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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
SCHOOL LEAGUE

1t was agreed by all the entrants at
the opening of the Sunday School league,
several months ago, that at the close the
two leading teams would play an elimina-
tion series of three games to decide the
winner of the championship.
The two leading teams proved to be the
Southside Baptist and the Woodlawn
Methodists. Last Tuesday the first game
of this series was played and the South
side Baptists had everything their own
way and easily won the game But in
the second game played Friday night the
Woodawn bunch came back and won the
game % to %. tieing things up.
The standing is now:
Won. Lost. Pct
Southside Baptist ...,..... 800
Woodlawn NJ Z. .......... 500
The championship now depends on the
third and final game which will be played
at the Y. M. C, A. next Tuesday.
Every night at the Y NJ c. A. the
Southside Baptist boys are practicing and
reports state the Woodlawn. team is dur
ing the same thing. The Southsde Bap-
tist team is composed of Tom Estes
Hogan, Evans, Edwards and Claude
Estes.
The Woodlawn team: Montgomery
Finn, A. Byers, Earnest, Wikerson and
C. Byers.
On account of the interest shown by
partisans of the teams entered in the
Sunday School league, Mr.. West has
about decided to organize a Sunday
school baseball league, but an announce
ment of this will be made later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
WILLIE PROUGH
AND DAN SENNO
REACH CITY FOR
SEASONS WORK
Elongated Right Handler in
Good Trim for Successful
Season-Ready to An
swer Seasons Call

As elongated as ever, "Wee Willie"
Prough reached the city yesterday after
noon and reported to Manager Moles-
worth.
The big right handler strolled about the
city shaking hands with his friends and
admiring the perfect baseball weather
which prevailed gossiping idly about the
seasons prospects until time for the even-
ing practice at Rfckwood Field.
Prough states that he has spent good
and restful winter, and that he is in
excellent condition for the coming sea-
son. Like Hardgrove, the big fellow was
ready to answer to the call of the dia-
mond, and expressed himself as being
glad to be back in the city of smoke and
pennaht-winning baseball clubs
Yesterday afternoon he journeyed to
Rickwood Field where the Barons held
their regular afternoon practice, but con-
fined himself to q little warming up and
a few short runs, after which he was
content to watch the youngsters do a
few stunts in the infield.
In addition to Prough, Dan Senno, the
Baron recruit who halls from Buffalo,
N. Y, arrived in Birmingham yesterday.
Twelve Barons, including Manager
Molesworth, are now in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
REGARDING THAT
BASKETBALL GAME

The following letter to the sporting edi-
tor of The Age-Herald would Indicate
that Columbus. Ga, Is still willing to
meet Mobile for game here, providing
some other official than StorlS of Mont
gomery is chosen TO handle the game:
Birmingham, March s. 1918.
Sporting Editor of The Age-Herald, City:
Dear Sir-After reading the article in
yesterdays Age-Hearld regarding the pro-
posed game of basketball between Colum-
bus and Mobile to settle the southern
championship, phoned Manager Bridges
of the Columbus team and was advised
by him that they are ready and willing
to play Mobile. The whole trouble is that
Mobile refused to play unless Columbus
agreed to play with Mr.. Stork as referee
and without an umpire. Columbus offered
to play with any other referee and with
out an umpire, or to play with Mr.. Stork
as referee and some Birmingham man as
umpire
IL Mobile still refuses TO play on this
fair basis. Columbus will gladly pay half
the expenses incurred by the Birmng-
ham Athletic club for the proposed match.
Yours for fair play,
A. N. CHAPPEI4Is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
WORDSWORTH PLEASED WITH
YOUNGSTERS SHOWING-IN-
TERESTING NOTES REGARDING
RECRUITS

With Manager Molesworth inciuded
there are 16 Barons in Birmingham at
the present time. They follow: Moles-
worth, Pitchers whitney, Foxen, Moorer'
Lamline, Priest, Hardgrove Sloan, Fit
terry and Prough; Outfielders McBride,
Cochran and Senno; Infielder Herndon;
Catchers Lage and Roe.
Prough was the last to report yester-
day. The big fellow Is looking good he
has been in Alabama for couple of weeks
visiting the family of his sister in Athens.
Omar Hardgrove has acquired about 10
bounds of flesh during the winter vaca-
ton, and Manager Molesworth expects
this to be his banner season in the South
ern league. Hardgrove was all right last
season but would have been better but
for bad health.
Senno is a trim young fellow and looks
promising. He stars on the diamond and
as a penman. He writes like a professor.
and should he ever grow too old to bat
ter the ball he might make $1-00o,00O writ
ing visiting cards. His is the Spencerian
style. and he's got old man Spencerian
himself crowded off the boards.
OF all the youngsters who have shown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
VANDY TRACK TEAM
|SOUT FOR Practice
COmmOdOres Strong on the
Track, But Weak in
Field Events

