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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

Grover Cleveland Alexander of Phil adelphia was the leading pitcher of the National league for the 1915 season, according to the official figures. Alex ander was followed by Toney of the Cincinnati Reds. Alexander won 31 and lost 10 games, of which F were shut outs, during the season for an aver age of .756. Toney's average was .739. Mamaux of Pittsburg was third with an average of .724, winning 21 and los ing 8.
 Alexander proved to be the premier pitcher of the Tener circuit. The Phil lies star twirler participated in 49 games and of this number 36 were complete. He pitched 376 innings and led the league in this respect. His near- est rival was Dick Rudolph of Boston, who pitched 341 innings and ranked second.
 Only 1435 batsmen faced the twiri- ing marvel during the season. Of this number 253 recorded hits off his de- livery. Off the 253 hits the opposing team only scored SC runs, of which 51 were earned. Only two wild pitches are credited against him, while 241 batters fell before his slantS on the strike-out route. He walked only 64, or an average of more than one per game.
 The average runs scored off Alex ander was 1.22 per game, the smallest of any pitcher in the league.
 The former pitchers who hold fame were far in the list. Christy Mathew son was below the 800 mark, winning only eight and losing IA. Rube Mar quard fared little better, winning II and losing 10. Coombs, the former
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

He is of gigantic stature and power and as fleet footed as Mercury. Foot ball followers of the north whose knowledge is local will center their attention upon him if told that al- though a lineman he has kicked more goals from the field this year than any other player in the United States, that he has scored almost 100 points for his team, that he has delivered a maxi mum punt of 7S yards and achieved an average of 55 yards in a single game, besides discharging the line duties of his position. His name will bring back to the older generations of football men quarterback at Yale 95 years ago by the name of Odrion s. Van deGraaff, who is the father of this young Alabamian.
 The opposing tackle position is. awarded to Howard Buck, captain of Wisconsin. This year he has been con spicuously brilliant and superior in every game in speed, strength, size and skill. He resembles the famous Bal1in of other years.
 MANY FINE GUARDS
 Guard, too, is fairly inundated by a flood of superstandard players that flows in from every section of the coun- try. These are c. Spears of Dartmouth, Howard White of Syracuse, F. T. Hogg of Providence, F. Fitzgerald of Notre Dame, Dunningan of Minnesota, Taylor of Auburn, Lang of Georgia Tech, B. F. Dobbins of Sewanee and c. R. Woody of Missouri. Our first selection will be Spears of dartmouth. This player is the largest man. today in college football. weighing 255 pounds, and also is one of the most active linemen upon his feet in the country. He is well remembered in high school circles in Illinois, where he was a famous player at football. baseball and on the track. Although Dartmouth has not utilized him as a field goal kicked, Spears neverthless has kicked goals in interscholastic games at AZ, Al. 45 and 43 yards. His de- fensive work for Dartmouth has been almost perfect.
 A guard who bulks hugely in the pub lie eye, however, far away Is Captain Fitzgerald of Notre Dame. Formerly he was center, but this year moved to guard He has given to the latter posi- tion the activity which his long train ing in more active and rowing post of center equipped him. Defensively, the tabulated data of gains through him this season are so few in number and so small in length that it may be as serted that he has played his post fault lessly.
 Great centers this year are in abun- dance. The mention of the position eagerly brings to view R. D. Peck of Pittsburg, A. E. Gennert of Princeton, w. E. Cool of Cornell, McEwan of the Army. Watson of Illinois, G. M. Tandy of North Carolina and Henderson of Georgia.
 The most papular of these, always a sound indication of merit is Robert D. Peck of Pittsburg, and in his selection expert opinion also coincides with that of the public. Equipped with weight strength and speed, he has added there to skill that has enabled him to out ply every opponent with such wide
 margin of superiority that he swings into the position of center upon our all-American eleven without pressing rival
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
ALEXANDER OF PHILLIPS LEADS NATIONAL LEAGUE
 IN PITCHING COMPARTMENT
Toney of Cincinnati Ranks Second With Mamaux of Ptsburg Close Third-Alexander Premier Pitcher of League,
 Leads Every Department

