davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
WALTER JOHNSON
HAS NOT NOTIFIED
FEDS OF HIS ACTION
FULTZ MAKES PUBLIC
NE w AGREEMENTS
URGED BY PLA YERS


New York, December 20.-President
David L. Fsultz of the Baseball Players
Fraternity today made public the pro-
visions which the fraternity recently
ed organized baseball in insert in
its agreement with the players asso-
citation. The provisions were drafted
at the meeting of directors of the fra
ternity October - No formal action
has been taken on the request for their
adoption by the national commission.
The proposed provisions are intended.
Mr.. Fultz said. to bring a better un-
Outstanding and agreement between the
major and minor leagues and the play
ers. They are as follows:
l. A club which releases player
under an optional agreement =hali,
during the life of the option, pay the
difference in salary between that pre-
viously paid by said club and that paid
by the purchasing club.
.. A club which released a player
outright shall pay the difference i'll
salary, if any. between that previous
" paid by said club and that paid by
the purchasing club for a period of five
or 10 days, according to the length of
notice of unconditional release to which
the player is entitled.
8. A player drafted. purchased or re-
called by a club in a higher classifi-
cation shall report to the said club
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Players Want New Provisions
WESTERN DIVISION
WINS SOCCER TITLE
Western division. 3 goals.
Eastern division, 1 goal.

Score:
Western division, 3 goals
Eastern division, l goal
The fellows with the striped jackets
led by a gray haired warrior named
Cook easily carried off the champion
ship of the Alabama Associated Football
league in the annual struggle at Rick
wood Field Saturday afternoon. A large
crowd of cheering fans witnessed the
combat
Soccer football provides all the thrills
OF college football and prizeflght COM
bined. To one who does not know any
witness to one of these hectic strug-
giles for the first time, his impressions
are lurid to say the least. However, here
goes to describe the affair in our best
style:
The referee tossed up in the ozene
a ball slightly smaller than a regula-
ton basketball and the battle royal
started. The idea of the game appears
to keep the ball in free untrameled at
mosphere. To do this the players are
allowed to kick it, or bump it off with
their head. Nearly all the contestants
at Redwood yesterday afternoon
elected to butt the oval about with their
noodles.
However, the strangest sight was to
watch the playing of Cook, a red faced
veteran who admitted to being 81 years
old and whose hair was snow white.
That rare old bird just mopped up with
the younger generation. His friends on
the sidelines stated that Mr.. Cook had
been playing soccer football for the
past 35 years and intended to play for
80 more. Well, he looked the part
Incidentally 1t should be stated that
Strayhoon, right halfback of the East
ern division team, made the record high
dive of the world in the second period.
It appeared that the old warrior Cook
was on the war path and was butting
the ball with rare consistency towards
the eastern goal. In a successful effort
to circumvent the plans of Mr. Cook,
Halfback Strayhoon threw himself head
foremost a distance of about 10 feet
and stopped the advance of the enemy.
However, aside from the playing of
Strayhoon, Mcpherson and Bishop on
the Eastern team, the clan of the
Western division clearly demonstrated
their superiority.
For the Western division team the
stars were Cook. D. Wood and Drury
The line up follows:
Eastern Division-Neil, goal keeper;
Tragamble, left fullback; Brown, right
fullback; Thompson, left halfback
Brown, center; Strayhoon, right half
back; owens, outside right wing;
Bishop, inside right wing; Brown, CEN
ter forward; Mcpherson outside left
wing; Ross. inside left wing.
Western Division-Woods, goal keep
err; Gill, left fullback; Hardin, right full
back; Cook. left halfback McCutcheon.
center; Stewart, right halfback; Will
hanson, outside right wing; Levy, in
side right wing; Speedie, center for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Recreation Football

