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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-19
Birmingham Is Place

Mir. Mcqueen. chairman or the local centennial committee, reported that it was the unanimous sense of the com mittee that the centennial be held in Birmingham and that Birmingham use every effort to secure it.
 Thomas M. owen. chairman of tho state centennial committee, has already been notified that Birmingham wants the exposition, but 1t was decided yes terday to send letters to every mem Der of the state committee appointed some time ago by Governor ONeal, stating that Birmingham desires the exposition. It was also decided to send a strong delegation from Birmingham to Montgomery Wednesday, october 23, whom the state committee meets. The special train will leave here at 7:30 o'clock in the morning and will arrive ir time for the delegation to appear before the state committee at 10 o'clock or shortly after. MT. Sibley states not only the committee but ev- cry citizen interested is supposed to make the trip to Montgomery. The spe- cial state fair rate of $S.20 round trip will be in effect.
 The Chamber of Commerce centen- nial committee of 50 members was in- creased yesterday to 200 members, all of whom are expected to make the trip to Montgomery and take along as many neighbors as possible.
 w. r. G. Harding, who has made a special study of the centennial ques- ton, is very enthusiastic over the mat ter and stated in the meeting yesterday that Birmingham could raise the money to accommodate the big exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-19

LARGE ASSORTMENT OF RAIN- COATS IN ALL SIZES AND PRICES. SHOP OF QUALITY, 1902 2D AVE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-19
Chamber of Commerce Out lines Arguments to Be
 Given State Committee
GO TO MONTGOMERY ON
 SPECIAL TRAIN OCT 23
It Will Then Be Decided Whether or Not to Hold Centennial and If So, Where, When
 and How

About 200 Birmingham citizens will go to Montgomery on a special train October 23 to appear before the state committee on the Alabama state cen tennial and give reasons why a cen tennial should be held in 1919, and why that centennial should be held in Bir- lningham. The scope of the exposition whether it shall be made statewide or enlarged to take in several states will also be decided by the state committee at that time.
 All plans for Birminghams part in the meeting were laid yesterday after noon when about 25 members of the local Chamber of Commerce centen- niai committee met in the Chamber of Commerce. Many interesting figures were placed before the committee yes- terday. w. P. G. Harding, M. Y. Jo- seph and Tom Smith stated that Bir- mingham could raise the money to care for the exposition easily enough. J. w Mcqueen and John w. Sibley fur nished figures showing the cost of sev- eral of the worlds fairs and the larger expositions and the benefits derived by ehe cities where the expositions were held It was stated that St. Louis doubled its business in the last 10 years and that the postoffice receipts, tonnage and new buildings increased more during the four years after tho fair than during the fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-19

Henry F. Cochems, one of the pro gressive leaders of Wisconsin, was in the automobile with Theodore Roose- welt when he was shot in Milwaukee on October 14. He was one of the first to seize the assailant.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-18
HIGHBROW TALK
ON CURVE BALL

The why of baseball curve
should no longer be a mystery, at
least to the students of the Columbia
University Summer School. In a lee
ture on the Science OF Baseball
Curves" Prof. w. 8. Franklin expIain-
ed 1t all as follows:
The whole secret OF a curved ball
lies in the relation Of the pressure to
the velocity and the spin that the
pitcher gives it as It leaves his hand.
Daniel Berouilh, Swiss physician,
who died in 1872, was the man who
discovered the principle. He was OBJ
serving stream Of water that flowed
through wide pools and narrow shoals.
IN the pools he soon found that the
velocity was almost nothing; in the
shoals he found that the velocity was
very swift, while the pressure had al
most disappeared.
This is the principle that governs
the fight and curve of ball. II the
hall sails straight through the air with.
no spin, the air is pushed aside equal
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cially In the senior race, is increas-
ing rapidly. This Is the first time
that Hawaiian oarsmen have had a
chance to defend their laurels against
Invasion, and the keynote of the
whole regatta Is the meeting between
the Alamedas and the local crews.
Whole regiments OF Glooms will pa.
rade the w1arves Saturday IL the
Coast men get away with the race,
and ifsthey do IL will be because they
are better oarsmen than the Oahu
and Maui representatives. as the race
will probably be lost purely on merit.
Certainly the visitors have more to
contend with than the locals. and if
they win after their long journey and
change Of climate, they deserve all
the credit that can be given them.
The Myrtle seniors have been made
favorites by the talent. and several
bets were laid yesterday at even
money the Myrtles against the field
in the senior event. The Alameda
crowd has considerable coin to place,
ich they want to bet on Alameda
agadnst the field, but they are hold
ing out TOR better than even money,
which is natural. Another block Of
coin is being held to bet on the field
against any crew at evens.
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ANOTHER Chinese
CHAMP ION FROM
HONOLULU

