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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
BARONS WIN ONLY
 4 OF 10 STARTS Tribe of Memphii Takes Big Percentage of Games
 With BarOns

Carleton Molesworth and his Barons should truly be glad to move out of Memphis The Chicks have proved a thorn in the side of the Baron pennant aspirations. As yet the Barons have not been successful in a single series this season against the tribe of slugglng Brscoe Lord.
 In the 16 appearances that the Bar ons have made against the Chiekasaws, they have been successful in only four, while the Chicks captured the remaining 12 In the past series the Barons put up a harder fight than in the previous engagements. They forced the Memphii to go II innings in two of the contests to gain the decision, while the other two battles fell easy prey for the spurt- ing Chicks.
 Karl Black. the only twirler on the Baron staff who has been effective against the Chickasaws, fell at their mercy during the past combats. or the four games the Barons have won, Black is the holder of three. The other win Is credited to Burleigh Grimes. who met defeat yesterday.
 Now that the Barons are away from their pennant ghosts" they will give the Travellers d hot fight for the hon CTS. After the Little Rock series, the Barons will return home and then they will probably don their fighting togs and set the rag as their goal. With the Chicks and Pels struggling for the lead ership the Barons will have an easy time to move back into the choice selection, and once there, with the bat Hes being staged on the home grounds they will be hard to dislodge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Brave Act Was Fake
From the St. Louis Globe-Democra

TOIIl the ot. l<OulS
 San Jose, Cal-Rocan P. Brun of Denver, hero of Saturday nights sup posed attempted train wreck here, is now in jail, having confessed to being an imposter. Brun reported to the authorities Saturday night that while walking to San Jose from Santa Cruz he discovered iron Instructions bolted to the railroad track midway between the two towns. Realizing that the south bound Lark" of the Southern Pacific was shortly due, he said he started to remove the obstructions and while do- ing so was shot and slightly wounded by man who had been hiding under meath cattle guard. His alleged as- sailant, with compansion, escaped and Brun then secured a red lantern from d nearby street crossing and Tagged the on-coming train
 Sunday Brun confessed that the auto mobile accessories shop In Denver where he had been working was fall ing and he was anxious to secure bet ter paying position. Thinking he would be rewarded with work and money by the railway company. he planned Saturday nights wreck"
 He shot himself in the arm before he Jagged the train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
BARONS SELDOM
 HAVE LOST FOUR
 BATTLES IN ROW
If Little Rock Wins Game This Afternoon Barons Will Be in Record
 Slump

Should Little Rock defeat Birming- ham in the first game of the series that opens this afternoon the Rarons will experience a record slump. At no time during the 1915 campaign has the Birmingham team lost more than four consecutive games and only once before has Molesworth's crew been so unfortunate.
 The four reversals experienced in Memphis were unique in one resnect It was the second time during the 1915 season that any club succeeded in taking four consecutive games with out Baronfal victory intervening. The record of the Barons have been re- markedly devoid of winning spurts and losing streaks. For while Birmingham has climbed rapidly it has usually gained this ascendency by capturing two or three games and then losing one.
 A feat of capturing three successive games has not been so unusual with the Barons Seven times since April 13 the bold Barons have downed their adversaries in three consecutive games Twice on the present road trip Bir- mingham has turned this trick
 Contrariwise. but once before has any opponent registered four success sive triumphs and the despised Mem phil were again the exulters. On their last visit to Redwood the Chickasaws won four successive games. Begin ming July ', Memphis won a double header, Roth and Merritt pitching. The following day Memphis registered to l defeat with Robertson operating. Jimmy Keeley scored the fourth suc- cessive triumph. with the regulation , to count.
 Birmingham has won four successive conflicts but once this year. Singular ly, Memphis is included in the record The Barons began with Atlanta on May g. having triumphed to l. On the next afternoon the Crackers were downed 10 to 5. Travelling to Mem phis, Birmingham blanked the Chicks to 0 in the first tilt and to in the secoEo The 8 to victory was the fourth straight win. On May 10 Mer- rftt bested Johnson at Rickwood in 1S innings and halted the Barons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Tanks Take Two

