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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
TRAPSHOOTING HINTS
Putting the Shot Where II Will Smash
 the Target

There Is an auxiom that every novice at trapshootlng should keep in mind Always look at the spot where you want to put your load of shot" Don't aim at the target-look al it with both eyes open, The hand that holds the gun follows the eve and instintively will point the gun where you are looking
 To know the right spot Is by no means as easy matter as 1t sounds. Clay pigeons travel swiftly in their flight Gun shot also covers distance at a goodly rate of speed Therefore it Is necessary to gauge the flight of each to a nicetY if you would smash the tar - get. And this requires judgment.
 Experts, both amateur and profes- sional. have by constant practice ac- quired degree of skill that enables them to quickly gauge the flight of n target as soon as it leaves the trar. They can decide in an instant Just where to put their shot and how often their judgment Is correct is evidenced by the high scores then consistently make. With the beginner. however, the matter takes on different aspect.
 Opinions differ somewhat as to whether the targets shot at by begin ners are more often lost by being shot under than shot over: that is, whether the load of shot goes under or over the target in it's flight. Consensus of opinion, however. seems inclined to the latter fault as being most prevalent The reason for this being based upon the claim that the novice does not appreciate that owing to the straight stock of his gun he should see the target well above the gun barrel, that is look and consequently point the gun, at some imaginary point below the target If he shoots quickly the target should as rule be just clear of the barrel. If he Is slow shot the ina ginary point VIII natuFaiiN it"N 'S he considerably lower for by the time
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gallery estimated at more than 200o persons followed the play and enjoyed every stage of the unusually close match Whitney. cool. methodical. accurate led his opponent for almost the entire dis tance, but the Texan showed his metal by his determined uphill fight and by his remarkable recoveres. Only once during the morning round was Dexter less than one down. With the champion one up at the turn of the first nine. Dexter shot perfect three on the tenth for win one under par Whitney again took the lead when he won the thirteenth and fln- shed the first IS holes one up.
 When play was resumed in the after noon the New Orleans man maintained his lead of one through the first four holes. He increased this to three up by taking the twenty-third and twenty fourth holes. but Dexter, after hafvlng the twen- ty-sixth, won the next two In order
 The real thrill and the turning point of the match came at the thirty third One down, Dexter topped his drive and was in the high grass 60 yards from the tee, while Whitney was 250 yards straight down the course.
 The Texan pulled his second well in
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ankle and "Jeems" Magee, ailing with malaria.
 Yet with these convalescents the Barons are forging along winning a majority of their games and. what Is more, are considered as serious pen nant contenders by every other team in the race It seems the fans should rally to the support of such a game aggregation of athletes. Get to- gether, fellows. and come out to the games.
 Griffin in the Georgia Alabama league Is cutting up. The boys have a winning combinst tion at last and are out to beat Rome and Tallsdega
 Gabby Cravarth the famous slug ger of the Phillies has invented new kind of glove for .catchers.s The glove is much lighter than the heavy cum bersome ones now in general vogue. The padding of the new Cravarth mitt consists of goat hair and with this glove catchers are immune from the sting of the hardest pitched ball.
 Official recognition of the time con sumed in playing games in the big leagues has been taken by David Fultz of the Players fraternity an open letter to the directors of the major league clubs.
 F'ultz declares the players themselves can eradicate many of the features which lead to long drawn out contests, The letter follows:
 1. By hurrying to and from posi- tions.
 2. By avoiding unnecessary argu- ments with umpires.
 8. By pitchers consuming as little time as possible in preparing for their delivery.
 4. It has also been suggested that the trouble could be helped by uniform rule requiring the umpire to throw in another ball when a foul goes any distance from the field of play, but this. of course, Is not within our Jurisdiction.
 This is a bad year financially for baseball. The fans are not as enthusi- astic as they have been in the years gone by. It Is unquestionably up to the players to maze the game as at tractive to the public as possible and we all know a long drawn out game especially when the result is determ- ined in the early innings. loses much of It's attractiveness.
 It is to the players own interest to help eradicate this growing evil The teams individually and as a whole could accomplish a great deal by ob- serving the points mentioned and by each player using his influence with his fellow players with the same end in view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
A Year Without a Summer

