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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24

ern association pennant winners the samo year, and Schmidt was one of Jack Dunn's Orioles when they finished in front iIt the Eastern league in 1908
 Ensign Cottrell was with the White Elephants in 1913, but not when they won the pennant He pitched one full game for Connie Mack won it practically him self by tripling with tho bases full, and the next week was with Baltimore
 The boss of the -Braves--George Stall ings--has been with more flag winners than any of his players. The first cham pionship team with which "The Miracle Man was identified was stocxston. of the California league. in 1sss The next year Stallings was with the Oakland, Cal. flag winners; in 1891 and 1892 with SaiS Jose. Cal. another championship team. in 1895 with Nashville Tenn, still another winner, and in 1904 and 1906 with Buffalo, which also copped.
 On Championship Team
 The Braves championship experience 10 given below:
 PLAYED WITH FOUR WINNERS.
 Evers-Chcago. National league, 190s 1907, 1908 and lslo Moran-D DuBois. Inter- state league 1907: Atlanta. Southern asso-z citation 1903 and Rochester. Easternt league. 1910 and 1911.
 PLAYED WITH THREE WINNERS.
 Mitchell-Philade1phia American league, 1902. Toronto. Eastern league 1907, and Rochester. Eastern league. lqli
 PLAYED WITH TWO WINNERS.
 Devore--New York National league. 1911 and 1912. Crutcher-Frankfort. Blue Grass league, 190s. and Enid. Western associa- tion 1909. Hess-New Orleans, Southerh association. 1910 and 1911. Rudolph To ronton Eastern league. 1907, and Toronto, International league. 1912. Whaling-Se- attle, Northv estern league, 1909 and 1912. Cilbert-Victoria, Southwest Texas league, 1910, and Milwaukee, American associa- ton. 1915
 PLAYED, WITH ONE WINNER.
 Schmidt, Baltimore, Eastern league. 1908. Gowdy-- Dallas, Texas league, 1910. Dugey New Orleans. Southern association. 1910 Mann--Seattle, Northwestern league, 1912 james-Seattle. Northwestern leagne. 1912
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
MGUGIN HAS TOUGH PROBLEM GETTING SQUAD INTO SHAPE Vanderbilt Coach Must Build Two Machines By
 October 10-Seyeral
 Coaches Added

Nashville, September 23.-(Special ] With a scant two weeks intervening until the struggle with Michigan, Coach Daniel McGugin of the Commodores Is facing one of the toughest problems in his long career in being compelled to whip scoring machine into shape be- fore October 10. The clash with the Wolverines is the second game on Van derbits hard schedule this season, and the Henderson-Brown game on October 2 will be the only opportunity afforded the Vanderbilt pilot to get a line on the offensive and defensive qualities of his moleskin gladiators.
 This unusual situation, coupled with the fact that McGugin faces the double problem of building up two separate machines. one to tackle the s. l. A A. elevens, and one to combat Michigan, Virginia and the University of North Carolina accounts for gruelling scrim- maging before the football season is hardly a week old.
 In short the Commodore leader is forced within an all too short period to untangle the back field scramble, develop a quarterback and punter and perfect a defense that will withstand the battering ram attack of the Yost machine. Never before in Vanderbilt's history has it been necessary to send the men through rough work so early in the season and risk the liability of injuries which go hand in hand with scrimmaging, but fortunately the Com modore candidates have escaped with Iout an accident Ea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
ANDREWS IS AGAIN
 PRESIDENT OF THE| CHATTANOOGA CLUB
ANDREWS ELECTED ! ID HEAD LOOKOUTS Capital Stock of Chattanoe
 ga Club Is Increased to S35,O0O

Chattanooga, Septerlber 2s.-tSpecial. ] The Chattanooga baseball club at its an nualmeeting of directors and stockholders reelected o. B. Andrews as president and treasurer and z. c. Patten as vice president and secretary. The capital stock vas increased from s25.ooo to ss5ooo J T. Lupton,i John Poindexter and ". E. Da- vis. prominent local fans and capitalists, were added to the board of directors The local club, like most others, in organized ball, failed to declare dividends this sea son, but the financial condition was an- nouneed as entirely satisfactory. The local club plans many Innovations for 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
Home Runs Win for Phillies

