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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13

that any man in the world can with out training, stand the terrible strain. Long and constant practice alone oo, Tt man for such a feat.
 Regarding the machine. there has not been enough preparation I believe that speed has been sacrificed too much to sustaining power. The machine that successfully flies across the Atlantic WILL believe. be one that will travel
 blue streak. that will not fal ter
 The America has been constructed in hurry.
 But when machine is built in a nurry' rom paper specifications and .isures that seem to prove every point. there IS only one answer-the burning out or some vital part-for that is what always happens at Indianapolis or in any big automobile race.
 hat 1T thls transatlantic 'America' mas great sustaining power? What if ii IS able to lift from Lake Kueka. All oI mat enormous blaming surface will avail nothing in waves even five feet high and what sane optimist can eve,, live feet high and what sane optimIst can even imagine the America going the entire distance without a single stop' without alfghting once in the midst of great midocean swells?
 on my own longest flight of three hours the mental strain was terrific What will 1t be for the man at the wheel when hour after hour is reeled >off' when mans eyeballs are burn Ing and aching in spite of serviceabIe goggles, when every muscle is strained to the breaking point?
 T believe that there will be tragedy or fisaco. l fear that aviation in the United States will receive a body blow"
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BARONS WILL HAVE HARD
 FIGHT TO MAINTAIN LEAD
Seven Regulars Are Hitting At 300 Cp-Barons Fit For Big Series-Moesworth Says Roth Will Prove
 Winner-Two Games Today
By REL HEN A. LEWIS

A glimpse at the figures places fol- lower of the race in a quandary. Why Billy Smith isn't leading the circuit by 10 games margin is puzzlng.
 The Barons arrived yesterday from Chattanooga fit for the fray. Eddie Me Donald is the only Baron suffering from injuries. The battered right knee, oper- ated upon before the Barons departed, has never healed completely. Molesworth is holding the third sacker out of the game until it heals completely, for there is no immediate necessity of his entering as Charlie Carroll is playing a jam-up game at third.
 Moley Satisfied With Rotn
 The Baron leader is satisfied with Dave Roth's performance. Roth is smart pitcher, Moesworth stated, and showed improved form in Chattanooga. True. he hasn't q world of stuff, but with proper hitting behind him should win most of his games. In Chattanooga he pitched creoitable game, for there were only two or three hard hit balls. and you know Chattanooga is dangerous hitting com bination. The support he received was faulty, for several errors were commit- ted although the score failed to show it.
 'F1e has enough stuff to get by with, and ii he continues to improve will be a mainstay. While he claimed recognition as pitcher, Roth is d dangerous hitter He secured hits in both games and was a feared man"
 Molesworth would make no comment on the race for the pennant, alth 5ugh he feels Bi mingham will be right up in the race !
 Dick Robertson will pitch the opening game this afternoon and Tragesser will catch. Perryman and Thompson are slated to oppose the Barons.
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 Atlanta, Ga, July 12.-The contest for the championship in the Southern asso- citation continues exceedingly close. Six teams continued to maintain a percent age of .500 or more in the associations standing during the week just closed. Mobile retained the leadership while Bir- mingham displaced Chattanooga in sec end place and finished the week only few points behind the leader
 Atlanta is now in third place. It had the best week of any club and as a re- suit advanced from sixth position. Chat tanooga dropped from second to fourth and New Orleans from fourth to fifth. Nashville lost one more game than it won during the week and is now in the sixth instead of the fifth position. Mem- phis and Montgomery continued in sew enth and eighth places, respectively. They continued to be the only teams in the association with a percentage below the .500 mark.
 Four tie games were played during the week, Atlanta participating in three of them. Atlanta and Mobile played thir- teen innings with the score standing one to on Monday and on Wednesday the same teams again played a tie game of seven innings, four to four. The latter was the second contest of dou- ble header here Yesterday Atlanta and Montgomery played thirteen innings without result, the score being three to three. The other tie game of the week was played Monday at Memphis, the latter having Birmingham as an oppon- ent in ten-inning game which resulted ' to '. All of the drawn battles were called on account of darkness.
 The record of the clubs for the week follows:
 Mobile won~S, lost g. tied ?; Birming- ham won 4. lost 2, tied 1: Atlanta won 5. lost l, tied 3; Chattanooga won 2 lost 5; New Orleans won 8, lost A. Nashville won 8, lost 4; Memphis won 8. lost B. tied I; Montgomery won 8, lost 4, tied l.
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PITCHER KAREN Is SENT TO WACO CLUB IN TEXAS CIRCUIT