New York, August 5-New York took two games from St. Louis today, to l and to o. In the first game Caldwell was effective in the pinches, while New York punched hits on Weilman to win. The second game was a battle between Fisher and Lowdermilk, the visitors pitcher weakening in the eighth. Fisher allowed only two hits. but St. Louis had a runner on third in each of the first four innings. In the last five innings not a man reached first base. Scores First game: R.H.E. St. Louis ............... 010 GOO o00-1 s 3 New York .............. 002 900 10s-3 g 2
 Batteries: Weilman and Agnew; Cald- well and Nunamaker.
 Second game: R.HE. St. Louis ............... 600 000 O00-0 2 0 New York ............... 00O GOO 02*-2 Q 2
 Batteries: Lowdermilk and Severeid; !; Fisher and Sweeney, Nunamaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
American Association
AtmOre Loses

Bay Minette, August 5.-(Special. .)-At- more and Bay Minette staged an Thinning ball game on the local grounds this aft ernoon in which the locals were victori- ous by the score of to 3.
 The game was pitchers battle be- tween White of the locals and Lowrey of the visitors and while White yielded more hits than his opponent he was able to .xeep them from hitting in the pinches. An error in the ninth when the score was 8 to 2 in favor of Atmore he let in the tying run.
 Batteries: Atmore. Lowrey and Hg- don. Bay Minette, White and Ertzinger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Braves Stopped

Chicago, August 5.-Chicago beat Boston today, to 3. With the score tied at the start of the ninth McI4arry hit for two bases. Archer advanced him to third on a sacrifice. Stallings instructed Tyler to pass Phelan in hopes of retiring thu side on a double play when Humphries came to bat. Instead Knisely was sent to bat for him and again the Boston manager ordered the batter passed, filling the bases. Safer went to third and ran for McLarry. scoring the winning run on Murray's single, which shot past the drawn in infield. Score: R. H. E. Boston .................. OO2 GOO O10-S g 5 Chicago ................. 102 900 001-4 9
 Batteries: Tyler, Davis, Ragan and Whaling, Gowdy; Vaughn. Humphries and Archer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Church Wins

Chicago. August 5.-George M. Church. the Princeton star, played true to form in the western tennis tournament at Lake Forest today. easily defeating J. J. For stal. of Chicago 6-3. 6-1. Church's vic- tory was one of half dozen by favorites in their third round, other successful play CTS being Al Lindauer of Chicago, who won hard fought match with Nat Thorn ton of Atlanta, S-6, 6-3 6-3; Walter Hayes and Heath Byford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
GULLS AND CHICKS.
 TIED FOR TOP, MEET IN DEATH STRUGGLE

Memphis, August 5-(Special.) .)-Jack Bushelman's good right arm with a lift from wee Red" McDermott hoisted the Chickasaws today to a seat with the Pelicans on the top rung of the South ern league percentage ladder. The Chicks made the ascension by defeating the Barons 3 to in the last of a four-game series staged at Russwood park, and in- cidentally it was a clean sweep of the series for the Chicks.
 The Barons, headed by Chubby Carleton Molesworth, crossed the river tonight on their way to Little Rock minus nux pen nant points and pennant hopes the re- suit of their four days in Red Elm Hol- low.
 As was hinted earlier in this baseball parable it was the good right arm of Jack Busheman. with a lift from Pinkey Me Dermott that principally had to do with the last swipe of the clean sweep of the four-game set with the Barons.
 But also it was the combined efforts of the Chicks that brought about a vic tory.
 Chicks Field Fast
 There was not a blemish on the field
 
 ing of the Chicks. The entire Chick inner works lent able assistance to Bushelman and scampered all over the diamond without making a misstep a crooked throw
 Three double plays were perpetrated with McDermott starting each dual kill ing and each of the twin demises came at time when they brought much re- lief to Bushelman
 Burleigh Grimes put his broad shoulders in front of the last stand of the Barons, but was turned back. Grimes defeat was brought about partially by himself on account of his wildness, but mostly by the insertion of a hit from a Chick bat when a hit was productive of a run. Grimes gave six bases on balls. but struck out nine local batters and several times turned Chick toward the bench when a hit would have been available Chick asset
 Grimes committed the only error made during the game and it was the solitary mishap that gave birth to Chick spurt in the fourth inning when the homelings took the lead by the margin of three.
 Grimes Is Wild
 After cutting down McDermott to start the fourth, Grimes walked Stewart Hem ingway hit a roller to Grimes and in an effort to head off Stewart at second Grimes made a low throw which went into center field. Stewart moved around to third and Hemingway pulled up at second
 Andreen shot sizzling liner into right for a single, scoring Stewart and advanc- ing Hemingway to third. Cruthers cleaned the bases of Chicks when he caroomed hot low bounder off Coyle's shins into right field. Hemingway and Andreen scoring on the knock.
 Eibel hit to Ellam who touched second forcing Cruthers and then doubled Eibel to first.
 A double killing made by the Chicks and one made by the Barons repulscd threatened scoring by each side until the seventh, when the Barons coined their only two runs of the game.
 Coombs started the seventh with a sin gle to right Lindsay lined out to Me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