Athletic twirler, staged a weak come back, winning 5 and losing 10
 Mayer of Philadelphia, Hughes of Boston, Ragan of Brooklyn and Tes- reau of New York all ranked well in the order named. The majority of the pitchers showed up n1iserably and few of the former stars held their gained laurels.
 Gravy Cravath worked the oppos- ing pitcher for the most free trips to first, securing S6 bases on balls in 150 games. John Evers of Boston was next with 50 walks in S3 games and Hug gins third with "A walks in 107 games.
 Herzog, manager of Cincinnati, fell victim to the curves of the twirlers the least of any other player. Buck struck out but 21 times in 155 games Getz of Brooklyn with IA in 130 games was sec ond on the honor roll.
 The Boston team secured the most bases on balls with 549 in 157 games, or an average of 3.5 per game. Phila- delphia was second with 460 in 153 games, or an average of 3.01 per game. St. Louis, Pittsburg, Chicago, Cincin- natl, Brooklyn and New York followed in order named.
 Cincinnati team struck out the most with 512 in 160 games, or an average of 3.2 per game. Brooklyn was next l with 496 in 154 games and an average of 3.22. New York, Philadelphia, Bos- ton. Chicago St. Louis and Pittsburg followed in the order named. | National league pitchers allowed 334 less bases on balls in 1915 than in | 1914 and scored 73 more strikeouts
 This goes to show that the wildness of the pitchers of former days is fast ! vanishing, and that the moundsmen are | fast growing to be more effective and | forcing the batter to hit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
THE YALE ATHLETES MAY BE RE|NSTATED No Action Taken Yet-Was Discussed Informally
 at Meeting

New Haven, December 5.-The question of possible reinstatement of five Yale athletes recently declared ineligible for playing summer baseball, was discussed only informally at a joint meeting of committees from Harvard Princeton and Yale in New York last week. This was stated here tonight by Prof. R. N. Cor win, chairman of the Yale athletic com mittee.
 Professor Corwin said: ''The subject fell outside the purpose of the meeting and the committee did not, of course, feel com petent to pasS on the case. There was however, a very full discussion of the matter in all of it's bearings
 Provisional rules governing athletes al all three institutions were adopted, bu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
PHILADELPHIA STAR IS PREMIER PITCHER OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
HAS
 PLAYED 423 GAMES
 ON FOOTBALL FELL

of the crowd and absence of gate receii contrast sharply with the fact that va close to 120000 persons paid s240,0O0 to { the Harvard-Yale games of 1914 and 14 More than 650o miles were covered the winning cars in the "A automolI races on speedways and roads during 1915 auto racing season. The fastI speed at any distance of 100 miles over was 105 .39 miles per hour by Rel at the Sheepshead Bay speedway in M York city, while the slowest time, 4S| miles per hour, was made in the far wd Seventeen cities were represented in holding of the 24 races.
 If Fred Fulton, who is Jess Willard next opponent, faces the champion heaN weight in New Orleans next March, | resultant bout will be between gian| Willard stands s feet inches and weig| close to 240 pounds in fighting conditid Fulton is a trifle over 6 foot inch and scales about 223 pounds when in ri costume. Compared to these pugilis Jeffries, Johnson, Fitzs1mmons. Ruhl Corbett and Sullivan were small, wh Sharkey and Choynski were pygmies.
 The football season just closed was Il without it's minor novelties and anu ing features. Late in November the Cal School of Applied Science eleven at CIeV land played a double header in one da Case won from Hiram college 20 to in the forenoon and then lost the seco contest to the famous Case team of Il by F to o score. About the sal time the players of Waxahachie and Ed Worth, Tex. High schools met barefoot in game at WaXahachie The game h gan in g. heavy rain and the black wi mud so impeded the players that rh soon discarded shoes and stockings al padded through the slime in their ba feet.
 A week earlier in the season the c fumbia college and Mercer universi teams met at Valdosta, Ga, and by mi ual agreement the coaches of the ty elevens played on the same footing the undergraduates of the competing stitutions. One coach retired from t game with broken leg and dislocat ankle.
 During the 17-day race meet which en ed early in October at Hoppegarten Gs many, S2067,500 was wagered in the ps 1 mutuals and the gate receipts were clo to $S00OO After paying all the expens of the track and the racing from t entrance fees, gate receipts and D; mutual winnings, the Union club fou itself with a very respectable balan Which 1t turned over to the Kaiser to used for charitable purposes in connects with the war
 With the year football was first played won, lost and tied follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

