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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
CRUEL FATE CAMPS ON THE
TRAIL OF THE VOLUNTEERS

who 'knocks it away If he ever hits
u"-that the bugs have lost all pa
tience with the club moguls Now he
comes along with a yarn about Nash
Vile receiving the draft price of $500
for Welchonce and in the same breath
the Atlanta press was saying that the
Callahan deal was made Independent of
anv trade for Welchonce.
You simply have to hand IL to the
Nashville boss for fertility and vivid
ness of imagination He's the blue rib
bon boy.
Meanwhile the team racks along
with Dell Young and Davey Callahan
ero5vling at each other in right field
Summers, Perry and Bunting in a snarl
at third Harry Clam buttoning his
coat In preparation for his departure
for Akron, o.. to summer with Mr.
Seigle. and so many Fingers on the hill
that anyone would think sham battle
were taking place, the balls are so
thick
And in West MiddleseX, Pa, between
clicks of the telegraph instrument are
mutterings from one Bair for more
money. while in the shadow of Brigham
Young's temple out In Utah Ray Cas-
tleton is wailing to be shipped to some
climate where the typhus germ is an
alien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
EIGHTEEN INNING
TIE IN PHILADELPHIA
The Athletics and Phillies
Break All Interleague
Records

Philadelphia. April 5--The Philadelphia
Americans and the Philadelphia Nationals
today played the longest inter-league
baseball game in the history of two major
organizations the contest being called at
the end of the eighteenth inning on ac-
count of darkness, with the score stand
ing 2 to 9
Brown, the Athletics young right
handler, pitched the entire game and was
hit safely only IS times, while the Phillies
used Alexander for five innings, Chal-
mers two and Brennan eleven. They al
lowed the former worlds champions a
total of only 10 hits.
The Americans got the jump on their
local rivals by scoring their only two
runs in the first inning. E. Murphy sin
ged and went to second on Oldring' s
sacrifice. Collins and Baker walked and
Murphy and Collins scored on single
by McInnes. In the succeeding II in
nings the Americans had chances to
score but sharp fielding kept them from
the plate
The Phillles made their two tallies in
the ninth. After Knabe had been thrown
out, Capron singled. Lobert hit to Baker,
who threw wild to Collins and Capron
went to third. Right Fielder Miller sin
gled. scoring capron, and Lobert came
home on Luderus sacrifice fly to center
field.
Counting today's contest the teams have
played five games, the Americans win
ming the first four. Manager Doom left
the game at the end of the seventh in
ming, having been notified that his broth
er had died today at Muncie, Ind The
score: R.H.E
Americans 200 900 600 900 00>o00-2 10 l
Nationals 200 600 002 900 900 000-2 1S 3
Batteries: Brown and Egan; Alexander,
Chalmers. Brennan and Doom and KILL
fer. Umpires, KLEIN and Connolly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
IN ATLANTA IN
DULGE IN FIRST GAMES-THE
TIGERS BEAT CUBS-WARDEN
PITCHES FIRST BALL

Atlanta April 5.-Attended by all the
conventional ceremonies of one of the big
leagues the baseball season of 1913 was
inaugurated at the federal penitentiary
here today. There was a parade through
the prison grounds behind the prison
band. march across the field and the
raising of the championship pennant of
1912. The flag fight last season at the
prison again proved that there is some-
thing in a name.. for the pennant
was won by the Giants a team com
rosed of the strong armed men of the
stone cutting shop.
The new season started with eight
teams, and today there was a double
header in which the Tigers beat the
Cubs 10 to 8. and in which the cham
pion Giants walloped the Crackers
by score of 3 to /. The Giants had as
their pitcher a negro prisoner known as
Georgia." but more often referred to
by the prisoners as BLACK Matty." This
pitcher won Is straight games last season,
but unlike many stars of the baseball
world, was not ''holdout' this year,
his contract still having several years
to run. In addition to the teams competing
III today's double bill, the prison league
membership includes the Athletics the
"Plrates," the Climbers and the "Hust-
lers."
Scene Unique
The scene about the baseball diamond
at the prison today was one unique in
the history of the national game. All of
the more than 500 prisoners had been
given the freedom of the grounds. No
restraints whatever were placed upon
them. The real fans" gathered as close
to the diamond as they could and rooted
with all the vim and enthusiasm of their
prototypes on the outside,
The umpres, selected from among the
prisoners, were freely and frankly de-
nounced as robbers and once one of
the "umpires" was surrounded by an
angry group of protesting players when
he called a Giant out at second on A
close decision. In fact there was not
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b. A. c., Y. NJ. C. A. AND BIR-
MINGHAM HIGH BEGIN ACTIVE
WORK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FOR BIG MEET BRIGHT