SUMMARY. Two base Hit-Clark. Sacrifice Hits-Bushelman, Cruthers. Stolen Bases-Coombs, Sloan. Double Plays-McDermott to Elpel; McDermott to Cruthers to Eibei 3; Clark to Ellam to Coyle; Ellam to Coyle; Lindsay to Coyle. Passed Balls-Andreen, Hale. Bases on Balls-On Bushelman 5. Grimes 6.
 Struck Out-By Bushelman 2. Grimes g.
 Time-2:10.
 Umpire-Pfenninger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
LOOKOUTS LOSE C TO MOBILE GULLS

Chattanooga, August 5.-Covington 1s- sued seven bases on balls today, but Chattanooga could not hit him with men on bases and Mobile won the last game of the series by to 1. Fast fielding by the Chattanooga infield cut the Mobile score down. the visitors hitting Marshall hard Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Force of Association

from JuuSe.
 While the owner of the touring car dis- mounted during necessary repairs, the young front wheel timidy asked the old back wheel.
 Don't you get weary of the social whirl revolving and revolving and revolving?"
 You'll get used to It." said the old wheel. "Our owner is spinster, with nothing to do but go round, till sometimes I feel like a Daughter of the Revolution myself.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
International League

At Rochester: Rochester 3. Rich mond l.
 At Bufalo: Buffalo 6-5. Harris burg 5-1.
 At Toronto: Toronto A, Jersey City 20.
 At Montreal: Providence game postponed to some later date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
PELS BUMPED
 IN BOTH GAMES

Little Rock, August 5.-Little Rock won both games of a double header from New Orleans today, 10 to and to 8. In the first game the locals got 16 hits, including foru doubles, off George. Errors were responsible for most of the runs in the second game, which was featured by marvellous catch by Jantzen, robbing Ed mondson of home run. Scores: First
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

seven 1nnfngs by agreement
 Sum m.nary: Three base hit, Baker. stolen hsses Thomas 2, fSdmondson, Jantzen Starr. Sacrifice hits, Pezold, Starr. Sacrifice fly. Murray Double plays. Thomas unassisted; Downey to Starr to Covington Struck out. Smith A. East 4. Bases on balls, East 5, Smith l. Passed ball. Hayes. Time, 1:4S. Um- pires, Rudderham and Chesnutt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

While the Chicks were giving the Barons their fourth straight defeat. Allan's Trav- elers dealt the Pels a death blow by cap turing a double bill. Charley Schmidt and his low flying Gulls managed to win over the Lookouts, while the Crackers downed the Vols The Chicks are now tied for first place, with the Barons hold ing third place by a neat margin. The Barons are three games behind the Chicks and Pels. They are crucial series for the leadership starts in Memphis when the Chicks and Pels meet in a three-game series.
 The results follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

Street. Three-base hit. Kaufman. Double play, Williams. Bisland to Kaufman. Left on bases, Atlanta s, Nashville '. Bases on balls off Perry 8, Rogers 3, Frost 1. Struck out. by Perry 4, Frost $. Hit by pitcher. by Perry 8 Stark, Paulette. Farmer). Sacrifice hits. Williams. Moran, Perry. Stolen bases Williams. Moran 2. Innings pitched, by Rogers 3 1-3 with 8 hits, runs. Time, 2:15. Empires, Bern hard and Breitenstein.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
HOpefulness

From the Louisville Herald. ]
 Freddy dear Dora, let this thought console you for your lovers death. Re member that other and bettar men than he have gone the same way.
 Bereaved One-They havent all gone have they?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Cards Win

St. Louis, August 5.-St. Louis defeated Brooklyn today. 3 to ?. In the third in- ming hit batsman, wild pitch, Myers error and singles by Miller and Long gave St. Louis its three runs. Brooklyn twice filled the bases in it's half of the third Score: R. H. F. Brooklyn ................ 101 900 000-2 10 i St. Louis ................ 003 GOO 00@-3 5 8
 Batteries: Smith, Dell, Appleton and McCarty; Sallee and Snyder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
FEDERAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Chifeds Con Another

