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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02

Preliminary steps were taken last night
at tho meeting of the representatives
from majority of the tennis organiza-
tions in the Birmingham district toward
the formation of permanent tennis as
soeiation for Greater Birmingham.
F. W. West, physical director Of the
Young Mems Christian association, was
elected temporary president while F. f.
Read was elected secretary.
The following committee was appointed
by the chair to draft a constitution and
draw up the bylaws: ". V. Bartlett Of
the Birmingham Country club; p A.
Clark, of the Avondale Tennis club; e.
W Stanford of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company Tennis club at Ensley; F.
G. Bell, of the Birmingham Athletic club,
and F. w. West. of the Young Mems
Christian association. This committee
will hold a business meeting this evening
at o'clock in the Young Mems Christian
association building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Vaise Beats Bayley

Vancouver, B. G., July 1.-''F'rench''
Vaise, a Seattle boxer, was given the de-
cision today over Joe Bayley, Canadian
lightweight champion. at the end of their
Is round bout at Brighouse arena. For
the first five rounds Bayley made Vaise
look like a novice, but in the sixth the
Seattle boy landed q right that broke the
Canadian champions nose. Blood con-
tinued to flow from the injury during the
remainder of the fight. Vaise followed ur
his advantage and secured sufficient lead
to gain the decision
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Holt Beats AyondaIe

Tuscaloosa, July 1.-(Special) )-The Holt
team defeated the fast Avondaie team
here today, ] to o. The feature of the
game was a line drive of Pep" Wells,
which paved the way for the only run.
Wells scored on hit off the bat of B.
Hendrix. This was the fastest game
played in this county this season. There
will be another game between these two
teams tomorrow which will decide the
series, Avcndale having defeated Holt
yesterday in their first and only defeat
of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Greenville Plays July a

Greenville, July 1.-(Special )-Man-
ager ]. II. Johnson of the local base
ball club has arranged with Hanye-
Vile for series of games to be played
on the local diamond on July "a Man
ager Johnson of the local team and
Manager Herbert of the Hayneville
team have agreed to play home boys
as far as possible and the games will
be good ones as the teams will be even
ly matched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Extension Permit Granted

The matter of issuing permit for a
SoO-foot extension to the Alabama
Great Southern freight depot near the
Alice furnaces was discussed before the
city commission yesterday 1t is stated
that the business of the Alabama Great
Southern here has outgrown its present
quarters and that more room must be
had at once. The permit was granted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
GOLDSTEIN HAS
SHARE OF TROUBLE

After a dispute over an alleged IN
suit C. l.. Nixon and c. e. Bradshaw
engaged in a fist fight at the corner
of Third avenue and Twentieth street
yesterday afternoon about o'clock
The fight occurred in the heart of the
business district, creating considerable
excitement and large crowd gathered.
Both Nixon and Bradshaw were ar
arrested charged with an affray
Detective Harry Goldstein was In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Negro Found Diving

An unidentified negro boy about IT
years of age was found yesterday
morning in dying condition by the
crew of a freight on the Southern rail-
way at a point between Greens and
Irondale. The boy was brought back
to Birmingham, but died before reach
ing the city. Acting Coroner w. s. Rus
sell will Investigate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
UNCLE SAM HAS
PROFITABLE YEAR
S40,0S3,229 Surplus Exclud-
ing Public Debts
CREATES DEFICIENCY
Canal Cost and Public Debts Wipe
Out Surplus-General Increase
in Receipts for
This Year

Washington, July 1.--Uncle Sam closed
the fiscal year 1913 with a surplus of sio,-
0S3. .229. representing the excess of receipts
over expenditures. exclusive of Panama
canal and public debt transactions. This
exceeds last years surplus by $3,75O,OOo.
The Panama canal expenditures and pub
lie debt transactions, however, wiped out
the surplus of ordinary receipts over ordi-
nary expenditures and created defci-
ency for the year of s2,1490o0.
Total receipts for the fiscal year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Asks Use of Park