Coach Courleux of the Birmingham
High school; u. Nespor of the Athletic
club. and Physical Director West of
the Y M c. A. have ordered all can
didates trying for the respective track
teams to report TO East Park tomor-
row afternoon, ready for hard work
Coach Courleux has good supply of
material from which to pick the var
sity high school squad. With one or
two exceptions all the old men are back
and prospects are bright for the best
track team that has ever represented
the B. H. S. Among those who have
registered for track work are New
man. Hall, Davis, Newman, Jones, Bow
ron, Brazeal, Rountree. Thomas, Dow
ney, Lowman, Harris, Roach, Barker,
Dillon, whatley, Sparks, Griffith, Co.
zine and Lathem.
Date Set for Trials
April II is the day set for the var
sity trials Combined with this will be
a class meet in which the freshmen,
sophomores juniors. seniors and Paul
Hayne classes will take part
The following schedule has been pre-
pared by Coach Courleux for the varsity
team:
April 24--Meet with Ensley High
school.
April So-Dual meet with Howard
college.
May 1O-outdoor meet with Y, NJ.
C. A.
May 17-Quadrangular meet, Bir-
mingham High school, Y. NJ. G. A,
Howard college and Birmingham col
lege taking part
Y. M. C. A. Prospects
Physical Director West has a fine
bunch of material from which to pick
his Y NJ C. A. team. In the sprints
are Chapman, Poe and McGregory. Gal
liant in the $50 run, Edwards and Candy
in tho quarter. d. Beatty, ii. Beatty
and Crossman in the three mile run,
Chisholm and Chapman In the broad
jump In the field events Greenwood,
II. Beatty and Mcvay are entered; in
the mile is Platowsky and McYey and
Smith in the hurdles.
With this bunch he is hoping to carry
off the championship of the S. A. A.
U. in May.
B. A. c. Looks Good
Last year the B. A. c. won the cham
pionship of the Southern Amateur Ath-
letic union and it is hoping to repeat
again this year. The following old
men will be back this year:
Gilbert Ritchie Robertson, Gardi-
ner, Chigger Brown, Harmon, Davis,
Seals, McGowan. Nesbitt, H. Cobbs and
Satterfield
Besides these a good many new men
will be developed by Physical Director
Nespor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
TO HAVE INDOOR
BASEBALL LEAGUE

Tomorrow night at the Young Mems
Christian association, the Senior Indoor
Baseball league, recently formed by
Physical Director West, opens with four
teams entered
This league was formed as a sequel to
the Senior Basketball league, which has
just closed
Among those playing are Edwards. I.
Estes, Mitchell Hogan. Evans. c. Estes,
Greenwood Strange, c. Bell, ,waldron.
Chisholm. Green, Poe. Crossman and
Cummins
Games will be played on the regular
senior nights. Monday and Thursday.
A senior league is also to be formed at
the Birmingham Athletic club.
Tomorrow night Coach Nespor will form
a four team league. large number of
members have sent in their names to
Nespor. Games will be played ON Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights
The league will run through April, and
after that an outdoor league will most
likely be formed.
the strings of their purses and bade
the Cracker pilot go out into the high
ways and byways and gather into the
Cracker folds an aggregation that
would wipe out the stings of tailenders
of other days. They made the PROPOSE
tion. Smith accepted. Now the question
that arises in the thoughts of the fan
is Can Smith deliver?"
At present none will deny the fact
that the Crackers look good They are
Istrong in every department-on paper
The outfleld is excellent With the ac-
quisition of Welconce they compose an
aggregation of hard hitters, good field
|ers and excellent throwers. They are
experienced, tried and found to be pos
sessed of goods in divers and sundry
quantities. The infield, also, individu-
ally, ranks with the best that the south
will show this season. The backstop-
ping department is exceptionally well
fortified. The hurlers are above the
average, AS whole the Crackers look
exceedingly formidable They undoubt-
|edly compose great lineup--individu
Tally.
And now 1t is up to Billy He has
fathered the team. He has been given
|all support a manager could desire. He
must delver--or quit.
Smith may come back from two dis
|astrous seasons and pilot his club to
the 1918 rag. Again he may not. How
lever, with Smith rests the responsible
|ty. If he wins, he does SO with the ac-
tive support of his club management,
III he fails to him alone is due the cen
|sure. #
Atlanta deserves a winning club
Though Birmingham's greatest rival, ii
is the hope of the writer that they get
one. But 1t is hard to forget the mis-
erable failure of Smith with -Chatta-
nooga when he had gathered in one OF
The highest priced, most favored pre-
season clubs in the league. He was
touted to produce. He had the goods
He failed. Experience is a great teacher
Smith may improve by the errors OF
other days. Let us hope he will
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Billikens Defeated