In the four leagues of the association
football (socce9 on the civic Fairgrounds
yesterday some especially interesting
games were played. The soccer game is
rapidly gaining in popularity since Mr..
Nespor and his assistants have intro
duced association football on the play
grounds. The results yesterday wore:
The Greater Birmingham Soccer foot
ball league:
Eastern Division. Seniors-North Bir-
mingham 1, Woodlawn .; Avonda1e 1,
East Birmingham ?; Avondale Subs o.,
West End /.
Eastern Division, Juniors-North Biz
mingham o. Woodawn 2; Avondale O.,
East Birmingham l Minor School 0, West
End !.
Western Division Sep .ors-Pratt City 8,
Ensley Park 3;WylaV II, Ensley Wesley
House 0.
Western Division, Juniors-Pratt City .,
Ensley Park 1; Wylam /, Ensley Wesley
House 0.
T,eaoua StapdinpS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
TROPICAL TROOPS
SUFFER FROM COLD
In Many Cases Feet Are
Frozen and Amputation
Is Necessary

London. December 20.-(6:35 .. NO.
Troops from the tropics are suffering
intensely from the cold in Belgium.
This is especially true of the Sene-
gaIese. In many cases their toes or
feet have been frozen so badly that am
putation has been necessary, accord
ing to Mrs. Harry Floyd, chief COM
missioner of the French wounded
emergency fund, who has just returned
from the hospitals at Havre, Lisieux,
Bayeux. Deauville and other points
Mrs. Floyd says many of the hospitals
are badly in need of anaesthetics, te-
tanus serum, surgical Instruments and
surgeons.
I'm one hospital l saw Senegalese
operated upon without the use of an
anaesthetic said Mrs. Floyd. Their
toes had been frozen and immediate
amputation was necessary. All the toes
of one Senegalese were removed with
out a groan from him. Suddenly he
1eaped from the operating table and
began searching for something. The
doctors and nurses could not discover
what he wanted. He found a pipe,
filled 1t and lay down, smoking to
deaden the pain. Then he began to
pray in a low voice. When nurse Of
fered to bring luncheon to him he re-
fused, walking to the convalescent
table, where he ate with his friends.
THE courage and heroism of these
men is simply beyond belief. They
never complain. They always urge the
nurses to attend to others.
BLANKETS heavy wooden clothing and
socks are badly needed at the hospitals
and. convalescents homes. The weak
ened soldiers suffer intensely and their
recovery is delayed by lack of COM
1orIs.
Typhoid fever now seems to have
been checked, but gangrene presents a
frightful menace because of the lack
of serum. There is also a great need of
electrical equipment to treat rheuma-
tism and paralysis caused by neglected
wounds"
Lack of supplies in the hospitals is
due to the fact that they are not OBJ
tainable in France or have been delayed
in transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

BRIGADE
MAKES NEW RECORD

Correspondence of the Associated Prcss.)
One of the Russian rifle brigades-the
Fouith--has taken in this war thus far
more prisoners than the brigade num-
bered in men at the beginning of the
fighting. How many killed and wounded
should be added to complete the record
of this brigade cannot be stated.
Public feeling in Petrograd is jubilant.
The month of November is regarded by
superstitious Russians as the national
lucky MONTH and news OF victory from
the armies were expected as a matter of
course Among notable November sue
cesses of past years were the battle of
the Beresina in 1872 the naval fight at
Sinope in 1858 and the taking of Kars
and Plevna in 1877.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
ADMISSION

Anniston December 20.-(Special)
Mayor ]. l.. Wikle and ]. w. Mallory
the latter a member of the finance
committee and chairman of the police
committee of the Admission city council,
have returned from Birmingham, where
they attended a conference of the eX-
ccutive board of the League of Ala
bama Municipalities recently organ
lied at Tuscaloosa. At the Tusco loosa
meeting Admission was the only city
represented that was able to show
surplus in the city's finances, all other
cities reporting deficits. AS a eonse-
quence, Mayor Wikle and Councilman
Mallory have been receiving many re-
quests from other cities as to how An
niston manages to live within it's
means.
Admission has been able to pay its
public school teachers by borrowing
from the general fund. thus not being
handicapped as are other cities by the
depleted condition of the state Treas
ury. Owing to the low tax rate here,
however-one- half of one per cent--the
city is in need of additional revenue
and the local city officials are seek
ing the aid of the municipal league in
devising plans to secure further rev.
enue without constitutional amend
menr. Mayor Wikle favors a higher tax
rate, but as yet there has been no
organized effort to secure this reform
at the next meeting of the Legislature.
When Robert Kelly of this city, who
received the rank of page at the gold
day, is invested with the secrets of
of Pythias believe that they will have
the smallest member in the United
States, If not in the world. Mr.. Kelly
is over 81 years of age, but is not
more than four feet tall and will weigh
less than so pounds.
The Admission fire department. was
called to Eighteenth and Noble Satur.
day morning to suppress a blaze in a
playl. ouse The little structure had
been built by children in the neighbor-
hood. They built fire under the shed
and while they were goine to their
| meals the contents of the house caught
fire aid it was destroyed before they
| returned.
Lee Davis a negro who is charged
| with having stolen coke from the An
riston Electric and Gas company that
would have cost probably 81, was fined
| $50 and costs in police court Saturday
! and will have to work out the fiue on
| the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Grist Of the Winter League
Passed hv the Censor.l

