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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Brown Makes Debut With DODGERS

university, his connection with profess
sional sports will bar him from the first
squad this season, and he will have to
be content with a position on the scrub
eleven. He stated yesterday that he had
been advised by Manager George STALL
ings of the Boston Braves to report TO
that team for spring training next year
The largest squad that has ever turned
out for practice made it's appearance yes
terday. According to Cap Alley, the Off
cial mathematician on such matters there
were just exactly So men in uniform
and we are willing to take Caps word
for it. Mathematics is Caps long suit
According to his figuring he has killed
1852 English sparrows since he began
his connection with Vanderbilt in the
capacity of police department.
Coaches McGugin and Manner gathered
together about dozen of those present
down near the south goal and practiced
them for an hour in blocking and tack
ling. Prominent among those in the imi-
tation scrimmages was Tom White, who
is putting up a grand fight for reg
uar position on the line. White showed
up well at this end of the game and
proved that the man who beats him out
will have a job on his hands. As for
the rest of the buneh they contented
themselves with running signals and
punting practice.
Uniforms Come Today
Today will find most of the athletes
clad in the new 1918 uniform, which ar
rived yesterday. They were forwarded
to Nashville in care of Gray-Dudley Co.,
and this afternoon the athletes will jour-
ney down to the hardware shop to get
fitted up. Incidentally, this is the first
time in our memory that a hardware
store will have some Of the requisites
of tailor shop.
The old uniforms, which are being used
by the athletes now. will be turned over
to Coach Rabbi Robins, who will use
them to garb his south campus athletes.
Rabbi plans to start something on Pea
body Field as soon as allotted the proper
materials and today his wish will prob
ably be gratihed. He will coach the
Meds and Dents who attend the South
Nashville branch of the university.
Under the direction of DR.. Owsley Man
Ter. the training table has already been
started. Mr.. Manner has a full under
standing of such matters. having taken
course under the late Mike Murphy,
one of the most famous trainers in the
country. who had charge of the United
States Olympic team last year. His work
this season will be LARGELY confined to
keeping the athletes in proper physical
condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
TUTWE|LER|N
CHATTANOOGA
Stops Over for Few Days
While En- Route to
Birmingham

Chattanooga, September 26.-(Spe-
cial.)-Guy Tutweiler, the Birmingham
lad who was popular as an outfie1der
with the 1912 Lookouts, is spending a
few days in Chattanooga while Ell
route to his home at Birminglam. Tut
weller, together with Catcher Oscar
StanaEe, who has a broken finger, has
been given lay-off for the remainder
of the season by Detroit.
The former Lookout whose reles sse
after splendid half season here sur
prised local fans, is being converted
into first baseman by Hughey Jen-
nings. the Tiger leader, seeming to
believe that Del Gamers days are num-
bered as a major league regular. Tut
weller. like Jay Kirke has never been
able to find just where he belongs.
fielding a trifle erratically In any po-
sition but he sure can hit that old
pill
Guy led the Central league in hit
ting this year by many points. Shell
don LeJune, another former Lookout.
who led the league in 1912, dropped
way below 800 this year. Tutweilcr
slugged consistently all season and
was bought by Detroit for $500, the
second time the Tiger manageme
paid out its good coin for the same
player. This incident, by the way, led
to the only unpleasantness that ever
took place between Chattanooga and
Detroit clubs. President Navin wanting
to know why the Chattanooga
let the player go, while Detroit
string was still to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
LARGE FIELDS
RUN IN RACES ON
GRAND CIRCUIT

Columbus. o., September 26.--AE
three of the clas sraces which with the
finish of the 2:09 trot that was start
ed on thursday comprised the pro-.
gramme for the fifth day of Columbus
Grand Circuit racing were split up so
that IA heats were raced during the
afternoon. Fields were large and tho
time average comparatively slow.
Grand Marshall took the one heat
needed to settle the 2:09 trot. Bis
myma of the Proctor stable. Readville
Miss, was favorite in the 2:19 trot and
won after the first heat had been taken
by Marta Bellini the second choice
Judges hesjtated about declaring the
2:11 pace completed after the fifth
heat, done in 2:lSA, with a sprint
through the last quarter in 2S4 sec
onds had been won by Col Franklin,
but after delay did so decide
Great Scott. except in the second heat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
HAVE EDGE
ON GIANTS IN FIELDING
Defensive Work Will Play Important Part in Determining the
Wnner-m Previous Series Macklnen Led in
Nearly Every Position