Philadelphia, September 23.-Home runs sent in six of Philadelphia's tallies in the game in which the home team defeated Chicago today, 9 to 8. All the circuit drives were made off Lavender. Cravath 8 two homers sent in five runs and Beck CTS four-base drive scored runner be- side himself.
 Lavender pitched well until the third in- ming, when Manager Dooin claimed the pitched had rubbed the ball on emery paper and passed the paper to Zimmer- man. Umpire Rigler examined the ball in play and then kept it, Rgler will send the ball to President Tener of the National league as evidence.
 Alexander registered his twenty sixth victory this eason. Score: R. H. E.. Chicago ......a........ 900 a01 010-4 s 1 Philadelphia . .... 002 204 10*-9 12
 Batteries Lavender. Hageman and Archer. Hargrave; Alexander and killi- fer Umpires, Rigler and Hart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
Kansas City Wins

Brooklyn, September 23.-Brooklyn' s batting rally in the seventh and eighth the score. and Kansas City won to &. Mordecai Brown again was batted from the box and Chief Johnson suffered the same fate, Henning replacing him and stopped the Brooklyn run making. The batting Of Kenworthy and Evans was q feature. Score: R.H.E. Kansas City ........... 24O 300 oo0-9 1s ? Brooklyn ................ 010 010 510-S 15 1 Batteries: Johnson. Henning and Eas- terly; Brown, Somers, Finneran and Land, Watson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24

+Batted for Merkle in ninth. @-Ran for Meyers in ninth. aHsBatted for Mclean in ninth .ss"Batted for Tesreau in ninth. Score by innings: St. Louis 100 900 010-2 New York ....-.,.......O .O00 010 0O0--l Summary: Two-base hits, Dolan, Mer- lxle, Perritt Stolen bases Burns, But Ter. Base on balls, Tesreau 1, Perritt 4. Struck out, Tesreau 4, Perritt 2. Hit by pitcher, Tesreau (Butler). Wild pitch, Tesreau. Time, 1:32. Empires, Klem and Emslie.
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Totals 2s 3. &

3Batted for Kellogg in eighth.
 xOne out when winning run scored.
 Score by innings:
 Cincinnati ............ 0l0 900 001-s Boston ..............., 900 200 001--s
 Summary: Two-base hits, Groh, Nie- hcff, Moran, James, Smith. Home run, Smith. Sacrifice hits. Evers, Whitted, Killifcr. Stolen bases. Smith. Connolly. Double plays. Ames. Herzog to Kellogg Herzcg. Groh to Kellogg. Bases on halls. Ames 2. Hit by pitcher. Connolly. Struck out, Ames 6. James g. Wild pitch. Ames Time, 200. Empires, Quig- ley and Eason.
 SEC0ND CAAIE --
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Quarterback Position Fight


 The fight for the quarterback posi- tion has narrowed down to Bob Tur- ner and Rabbit Currey with neither having an edge on the other, but so far McGugin has found no candidate who can handle the bunting in man ner which meets with his approval The loss of Norde Boenseh is being sorely felt just now and the staff of coaches are growing daily more impatient with the failure of all who have essayed to boot the oval to get the required dis tance behind their kicks or time them properly. Those who can supply the foot power fail to give the ends a chance to cover the punts while the reverse is true of all who can send up the long twisting spirals.
 Capt Ammie Silxes and "Yunk" Ches- ter having given the best account of themselves at bunting have been taken in charge by McGugin personally. Ches- ter, who boots with his left foot. gets slightly more distance behind his kicks than does Sikes, but "Yunks" slowness which would afford the opposing for wards worlds of time to break through and smother him, makes him dan- gerous man to trust with the task of bunting. Sikes Is ambitious, but is still far from the finished punter that Boensch was. who seldom failed to gain yards on exchange of punts.
 W nttHti to SHill 1dpidin olkeS lToHl his position at half to fullback which he played in 1912, or to retain him at half is another of the puzzles which McGugin is attempting to unraveL At sweeping the ends Sikes is a marvel, being a shifty and hard runner and enduring no end of punishment But his penchant for fumbling in his ea- gerness to snatch the ball from the quarter has stopped many march of the Commodores to the enemy's goal line, and in the memorable 7-7 game a. Auburn in 1912, the fumbling of Sl<ea on the one-yard line two times hand running, virtually lost the battle.
 The desperate situation on the eva of the Michigan struggle has resulted in the addition of several coaches to the staff, and they have worked like Trojans with the linemen, drilling them at blocking and charging and opening holes. The feverish activity in the Commodore camp strikingly emphasizes the fear which Vanderbilt has always entertained for the Wolverines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
International League