PASSED by the Censor,)
OUR idea of real, useful citizen
is Mr.. u. Nespor, the popular
~ athletic director. We commend
him to the attention of the good leopie
of the city. He is a conner.
Nespor came to Birmingham about four
wears ago to coach the Athletic club boys
lie remained at the B. A. c. until last
April, when Commissioner George Ward
gave him his chance as superintendent OF
The recreation work of the municipal play
grounds.
s At the time Nespor entered the service
of the city there were three so-caled
Fairgrounds throughout Greater Birming-
ham. At present there are 10 in hrst-
class condition which furnish healthy
amusement to approximately 5000 boys and
girls the year around. Yet Nespor is not
satisfied, he goes on organizing play
grounds and athletic ideas for the youth
of the city. He is the originator CT the
civic basketball wave and has introduced
soccer football on the Fairgrounds lie
is doing some real constructive social
work every day-the kind that counts
and he is so busy accomplishing this So
cial service that he has no time to pass
the collection box.
We are in hearty sympathy with the
ideas of Mr.. Nespor. We are going to CO.
operate with him in every way possible.
And we are also going to try to educate
the local public to appreciate the hign
ideals of this remarkable young man. ne
is citizen maker.
Scissors and the Pastepot
From the ''colyum'' 1.-The Gist and Jest
oe IT, of ]. p. McVoy, in the Chicago
Herald we COPIED the following lucid ex-
PLANTATION of our job. Mr.. McVoly writes:
writing a daily column is one of the
softest and safest methods of obtaining
money under false pretenses known tc
modern science. The very simplicity
.heavy on the 'simpD of the operation is
what makes it SO alluring and is the di-
rest reason why so many of our young
men who might grow up into something
useful enter this line of endeavor and
gradually sink to a state of utter indif-
ference to the promptings of conscience
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
GIANTS ACQUIRE
TRAINING CAMP

National League club yesterday became
the first baseball club to own its own
training camp when it received a deed
from the city of Marlin, Sex, giving full
title to Emerson park in Marlin, where the
Giants have done their spring work since
1908.
The property came as a gift under an
agreement between the late President John
T. Bush and the Marlin Commercial club,
in which the city of Marlin agreed to
make the New York club a present of the
bah park provided they trained there
without intermission for seven years
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

From the Chicago News.
During one of the battles in the Span
ish- American war an officer was
wounded severely in the thigh. and for
four or five days several surgeons were
engaged attempting to discover the ball.
Their sounding gave him excruciating
pain on the fifth day he could bear
it no longer, and cried to til. surgeons,
Gentlemen, in heavens name what are
you about?'
I'VE are looking for the bullet.v
well, why didn't you say so at first?
1t is in my waistcoat pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
OCEAN FREIGHT
RATES DOUBLED

washington, December 20.-Ucean
freight rates have been doubled and in
many instances trebled since the EU-
ropean war began according to re-
ports reaching Secretaries Redfield and
who are investigating the
subject at the request of the senate.
Steamship companies. exporters. i'm
porters and others who may have in
formation about rates have beea asked
to supply the secretaries with data. a
report probably will be made to the
Senate this week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
DOCTORS
Doziier Doziier
Specialists
Nervous, blood, Skin, Rectal, Genito-
Urinary, Female and Chronic
Diseases