TNHE bold and battle-scarred Barons
 will have a merry fight on their
 ! hands to retain second place, ac- ulired by a successful tour abroad. Billy Smiths Crackers open five-game series this, afternoon at Redwood and the Bar ons win have a bitter battle for four days.
 Atlanta has theestrongest club in the league Six regulars are hitting over the 300 mark In the outfield Harry Vel chonce, Tom Long and George kireher- all three regulars-are batting over 300 fcl the infield Second Baseman Mcconnell and Third Baseman Holland have equally as worthy marks. Rivington Bisland, who reioined the Crackers just in time to par ticipate against the Barons. batted over the 300 count last season and is conceded to be equal to the feat again this year.
 Behind the bat, Jeff Tyree recently pur- chased from the Chicago Cubs, is welding the ash at a 300 clip. Eibel, the only regular who is not hitting at this wonder ful gait, is one of the best first sack CTS in the circuit. and is a dependable hitter.
 Smith Has Pitchers, Too
 The pitching staff can cope with any other twirling corps in the Southern. Browning, Perryman, Williams, Dent, Thompson and Collier constitute the staff While Browning is leading the fingers big Elliott Dent and Carl Thompson are capable of hurling gilt-edge ball: Kid" Collier has shown good form since he ma de his debut in Atlanta.
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PITCHER KAREN LEAVES
 TO JOIN THE WACO CLUB
Former Baron Removed From Ineligible List and Sold to Waco Club in Texas League-Was Released When Roth
 Reported for Trial

Pitcher Harbin has been sent to the Waco club in the Texas league. The younsster was removed from the ineli- gible list when Roth showed good form on the road, and returned to the Texas league, where he played last year. The Baron management had offers from oth- CT clubs for the youngster, but decided to send him to Texas. as he desired.
 HaTbin proved a failure with the Bar
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WILLIAMS OUTPLAYS
 JOHNSTON IN TENNIS

New York, July 12.-R. Norris Will Hams II, beat William M. Johnston 2-6 9-7. GA in the final of the Davis cup test tournament at westchester to- day Johnston suffered from the heat and 1t took much of the snap out of his game. As 1t was, he scored more points than Williams. a.
 k. D. Wrenn, chairman of the Davis cup committee of management, said today that the German nation had decided 10 send team for the international matches. Otto Froitzheim and Oscar kreutzer will be German representa- tives.
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MERRITT WEAKENS
 IN NINTH SESSION

Memphis, July 12.-Howard Merritt weakened in the ninth inning today and New Orleans scored four runs which gave the visitors a to 1 victory over Mem phis. Bayby's double brought in the first two runs in the ninth. Benn was master of the situation at all stages. Score
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BARONS FACE HARD
 FIGHT WITH ATLANTA FOR SECOND PLACE

ons. He was never worked regularly for Birmingham, but figured in over ten games as relief pitcher. In the spring be showed more stuff than Sloan, Fitterv and the other recruits, but failed to hold up as the season advanced. He attrib- uted his failure to maintain his stamina to overwork in relief capacities. Hi, greatest weakness was his delivery for he failed to command much smoke on his snap throw
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AFTER LOSING THIRTY
 STRAIGHT, AUSTIN WINS

Ft. Worth, Tex. July 12.-After losing 30 consecutive games, believed to be a record for organized base ball., the Austin club .-of the Texas league today defeated F't. Worth, to 3. in the first ganlf of double header. The previous record, ac- credited to the Louisville club of the American association, was of 2c straight defeats. and stood for % years.
 Austin lost :he second game of the double header today, to 0.
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The schedule of the games planned for this coming Saturday in the Jefferson County league is:
 Center Point and Keytona.
 Mount Pinson at Clay.
 Chero-Cola at Chalkville. Huffman at Irondale.
 Crestline Heights at Highland Bakery.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Beaumont: Beaumont S0. Galve- ton 40. (Second game called in sixth; rain)
 At Waco: Waco 8, Dallas O.
 At Houston: Houston 2, San Anto- nio 0.
 At Fort Worth: Fort Worth s-9. Aus tin 20.
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King, Gibson. Stolen bases, King, Sloan. Two-base hits, Perry, Callahan, Paulette Three-base hits, Northen, Kirby Home run, Lord Double plays Paulette, Lind say to Paulette; Hudnall to Perry; Perry, Dobard to Hudnall. Hit by pitcher. Rob- ertson Struck out, Robertson B. Kroh f.. Time, :33 Empires, Chestnut and Pfen- niger.
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American Association