When the Athletics and Giants battle
for the leading honors of the baseball
world in the blue ribbon series in Oc-
tober, fielding will count a good deal in
deciding the winner. although pitching
also will be potent factor. The club
that does the best fielding will also have
an advantage. as the pitchers will need
the fielding to pull them through the
tight games.
If it happens the way it did in 1911,
when the two clubs met in the world S
series, the American leaguers will have
the edge, as Connie Mack's men in
that series outfielded the Giants in three
of the four infield positions.
And just to show the peculiar angles
af the national pastime take squint
at this. The only position on the infield
in which the National league cham
pions had the better of the Maclers In
fielding was second base, although Eddie
Collins is considered one of the best
pivot station guardians in the pastime.
Collins Fell Down Badly
In the six battles played for the worlds
title in 1911. Captain Doyle of the Giants
outflelded his rival second sacIer, .966
to .S95. Doyle was offered 20 chances and
fielded all but one of them cleanly. Col
Inns, on the other hand, made a mess of
four of the 3S chances offered him.
That. though. was the only position on
the infield at which the National league
representatives had the edge At first,
short and third, 1t was all the same, the
Athletic fielder having the better of It..
Davis and MeInnes both fielded 1000,
while MerlSle had a percentage of .912;
Barry outdid Fletcher, $50 to .S15. while
Baker had the edge on Herzog, 800 to .Sl5.
Fielding IN the worlds series generally
is not as good as is done by the players
of the representative clubs during the
regular season. The strain of the long
campaign and the Importance of the
games has a lot to do with It. but there
are few men who field better in the
worlds series clashes than they do in
the league seasons.
In the 1911 series the catchers, Thomas
and Lapp of the Athletics and Myers and
Wilson of the Giants had better fielding
marks in the big series than they did dur
ing the season. Each of the four receivers
had a percentage of 1000 in the worlds
series clashes, which was a good deal
more than they fielded in the regular
American and National league seasons
But they were Just about the only
ones who were able to turn the trick
with the exception of Center Fielder
Snodgrass of the Giants and Doyle
Captain Larry of the McGraw clan
fielded 944 during the National league
campaign. while his mark in the big
series was .966, just % points better
Snoddy had 1913 in the 1911 season.
while he accepted nine chances without
flaw in the big games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
GRIDIRON ELEVENS
SWING INTO ACTION
TODAY IN EARNEST
COMMODORES WILL
OPEN SEASON TODAY
Castle Heights Will Be First Opponent of Vandy
son Collins Makes Appearance Uniforms Arrive

Nashville, September 26-The husky
Castle Heights team of Lebanon will be
the first eleven to face the Vanderbilt
Commodores this season. Manager Bill
Whitnell, who looks after those details
Tor the Commodores, announced yester-
day that the Vanderbilters would jour-
ney to Lebanon Saturday for a game with
this team and that the visiting delegation
would number in the neighborhood of 20
men.
Most of the players who are to make
the trip are new fellows whom Coach Me-
Gugin is anxious to see put to the test,
as many of the regulars will be left be-
hind. Fifteen players will be carried.
while the remainder of party will be made
up OF the officials of the team. includ-
ing Coaches McGugin and Manier Man
ager Whitnell and Assistant Manager
Lusher.
Despite the fact that Vanderbilt, one of
the leading elevens in the south, will
have mere prep school as an opponent,i
they will be handicapped because of the
exceedingly early date of the game, as II
was not previously intended to start the
season until full week later. AS yet
the Commodores have not had even a
single scrimmage, their work this season
having been confined almost wholly to
light preliminary practice. In short, were
1t a game in which the outcome is in the
least doubt, the West Enders would not
be ripe for the struggle OF course, the
game is to be more of a practice affair
than anything else, and is staged almost
entirely with this end in vew The team
will leave over the Tennessee Central at
1:25 a. m. Saturday, and the athletes
will return that night.
Wilson Collins Here
About the most starting feature of prac-
tive on Dudley Field yesterday was the
sudden and unexpected appearance of
Wilson Collins, who arrived this morn
ing from Buffalo, n. Y, entirely unherald-
ed. Collins was out in uniform df you
can call the attire that he wore such)
and will lend whatever assistance he can
in getting the team into shape. 1t will
be remembered that Collins left here this
spring to join the Boston National league
club, where he remained for several
months and was then turned over to Buf-
falo in the International league. Although
he still has two more years to attend the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
GRIDIRON BATTLES
SCHEDULED TODAY