Montgomery, April 5.--Toledo's regu-
Jars defeated Montgomery today by a
score of 7 to 4. The game was fea-
tured by five fast double plays, Toledo
getting two and Montgomery three.
Warren, the new outfielder secured by
Manager Hartzell, played in his first
game as member of the Mud Hens aud
out of five times at the plate got two
singles, walked twice and struck out
once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Giants Win Easily

Baltimore, April 5.-The New York
Giants easily defeated the Baltimore
Interna tionals today by score of ~
to 8. In the five innings Tesreau
pitched he struck out seven men and
did not allow a run. Roth also struck
out seven men in five innings. Score:
R.H. e.
New York 80. 012 230 1902 8 1
baltimore .... 900 001 200 3 5 3
Batteries; Tesreau. Wiltse, Mathew
son and Meyers; Shawkey, Roth and
Bergen.
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GulIs Win Game

league team defeated a team of the
Toledo yannigans, American association.
this afternoon to 0. Gavet pitched the
full game for Mobile and his work fea-
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Crackers Win Last

Atlanta, April -(Special)--In hard
hitting game Atlanta made it three
straights from Toronto here today, 9
to s. Smiths third basing and hitting
was the feature. The score: R.H E.
Toronto . POI 400 10O--S 3 2
Atlanta ..... sol 010 11%-9 12 4
Batteries Rudolph and Bemis and
Lush and Graham Weaver and Gra-
ham. Umpire, Woodward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
HAROLD J. TOPPING
WINS GOLF TOURNEY
Contest Most Brilliant of
Pinehurst Links

Pinehurst, n c. April 5--Harold J..
Topping of Greenwich, Conn. won the
championship trophy in the thirteenth
annual United North and South ANA
teur Golf tournament today by de-
feating Hamilton X. Kerr, one up on
the thirty-seventh green The contest
was one of the most brilliant ever
played here.
At the end of the morning round
Topping was two down. In the after
noon the first five holes were halved,
Kerr gaining a lead OF three up ON the
twenty and halving the twenty
fifth. BY spectacular play Topping
evened the match on the thirty-third
hole, halved the thirty-fourth, won the
thirty-fith and lost the thirty sixth for
a tie and took the extra hole and the
match
In the championship consolation Har-
old Weber of Inverness, o., defeated
Chisholm Beach of Foxhills, up and
to play Other division winners in the
order given were: j. p. Gardner of Mid
lothian, Ill, G. e. Wincher Wheeling,
W. Va, Rev. T. A. Cheatham, Sails
bury, n c.. M. w. Pnckney Home
wood, Chicago, and r. A. Sigert Of
Bethlehem. N. II. The closing tourna
ment of the schedule is set for April
10. II and 10.
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BASEBALL RESULTS

Washington, April 5.-washing gton
took the second and last game from
the Boston Nationals in their .xhibi-
ton series here today. s to T. The
game was slow and uninteresting. The
score: Ri. Il.
Washington - 600 041 012--8 IL /
Boston ......... 101 010 040--7 8 2
Batteries: Cashion, Groom and Ain
smith, Williams; Perdue and Devought,
Rariden.
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CASEY TO SUCCEED sEMMoNs

Chicago, April 5.-Harold Casey
10 10 be the new trainer of the
chicago Nationals, succeeding Doc
Semmons. who gave Manager John
Evers his resignation and blow
on the jaw yesterday.
casev's name led the list of ap-
nliranfs for the position and he
will be given a tryout at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

WANT TO LOAN FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS ON BEST BUSINESS PROP
ERTY. LARGE LOANS ONLY. J. II.
M'CARY, 422 EMPIRE BLDG.
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lost batting eyes and pounding two
Mercer twlrlers fiercely Pounds hit
ting featured. Eubanks held Mercer
safe at all times The score. r II E.
Tech .... 020 010 01a-4 II /
Mercer .......... 600 O10 O00-1 2
Batteries: Eubanks and Wilmington
Hunt, Forester; Irwin and Rice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Kansas City Swamped

