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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
Syria in Great Distress

Alexandria Egypt, August 25-(spe- cial)--The latest throng of refugees to be brought here from Beirut by the United States collier Caesar state that the economic distress in Syria is becom- ing more acute every day. Lack of trans- port IS in part responsible. Improper fuel has burnt out the locomtives, so there Is only one train a week between Beirut and Damascus and the Aleppo-Rayak service has been reduced to one train every three days Meantime the number of horses, mules and camels Is constant ly reduced by communicating. Outbreak : are feared as the result of famine There Is credible rumor that the Turks are cutting down olive trees for fuel. Many Of these trees are centuries old and their loss will bring further miseries after the war is over. The Syrian Protestant col .ege, an American institution, not only has had the compulsory teaching of Turkish imposed on it by Djemal Pasha. but the rufgees say Turkish is also made the principal language of instruc- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE ! RAG WINNER ID HAV|
 LOW PERCENTAG|
Cornell to Open New Sta dium on October 9-Off]
 cial Returns From Md
 Farland-G Gibbons Fight


 New York. September 26.-Regardless the actual outcome of the National leag, race 1t appears to be an almost math matical certainty that the winner of il 1915 pennant in the senior organizatio VIII finish the season with percenta, or less than 600 Assuming that sut Will be the case 1t will be the first tin In the history of the league that fl flag has been won with such low pe centage. ttt .s Not since the league formed in 1876 hf the winner in any one year fallen belo the 600 mark, and the average for. tf ls years is .es1. The Chicago team of 1s holds the record with .7sS while Brooklyn victory in 1900 with .6o3 is the lowest \ date. The complete records of the per nant winners in, the National league froI 1876 to 1914 is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27

Baseball fans who place their confidence In the Red Sox point to the probability ttat Shore. Foster and Leonard probable Boston starters in the box, can hold the Philadelphia batsmen in check.
 Alexander, admittedly the king of pres ent day pitchers, looms up as the big factor in the series if the participants are the clubs which now seem the well-nigh inevitable contenders. Upon his ability to Win the games in which he is started depends. most baseball observers believe. the chances of the Phillies for bringing the worlds title to the city which they represent.
 The weeks record of games played. won and lost. with runs. hits, errors, men left on bases and runs scored by opponents. including Saturdays games:
 NATION AL. l .E, AGIIL,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
METHOD OF PICKING
 THE WINNER TO BE
 FULLY EXPLAINED
Statistics of Individual Members Will Be Given. Value of Pitchers, Prob able Score and Result of Games to Be Calculated

Hugh s. Fullerton, the worlds greatest baseball writer, has been secured by The Age-Herald to give the fans of Birmingham the in- side dope on the coming worlds series. The articles start today and will continue daily to the eve of the most important event in base balls yearly history.
 The game's most famous dope ster will take the fans in on the inside "stuff" of baseball. He will tell them exactly how he figures out worlds series winner. The articles will deal with the mem- bers of the teams as individuals and the team as a whole. In fact, nothing concerning the doings, history and present value of the team will he left uncovered. The fans of Birmingham will know everything about the conteuders Tor the worlds honOrs through the columns of The AEe-Hernld. The first article follows,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
By HUGH S. FULLERTON

Baseball "dopes out" It ''dopes'' bet. ter than horse races. I claim that by the system of doping evolved through years of study of the game, I could. if Knew in advance what pitchers were to work In any game, tell you which team would win a series, which games each team would win, the approximate scores or each game, and almost the exact num- Der of hits
 may be misled as to which pitcher wii start game. Managers have a hanit or doing that. Also, one trying 10 dope series must beware being misied by false reports of condition. Last Iall almost everyone picked the Athletics to win because we had done our pickina before We discovered that the Athletics were a badly disorganized and broken ball club. Even then my done figures showed startlingly close to the exacr scores in each of the four games played. so close that had not Maranville made a miraculous double play in the second game, the scores of the first four games would have been almost exactly as I doped them in advance.
 I'm going to take you an m on rne dope. You won't believe me-so let us figure it out together in cold figures. forgetting that we have friends of enemies. I will explain. step by step how I reach the results. You take a pencil and dope right with me. If you think I am wrong in any figures, change them to suit yourself
 The Basis of All Dope
 The basis of all dope is comparison.
 Let us start with the presumption that 1000 is perfect. # any baseball player were perfect, there would be no Interest in the gamt. Cobb is the nearest per. lection, and l rate him 922 deductinr bv comparing speed, hitting power, quick thinking. throwing, base running, etc. rate Speaker at 903, Milan at Ss5, and so on.
 Cobbs total value to his team in a season I figure at $50. Now. 1t makes no difference whether we say Cobb is 750 or 300 or 250. It Is an arbitrary figure assumed for purposes of comparison. But if Cobb. batting $40. stealing 100 bases scoring 150 runs, making plays all the time. worrying pitchers. drawing bases on balls, fielding, throwing, covering lots Of ground, and getting into the team play every minute, is rated S50 we can com- pare his figures with those of others. and discover exactly what the other man is worth In ratio to Cobb's $50 As al] we desire to discover is comparative fig ures, we may assume him worth any thing desire.
 We will first take every player on the two teams that are'to fight for the cham plonship and study the statistics We
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
4 AZ :Ass :ss 4s$ $7 Southern League Curtain Falls
VOLS ARE WINNERS
 IN FARCICAL GAME