DIR. A. ]. Dickinson appeared before
the city commissioners yesterday morn
ing with petition for the use of East
End park as site for the big taber-
nacle which is to be erected for the
revival services to be held in this city
by the famous preacher, Gypsy Smith
No action has been taken by the COM
mission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02

w. NJ Blount president of the Union
Springs and Northern railroad. while in
birmingham yesterday. stated that money
had been secured for the completion of
his railroad from Eclectic to Birmingham.
The Union Springs and Northern was
started in 1900. and was first operated
from Union Springs to Fort Davis, where
it connected with the Seaboard, and be-
came a rival of the Central of Georgia,
which has two lines through Union
Springs. 1T has since been pushed to
Eclectric, and will eventually reach Bir-
mingham. Four passenger, two freight
and two mixed trains are operated daily
at the present time, according to Mr..
Blount.
Tom Scale of Livingston was visitor
to Birmingham yesterday. Mr.. Scale Is
one of the best known men of Sumter
county. He has always defended prohibi.
ton, the eradication of ticks, Richmond
Pearson Hobson, but not 3. B. Conner.
He states. however that Of those who
have publicly aired their convictions, the
majority in Sumter favor Conner at the
present time.
Mr. Scale is not in favor of taking the
convicts out of the mines. I'VE tried that
innovation in Sumter once upon time, "
stated Mr.. Scale, land abandoned it"
Mr. Scale following the defeat of con-
stitutional prohibition, became a candi-
date for the railroad commission. He
found, however, that that time was
not the best period for a prohibtionist
to aspire for state office, and retired.
The state government was we'll repre-
sented In Birmingham yesterday. Judge
w. +. Wilkinson, one of the examiners,
passed through after having completed
certain wor.. in Marshall county, and
announced his candidacy for state au-
ditors. Lieutenant Albert G. Goodwin, u.
s. A., spent several hours in the city. and
announced that on Thursday night in
struction of officers of local military or
ganizations would occur. l.. F. Greer, in
spector of convicts, was a visitor last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
TICKETS FOR GAMES
OF JULY 4 ON SALE

Tickets to the games of July
I will be placed on sale this morn
ing. Secretary Bob Tyson returned
from Memphis yesterday to make
the necessary arrangements. A
record breaking crowd is antici-
pated in view of the winning streak
of the Barons and the fact that the
Mobile Gulls will oppose Birming-
ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Charged With Burglary

Columbus Hale and Robert Daniels,
negroes, were locked up in the city Jail
yesterday morning charged with bur-
glary and grand larceny The arrests
were made by Officers Norrell and
Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Much Routine by Commission

Much routine business was transact
ed by the city commissioners at the
regular meeting yesterday The next
meeting will be held Thursday after
noon, as Friday, the regular meeting
day. is a national holiday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
To Change Form

Secretary McAdoo tonight announced
that the daily treasury statement in ru-
ture would be issued in a completely
changed form, designed to show at a
glance the assets and liabilities of the
government. 1t will be in the nature OF
a budget statement, indicating from day
TO day whether the government revenues
ere progressing on a surplus or deficit
basis. The first issue of the new state.
ment will appear tomorrow and will show,
the Secretary said, that the grand total
of s1sets of the government is nearly
81 600 100000, against which there are La
bilities including the gold and silver GER
tificates aggregating about SLIPS, ,0oO, 900
leaving balances in the treasury from
$3.50 900 to s275,0 900, including the gold
reserve of S15,0O0,O00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02

amounted to S723, ,7s2.9 .921 while the ordinary
disbursements were S6s3, 699 692.
Corporation taxes yielded the govern
ment Ss494S,S7O, or $5,365,766 more than dur
Ing the fiscal year 1872 Custom receipts
for the fiscal year reached s3lS, IA, 900, an
increase of nearly $1,000, 600 over the previ-
Gus year.
The record drinking and smoking of the
American people in the past u months
brought the federal government the enor-
nous total of S309, AIS, 600 in internal reve-
nue. receipts, which was SIG 900 greater
than in 1872
Under the fiscal years operation of tho
new pension law the government paid
veterans and widows SIZE, ,134, 600, an In
crease of sol 532 600
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
a1a00 REWARn

A REWARD OF 1900 WILL BE
PAID FOR INFORMATION RESULT
ING IN THE ARREST AND CONVIC-
TION OF ANY PERSON OR PERSONS
FELONIOUSLY PLACING DYNAMITE,
NITRO GLYCERIN OR OTHER EX-
POSIvE ON ANY STREET CAR
TRACK IN THE CITY OF BIRMING-
HAM. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM,
by c. ExUM, AS PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
s1e4. .7O4.OOO General Fund

the general fund OF the treasury as COM
pared with $167,152,000 a year ago. The
cash drawer of the treasury contains $685.
253,000 as the working balance of the gov
ernment. The trust funds of the treasury
include $1,0S6, III, 900 in gold coin and bull
lion.
The government spent s41, TAI coo on con-
struction Of the Panama canal in the past
year, making a total of $31S, ,229. 900 spent OH
the canal to date. rhe mints coined dur
ing the year $57,147 900, of which $50 O5S, 900
was In gold. The 7492 national banks now
In existence have a total outstanding cir
culation of national bank notes of S737,-
O65, ,050
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
BIG INCREASE IN
CITY LICENSES
Boggan Makes Report of
First Six Months
of 1913

