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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17

The Rockefeller agents are again trying.
to have his foundation Incorporated by the
federal government. They have agreed to
limit the fund to $1Oo.ooO,Oo0 And still.
Congress hesitates and the result is.
doubtful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17

The New Orleans Item says the sale CT
the 1azoo and Mississippi valley railroad
to the Frisco is probable. The Illinois
Central fears 1t has no right to own a
parallel and competing line. Should the
Frisco buy the Valley road it would gain
a terminal in New Orleans which it would
enter over its own line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

she tol' him, Go long up de tree. | tell
ye1. an I'll keep watch an whistle lax
said l would.
well, Adam, he skun up dc tree, an
shuck it, an down de fruit felled, an
Eve she grab one an took big bite,
ar 10 an behold-dat fruit wuz nuthinA
but green persimmons, an here come de
Lawd an Eve seen Him. but she foun'
1t wuz impossible ter whistlel An dar
wnz Adam up de tree, an de Lawd said:
:. How come you is up dat tree, Adam?'s
An Adam say: Dat CONAN tof me ter
climb it,
Den de Lawd took Adam by de seat er /.
his britehes, an pitched him clar over
defence, an said ter him, ez he hit de
grit:
Now, root. hog. or de!' Prank L.
Stanton. in the Atlanta Constitution.
THE sUBURBANITE IN JANUARY.
No fear times flight
May be forgot;
He dreams each night
OF a garden plot
WRITTEN DURING THE DAY.
"a lady poet has written a beautiful
apostrophe to Sleep
"Well?"
"The performance is truly remarkable,
because happen to know that the lady
poets husband snores dreadfully."
THE TRAVELLER.
Snocks went to the station
Oh, list to my rhymel
He didn't wait hours, (
The train was on time.
Quite tranquil and happy,
He clambered aboard,
In nook of the Pullman
His baggage was stored
With jarrins and jolting
The coaches rolled out,
That good luck was with him
Nobody could doubt.
Soon came the conductor,
Portentous and grand,
A huge diamond flashing
Upon his left hand:
Gazed at our friends ticket,
Gazed at it again,
Then said, My dear fellow,
You're on the wrong train.
JOGGING HIS MEMORY.
"Of course you remember Florence, Guz-
zlit?"
Florence? Er-let me see. oh, Dipplei''
''Well, what is it?"
''Where was it we found that rare old
wine while we were in 1taly?"
''At Florence
ooh, yes, my dear Brownson, I remem-
ber Florence perfectly" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17
QUITE THE CoNTRARY,

What's Diggs doing now?'
''Lcafing, as usual. The list of actiyi-
ties printed on his stationery has moth
ing whatever to do with the way in which
he spends his time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17
TELEPHONES

Bell tprivate exchange connecting
departments), No. 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17
LOGGING HIS MEMORY.

They seldom or never do in real
newspaperdom. The cub seldom gets "a
chance to do anything better than
"obits' and routine meetings OF the
Ladies' Aid society or local school
board, and If he does have the luck to
fall over a good story, he either does
not see that there is one breaking
or else--if he has sense enough (''news
sense" that is)-to phone it to his Of
flee, his city editor will probably send
a good man out on the story to get
the facts and write it,
In the big offices, the man that turns
up the story seldom gets chance to
write 1t, it being turned over to a star
rewrite man If 1t is a big story, yet
the fictioneer always describes the cub
as sitting down at his typewriter and
tearing off yards of copy, which the
city editor. with grunts and growIs of
approval, grabs off one at time and
room, while the rest of the staff sit
about or stand behind the cub as he
banks the daylights out of his ma
chine.
At the conclusion he always-in
Ihction-falls over the typewriter in a
dead faint across his desk. while the
city editor hands him drink and the
sob sister of the staff tenderly mas
sages his forehead. All very nice, O.
fiction writer-but did you ever see
it done?
No wonder the editors won't look at
a newspaper yarn any more, If the
fiction writers would only write a yarn
wherein the cub is shown up for what
he really is-an incompetent. blunder-
ing, news senseless ''dub'-until he
has had the rudiments of the game
knocked into him by hours of pave
ment pounding in the routine of the
cubs first weeks in the business, they
would be doing the newspaper man a
great favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17

z L. Morgan and W. G. Wharton are
the only authorized travelling represent
atives of The Age-Herald in ats cirsu-
lation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17