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The year 1916 was known throughout the United States as the year without a summer. January of that year was so mild that most people would have lot their furnaces go out had they pos sessed any, and February was only oc- casionally colder March and April coaxed the buds and flowers out. and May was a winter month. with ice and snow. By the end of May everything perishable had been killed by the cold. and the young leaves had been stripped from the trees Juno was as cold as May. Both snow and ice were com mon throughout the month all over the corn belt, and after having planted corn two or three times the farmers threw up their hands. Snow fell 10 inches deep in Vermont. The following winter was the hardest the people of the UnI- ted States have ever known. One had to have stockade around one's smoke house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

HNHE local fans should begin to ap-
 preciate the efforts of the crip-
 A pied Barons to remain factors in the race The lethargy displayed in baseball this sea son by the Brming- ham public is not encouraging to the owners of the Barons, especially as a goodly sum was expended this spring in taking the athletes on a training trip to Florida in order that an excel lent team be moulded together for the benefit of the loyal fans. But the loyalty of the fans has oozed away under the hot sun of June and the baseball bugs are less pestiferous this season than in days of yore. Incl dentally, the magnates are more ann fable.
 It is true that the Baron fans de- mand a winning team. Yet this sea son, despite the fact that pennant was won last year and the Barons are fighting for another. the fans are lukewarm. Is 1t a fact as charged that public interest in professional baseball is dying out? It looks that way with the comparativly small crowds that turned out to watch the hectic series between the Pelicans and Barons.
 The Barons deserve public support this season. They are up in the race despite the serious handicaps of an epidemic of humps which has laid low several of the star players at various intervals this spring and other in- jur,es. At the present time Edson Hemingway, one of the strongest spokes in the Baronial machine, is i'll with the humps and will not return to the game within two weeks. Dannie Clark, the second baseman, is out for a week with a sprained shoulder. Others on the partial disa bility list but still in the game, are Clyde Mcbride, who had just recovered from the mumps; Cecil Coombs. with a bad ankle; Charley Carroll, with bad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
"Stage-Money" Salaries

From the St. Joseph News-press
 To those who have believed the rose- ate stories of the fabulous salaries of "movle" actors. the fact that John Bunny left but ss000 al his death must be either a mystery or a disllusion- ment. The droll Bunny was by far the most popular of all the actors in the movies. and for the longest period and perhaps drew the largest real salary paid in the business So the creduIous world was regaled with press agents weird tales about Bunnv's princely sal ary. It was declared Just little whIie before his death that he was receiving $75,000 q year. which is as much as tho President of the United States Is paid. It was said that his salary was pre- viously sb0,00e a year. Now. the funny thing Is that. though John Bunny was a hard and steady worker and no profii- gate spender. his estate has been found to total only sS000 real money.
 There is old story. asserted to be strictly true. about a theatrical man lager employing an actor, offering him s2000 for the season. The actor de- manded $25.0 Compromise was sf- fected at s2250. with the condition that the advertised salary should be $22. .e50 The practice Is by no means dead. John Bunny did not have a large fam fly. He did not live eNtravagantly. He soberly and sensibly appreciated the change in fortune which after much effort on his part, raised him from m obscure and poorly paid actor to the most popular and presumably best paid of the film stars. When wonder. envy and discomfort are aroused by stories of fabulous pay to people of the stage and baseball diamond 1t Is just as we'll to remember that the drama and the baseball business are conducted on the same principles that a dry goods store
 s They are as thoroughly commer- cialzed as any other business.
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the woods, his opponents s long iron being few wards short of tte green From an exceedingly difficulty lie, Dexter laid cleek shot flag high 15 feet up from the cup. Whitney's putt was short. as was Dexter's. The champion missed his fifth and Dexter, sinking a four-foot putt, squared the match for the second time
 From that moment until tne close Of the match Dexter played brilliantly He took the lead when he ran down a par four on the next green The thirty-f1fth was halved in lives. Dexter's tee shot on the last hole was to the far edge of the green and to the righH while Whitney overshot the green into (the road. Dexters second was dead to the cup while Whitney's was four feet away. The New orieans player past the cul and he at once conceded the match and title to the Texan.
 Although the cards for both morning and afternoon rounds failed to show any thing exceptional in the way of low med al scores, no championship final ever played in the south ever furnished more features of interest to the spectators golf experts declared 6Snight. writney. four times southern champion, made a deter mined fight to retainshis title, while Dex- tel's battle to overcoNe his opponent s lead proved that he is aAgorthy succ, ssor to the New Orleans playefA
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 Prof. ]. r. Nuttall and cliff Walton student manager of the ball team. will have charge of the tour. which Is the most ambitious ever undertaken hy q southern college aggregation. The team goes directly to Chicago where several games will he played with the leading amateur and semi professional clubs in tho environs of the Illinois metropolis. After the Chicago series the owenton boys will go 10 the University of Illinois for period of six weeks where they train under the personal direction of Professor Nnttal of Birmingham college and Coach Huff
 After leaving the University of lllin- ois the owenton team will tour the northern and middle western states. re- turning to Birmingham about Septem- her 1. The results of all games played
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

