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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-13
Sreit Family Turns Out
Many Famous Athletes

The old S; ling that it runs in a family
is no better illustrated than in the case
of the STREET family of Birmingham, which
baseball, track and field material In Dixie,
writes L. hi Benedetto of the Southern
Amateur Athletic union. Beginning with
.Blln STREET, Amateur Athletic union
commissioner for Alabama, the family
name has been on the lips of sport fol-
lowers since back in 1903, when "Bili'
played tackle and full on the Auburn
eleven, making the all-SoutheIn team in
1904. 1906 and 1905 Up to the present time
another STREET., Bradley, fullback on the
Princeton eleven, Is talked of as making
the ali-American team.
There is reason for the STREET. family
TO feel proud. STREET of Princeton is the
talk Of eastern football. His playing on
the Tiger team has more than convinced
eastern experts that this Dixie lad will
have 20 be reckoned with in the big
games.
b. H., S. Star
Bradley played his first football at the
Birmingham High school in 1s06-07 -1s.
playing tackle and fullback. He was cap
tain of his team two years. He also
playeG basketball and baseball in the
same years. He was the best prep pitcher
in the south. being left handler.
In 1909 he went to Auburn and played on
the scrub team, being ineligible on ac-
count of the one-year, rule. In 1910 was
his big year. He made the all-southern
"A.
southern championship. Bradley played
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AMERICAN ATHLETES
SAIL FOR AUSTRALIA

San Francisco, November 12.-Three
members of the American track and fiel !
team, which Is to tour Australasia, sailed
today with Manager Eustice Piexotto
Cobleigh of New Orleans, the fourth
member, will leave this city 10 days
later and will join the party in New
Zealand. The athletes who sailed today
with the team manager are: George
Parker, jumper. Olympic club; Rex
Caughey, shot putter. Ukiah. Cal, high
school, and James Powers, runner, Bos-
ton Athletic associations. The team will
not return until late in March.
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TO STAR YERS
BADLY CRIPPLES JACKETS