We treat scientifically chronic nerv-
Gus, blood, skin, genito- urinary and fe-
male Diseases also cancer, scrofula
rheumatism and morbid condition of
the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and pei
vic organs of men and women; and by
reason of long experience, modern
methods and excellent facilities. effect
cures in short time as possible and
with moderate expenses to patients.
We furnish medicines without extra
charge, and give our patients the bene-
fits to be derived from X-Rays, Violet
Rays, Ruby Light Baths, Medicated
yapor and Nebulized Inhalation and
everything that we can make available
for the speedy cure of our patients.
606-914-the famous German remedy
for Specific Blood Poison-is scientif-
ically administered by us
Our Medical Institute was established
in Birmingham over % years ago and
is one of the best equipped medical in
situations in Alabama.
We make no charge for consulta ton
and examination.
Offices 2O2O% First Avenue
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
SOCCER FOOTBALL is
RAPIDLY GAINING IN
POPULARITY HERE

ward; Drury. outside left wing; Nc
Nally, inside left wing.
Referee, William McKail
urinary: Goals, Drury >. Williams !,
and pedie 2; for the Eastern division,
r. Brown made the solitary marker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

and the fearful pleas of relatives and
friends"
The Return of the Prodigal
Walter Johnson has returned to the
fold. This great pitcher has the reputa
ton of being the sanest and cleanest ii
player in captivity. His decision to re-
main loyal to organized baseball adds
more laurels to his honorable career in
the American league.
During all the heavy firing of the Fed
era league artillery in the raids on organ
lied baseball we note that the outlaws
for some occult reason forgot to dicker
with one Christopher Mathewson Big
Six" it appears to us is easily worth $780,
600 of advertising to the Feds and why
Charlie Weeghman or the Wards have not
attempted to l1dnap Matty is beyond our
humble ken.
However this, we understand that there
is not enough money in the whole Fed
eral league to tempt Christy Mathewson
to break his contract with the eriants.
Matty's point of view encompasses a
wider vision than the mere dollar mark.
Sport Forecast
Kaiser Wilhelm, it's is rumored is
going to manage the Yankees next sea-
son.
At the city hall gym" tonight the
civic basketball leaguers will provide
! interesting sport. The antics of these
| kidlets are well worth watching.
Voicesof the People
Dear Gist-As a sport scrivenette
you're the limit. And like all tyros
you're taking pot shots at contempor-
aries. That is stone age stuff. Better
start writing verses"
We referred this letter to old Dollar
Bill.
Jake Huppert refuses to buy the
Yankees unless Ban Johnson gives him
| Ty Cobb. rabbit" Maranville, Clyde
Milan, "Stuffy' McInnis and Christy
\ Mathewson, a nucleus for pennant
| contender. Colonel Rupert is the orig
| inal kidder. However, Ban gave this
| jollester the cold calculating O. o. (no
slam intended-just lazy) and decided
| that the American league could stand
| another season of Frank Farrell and
| Big Bill Devery. We opine the same
| way.
| Packy Mcfarland. the celebrated pu-
gilistic artist, is to appear at the local
Athletic club on the evening of the
31st. He will demonstrate to the club
members the noble art of self defense.
Edward Hanlon of Atlanta has been Sc
lected by Bill STREET. to provide the de-
| Tense
Indoor Sports
| Listening to symphony OF soop
| eaters.
| War News
| The taI< I I
| are recovering rapidly. These pesky
F, time.
Goodnight
| We have read all the exchanges and
| stolen all the paragraphs possible for
| one day. 1t now behooves us to write
| something original. You know some
| thing right out of our head just like
| Grantland Rice, Ring w. Lardner, Tom
! Sherman, Leroy Jacobs, Ellis Hollums
| and other eminent sport scribes write.
| However. originality is not our forte.
And besides we have associated with
detectives so long that we are with
! out conscience and prefer to steal our
l stuff. We even expect to shook a par
| agraph or two from the "colyums" OF
| our afternoon contemporaries If we
ever find any there that we have not
| already read in the rest of the sporting
periodicals of the country. Selah.
| r. r. L.
pretty punk stuff but it fills space
-Censor.)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
Cruiser Arrives

Colon. December 20.-The United
States cruiser Tacoma, ordered to the
canal zone in response to Governor
Cocktails request for waiships TO main-
tain the neutrality of the canal. ar
rived here today from Guantanamo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
SELMA