New York. December 5.-With 47 years of intercollegiate football passing into gridiron history with the close of the 1915 season, it is interesting to go back over the records tracing the development of the game and the progress made by the, big universities and colleges in the pig skin sport. Princeton and Rutgers were the pioneer teams on the field, both these institutions having begun play in 1869.
 The records show, however, that Penn sylvania, which did not take up football until 1878, has played the greatest number of games, the Quakers having figured in 423 contests since that date. Of these games S05 have been won, 104 lost and 16 tied. Yale is second, having played 394 games since 1872. of which S45 have been won, 30 lost and 19 others tied. Harvard teams have participated in 369 games since 1874, of which S11 have been won; AS lost and 10 tied.
 Princeton, although the first to play football, has figured in less games than either Yale, Harvard or Pennsylvania The Tigers records show 367 games played, 312 won, fl lost and IA tied. Mich igan, which took up the game in 1878, leads the middle western colleges with 272 games played, of which the Wolverines have won 211, lost 52 and tied g.
 Games
 Compared with the wonderful exhibi- tion of team play given by the Harvard eleven of 1915 against Yale, the first meet ing of these two university squads would appear almost Imaginable if it could be staged again today. That contest was played at New Haven on Saturday, No vember 13, 1875, on field measuring 400 by 2O0 feet, and was witnessed by about looO spectators, which included several hundred women. The number of players on team was optional with the captain. the rules simply specifying that from Il to b might be played. The game was divided into three 30-minute periods and the only scoring permitted was a goal fol- lowing touchdown, kicked over the goal bar suspended 10 feet above the ground from two uprights 20 feet apart.
 Harvard won by four, goals to nothing. the Crimson scoring two in the first half hour and one each in the remaining two periods. The ball could be kicked or car ried; caught on the bound or fly, and the runner could be tackled and thrown as at present. Harvard's cheering contingent consisted of 150 students who made the trip from Cambridge to witness the play. No admission was charged and the size The records of the leading colleges, total number of games played, contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
GREATEST REVIVAL
 CLOSES AT SEARLE,

Searles. December 5.-(Special. )-Tl greatest revival ever held at this pla, closed Saturday night with 1Oe additioi to the church
 Evangelist Curtis S. Shugart did u preaching, in the old-fashioned way tel ing of the God for man, and no hig pressure methods were used at all.
 Prof. R. s. Ronond of Carrollton, G. led the singing, while Miss Lawley Birmingham did the work at the plan Miss Lawley is one of the sweetest go pei singers ever heard here and mar traced their conversion to her gosr salvos. Over 50 men with families we brought into the church and the enti community moved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

In this day time thing to find football play CT who not the end of for position aomehing other In fact with critics the country over choosing America eevens enough different players are selected in the aggregate for this mythical outfit to form no less than five six teams.
 many of these chosen at random In many cases the critics may competent but has not had the opportunity taken the trouble actually gather reliable information on s candidates In other the supposed expert is neither competent has he had any chance to actually judge the plavers selected Many merely follow popular whm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
Reciprocity

From the Chicago Herald.
 Old Farmer Bates was pointing out the merits of the neighborhood he lived In to his newly arrived lodger.
 .There's a church near" he said, but I never puts my nose in it.'
 "Why?" asked the visitor. "Is any thing the matter with the vicar?"
 "No." was the reply; but it's this way I sold the old vicar milk and eggs and butter and cheese. and, sec ing as he patronized me. I patronized him. But this new chap keeps is own COW and ems. If that's your game I thought. we'll ave 'omegrown religion, tOor'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

There are, however, one or two men of acknowledged standing, who make and have made a practice of following football closely all over the country These men keep a close record on all sec tons with a view to really determinlns the most valuable players everywhere When a player gives evidence of real merit, immediately steps are taken to learn something of his capabilities. his characteristics, strong features of play weight, age and so on. Of these experts, doubtless Parle H. Davis of Princeton is he most widely informed.
 It is therefore a source of gratifica-
 ton to followers of football in the
 south to know that he has honored
 two players of this general section
 with places on his All-American team,
 and a source of much pride to Ala
 bama folk to learn that Bully" Van
 deGraaff of the University of Ala
 bama is really the first player from
 this section to draw a place on a
 pick so widely acknowledged and gen.
 orally esteemed as that of Davis. In
 addition to VandeGraaff, Davis also
 names Buck Mayer of Virginia for
 halfback He likewise gives high
 praise to a number of other southern
 players.
 Herewith is given the comment set out in connection with the selection of an All-American team made by DAVIS TOT the New York Herald:
 WHAT DAVIS SAYS
 The first task in organizing national eleven is to select a captain. and as this fanciful eleven is to be an ideal one, the player so selected should occupy, if possible the ideal position for a captain, namely, quarterback. The mere mention of this position will bring before the eye a corps of superstandard quarterbacks. These are Charles Barrett of Cornell, D. C. Watson of Harvard Frank Click of Princeton, Paul $. Russell of Chicago, David Paddock of Georgia, George clark of Illinois and R. A. Pfohl of Wabash.
 The first of these is Charles Barrett, and to him is assigned the position of quarterback and the duties of captain. Very appropriately Captain Barrett is the captain and quarterback of the actual first team of the year, Cornell. He has directed this aggregation with rare pow CTS of generalship. He has played his own position with marvellous skill, as is attested satisfactorily by the fact that he is one of the two leading point scorers of all the players in the entire United States
 tursuing the easiest method of making up this team, let us first erect a back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
The Unknown
 South.
Were You Aware of These Facts?