At Rochester: Rochester o-5, Buffalo 40
 At Providence: Providence 4. Jersey City 2.
 No others. scheduled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
American Association

At Louisville: Louisville Indianapolis, rain. rain At Kansas City: Kansas City 4-1s. St. Paul 6-5.
 At Milwaukee: Milwaukee 5-I, Minne- apolis 40.
 (second called end eighth, darknesD.
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Superbas Win Two

Brooklyn, September 23.-Brooklyn today rar its string of consecutive victories 10 eight, defeating Pittsburg twice to and 5 to ?. Pittsburg tried out some recruits.
 Pfeffer was almost invincihle In the first game, allowing only two hits until the ninth, when Scheeren made a nome run. Nap Fucker, in the second game kept Pittsburg to five scattered hits. Score of first game: R.H. E. Pittsburg ........... GOO GOO 001-1 4 2 Brooklyn . ~ O12 O2O 00s-5 ?
 Batteries: Cooper, Adams. H. Kelly and R. Schang; Pfeffer and McCarty. Umpires Byron and O'Connor.
 Score of second game: R. H .E. Pittsburg ...... GOO OQ1 001--2 1 Brooklyn ,.... 200 100 aOs-5 10 2 Batteries: Councilman and Coleman; Fucker and Miller. Empires, OConnor and Byron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
FEDERA LLEAGUE
Suggs Wins For Baltimore

Baltimore, September 2s.-Suggs pitched masterful ball for Baltimore, who took today's game from Chicago. to 1. Score:
 I2 II IN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24

| Summary: Two-base hits. Dolan 2, J. Miller g. Burns, Snodgrass. Three base hit, Snyder. Sacrifice hit. Magee. Sacrifice flitN Wilson, Magee Stolen
 base, Huggins. Double plays, Huggins,
 Butler to J. Miller; Bescher to Mclean Bases on balls, Sallee ?. Marquard 4. Struck out Marquard 2, Sallee 2. Hit by pitcher. Sallee 1 (Fletcher). Time. 1.3o. Empires, Klem and Emslie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Yankees Win from Browns

St. Louis September 23.-New York by punching hits with errors scored nine runs, while St. Louis was able to gather only two. In the fifth inning the local team made five of it's eight errors, and in the sixth inning Manager Hickey sent in an entirely new club. Score: R.H .E. New York .............. C1O 140 030-9 17 St Louis ........... 600 oil 0O0-2. 13 8
 Batteries: McHale and Nunamaker; Weiman. Baumgardner, Leverenz and Agnew, Hale. Empires. Evans and Sher- idan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24
Grand Circuit Race Postponed

-Solumbus, O., September 9 Because of a chilling rain which fell throughout the forenoon todays Grand Circuit harness races. were postponed until tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-24

FRan Tor M1IIer Tn nlnth.
 -*Batted for Twombly in ninth.
 Score by innings.
 Cincinnati ..,.....9..... .000 900 00S--3 Boston n..........00 900 900 000--0
 Summary: Two-base hits, Schmidt, Whitted, Miller, Niehoff. Sacrifice hits, Ilvers 2, Smith Stolen bases, Twombly, Maranville. Double play, Maranville to Schmidt. Base on balls, Lear l, Davls g. Hit by pitcher. Lear (Maranville, Schmid). Struck out, Lear G. Davis | g. Wild pitch, Davis. Time, 1:4o. um- pires, Eason and Quigley.
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Ran for Miller in ninth. stBatted for Twombly in ninth.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
PARTY OF BIG CAME HUNTERS
 ARE SUCCESSFUL IN KLUANE

H. A. Auer, lawyer of Cleye- land, Ohio, Alvin WaEcott,l law student at Harvard, Haywood cut ting of New York, Grlscom Bettle or Haverford, Pa, and Alfred Hoyt or New York comprised a party Of big game hunters who went into the Kluane lake country last sum- mer, leaving Skagway on August 5th. The two former arrived out from the interior on the train yes terday and will leave for the south on the Alameda tomorrow, while the three latter remained in the hunting region and will not come out for three weeks yet.
 Messrs Auer and Walcott report having had excellent sport, sheep, goats, caribou and moose having fallen before their rifles, as well as silver tip and one grizzly bear.
 They say that the rabbits in the interior from some unknown cause are dying by the thousands, but as this seems to be Of periodical occurrence there are no apprehen- sions felt that it will cause a scare ity in future seasons.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
HISTORICAL PLAY TO BE
 PRODUCED AT THE NUGGET