Atlanta, November 12.-(Special.) )-Geor-
sia and Tech meet on the gridiron here
Saturday In their seventeenth annual foot
pail battle. Georgia has won eight, Tech
seven, and one of the previous battles
have been tied.
Right at present the two schools are
having a squabble ever where the game
shall be played. Tech is insisting that
the game be played at Grant Field, Techs
own athletic field and the largest stadium
In the south, while the Georgia supporters
are insisting that 1t he played at the
Ponce de Leon baseball park, neutral
field
But those who seem to know say that
1t will be played at Grant Field
Georgia ruled as the fayorite since the
start OF the season, but the happenings
of the last few hours have made her a
bigger favorite than ever before, and 1t
looks like she will defeat Tech by a
larger score than Auburn did.
Five of the Tech regulars will not be
able TO play in the game. This will
weaken the Jackets immeasureably as
four of the five are superior to any men
at their positions In school and mighty
Jim Preas, the teams big tackle star
kicker and all around athlete has been
ruled off the team by the s. I. A A. ex-
ecutive committee. through charges that
have been made that he accepted a
scholarship several years ago at Bingham
school strictly for athletic services.
Talley Johnston, the Chattanooga boy
and the teams best defensive player and
surest tackler is out with a dislocated
shoulder. He has been out for two weeks,
but it was thought the shoulder would
mend in time for this game.
Jene Patten, the Baylor star and the
teams quarterback and runner back OF
punts, is in bed with a raging fever
caused by an infection to his injured knee
Nance, the 200-pound tackle, who was
forced out of the Auburn game by reason
of boils on the back of his neck, will nos
be able to play These boils have de-
veloped into carbunckles.
Alexander, first sub-tackle, a six-footer
weighing $50 pounds. Is out with o
shoulder that was dislocated in the Se-
vance game.
Add to this the fact that the faculty
has not lifted the ban on Lucas, sub
quanter; Trawick and Goldman, first sub
linemen. and its no wonder that Jacket
supporters are blue.
d Tech will enter the game with a green
quarter, green end. two green tackles,
and Georgia is sure to center her efforts
on these men.
The Jackets looked strong at the start
OF the season, but Heisman told every one
to lay low. He made the point that If
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any or the regulars We're put out of the
game the entire strength of the team
would be eliminated as he had but few
capable subs
When you remove four of his regulars
and take four of his subs away from,
MN, you can see readily how the team
VIII De weakened when he has to fan
oack on scrubs who have not seen serv-
Ice In college game and are even new
TO the game Itself
But the Jackets are going to fight the
light of desperation, hoping to hold tho
score as low as possible.
Georgia, on the other hand, will. for
the first time this season, present her
regular varsity line up in the game all
or the cripples of the early part of tho
| season and the men hurt in the Vir-
einia game having fully recovered.
The team that lines up against Tech
on Saturday will be the same lineup that
Georgia hopes to win with over Auburn
| in game that may develop into the
fight to settle the championship of the
5. /. A. a. this season
Georgia will be considerably heavier
than the Jackets, the loss of p, cas-, Alex
ander Nance, TrawiclS, Johnson and
Goldman removing the heaviest men on
the squad Their weights in the order
named were 1874. 1870. 201, 205, t7J, 200 Pat
ten and Lucas We're light. Weighing l5
and 159 respectively, but they were
heavier than the men who win take their
places.
Georgia, from tackle to tackle. will
weigh 91S pounds. Tech SsS. Georgia 3
average 1SS, Tech's 16s--lG pounds to the
man in Georgias favor
Georgia from end to end will weigh 1925
pounds Tech 1154. Georgia's 5 average 175,
Techs l6S Georgia's margin, pounds to
the man
Georgia in the backfield will weigh 67s
pounds, Tech e53. Georgla's average 1856.
Techs 1853. Georgia's margin, pounds to
the man.
Georgia's team viii weigh 1896 pounds.
Techs 1926. Georgias average 172. Techs
l63. Georgias margin. 16G.
These weights are with the uniforms
on. the sporting editor of one of the local
papers Weighing the men personally.
They are not padded, but actual weights.
The following is the probable lineup OF
the two teams:
Georgia-Conklin left end; Henderson,
left tackle; McKinnon, left guard; Dela-
perriore. center; Malone, right guard;
Turner, right tackle. Smith. right end:
Paddock. quarterback; Carey. left half
back; Capt McWhorter. right halfback;
Powell fullback.
Tech-Beard. left end; AleCord, left
tackle Rainey, left guard; Loeb. center:
Means. right guard; Tate, right taelle;
Cushman, right end; Fielder, quarterback;
Capt. Cook, left halfback; Mcdonald,
right halfbaok; Thomson, fullback.
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gardner. Weilman, Leverenz, Mitchell,
Stone, Schwenk, Charley Brown, ALI :
son, Taylor and Powell, who were used
on the firing line by the local American
league club last year.
Not one of the four pitchers who did
such good work in 1908 remains in the
major league as an active participate.
Bill Dinneen Is an umpire; Rube Wad-
dell recently went to the coast in
search of health; Jack Powell is pitch
ing in the A. A., while Harry Howell
was an umpire in the Texas league
when last heard of.
The quartet of Fingers which did
such good work for the Cardinals un-
der Roger Bresnahan in 1911 COM
prised Harry Sallee, Bob Harmon, Rube
Geyer and Bill Steele. They won III
more games than the entire staff put
together in 1913. And each one of them
helped the club in 1918. So it seems
very much as if the Cardinals as "A
whole were weaker than in 1911, or
else these boxmen would have won just
as many games.
The four grabbed 60 games in 1911,
while Sallee, Harmon, Steele, Geyer,
Griner, Perritt Hunt, Niehaus, Doak
and Trekell were able to land on the
long end of only 81 in 1918.
Here's the 1911 record of Sailee, Gey-
er Harmon and Steele.
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CRIMSON WORKING
FOR TENNESSEE
Hard Scrimmage Yesterday.
The Squad in Excellent
Spirits