could not coax hit out of It. So Ty returned to his old love. bat Of his own, made much like that belonging to Collins, and with this Cobb was more successful, for he promptly banged out q couple of bingles that won that hard fought game The White Sox pitchers now wish that Collins had presented the bat to Cobb on condition that he use 1t during the entire Chicago Detroit se- ries Cobb and Collins have both hit over the 300 mark for years
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This interesting photograph shows Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox Cat leftt and Tyrus Raymond Cobb of the Detroit Tigers examining a bat es- pecially constructed for Collins. Cobb was so impressed with its qualities and its reputation as a hit-producer that he begged Collins permission to use this piece of hickory during the recent Tiger White Sox series. Though Collins indignantly denies being the most SUI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
TRAP AND FIELD

the shot travels out to the target that object will have passed the apex of It's flight and commenced to drop.
 or course, the question of lead Ii. e., the distance to hold ahead of the targen also must he taken into coil- sideration
 On quartering targets---those thrown to the right or left of an imaginary line drawn from tho tra1shooters feet al the score through the traphouse the element of lead becomes mai ter of immediate importance. It has been stated that you should hold orI look under a straightaway target. ol quartering targets if Is necessary both hold and lead them; that ia. hq doolS ahead) of them, gauging right spot with a rapidity of calci ton that can only he attained by 4 stant practice.
 Experts will tell yo hat 1t most impossible to sh oo far of target unless sntionall to do so. Tn otl rds, yer, targets are mi Cd iepinre being "le ," to 4fnuta The nal tendency ,e to hold ,se f, get even If they las led' II Another reason for all, wing enouS lead is the fact ~, a load of shot does not get oat to the mark in a bunch" II comes stringlng along to a certain extent and consequently If the lead has been trifle more than necessary the chances are that the tall end of the load will often break the target--the bulk of the shot having crossed the line ahead of It.
 Another point to keep in mind Is. when shooting at duartering targets don't stop swinging the gun when you have pulled the trigger. If you do you will in all probability miss the target. Swing the gun and keep swinging it unti1 VOu have the target break. Good advice 10 the beginner Is to learn to shoot quickly. especially on straight aways Don't hesitate. First impress slons are almost always the best, but ahnve all means be careful to avoid what Is known as snapshooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

perstitious player in the major leagues, he admits that he firmly believes in a malign influence called the baseball jinks" and is especially careful that, cer- tain little rits are rendered up or that certain things are not done to pro- piatiate that self-same evil power. Col
 lins' bats must be laid out in a row at one end of bat line with his favori,e bat last, and woe be to the bat boy who falls to follow the managers order to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
COCHRAN STARS

Rome Ga., June 19.-(Special )-Right
 Fielder Cochran, single-'handed. won the game for Rome today. In the seventh and
 ninth innings. after the locals had thrown
 away a half dozen chances to score by
 poor coaching. In the seventh Cochran drove in two ahead of him by hitting
 out out of the park. Groome came back in the eighth. hitting a homer with one on
 base. In the ninth Cochran hit his sec ond homer with one down, winning the game. Both teams played spectacularly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Yankees Win First