Mrs. Renert, manager of the Mug get movies, will tonight produce the historical play of Mary Stewart in thee reels, adapted from the drama of Frederick Schiller. In all history there is no more pathetic figure than beautiful Mary Stuart, the lovely Queen of France and scotland, whom fate seems to have marked from childhood as a victim of its cruelty. Her hopeless struggle, in the re- lentless power of the great Queen Elizabeth, the plots and intrigues oS the followers of both queens, form one of the most romantic and eX- citing series of incidents outside of fiction.
 Romance itself could not rival this brief glance into history which has been offered only after the most painstaking study of the cos tumes, manners and settings of the Elizabethan period Accurate in every detail, photographically su- perb, acted by one of the strong est casts ever assembled in one photoplay, this production is worthy to rank with the few really great films of the year.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
SLLZER AND DAVENPORT
 RUNNING NECK AND NECK

New York, Sept. 29-In the state vide primaries today Governor Glynn secured the democratic nomination for rc election, District Attorney Whitman the republican nomination. willie SuIzer aad Davenport are running neck and nsvk for the pro grt ssive nomination.
 James Gerard, ambassador to Germany, beat Franklin Roosevelt for the democratic nomination for senator
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
According to authentic advices the war thus far has been costing the Germans S5,OOO,OOO daily.
ASKS CARRANZA TO RESIGN
 FAVORS FERNANDO CALDERON

Mexico City, Sept. 29-It is un- derstood that General Villa has ask ed provisional President Carranza of Mexico to resign in favor of Fernando Calderon, and if the latter accepts it is thought the trouble that is now threatened may be settled at the conference of the contending factions which is sched- uled to take place at chihuahua from the 1st to the 5th of october.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
NEW DEPUTY |. s.
 MARSHAL FOR SNAGWAY

F. R. Cook of Juneau, who has been appointed by United states Marshal II. A. Bishop to succeed Deputy Marshal Fred. Fonzo, who has so long filled that position in this part of the First Division, ar rived on the City of Seattle this morhing and will take charge of the office op the 1st of october.
 MT. Cook is an old Alaskan, hay ing lived in various towns in the territory for a number of years. For the past two years he has been in Juneau, where he has been in the employ of tn Gastineau Mining Co.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
SHEET AND DRENCHING RAIN
 FORERUNNER OF WINTER

=. Petersburg, Sept 29-Ihe first storm of the winter is now be- ing ushered in along the Russian and Auslia-HungaIy frontier with cold, drenching rains and 8 heavy Iau of Sleet.
 AdyiceS have just been received here of O tremendous battle that is now going on between German and Russian armies near Lyck, Germany. The battle has already lasted seY- crnl days, and the Germans are said tu be slowly retreatinE with the al- lies only few yards behind.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
RUSSIAN BANKS LOAN
 HALF MILLION DOLLARS

St. Petersbwg, Sept. 20-Half million dollars has been loaned to fEe government by the local banks for the relief of ihe distress of the families of the soldiers who are now with the Russian army at the front.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
PRICE 10 CENTS
heard one complimentary opinion ez-