Kansas city, April 5.--Batting two
Kansas City pitchers hard and taking
advantage of two errors, the Pittsburg
National league baseball club today ad-
ministered IA TO / defeat to the
locals Score r. H e.
pittsburg ... 600 522 0O5-14 10 0
Kansas city,. 900 010 000-- 2
Batteries: Adams and Kelley, Schlit-
ger, Reagon and Murphy, Kritchell
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Cubs Win First

Chicago, April 5.-The Chicago Ma
tionals opened the local season here
today by beating the Indianapolis
American association team to ..
Charlie Smith showed good form for
the big leaguers. Score: R.H Il.
Indianapolis ..... 900 100 010--2 8
Chicago ......... 900 301 01'--5 ]
Batteries: Green and Casey; Smith
and Bresnahan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Tech Turns Tables

Atlanta, April 5.-(Special )--Tech
reversed the count on Mercer this
afternoon, the Jackets recovering the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

q feature of "outslde baseball missing
III the prison contests, while some of the
PLAYS pulled off would have done credit
to major league team, ia mid-season
form.
Warden Pitches First Ball
Taking the place of the president or
mayor. Warden Mover was called upon to
pitch the first ball lie was suffering
from a glass arm, however, and the task
was turned over to Deputy Warden
Hawk. The deputy tried a splitter but
when the ball took down shoot and hit
the ground 10 feet from the pitchers box
the prisoners howled with glee. Later
when a line foul toppled over an unsus-
peeting guard, they howled again The
merriment was AKIN to that OF Il regu-
lar league game when the umpire gets
hit on the shin
The partsanship among the fans was
intense at times.
Take him ont and put in 66. yelled
an enthusiast when the "C;iantsa were
hammerng a Cracker pitcher
"Come on you old moonshiuer,' yelled
another to Tiger pitcher in the first
same.
Two former ball players were the op-
posing catchers in the second game. Both
handled themselves with the grace and
confidence of big league material, and
one of them, known as ''16,'' caught with
out breast plate mask.
As each baseball city has its one lead
ing rooter SO the federal prison boasts
of a bell wether among the fans. He
is fat darky called "Old Sam, and he
is ''lifer" This fact, however. did not
deter Sam from calling upon "Fathead.
second baseman of the Giants" to knock
a home run.
DO it Fat, and I'll send you some
thing when l get out" promised sam.
Impressive Ceremony
The flag raising was an impressive
ceremony. The baseball diamond is in
the shadows of the great concrete walls
surrounding the prison, the entire field
suggest the most modern construction in
the way of concrete stadiums. About the
flagpole were grouped all of the ball play
ers, surrounded by the other prisoners.
The flag was bestowed upon the
Giants with a very pretty little speech
from a prisoner, man prominent in
the news of the country at one time, but
whose identity, so far as the public is
concerned, is hidden for the time being
behind a number. AS the red, white and
blue pennant properly lettered as the
championship token of the prison league
fluttered to the breeze the prison band
played America" Caps were DOTTED and
three lusty cheers beat in great sound
waves against the concrete barrier to the
outer world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

LOCAL ORGANIZATION TO START
TRACK PRACTICE FOR BIG MEET
PRISON LEAGUE SEASON
is FORMALLY OPENED

a feature of "outside baseball missing
IN the prison contests. while some of the
PLAYS pulled off would have done credit
To a major league team, ii mid-season
form
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

when Jonny Conlon and Kid Williams
of baltimore meet, it's going to be some
lob to pick the winner until the night is
over. Conlon has been at the head of the
class a long time and they all have to
,,,eet a better man some time. Williams
NAV not be the conqueror of Conlon, but
I'd hate to stake my head that ne Is not.
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over in Atlanta, Billy Smith has been
given one grand opportunity to de-
liver. If Smith. makes good everything
Is as rosy as the blushing face OF a
new born babe. If he fails the Cracker
manager might just as well quietly fold
up his managerial tent and fade away.
The Atlanta management has given
Smith free rens. They have loosened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

At Annapolis: Amherst 0, Navy 5.
At West Point: Army 2, Dickinson l.
At Wichita. Kan: Pittsburg, second
team, 8: Wichita Western, 5.
New York: Columbia 8. Rutgers Z.
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Significant In these figures is the fact
hat there is not a wide diversion of
pinion as to which clubs in the South
rn league this season should be ac-
redited topmost positions. And fur
her significant is the fact that scribes
re not patrietically handing the first
lace plum to the home clubs regard
sss Of real personal opinion
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Smith may come back from two dis
|astrous seasons and pilot his club to
the 1918 rag Again he may not How
ever. with Smith rests the responsible
|ty If he wins, he does so with the ac-
tive support of his club management.
III he fails to him alone is due the CEN
|sure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