New York, June 19.-New York won us seventh straight game tday by deiea''hs Cleveland in the first game or douple- header 6 to {. but lost the second game by the same score. Peckinpaugh, former ly of the Clevelands, tied the first game when he drove in two runs in the nih'h with triple. In the tenth flpp ana High led off with infeld singles ana the fermer scored when Jones threw Hart .a,ra sacrifice hunt into left field trying for a force play at third base
 Cleveland won the second eahe os punching four hits with some loose neio- ing by New York in the eighth, scoring fa,,, rune. gcores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

hH the Birmingham college team en route will be reported exclusively in The Age Herald.
 As is well known. the Birmingham college team has just closed it's most successful season, out of s5 games played 1s were returned as victories and the trip Is a reward to the sturdy athletes for their services. The follow ing well known owenton boys will make the tour.
 Nations. Hammond. Walton man. ager. r. Ware S Ware. Jones. Nell. Norton. r. Capps and Davenport Ma tions is the noted amateur southpaw and touted as the hest college hurier in the south. Hammond is another re- liable pitcher. who will make the tip and fill in when Nations is resting.
 The trip of the Owenton athletes is regarded as a distinct mark of progress in the athletics of Birmingham college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
White Snx Win

phi,adelnhja. tune i9-Chicago cele- brated Eddie Collins Day here py VIII |hjng from Philadelphia to 2, making a clean sweep of the series of three con te stsA Wyckoff pitched eight innings. the prize hit being a tripi2 by Fournier with the bases filled in thc seventh inning. Roth made home rum. and two singles in four times at bat. Ess,Ie Collins was given a shotgun by the Pnsadephia club on his first appearance at bses> Score;
 R.H F. Chicago :. oil oo2 4od,s Il l Philadelphia .........A DID Wl W"-1A z Batteries: Cicotte an,s schalk WycA2r, Shawkey and Lapp.
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touch these hit-slabs after they are laid out except Collins. So it is easy to un- derstand that Cobb's request fell on deaf ears In fact 1t was not until all the players took up the shout of fin
 nicky" and the joshing grew almost un- bearable that Collins gave in arl handed the bat over to Cobb for a trial
 Contrary to expectations the bat did not act as charm for the leading maIor league hitter, as in three times up he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
PITCHING OF MAJORS '
 DOWNS ANNISTON

Newman. June 19.-lSpecial )-Na- bors' pitching for Newman this after noon was too much for Anniston, hold ing them scoreless and allowing only four hits, two of which were infieid scratches. He did not walk man. hav- ing perfect control all during the game. White. pitching for Anniston, was wild. walking six men. He was also hit hard Majors has pitched q innings in sue cession without allowing a run to be scored on him Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
Tie Game in BoAton

Boston. June 19.-St. Louistand Boston were tied at five runs each after nine m nings today when Umpire QLoushiin called the game to allow the forsner teari tc catch a train. The Browns had jumped into three. run lead in the eighth by gain Ing four tallies on Wagners error, -a field CTS choice, three hits and a wild pi5ch ny Mays. The Red Sox filled the bases WI two out in their half of that inning, {" . without result. In the ninth al T Lowdermlk had given way to Jan
 Speaker sent two runs home with
 gle and Rodgers scored the tieing ta ly on passed ball. An attempted squeeze Jay brought Speaker to the plate. only to lose the run when Janvrn C ds retired for the third out. Score: RH E. St. Louis ...... GOO loo 040-o 10 U Boston ......... 100 001 003-5 12 1
 Batteries: Lowdermilk. James and Az new; Gregg. Mays and Thomas. Cady.
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Saving Lost Motion

From the Louisville Herald.
 s'What kind of career have you mapped out for your boy, Josh
 I'm going to make a lawyer of him. answered Farmer Wheatley Hes got an unconQuerable fancy for tending to other folks business an he might as we'll get paid for it."
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TALLADEGA WINS

Griffin, June 1e-(Special.)-It took 10 innings for Griffin to lose to Talladega. Brooks, who started on the mound for the Griffins, was knocked out in the sec ond and was relieved by Coombs. All three pitchers were hit hard, there being six two-baggers and 12 singles made dur inr the game Attendance s93. Score
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Summary: Stolen bases. Boyd. Bur gess Walker. Two-base hits, Flynn. Mackie. Home run. Griffin. Double plays. Newton to Mackie to Griffin; Newton to Griffin; Brittian to Donald son to Steele Donaldson to Steele. Left on bases, Anniston 4. Newman 6. Bases on balls. White S. Struck out White B. Majors 4 Sacrifice hits. Chastant. Griffin, Newton. Umpire, Sanders. Time. 7.q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20