Selma, December Especial. )-Ac-
tivity in the local cotton market dur
ing the week has not reduced the stock
of cotton on hand in the warehouses
ceipts of spot cotton here during the
week has been large, but at the same
time quite number of bales have been
shipped from the city to eastern spin
ners. At the close of business friday
afternoon there was on hand in the
various warehouses and congresses of
the city a stock of cotton amounting TO
more than $1,000 bales. This is the
largest amount of cotton that has ever
been stored in Selma at one time in the
history of the city and as there is not
room enough in the warehouses for all
of this cotton hundreds of bales are
lined along the streets in the neigh
borhood of the warehouses while sew
eral vacant buildings have been rent.
ed by warehousemen for storage pur-
poses as well as the large pavilion at
Elkdale park In the northern section
of the city.
A fire originating in a negro restau-
rant on North street operated BY Alex
Elum, a white man. early Saturday
morning, caused a loss of practically
$4,000, which is partially covered by in
surance How the fire origina ted is not
known but from the restaurant build
ing spread west to a dwelling occu-
led by the Salvation Army.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

1t was announced that other soccer
leagues would be organized on the various
other Fairgrounds of the city as soon as
practicable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

FANCY MIXED CANDY
FOUR POUNDS 25c
FRENCH CREAMS 2 LBS. FOR 25c.
sUTSTON'S. Sd AVE. OPPOSITE BIJOU.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

Lee Davis, a negro who is charged
with having stolen coke from the An
niston Electric and Gas company that
would have cost probably 81, was fined
$50 and costs in police court Saturday
and will have to work out the fiue on
the streets
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-03-05
RsIneoats at Ten Cents.

A man in Illinois has invented q
process to produce and market rain
coat that can be retailed from 10
cents up. These coats are made In
the regulation slip-on style, from an
integral piece of waterproof paper.
Their production cost will be no high
ar than cents each, and even that
figure can be lessened. The coat eau
be folded up to fit in an ordinary an
velope and is particularly adapted to
being carried in handbags. The coats
can be made OF oiled paper or paraf-
I'm, velium parchment paper, whtrn
gives the appearance of sickness at
short distance. The original idea was
for the coats to be worn only once,
but, after trial, 1t was demonstrated
that they could be utilized success
fully two or three times. The coats are
reinforced where the buttons are
sewed on and also where the button
holes are cut. There are only two
seams, both running underneath the
arms and down the sides. These
seams are cemented by ordinary glue.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-03-05
A Slap at M other.

Dinner was done. and the family was
assembled i'm the sitting room. Mother
had taken up the evening paper and
waS reating an account of how Il high'
waynlan had been operating in the
suburbs Father wuS on the floor play
ing with Willie.
"PaIm.' finally remarked the good
lady. glauring toward her husband.
here is STORY about another man
who was wayaid. Do these holdups
always stop you with pistol and then
20 through your clothes"
"Oh. no." grinfully replied father.
arising from the floor. "Sometlmes
they wait until you hang your clothes
over the back of q chair and 60 to
sleep."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-03-05
EYE FOR ARMY DESERTERS.
Policeman Who Has Captured Five
Tells BY Their Walk.

St Louis.-Policemun Trail Of East
St. Louis arrested Il MAN who admit
ted that he was Il deserter from the
United States army Il few minutes aft
er the man had left the East st. Louis
police station. where he had slept dur
ing the night.
He gave bis name as Edward &.
Brooks. tiirty-three years old. and satd
he deserted the One Hundred and
Third coast artillery, stationed ut Fort
Howard. Me-. Sept. II. 1912. because
he did not like the treatment accorded
to an old soldier.
Brooks is the fifth deserter arrested
by Policeman Trail In the last three
months. He has arrested six deserters
In the last year. Trail asserts he can
tell a soldier by his walk and physical
appearance.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-03-05
Oldest Man In London.

The oldest man in London Sound
as a pippin," is Captain David jack
son, who recently celebrated his one
hundred and fifth birthday by giving
q lunchean to sixteen fellow inmates
of the footing home, the youngest
of whom was past seventy. He Is an
old-fashioned sailor, and boasts that
he sailed round the Horn forty times,
that he was never on steamship but
once, and that once as a passenger.
"Give me-" says the centenarian, q
sailing ship with wood under my feet.
Then feel I'm on a ship and not on
q tin kettle"