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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15
Manr Guests al Middies, Dance.

The dance given in the gymnasium
at the Naval Academy Saturday night,
was marked by large attendance OF
out of town girls, as well as the usual
local contingent. Dancing began al
$50 o'clock. and continued until near
midnight, the usual hours. Mrs.
Shackford, wife of Lieut.. Com. Chaun-
cey Shackford, of the department OF
discipline. assisted by one of the mid
shipmen $ hop committee received the
ouests.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15

The cement gutter plate at the
corner of Duke OF Gloucester and
Conduit streets, needs repairing. 1t
wabbles every time anybody steps
on it land that is every minute day
and night until far past midnight,
and makes horrible noise.l Won't
the city authorities please give this
gutter plate a few doses of cement
all around, and make it stable?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15
OH That Dunn.

1t is bad enough for city to have a
dump right in its midst, bat when
garbage and refuse is burned on that
dump Saturday afternoon and nights
and the smoke with its horrible odor is
inhaled by people who live nearby and
by those compelle1 to go in that vicini-
~. It is too much. Certainly it is an
insanitary condition for the residents
nearby to be compelled to inhale this
smoke for hours. Is there no remedy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15
Store For Sale or Rent

A Store il busy 5 ction of CITY.
a splendid opportunity 10 make
money. Address 5, P. Q. box
So7, Annapolis. dI2w
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15
To Rscome Nav Re,ident,

Mrs. Adrian Posey. of La Plata,
Nd, has rented through Charles F.
Lee, agent, the furnished dwelling at
No. Maryland Avenue where.she will
spend tbR winter with her charming
family. Mrs. Posey will take posses
sion within the next few days.
Mrs. Posey and her charming family
will be an acquisition to Annapolis So
ciety.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15

Orders were issued today at the
Naval Academy for the government
tug Standish to sail from Annapo-
lis at daylight Wednesday morning
for the Norfolk navy yard There
the Standish will be placed in dry
dock to undergo repairs. Boatswain
Davis will be in command of the
Standish during the trip
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15
To Be Married.

Marriage licenses issued from the
Clerks Office at the Curt House in
clude the following:
Simemon- Lapp-George II. Sic
mon, 81; Viola E. Lapp, 20, both Of
Baltimore city. Appliesnt-George
W. Stromberger.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-12-15
DIED

jacob AT her residence 9 Maryland
Avenue, Sunday evening, at ha If
past eleven o'clock ELLEN H.
JAC0BI, widow Of the late George
Jacob.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Commodore Outlook Bright

Nashville, March (Speca1) 1.-The
outlook for a successful season for the
Commodores looks much better this sea-
son than last" is the opinion of Man
ager Benham of the 1913 Vanderbilt
team. For every veteran lost there is at
least four recruits, and practically all of
them are men of considerable experience.
The shifting of Captain Morgan from
center field back to first base will more
than make up for the loss of Friedman,
while there are any number of recruits to
fill Morgans shoes in the outfield.
There are many candidates for the short
field, but among them Cowan, who played
two seasons with the University of Ala
bama sometime ago, is the most likely
candidate at present
Dick Lyle will be back on the keystone
bag, while Peck Turner will have little
trouble in winning his old position at
third again
Lewis Hardage is a fixture in left field
while Collins will more than likely be
shifted to centerfield when not doing slab
duty. The real fight will be made for
the right field position, where Covington,
Robbins. McGehee and others are all
lmakng strong bids for the regular berth
Collins will be the Commodore main
stay in the box again this season, while
Annie Sykes and Lefty Luck are the
two other most promising candidates fol
positions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
CLUBS MAY CARRY
80 MEN ON ROSTER
Kavanaughs Ruling Important Point Pleases Moeswort
Means That Managers Will Not Now Run Risk of
Losing Good Men Through Haste