Tha annua1 conforonea of fha Chi.
nee rfudsrts, AlIianra IN, American
;,rg ans,sd 10. bronsht forth annfher
cl Ss,a co ,,l from Hoonlulu He
r. william sing chone .pnnr. 4 rrs(l,
,,.t., ~ 1s.h,, ToIlege who ra,, under
fI,a ,colars ~ tha' iTntvaraifv ~ Tlil.
,{9sssef the Alliance frack meet he'd
s. a. iIuiver-5 : 80. Michican Ann
frtnr z : s s
3. n aln,ost seems "a he the eefab.
itshaa tradit;on for . t4onolnl,, hov Ia
70 ~ off enc inaiv,a,,al n5ive focafh.
81 with the clnh Observation-Disclosures n
ION 81 Fvanaton nj the titIa was
held hv : FORMER Mills student Ynk
lyVong ~ tba Ifn,varaitv ~ rhicaeo.
tho,,eh closaIv nrasaad nv Kim Tone
n ~ the TTn;varaifv AZ Wisconsin 4
FORMER punahon graduate, I.asf wear
81 Madison wis Ho won the cup
offered bv the Chicago cIl,b with 25
6Hints and esfablislied : record for
the 1115l.vard dash me cant,,rv event
a. II, tx aeconas q now Jointly held
~ III md P,,ng q n PING q cor.
.enuantIv the third 4onolnlu hov n
renaat The feat with Monvin chune
,,St Far habind PING SCORED core. n, noi,,ts
ant 81 ~ tnaT ~ e. Illi-ais ara s,,ccesd.
"a IN .Sefeetine yUiscors;T wbich a..
cured :. 10 ncints : -
! The conssrsnca Il an annnai irst,.
tntion ~ the chinese FL student hodv n
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PERMANENT CHALLENGE
CUP NOW OFFERED FOR
SENIOR BARGE Event

One thing that has been needed for
long time TO give an added import
ance and interest 20 rowing, Is now
forthcoming. II is a permanent chal-
lenge cup, for the senior barge event,
and the good news was given. out
yesterday afternoon that the Ha-
waiian Rowing Association had put
up the trophy. The cup is massive
solid silver one, credit to the as
sociation and in every way adequate
for what II represents.
According to the terms Of the deed
Of gift, the cup is to be raced for
this year by the senior six-oared
barge crews, and is to be emblelnatic
Of the Coast championship for that
event II is to be contested every
year in the home waters Of the hold
ing club, provided thai 1t is chal-
lenged for. This means that In the
event Of Alameda capturing the big
race this year, the trophy and cham
pionship which II represents will go
10 the Coast, and will remain there
until some other crew lifts it. EI
some time past local rowing men
have felt that there should be some
permanent challenge plate for Island
and the visit Of the California
crew gives an added reason for inaug-
ulating the trophy this year. The
winning seniors viii set their names
on this cup. and have possession of 1t,
In addition to winning the Wall &
Dougherty cup outright.
Another race has been added to the
already well-filied program for Re-
gatta Day. IL Is one for navy cutters,
and crews from the navy tug Navajo
and from the Inter-IslaId Company
will compete. Both outfits are hard
at work preparing for the race. and
yesterday the heavy twelyeoared cut
tiers were sent over the course at a.
fast clip. Apparently both boats are
we'll manned. and the race shonld
prove an added attraction of consid-,
cradle class.
Yesterday afternoon the harbor
Vas fairly alive with racing craft.
Heaianis and Myrtles had all three
crews ont for practice. while Puunene
seniors and juniors, and the Alameda
crew were also on the watef NJ nd
ditionE 10 the six-oar herkess there
N1t1 several pair-oar crews out, the
harbor having regular holiday look.
AS Regatta Day approaches inter.
est IN the various eYei1ts. and espe-
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:: =: s STAR BULLETIN SPORTS !. ::::
ALL-lNDiAN BALL
TEAM Is NOW BEING
ORGANIZED I'M WEST