At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 5, Mill waukee 8.
 f Cleveland: Cleveland 8, Kansas City 4.
 At Louisville. Louisville z. St. Paul B. At Columbus Columbus g, Minneapo- lis
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OPPORTUNE BATTING
 GIVES VOLS VICTORY

Nashville, Tenn. July 12.-Timely hits coupled with two costly errors by Dobard Fgave Nashville a to ? victory over Mo- bile today. A great one-handed catch by Paulette and Lords drive over the right field fence were the features. Score:
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At Jersey City: Jersey City 20. New ark 4-6
 At Rocky Point: Providence 6, Ba1ti- more g.
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Summary: TWO-base hits, Bagby, Hem dryx. Three-base hit, Hendryx. Double play, Higgins to Lindsay Sacrifice hits, Dunckel. Wilson, Burns, Lindsay. Base on balls, H. Merritt l, Benn 5. Struck out, H. Merritt 3. Hit by pitcher, Burns Dunckel. G. Merritt. Time 1:4O Um- Iires, Kellum and Breitenstein.
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Trophies on Display Today

The challenge trophies will be put on display at a downtown jewelry store this morning and will be left there dur ing the entire week.
 The contests will likely extend throughout the week as the field con tending for the championship is large and eliminations will be rather slow The winners in the preliminary rounds will receive handsome. cups and will also have the privilege to challenge Smith and Mansfield for the title The two champions will not play in the preliminary matches by virtue of their titles and will only get into ac- tion in the challege round, which will come near the end of the week. How ever, they will probably be in attend ance during most of the tourney so as to get a line on the players and also get familiar with the courts.
 List of Contenders
 A partial list of the entries follows: Harold and Tarelton of Montgomery Lloyd and partner of Selma
 Wills and Peterson of Montevallo Mathews and McMillan of Atlanta Logan and partner of New Orleans. Walthall and partner of San Anto- nio. Tex.
 Waters and partner of New Orleans Dubose and Le Fevere of Gadsden
 
 Whitaker and Marsh of Knoxville Smith and Mansfield of Atlanta Bell and Smith of the Birmingham Athletic club.
 Johnston and White of Brming ham Drennen and Roberts of Birmingham Smith and Steinmehl of Birmingham. Black and Smith of Birmingham Crawford and Malone of Birmingham. McNaul and partner of Fairfield. Reed and Sparks of the Young Men S Christian association.
 Carroll Blake and Cary Baker of iBr- mingham.
 Hanna and Alvord of Birmingham. Hammond and Adams of Fossil. Mcconnell and McEnirey of Bessemer. Clay and Bailey of Bessemer. Brannon and McEnirey of Bessemer. Cockrell and partner of Bessemer Brook and Bartlett of Birmingham Country club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
COTTON STATES TOURNEY OPENS
 ION COUNTRY TODAY
ENTRY LIST TOTALS MORE THAN FIFTY PLAYERS-TENNIS EN- THUSIASTS CORDIALLY WE'LL COME-LIST OF PLAYERS
By ASA RouNTREE. JR.

With an entry list numbering more than fifty players, the first registered tennis tournament that has ever been held in the city will start today on the six courts of the Country club. Draw
 ngs will take place In the clubhouse this morning at o'clock and play will be commenced in singles in the afternoon at o'clock. From then on matches on the six courts will be held in conjunction with each other. Play in the doubles is planned for Tuesday.
 A large number of out of town players are already in the city and the late ones are expected during the early part of the morning. The invasion of tennis en- thusiasts began Saturday night when several players from neighboring Ala bama towns came in so as to have plen- ty of time to grow acquainted with the courts before the beginning of champion ship play.
 The local players entered in the tour nament are all ready for waging the contest to bring the tennis trophies to Birmingham and although large num- Der of teams are registered 1t is not ex- pected that any will be scratched.
 Meeting Held Yesterday
 A meeting of the toul nament commit tee, of which W. " Bartlett is chairman, was held yesterday morning al d many of the minor details pertaining lo the play ing were worked out. The entertain ment committee has also compso.ed it's work and several enjoyable functions are planned for the visitors.
 MT. Carroll Blake will referee the matches and his assistance on the umpir- ing staff are Douglas Kirkpatrick, J. P. Ross. C. H. Miles, F. F. Reed A. J. Daly, Hugh Starnes, Samuel Rand and Alvord.
 Spectators at the matches are not re- stricted to members of the Country club but all persons in the city who desire to witness the matches are extended cor dial invitation by the club to attend, for the club wants all local tennis followers to take an interest in the tournament end lend their aid toward making it d big success
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Games Today

