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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
BILLY SMITH HANDS
A HOT 4ROAST" To
OWNER WOODWARD
OF THE BARON CLUB
The Atlanta Manager Wakes
Wrathy Over Rumored
Statement of Popular
Birmingham Magnate.
Calls Up Old Scores

Atlanta, March 1.--(Special.) )-Another
feud has started in the Southern league.
The Birmingham and Atlanta clubs are
now at daggers points as the result of
q recent interview accredited to Owner
Rick woodward of the Barons in which
he is quoted as having said that "the
Atlanta club would not do
woodward is credited with saying that
he is interested in Atlanta, having a team
that could successfully cope with Bir-
mingham in the race for the pennant or
to at least make it interesting, but he
does not think that Manager Smith has
corralled such a team The interview
is reported to have been made while
Mr. woodward was in Florida.
This caused Manager Smith to emit an
awful howl. He said: eve aren't play
ing any ball games in Florida, but on
the old green. I'll show 'em something.
THAT man woodward thinks, because
he puts on a uniform and goes out and
works with the players, he's a regular
guy. But that doesn't prove anything to
me.
Last summer he had me fined s25, and
did nothing-nothing. We got bad
decision that cost us a game and Noyes
called Umpire Fitzsimmons everything
he could think of. / ran out but | didn
open my mouth. Then Woodward wrote
to Judge Kavanaugh that 1 cursed in
front of the grandstand where ladies
could hear me and the judge fined me
S25, of course
''It stuck. too,' added Bill, land what's 6
worse, had to pay it"
So it's a cinch that when Birmingham
and Atlanta meet this year the fur Will
fly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

Not in many years have so many
artists, prominent in major league cir
cles, adopted holdout proceedings as a
means of expressing their disapproval
of the amount of annual stipend called
for In their contracts, as they are
today.
Many of the leading players in the
game have thus far refused to sign
contracts for the coming season.
Among these. "Rube" Marquard, for
two seasons a noted lemon in major
league circles, and a hurler who prac-
tically owes his fame as a great ar
tist to the unyielding patience of John
McGraw, has developed an acute at
tack of the artistic temperament, fallen
in love with himself as an actor, and
has declared that he will permanently
retire from the game unless McGraw
comes to the terms demanded.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the Georgia
Peach, and admittedly the greatest all
around player that the game has ever
produced, has consistently refused to
sign contract with Hughey Jennings
outfit because President Navin of the
Detroit club declines to send him a
three year contract calling for an an.
nual consideration of $4,000. The casa
of Cobb has been much discussed ali
over the country, and although many
have predicted that an agreement
would speedily be reached between the
two, thus far they are as far apart
as ever.
When Marty OToole was purchased
by the Pittsburg Pirates for s22,500
90. some seasons ago, he was touted
to have more stuff than any hurler in
the game. His work with the Pirates
for two seasons was the poorest or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
BILLIE SMITH HANDS
HOT "ROAST" TO
OWNER WOODWARD
Y. M. C.. A. STAGE ANOTHER
ATHLETIC EXHIBITION

Sunday school championship game Wood
lawn NJ. Il. VS.. Southside Baptist
Yesterday afternoon the Young Mems
Christian association Intermediates
played its first match game of volley ball
when they met the six representing the
Henley school. The Henley sixtel made
a clean sweep. winning all three games
played. by scores of q to IS, 81 to Is and
p to II respectively.
The Young Mems Christian association
boys are new in the game and consider
ing the fact that they have only been
practicing for only week put up an ex-
cellent game. Lineup: Henley-M. Cope
land, Names, Carroll, Nelson, Frew and
j. Copeland.
Y. NJ. C. A.-Eustis, Drennen, Cough
land, Nades, Wyman, Frazier and F'os-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Columbus May Play Mobile Here