No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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A TAXI FOR HER.
The gay stenog
Who's quite a queen,
Ne'er has to jog
On foot, l ween.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-17

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala,
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
CR|D|RON STARS
SOON FORGOTTEN
In limelight Only Short Time Com
pared With Baseball Men

The fame OF football stars Is short
lived. With each succeeding football
season, the heroes OF the gridron are
forgotten Baseball heroes have "a
much longer hold on fame than the
gridirOn stars. 1t is really surprising
how quickly the footballers drop on.
of sight
Perhaps the best explanation of this
condition is that the average career
Of a football player never extends
over four years and very often he
does not develop into a real star until
his lass year at college. On the other
hand, the career of the ballplaycr de-
pends entirely ON his ability to de-
liver Football players retire from
the game usually when at their best.
while baseball stars refuse To quit
as a rule until released. Ty Cobb was
Il star in 1907 and is still "a star.
Another good reason for the fleet
ing fame of the gridiron star is the
shortuess of the playing season; also
the fact that only one game a week
is the rule. Baseball. on the other
hand, calls FOR game Il day for siA
months and IN the off season tho
scribes seem able to find something
Of interest 10 write about the bis
men i'll baseball. Unquestionably the
publicity given baseball men by the
press keeps them in the memory of
faudom.
A few years ago Coy, Dewitt Wen
dell, Sprackling, NcGOvCrn and "A host
of other football heroes were much in
the public eye. Finishing their ca-
reer at college. entering into some
other field. their athletic prowess was
soon forgotten.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
CRAWFORD AFTER RECORD.
Will Have Played in About $50 Games
This Year

When the whistles aud bells an
Cf 1914, they will clang upon. Sam
Crawford a worlds record for the
number of baseball games participated
in by big Lacquer during a single
year.
There are no satisfactory records on
that without doubt Crawford will have
played i'm more games during twelve
months than any other man.
Sam was playing weeks before the
Tigers assembled for their training at
Gulfport this spring lie spent the
winter at New orleans, where he
played with the Gas Lights. a winter
league club.
He joined the Tigers in time for
their exhibition games on the way
north.
He played in every game during the
season.
Now he is playing every day with
the White SoX on their See America
First" department of the worlds tour.
Adding to the ia games of the reg
ular schedule the 20 games of the
spring trip. the eight of ten he PLAY ed
in New Orleans and those he will play
with tn" tourists, Sam will have a
record Of nearly go games for the
year.
This is a tribute to Crawford's cN-
ccllent method of living and his ca
pacity for work.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
SKI CLUBS ACTIVE.
twenty Eight Tournaments Planned
ACCORDING to AkseI Hotter

Aksel II. Hotter, OF Ashland Wis,
secretary OF the National Skee assoc
citation. stated a few days ago that
the coming winter will be the most
successful i'm the associations history
as number of new clubs have APP
piled for admission. lie anticipates
Il membership of l,500 In the 30 clubs
this season.
Several of the clubs which desert
cd us last fall during the fisht be
tween the Duluth club and the assoc
citation and who Joined the lnterna
tional Amateur Ski association have
again applied foI membership in the
old organization" said Mr. Hotter.
The Menomonic CWiSD club is one
of the deserters desirous of coming
back into the fold
The national meet is to bc held this
year i'm Virginia. MINI. Feb "a, and
H.. and the officers OF the range club
are to make big preparations for il.
The first tournament to be held will
son. ON New Years Day. The Mount
Horeb club is one of the new mem
hers this year. having been organized
bv Mr.. Hotter the first part of Sep
TENDER The other dates that have
ben definitely arranged by the Off
GERS arc as follows Hudson. Wis.
Fob. S: Fergus Falls. Mimi, Feb. -;
ana lshDemng. Mich. Feb. %, Chas-
Flagstaff. president of the Superior
club. will call . meeting next week
to prepare plans for the winters ac-
tivties here. The Ashland club viii
hold its tournament during the month
of January. The other dates Of the
tournaments will soon be announced
There will be 20 interstate tourna-
,nents held this year in addition 20
the local meets. according t. Secre-
tary Hotter. I'VE are also going 10
have many fine riders and everything
points 10 the coming winter proving
the banner year for the sport" Mr..
Hotter also said that since the seces-
sion of Duluth and st. Paul last win
tor the other clubs are taking a great
or interest in the affairs of the asso-
citation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
sArSMEN ARE FORTUNATE
Few Accidents in National Game, Fig
urcs Show