Atlanta at Birmingham two ganles). Mobile at Memphis. Montgomery at Nashville. New Orleans at Chattanooga
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MANY CLUBS HAVE CHANGE
 TO LAND FLAGS IN MAJORS

New York, July 12.-The halfway mark in the major league baseball season, reached this week, finds the race in each league still an open one with pen nant possibilities for at least three clubs in the National circuit and for six in the American.
 Interest. which had Jagged, because of the seeming prospect that the Giants and the Athletics would continue the flag winning in their respective organiza- tions, has picked up within fortnight and almost daily changes in club stand ings are being followed with keen at tention.
 While the struggle between the New York and Chicago teams in the Ma tional league is focal point for the eyes of baseball enthusiasts the more sustained interest at present is In the American league race. Not in years has this organization produced so tense struggle When play closed last night the lead of the Athletics was only two and half games over Detroit, Wash ington was but three games behind the leaders, Chicago half a game further down and St. Louis four games from the front. Boston was five games from the top.
 The work of the Red Sox last week was disappointing The White Sox met the Red in a Boston series and the best the 1912 worlds champions could do was to take one game in four.
 White Sox Forge Upward
 The White Sox forged toward the front and at one period during the week were in second position. St. Louis and Wash irgton were fighting each other to finish, while the Detroits, even without the assistance of Tyrus Cobb. who still is incapacitated, bested the Athletics fin two of the three games finished.
 Connie Macls men finished the week webbing. The New Yorks beat the Clevelands three games in four and worked further away from the cellar position.
 Boston was the obstacle in Chicago's way which prevented the National league race from being still further frightened up. The New Yorxs starting off with defeat in the second game of a double header with Brooklyn Mon day, dropped game in Pittsburg and were on the losing side of three con secutive games in St. Louis. They final 1y got a decision over the Cardinals yes terday. Their losing streak totalled five straight games.
 Meanwhile the Cubs were having
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JEFFERSON COUNTY

The official standing of the teams in the Jefferson County league follows:
 Played. Won Lost Pct
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International League

*Tie game Friday, July 10.
 @Tie game Thursday. July 9.
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LOOKOUTS FORGED
 TO DESCEND BY
 SPURT OF BARONS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday Nashville 1. Mobile ?. New Orleans 5, Memphis 1.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.
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IOtalS .......... 50
 -Iit for Lindsay in ninth.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
ATTORNEY PRATT IS
REBUkEO BY JUDGE

Judge Fuller Saturday severely re-
buked Attorney Louis X. Pratt for a
breach of court ethics. 1t seems that
MIR. Pratt has been arguing demurrer
in the Stein-Dilley case, as attorney
for Dilley The judge, at the conciu-
sion of the argument, took the matter
ttnder advisement, but minated that
he was inclined to overrule the defend
ants objection to the complaint.
1t is alleged that Attorney Pratt
displayed contempt for the court by
leaving the room in a brusque and hasty
Fuller and told that no more such
lisrespectful attitudes from him would
be tolerated by the court; that radical
measures would be taken against him
if he persisted in his course.
Attorney Pratt then stated that he
would respect the court because he did
not wish to be fined or imprisoned.
This was regarded as further CON
temptuous move, but owing to the diff
ference of opinion as to whether or
not Mr. Pratt used the word "be-
cause" no immediate action against
the attorney was taken. But he was
informed that his punishment would
not consist of either fine or imprison-
ment; that he would simply be drop
ped from the roll of practicing at
torneys in the district court, which
would amount to disbarment.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
GEORGE F0SS
GUILTY AGAIN