On next Friday night, March T. the
Young Mems Christian association will
stage another athletic entertainment for
the enjoyment of its members.
1t is to be called Game Night and
is the first time that any thing of that
sort has been introduced in the city
For the past week Mr.. West and Mr..
Mitchell have been at work on the pro-
gramme and as a result they have fixed
up an excellent one, and which is bound
to please the spectators in every respect.
The invitations sent out read as follows
Game Night, Young Mems Christian
association. Friday, March 7. 1918, p. m
Programme: Indoor baseball, Juniors;
yolley ball, business men,. basketball,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Birmingham Fans Quietly
Await the Seasons Start
Something of the Fans and Mr. WoodwardLittle Gossip
Foxen and Thompson Smith, the Even Tempered
is Deity Dealt With
BY HUGH W. ROBERTS

then he would be pitted against the re-
cruits from the smaller leagues.
IF you come as a high salaried man."
the manager cautioned. you will be
thrown against Boyd and Foxen and
Prough-all of whom are considered cer-
tainties.'
"I'll beat 'em out, all right" young
Thompson replied, which indicates that
he is not overburdened with the delight
full modesty which is said by poets to
go hand in hand with tender youth.
The arrival on the scene of the debonair
Mr.. Foxen has caused the fans to talk a
little. Bill is popular in Birmingham. 1t
is known that he is good fellow and
a good pitcher He is quiet and easy
going and always willing to work.
The author of this little bunch of inn
material gossip is keen In his apprecia-
tion of the ability of Foxen. He has
studied the man and knows him. He
knows that Bill Foxen is not to be
trimmed by Atlanta as long as there IS
an ounce of strength III his deft south
paw.
Bill came to Atlanta when he turned
his bark southwark. There he pitched
good ball, but couldn't win. No other
pitcher could win with Atlanta that year,
as is remembered. He then went to New
Orleans and started upward. He came to
Birmingham and starred. The blase At
lanta scribes accused him of laying
down. Bill heard the accusation and
went after the Crackers And it is a
matter CT record that Atlanta, with which
Bill couldn't win, has never as yet been
able to put a defeat against the record
of the genial Englishman.
It is to be noticed that in another col
umn of The Age-Herald this morning
Billy Smith, Atlanta manager, has squall
concerning Rick Woodward. We remem-
ber the incident to which Smith alludes.
We did not hear him use profanity, but
when Mr.. Woodward stated that ke heard,
we believe that he really did,
Mr.. Woodward has nothing against
Smith, But he has always said and will
say 1t again. that there shall be no pro-
family on Redwood Field. at least none
of that vociferous profanity which shocks
ladies In the grandstand. And In this we
stand very firmly with Mr.. Woodward,
or would do so. II he needed any assist
ance.
However, we were shocked when we
heard the report last season that Smith
had lost his temper and INDUCED in the
free expression of turgid oaths. 1t
seemed incredible to ue that man as
easy goiug, Is even tempered as B. Smith
could lose his head. or his temper, under
my circvnstsnoes. For 3. Smith, as is
lknowr,s ~ always been called the gentle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
BYRNE

most valuable member of the Pirates
hurling staff last season. is dissatis-
fled with the present terms of his
contract and has thus far refused to
sign for the coming season. Manager
Clark declares that Hendrix must ac-
cept the terms offered or retire from
baseball. AS far as can be learned
at present there is no sign of receding
on the part of either party concerned.
In addition to these players many
others of national reputation are or
the holdout list These include Ray
Collins. of the Boston worlds cham
pions, Arthur Shafer of the Giants, Boh
Byrne of the Pirates, Jimmie Archer
of the Cubs, Ed Konetchy of the Car
dinals, Killifer and Rixey of the Phil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

der, and he was dubbed a lemon" of
the rankest variety; but Fred Clark
held on to him, nursing him carefully,
and last season while his work was
not of kind that would warrant the
high estimation in which he was held
when he first broke out in fast COM
pany, he showed considerable improve
ment and promised to develop into a
valuable artist. Now O'Toole has added
himself to the holdouts He claims
that he has been in the major cir
cults for two seasons on a minor league
salary, and that under no considera-
tion will he sign a contract this season
unless the salary increase demanded i,
accorded him.
Besides O'Toole, Claud Hendrix, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
TUbE' NANQUAKD

lies and Sam Crawford, Oscar Stanage
and Dubec of the Detroit Tigers.
Several holdouts have recently come
to terms, such men as Lewis of the
Boston Red Sox, Cheney of the Cubs,
and others We're but recently at outs
with their managers on the salary
question. Lewis and Cheney signed
contracts Friday while others have
been gradually coming across since
making their first demands for salary
increase.
Probably no season in the history of
baseball has seen so many of the
great players of the country so dis
satisfied with the amount of salary
called for by their contracts as exists
at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
F. G. BYRD OF ATLANTA, FORMER
GOLF CHAMPION OF THE
SOUTH, PURCHASES SHARE IN
BIRMINGHAM ARMS COMPANY