There was great rejoicing at local base
ball headquarters yesterday when a bull
Ietin from President kavanaugh was re-
ceived, in which the head of the league
ruled that from April 10 to April 30 each
club may have upon its roster 20 men
eligible to play and ten men ineligible
to play.
This means that it will not be necessary
for the clubs to cut down to the limit of
Is men by the beginning of the season.
The managers, therefore. will have an
opportunity to judge of the merits of their
players before cutting them adrift.
The bulletin was especially pleasing to
Manager Molesworth, who has been en-
deavoring to bring about change in the
original ruling since February 1. In The
Age Herald of last Sunday, as is remem-
Manager Molesworth would take up the
matter of cutting down. with the Sec
retary of the league. He did so. and the
following bulletin was forthcoming yes
terday morning:
s'In reply TO yours of the 9th instant,
beg to say that the National association
at its meeting in Milwaukee provided
that the geratest number iof players that
may be under contract to any club at
one time in Glass A leagues is 2S, and the
maximum that may be carried during the
playing season is IS, and the number must
be reduced to IS within 20 days after the
opening of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
MR.WOODWARD SIGNS
CONTRACT FOR BAND
AT REDWOOD FIELD

Our constitution gave us heretofore
80 days in which to cut down to the limit
provided by our league, but we must
come within the limitations adopted by
the National association, hence the ne
cessity of cutting down to IS men within
&c days after the opening of the season.
Our own constitution gave us the
right to carry 20 men for 80 days. The
number of men that we are permitted
to carry during the first part OF the sea-
son was not changed at our annual meet
ing, and. therefore, remains the sames
but the National association requires us
to cut down to the limit within 20 days,
instead of within 80 days, as was our
former custom.
1T is true that the National associa-
tion provided that Glass A leagues might
rave upon their rolls 2S men within 20
days after the opening of the season, this
! list to include all suspended and ineligible
players, but our own constitution pro-
vides that we shall not be permitted to
carry more than 20 men during the first
80 days. and, as amended at Birmingham.
We can carry IS men during the playing
season.
Therefore, my construction of the mat
ter is this: Our clubs will be permitted
to carry as many as % men, total, upon
their lists up to the 10th day of April,
and from the 10th day of April to the
30th day of April they will be permitted
TO carry % men eligible to play and have
upon their lists 10 men who are Ineligible
to play or who may have been suspend
ed for cause. In such case, the suspen-
sion or ineligibility shall be approved by
the president of the association. Very
respectfully, W. NJ. kAVANAUGI.
President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Practice on Mountain

Sewanee. Tenn. March 15.-(Special.)-
Baseball practice is in full swing on the
mountain, and from early indications the
Tiger team this season will be much
more formidable aggregation than those
which have represented the mountain in
some seasons past
Captain Gordon. the star soethpaw of
last season, will do the bulk of the
pitching duty for the Tigers, although
Eggleston, Walker and Morrison are all
showing up well in this department.
Dinkins will most likely land the reg
ular bacl1stop job, while the infield will
probably be: Jones. first: Tanning, sec
ond: Hammond, third, and Whited, short
stop. There are however, "a number OF
other candidates for infield positions, and
these may replace one of the present time
fixtures.
| An abundance of material is on hand
| from which to select an outfield. Vet
Grams Armbruster and McGoodwin are
considered fixtures, while Erwin, Spark
| man and Birmingham are all making a
warm fight for the extra garden
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
CRACK SHOTS PREPARE FOR
BIG TOURNAMENT TUESDAY

Twenty-one shooters We're at the
traps of the Birmingham Gun club on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
William Day was the high professional.
Fletcher was high amateur, followed
closely by John Warren.
Gentry Hillman led in the double
target shooting and did most excel
lent work. Janus Day was also high
professional on doubles and owing to
the high wind on Saturday did most
excellent work on both doubles and
singles.
The shooters are getting in good
practice for the big spring shooting
tournament to be held March 25 and 26.
Among the crack shooters who will
be here will be William Day, Jake
Gibbs, Walter Huff. e. r. Holt. Ebert
Holt. Ed Daniels, C. e. Goodrich and
several other leading professionals, be-
sides practically all of the leading anna
teurs in the south. There will be some
records made if conditions are good.
The trophies offered are the hand
soonest ever given in Birmingham The
programme calls for more shots per
day and the competition in the various
events will be very keen.
The scores follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
TO HOLD BOYS
CHAMP MEET