Nashville, September 26.-Nashville wound up the season today. defeating New Orleans in a farcical game, to [. Both pitchers were hit hard. In the sixth Kircher singled and stole second. third and home with what proved to be the winning run. The New Orleans club disbanded here. Manager Dobbs having failed to secure from AshevilIe, pennant winners of the Carolina league, a guaran- tee for series of games. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Chicago Philadelphia. rain.
Reds Down Dodgers

Cincinnati. September 26-Cincin- nati defeated Brooklyn today to 5 in 12-inning battle and moved into the first division. The locals took an early lead, making two runs in the second and one in the sixth. The vis- itors were unable to score until the eighth when two singles and a sacri- flee netted them one run. In the ninth they tied the score on a triple. a single a stolen base and a single In the twelfth, with one out. Herzog dou- bled and took third on Meyers error. Pfcffer then passed the next two bat ters and Groh singled. bringing in the winning run Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
SUCCESSFUL SEASON CLOSES WITH PELS. AS
 PENNANT WINNERS
Barons End in Second Place-Is Fourth Rag Won by New Orleans Club-Vols Win First Division Berth-Crackers Earn Fifth Place Six Man agers to Return Next Season

won and lost by the respective teams follows: New Orleans won and lost 3, Birmingham won 5 and lost one, Memphis and 3, Nashville ? and 4, At lanta and 4, Chattanooga and 8, Mobile and 1, and Little Rock and 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
REDS COMMENT
 ON THE AMATEURS

A series of games will start next Saturday at Redwood between Rasco Jelewry company and the Postoffice Pirates" that will decide the city anna teur championship. Manager Jerome billiard of the Postoffice team said last night he expected about 5000 fans to attend each one of these games There has been large attendance at elim- nation series which shows the grow ing popularity of amateur baseball.
 West Woodlawn boys won from West End All-Stars in pitchers battle Sat urday afternoon before large crowd. The features of the game were the catching of Wariger for the Woodlawn poys. Score; sz R.H. D. West Woodlawn . o 10 West End All-Stars .. s 8 Batteries: Nelson and Wariger; Gib- son and Howell
 It was lucky day for the Postof- ice Pirates" when the Jefferson Coun- ty league closed, for without the serv- ioes of three men they secured from the defunct league they would have had hard sailing to cop the pennant fin the Greater Birmingham league.
 The T. c. l. Junior baseball team won from Mulga Saturday afternoon on the Edgewater diamond. Score:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
Giants Lose Again

St. Louis, September 2s.-New York lost to St. Louis today 3 to 2. Ames held the visitors to six hits and famed the last three in the ninth. In the first inning stroud was reached for three singles and a triple which gave St. Louis three runs. Score: R.H. E. Now York ...... O1O 900 O1O--2 6 c St. Louis ~. 300 900 O0s-S g l
 Batteries: Stroud, Perritt, Palmero and Meyers; Ames and, Snyder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27

