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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

one day he had an awful ache, the next
 stinging pain,
 Or else his metal anguish was in-
 tense;
 Whene'er the sun was shining he be-
 leved twas sure to rain The clouds above his mind were al-
 ways dense. The luck was always breaking wrong,
 and nothing turned out right. Or so he claimed for he was always
 sore;
 And If he found that he was wrong
 about some fanced blight. It only made him worry all the more. At last, one day. he suddenly discovered
 all wasswell,
 He couldn't draw single troubled
 breath
 And so he died, the poor. old boob, and
 those who knew him tell That lack of trouble frightened him
 to death
 The Hotel de Gink." which was oper- ated downtown for a while for the bene- fit of Jeff Davis and his hoboes, because so popular that the New York society maids and matrons used to visit the place and hold conversations with the 'boes'' and ask them to explain the life of the hobo In return for such expla- nations the 'boes' frequently received flowers, candy. etc. The place became a nuisance and the hoboes were moved out to farm de Gink. where they now live happily and in great numbers, but the old Hotel de Gink won niche in New York's memory and Ia now re- ferred to tenderly as 'vermin Castle, thus doing honor at the same time to . famous dancer whose name is very similar to that title.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09
E 1ISTUR EDDITUR:-The life of the !xA newspaper man in Washington
 z now is indeed turf propersision.

MJ newspaper man in Washington GD now is indeed turf propersision- Congress has departed frum our midst, leeving an aching void. Newer did the newspaper man reealize what frend of his Congress was till it packed up it's duds and vanished. Congress, when in a per spirring state of activity, furnishes lots of things to rite about. Congress lives in the limeite and is nutts for the newspaper man, but when it is absent the newspaper man wanders aimlessly about vaguely try ing to figger out what ails him; he reealizes that sumthing is missing As the summer cums along when reel news items ! air as scatturing as love letters between Emperer Willyum and King Gawge, he cannot refrain frum hoping that sumthing will happen to bring about an extry ses- sion.
 I was talking to an old and expereinsed newspaper man the uther day, and he was bemoaning the situasion. He sed Congress in session would look awful good to him ? now, when the only way to get enny news was to manufacture it. Still he sed, it was not always thus. I can remembur, he sed,
 
 I would have givven sevverel samolions if 1t would take perminint vacaslon. This was when 1 was going thro' the thurd de- gree as cub reporter on local paper, he sed. 1 remembur about the time 1 got my job with the paper, he sed, sum mutt who had escaped the attension of the lunnisy commission gave the Washington baseball teem Billy Goat for mascott.
 This goat was large and viggerus sam pie of the species, with a set of whiskurs like populite Senatur of the old days, and fragrense like corrupt administration. He also had peevish disposision and in sisted on putting into delicate matturs which did not in the leest consurn him per sunnelly He was at furst welcummed by the memburs of the ball team as a novelty and sumthing to amuse them. Aftur a while, however, he began to pail upon them. In the long run he prooved to be nusianse and a liability, insteed of luck peese and an asset, so the club desided that they would like to get rid of sed goat. They did not want to offend the 'enturprizing fam who gave them the goat, so they tried to think up sum way to dispose of him < without attracting attension to the fact that he was serious handicap to theere summers pleasure.
 Enny hom, sed the newspaper man. rem inisently, the news editur of the paper I wurked on in sum way found out the sit uasion about this goat and it occurred to him that it was the foundasion for good Z story. When news editur thinks he sees in sumthing good story, it is fatel. He newer turns it loose. He fondles it and fools around and spends moor time on it than debutanty does ovver hur furst long dress. He fingered out dozen ways to < capitalize this situasion in a way that would reflect credit on the papur and in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

Iw YORK, May s.-(special.)
 Here in modern New York,
 where great wealth and abject poverty rub elbows only on cer- tain generally used thorough-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09

Washington, D. c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
NO PEACE IN SIGHT
AS FEDS BREAK CAMP
Club Owners Leave French Lick
with Little Accomplished.