On next Saturday night in the gym
nasium of the Y. NJ. c. A. the all around
association championships of the boys
department will be held under the su-
pervision of Mr.. West and Mr.. Mitchell.
There will be three divisions which are
as follows:
Division No. 1-open to all boys un-
der S5 pounds.
Division No. 2--Open to all boys be-
tween SIS and los pounds.
Division No. 5-Open to all boys over
los pounds.
Only the boys who belong to the
hoys department will be allowed to COM
pete.
ne programme has not been definite
~ decided upon as yet but the follow
ing events will most likely be on the
programme: Twenty yard dash, 100 yard
dash, 200 yard dash and high jump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

In addition to the above 1t is very prob
able that Hughey Jennings will bring Iy
Cobb to Birmingham April 4. Mr.. Baugh
and Mr. Jennings. sometime ago, dis
cussed this matter. Jennings plays in
Chattanooga from April to April A. He
is hopeful that he will be able to play
his regular team for three days in Chat
tanooga, and on the fourth day leave his
yaiinigans to complete the Chattanooga
schedule and run down to Birmingham.
From Birmingham he will have a direct
to play April 8.
While the above plan may be followed,
1t is all dependent on the attitude of Chat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
NEW SHOOTING
RECORD MADE

Washington. March IA new
worlds record for indoor rifle shoot
ing of 99S out of a possible 1000 was
made by the Park club. of Bird dgeport,
Conn.,. in this weeks. matches or. tne
national shooting competition rms
record means that five men placed 99S
shots inside of a circle the size OF a
dime at rs feet using % calibre rifles.
The Warren, Pa. rifle club, however,
won the eastern league championship
and will shoot for the championship
of the United States against the win
ners of the western league champion
shin. the Engineers Rifle and Revolver
club, Cleveland, o.
Results of final weeks matches in
clude: New Orleans, 900; Birmingham,
g30
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Barons' Spring Movements

March "a, %. &c. Cincinnati in
Birmingham.
March %, 2s, %, Athletics in Bir-
mingham.
March 81. New York Giants in
Birmingham.
April 2, Birmingham in Tnsca-
loosa.
April 5, Toledo in Birmingham.
April 5, Birmingham in Selma.
April Z, Cleveland in Birmingv
ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
GIANTS TO PLAY
JACKSON TEAM

Jackson. Miss, Maroh 15.-tSpecial)--M
A. Lewis. president of the local pasepaii
association, has been advised by MeGraw
that he and his Giants will stop Oft here
April 4, while on their return to New
York. for an exhibition game. 1t Is hoped
that by that time the Jackson team Will
be in good working order and be able
to make the contest interesting. Prac-
tice has not begun here yet. and cannot
for several days, as the backwaters from
Pearl river cover about one-third of the
ball grounds. and will not be off for sew
eral DAYS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
SMITH BEGINS
WEDDING OUT Of
CRACKER TEAM

practice game between the Seventeenth
infantry and the Crackers scheduled for
this afternoon for the benefit of Fire.
man Gillespies family, was postponed
until Monday owing to muddy grounds.
Manager Smith started wedding out
the deadwood today, three of his rook-
les being handed the pink slip. Out
fielder Moran and Pitcher-First Base
man Osborn were sent to the Macon
Sally league club and Shortstop Dohler
to the Albany club of same league.
All these players We're semi-pros.
This cuts the squad to 22 Four others
will go by the opening of the season.
Outfielder Nixon. who wrenched his
knee. in practice Friday afternoon, was
not as badly hurt as at first thought.
He will probably be able to get into
uniform Monday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
MAY CHANGE. PLACE
FOR ST. A. A. meet

Nashville. Tenn. March 15.-Vander-
bilt. through its president. DR.. William
Dudley, is endeavoring to take away
from Clemson the right to entertain
the annual S. l. A. A. field meet this
spring. The reason is that Vanderbilt
having far ways to travel would be
handicapped in its effort to win the
championship.
to put the meet in Atlanta, central
point, and possessed of an excellent
track. 1t is presumed that Dudley will
be able to bring sufficient pressure to
bear to wrought the change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

during the early part of last season.
Moley was forced to cut his team down
to the player limit before he had time
to look over Midkiff properly and the
third saclxer was sent to the Texas league.
There his hitting and fielding attracted
the attention of the Yankee scouts and
the boy was brought north last fall ?
His work in fast company during his
short stay with the Va
as big league material and Chance is
giving him thorough tryout for "a reg
ular position this summer.
The few weeks experience in fast COM
pany which Midkiff had last fall will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
SOUTHERN COACHES
FAST PREPARING
FOR OPENING Of
J COLLEGE SEASON
Alabama Team Looks I'm
usually GO0d-Eight Vet
Grams ON Hand-Vandy
Supporters Elated