Brooklyn, August 5-The Brooklyns were defeated to by Chicago today in a pitchers battle, in which Mcconnell had the better of Bluejacket and Upham Westersils hitting and Zeiders fielding featured. Score: R.H.E. Chicago ................. GOO 110 001-3 2 Brooklyn ................ GOO 900 001-1 8
 Batteries: Mcconnell and Fischer; Blue jacket, Upham and Simon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Tigers Split

Philadelphia, August 5.-Hard hitting marked both games here today, Detroit winning the first. II to 5 and Philadelphia the second, to 8. Both Steen and Bress- Ter, who started the first game. were knocked off the rubber, while Detroit mixed hits with passes by Davis and piled up runs Dauss, who succeeded Steen, was effective.
 In the second game Detroits three twirlers were effective. Scores: First game: R.H.E. Detroit ................ 203 020 04O-11 10 Philadelphia .......... 300 0O1 001- 12 4
 Batteries: Steen, Dauss and Stanage; Bresser, Davis and Lapp, McAvoy.
 Second game: RH.E. Philadelphia .......... 025 GOO 20+-9 16 8
 Roland, Steen, Boehler and Baker: Shee- han and Lapp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
CRACKERS ARE
 EASY WINNERS

Nashville, August 5.--Poor pitching gave Atlanta an easy victory over Nashville in the last game of the series by a score of to 4. Rogers was taken out of the box in the fourth inning and Frost fin ished the game Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

Summary: Stolen baseS, GrdH IzJ. TWo- base hit, Miller. Three-base hits, Perry, Kitchens. Home run, Northen. Double plays, Schmidt to Perry: Dobard (unas- sisted) Hits, off Marshall, 6 in 3 innings, runs Struck out, by Covington T, Clark 2 Bases on balls, off Marshall l.; Clark, 1; Covington. q Time of game. 1:35. Umpire, OToole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Eddie Plank Wins

Baltimore, August 5.-Rankin Johnson allowed St. Louis but one hit today. but it drove in the only counter of the game, Plank getting the better of 1-to-0 vic- tory. Plank had nine strike-outs to his credit. Score: R. E. St. Louis ................ GOO 100 000-1 0 Baltimore ............... 600 GOO 00O-0 6 1
 Batteries; Plank and Chapman: John- son and Owens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
PhillieS Beaten

Philadelphia, August 5.-Adams shut out Philadelphia today Pittsburg winning to O. The winning run was scored in the ninth when with the bases full Killifer threw wild to third and Hinchman scored Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia ............ 900 GOO O00-0 6 3 Pittsburg ................ 000 900 001-1 5 1
 Batteries: Alexander and Killifer; Adams and Schang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Chick Victory and Pelicans' Double Disaster Tighten Up Race for Pennant
 in the Southern
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Memphis 6. Birmingham 2. Little Rock 10-5, New Orleans 4-3. Mobile 2, Chattanooga 1. Atlanta 8, Nashville 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

ouIIII1IdIy. IWU-UHSe mus, BaKer, Jant- zen, Reilly 2, Downey, Murray. Three base hits, Bagby. Stolen bases Gibson Messenger. Struck out, Couchman g., George 2. Base on balls, George T. Hit batsman, Couchman (Reilly). Passed ball. Higgins. Time, :3l Empires, Chesnutt and Rudderham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06

Walter Alexander the youthful catcher. signed by "Bill" Donovan in the hope that some real pepper would be injected into his b8ckstopping de- partment, is with the Yankees and 1t Is tue intention of his new manager to work him frequently in the near future not only that some accurate line on his work may be gained hereabouts but also to give him all the experi- ence possible in the very shortest space of time Alexander was pur- chased from the Kansas City team of the American association, where he was lanNed as one of the real stars of middle west baseball This year Walter has shown a wonderful i'm provement with his bat and the Kansas City fans looked upon him as one of the teams most dependable men in a pinch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Giants Win Two

Cincinnati, August 5.-New York today took both games from Cincinnati to 2 and to l. In the opener Stroud was master of the situation all way Benton was hit opportunely and was forced to retire.
 In the second game New York won in the fourth when Doyle and Fletcher singled, Merkle sacrificed and Lobert brought in both base runners with a double. Scores:
 First game R. H. D. New York .............. 003 200 000-5 II 0 Cincinnati .............. 600 010 00l-2 g 2
 Batteries: Stroud and Meyers; Benton, Lear and Wngo.
 Second game R. H. E. New York .............. GOO POO 0O0-2 4 3 Cincinnati .............. GOO 100 OO0-1 5 o
 Batteries: Marquard, Schauer and Dooin; McKennery, Toney and Clarke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-06
Games Today