Nashville, March .-(Specal.)-Takins
Advantage of the first signs of mild
weather this week, Coach Bill Anderson
of the Vanderbilt track team has had his
candidates out for practice In deadly
earnest.
Twenty-Five men responded to the call
for volunteers, and the outlook for point
making aggregation in all track events is
the best in many years. while in the
field events it is just as gloomy.
In Robbins, Page and Armistead Ander-
son has trio of stars in the quarter
mile class, while from last years team,
which came back a winner from the 5
/. A. A. meet, he has Captain Copeland.
Austin, Gill and Hume
But not a sign of hurdler. shot putter
or weight man has appeared so far, and
the coach will have a tough job on his
hands to develop material for these
events. Last season the same proposition
confronted the Commodores strong on the
cinder path and pitifully weak in the
feld, but they scored more points than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
Barons Fast Reaching City
Idle Gossip For Fdndom
by c. W. GREER

In speaking of Homer Thompson, the
University of Georgia slabman who is
a Baron holdout for a larger salary,
Julian Murphy in the Atlanta Journal
says:
"This boy is just as good a finger
as the south ever saw. Last season
shortly after being sent to the New
York Americans, he was sent to the
New England league. where he made
good with a rush. This year he was
recalled by Chance and has been turned
over to Birmingham, and he is now
holding out on Molesworth Since the
contest yielding the Oakland club a
has talked bit straight to him, tell
ing the ex-Georgia star that he did not
have a place cinched by any means
and would have to show something be-
fore he could demand a large salary
in a circuit so fast as the Southern.
This is case where college star
overrates his ability. And Molesworth
is just about right in the matter"
Jimmy Johnston secured three singles
and a double out of five trips to the
plate in recent exhibition game with
the Chicago White Sox. Clarence Smith
hurled the last four innings of the
contest yielding the Oakland club q
total of four bingles and three runs.
While the local slabman Jared not so
well in his department as did john
ston, his exhibition was fairly satis-
factory, accoruIng to Chicago critics
Ban Johnson's idea in putting a ban
on expert opinions supposed to be
written by major league stars on the
world and other big series, Will mean
the loss of quite a bit of coin to sew
eral sport writer's who have been
using the big fellows names in writ
ing these articles. Following is a list
of the writer's and the players whose
names they used In covering the worlds
series games last season:
Who Signs 1t. Who Writes 1t.
Christy Mathewson Jack Wheeler.
Walter Johnson .....Ralph Macmillan.
John j. McGraw. Walter Trumbull.
Chief" Meyers ......... Jim McBeth
Rube Marquard ..... Bill Farnsworth.
Cy Young ...-...''s.-... sam CarrlcK.
Heine Wagner ........ Paul Shannon.
Bill Carrigan ...... A. II. c. Mitchell.
Iris Speaker ...........T Tim Murnane.
Joe Wood ....-........-. j. OLeary-
Hugh Jennings .-...... Roger Hidden.
Ty Cobb .......... stony McGlynn.
.Tis marvellous, indeed, methinks, tlat
all reporting baseball ginks are always
in the best of trim, are always sound
of life and limb, and only need to get
the kinks out of their arms and work
a bitl ere they are just as fine and fit,
as fit they were last season when the
previous season came to end. Now one
would naturally infer life would be
one continuous "blurr." when guy
has garnered in the dough, and merely
has to let 1t go. 'Tis human, so they
say. to err, and after all, the mortal
fame that's won by artists of the game,
goes up in smoke, alas to say, when
once the seasons passed away; and
for all the shines that he may cut, a
players but a human nut. e
One naturally would think that he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
NEW LEAGUE
is INCORPORATED