Army VS.. Norwich at West Point.
Bates VS.. Tufts at Medford.
Brown VS.. Colby at Providence.
Case VS.. Buchtel at Akron.
Carlisle Indians vs. West Virginia
Wesleyan at Carlisle.
Cornell VS.. Colgate at Ithaca.
Indiana VS.. De Pauw at Bloomingto
Ames VS.. Grinnell at Grinneil
Harvard VS.. Maine at Cambridge
Princeton VS.. Rutgers at Princeton.
Syracuse VS., Hobart at Syracuse
Minnesota VS.. South Dakota at Min
neapolis.
Pennsylvania VS.. Gettysburg at Phil
adelphia.
Yale VS.. Holy Cross at New Haven.
Howard VS.. Alabama at Tuscaloosa!
Vanderbilt VS.. Castle Heights at
Tennessee VS.. Carson-Newman at
Virginia VS.. Randolph at Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
ELMER BROWN DEBUTS IN
NATIONAL WITH DODGERS
Holds Giants Hess and Runless Six Innings-urls in
Sensational Form

Elmer Brown, the promising young
Montgomery twirler purchased by
Charley Ebbett for $1,000, made his in
itial appearance in the majors with
Brooklyn yesterday afternoon After
the Giants had driven Frank Allen, also
an ex-Southern Lacquer. from the
mound in the third inning young
Brown was elected into the fray and
held the mighty Giant sluggers hitless
and runless during the remainder of the
game.
During his stay in the box Brown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
HOWARD ELEVEN
WILL LEAVE TODAY

The husky pigskin warriors of How
ard will leave this morning for .Tusca-
loosa. where they will open the season
with the eleven of the University of
Alabama.
The locals have been hard at work
during the past week and are In fair
ly good condition for the battle. Four
teen men will make the trip and they
all hope to hold the Crimson and White
warriors to a low score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Elmer Brown Makes Debut

Brooklyn, September 2s.--The New Yorks
drew step nearer the flag clinching point
by beating Brooklyn 4 to 2 this after
noon. They scored all their runs in the
first three innings, during which Allen
was hammered for eight hits. Then Ell
mer Brown. the $1,000 Montgomery recruit,
made his local debut and caused sensa-
ton by holding the Giants hitless and
runless for the remaining six innings. He
gave four bases on balls, but only one
runner got to second. Tesreau allowed
but four hits, only one Of which was clean
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
LEAGUE LEADERS AGAIN
WIN FROM LOWLY DODGERS
PIRATES TAKE MEASURE OF
CUBS-BOSTON BRAVES d.
VIDE WITH PHILLIES
STANDING
Braves CAPTURE One

Philadelphia, September 26.--Boston
got an even break in double header
here today, Philadelphia winning the
first game to and the visitors the
second 10 to .. Philadelphia made only
five hits off Dickson In six innings, but
all of the safeties aided~in the scoring
of runs, while Rixey was effective ex-
cept In one inning. Batting rallies fea-
tured the second contest. Scores:
FIRST GAME.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Adams in Form

Pittsburg. September 26.-Pittsburg to-
day took the final game of the sea son
at Forbes Field, from Chicago. to l.
Adams pitched fine ball for Pittsburg
and but for two passed balls by Simon
in the eighth inning Zimmerman would
not have scored with Chicagos only rin
Adams allowed nine hits and struck out
10 men. Safer was his victim three times
The Pirates hit Smith rather freely With
,nefrs on bases Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
GIANTS DOWN LOWLY
DODGERS AND GAIN
GRIP ON PENNANT

In every one of the other positions.
infield or outheld. the men fell below
their mark made during the season. OF
did worst. The Athletic second sacler
fell from .966 to .S95, but he was not
the only one. Others who suffered
greatly We're Barry, Fletcher and Her
zog, while Merkle and Baker did fairly
well.
Harry Davis Work Surprised
One of the big surprises of the worlds
series clashes in 1911 was the fielding
Of the ancient Harry Davis around the
first sack for the Athletics. After Stuffy
McInnis had helped Connie Maelx's men
win the title, he was injured and missed
the big games, but Harry took his place
and felded his position during the six
games without a slip.
The fielding of the only other two
outfielders besides Snodgrass, who will
get in this seasons games, Oldring and
Murray was a big disappointment. Both
of these players. considered good field
ers, fell down woefuly in the blue rib
bon clashes. with Giant Jack taking
the hardest tumble.
After going through the season with
a fielding mark of .954, the Giant out
fielder fell down badly in the big games
or the eight chances offered him. he
made a mess of three for fielding
mark of .625. Oldring fell from .979 to
.SS9.
AS teams the Athletics also had the
edge on the Giants, fielding 956 against
.93S for the National league champions
How the players fielded In the 1911
series and how they Jared during the
season, by positions:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

pitched In sensational form and gave
every promise of becoming a major
league regular. 1t is probable that be-
fore the final curtain is rung down
Brown VIII be given additional chances
to display his assortment of roolers. III
Brown makes good in these trials he
Will most likely begin next season as
a regular.
Brown while with the Billikens dur
ing the past season, won / battles
and lost IL, giving him an average of
.561 lie fielded 1882 and batted at 4
.1S6 clip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Pirates Accept Maps Challenge