According to the report of License
Collector Boggan of the city of Bir
minkham. substantial increase in
license taxes for the first six months
of the current year over the same pc
riod in 1912 has been shown. Mr.. Bog
gan places the increase at s44,9S0.7T.
The total collection for the six months
just ended were s442,o06.5S.
The collections for June were over
$4,000 as against little over $4,000
for the same month last year. The
report in full for June was as follows
Public service cor. license. .S29, 9,1O7.7 10
Business license ............ 10000
Dog license ................. 1890
Fees and transfers ..... $4,000
Iotal ................... $39.625. 20
The comparative figures for the two
years are given as follows:
1912-
January OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $12S, 234. SO
FEBRUARY .................. 173,116.17
March .... Observation-Disclosures. 35,226.7 II
April ......,.......... 32, 2,43l.9O
May Observation-Disclosures. 15.66S.Si
June ................... 12.34S.04
Total ................... sSs7,O25.76
January .................. S135, 1888. .45
February Observation-Disclosures. 191, $40. 0S
March 35,663 06
April ................. 25,227.S7
May ....... 14,361.78
June .................. 39,625 20
Total Observation-Disclosures. $442,0 So
Increase ............. S44,9S0.77
]. J. BOGGAN
License Collector
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
ATTENTION, ELks


MEMBERS OF BIRMINGHAM
LODGE OF ELKs ARE REQUESTED
TO ASSEMBLE AT ST. PAUL,S
CHURCH AT 10 A. NJ. TODAY TO At
TEND THE FUNERAL OF BROTHER
THOMAS w. O'BYRNE.
HARRY L. WHITE, Il. n.
H. n. gHROPsHIRE, JR, sECY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
RICHMOND COLLEGES
COMEBACKATIVENESS IS
TOO MUCH FOR JACKET
Spider Eleven Braces and Twice Wins Championship Game
From Ashanders. Klevesah and King the Stars Forward
Passes Ground Great Gamers Macontes Fight Hard
and are Outscored Not Outgamed Fina Score 20 to H.
BY cHAs. M. MONTGOMERY.

Inere hits the the recollection or
sawart young haback who starred for the high school
team several years ago and through several Then
he was giant at the and he the pride of every
follower OF the Blue and White His work brought many
victory to the Marhaites and his carved high in
the schools hall of fame. Years from the recoec
ton will fit across the memories of old Richmond college stu
DENTS and Them they doing last night will they
stand and to the memory of the deeds which Dixie
Kevesah and Rock King performed in the game yeser
day. They will speak without the catch the breath
they call again mind the sterling grit of the lads whose
efforts, for the first time many years. brought victory to
their alma the enemy, Randolph Macon
The 20 to IS.
The of King of Kevesah of Robins of Ancarrow,
heady little general that he Isl of Newton and all the rest of
the Spiders who came from behind Il score made
against them half the championship game
with the Jackets carved high in the usrous history
of college athletics painted the of the game the
walls of Richmond college this morning Unlike the latter
it everlasting Not person of the four thousand who
witnessed the overthrow of the dope will forget the game
and of them will fail to remember years
the makeup of the eleven which umphed the Lemon
and Black what undoubtedly the best the hardest fought
football game Richmond has in years The Y. NJ La
and NJ contest of the preceding wee excellent exhl
bon of the of sports Yesterdays affair
than that 1t revelation of dormant grit ability and
brought the surface by the efforts of
Coach Frank Dobson.
Richmond college awakened the local football world
conp of years by Last they startled BY
winning a game and they have actually defeated Ran
and stand excellent chance the 1913 cham
pons II is almost unbelievable to those who did not see the
actual performance and those VINO did stop and ponder
and wonder how it happened.
There is hardly an explanation Randolph Macon playing
desperately after the college had taken onepoint lead IN
the third quarter simply lacked the ability to Withstand the
line plungng Of the Spider backs and to break the few
passes attempted ut critical stages of the
They fought hard against which their equal
everything except-wer what I don't know. Whatever
was however, the Spiders had In qualities IN OF that
by their opponents and because Of this fact they
won time allowed play is probable that first
one and then the other would have scored As hap
pencd Spiders scored last and that decided the battle 1t
decisive victory 1t from the dregs
of defea-wrung from apparent oblivion have all of
the Spiders victories of the present season been wrung
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
WIN
FROM v. AND NJ. $40
KIRK SAUNDERS STAR OF GAME.
EBEL ALSO DOES EXCEL
LENT WORK.

