was es-
Decially heavy late in the day, blocks
of 1000 to $500 being thrown on
the market, the price falling 2Ia
points, to SIS.
International Harvester lost a
point and a quarter while Amalga-
mated Copper declined 27s.
The bond market was steady.
Total sales par value, $1,754,00O.
United States bonds were UNI
changed on call,