University, November 12.-(Special.)-
Although defeated by Sewanee. the Ala
bama team, disappointed but in no way
discouraged, began the week of practic-
ing leading to the Tennessee game on
Friday.
None of the men are suffering from in
juries of the recent game. On Monday
light signal drill was held, but yes
.terday a heavy scrimmage ensued for
most of the afternoon.
The Tennessee boys are heavy; much
heavier than Alabama, and they will test
Alabama endurance to the fullest
The men are In the best of spirits.
and should no injuries of scrubbing re-
suit, one of the strongest lineups of the
year will face Tennessee.
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been another of Boensch's lessons this
week.
McGngin figures that If Vanderbilt
can get the jump on Auburn in the
early stages of the game they may have
| q look in with the open style of play
as against the slaughterhouse line
smashing of the Donahue clan. That's
why so much attention is being paid to
the development of the forward pass.
/ for the air line route together with
| quarterback runs will be Vanderbilt's 5
| principal system of attack. Captain
Brown Is a deadly receiver of passes
but Skies throwing has been rather
erratic since the weak line has COM
PEELED him to hurry his throws and they
have lost much of their effectiveness.
On that account the backfield men will
be used to cover the Commodore half
back on all his forward pass throws
Last year with Hardage hurting the
oval no such protection was needed, for
Lewie could slreot the pigskin true, no
matten how many We're crowding down
upon him.
The fragile line continues to be the
chief course of worry. for the forwards
are distressingly slow about learning
the game. There Is plenty of poundage
there. but against the experienced Au-
burn linesmen, with their knowledge
of football the Commodores will have
| to stiffen up to stop the rushes of the
Auburn backs. Around the ends Dom
ahue's backs are going to find rough
sledging, for Brown and Chester will
many times spill the play before 1t
reaches the line of scrimmage.
The reserves have been given the
Auburn plays as impaired by Innis
Brown and much will depend on the
yarsity's ability to handle the reserves
when they begin to scrimmage. Should
the Commodore forwards be able to
crack the we'll nigh perfect Auburn
Interference. which the reserves will
use, McGugin may journey to Birming-
ham in a more hopeful frame of mind.
for he has great respect for the reports
he has had of the solid wall behind
which Captain Newell runs and real
ICES that Newell and Harris are the
men who must be stopped
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basketball and baseball two years at Au-
burn, playing outfield. and batted .4So the
first year.. and $50 is his last years rec
ord He led all college players both years.
In 1911 he entered the freshmen class
at Princeton, and played freshmen base
ball and football.
1t was in the freshmen year that the
!! coaches watched his work very closely,
and in the summer of 1912 he was taken
sick with typhoid fever and did not go out
until late in the season for the team, but
he played in both the Yale and Harvard
games at left end and made good. This
year he is playing full.
Bradley is 20 years old and weighs 1870
pounds. and is six feet tall and is -left
handed, which is used a great deal to
make the forward pass to the left side.
Douglass Starring
Douglas STREET, II years old, has played
football with the grammar school teams
around Birmingham. He is also a mem
ber of the Birmingham Athletic club and
made the track team last year. winning
the JUNIOR quarter mile in 54 He is now
at the Marion Military institute, his first
college year. and is playing hafback
AS track man, Douglass Will be heard
OF very soon. when one considers tnat a
| l7-year-old boy can step the quarter on
SLOW track in 34 you can rest assured
| that this same boy Is going to make few
| quarter miAers hustle some around Dixie
AS for William, he played on the Au-
| burn eleven in 1903-04-05-06 and made the
! afl-Southern in 1904, 1905 and 1906 HI
| played tackle and full. While at Auburn
| he played basketball and baseball, and
| was member of the track squad. Brad
- ca.
| that ever made all four teams in one year
record to be proud of. In 1907 and l9.t
| he was at Washington and Lee and
played halfback. and was captain of the
1908 varsity eleven and basketball team
He also rowed on the crew that year.
In 1911, during Coach DuHcan's illness
| Bill was called upon to coach the Au-
| burn team, and had very good year. Az
basketball player and gymnast there
are few Bills equal IN the south. He
has taken part in all of the Birmingham, n,
Athletic club events.
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WATSON S[ATEDT0
HEAD GOLF ASSO.

New York, November 12-The annual
meeting of the United States Golf asso-
citation will be held here on January O.,
1914. Secretary John Reid. Jr., today an
nounced the following slate for officers
and executive committee had been made
by the nominating committee tentatively:
Robert c. Watson, New York, president;
Milton DArgan, Atlanta. vice president;
John J. Reid, Jr., New York. secretary;
Percy r. Pyne H., Princeton, treasurer.
The following five officers, together with
Knowlton Ames. Chicago; Harry L. Aver,
Boston; Howard w. Perryn, Philadelphia,
and Charles l.. Allen of Chicago would
constitute the executive committee. This
is the same ticket as that elected last
year.
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KRAUSE PRESIDENT
INDIANAPOLIS CLUB

Indianapolis. Ind. November 12-At a
meeting .pf the directors of the Federal
league club here today j. Edward
Krause was elected president for the
coming year. In connection with the re-
organization the capital stock of the club
was placed at 100000 of which $125.OOo is
common stock and $4,000 preferred. Fifty
thousand dollars is to be used In equip
ping the new grounds with modern steel
stands and bleachers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-13
WALKER SELECTED
TO REFEREE GAME