Cornell university will formally ded1 cate It's new stadium on Schoelkopf Fiel1 contains. In addition to the gridiron. a, excellent quarter mile running track wifi a fine straightaway and seating accouj modations for the some 5000 spectatorl One end of the stadium is formed by tfI Schoelkopf Memorial building, contair] ing quarters for the home and visitinj athletes and the offices of the Corne1 Athletic association. Situated upon oni of the highest points of the hills SUI fl rounding Ithaca the view from tfl stadium stands is not equaled by an1 similar structure in the east
 The Americas cup defense yachts Resd| lute and Vanitie have been retired fo] another year after a season of trial rad ing which has left the question of rela] tive merits about where it was at thI close of 1914. Between July 3 and July j these two yachts met in a series of Il special races with the result that tn Resolute won nine and the vanitie ond SIX of the contests were sailed on Lon1 Island Sound and four over ocean course4
 Close followers of yachting express thl opinion that of the two single stickers{ the Vanitie showed the greater improveI ment and that further overhauling th} winter will improve her chances wheI the yachts are put overheard next yea ! Although forced to give the Resolute time allowance in almost all the 191u races the Cochrane. sloop showed fasteI sa'l'ng qualities than during the precedin reason and may yet prove her right Fl defend the cup. The challenger Sham rock ", is still boxed in a Rrook1y ship yard and there appears to be littl0 prospect Of the international regatta be Ing held during the coming year..
 
 Pacific Coast league players and fan nave recently been interested in the con
 (Continued on Page Seven,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
CHICKS DEFEATED IN
 SEASONS LAST GAME

Memphis. September 26.-Three hits. in- cluding McDonald's home run, and an error in the first inning, enabled Atlanta to defeat Memphis, to o, in the final game of the Southern association season here today Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27

Summary: Two-base hit, Kaufman. Home run, Mcdonald. Sacrifice hit. Kaufman. Stolen bases, Flynn, Reed. Hits, off Merritt 10 in innings with 4 runs. Bases on balls, off Allen 5 Merritt 5, Ebel ?. Struck out by Allen 3, Mer- ritt 5. Hit by pitcher, by Merritt (Man- ning). Time, 1:45. Empires, Pfenninger and Bernard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
A Qualified Endorsement

Yes said J. Fuller Gloom. the de- servedly unpopular pessimist. the Hon.
 Dodd Gastum was nne fellow and an able statesman-..Aat is. if you are ab-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
'sRan for McCarty in ninth.
 sOne out when winning run scored.

Summary: Two-base hits. O'Mara ?, Groh. Mollwitz, Rodgers. Herzog. Three e-base hits. Griffith. Wheat. Stolen bases, Getz. Meyers. Earned runs, Brooklyn 8. Cincinnati 3. Sacri
 flee hits, Daubert. Wingo. Herzog 3. O'Mara, Griffith. Bases on balls. Pfef-' fer 5. Hit by pitcher. by Pfeffer (Kii- Empires, Rigler and Eason. Time. 2:O9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-27
Ran for Reilly in first and fourth and Sylvester in eighth.

Callahan. Stark. Doubie play Sheehan to Stark to Schwartz. Struck out, by Rogers 1. Base on balls, off Weaver l. Rogers l. Hit by pitcher, Deberry. Sacri- flee hit, Weaver. Stolen bases, Farmer g. Kirscher 8. Time. 1:2O. Empires, Williams and Kerin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
MOUND CITY.

Tho Ladies' Aid society Of tn,
Methodist Episcopal church wi
met Wednesday afternoon wit.
Mrs. c. E. Richcy at her home o.
Third street.
MIR. and Mrs. John Culp are til
parents of a baby girl who arrive.
at their home on Main street m
Railroad avenue Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Fair and chill
dren and tho formers mother az
comnanied by Mrs Frank Torrey
all Of Cairo, spent Sunday after
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Perb-
of Main street.
Mrs. joel Rhine aud her sucs
Mrs. Clara Conner Of Erie, H., wer
Cairo visitors Saturday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Met Quarles o
Mounds We're among the Cairo Wis
ftors Saturday.
Mrs. John Lilly of Olmstead, wa
shopping here Saturday and mad
a business trip to Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
ORDINARY ALMANAC
DIMENSIONS 0uTGE0WN
1915 World Almanac Holds All tho
Old Departments, With Many
New Features Added.