FARMVILLE, VA, Nov. 15.-~fn a
one-sided game here today Hampden-
Sidney defeated William and Mary 10
the tune of SO to o. Hampden-Sidney
scored a touchdown in the first min
ute of play. They kicked TO Tiiley.
and he was called back for holding in
the line The ball went to Hampden-
Sidney on downs. and was carried 10
the two-yard line. William and Mary
held them after four tries and the
ball was given to them. Bertchey
punted forty-tfve yards. and Caring
ton returned II to the twenty-yard
line.
Ebel got thirty yards on a forward
pass In the second period. carrying 1t
to the courtyard line. from which
Pendleton pitched 1t across. Hamp-
n-Sidney again booted to William
and Mary. and Bertchey ran 1t back
five yards. The ball going to Hamp-
den-Sidney on downs. Thurman. In
spite OF heavy interference. carried
the ball for forty-five yards. and
places 1t on the three-yard line.
Campbell scored the touchdown.
In the third quarter. William and
Mary rallied to make several gains.
and got try at a dropkick by
Bertchey. but 1t went wide. Hamp-
den Sidney failed to score. Bugg,
In the fourth quarter, ran the ball
back to the sixty-tiveyard line and
carried 1t on for the fifth touchdown.
but fumbled 1t, the ball being re-
covered by Shackleford.
Kirk Saunders was. by all means,
the star OF the game, always at the
defensive, and always made substan-
tiai gains, and Captain Wright and
Bertchey, of William and Mary,
played q game defeat.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Y. N. |. SWAMPS
ST. JOHNS, 67-0

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
LEXINGTON, VA. Nov. 1b.-Vir-
GINA Military institute took revenge
today on st. Johns and defeated them
by the score of 81 to 0. Last year
the Marylanders won, rs to ). Inc
game was played on a muddy neia'
v. NJ. /. crossed st. Johns line ten
times kicked goal five times, and
made one safety.
The spectacular play of the game
was in the third quarter when y.
Lowry received the ball from 81
Johns kickoff. and ran sixty-fve
wards for touchdown, behind splen-
aid interference V. M. /. played hard
straight football, and demonstrated
their superiority to their opponents IN
every stage of the contest
He also put UP a. good article In
both offense and defense. Garrison.
cakes, Hawkins. Balm and Hutchin-
son were also much In the lime
light. The entire cadet team was
snappy and alert ST. Johns seemed
RI have an off-day, and at no time in
the game did they endanger V. NJ. /.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

right times TO catch the opposing
players off their guard and many of
them were for good gains. The Ash
landers pulled several which advanced
the ball long way for them, too. one
OF them to Vaughan bringing the play
to within a few feet OF the goal line.
| Punting was often resorted to by each
quarter but for the real advancement
Of the ball the Jackets relied chiefly
upon end runs while the Spiders tore
the line to ribbons and at intervals on
double and triple passes managed to
get around the wings for substantial
gains.
College Kicked on.
Richmond college kicked off to the
Jackets defending the east goal. They
attempted the short kick but Copiey
recovered the ball In midfield. Driver
and Shelley were unable to advance
the ball furthr than the twenty yard
line where a tumble lost the ball to
the Spiders. They too were not able
to make much through the line and
| "A tumble gave the ball back to the
AshIanders On the thirty yard line.
Sheffey and Bane carried the play to
the fifteen yard line: Driver on a
couple of tries swept on to the eight
and there college held and won the
oval, Ruther then run the risk of
Ancarrow forward passed outside on
tho twenty-five yard line.
| Robins and King did sterling tack
/ ling along here; once more the lemon
and black eleven was able to gain and
the play was soon on their seven yard
| line. Driver was called on time after
| time and worked the ball to the one
foot line where the Spiders won 1t and
| privott kicked to safety. Vaughan re,
ceived 81 for ward pass and w as downed
on the four yard line. but tumble re-
suited in a touchdown and the college
won the ball. Newton made alive yard
| gain on a double pass. bu- his team
was penali sed fifteen for holding
Nothing could be gained through the
| line and Randolph Macon received the
/ punt on its opponents thirty yard hne
| Bane was swept outside on the fourth
/ try and the bali went to the college
| on its own twenty-slx yard mark
| King could not gain but Privott on
/ an end around made fifteen. klevesa hi
1 jumped into the line for another fif-
fteen and. after a forward pass had
been broken by Morton. college was
again penalized for holding. Driver
was called on several times in sue
cession when the Jackets got the ball
and reached the one yard line In short
order. From there he went over. but
/ Bane missed the goal
! Score Again Quickly.
/ Another touchdown was scored by
the Ashianders In short order after
the second quarter had begun. Col.
| fege lost five for off-side play and a
forward pass fram Bane TO w. r.
Scott carried the ball to the three yard
line where Driver plunged through for
m.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16

