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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29
Gulls Have Been Outhit

Often have the Gulls been outhit in the last two weeks and yet they have won. Evidently they are playing good ball but now the Gulls are due to hit the road. They are not so strong for it, either. However, the Barons have noth1 ing to fear
 Il will take the Gul1s many days be- fore they can overcome the Barons On Tuesday and Wednesday the Memphis Turtles gre to be tackled. Then on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the crippled crackers will become victims of tlle Barons. Five games are to be played in Atlanta and unless Y Barons forget to run to first after ing the Cracker pitchers, it Her bet that three out of five BIB t TT tories
 The Barons are AoHa vH inhe road trip. From Me- ahJtH heea t@o H+faf are schedriHa, atisHt1 ls taDsie. a9a times ir sares fsn Fhen toeS uoaHee to oets fiie for lauF taittes and ep Ea Aafh ife for tNo f.ns. Finony 3as Hafons ftsed ei}algeham aa An- rHsi t ast sfrenfh ttdre tHe sa9n ioass f Ions aaa sNasi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29
JIMMY JOHNSTON IS IN FINE FETTLE TO BREAK ALL RECORDS
IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE WILL SMASH ALL BASE STEALING RECORDS OF THE SOUTHERN. RICKERT, ONCE STOLE TO

It is not improbable that Jimmy John ston will smash all base stealing records ever made In the Southern league. AL though he has participated in but sl games, the daring base runner has pill Tered a total of 52 bases. Last season Artie Phelan stole 57 times and led the league in 1911, while Joe Rickert holds the Southern league record for one sea son with total of 70 thefts
 The Barons are scheduled to play 45 more games. Should Jimmy meet with no accident which will put him out of the game it is almost certainty that he Will pilfer at least 20 more bases. He has averaged over F a stolen base in every game, the correct average being Ss2. It is extremely probable that he will excel Phelan's mark before the week is over.
 Had Jimmy made a good start he would have already surpassed the record. On May l. he had purloined but three bases On June l. he had total of g thefts to his credit, while on July 1, % were tos hjs credit Since July 1, he has swiped 2i bases, marvellous base running feat. Y
 Hannah Allows I3
 Perhaps it is interesting 10 know that Jimmy has stole 1a of the B crimes com fnitted while Mark Hannah was watching second. The Lookout receiver allowed the speeding Johnston to swipe three Tn one same while Harry Haigh dicH like wise. Although Rowdy Elliott is bid to- have redoubtable whip. James has ptl- fered the next highest number--eigl1t while Rowdy was receiving. McAllister of the Billikens has permitted fim to steal six times, while Harry Ha4gh of the Pels and Tonneman of the Turtles have sanctioned his robberies fiv4 times each. 3s
 Had Jim LaFitte, formerly with fhe Pels, remained at his post Of duty throughout the season Jimmy would have made at least 20 steals with him soberly watching the operation. LaFitte caught in three games and Jimmy stole four bases. Doe Seabough has been unable to stop the fleet-footed base stealer four times, too, while Gribbens and Donahue have allowed a trio. Dunn and Moves have struck upon every occasion Jimmy decided to steal, but he has one each of their deliveries
 There are several base runners in the Southern league faster on their feet than Johnston, but do not seem to possess the ability and daring which the centerfielder has. His secret, if he has any. Is to get a long lead off first and then to watch the movement of the pitchers arm close ly When Jimmy sees that the pitcher is going to throw he darts for second and there, with the aid of a marvellous fade- away slide, hooks the base and perpe- trates the robbery.
 Players Say It's Headwork
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29

~-Hit for Cavet in eighth. **-Two out when winning run scored. Score by innings: Mobile ........................ 900 coo 192-- Memphis ...............,......... 600 200 0O0-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29
Cotton States League

Nvicksburg: Vicksburg 5, Jackson 1. No others scheduled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29
ALTHOUGH MOBILE HAS WON ELEVEN OF LAST TWELVE GAMES PLAYED THE BARONS ARE FEARLESS
,oUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Yesterdays Results

TtottTuuy H HfNF'NT'Et' Mobile 8, Memphis ?. Montgomery 2. Chattanooga 0. New Orleans go, Nashville 4-3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29
SOUTHEASTERN
STANDING