F. G. Byrd of Atlanta, former golf
championship Of the south, and one of
the most popular sportsmen in the south
ern states, will soon become resident of
Birmingham.
Mr. Byrd, who is the travelling salesman
for southern states of the Sportsmen' $
Supply company of New York, has pur-
chased the interest of o. l.. Stevenson in
the Birmingham Arms and Cycle COM
pany, and will become manager of the
sporting goods department of that firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
GUN CLUB SHOOT

There was shooting at the Birming-
ham Gun club both Friday and Satur-
day. Twelve shooters participated on
Friday and six on Saturday. Condi-
tions were good on Friday and rather
bad on Saturday, owing to the wind.
H. c. Ryding shot high score on Sat
urday. making a remarkable score IN
the hard wind. He was closely fol-
lowed by Mrs. Carl, who was also
shooting well
Scores on Saturday:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
BARONs SIGN PRIEST

Manager Molesworth an
nounced yesterday that he had
signed Pitcher Anthony Priest of
the Gadsden team of the South
eastern league.
Priest was star of the South
eastern circuit last season, and
there is little question but that
he will make Birmingham a
promising ball player.
Manager Molesworth was very
much pleased when he landed the
youngster. Priest lives in Nash
Vile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
High School Shoot

Washington, March 1.-Shooting In the
inter-city high school league this week
indicated Iowa City would take first place
in Glass A, and that Salt Lake City
was almost a certain winner In Class
3. These two teams undoubtedly Will
compete for the national high school
rifle shooting championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
CHARLESTON GETS PLACE
IN SOUTH ATLANTIC

Auburn, N. T.. March The
board of arbitration Of the Ma
tional Association Of Basebeu
leagues today announced that the
franchise and players Of Coium-
bia in the South Atlantic league
had been transferred to Charles
ton 6 r. s4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

Billy. the patient Billy and Billy the
pleasantly guileless.
And so the fur will fly. according TO
our old friend Dick Jemison, when the
Barons and the Crackers meet. we agree
with Dick. 1t few last season. also, ana
the season before. But, If we remember
correctly, it wasn't the fur of the barons
which did the aeropianing.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29
Shocked the Old Lady.

There used to be a stately old
Englishwoman, a nobleman's moth
er, who was an energetic opponent
of tobacco using in any form in any
place and by men of any condition.
The late King Edward one time
visited the old castle that was the
hereditary residence. AS a mark
of honor the old noblewoman had
cigarettes passed around, to the
wondering amusement of the king.
When the cigarettes reached a
neighboring earl, who had attend
ed the gathering with his countess,
the former took up a cigarette and
handed it to his wife with marked
bow. The old noblewoman stared
and swallowed hard. King Edward
told the story many times within
the next week. The old lady never
again suffered herself to relax in
her antipathy to tobacco for fear
she might bring another woman
user to light.-New York Sun.
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BATTLE ON A BRIG.
Truthful Account of the Fate of the
Old HeaVe Ho.

Old FtedNe no.
An old sailor on having a plate
full of rice pudding put before him
became reminiscent.
81 fought battle with rice wunst
an got licked" he said. Didn't I
ever tell ye about it? Back in '79
the thing happened. | wuz a fore
mast hand on the brig Heave Ho,
bound from Ceylon to London, with
a full cargo of rice in the hold.
All went well till we wuz seven days
out. Then the Heave Ho sprung
leak. 1t wuz a small leak, an
at first we thought nothin' of it,
only we noticod arfter we had been
working the pumps awhile that the
things fetched up no water. There
wuz the water leakin' into the
Heave Ho all right, but no sooner
did it enter than it disappeared.
The pumps couldn't get drop of it.
"The skipper, when he seed how
things wuz goin', turned as white
as yer shirt. Men, he SEE, the rice
in the hold is absorbin' the water
EASTERN we can pump it out. The
rice is a-swellin'. If it keeps on
a-swellin' it'll bust the shipP So
then an there began battle be-
twixt us an the rice as to who was
to get the water that leaked in. We
pumped, ! tell We. We worked hard,
but hard as we worked the rice
worked harder-it collared more O
the water than we did, an it KEEP
a-swellin' an a-swellin'.
"At the end O. the second day
the planks an timbers began to
groan. They wuz bein' wrenched
an twisted out o place by the swell
in rice. Well have to take to the
boats, menu the skipper SEE at the
end, an to the boats we took, leay-
in the Heave Ho on a starry night.
We didn't leave her none too soon.
She busted an hour after we wuz
gone. With a great rendin' sound
she busted, an white cloud O rice
shot up into the moonlit air. A
strange sight it were, lads, an one
seldom saw by mankindP Ex-
change.
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Two CRAVINGS of Women.