Birmingham college Is to be widely advertised this through middle western states by the of its championship baseball which leaves for Chicago this afternoon 40 o'clock the Seminole Limited from the Terminal station It
 the intention of the Owentones to spend the University of Illinois training under Coach Huff the famous | LII ..l c l.ll ....t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-20
Dexter, Of Texas, Wins
 Southern Championship
Brilliant Match Finally Won by Texan Whitney Fought Hard to Retain His Title But Dexters Skill at Recovering
 Baffled the New Orleans Golfer

Atlanta, June 19-C. L. Dexter of Dallas the southern golf championship from Nelson Whitney of New Orleans in the final round of the Southern Golf assocaons fourteenth an nnal tournament here today two in 36 holes.
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Talledega ................03 .030 GOO GOO 2-5 Griffin GOO 012 600 0-3
 Summary: Two-base hits, Garrett, Nor man, Pope, Kirk Watson. Moore. Double plays, Marion to Garrett. Bases on balls, Coombs 8, Norman 2. Struck out, Coombs 6. Norman 2, Brooks 2. Time. 2:o5. Um- pire Welch
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Georgia-Alabama League
STANDING
Results Yesterday

Newman 4. Anniston Q. Rome ,. LaGrange i. Talladega ,. Griffin 3.
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a double and d single and scored the two r ms In the seven innings he worked. Was hington drove Covales<ie from the mound at the end of the sixth and bLnched three hits and a double steal with two bases on balls and an error for four runs in the one inaing Boland r'iched Score: R.H F.
 Detroit ................ n0a oD0 ong-n T 1 Nashington ...,,,,....,. oil 0l1 4a%-7 n
 Batteries: Coyeiestie. Bola'd. cavet and Stanage: Johnson. Ayers and AInsmith.
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Walter Johnson in Form

Washington. June 19.--Washington shut tut Detroit to in the last game of tke series here today. Johnson allowing
 enly two hits. He also batted cut triple.
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Summary: Two-base hits Smith (Rome) l2, Werner. Home runs. Groome. Cochran l2. Stolen base, Poland. Double play, Groome to Allison. Innings pitched, Bur leson 2-3 Knight 1-3 Base on balls
 Knight 2, Burleson 2. Weston 5. Left on
 base. Rome F. LaGrange (. Hits. of
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Knight '. off Burleson g. StrAck out, by Knight 6. by Burleson 1, by N$veston g. Time of game. 1850. Umpire, Daxern
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Birmingham College
 to Tour Middle West

owenton Athletes Are Rewarded for Successful Season Trip to Chicago for Summer-Will Train at University of Illinois for Six Weeks Under Coach Huff
 Regular Team is Taken Along
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GameS Today No games scheduled today,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-30
NO CAUSE FOR ACTION, IN
ASSAULT CASE, SAY JUSTICE

Special 10 tbr EFENTSG Ne VS.
Jamesburg, Sept 30-A special
session of Justice of the Peace Will
liam E. Paxton's court was held in
borough hall yesterday to reopen
the case of Otto Johans VS.. Anton
Pryga, that was before Justice Pax
ton Wednesday Of last week, follow
ing the arrest of Johans by Consta-
BILE Schweikert on complaint Of
Pryga, who alleged that Johans as
saulted him on the main road be-
tween Helmetta aud Spotswood.
At the hearing yesterday Justice
Paxton, after hearing five witnesses
for the defendant and one for Pryga,
decided that there was no cause for
action as the case seemed too com
plicated ard ths! if any assault had
been committed. he was unable to
place the blame where it rightly be-
longed. He charged Johans and
warned him OF the danger Of pass
ing remarks after passing by pc
destrians. The latter testified
that he called to Pryga ard that he
fell to the ground and cut himself in
several places. He still bears the
cuts alleged to have been inflicted.