University, March 15.-(Special.)-With
three weeks of hard practice behind them,
the Crimson baseball squad is beginning
to take definite shape for the coming sea-
son.
The eight old men who are again doing
duty for Coach Graves promise to even
better their playing of seasons past, while
from the many recruits who answered to
the first call of practice, those WHO have
thus far survived the cutting process have
Furnished the best amount of new ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
1913 MEMPHIS ROSTER.


Catehers- Seabough Memphis),
Taylor tsemi-pro.)
Pitchers-Merritt, Kissinger, Par
sons, Ferguson and Newton, all
with Memphis last year. Green
Virginia league), Waymack (Ap-
palachian) league), Needles (Kitty
league). Freeman (Western league).
Schneiberg, formerly with Brook
lyn: H. Merritt. a semi-pro.
Infielders-Bales, Moulton, Abb
stein, of last years Memphis
team: Butler (Pacific Coast
league), Oriet (Union association,
Ward international league, and
Eckert. a collegian.
elders-Schweitzer, Kerr and
Baerwald of the 1912 Turtles, and
McCrone, from the International
league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

terial that has appeared on the Alabama
campus in some seasons past.
Wells is a surety behind the bat, al
though there are q number of new candi-
dates for the job. The Ensley sophomore,
with years experience, Is showing up
much better than last season, when he
hardly had a superior in the south, and
promises to be a star performer on
Graves 1918 aggregation.
In the infield Moody, Joplin and Gosa,
all veterans of several seasons expert
ence furnish three-fourths of formidable
infield, while there are many promising
candidates for the position at first made
vacant by the loss of Palmer Snedecor,
who is at present the property of Charlie
Franks New Orleans Pelicans.
With but one position to be filed in the
outfeld, Coach Graves is confident that
he will find valuable man for the place
from the goodly amount of new material
on hand. Captain Mcdowell and Peebels
will cover left and right field respec-
lively, relieving all anxiety at these
points, and with good man m the CEN
ter garden the Crimson outfied this sea-
son should stack up we'll with the best
in the south.
In the pitching department Alabama is
exceptionally well fortified. VandeGraaffe
and Stevenson, veterans of last season,
are again. on hand, and promise to do
even better work than last season, when
they hurled the Alabama team within one
game of the south's championship title.
Among the new candidates for box honors
who is showing up unusually well is
Pratt, a Centreville boy, who appears to
be one of the best hurlers who has broken
into college ball at the university in
some time These three men will prob
ably do the bulk of the pitching this sea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
KING BASEBALL TO
COME MONDAY WEEK
Ee Will Remain Until Middle of September-The Spring
Schedule May Be Augmented BY Game With Detroit
April 4-Those Wno Come

| tanooga. Birmingham is willing. Jen-
nings is willing.
However, one week from tomorrow King
Baseball viii have in reality arrived in
Birmingham, and will have come to stay
until the middle of the balmy and Oft
times too sultry September. 1t will be
seen from the above schedule that from
tomorrow week until three days before
the opening of the season, the Barons will
be busy.
Cincinnati comes next Monday with Joe
Tinker in command. 1t is probable tnat
Almeida, the old favorite, will be along.
The Athletics are the members of the
second team, but will be under the COM
mand of Connie Mack, himself one OF the
greatest drawing cards of the game. The
New York Giants with McGraw and
Mathewson and company will follow the
young Athletics. The Giants compose one
of the greatest teams of the world, and
will prove great drawing card. Follow
ing the departure of the Giants the Bar
ons will take the road for the purpose
of making their annual pilgrimage to Tus-
caloosa There they will frolic with the
formidable collegians gathered together
by Coach Graves. They return to meet
Toledo the team of the Mud Hens, one
of the ablest of the American association.
There is always interest in the games
PLAYED between representative teams OF
the American association and the South
ern league. The final game of the prac-
tice season will be played against Cleve-
land, on which team are a number of old
fayorites, including the former Southern
star, Joe Jackson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Prize Fighter Dead

stevens Point. Wis. March 15--Jim
Hall. who on April 9, 1898, fought Bob
Fitzsimmons at New Orleans for a
purse of $4,000. died at tuberculosis
sanitarium here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