Games Today Talladega at Gadsden. Selma at Rome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29

eH .Jca1 lot tt
 -oiesworth is sitting still in the boat and is pulling on the oars. He is not over confident, but believes that the Barons will cop the rag. "I do not fear the Mobile club" declares the Chubby leader, ''as they are destined for slump as the Volunteers took aft CT feeling the sweet sensation of win ming. Our boys are going splendidly and the pitchers will undoubtedly show class on the road. With long seven game lead and only about 43 more games to play, I am sure that we will give the Gulls a handful at least"
 The Barons rest today and jump oyer Go Memphis tonight, where they will play Tuesday and Wednesday. Yester day the boys took maps of long dura- tion. while today a short practice will be held to keep in shape for the bat ties to come If confidence is anything the Barons can't be beat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-29
.a. -Iess nn Roa.

r nothing fs fn e feared on
 fne lna# rpal irln de former rec ue. ats ae ... it will be found fn 1irfn al has been far more ,esee :. the foreign grounds than
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25

Then he opened up AS the game
progressed he got better and bet
ter. and in the eighth and ninth he
had the Gulls chopipng holes in the
scenery without visible results.
What made the game easy for
him was the tremendous batting of
the Crackers. They were there with
the old time slapsticks.
Hemphill was the big noise bat
ter yesterday, and made two sin
giles and walked once, in addition
to walloping that homer. Bailey.
in addition to his homer, made q
single and walked once. The big
gest surprise of all, perhaps, came
when Pete O'Brien made three hits
for four bases. He set the fans wild
with his stick work. Ever ready
to knock when a man is going
bad" they are especially anxious
to applaud the man they have
knocked when he gives them an
opportunity. And O'Brien was
there with the opportunity, all
right
O'Brien has had hard luck about
errors lately. He has got them for
balls that were tough ones to ham
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
BY w. W. Naughton.

OW that Bombarder Wells,
N best heavyweight in England
a at least he is holder at the
present time Of the Lonsdale belt,
emblematic Of that title-is in
America the time is fitting to com
pare him with some of the rugged
American fighters he will be called
upon to dispose of before he can be
taken seriously here.
American fight fans are comlpa-
cent with foreigners to a certain
extent. A fighter may come to this
country with a fairish reputation
on the other side and the fans will
patronize him and perhaps root for
him even against the American OPP
ponent-once. Upon that one oc-
casion the foreigner must prove
that he is the goods" otherwise
the fans will good naturally con-
slider themselves stung and will go
near that fighter no more.
So Ii will be with Wells. who will
have to stand the acid test right
off the reel. If he can not do this
his earning powers will be nil in
America and he will have to spend
the remainder of his time in this
country in a mere sightseeing trip.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
British and Yankee Types Of
Boxers Are Vastly Different

Now, Wells is to be tested Sc
verely One of the men he will be
called upon to meet is AL Palzer.
the big Iowa fighter. Palzer may
not be Wells first opponent here.
That would hardly be fair Wells
should be given a couple of me-
dunn hard opponents for a starter,
or until he gets his bearings, learns
a little of the American style of
doing things, and gets a couple of
lungfuls of American air.
We are told Wells is not rugged
enough-that he lacks that some
thing that is extremely hard to de-
fine. Even the sharp English crit
les admit that something" is lack-
ing, but they can not determine
what it is. Some say 1t Is what is
known in this country as a tissue
paper jaw. Others say the trouble
Is in the wasp-like waist of the big
man. At any rate, the English
critics. eager as they are to possess
a contender for the heavyweight til
tie, say Wells has a fatal weakness
somewhere"
Americans who have seen Wells
work on the other sside say Jim
Flynn. AL Kaufman, AL Palzer and
men of that type, the rugged de-
mons of the ring and the fearless
punchers who are ever willing to
go in and mix. will upset Wells
and overthrow his pretenSions in.
short order.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
FODDER FOR FANS