CIeveIahd, o, September 2b.-Pres-
ident Somers of the Cleveland Amer
lean league club, announced today that
he had received formal acceptance from
President Dreyfuss of the pittsburg
National league club of his challenge
for a post season series of games.
The national baseball commission
win decide the date and place OF the
first game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
FOURTEEN HITS GARNERED BY
BOSTON SLUGGERS = BOEHL-
ING SHUTS OUT YANKEES
STANDING
SOx Barely Win

Chicago, September 26.-Pitcher Lev
erenz of st. Louis made his Chicago debut
today, "Leverenz Day. and although he
held the locals to five hits and struck
out 10 men, he lost after the 10 innings,
to 9. Chappelle opened the tenth with
a single and went to second when Agnew
threw Schalks bunt wild to Wares
Weaver singled and Chappelle score.
Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Boehling Blanks Yankees

New York, September 26.-Boehling, the
young lefthander of the Washingtons
was very wild today, but whenever the
New Yorks had a chance to score they hit
into double play. Washington made no
fewer than five of these plays, which
killed all of the locals chances for vic
tory the visitors winning 3 to 0. McHale
pitched good game for New York, but
the Senators punched their hits. Score
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Athletic Youngsters Pounded

Boston, September 26.-No one of the
four pitchers used by the Philadelphia
American League team was effective
against Boston this afternoon. the locals
winning 10 to 4. Leonard pitched good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

Summary: TWO base hits, Wagner,
Adams. Zimmerman. Sacrifice hits. Will
son, Simon Stolen bases, Carey 2. Bases
on balls. Adams l, Smith 1. Hits. smith
in 7 innings; Slack 2 in / inniny Hit
by pitcher. Smith Carey. Wagner).
Struck out. Adams 10. Smith l. Passed
balls. Simon 2. Double plays. Evers to
Bridwell to Safer: Bridwell to, Evers to
Safer 2. Time, 1;4O. Umpires, o Day ana
Emsle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

sRan for Smith in ninth.
**Batted for Brown in ninth.
*~~Batted for Allen in third.
Score by innings:
New York ......................11 .112 600 00O-4
Brooklyn ........................ ...UOz OVV WV
Summary. Two base hit. Meyers. Sac
rifice fly. Shafer. Sacrifice hits. Smith,
F. Fisher. Stolen bases. Cooper. Collins,
Daubert. Bases on balls. Allen ,, Brown
4, Tesreau T. Struck out, Allen !, Brown
g. Tesreau 3. Passed ball. Meyers. Hits,
Allen in innings, Brown none in 6
innings. Time. :52. Umpires, Rigler and
Byron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Slated for Dickson in seventh.
"%Batted for Perdue in ninth.

Philadelphia ........... POI 210 0O#-6
Summary: Two base hits, Lord, Ma
gee. Three base hit, Becker Home run,
Lobert. Hits, Dickson 6 in innings
Perdue in .. Sacrifice hit Doolan.
Stolen base. Lobert. Bases On balls,
Dickson I, RiXey 3. Struck out, Dickson
2, Rixey 3. Passed ball. Doom. Time,
1:f5. Umpires KLEIN and Orth.>
SECnNn GAATT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

when path along the rail was blocked.
had no trouble in leading the 2:1s
PAGERS home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
s-Batted for Houck In third ~
Stated for Pennock in fifth.
~*s-Batted for Bush in ninth.

Boston .......................... $50 200 1910
Summary Two base hits Oldring. Ba-
ker 2, Walsh. Hooper. Hits, Boardman
3 in inning; Houck in inning: PEN
mock / in 2 innings; Bunsh In innings.
Sacrifice hit Hooper. Stolen bases, Card
ner. Walsh, Rehg. Double plays. Baker
to McInnis McInnis to Barry. Bases on
balls. Boardman /, Houck /. Pennock 5,
Bush l, Leonard /. Hit by pitcher, Leon
ard (Walsh). Struck out, Pennock /, Bush
8, Leonard G. Passed ball Cady. Time,
2:00. Umpires, Evans and Egan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27


run, Milan. Stolen base, Mcbride. Dou-
BILE plays, Boehllng, Mcbride to Gandii:
Gandil, Mcbride to Gandil: Foster. Nor
gan to Gandil .. Boehling. Ainsinith 10
Gandil. Bases on balls. McHale /. Boeh-
ling s. Struck out McHale l. Heating 3.
Wild pitches, Boehling 2. Hits, McIale,
in Z innings; Keating, in innings.
Time, 1:5s. Umpires, Dineen and Con-
nelly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Two out when winning run scored.