The bcpning of Bobby Byrne by Joe
Wood recalls the wonder that "A cam
laign could ever drift by without at
least one player being pushed into the
league of last sleep by II pitched ball.
In the major leagues alone each sed-
son there is an average of loo ball
gains played-600 in each circuit.
In these LOO games each batsma1
averages about 10 pitched balls to the
game or $50 for both sides
This yield nets about 276,000 pitched
balls a season and just why some con-
tender in front of this mighty fusilladc
isn't killed Is one Of the marVcls of the
profession.
Any number have been badly hurt,
but in the last ten years. with over p
000, 900 pitched balls TO face. no big
Lacquer has suffered IA fatal mshap.
Some time back Russ Ford beaned
Corhan Of the White SoX, and the Yam
kce premier has never been within 80
per cent OF his standard since From
that date ON he sliddcd back along tho
trail, although Corhan recovered short
ly afterward.
Charlie Carr and Danny Hoffman
were both 900 batsmen. Harry Nick
ems of Nashville In an exhibition game
tore Cars nose loose with high. fast
one AMI the Tiger star soon faded from
the big corral. Hoffman was also
wounded in the dome of thought and
never recovered from the shock.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
WORLDS SERIES BATTING.
Mclean and Fletcher Got Hits OF
Each Pitcher

Friends OF Long Larry Mclean, of
the Giants, are regretting that Hugh
Chalmers did not Offer Il car to the
player who hit safely against each
pitcher he faced in the recent worlds
series between the forces of MCGraw
and Mack. Larry was one of two ath-
letes who accomplished this feat-a
feat by the way, that j. Franklin
6aker could not accomplish, even
though the Trappe Thumper was able
To make Il home run and do other div
ers things that tended TO make the
White Elephants for the third time the
monarchs of the baseball universe. j.
Franklin failed to bingle when facing
Demaree and so did Eddie Collins.
whose hitting, like Bakers, was wick
ed and timely.
Mclean got three hits off Plank, Two
OF Bender and one off Bush, his per-
Ccntage against each Mack slabman
being extremely high. 1t was .667
against the Indian, 500 against the
youngest man who played in the SER
les, Bush, ard .i2S against the veteran
Plank
Arthur Fletcher like Mclean, touch
ed each Philadelphia pitcher FOR one
or more saieties, but the iniielder hit
above the 800 notch against only one
man-Bush. Fletcher's average against
the man who made Brainard, Mimi,
the home of two worlds series heroes.
was 800. against Plank and Bender it
was go
Baker got the greatest number Of
his hits off Mathewson-viz., four
but ii was Crandall against whom he
rolled up his highest batting average,
which was 1000 j. Franklin hit at
Il 800 clip against Tesreau and Math-
ewson. and at a 400 pace against Mar
guard. Eddie Collins faced Tesreau
for a mark of $50.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
SUGGESTS WORLDS
SERIES CONSIST
OF NINE GAMES

Chicago. Nov, World series base
ball contests of nine games at re"
duotion IN the present scale OF prices
charged for admission, are Favored
by Ban b. Johnson, president Oh tne
American league and member Of the
national commission
President johnson SAID yesterday he
believed that an extension in the num-
Der u. Iames at "a reduced price would
ho more satisfactory than the present
ARRANGEMENT Of seven games such
nm arrangement, he cUntended. would
hermit more people to see the games
at lover cost
Many complaints, he SAID h'Ve Dteh
made that out town visitors pay
large prices to see the world serie"
,rames to the exclusion of home town
Mans. who have supported tie team All
season and who canno; afford the high
s1riCes
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
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: SECOND TEAM MEN
ALMOST AS GOOD
AS THE REGULARS