with the crack of the bat and so was AL
perman When the ball reached the Gull
infielder it was too late to head Whitley
at first. SO he threw to second Hemp
hill was in the way, however, and the ball
hit his shoulders and bounded in the air
It bounded straight on, however, and fell
squarely into the hands of Walsh, who
Hemphil had had more speed than the
sphere and beat i to the sack
o'Dell Immediately followed this with a
lucky hit He grounded slowly to Pau
let. The Gull first sacker grabbed at the
ball, fell down, and threw from sitting
O'Dell reached first safely.
Alperman gained trine on O'Den in
their race for second batting honors yes
terday by making. two hits to AIS one.
Hub Perdue hasn't won a game in two
weeks and seems to have struck his resu-
lar stride.
Rumor has it that t, Hank p o93ays first
changed it TO Hank when he climbed
on the water wagon-where. by the way
he has remained seated for twenty years
June will be Mike Finn day in Lit
tie Rock 1t will be the day that they
celebrate the return of Southern league
ball-for while at leasst-to Arkansas
When Williamsport signed John Kerr
it Immediately released all their other
catchers and will let John go it alone
this season as he did last year for Tren
ton.
1t is doubtful if Charley Frank mate
rally strengthened his club by singing
Swami and Stanley Swami must be
pretty nearly all in and the same is no
doubt true of Stanley.
Douglas Baird, Of the Westminster COLI
lege. shortstop, has been signed by Louis
Vile Lest II chance that you don't hap
pen to be versed in educational matters
we hasten to add that Westminster col
lege is located in Fulton. Mo. and that
the Westminster ball club has just won
the college championship of Missouri.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
Miller Knocked Out ofth Box Yesterday Credited With
SOUTHERN LEAGUE PITCHERS AVERAGES A JOKE

die, and at times when they cut no
earthly figure in the final result.
But he has got them just the same,
and people who have not seen the
games and who have gone by the
box scores doubtless gave him more
discredit than he is entitled to
ONE bad thing about the game
it dragged. Any nine inning
game that lasts over two hours is
short on pepper And this short
ness is due to the umpires OF
course, the players do the tagging
But the umpires are the men who
can hustle them out of it, In
modern baseball umpires have,
among their other pleasing du-
ties, that of stage managers of the
game. They are supposed to see
that the curtain is rung up on time;
that everybody is on hand to APP
pear when the cue is given. and
that the final curtain comes down
before the audience becomes bored.
Bill Hart was on as head stage
manager yesterday, and he let The
players dawdle too much. If At
lanta had lost, such a waste OF
time would have been a crime. AS
.the Crackers won-and made it
three straight, by the way-it didn't
look so bad.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25

Pete Lister. former Cracker first base
man. has been turned loose by the Utica
team. of the New York State league.
ganization and Lister was turned loose
for younger and cheaper man
Warm weather is thawing out the
Rirmingbam pitchers. all Of whom are
hot weather artists: and they are begin
ming to go some. Prough looked bad yes
Tel Jay O0' ne
Ntuch of the success of the Reds is said
10 be due to the fact that Hank O'Day.
who has been umprng since the War
eI ~ alter tier" in the league
every oS''e' IL
Rube Benton has defeated every club
in the National league at least once.
Ioe REM the Sox pitcher. when asked
u,bst he served to nv Cobb and Toe
Jackson in a pinch, said: Il don't know.
the haIi
'iie
- waco san Antonio and Fort Smith have
made bids for the White Sox next spring,
PROMISED his team the last time they
won a worlds championship that if they
won another he would take them to Yucca
tan u i1'i
chan Blair. a member of the historic
..tfdI aa If Trey" who plaved be
fore the war" has decided to retire as a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
Was Wolgast Playing Postum
To Richie for Next Battle

muss him up a bit just to shorten
the odds on the July fight. to say
nothing of icing" the San Fran
cisco slugger for return match.
This is the Spring street argument.
TACK CURLEY is working like
J the true hustler that he is to put
life" into the Las Vegas affair If
Jack can come back" after the
last Gotch- Hackenschmidt show he
deserves every dollar that he rings
up.
1t is plain path that the pro-
noter is following in his advertis-
ing. Johnson is instructed to make
light of the July 4 event and show
little or no inclination to start
training. On the other hand, Flynn
has already opened his training
camp and is preparing for honest
work in the hope of catching the
heavyweight champion asleep.
On top of this. we get the daily
guessing. contest as to what the
fast life of the past two years"
has done for Johnson
AS Blinky Ben once remarked,
Anybody worth doing is worth
doing we'll"
TT is within keeping of the
straight methods always en-
ployed by Johnny Kilbane that the
featherweight champion should
make good on his promise to Pro-
moter McCarey to return to this
city and box Able Attell here on
Labor day
At the present writing, it APP
pears far more probable that the
title holder will keep this engage
ment than that Attell will be on
hand for the return bout. AttelPs
talk of returning to the game as
legitimate lightweight sort of fogs
the plans made for this affair.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
A. A. C. PLAYERS GOING
TO TWO TENNIS EVENTS