French Lick, Ind, Nov. 10.-Federal
League owners deserted French Lick
tonight, and for all they accomplished
here toward ending the baseball war;
peace is as far away as ever.
President Gilmore said that serious
differences between representatives OF
organized baseball and his league had
delayed indefinitely the arrival OK
peace, and he reiterated his declaration
Of the Federal Leagues intention to
place the franchise forfeited by Kansas
City in New York and its determine
ton to 20 through another season as
an independent organization unless
terms of agreement could be reached
before spring. Buffalo would probably
retain its franchise, he said, but that
had not been fully determined.
So far as could be learned there was
no meeting here between members OF
the rival factions that had any bearing
on the war. Colonel Rupert, OF the
New York American League club,
though he conversed with Federal
League representatives, did not discus:
any plans NJ peace or war, and X
barney Dreyfuss, Of the Pittsburgh Ma
.ional League Club, was here the Fed
eral magnates did not see him, they
said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Boys High May Not Meet
Erasmus Hall on GridirOn
COLUMBIA TO GREET
SCHOOLBOY RUNNERS
Youngsters Will Be Here Satur-
day to Race for Kirby Trophy.

Columbia will play the host 70 school,
boy runners from twenty-five prepare
tory and high schools on Saturday,
when the annual race for the Kirby
Trophy will be run over the Sh-mile
course on Riverside Drive.
In all. 262 boys have entered, tho
greatest number that has ever been
entered in similar meet at Columbia.
II was the plan II the committee in
charge of the race to have the boys as
guests at the Trinity Columbia football
game. but with the cancellation Of the
game other entertainment will be pro-
vided. The race will be run in the
morning.
The schools entered follow:
Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg.
Penn, eleven entries; Dwight School,
one; Evander Childs High School, four
teen; Morris High School. nineteen;
Schenectady High School. fifteen; Eras-
mus Hall High School, nineteen;.
Friends Seminary School, two; Boys
High School of Brooklyn, six; Rich
mond Hill High School, nine. Com
merce High School, twelve; Curtis High
School, New Brighton, eight; West
Orange High School, seven; CONNER
cial High School, Brooklyn, seven;
Mount Vernon High School, nine; Union
Hill High School, eleven; st. Benedlcts
preparatory School, Newark, nine;
Flushing High School. fifteen; East
Orange High School, fifteen; De Witt
Clinton High School, eleven; Newtown
High School, eighteen; Bryant High
School, eleven; Far Rockaway High
School, eleven Yonkers High School,
thirteen; Watervliet High School, thir-
teen; Dickinson High School, six.
The officials will be: Honorary ref
erees, Police Commissioner Arthur H.
Woods and Park Commissioner Cabot
Ward; referee, Gustavus T. Kirby;
starter, J. j. McHugh; clerk Of course,
r. W. Kennedy; judges at the finish,
A. j. H. Magrath, Charles Halsted
Mapes, W. Ialpin and A Harvitt; tim
ers, Captain C. J. Dieges, DR.. George L.
Meylan, C. A. S. Hatfield and DR.. Z. S.
Elliot; chief scorer, Paul Pilgrim; as
sistant scorer. Bernie j. Wefers; man
aeer Of meet, Walter P. Pfeifferj as
sistant manager, c. NJ. Heydecker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Bull Lacks Single Point, but
Weakens at End Of a Con-
test That Thrills Gallery
at Columbia Club.

J. o. Low, Of the Squash Club, elm
mated Charles NJ. Bull. q clubmate, In
the third round OF the scratch invita-
ton squash tournament Of the Colum-
bia University Club on its Gramercy
Park courts yesterday, in one OF the
hardest fought contests OF the fixture,
a slsshing fve-game match. The scores
were 2l-l7, 21-l9, ls-2l, FL
23-22.
After Bull took the first tive game.
TO his credit, Low captured the aeAi
two and evened matters. me nn",
game went 70 sett, with buil toss'niHf
the match away when he drove the PAL
out of bounds high on the back wall
OF the court. III. raI
Both men played well with Low RAJ,
living strongly In the face OF Amos,
certain defeat Much power was placed
behind the drives Of each, while ootn
thrilled the crowd by their almost I'M
possible gets" and frequent rallies.
Bull showed especially well In the
sr.t two games, setting a fast pace Tor
Low from the opening shot. The third
game was harder fought af-
fair. with Bull again assuming a lead
but giving way An tho last few services
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
IOURNEAY WILL
BE CENTRE RUSH
Old Penn State Agrees To
Be in Lineup Against
Eleven from Rutgers.