Harvard's showing to date has been
by far the best of any team in tn"
country. The wearers of crimson nave
demonstrated in every game played
this season that the were complete
masters of their opponents ana that
the team which wins from them in
any of the big contests VIII have to
show decidedly more form than has
yet been seen.
It's practically an impossiblity for
Harvard to slump. This ~ true for
the reason that the Cambridge boys
have q bunch of second string mater
ial which is 50 close TO all-round play
ing ability to the men holding the
regular places that any injuries to
those row Classed as rst-strlngcrs
would mean no loss at all
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
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The most important chai that
VA, been made IN the basket rules
for the coming season is thtyhich
axes away from q center tbrivi-
lege Of catching the ball ate tip
III Centcrs can only bat thall,
This takes away much of adj
vantage of the very tall cen who
could jump above q shorter Q and
grab the ball az it fen from ref
,ree's toss.
Also. freak STYLES .. crouch and
jumping VIII be done away witrge-
Iv by tie rule which forces ten
'ers to face their opponents lets.
This itca of crouching for heap
that is likely 10 end with an ev in
lhe pit e. the opposing ccnterfpm-
ecb. viii be done away with lay
The game will be speeded by
the rule requiring that a maiiJw-
ing the bali in after Il has gtout
IF bounds shall have free low.
ether minor rules that are marc
that the ball Is cut Of boundsthe
man carrying il has one footer
'he Inc and that the ball 81 be
held by The hands only, no othart
If the body assisting.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
Firz HUMoR.

into print the other day Bob was a
witness I'm "a case in New York and
upon his entrance into the unfamiliar
surroundings was somewhat taken
back, The justice recognizing him.
nodded and Bob took courage.
Am in the right club he asked
the clerk
Yes, but this is only a preliminary"
said the clerk. who at once recognized
the freckles. The main bout is on in
a minute There's your corner over
there"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04

ENGLISH WOMAN WINS
$3.50 ON TWO RACES

I: London, Nov, 1.-The Cam
: brIdseshire handicap. The last
|: big race OF the year, was
/: marked not only by the queens
: visit To Newmarket, but by
: one Ct those lucky shots which
: fire the ambitions OF the punt
= ers.
MIS-. Clayton wife oi Major
: Clayton, who has the reputa-
: ton of being one Of the hand
: soonest women in English. so
: ciety, invested sovereign ON
= t1Zyama, rank outsider.
t. which won the C2arewitch at
: 90 to /. She placed her win
: nings On another outsider,
: Cantilever for the Cambridge
: shire, and Cantlever romped
: home. His starting prices was
: SO 10 /, so Mrs. Clayton pock-
:. eted $3.50
: The British racing public re-
: Gently has been hard hit by
: weary succession of outsiders
:. wins.
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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
JOE TINKER SIGNS.
Will Manage Cincinnati Team Again
Next Year

Cincinnati, Nov. i.-Manager Jou
Tinker Of the Cincinnati National
lcaeuc club, has signed a contract to
manage the team for the season of
1914. The signing followed lengthy
conference between Tinker ana Prcsi-
dent Hermann at which the policy Of
the club for next year was discussed.
The attaching OF the name of Mana
ger Tinker to contract sets at rest
the many rumors that have been cir
culated lately to the effect that Tinker
would not hc retained owing to a
statement given out i'm Philadelphia
last summer in which Ec severely
criticised Herrmuns methods of in
terfering with what Tinker believed
were the duties Of the manager.
At that time Tinker insisted ne could
not build up good team when Presi-
dent Hermann continued 60 make
trades without consulting him
An informal conference between
HERMANN and Tinker took place last
September aud owing to the fact that
Tinker did not sign at that time. many
thought that tie breach between him
and President Hermann could not be
bridgcd
Mr.. Hermann said. There has
never been any other manager in nay
mind for next season ana now hope
that thcs" rumors of friction wit
ccasc. No real differences ever ok
isted between Tinker ana myself We
had different ideas of course but these
were easy to slraighten out. / am cN-
tremcH glad that ne has signed.
1t was decided that the team viii
rain at Alexandria La. next sprins.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE RECEiF
$4,000 More Spectators in 1918
in 1912

'aleago, Nov. l.-Nearly "a tlll
million more persons paid to
american league ball games last
"dh did IA 1912. according 10 a
''ehI today by President Johns
us league. Up to within the
uohth Of the season the AM
Vasue figures were more than 1
"lead OF the previous season, bt
"uuancc fell off sharply during
late games.
resident Johnson also said i
",'VS post season series be
"uos finishing second and third
1--WE nearly as interesting as
'''Ween first place teams.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
ELIGIBILITY RULE.
Many Questions Come Up atg;'
School Session.