GUTHRIE. Okla. Plans are on foot
for the formation of an all-star Indian
baseball team. composed Of redskin
on professional mines throughout the
country. II is figured on paper that
en- invincible aggregation could be
made from the aborigines.
II would not be necessary to have
such men in the lineup as Thrope. the
all-round Olympic champion; Chief
Myers, of the Giants; White Shields,
the phenomenal pitcher, now with an
independent Western club: James
Monett, the football wizard OF the Uni
Hersity of Oklahoma: Eagle Sands. OF
Carlisle, or Scott Porter. the all-round
star at Cheyenne.
A team of league players composed
OF Emil Hauser, Of Cheyenne, catcher;
rChoc'' Kelly, on FIRST: Coons, Pawnee.
on second; Frank Tenner, Delaware,
en- third; Mike Balenti, Cheyenne.
ahortstop: Paddy Mayes. Cherokee.
center field: Levi Maniey. Choctaw,
right field, and Al Nickel. q Creek, in.
left field, with Fred Hagg. Cheyenne.
lineup and Ross, Cherokees; Pigeon.
Tommy Deer. Henry Daye and Henry
Mcintosh, Greeks as pitchers. would
present q strong lineup.
This band Of redskins will be as
sembled during September, according
to present plans, for series Of games
throughout the Southwest and Middle
West. II their showing warrants and
can be m1de, they viii
also play hig-league teams along the
Atlantic seaboard while the worlds
series between the pennant winners =
In progress.
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deal of money was paid out on this
heavy. If someone had come through
with some financial assistance be-
sides the money raised by the corpor-
alton, we wouldn't have had to work
our heads off by booking up as many
games as possible We had a fine
time, just the same, and the expert
ence is a wonderful one.
While we were away we saw many
big. league games without admissions.
We were guests of the president Of
the White Sox, Manager Jennings Of
the Detroit Tigers and Manager Nc
Graw of the Giants. Oh, yes, we play.
ed at the Polo Grounds, the home OF
these New York Giants, before the
largest crowd-about 5000 spectators.
The pennant chase in the two big
leagues is practically over.
Made Real Hit.
"Yes, we left a good impression
behind everywhere. Whether we Will
advertise the Islands again next year
is not definitely decided, but we have
been promised many games with good
guarantees.
Il don't think that the team win be
back in town until the first part Of
next month. The team will be in.
tact, though Sing Hung and Ian
Akana were thinking of remaining for
their college education if they had the
coin. When the boys reach home,
they expect to play series of games
with the league teams here. We will
not have to watch the thermometer.
register at LOG or 10 degrees. can.
assure you that the Honolulu base
ball public viii be given a real treat.
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The man who shoots at random
never hits the target.
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ROWING NOTES