Truly. the way of the transEressor
Thursday. and for the second time,
Jury pronounced him guilty of grand
larceny This means two separate
sentences. but not all. There are yet
four indictments against him, and if
convicted on them also, he may well
despair
George Foss was arrested at his
cabin on Cleary creek some weeks ago.
Much property was. found on his
premises. Identified in part by diff
ferent owners The grand jury in
Iicted him on six counts and he has
been tried and convicted on two of
them. The others will be taken up
shortly In their order.
In the trial which closed Thursday
Cecil CIegg. attorney for Foss, fought
hard against great odds. No denial
of the goods being found on the
4remises of Foss was made, but it
was shown that Foss had never claim
ed ownership of them. and that he had
made little if any attempt at conceal
ment Foss himself did not take the
witness stand, but the evidence of
the governments witnesses was to the
effect that Foss had stated to them
That a man by the name of Smith
rad left the goods at his place.
Attorney CleEg made an impassion
ed plea to the jury in summing up
the evidence He contended that the
government had failed to more than
eireumstantially connect George Foss
Of Str oct
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
JUDGE RECEIVES
SOME HOT WORDS

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. ft.-At-
torney-General Barker, of Missouri
yesterday issued a strong denuncia-
ton of Federal Judge Mcpherson and
has ordered him to Immediately dis
miss the injunctions which have been
issued in the case against the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad in accordance
With the rulings of the federal SUI
preme court. The cases involve $24,-
100000 overcharges in rates which
the railway made against its GUS
toners.
When the case was taken up in
court Judge Mcpherson decided against
the railroad people and then in the
afternoon overruled his first opinion
and decided for the company. Then
the cases We're taken up to the higher
court by Attorncy-General Barker
who has pushed the charges but in the
meantime the railroad secured an in
junction which is now ordered dis
missed
Judge Mcpherson is unmoved by the
scathing array and has taken the
eases under advisement and will rend-
Il his decision later
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
WILLIAM MILLER
GETS FIVE YEARS

Five years at hard labor, fell on
the anxious, throbbing ears of Will
lam J. Miller in district court on Sat
urday morning. He strained forward
as though there had been a mistake
in figures, then settled slowly back
in disappointed resignation.
Miller was tried twice on the charge
of larceny from a dwelling. The
first jury disagreed, but the second
one bringing a verdict of guilty after
a lengthy delberation. Erwin, his
attorney, asked for jail sentence,
but Judge Fuller saw fit to deny the
request.
The crime for which Miller must
serve five years, was taking food and
goods to the amount of $50 from the
cabin of Jack Phillips in the lower
end of town. The goods We're located
in Miller's cabin when searched by
an officer.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
AMERICAN. YUKON man
LEAVES FOR OUTSIDE

James A. Fairborne, local agent of
the American-Yu Yukon Navigation COM
pany, will leave today for a round
about course to the Outside He
will so to Circle by dog team, then
up the Yukon to Dawson. His OBJ
ject in going this route is to look
after interests and claims against his
company at the towns on the Yukon.
From Dawson he will journey to
Whitehorse to an interview with the
superintendent of his company, and
from there to Seattle, returning in
the early spring to Fairbanks. His
business here will be looked after in
his absence by Sam Sea.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
NEWSPAPERS ALLOWED TO
COUNT ALL AGENCY SALES

WASHINGTON, d. c, Jan. ll.-In
a ruling which was made by Attorney
General James G, McReynolds, yester-
day, newspapers can, when making
out their reports, include carrier ana
news agency sales as part of their
daily circulation, According to the
newspaper liability law all publica-
tons must file a report with the
0ostoffice department, semi-annually,
showing their management. ownership
and relations as we'll as giving an ac
count of the circulation. When some
doubt was expressed over the agency
sales being included as part of the
daily circulation, the matter was TAX
en- up with the attorney re-
sulting in the ruling made yesterday.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-01-12
SERIOUS TROUBLE due
AMERICAN IN ENGLAND

EAST GRINSTEAD, Eng, Jan. IL
Charged with an unmentionable crime,
John Elliott, who once resided with
his family in New York, is held for
trial under $4,000 bond which he
his young daughters told things to
neiehbors which brought on an inyes-
tigation resulting in his arrest. The
charges against Elliott We're brought
in secret but they are said to be of
an unSpeakable nature, involving his
conduct toward his daughters.
His trial will come up soon, and if
the accusation is proven his sentence
will probably be life Imprisonment in
the Holloway Jail near London