Indianapolis, March s.-The Federal
Baseball league was Incorporated and
organized here today. 1t will take the
place of the United States league. which
failed to finish last season, and the cir
cult is expected to include the following
clubs
st. Louis, Detroit Pittsburg, Chicago,
Cleveland and indianapolis. Cincinnati
also seeks berth in the new league.
John T. Powers of Chicago was elected
president and the board of managers is
composed of William t. Mccullough,
Pittsburg; Michael Kinney, st. Louis;
Charles Zimmerman, Cleveland; John A.
Spinney, Cincinnati; James A. Ross, John
A. George and John S. Powell, Indian-
apolis and Charles l.. Sherlock, Chicago.
Each club will be required to post a
forfeit of $4,000 before the opening of the
season, which is scheduled to take place
between May 10 and May To- 1t was an
nounced that the Indianapolis club would
be Incorporated Tuesday with capital
of 100000,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
FEDERAL LEAGUE TO
HAVE SIX CLUBS

Chicago, March S.---The Federal base
ball league with six clubs as be-
ginning Will be formed today at In
dianapolis
The league will be composed of Chi
cago, st. Louis, Detroit, Indianapolis.
Cleveland and Pittsburg. Cincinnati,
Milwaukee and Kansas City are said
to be seeking franchises.
Each applicant must during the day
give proof that the club controls play
ing grounds and make a deposit to
guarantee that the schedule of games
will be played out
Tne Federal league is the outgrowth
or the United States league, which was
started last year but failed to finish
the season. j. I. Powers of Chicago Is
slated for the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
|B.H. 5. ANDY. NJ. CA.
TO HAVE TRACK MEET

On Friday night in the Y NJ c. A. gym
nasium the track team of the Birmlng-
ham High school will meet the one repre-
senting the senior class of the Young
Mems Christian association in an indoor
athletic meet.
The events on the programme are:
Track: 20 yard dash, 100 yard dash, go
yard dash, 440 yard run, $50 yard run,
mile run, relay race a mem, potato
race.
Field: Shot put, high jump
Coach Courleux has set Wednesday,
March ~, as the date for the B. Fl. IS.
trials. They will take place at East Park
promptly at 8 o'clock. A partial list OF
those who are entered is as follows
Jones, Brazeal, Dorsby, Hall, Rountree,
Lathem, Bowron. Thomas, Dillon, Roach,
Hickey and Barker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
SIXTEEN BARONS HAVE
REPORTED FOR DUTY

ANYTHING, Manager Molesworth Is more
Impressed with Herndon the young third
baseman drawn from the South Atlanuc
league. THAT boy is all right stated
the manager. He can field and can hit
the ball. He looks like the natural ball
player" II Herndon is as good as Moles-
worth believes there may be no necessity
for owner woodward to go on the out
side for strong man to take Almeida'
place.
at have come back again. stated the
manager yesterday. II am as good as
ever was. / will wager any man a good
cigar that I can hit 800 this season. II
any of the outfielders fall down, look out.
I'll go on the Job again
whitney, the young Alabamian, has also
innpressed Manager Molesworth. There
is no question but that Whitney has the
goods,' Molesworth said yesterday. 'Ol
course, | cannot tell this early what he
will show, but ] am frank to CONFESS
that / would regret farming him out
before he had been given a trial IN a
championship game
Mcbride is loking good this spring. He
is heavier than last year, and is full OF
pepper. Mcbride expects this season to
be his best.
Marcan wired yesterday that something
Ind gone wrong with his transportation
The matter was Strengthened out immeoi-
ately and the second baseman is expected
to report today,
Before the conclusion of the present
week all of the players will have reached
birmingham Regular practices will then
be indulged in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
LIVELY PRACTICE is
HELD AT REDWOOD
FIELD YESTERDAY

Manager Molesworth took advantage OF
the warm weather that prevailed yester-
day and led his team through two rather
strenuous workouts during the day.
With the coming of Willie Prough, the
veteran hurler of last season, and Dan
senno, recruit secured from the Buffalo
team in the New York State league,
Nolesworth had 16 Barons on hand for
practices yesterday. Prough and Senno
took things rather light. as 1t was their
first work out but several of the recruits
who have been in the city several days
now. were allowed to extend themselves
somewhat.
The morning practice consisted manly
of hitting practice, the players warming
.up a bit before hand, at little light work
in the outfield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
.RARONS HAVE TWO
STIFF WORKOUTS
Morning and Afternoon Workouts HedTwelve Men Now On
Hand-An Regulars Expected Early This Week
Infield Practice Held