Summary: Two base hit, Chappelle.
Three base hit, Breton. Sacrifice hits,
Bodie. Collins, Schalk. Stolen bases, Wal
ker, Breton. Bases on balls Leverenz 2,
Benz 2. Struck out, Leverenz TO- Benz L.
Wild pitch, Benz. Time, 2:lO Umpires.
Hildebrand and Sheridan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
POST SEASON
SERIES CALLED OFF

Boston September 27.-Be-
cause of injuries to many men,
bers of the Boston National
team. the proposed post season
sries between the Braves and the
Boston Americans WAS cancelled
today by agreement of the Of
ficials of the clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

SEE THE
WORLDS SERIES.
NEW YORK. o32
ROUND TRIP VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
ON SALE OCT. l-b-G.
RETURN LIMIT NOV. 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

"-Batted for Leach in ninth.
+s-Batted for Evers in ninth.
***Batted for Bridwell in eighth.
*s*+-Batted for Slack in ninth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

SuIflI1IdFN. TWO Udse IlltS ZlIl1l, Md1l1I,
Griffith, Smith, Tyler, Lobert, Cravath.
Three base hit, Magee. Home run, Zinn.
Hits, Seaton inF7 innings, Brennan / in
l., Camnitz none in no inning, Mayer 5
in l. Sacrifice hits, Knabe, Zinn, Sweeney.
Double plays. Fnabe to Doolan to Luder-
us; Doolan to Knabe to Luderus. Bases
on balls. Tyler 3, Seaton 4, Camnitz 8.
Hit by pitcher, Tyler tCravath), Brennan
(Menn). Struck out, Tyler G. Seaton 8.
Mayer /. Wild pitches. Tyler 2. Time,
2:15. Umpires, KLEIN and orth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27

Slated for McHale In seventh.
s*Ran for knight in seventh.
sesBatted for Heating in ninth.
Score by innings:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-27
Y e'sf'7 = % j
Slated for Rariden in ninth.

IotdiS .......'..-.. % ~ -
Slated for Seaton in seventh.
s+Batted for Becker in seventh.
es+Batted for Brennan In eighth.
*sssRan for Burns in eighth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-07
MARRIED

Yesterday morning at 1890 o'clock
at the w. r. Robinson home in James.
town township, Cora. one Of the daugh.
tiers of the household, was welded to
Mr.. Roy Sigler, young farmer Of
Saratoga. Rev. Holmes, rector of the
Episcopal church in Austin. performed
the ceremony, using the ritual of that
church and the couple were sattended
Frank Wallace and Miss Nests Robin
son. The bride came with the family
from England few years ago and
during their residence in the vicinity
she has won for herself many warm
friends. She has been q faithful and
loving daughter to her parents and will
make the same kind of wife for the
husband of her choice, we are sure.
Mr.. Sigler is somewhat Of stranger
up this way, but if he were to be
judged by his choice of 4 wife, we
would say that he is young man of
uncommonly good judgment and good
sense.
The couple started life together in a
farm home in Saratoga and have the
hest wishes of every one. lie Roy In
dependent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1913-01-07

Will Rice returned yesterday to
Cedar Rapids, after visit at home.
Furnished rooms to rent. Enquire of
32tf. LEO. j. GLASS.
For Sale-Two feet extension din
ing tables nearly new. f. w. Hess.
For SALE One red boar. Enquire
of r. S. CAwARD.
Mrs. Claude NJ urer of Chester was
a guest at the Fred Burr home Friday.
VIM. Frost ard daughter Sarah, of
Chester, were Cresco callers Saturday,
Bertha Fuller went to Austin Sat
urday to visit her sister Mrs. Jas.
Hogan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McNally left
yesterday for short visit in Cedar
Rapids.
For sale, or trade for wood, good cut
ter, tongue and thills. W. L. Howard.
FnOne DOL.
Mrs. B. S. Turner and daughter re-
turned to their home at Kendallville,
Iowa, Saturday,
Miss Loretta Glass and brother
Lenis, left Friday for visit with
relatives in Lawler.
Mrs. C. p. Refs and son Dave left
for Cedar Rapids for a visit with the
formers daughter, Mrs. w. F. Hodg-
don.
Mrs. A. E. Marsh was down from
Lime Springs the latter part of the
week to see her grandson, Anthony
Marshall Jr,. who is i'll with pneumo-
mia.