Beyond the need for bread, wo-
mans needs are two. Deeper than
all cravings save the mothers pas
sion, firm rooted in our endless past,
is the hearth hunger. The trees
that sweep my chimney have their
roots at the worlds core! The
flowers in my dooryard have grown
there for a thousand years. What
millenniums have dones shall dec
AIDES undo? We are not so shallow,
SO plastic as that We will go into
the mills, the shops, the offices, if
we must, but we are off the track of
life. Neither our desire nor our
power is there.-Cornelia A. P. Co
mer in Atlantic Monthly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29

After an absence of some nine
months o. E. Kenyon returned to
Leavenworth last week. Since leaving
here he has visited in many of the
eastern and southern states and frankly
says that he has seen nothing that ex-
ceeds the state of Washington. He
never feels so much al home as when
he reaches the Evergreen State. He
is interested in one of the finest hay
and dairy ranches in the state located
on Eagle Creek and now held under
lease by Martin Christensen.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Tarlton, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Dales and Dave Evans
spent Sunday and Monday fishing on
the Icicle. They report the fish to be
biting we'll and in evidence of the fact
brought back with them close to a
100 of the speckled beauties.
L. o. Taylor, ST., with his wife and
daughters, from Clinton, Iowa, arrived
here last week bent on a visit to the
family of his son, L. O. Taylor, jr..
Miss Kathryn, after weeks visit left
yesterday for Reno, Nevada.
Mrs. A. Royal McKeown of Cash
mere is here this week with her hus-
: nd, d.. McKeown. The doctor is
Q. The lookout for a suitable residence
and will move his family to this city in
the near future.
Miss Blanche Trent who it is an
nounced is to become the bride of
Glen Smith on the sixth of next month,
was given a miscellaneous shower by
number of her friends Wednesday ev-
ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Of Seattle ar
rived here Thursday afternoon and will
spend the next two weeks at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Brown of whom
they are old friends.
Architect Poetz arrived here yester-
day with the plans for handsome
bungalo to be erected for w. c Roach
in North Leavenworth. The cost will
exceed $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler Sampson and
their guest Miss Nelson from Las We
gas, New Mexico, returned Sunday
from a weeks outing on Lake Wenat-
chez.
Miss Harriet Hathaway who was op-
Grated on in Spokane several weeks ago
for appendicitis has so far recovered
that she is expected home in few
days.
Miss Stella Human left yesterday
on a ten days visit with friends on the
west side Of the mountains. This is
Miss Humans regular summer vaca-
ton.
R. w. Vermilya, the Wenatchee
abstractor, spent yesterday here among
the real estate men and in getting in
touch with the business interests OF
the town.
DR.. A. Royal McKeown reports the
arrival Of a ten pound boy to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Inglis Tuesday.
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Tho Owe Sheridans.

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheri-
dan, the great Irishman, was all his
life long in dire straits for money,
and when he died in 1916 the bail
ifs were actually in possession of
his house. Sheridan's forbears had
been O'Sheridans.
"Why," asked on one occasion his
little son-"why have we not the o.
as well as they"
"Heaven only knows" was the
fathers reply. eve ought to have
it, for we owe everybody"
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WASTED SUNLIGHT.
Should We Start Our Daily Work
Earlier In the Mornine2