Southern tennis players are begin
ming to work hard now to get in shape
for the coming tennis tournaments. The
first Southern event is the Cotton
States championship, which will be
started in Montgomery June s. This
will be followed by two big ones June
1O-the Virginia event at Richmond
and the Gulf States at New Orleans.
DR.. Nat Thornton and Forrest Adair.
Jr, will represent the Atlanta Athletic
club at Richmond The team has not
been picked for the Gulf States event,
but one will surely be sent
The Southern tennis championship
starts here July /.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
Bv II. NJ. Walker.
OS ANGELES, May %

Z OS ANGELES, May 25.-Lit-
tie Ad Wolgast might grab
Mark Twains humorous bull
letin and issue a statement as fol-
lows. The reports of my death
have been greatly exaggerated.
A week ago today the San Fran
cisco scribes wrote the light
weight champion into the cooling
room AID was reported to be on
the verge of a collapse after his
short bout with Richie He was
tagged with lame spine, to-
bacco" heart and a few other COM
plants ranging from the pip to
housemaid's knee.
Whether AID was carried to the
train on a stretcher is not known,
but it appears that he stood the
trip back to the "houn' dawg' state
in good shape and was able to lam
haste Freddie Daniels in four
rounds last Friday night
IT HE Spring street regulars are a
suspicious lot. More than one
of the cement creepers who follow
the trail between Jim Jeffries corn
counter and Greenewald's stogie
store have been heard to express
the opinion that Wolgast played
the "possum" act with Richie.
1t was pointed out that Wolgast
always bets heavily upon himself to
win when signed up for an impor-
tant contest Also it is recalled
that Ad named Rivers as the one
man made to order for me, and
added, Il hope they don't crimp the
odds If l can get any kind of
price for my money I'll make the
killing of lifetime when l lick the
Mex"
What would be more natural
than that AID would let Ritchie
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
By Percy II. Whiting.

k(T WONDER If am never going
to win ball game" was the
plaintive query of Walter
Miller when he began to warm up
for Yesterdays battle. The aver
age man who saw the game will
say that his query was answered in
the negative. But if you look in
the big records of the league you
will find that the game goes to the
credit of Walter Miller And this
in spite of the fact that he was
clearly knocked out of the box
The Southern leagues method of
arriving at the decision of which
of two or more pitchers in a game
is entitled to the credit for win
ming is as idiotic as the raving of a
wild lunatic. If a majority of the
league directors could think about
anything at league meetings except
how to have tickets printed and
whether or not to use registering
turnstiles, or if the league president
had an occasional spare minute
from his duties of running Little
Rock and most of Arkansas to
give to the league, this silly rule
would be changed. But they
don't" and "he hasn't" and there
you are. So Miller, and not Des-
sau. gets credit for yesterdays
game, which the Crackers won,
to 5.
Miller is the Crackers puzzle.
He has pitched just one good
game this season that he won. He
has pitched a few that the team
drizzled away behind him. And
he has pitched a few bad ones
Yesterday he pitched bad one
and won (which means, maybe,
that he is experiencing a change.
All Atlanta hopes so, for he is a
popular pitcher and last year could
win games when all the rest Of
them were losing.
A RATHER weird feature Of the
game was the fact that the first
two runs scored (and they came
W ililiil llllCC lliilllI6OJ NCiN illdoO
on home runs. Charley Hemphill
paid his compliments to Dutch"
Berger first. With two gone in the
first inning. he ripped one to the
right hand side of the scoreboard.
1t wasn't a tremendously long hit
and he certainly earned the tally.
The ball was fielded in to Starr.
who made a great throw to the
plate, and nothing but Hemphill's
speed made it possible to get home
ahead of the ball
Baileys hit, which came with no.
body gone in the third inning was
tremendously long. The Cracker
speedster was rounding third base
when the ball began its return trip.
So long was Bailey's hit that 1t
suggested new rule. In case of a
long hit inside the Enclosure, why
not let the runner keep right on
going and make FIVE bases if he
can? Let 1t score run when the
batter reaches home and then let
him get to first if he is fast
enough.
This idea of a baseball Marathon
isn't patented, and it's all right
with US if they include it in the
rules.
FRANK DESSAU got away mighty
we'll when he was sent in to
relieve Miller To the careful OBJ
server it didn't appear that Dessau
had anything when he started to
pitch And certainly he didn't put
anything on the ball but a little
shove-until he got in a pinch
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
JUNIOR OARSMEN BATTLE
ON SCHUYLKLL TODAY