One needs only to glance at the fig
Ires mentioned to see that the Barons
Ind Pelicans will enter the 1913 race
kennantward high favorites to cop the
koveted bunting. However. favoritism
viii not land second straight pennant
In Birmingham, nor will favoritism
knable the followers of Charlie Frank
10 end the season at the top of the pen
liant ladder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

Will the Barons win the pennant?
They may. They may not. 1t is con-
siderably harder, for several reasons,
for a team to win the second pennant
than the one preceding, However, this
much is true: The Barons are conten-
iers in the 1919 race. They will be in
the running when the autumn leaves
drift across the horizon and the days
of the season are numbered. Molesworth
says his club is stronger today than at
the same time last season, and Moley
should know AT any rate, they enter
the race with a better opportunity to
win than does any club in the league
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Tn the composite pick of the southern
borting writer's published elsewhere in
he columns of the sporting department
II The Age-Herald this morning, it
EilI be noticed that seven writers cast
heir ballots favoring the Barons to
bpture the 1913 pennant. Charlie
franks Pelicans ran close second as
hvorites in the race. being accorded
rst honors by six scribes. Two pre-
ictions favored Atlanta, while a lone
ote was cast favoring the chances of
he Mobile Guls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

And now 1t is up to Billy He has
fathered the team. He has been given
all support a manager could desire. He
must deliver--or quit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

The fact that "Ruben MarIuard is APP
parently ready TO pitch winning ball is
good news to New York fans, however
it may strike the balance Of the circuit.
1t means that McGraw has about as pret-
Is a bunch of pitchers ready as a man
ager ought to have TO start a big league
season.
1t looks very much as though j. ].
would repeat his old tricks aud get off to
a running start.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-25
Announces Withdrawal As COun- sel and Purpose to Act As
 Citizen RAILROAD LAWYER ALSO
 ACTS IN LIKE CAPACITY New Haven's Adv. Bills for Three Months Reach Total of
 Nearly $1O0,OO0

Boston, April 25-When the hearing on the affairs of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company and allied lines was resumed today, Louis D. Brandeis announced his with drawal as counsel for the Boston Fruit & Produce Exchange, but said that he would continue as party to the case in the capacity of "a citizen of Mass achusetts."
 Since the present hearing began, MT. Brandeis has appeared as the repre- sentative of the exchange and has con- ducted a greater part of the examfna- ton of witnesses. Yesterday the df- rectors of the exchange adopted a res olution setting forth that he was no longer their counsel before the com mission.
 MT. Brandeis occupied some time fin reading correspondence between the exchange and himself showing how he the request of the produce men. When he concluded Charles F. Choate, ad- dressing Edward Prouty, who presid- ed in the absence of his father, Conn missioner Prouty, said that he also would appear as a "citizen of Massa- chuSetts."
 Brandeis Immediately demanded to know if Attorney CFloats represented the New Haven railroad or the New England Navigation Company. Choate denied that he was Tn the SInpIcy or any railroad, Wherelpou David E. Brown, the governments accountant, at the request of Brandeis, read into the record copies of two vouchers showing that Choate had received $13,- 900 from the New Haven road for le- gal services in 1908.
 The examination of Accountant Brown was then begun by Brandeis. The chairman announced that the at- torneys for the road would not be per- rnitted to cross-examine the witness Prouty.
 Figures read by Brown in answer to a question regarding the New Ravens advertising account indicated that from January 27, 1911, to February, 1913, inclusive, the New Haven road had paid the Boston News Bureau s95,52s of which sum s92,O0O was paid in December, January, and February last.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-25
GEN. MILLS DEFINES
 STATUS OF MILITIA

Washington, April 25.-General Albert Mills, in charge of the militia division of the army, today, issued circular order defining the relation ship of the regular army officers to the militia while engaged in instruct ing the state troops. He declared that while the federal government was dis posed to allow considerable latitude in the system of military instruction ilt the various states, yet in order to ob
 tain the assistance of the governm ent he insisted that the syste mnust be such as to afford proper instruction and to maintain the militia as a. sui fcient war unit. Therefore, while the army officers services were at tlfe disposal of the militia, the officers aI- so were under the orders of the war department and had certain definite instructions which they must carry out. The circular continues that as it may be taken for granted the army officers are educated soldiers their service on matters of instruction should be followed by the depart