Were You Auare of These Facts?
 Southern Grain Crop for 1915 shows increase of three hundred and forty-six million bushels over 1914; and has estimated value of $1, ,33O,- OOO,OOO, which exceeds by $3o5,- 100000 the average cotton crop for k2ae last ten years. The South pro- duces S8 per cent of the U. S. tobac- co crop. Capital invested in South ern manufactures increased nine hun dred per cent from 18SOto 1909. Of 262 fines of manufactures in the U. S., 236 are carried on in the South. 65 per cent of new SpindleS since 1890 installed in Southern mills. South now manufactures more cotton than all the rest of the U. s. Annual South ern manufactures valued at over $4,0O0, ,OOO, 900.
 Twenty-one billion feet of the thirty eight billion feet of lumber cut in the U. s. in 1913, was cut in the South. Total value of Southern forest products annually amounts to almost $500, ,OOO, 900. The South produces of the country's supply, 75 per cent of the Cok- ing Coal; Al per cent of Zinc; AZ per cent of Lead; 80 per cent of Phosphate; produces 55 of the 57 useful minerals mined in the U. S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
YOUNG ELECTED TO ~ CAPTAIN GENERALS

Lexington, December 5.-(Special.) )-Har- ry K Young of Huntington. w. Va, has been elected captain of the Washington and Lee football team for 1916. Young has played on the football team for the past three years and is perhaps the fast est and most brilliant backfield man in the south. He was unanimously selected as all-southern halfback in 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
What He Might Do

From the Chicago HeraId.
 Ma, may I got out to play?" NO: must sit still where you are" Pause. Ma, may I go down into the lSitchen?' '.No, I want you to sit perfectly quiet Pause
 Ma may I sit on the floor and play marbles?'
 ''I have told you twice that want you to sit just where you are and be quiet, and l mean exactly what l say.' Pause
 Ma. may grow!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
The SOuth'S Biggest Year.

Never in history have the Southern States had so much money to spend as they will obtain from October 1, 1915 to April 1, 1916. In this pe- riod approximately 12,00O,- 900 bales of cotton will be marketed at a minimum of $50 per bale, or an income from cotton alone, outside of it's by-products, of $6O0,- 900, 900. Figuring in the sub- stantial increases in the in comes from the cereals, cat tie, hogs, fruits, manufac- lures etc., the gross increase in Southern income is ap- proximately $500, GOO, 900.
 This money awaits those who will go out for it quick ly and efficiently. Alive ask is an opportunity to prove to you that the Southern news papers are the answer.
 NEnnERs or TIE SOUTHERN NEWSPA-
 PER Fun1lsHERs' ASSOCIATION.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06
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Expert GridirOn Dopster Places VandeGraaff Among Nations Greatest Performers Gives Curry, Cody, Taylor Dobbins and Lang Hon. orary Mention-Is First Time In History That Southern Player Has Won Place On Mythical Eleven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-06

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1t will be several weeks before the ur versailles can pass upon them. Profess
 Corwin indicated that the joint med ing of the eligibility committees ma5 \ an annual affair.
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-07-17
STRIKING PAPER MAKERS
ARE STANDING FIRM

ALBANY, N. Y, July 16.-Officials
Of the International Brotherhood of
Paper Makers report that their men,
beers on strike for better conditions at
WATERFOWL, Deferiet, and other north
ern New York localities, are standing
firm. The strike at Deferiet, against
the st. Regis Paper company, was
caused by refusal to reduce working
hours.
The company owns practically every
house in Deferiet, and has forced the
strikers to vacate. They are now liv-
ing in tents. The company has i'm
ported over 100 armed thugs who are
attempting to create the impression
that the company's property is in
danger.
The strike at Watertown against the
Continental Paper Bag company is an
other shorter work day movement.
The Remington Paper and Power
company at Norwood pays some Of it's
workers "a cents per day below the
standard schedule of paper makers,
and these workers are attempting to
equalize rates.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-07-17
" Order to Examine Final Account.

Order to Examine Final. Account.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
In the Matter Of the Estate OF Felacea
. Collyard. Decedent.
The Petition of Louis. Collyard as
representative Of the above named de-
cedent. together with his final account
having been filed in this court. rep
resentinE. among ,other things that he
has fully administered said estate. and
praying that said final account Of said
administration pc Examined, adjusted
Court make and enter its final decree
Of distribution of the residue Of the
estate Of said decedent to the persons
entitled thereto. and for the discharge
OF the representative and the sureties
Il Is Ordered. That said petition be
heard. and said final account exam
ined. adjusted. and if correct. allowed
BY the. Court.~at 1.-THE Probate. Court
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O'clock 4. Mr.. and ali persons inter
ested In said hearing;and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
ANY there be..svs hy-said petition should
] .ordered further. That this order be
served by publication in The Labor
. Dated at Duluth. MINI, July IL. 1915.
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(seal Probate Count. St Louis County.
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