If there is anything new under
he sun, the chances are that its
in The World Almanac. This is a
sweeping statement. For its justif-
cation one may point with much
much confidence to the files If the
most regular Of ANIMALS. For par
.icular and correct instances, refer
ence is recommended TO the Issue
FOR 1915, now just at hand,
As one reads this book the time
seems very far removed, indeed.
when an almanac was merely a
booklet Of calendar pages, with
remarks about the sun, the moon, 9
few planets, the tides, and the
best time for planting vario a
kinds of seeds. Here set forth, be-
sides election and census returns,
sporting records, industrial and
financial reports, a New York City
gazetteer, and the countless inform
atory departments to which the
years have accustomed readers Ct
The World Almanac, are a roy lew
Of the war in Europe; notes on thu
wars of tho world, the political
state platforms Of 1874; details Of
the special or emergency tax, an.
alysis Of the prison population;
factory statistics; workmen' s. com
pensation laws; occupations in the
United States; the Federal Reserve
Act; the Federal TRADE Commits
SIGN; statistics of foreign born
| population in the United States, a
description OF the Mexican siaua-
ion; facts about the Chinese Re
public; the progress and plans Of
The Palisades Driveway, a paper on
The acroplane and aviation gencg-
ally in war and too many other
things to receive even a reviewers
bare mention
Of course this book has more than
4 thousand pages. 1t outgrew ordl-
nary almanac dimensions long ago
It will carry its own Happy New
Year welcome to Librarians, stu
dents, professors, statesmen, cdi
tors and readers in general all over
the land
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
A CAIRO MANS EXPERIENCE
Results Tell the Tale

Can you doubt the evidence o
this Cairo citizen,
You can verify Cairo endorse
ment.
Read this:
J. II. Hoag, conductor, l. C. r
r.. TIE 22nd St, Cairo, says IN,
back ached almost constantly and !
woke Up mornings with paiug
through my loins. had to get III
cutie often at night to pass Oh
kidney seeretions. NY work calls
for the use of the muscles in my
back and I was 50 Beyeraly handi
capped that | knew l mrst do some
thing for relief One box Of Doann
Kidney PILLS was enough to con
vince me of their merit and they
put me IN good shape Hereafter 7
intend to keep box Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills on hand"
Price SOC at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan $ Kidney -pills---the same
that Mr.. Hoag had. Foster-Milburr
c., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.---Adyt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
TRADE BASEBALL
PLAYERS FOR
DOGS, CHARGED
Evidence introduced by Federal
League in Suit to Knock Ont
Organized Baseball.

Chicago, Jan. 11----A score C ar
fidayits,. relating in detail to the al
legged wrongs suffered Dy ball play
ers through officials of organized
baseball, tosether with copies CT
he National Agreement, steno-
graphic reports, speeches by base
hall maynates and copies of con-
tracts ard kilograms, by which the
Federal League hopes to win the
salt filed q week agc. against Or
gained baseball, were filed TODAY.
An affidavit from Mordecai
Brown relates the cases o. two bali
players whom he says were traded
for dogs.
Joe Cantillicn, manager Of the
Minneapolis American Association
club at one time traded a profcs-
sional ball player for bull dos"
Brown said Il also believe Rooe-
Bresuahan, while manager OF tn
st. Louis club o the National
League, traded q professional play
er, a pitcher. Icper, to Dick Kin
sela, then manager Of the Spring
field, H.. Three I League. for
bird dos"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
BOSTON FACES
Bean FAMINE:
ACCOUNT WAR
Shipments to Europe Send Prices
Up, Some Beans Bring SIS a
Bushel Wholesale.

Boston. Jan. 1.-THE severest
bean famine ever known in Boston
is threatened. according to whole
salers. as a result Of big shipment.
to Europe.
Boston beans are selling at !.
cents pound instead of and New
York State beans cannot be Dough,
at less than SO a bushel, although
they formerly sold at ST. Brokers
today laughed at prospective or
ders at less than SO a bushel, even
with the prospect Of selling BY tn.
carload.
Il offered to pay s2.75 a bushe,
for several car loads of York Stat.
beans" said one big dealer, "and
the selling agent replied. with ar
easy smile, that he wouldn't vast,
telegraph tolls to send the orde
over the wires.
Red kidney and yellow eye bean,
are quoted at SIS a bushel. Cali
fornia beans have scared to $4.5C
and SIS hushel
The result in Boston is tina
fewer beans are being eaten am
smaller individual purchases made
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
TIE BIJ0U THEATRR
PLAYS OFFICER Ge6'
WEDNESDAY, JAN. Is