Taking the tip in yesterdays Trib-
une, Al Journey, Penn's great centre
of last year, was invited by Hamilton
Fish, IT,, yesterday to play on the
Au-Stars at the Polo Grounds on Sat
urday against the strong Rutgers
team.
Ham Fish Just needed a good centre
to round out powerful line, and whlle
bordering the subject coming down in
the train from his Garrison home yes
terday morning he opened his Tribune
and saw the good news about Jour,
nesy. He Immediately called upon Old
PENIS modest hero, and found Jour
neay only too willing to line up
against Rutgers.
With Journey at centre the All
Stars will present about as formida-
bic line as could be gathered to-
gether from men out of college. The
guards will be Crawford Blagden, Joe
Nourse and Ted Wilmington, all for
mer Harvard line stars, while the
tackles will be Fish. Bob Mckay and
Charlie Ham. John Fitzpatrick and
Bob Schramm, both of Yale, and Henry
Goddard, of Springfield, will be the
ends.
The backield Is somewhat uncertain.
depending upon whether or not Char
ley Brickley, Jim Thorpe and Jack
Hardwick can play. Fish yesterday
had Brickley on the long distance
TELEPHONE In Baltimore, where the lat
ter is coaching Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, and Brickley said he was anx--
ious TO Join the All-Stars, but could
not give a definite answer until Friday
afternoon. Fish also sent day letter
to Jim Thorpe, the worlds champion
oil around athlete, Carlisle Indian star
and erstwhile Giant, offering Thorpe
his round trip expenses from Indiana
University, where Jim ia coaching the
football team and In fine condition.
Even without this trio the all-Stars
will have a fast backfeld, for those
who are sure TO play at least part Of
the game are Art Howe and Dick Page,
quarterbacks; HOBBY Baker and Jim
Mccormick; halfbacks, and ]. Bradlee
Street, fullback.
George Foster Sanford, the Rutgers
coach, and Ham Fish had confer
ence yesterday morning and agreed to
waive the rule against substitutions:
That Is, the All-Stars will be allowed
to take a man out and put him back
lust q. often as he is able to crawl
out on the field.
Fish announced that whatever money
would be coming to the All-Stars from
the gate receipt. would be turned over
10 charity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Slocum, Quarterback,
Reports for Wesleyan

Middletown, Conn, Nov. 10 1ck
slocum, last years quarterback, report
ed for practice yesterday for the first
time since the Amherst & lme. 1t Is ex-
pected that his back will soon be strong
enough for scrimmage and that he will
be in condition for the last two games
Of the season.
The varsity scored at will yesterday
and to-day against the strong scrub
and the freshmen, Deetjen and Harroan
both making several long runs. A long
conference was held last night, In
which Eustis, the head coach, and Or.
Fauver pointed out to the men the!r
mistakes in the Williams game. The
coaches are taking care that the men
shall not suffer from overconfdenco in
the next three games.
Deetjen spends g great deal Of time
each day in punting, as does Eustis Il,
drop kicking II now appears probable
that Deetjen, Hartman and Hingoley
will be the combination to start all
future games. Either Peck or Crafts
may run the quarterback position. but
Captain Hingeley will doubtless call
the signals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
RUSSIAN CHAMPION
VICTOR OVER LESSON
Zurich Wins Finish Bout In In
ternational Wrestling Tourney.

George Lurich, the Russian champion,
used what he called the windmill
swing" in downing Charles lesson, the
English entrant, in a finish bout Of the
international wrestling tournament at
the Manhattan Opera House last night
The end came after thirteen minutes
Of rather hard work, Zurich, grasping
his rival about the waist and after
swinging him around five times, drop
ping him to the mat.
Charles Cutler, the American
wrestler. won one Of the quickest bouts
yet contested in the tourney, when he
defeated Hans Asan, Of Bavaria, In 43
seconds, with the bar and chancery
hold. =.
Pierre La Colosse, the 360-pound
Frenchman, defeated A. Mashut, OF Tur-
key, with a wrist lock in $3.50.
Harry Litofsky. jerusalem. threw Adolf TINA
Germany With ock. IN q.
Sulo Hevonpss Finland, and n. Johnsoa. sued-
en- vent 10 a 20-minuts draw
George Lurich. Russia. threw Chtris lesson
England, In q finish bout. With windmill Wind
IN l3H
Andrea Bslso. Spain. and Kah Poposn BohsmiA
went 20 minutes 10 q draw. $780,.
Pierre Ia Colssss France. thrs~ A. hanhut
TURKEY with a wrist lock. In 2SQ
Chsrle. Cutler America. hrrw Hans AsA ba-
varia with q bar and chanoeU. IN ~ SECONDS
Einsldo Gardini Italy and Hermann SehilInG
Germany. went 20 minutes 70 draw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
WELDSHIP PICKS
UP BIG IMPOSE
AND WINS CHASE
MarrOne Stable Scores a
Racing Double at the
PimlicO Track.
tBy TELEGRAPH 10 n. r.,sur. I,