Jackets Fought Hard.
Randolph Macon was defeated; yet
neither the college nor the men VINO
composed tho team have anything to
until the whistle made further fight
unnecessary. They were defeated not
beaten; they were not outgameds not
outplayd, simply outscored. AND
while the great work or tho spider
players will long be remembered. so
also Will be recalled the play of Driver.
Bane, vaugnen and Sheffey who did
so much to aid their team.
This Is no place for eaogies. What
ever of praise is in order. Is craven
too deep in the minds of those who
witnessed the contest for few print
ed words to make much Cifference.
Yet II is almost impossible tc tell how
1t happened without recalling and
writing OF the gameness and the SUI
perb play or men on either eleven.
Once more the sentence. II was great
game, springs to mind and Is with
difficulty that II IL reiegated as the
undesired 1t just won't be reiegated.
Roofing WIS expected to be feature
of the game and 1t was. On either
side Of the field yelling squads from
either college were gathered and be-
tween the halves when the Ashland
ers led by two touchdowns their stu
dents and alumni swarmed the field
and executed the snake dance and the
yictorss par AIDE. But after 1t was all
over Richm md college followers own
ed the park and later the city. They
gathered up the members OF the team
who had not reached the Glib house
and carried them there and from
somewhere they got possession or a
coffin. With II draped in he colors
Of the defeated college and the ends
IT, In. 3ssGf blx
carried it in state and to the tune or
We're Spiders Born back to the
dor,nitories. A yelling line of several
hundred men followed the casket to
the college grounds where he zebra
ion lastd far into the night.
Much Fumbling.
Richmond college has frank Dob
son to thank for the victory even more
than it has IT, thank the efforts of the
PLAYERS on The eleven. 1t was his in
jnmitable fighting blood which awak-
ened in them the spirit which they
showed in the latter part Of the game
and forced them to play far beyond
heir strength.
There was considerable fumbting
during the yame yesterday and several
times 1t threatend to prov disastrous
to the Spiders In fact, much or the
scoring done by their opponents oc-
Cured as a direct result Of their in
ability to hold the ball. In many
cases the Jackets also lost not only
ground but possession OF the ball be-
cause OF fumhies; but theirs were not
so numerous nor so costly as were
those of the red and blue players.
Forward passes succeeded at times
but many OF them we've broken up be-
fore one succeeded. Richmond college
did not resort to this play as often as
did Macon. but sprung in at just the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
Football Results

Richmond college, 20: RIM, Is.
Va. z; Georgetown, s.
High School, 0; Maury High, 0.
Yale, 8; Princeton, 8.
Harvard, 81. Brown. 0.
Dartmouth, 10: Carlisle. So.
Cornell, 10. Lafayette, 3.
West Point (Army), As; villa Nova,
D.
Navy. 10: Pennsylvania State, 0.
Pennsylvania 0; Michigan, l3.
Davidson. o. S. c., 10.
Chester, 29; n. f., 0.
V. NJ. L., 81: ST. John, 0.
v. p. L., IA: Morris-Harvey. 0.
Hampden-Sidney, 80; William and
Mary. 0.
University OF North Carolina, 81:
Wake Forest. 0.
Cornell, 10: Lafayette. 5.
Holy Cross, so; Fordham. O.
Wesleyan. 20; New York university
0.
Amherst, IL: Williams. 0.
Buckneli. %; Gettysburg, 0.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
INDIANS DEFEAT
DART MOUTH TEAM
CARLISLE OUTPIAAYS OPPONENTS
AND WINS, So TO i0~--WHIT-
NEY COULDN'T GAIN.

NEW YORK, Nov. i6.-The Dart
mouth team. hitherto unbeaten. and
conquerors Of Princeton. ran into an
aboriginal cyclone at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon, and was
blown away The Carlisle Indians
tossed and riddled the men In green
and beat them by the surprisingly
large score of 35 to 10.
The further the game went the