In the afternoon infield practice was
held, with the recruits working about the
sacks, and Manager Molesworth sending
them O. few FOUNDERS to handle. Again
the work of Herndon attracted special
attention. The ex-Sally player seems to
be real find, and the way he goes after
the hops and tosses the ball toward the
initial sack warns the heart OF the chub-
by manager. After the infeld work the
players were tried out in short base
running workout, with Lage behind the
plate.
Wordsworth was pleased with the WORK
Yesterday, and said that he hoped tnat
the weather would allow MIN 10 get
harder work this week.
All of the regular Barons are expected
to be in the city early this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hamilton, March S.-(Special)-ln one
of the hottest contested games ever Wit
messed on a local basketball court the
girls of the West Alabama Agriculturai
school won from the Marion County High
school by score of IS to II. The West
Alabama Agricultural school outplayed
the High school girls all the way
through. There was only one field goal
made by the lGuin team. The game was
fast, characterized by the efficient playing
of Sandin and Davidson at forward and
Brown at guard. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

any other team, which is really what
counts after all. co,i-
OF the new men, Milholland, the Caii-
fornia boy, used last year as SUP
on the football team. and Page look "
he the hest of the lot. Whitley" hung up w
a record on the coast of 2.02 for the nan
mile which is fast enough to take care
Of anv runner in the south, While fase'
when at Auburn in 1911, captured potn tne
100 ward and the 220 yard dash at the
T. A. A. meet In Birmingham.
Tn the quarter mile, Copeland OF BIZ
mingham Is certain to break the tape
first for he is a beautiful sprinter anu
one of the fastest relay men In the coun-
try today. Only by the splitting OF SEE
onds was he beaten out last year AT New
orleans. while at the dual meet Win
Notre Dame he was first in the quar-
ter. - -
Owing to the interference OF classes II
will not be possible for the team to prae-
tice but three times weekly, but the uaily
three hours grind ought to get the men
in good condition. -.
The rest of the bunch out for work are
Lambert, Wassaup. Housan, Sinms' Iur-
ner, Howell. Slaughter, Chester, zoe
BURNS. Barr, Towentine. Kerr, Sell. -Hurf-
man. stahlmann, Kiilough and Fuller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

1t may yet be possible for South
ern league clubs to obviate the
necessity of cutting down to the man
limit by the opening date of the sea-
son.
Mique Finn, manager or the Moplle
club, states that he will not be down
to the limit, in other words, believing
that he is right. he is going to make
a test case of the matter
Mique contends that the national
commission has provided that no club
need cut down prior to IS days after
the beginning of the season, ana as the
Southern league has made no contrary
ruling he will follow his own 1udg-
ment. II Mique follows his own 9udg-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
GIANTS ROMP
IN DALLAS, TEXAS
Cals0mine Texas Leaguers.
James Thorpe in the
Game

Dallas, Tex, March S.--Manager Me-
Graw's New York National league team
came from its training camp at Marlin
of the Texas league to 0.
Christy Mathewson was hit for two
singles, one of them a scratch, and
showed better form, baseball men say,
than ever before at this period of the
training season.
McGraw placed Thorpe, the Indian
athlete, in center field. With that ex-
ception the seasoned regulars We're
dsed in the New York lineup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
BEACHY TO GIVE
UP AVIATION

chicago. March S.-Lincoln Beachy.
aviator, said today that he would never
fly again professionally. Beachy holds
himself indirectly responsible for the
death of several aviators and gives
this as his reason for giving up fly
ing.
Il have defied death at every OPP
portunity in the last two years. he
said. Il nave been courter of death
and 1t has had bad influence. and
the deaths of many young aviators can
be traced, l believe, to trying to emu
late me in foolish daring exploits In
the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
CLUBS BEGIN REAL
WORK THIS WEEK

would winter spend in joyous glee, that
long he might look In the cup, might
with the chorus girlies sup, or for a
lJoy-ride take a spin, might wine and
dine, or yet again, might sit in the
bald headed row to see some grille
grille show. In other words, it seems
TO me. that he when from restraint Is
free, might from the straight and mar
row sod the "prim rose path of dal-
lance" trod; and when the winter thus
had passed with racking pains might
be harassed. One might well think that
muscles, limbs. would both be victims
to these whims, and that the athlete
would be as just off one continuous
spree.
But is it so? Not on your 1ifel He's all
ways ready for the strife-hale and
hearty, full of vim, feeling fine, in per-
feet trim. He's glad the winters passed
away, Is anxious for the time of play.
He's hard, he's had a perfect rest-this
season sure Will be his best. 'Tis hard
to swallow, we avow, but in the spring,
some way, some how. we do not ask
for reasons why, but fall for every
thing we hear, and after all, within his
sphere, the player is funny guy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
Room for More Uplift