Birmingham at Little Rock. Atlanta at Chattanooga. Mobile at Nashville. New Orleans at Memphis.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-23
NEWS NOTES

J. D. Johnston came in yesterday on the train from Mile Seven to at tend to some business matters, re- turning this afternoon.
 J. A. Mclaughlin arrived on the train last night from Anchorage and is one of the first to make the trip overland. He says the trial is i'm pretty fair condition considering that it is early in the season.
 The Alliance unloaded about 65O tons of merchandise and freight destined to the firm of Brown & Hawkins at Anchorage, which will be used by the local consumers this winter.
 Charley Nutter who has again come to the city says their sawmill is now going fine since they installed the big engine: They are cutting lumber right along.
 Joe Wilson has been sick in bed at his cabin for the past few days.
 Nell Yates has rebuilt and furnish ed fine little cabin on the beach near the Pioneer Hall. Mir. Yates recent ly arrived here from Panama and will make Seward his home.
 A crowd of about seventy attended the lecture of Mrs. L. M. Lewis at the Pioneer Hall last night.
 Byron Whitfield, son of Engineer Whitfield, leaves on the Alliance for Portland, Oregon, where he will spend the winter. He does not know whether he will return to Seward in the spring or not.
 l.. c. Bates went out to the head of the bay this morning and shot three malards and three ptarmigan.
 The Independent steamship AL liance leaves today with the following passengers: B. D. Whitfield, R. C.. Foote, John O. Parker and three steerage.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-23
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
 ASSIST PIONEERS .

The Woman's Club of Seward held special meeting at the Pioneer Hall yesterday afternoon and decided to assist the Pioneer lodge in making the benefit dance of tomorrow night grand success. They will serve ice cream, cake and coffee for two bits )n special tables at the upper end of the hall. They planned also on serv- ing fruit punch at ten cents glass. The following ladies will serve re- treatments from o'clock to II p. m.: Mrs. H. S. Balderston, chairman; Mesdames, Baughman, Blue, Cramer, Chambers, Davidson, De Line, de Sherbinin, Ellis and Green. After II o'clock the following ladies will serve: Mesdames Lucas, Martin, Mcdonald, Root, Sexton, Schaleben, Sauers, Sawyer, Sloan and Whitehead.
 Mrs. Lena NJ. Lewis talked to the ladies about the Woman's Club of Ju neau.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-23
FIRST MAIL FOR
 ANCHORAGE LEAVES 29TH

The first overland mail for An chorage, by the winter mail service, will leave Seward next Monday morn ing, November the 29th. It was to have commenced November 18th but owing to the fact that steamers were able to carry the mail by water it was postponed two weeks. The contract with Col. Revell calls for the delivery of 800 pounds of mail per week at Anchorage from the close of navi- gation this fall to the opening of same next spring.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-23

the creek crosses the railroad on it's way to the lake near Mile 2S has had his holding cut from five acres to a tract which is only one hundred feet by two hundred feet. A few others in the same neighborhood also had the size of their tracts cut down and W. A. McNeilley 'was the first man to get the full five acres. The others were cut down because they had taken up ground on the creek and too close to the railroad, it is said. Mir, McNeiuey's five acres is seven hun dred feet deep with three hundred feet on the railroad. On the lake the ,orcst people also reserved the usual sixty feet along the water front. Barney Flaherty, who had quite big tract, had most of it taken from him, even his garden which he had culti-
 satod, because he had failed to file on lt before the district was reserved.
 He had taken it up before the new
 regulations giving leases of five acres had gone into effect. Some Seward
 people who have taken up tracts are Wayne Blue, Helenius, who had the contract to clear the Terminal tract
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-23
ALL IN READINESS
 FOR BENEFIT DANCE

Everything is now in readiness for the big benefit ball which will be pull cd off in the A. B. Hall tomorrow evening under the auspices of the Pioneers. The committee who have the matter in charge, report a very healthy sale of tickets and point with satisfaction at the story of one gentleman who bought five of the tickets and tore them up on the spot. The ladies of Seward have completed their arrangements for the refresh ments for the evening