If some system of labor could be
devised which recognized the virtue
of co1laterally running system of
leisure, vacations of length would
cease to be a necessity. For our
selves we should like to see our
days arbitrarily divided into three
parts of eight hours duration
each-let US say, for instance, one
part from 6 a. m. to 2 P. m. for toll,
a second part from 2 p. m. until
10 p. m. for play and the third part
for sleep or for some equally restor-
alive equivalent in rest. AS mat
tiers are at present we begin our
daily labors too late in the day. The
sun has been shining four or five
hours in the heavens before most
Of US even thing of beginning, with
a natural consequence that we
knock off too late in the afternoon
for our own good.
At the end of our labors, with
our powers exhausted, we go to our
homes and perhaps eat a heavy din
ner that in our fatigued condition
we cannot readily digest, and then
the few hours of so called leisure
that we do permit ourselves are
passed in the hectic atmosphere of
stufy theaters enduring the dreary
length of even more mephitic
dramas, or in overheated lecture
halls, or in some other four walled
prison house where bad air is pre-
sumed to be made fresh by the
whirling of little brass wheels with
broad fianges called electric fans,
the sole effect of which is merely
to give certain germs joy ride and
to keep others in circulation.
How much more sensible would
it be if we availed ourselves of the
glorious sunshine and freshness OF
the early morning for the daily at
tack upon the hosts of things we
have to do and then at some such
hour as 2 o'clock in the afternoon
bid business care begone, devoting
ourselves for the three or four
remaining hours of daylight to the
profitable pursuit of some kind of
pleasure! Some of us, fond of the
open, could devote these hours to
familiarizing ourselves with the
beauties of our physical environ
ment.
Others of less active inclination
could find relaxation and improve
ment in reading, and, best of all,
others still could use their hours in
fruitful effort to get acquainted
with their wives and children. Sure
ly a plan of action which would
enable father and a mother to get
a little time together in that true
companionship which is the only
sure basis of happy marriage and
in turn to get as well upon such
terms of intimacy with their boys
and girls as will give them some
knowledge of their processes of
thought, their little hopes and am
billions, their aspirations and their
shortcomings, would for this one
thing alone commend itself to all
right minded persons.-John Ken
drick Bangs in Harper's Weekly.
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Almost Fatal Shock.

Hostess believe you are mu-
stefan, Mr.. Brown?
Brown (who is dying to give an
exhibition of his powers -Well-er
yes. | think l can lay claim to
have a small reputation as a pianist.
Hostess am delighted to hear
it. My daughter is going to play,
and l should be so glad if you would
turn the music for her. - Stray
Stories.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29
friday Esueust 20 1913

There is no immediate prospect
that Snohomish county will be able to
do its share in building the proposed
Cascade scenic highway to connect
the Puget Sound country with the Lea
wentworth and Wenatchee valleys, for
the action OF the state superior court
in declaring the 1918 road law appli-
cable to taxes collected this year has
tied up $4,000 belonging to Snohom-
ish.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29

Next Monday morning will no doubt
see many huntsman shouldering their
guns and hiking for the woods for on
that date the laws say they may com
mence the shooting Of grouse. This
applies to blue grouse only, other spe-
cies being protected until Sept. IS.
Hunters are only allowed to kill five
birds in one day.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29
BUTTER WRAPPERS AT THE
ECHO OFFICE.

Aug s. 1918
Novor and Council of the City of Leaven-
worth,
Gentlemen:- -, l., e.,
The following order should De iol-
CITY of LeaVenworth for the year 1913. Inc
election takes place on the 2nd day OF pc
cember, 1913. The primary election taxes
declarations of candidacy must be filed on
or before the 18th day of october, 1913. Any
person desiring to be candidate may me
after the 18th day of september, 1918.
The Clerk should prepare statement
showing what offices are to be filled at tine
next election. Inasmuch as the Guy mas
ment will avoid certain amount of con-
Yours very truly,
LII, NELSON, City Attorney.
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Their Stroke Of Fortune.

"What do we want with gold and
precious stones ?" said the proud
young mother, gazing fondly upon
the baby. "This is fortune enough
for u.s."
"Huhw grunted the father, who
had been walking the floor nearly
all night. "T'm glad fortune didn't
knock twice at our door. Pear
sons Weekly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29

Miss Snoda Smith, one of the opera
tors at the local telephone exchange
has been on the sick list for the past
ten days but is now able to be out.
Mrs. E. A. King left Thursday af-
ternoon for Seattle where she will re-
main for the next week or ten days
with friends.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29

~Grandfather, you still belong to
he Old Settlers association, don't
you?"
eyes, but I'm not member in
good standing now, Bobby"
"What's the reason ?"
81 was making a little talk at a
supper we had the other night, and
l happened to say that / thought
circuses we're a good deal better
now than they were when l was a
boy."-Chicago Tribune.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-08-29

Miss Minnie Poeppmueller left yes
terday for Kansas and expects to visit
among friends and relatives for the
next three months.