heard one complimentary opinion ex' pressed.
 But let us get the cauass. You ask teachers the cause aud fhsy say they haven't time. And I am strongly reminded of a busy, hard working mother of my acquaintance. ste does everything for seven chil- dren that a poor mans wife muat do. In clothing them Rha Relecta good material, the style is in good taste and the workmanBhip is above the average home dresamaksr. When the garments are nicely nn- ished with the exception Of hut- tons and buttonholea. she aiioYs the stress of other duties, whose RuIa- Der Is legion, to take her from her sewing; and morning after mora- ing four little girls presented them selves in school with a long TOW of pins placed neatly about tRca apart and extending from neck to below the waist line. Every mora- ing that unfinished task rose np ca stumbling block, for tha children could neither help themselves nor help one another. You asked why her children were tardy and wsrs told that 1t took 50 ong to dre1a them all. You asked why -ahe did not sew buttons on their clothes. and were told that she did not have time. ' !
 l see in this bit Of life a close parallel to three-fourth of public school teaching. Teachers make earnest preparations through many years Of training the hsaes Surn- ish a good grada of raw material, the public pays a reasonable eoaa- pensation, the cLiid himEelS briRsa to the scene Q fine enthusiasm; and the process begins. All labor faithfully, in fact. am convinced that teachers as a claaa are naaur- passable in energy and devotion to their work. But when three-fouStai or even nine-tenths of the subject is taught we allow ourselves % ba crowded on to the next. or ftguT- atively speaking, we stop shoTt oS sewing on the buttons. And fhs result is the same as h tho house hold economy. We fall to give the Seventy times seven" drill that gives a working knowledge of tha subject. And mind you, the work ing knowledge is the. only brands eS knowledge in which the public Es h. terested. A bank clerk adding Q long column of figures. receTa and merits no compensation for knowing that six and eight are SouF- teen, and occasionally saying thir- teen. In other words our pupila will be paid for exactly what they execute, not what they may know but do not make use of. And tna business world Is too busy to lis- ten to any explanations as to why they said six and eight are thir- teen. John simply must be &C., curate in execution or gohR is aR economic failure. If the bank 0Feai- dent must employs a second maa to go over Johns accounts to EnaF whether they are correct, Of what
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29

Or may not be laid at our door. So we turn from a questionable 1e- sponsibility to one from which there is no escape. Of those examined mentally S4 per cent failed. We cannoe escape by saying they did not fairly represent the public school, for by actual statistics 90 per cent were educated in the pub lie schools, with an average attend- ance of 119 months, or a trifle oyer thirteen years of nine months each. In addition to this 135 of the number had had one or more years in college. The appointments were secured through competitive examination, and were not from the idle shiftless class, for 2O6 of them had earned their living either whol- ly or in part. And the minimum was 66 per cent! What, ladies and gentlemen, are we rendering to the public m exchange for all that we receive and exact from the pub lie?
 First and least the yearly cost of maintaining the school ia $5O0,- 00.000; next we compel attend ance by law; and we exact from the student twelve years of the brightest most joyous years of his life. For all this we render only 16 per cent of efficiency. An el- ectrician expects to recover from 75 per cent to 90 per cent efficiency else his machine is failure, so I am strongly inclined to think that one that gave back only 16 per cent would find permanent quarters on the junk heap. -
 Our compulsory educational law Is indefensible only tn proportion to the excellence of the results ob- tained. Viewed over the tripod of an S4 per cent failure, there is more than a modicum of justice in the position of the hard-headed tradesman, who resents his sons being compelle d to serve his ap- premiership in such a school of some ones else choosing.
 would not have the law changed unless it be to make it more ettec- tive, but I do insist that we are strongly under obligation to make the results a more reasonable com pensation for the outlay.
 In New York only four and in Chicago only five per cent of the public school pupils are in the high schools as opposed to 33 and one third per cent that would be there if they were distributed evenly through the grades. Of those who do enter the high school nearly half drop out tn first year. l read out another condemnation of the school system--it does not meet the requirements, hence they repudiate it.
 And thus we could multiply eyi- dence in the same tenor. If you want to know what the rank and file of high school graduate looks like when shorn of all sentiments, get the opinion of a busy, success full business man who has had to employ them. I have discussed it with many, and I have never yet
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
GERMANS BEING PUSHED
 BACK IN TIE NORTH

Paris, Sept. 29-AccOrding to re- ports given out kere by the war of flee there is apparently small doubt but that the German forces are be- ing pushed back in the north, where there is said tQ be terrific fight ing going on.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
SPEEDY DEFEAT OF GERMANS
 Is NOW BEING PREDICTED

IOnden, Sept. 2O-According to the predictions of military experts at the front the defeat of the Ger mans in Northeastern France is now only. q matter of a short time, al- though rumors are current here, and are not denied by the war office' that. there is serious friction be- tween British and French generals.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29
VILLA CLAIMS HE Is NOT
 CADDATR FOR PRESIDENT

Washington, Sept. 29-In answer to official inquiries from here as to his present intentions, General Pancho Villa has unequivOcally an- nounced that he is not a candidate for president of Mexico.
 Brigadier General Funston today reported to the war office that Gen eraI Zapata, former rebel leader does not want the American troops to remain in Vera Cruz.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-29

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