From the Springfield Republican.
One of the significant incidents of in
auguration week is that the silverware OF
the Senate and House restaurants at the
capitol has already been put in safe.
What the visitors carry off will be cheap
substitutes for the real thing. The great
moral uprising of the American people in
the past few years hasn't reached that
stage Of ethical development where the
knives, forks, spoons and salt shakers of
the government are secure from the COM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
TO DECIDE HORSE
RACING QUESTION

New York. March s-Upon the out
come OF an appeal filed today from
the recent decision Of the appellate d.
vision holding that oral betting on
horse racing 10 no crime, hangs the
future OF racing in New York state.
according to general understanding.
Tire Jockey club has determined TO
defer all plans for reviving the sport
pending the decision of the court Of ap-
peal the h1eest statt tribunal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
WARREN STILL
LEADS IN SHOOT
The Birmingham -Philadel-
phia Match Is
Defaulted

Washington. March SIN the Inter-club
United, States Rifle shooting championship
matches, Warren, Pa, still leads. War
rem, for the Eastern league, probably will
shoot off with Cleveland, of the West
ern league, for the United States cham
rionship. The results include:
New Orleans, 9l2, VS.. Brooklyn, n. T.,
800
Warren, 99l VS.. Erie, 956.
Birmingham, 926, VS.. Philadelphia, de-
faulted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
MAY CARRY EXTRA PLAYERS
AFTER OPENING OF SEASON

ment it is barely possible that others
will
Manager Wordsworth is going at the
matter differently. He intends writ
ing the secretary of the league, re-
questing that that official find out the
facts in the case
"It is not necessary to run wild with
tho proposition. stated Maiase,
Moi esworth yesterday. III the national
commission has ruled that ciup MAJ
car,1, extra men for IS days follow
ine- the beginning of the season that
fact can be ascertained. Frankly
trust that such ruling has been
made. I have too many good men 10
run the risk of losing stars by letting
them go before they have shown tnelr
good points"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09
HAL CHASE STRAINS ANKLE

New York, March s.-Hal Chase
of the New York American team
has sprained his ankle and will be
out OF practice for probably two
weeks. according to cable advices
received in New York today from
Bermuda. The dispatches say that
Chase was covering second base
when rlaver. sliding, struck him
and twisted the ankle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-09

One naturally would think that he
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.une femme desscience religiense,,
surtout anotre 6poque. . en- veux
donner denx raisons, une qul IA
;touche personnellement 81 une au-
tire qui viseles anes sur fesq,uelllless,
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Nine r. F.. Barrett, de Memphis
Tenn.,q uis 6tait.e en- voyage an Ca
NADIA ct au Minnesota depnis troie
mois, est retourn6es chez ellie mer-
credi soir.
"A son arriveee lei elle. estspartie,
accompanied de sa sgnr MmeE
Rousseau, de French Lake, conte
de Wright. pour iAlberta ct L
Saskatchewan, on habitent leurs
deux freres. De retour elles ont
visit6 despassade Nine G. Rous-
seau, leur5cousiine, q Crosby, Nd,
Barrett aensuiite pass6qi1el-
que temps chez sa soeurM Nine ons-
seau, q French Lake, ct visit6 son
.oncle ct sa tt;ante M. ct Mime Char
les Chevaliera Annandale.E lle
6tait accompagn6ea Minneapolis,
de sa niece Mile Rousseau, aqui est
venuasponr continuerses6tn
de Ia musiiquue aus Conservative
Northwestern. Ennotrev illessellea
6taient les hh6tes de NE. ct Nine A.
ii Demenles Il. 8. ss
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Bonnie Position

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tenu ct tres respectable, M fem
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On paiera I'M bon saIaire . une
personne travaiilante ct assidue ct
ct ellie jouira en- outre dun schez
sol comfortable.
Cette position serait surtout
advantageous 6 pour uneyenve on une
personne d'age mtr. Canadienne
on Francaiise pref6ree atoute an
tre.4 On serait consentant d'offfrir
d'excellentes conditions asune per-
some de confance.
S'adresser en- personne on par
lettre a Nine Charles r. Frame,
Market Hotel,30 Premiererue s.,
Minneapolis, Mimi, pour plus am
pies informations.