PHILADELPHIA, May 25-The best
talent among the Eastern Junior oars
men was gathered here today for the
tenth annual American Henley regatta
on the Schuylkill river. 1t was expect
ed that the junior collegiate eight
cared event would be one of the best
contests in the history of the regatta
Columbia was the favorite with
chances favoring either Princeton or
HARVARD for second place.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-25
TO CINCH TITLE, VANDY
MUST DEFEAT SEWANEE

SEWANEE, TENN, May 25.-Van-
derbilt has the Sewanee team to beat
Southern college mpionship.
The mighty Commodores so far this
season have found things easy for them.
They have met and defeated the best of
the S. I. A. A. teams. including the
strong Georgia Tech team. which won
the series from Sewanee. But the Tt
gers are not beaten yet, and they can
be counted on to give the Commodores
a warm reception.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-22
Telegram from h. A. WetmOre, Sioux
City, Iowa, Oct. 7, 1912, to Chalmers
Motor Company, Detroit, Mich.

Chalmers 1913 1hirty-six stock car
won every event in Saturday sraces,
one ten mile class event. also two
mile. ten mile and fifty mile free-for-
all events. / finished the fifty mile
race five miles ahead of the nearest
competitor, defeating Ohio, Cutting
and Colby special racing cars, also
number of local cars. Together
with the Chalmers cleanup Friday,
this makes seven firsts and one Sec
ond out of eight races. won three
cups, six hundred fifty dollars cash.
and gained permanent possession of
two large trophies won first with
Chalmers Thirty last year. This car
is sold by Fred Murset, Redwood
Falls, MINI. H. A. WETMoRE. 13-1t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-22

the county than admit their defeat.
They cannot hope to get out better
vote at the coming election, and
surely the voters have had no reason
to change their minds, but on the
other hand scores of the voters have
found the reports given out against
Mrs. Pratt with malicious intent,
were wholly without foundation and
untrue. This will react without
question. These conditions coupled
with the popularity resulting from
her overwhelming majority, makes
her election as sure as the sun will
rise and set on that day Milroy
Echo.
Hon. j. R. Keefe of North Red
wood, democratic candidate for rep
resentative visited BelvieW on Nor
day and spent some time renewing
his acquaintance with our people.
Mr.. Keefe proposes to put upa clean
strong campaign and of course ex-
poets to win out. He is good bust
ness man and as a campaigneris hard
to beat as he is onto his job thor
oughly. He is asking for re-elec-
ton on his record and invites the
people to look it up and satisfy them
selves. He was accompanied by his
campaign manager, Rud. Stensvad
of Redwood Falls. Belview indie.
pendent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-22
STATE SUPERINTENDENT SCHULZ
INDORSES WOMEN SUPERINTENDENTS

the standard of the rural schools in
the counties where women are sup
erintendents is as high as in those
where there are ensuperintendents.
/ A person seeking the office of
county superintendent should be
judged by his or her ability for the
work which is required and not be-
cause the candidate happens to be a
man or woman. | consider Miss
Hattie Johnson capable to fill the
office of county superintendent of
schools of Nicollet county, and / be-
lieve she will discharge the work
well.
This letter is written in reply to
your inquiry concerning thenumber
of county superintendent in the
state. the character of their work
and the ability Of Miss johnson TO
fill the position. Yours very truly,
c. G. SCHULZ. st. Peter Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-10-22
State of Minnesota,


Department of Public Instruction.
Saint Paul.
September 7. 1912
Mrs. Fl. L. Stark, st. Peter. Mimi,
Dear Mrs. Stark: Twenty-four of
eeignty-six county superintendent
of Minnesota are women. This in
cludes several of the larg lest counties
in the state, like Otter Tail with $50
schools, Mower with LA schools.
Yellow Medicine with 105. Roseau
with 116, Kittson with Is. Koochi-
ching has woman superintendent
and it is the most difficult county to
travel through of any in the state.
Our experience in this Office with
the women county superintendent
is that they are as capable and eff
cient in their work as are the men.
They visit their schools as often, and