ST. PATRICx'S FLAG DAY.
BE AN FRESHMAN TOMORROW AND
BUY A FLAG FROM THE LADIES OF
CHARITY FOR BENEFIT OF FREE
CLINIC At ST. VINCENT'S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

Highly rated among the recruits whom
Frank Leroy Chance has gathered into
his 1918 fold are Ezra NIidkiff, Dug
HARRISON and Pep Young.
Midl1iff and HARRISON, both ex-Southerr
leaguers, have shown great form dur
ing the early practice season, and the
Yankee pilot is of the opinion that both
of the youngsters will make some of his
veterans hustle for positions on the New
York American squad.
Midkiff is well known in Birmingham,
having been member of the Baron team
son, although Bowman, Powell and others
may be called on from time to time.
AS whole, Alabama's prospects for the
coming season are highly pleasing to
supporters here who predict one of the
most successful seasons this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

make him much surer of himself this sea-
son and he can step into his work with
more confidence. Reports from the YAM
kee training camp say that the ex-Baron
is covering q world of territory in the
eartly brush with the minors, and that
he throws well from any position. The
peerless leader has been very much taken
with his work.
Dug" HARRISON guarded the shortfeld
position for the Atlanta Crackers for a
while last season. He hit and fielded
well in the Southern, and has won quite
reputation during his stay with the
Yankees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Some 4-nHands for St Patrick's Day-5Oc
Trade Early and
Be Sure OF Your
Suit for Easter

Perhaps some changes may be necessary in
your suit. Twill be courtesy (and to your
advartage) if you buy the first half Of this
week. The inevitable just t-before- Easter
crowds will be well taken care Of why en-
counter them if not necessary? If Monday is
convenient to trade, SO much the better.
Stocks are right royalty ready.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-12-12
rb.v Eat III. sai. or III. Hook,

OF all sad things of tongue or pen,
the saddest of all is the Gunner, that
skinny, bony little fish that knows
how to enter the jaws of hell and car
ry off its teeth. This measly vermin
Of the painless deep is stronger for its
size than the lion of the desert or the
red ant of tradition. 1t is quicker
than the wit of woman and more elu-
sive than the shadow Of dream. 1t
is holder than Bengal tiger and more
justly entitled to kingship among the
creatures of the sea than Jobs levia-,
than or the great whale of Scandina-
Wan mythology Hats off to the cum
ner Man is both fearfully and won
derfully made. but in the presence Of
this superfnny miracle of subaqueous
evolution he stands humble and
aghast. The best way to get him is
with a small hook about the size of
bent pin and goose pimple full Of
clam.-New London Telegraph.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-12-12
The End Of the Earth.

The ancient Persians believed in the
renovation of the earth. A comet in
the course of its revolutions will strike
the earth and set 1t on fire. Rivers Of
molten metals will float down tho
mountains and deluge the valleys. All
men must pass through these streams.
The good will find them like baths of
milk. The evil will find them like
torrents of lava, but they will be puri-
fed thereby and finally will join the
good upon the new earth and sing
praises to the eternal source of ALL
This belief was held also among the
American Indians and the Hindus.
The Egyptians believed that the earth
would be destroyed by fire and water.
The Chaldeans said that when all the
planets met in the sign of Capricorn
the earth would be overwhelmed with
a deluge of water. and whenever they
all met in Cancer 1t would be con-
sumed by fire.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-12-12
Sheets In Scotland.

The custom Of sleeping in one large
sheet, doubled at the foot. seems to
have been peculiar to Scotland and to
have made special impression on more
than one English traveller. Fynes
Moryson. writing in 1893. says, They
used but one sheet. open at the sides
and top. but closed at the feet and so
doubled and John Ray, the natural
list. who visited Scotland about 1862,
remarked that ut is the manner in
some places there to lay on but one
sheet as large as two, turned up from
the feet upward" The practice, i'm
agine, was continued until recent
times. and have, when a boy, slept
In sheet of the kind. Such pieces Of
linen were termed Sheets" par excel
lence, the single coverings which are
now used being called half Sheets
London Taller.