In George K!ainc's fye-aet com
ody "Onicer 668," from the Conan
6 Harris stage play Of that name.
many persons will recognize an OH
friend. This IS Ma&oto Inakuchi
who plays Eateato. Glsdvtn's Jap
servant. Those who saw he May
will remember, with smile, Ba-
taeto's uncoEqreratle Drocliylty for
saying the wrong hing at the
wrong time and then assuming a
sDhinx-like silence when word
from him would have straiqhtaned
cat badly tangled moss. Rataeta
IS one OF the chiof fun MAXIM fa-
tors in that eunn!est Of farces.
Inokuchi IS a we'll educated Jah.
having stdied Journalism. eco
Monies and finance in the Univer-
sly Of Chicago and at Princcon and
Harvard colleges. In his own eoun-
try he is q vrit~- OF note and has
translated into japanese a numte
Of books including Edsar Allen
Poe's Geld Rag" Thackerav's
Mary Angel" and a number OF
English and American poems and
one act plays. He was sean on the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12

the past two months with relatives
ia st. Louis, returned hcme Satur-
day
The 6. and S. club will meet with
Miss Mabel Lewis at the home Of
Mrs. Sarah Culp on Third and Pop
lar streets, Tuesday night.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12

# this city. were Cairo shoppers
saturday.
Mr and Mrs. James Heel Of Van
talia, are the guests Of the lattcr'a
rotlcv John Bush ard family of
Commercial avenue. They win also
isit Mrs Mary Freeman Of High
street, while here
Or. W. r. Wesenberg and his
father, Henry Wcsenbere. Ed Sheer
or and Prof. G.. /. McCabe were in
Cairo on business SATURDAY.
Mrs, Jean Cation Of Mounds, was
shopping in Cairo Saturday after
neon.
Miss Dawn Capoot who has spcn;
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
Cough Medicine for Children.

Never give a child n cough medi-
cine that contains opium in any
form. When opium Is given other
and more serious diseases may fol-
'ow. Long experience has demon
'trated that there is no better or
safer medicine for coughs, colds and
Group in children than Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. It is equally
valuable for adults. Try it. It con-
tains no opium or other harmful
drug. For sale by all dealers.-Adyt
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
Excellent for Stomach Trouble.

"Chamberlatn's Tablets are iust
fine for stomach trouble" writes
Mrs. 9. G. Dunn, Arnold. Pa. II was
bothered with this complaint for
some time and frequently had hi
tons attacks. Chamberlains Tan
let's afforded me great relief from
the first, and since taking one bot
tie Of them feel like a different
person." For sale by all dealers -
Advt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR RENT---9t4 Walnut street
sac month; 4t9 Seventh two
stories $l3 a month; i22 Seventh
SD a month; d25 Seventeenth s14
month and 52l Center street st4
month. Apply to Mrs. Sarah
Walmer, 27Ol Washington avenue,
Home phone 80. 11s
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12

se+,qse ..=~.aa s4..s -a---.4- 81

MISS alberta Williamson 'ent@s.
tanned n faw IF her friends with p
theater rarity II C.i 7a0wd
Afternoon m '.7 c h.. t-ntt
birthday anniversary. Thu party ~
nine little girls was ta1-n g.
Cairo i'm the Williamson avto char
eronri NY the acs'css mother, Mrs
A. ". williamson and son Fred
Games We're PLAYED at tho home G.
The tostess prior to Leaving TO
Cairo. At the latter city the chi
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12

will deliver for cash with ord nr.
the hes, CayterViUe mr. and lHmn
coal, ali next Tact fer $50 pr
ton. Isl s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
Are the Laboratory Records and the

Yes, at any time. BY appointment
an attendant will be gladly furnished o
accompany any visitor or visitors to tn
plant and laboratory,
The laboratory records will be ex,
hibited at any time. If demonstrations
of how water analyses are made are de-
sired at any time for the benefit Of class
es in schools, arrangements will be made
to do so.
Engineers or any others who desire
to inspect the present equipment OF the
water works, as we'll as the plans for the
proposed equipment and improvern onts
will be very welcome
The company welcomes and solicits
insbections and investigations.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
THE MCCARTHY COAL co.

win deliver for cash with order
the best Carterville mt and lump
coal, all next week for $3.50 per
ten Iii l6.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
TIE MCCARTHY COAL 70

viii deliver for cash with order.
the best Carterville nut and lump
coal, all next week for S2.5G per
ton. -, =.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1915-01-12
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