Bradley Walker has been selected to
referee the battle between Auburn and
Vanderbilt. which will be staged in Bir-
mingham next Saturday. Bob Williams
has also been selected as umpire and j.
S. Counseman as head linesman.
Walker and Williams are from the Uni
versity of Virginia and officiated In the
game last year. They
handled the game in such a competent
manner that they were the first choice of
both elevens for this years game.
Counselman supplants Heisman of Geor-
gia Tech. who was unable to attend the
game on account of the Tech Georgia bat
tie coming on the same day.
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CEREMONIES FOR
COMPLETION OF
HALE BAR TODAY

Chattanooga, November 12.-tSpecial.) J
All preparations are completed tonight
for the exercises tomorrow, marking. the
completion of the $10,o0o,0JO lock and dam
at Hales Bar, Tenn. Anthony Brady and
large party of New York capitalists ar
rived tonight on a special train. Cover
nor Hooper Of Tennessee and Governor
carly in the morning. Huge electrical
displays upon the tops of buildings In the
business district are in readiness for use.
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-Four Broom HurlerS in 1908
Win More Games Than 1913 Staff

Quality, not quantity, counts In the
national pastime. Back In 1908, when
the Browns finished fourth, four pitch
ers won more games than the entire
staff did in 1913 In 1911, when the
Cardinals finished fifth, quartet of
hurlers won IA more games than all
the pitchers used by Higgins during
the season closed few weeks ago.
The Browns had fairly good ball
club In 1908. They must have had, or
else they would not have been able to
finish SO we'll up in the race. The same
was true of the 1911 Cardinals.
Bill Dineen, Rube WaddelI, Jack
Powell and Harry Howell, all of whom
have gone to other parts, were the
pitchers who did yeoman service for
the Browns back in the season OF 1908.
This quartet landed on the long end Of
67 games. while the IL moundsmen who
were used by George Stovall, Jimmy
Austin and Branch Hickey landed only
81 contests in 1913.
Here's what the four stars did in
1908:
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That's total of 10 more victories
than was grabbed by Hamilton, Baum
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09
VIOLIN MAKER
SPENDS LIFE At GREELEY

In the American Magazine appears
an account of George w. Fisk. Of
Greeley, Colo, a violin maker who has
been called the American Stradi-
pronounced him the greatest violin
maker in the world. He combs the
world for the rare bits Of wood which
are necessary for the perfect violin,
and yet he finishes less than eight
perfect instruments a year. Following
is an extract:
Every day he works in his little
shop. which has served his purpose for
36 years. He has, now nearly COM
pleted his 151st violin. He tries to
make them all alike, and during the
last 20 years he has not had to put
changes after it had once been put to-
gether. He is now In his 18th year.,
having been born in Bennington, VT.
in 1888. Later he moved to Hoosick
Falls, where he became an expert
pattern maker.
Colorado In 1870. with the Union coll
onists. headed by Horace Greeley and
N. c. Meeker. He settled in Greeley.
where he q lived almost continuous
ly since that time, and where for 30
years he led a theater orchestra. He
can read music today readily, and
plays limos every evening for his
own amusement, meanwhile amusing
also his. neighbors. and passers-by, who
are charmed by the sweetness and
soulfulness of his music. which ranges
from grand opera selections to simple.
beautiful melodies. He says that he
cannot play as he used to; that his
right arm. once injured, does not carry
as steady a down-bOw as 1t once did.
But he can still coax tones of rare
sweetness out Of the violins of his own
make, into which he works kindred
qualities of his music-radiant souf,
which respond to his loving touch with
sweet alacrity when he plays.
Mr.. Fisk made as high as eight
violins in n year. but he Toes not
USUAL turn out . many; for he
takes great care in the manufacture
of each one of them, graduating them
with wonderful precision where the
variation Of a one-thousandth OF an
inch might mean the utter unbalance
of tone. and might render the work Of
foEegone weeks unfruitful by bringing
about the rutnatfon Of the instrument.
He has no trouble in disposihg Of his
viollns. having but two or three on
hand at this time. At one time in re-
cent years he was nearly two years
behind his orders. and experienced
great difficulty In catching up. a con-
nuisseur Of violin wood, he has piece
OF material Of rare quality tucked
away here aud there on rafters ant
in crevices OF his little shop. He has
tpfcked them up in various places. dis
corning with q keen. practiced eye
material that IL well adapted to the
making of high grade violins. Some
OF these pieces have been seasoned for
many years."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