Ann Arhur. Mich, Nov. lille
governing the eligibility of high Of
athletes i'm Michigan will be ci,d
SO that lbs provisions will be pely
clear # the intentions of the MIN
Intercollegiate Athletic assocn,
which met here recently. are cd
out With this end in view "A 81
committee was appointed TO STUD
Iule and revise it where necessa
During the last few months +
man Morse has been swampedl
communications as regards to tliie
ahd 1t Was shown by these COM
cations that the rule was not
Inc special revision committee.
pointed 10y Mr.. Morse is compos
- u. Davis of Detroit, Il. l.. NIL
Detroit, and NJ b. Baker of sag
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
PLAYERS WILL HOLD OUT.

There will be long delay oelore
many of the leading baseball players
ign contracts for next season. IL Is
generally admitted that the men VIII
L,au until the owners have taken some
lction on the demands of the frater-
iuy. Many stars are on long term
t,n,racts. Johnny Evcrs, of the Cuos'
a,ed recently that all but six OF ms
tpn,ars were already in line, but ne
f:pects TO have difficulty in signing
A. six II the fraternity is not prop
H., treated M the league meeting IN
Xacembcr
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
MODES SCHOLARS SHOW
'''r and Ravens Win Events
Meet at Oxford.

d, oAloid, Eng, Nov. 1.-The
"a 'Vu's scholars were proininei
Wv, Wv athletic meeting of the o
:, I,'ueh' Norman Staber. forl
a. o'oWh university, Providence.
, ''''e event easily in i:47 T.;
g., 'e1'en IN the ii0-yard ia:
ons NV" African, Ruddy. in so i-5
seS. '. B. Ravens. formerly of
IN % V'llese, won the iOO-yard
"A y TO seconds, ana the shotput
" leet inches.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
CHRISTMAS SHIP TO SAIL
Last Transport Bound for Oricn.
Leaves Pacific Coast Tomorrow

san Francisco. cal. Nov. 1.-The
last Transport that will reach the Is
band of Guam and the Philippines b"-
fore christmas, will sail from this port
tomorrow and col. John r. Knight
the local depot quartermaster of the
- :. Army and his assistants, an"
almost overwhelmed with work owing
80 the enormous number of Christmas
gifts Tor the American soldiers in the
clr East which have accumulated here
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
pApkE STILL HIGH PRICED.

Billy Papke evidently believes he is
still the middlewelght champion. for
a few days ago he was asked by the
MANAGER of n club in Pittsburgh what
he thought his services were worth to
meet Buck Grouse Of Pittsburgh I'm a
six round no-decision contest Papke
wired back that he must have $4,000
FOR his end. OF course Parkc was i'm
mcdiotcly sidetracked,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04

during the past week or so. Two years
aro the Christmas transport did NOT
stop az Guam and II was necessary
to postpone the Christmas festivities
on tho island Tor one month This
was due to an epidemic OF smallpox,
on account of which the transport was
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04

The largest tree i'm the United
states is said To- Dee the Mother Of
the Forest" giant redwood I'm the
Calaveras bietrec grove i'm California.
1t is supposed 10 contain 1903 board
feet of lumber There are. however
many claimants for the honor of be-
ing the largest tree and the oldest
Tree" and these claims, according 10
fnrnalnl- MN nnt .-ANuA- u.-- .-nLIlInL
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04

one of the largest and most valuable
timber trees of the country is the tu-
lip tree, known To lumbcrmeu as yell
low poplar. It is related 10 the mag
uolias. bu: is the only tree of its kind
In the world
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04

Articles of clothing from wood fiber
are being made i'm Europe The ma
terial for a suit costs about nifty cents.
Clothing made of this material how
ever, cannot be- washed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
BASKETBALL RUl
CHANGES

: Center men much faoshc'r =
: own basket. -
: Center men not ALLOW 10 -
. catch ball =
: Ball out of bounds ifan =
: oyerruns line and fails pth- =
!. draw foot Immediately =
> PLAYER returning ball { of =
:; bounds must be given sree =
: throw. -
Z, Ball shall be held byhe =
1: hands only IL any othenrt =
!. of body is used it is = Al. =
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
FOREST NOTES,

To sccure merit badge IN forestry
boy scouts are required, among other
things to Identity - kinds of trees
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-04
SLIGHT CHANlES
IN BASKETBALL
Rule Alterations This Var Re.
carded as Unimpornt

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