a story was going the rounds yes
terday that 2 certain well known row.
ing enthusiast had been theard to
make the remark that ne would
wager Two TO one q certain crew
wouldn't win IN the senior event sat
urday a member OF that crew who
happened to be standing nearby heard
the remark
where is yonr money and how
much have you goty| he Quickly IN
oh, said the sport, I'm not BET;
ting. ! was Just figuring.
&
g. kiser, the big. handsome, blonde
feiloWs who rows Number Three In
TIE Alameda crew, Is an all-around
university atAiete ttek was on the
University OF Oregon football eleven
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- NE OF THE happiest persons in
town today is Albert Akana. the
captain Of the Chinese baseball
team now touring the United
States. Akana returned two days
ago on the Sierra. He had to hurry
back to Honolulu, aud left the team
at Elkhart, Indiana, where the Homo
lulu aggregation managed to break
even in series of two games with
the semi.professional team.
"You bet am glad to see the old
town again, said Akana. Il got a
leave OF absence for only six months
and this will expire tomorrow, the
18th / hate TO have parted company
with the boys, for We have become
deeply attained to zone another.
aThe best Service ] have rendered
for Hawaii mel was performed during
the last siK months. Many people
have nevet heard the name of Hawaii
before and men they saw q ball
team from Honolulu in action, they
were greatly astonished-more SO
when they were defeated. Besides
playing baseball, we had occasion to
give the people ali over the country
taste of Hawaiian music, and they
certainly went crazy over it.
81 want to tell you an experience
which was q tery common one with
some Of the ball clubs. If there
should be q series of two or three
games scheduled, in nine cases out
/ of ten we did prove ourselves the
superior team. But strange to say,
after our first victory in the series.
we generally had to face new team,
though under the name of the same
ball club. Well, they kept on imports
ing star players from other towns,
some of whom had already played
against US in some previous contests,
even though they appeared in differ.
ent uniforms. To get even with
them, our coaching was done in Chi
peso and Hawaiian-a puzzle to the
Opponents.
Offered Contracts.
Nevertheless; the team is in great
shape. When left them in Indiana,
the boys we're pulling together like
machine After We played our
game at Grand Rapids, five of us
were given surprise We were Of
fered contracts to play professional
baseball in the Michigan State League
with a guaranteed salary of SIPS a
month each. Pitcher Apau, Shorty
Ayau, and "Kanky" Kan Yen said
that they could earn that amount per
month without being branded as pro-
fessionals, while Lai Tin could not
see it that way, for he intends to play
a stellar role in college. :.
Il have occupied every position on
the lineup, except the pitchers box.
I did not want to be bothered with
the trouble of keeping track of a per-
centage column of games pitched,
won and lost. The star twirlers OF
the team are Apau Kau, who was
elected captain for the remaining
weeks, and Luck zee, who is the SEN
saticn of the trip. You will surely
hear of Babe" Luck zee when that
boy gets to college. He was nothing
but Junior Lacquer previous to the
tour. predict a wonderful future
for him.
"The team has had a very strenu-i
Gus campaign. We had played exact
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CLUB MANAGERS TRIED To
SIGN FIVE OF THE PLAYERS

ly one hundred games when / left the
boys after the contest on Labor Day.
We have no reason to be ashamed of
our record. There is no truth in the
statements that we have lost a ma
jority of our games, for have com
plete record showing that We have
captured SO victories. We lost A
games and tied in 8 contests. Some
of the games were lost in extra inn
ings or by narrow margins. Once in
awhile we were slaughtered when the
team was in crippled conditions.
For a team moving from one place to
another, oftentimes with only four or
five hours of sleep. due to the neces-
sity of travelling at night in oder to
make connections, consider mis- to
be an excellent showing.
Some Hard Luck.
Just TO give you an example Of
hard luck The game was played
against BeloIt College, sWisconsin,
and for fourteen innings the score
was two to two. Luck zee pitched a
magnificent game, though we finally
lost it by 8 to 2. Centerfielder Sing
Ho was injured so badly the day be-
fore that he was not in the lineup at
all. But the pitcher and captain of
that college team was finally induced
by Boss Murphy of the Chicago Cubs
to sign a contract.
"None of the boys took on flesh
during this trip. Many time we
had to cut short our meals, even at
the fashionable chop suey houses, in
order to make the train. We had to
live up to our contracts even though
sleep was sweet. The only boy who
got heavier is Trainer Sam Hop, who
has learned to know New York like
book. He ate five square meals ey-
cry day and slept fourteen hours out
of the ltwenty-four at New York when
the team went to Boston and Canada.
He complained of being loyesick and
wrote one letter home every day. He
resembles a college sport with his
brand-new suit, which was bought to
please his wife and little baby.
About the rest of the boys? Kan
Yen possesses a sure peg to second
and has nailed many a fleet-footed
man stealing. Sing Hung and Buck"
l.
ritory, while Vernie Ayau is the boy
spotted by many baseball scouts. You
will be greatly surprised to learn that
Ian Akana, besides performing yaude-
vile stunts, was in the pitchers box
for about fifteen times. / relieved
Kan Yen by donning the catcher's
mask myself over a dozen times.
Asam, All Toon, Goo Sun are all as
good as ever.
Yale Man Helped. ~.z
The team certainly owed great
deal to Monyin Chung of Yale, who
joined the bunch two months and a
half ago, Immediately after the col
lege year. C. @. Chiu, the big six
footer, now studying at Purdue Uni
yersity, was in his shirt sleeves dur
ing the whole week that we were at
Detroit. These two Honolulu boys
never forsook the diamond while in
college, and by reason of their expe-
rience they were able to give us many
fine points OF the game. - 50
The team plans to leave St Louis
for the Coast about September %, in
order to take advantage of the spe-
cial rates on the railroads A great
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nine DIFFERENT
v A Us TO
.BALK
Rule-Makers May Know, but
Umpires, Players and Spec
tators Are Ignorant - Some
Dead Letters