to make good. Perhaps 1t is better
to be cautious nOw,S SO you will not
regret anything afterward. Anyway, l
do not think you love him enough to
fellow.
Send the ring back.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-O II a fellow
takes two girls to a theater. how should
they go in?> Should the boy sit in the
middle? a. 1 went with a fellow four
years. I loved him and he loved me,
but HI was always jealous of me, 81
we couldn't agree. Haven't went with
him for a year. Should I ever pay any
attention to him or try to win him
again? (3) Is there any harm In hug
ging and kissing a fellow il you haven't
met him very man times? 90 Is my
writing good? Bright Eyes.
~ He follows the ladies. He should
sit next the aisle unless the ladies
ask him to sit between them. () II
you can't agree you had better stay
parted. (3) Better know that he
wants to marry o before you do
you cheaper yourself in his opinion.
ca Not very.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-U I am q
girl of 16 and am in love with q
young man. He wants me toN marry
MIN. out my parents OD1ect very
strongly. He wan me to elope with
him. What should / do? ca Am I
too young to get married? go He is
a nice man. but do you think he loves
me very much by not wanting to
wait until I am 10? Dorothy.
a. Don't elope. my dear. A girl
of is doesn't know as much as her
parents do n it is we'll to heed their
advice. You will be glad by and by
II . listen to them now. () Yes.
90 II he really loves you he will know
1t is best for both of you to wait until
you are at least Is.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

CLARA BALDWIN STOCkER.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Dazzling with a
b%rilliancy more radiant than a full
flashed searchlight, California's dia-
mond queen. Mrs. Clara Baldwin
Stocker. $l2. 900, 900 heiress Of the late
Lucky" Baldwin, is the sensation Of
Los Angeles.
Diamonds-fery and sparkling as
forest fire-glitter from Mrs. Suckers
diamond studded gold satin pumps.
diamond embroidered imported goldfish
net stockings. diamond ring decked
hands. to the $4,000 collar and dia-
mond t drop. wonderful diamond
earrings and flashing diamond hair
ornament.
Gowned in a gorgeous deco!lette dress
of flashing gold fish net over golden
satin. slit up one side to reveal dia-
mond studded stockings and diamond
buckled pumps. together with her
sparkling diamond crown, Mrs. Stocker
appears q queen from a fairy book
everything to diamonds.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

DO these professional dancers do
the best they can?" I asked q dancing
master, and then / specified q young
woman who had just appeared at q
philadelphia theater. That girl" said
he, was a pupil Of mine and she can
dance much better than she Toes dance
on the stage. But she makes her 1anc-
ing snowy to please the audience. From
an artistic viewpoint her public work
is considerably below what she is can
able Of doing. And SO it is with a
great many others. They want an
plause and to get 1t they violate many
rules OF good dancing in order to in
troduce contortiOns that are anything
but the poetry of motion"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

The state OF Washington will spend
5000, 900 during the next year on road
construction. An exhibition stretch of
roadway is being built at Olympia,
Wash, by various paving companies,
each of which is laying a sample OF
roadway l6 feet wide and 100 feet long
according to its own plans and speci-
fcatiOns. which are filed with the state
highway department. This stretch of
roadway forms a part of the main
highway north and south through the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

The Princesses EudoXie and Nadeida,
daughters of King Ferdinand of Bull
garia. who are age Is and IA. in a let
ter TO the Children's Magazine, of Lon
don. say: w beg you. dear editor.
you who can write SO beautifully, to
ask you readers who are enjoying a
happy home to help our poor orphans.
We would like to establish some local
orphanages for these poor children. and
want to be good to them. We win
send our portraits to all those readers
who help u.s." In accordance with the
request Of the princesses the Children's
Magazine has opened q fund for the
beneft OF the orphans OF the Bulgarian
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-09

Tasmania's pretty girls of European
follow the fashion Of the native 1'as-
manian women. who had all their hair
removed with a flint and never went
bald. The last pure blooded Tasman-
ian women died in 1876. aged Is: the
last man in 1876, aged "a. A traveller
says that the native had TWO fine points
eyes and teeth. The yes were prom
inent and often OF great beauty ane.
brilliancy, and a dentist of wide exper-
ience knew OF no teeth equal to the
T~asmanian's for strength, size and en-
amel. But the nose was bridgeless, the
chin re off" and the upper jaw pro-
truded.-Chicago News.