Despite the frequency Of its appear.
ance In the kox score. the balk Il one
OF the unsoived mysteries to the aver
age fan: It Is about AZ mystlfyins IS
the confab between referee and box
ers just before the opening gong Ia
sil welkregulated bouts.
Spectators are not the only ones III
dreadful darkness a. to what oonf Il.
tutes balk. and why Umpires. play
ers and rule-makefs themselves are
more or less at sea regarding it, exact
limitations and demarcations. what
ever they are
Unless pitcher can violate TIE
spirit OF the balk rules without trans.
crossing the common Interpretation
OF their wording. be has lot 70 learn.
Let any team figure out . pitchers.
motion" so that its players can
guess with any degree q certainty
when he Il going to pitch and when
he intends to throw to 4 base. and
the men on that team win steal bases
with comparative impnnifl.
Mystery Regarding ooIk.
Sidestepping al The delicalo points
end shades Of points On which rood
authorities differ, there Ii 3 great heal
Of prevalent mystery regarding the
balk which can be dispclled 10 begin
with, there are nine kinds of b1IkS
Probably you thought q b6Ik was SIN
Ny q blum to pitch 81 throw . : base
without going through with e
Sometimes Elun to throw to .
base Is . balk and sometime, Il Il
net; sometimes blum to pitch n
bnlk. and sometimes Il Is not. Some
times to throw to q base q 4 b3|k, ana
sometimes 4 ball pitched s0naroIf
over the plate without any DanS6 "a
the motion Is both bank and 2h1|
for the batsman. "A haIk 4 not DaIk
Unless there Ii baEe-rnnntr. but
some baIks are called bolk. & the
bases are er1ntY Here are Ne me
ways Of making hRit<
The Nine U1|k.
II The pitcher starts b deliver ~
ban to the batsman 81 10 throw =
first base when there e 2 runner %
flrst base, and does not conipIeke the
pitch Of throw unhesitatinsly.
2. II the pitcher thtoN1 the IaiI 70
any base occupied BY runner and
does not step directly toward that
base making the throw.
3. II the pitcher delivers the ban
to the batsman while either foot Il
back Of bis slab.
q r. he nitchea the hal, <,,knnt
facing the hafrman - -
n he nIfcbes tha ran 3,itkont
neakine ora foot IN The si96
n TIE nftchsr hclds fbe ~, :,
lonr that a TIE ,,,,nirs,s oo,3,1S ~
: DOING 4 "a y, dalav ne rsms =
r. the nifcbsv vefe ,,,fS .,,.sI<,,.
- Mitch witho,,f hsvin- fhe s.il a ~
rossessior
fsfha nitcher nna,ro. sn~ Z, 81.
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ly in all directions, and the Eall is di.
rrctly under the control Of gravity. 80
far as its curve Is concerned, and Il
soon falls to the ground. Whereas, II
the front Of the ball Is given down
ward spin, there is in it. In addItion
to the straight forcing aside Of the afr.
a circulation motion Of the air around
the ball. This motion being over and
the under, the ball tends to increase
the speed with which the air passes
beneath the bah and retard it above
re ball.