~ Ao'babA " Inv AIlotDo
P,mlico, Nd, Nov. io.-E. NJ. Yields
Wsldship, carrying an impost Of 100
pounds, made all his own running and
won the Green Spring Valley Steeple-
chase az two miles and q half, which
was the feature OF the card here to-
day.
Kermath. who had TIE leg up on the
pig chestnut geldng, took him out in
front at the second jump and kept him
there, standing Off the closing rush Of
kxton, which beat Shannon River
handily for the place. August Bel
monts Top Hat again disappointed his
hackers BY running out Of the course,
this time the first turn OF the feld.
The Marrone Stable was In evidence,
winning two races, with Ambrose and
Gallop. The Caswell Handicap winner,
Ambrose, was run up by G. Alexandra
to sl,7OO, but retained by his stable
with the customary advance Of S..
The summaries followi
FRS, race selling: for year ,dsi a. fur,
Ions, Golden Gate 100 lMeteal6. ven 81 Dire
ie1s;A; Frlar Yousht loo iMccak.y'' third r% Dns
b IL TAuana. BON Chant Asardi, vsisdo.
Noons,0ne sand nsh tY.. Ai N.rnS .na 'i J.sI,.
,tS aiso ran. nsc.iolar mu,uel. paid Golden Gan
5 ia ''f ss4 ' 5.s PISS p,; 'i s.s sss
Sousht ,hird $40 Golden Gate. Molly q, s ya
liant Ian AssTai; vedado Mary BlackwoOd and
chase sSsof T.d 5iss 3; GI;:% Spring v7 sy,
won y Ia. ,aah EstoS Us ~ WM;rT .ns
ts Saa 0T eight enshsi Shannon River 100 Allen.
down. Top Hat and Bourgeois also ran Two. doiis,
I Sid 81 Ea.tCqs pia:. 81 &ird ,si5: sh.nno S;
Third race selling handicap for ali ages: sir
,sra l%waSSta Pl,1sr IL BuI.onl. Won ~
lime III. VIDE. and our John aiso fsp. no NO,
dollar ia n @g In gd wands pit1sr ',r..h. $50
third s2iO; Joe Blair. third $3.50
Fourth race selling. handicap. for four yssr-c,ds
o. Hayes. won b one length; Atterglow. es tHs::
4,, s:' T is5@ TIM: Az. T..S oSi::
drow oday, Baby Sister and Col Ashmesds also
.9g 20 rSGdoar %uge,, Psd. c Egg ,tr.i:h.
Err rae: % h.nasaS 0i Os "G IN and a. h.
o,t w Won By length. PisStagr enc 100 No.
GTa sS.i ;f SIP + m. Gefs k K a woa,i Il:
Ataboy also ran. Two dollar muiaei, paid AnIisty.
place 81 90. third $3.50. J. Is Hsrrsli, third $50,
Sixth race THE Casweil Selling Handicap fof
three year olds and upward. mile and one FUR
long Ambrose. 100 (Hsrringtonl. won By oae
len 9Th. stonehenss. los Turner second by hesdt
Il arkbroom. III Robinson. third Tine. iHi$.
Napier. King Box. lse. Corsican. Buzz Around
All Smiles and Nclges also ran, Two doua
mutuels paid Ambrose. strlsh, SO so. place ts.o:
third so 10. stonehense. place $3.50. third H<o1
Blackbrcom. third 81
Seventh race selling. handicap; for four-yesr-
olds and upwards one mile and a sIteenthl-0l-
lop. l07 q. McTaggarp. won BY Length: joe
Finn l0l robinson. second by a length sqpreme
Lenayaal, Luther. sigma Alpha Surprising and
Taecarier also ran. T@o.doln mu,us, rsidi
Gallop. straight s., place 81 80. third saIoi !os
Finn place s.. so third $270. Supreme. third $3.50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
kIVIAT AND SMITH
FILE THEIR APPEAL

Tho Irish-Amsr'can Athletic CLUB,
determined to bring the cases OF Abel
r. Kiviat and Harry J: Smith betor,
the highest tribunal Of the Amateur
Athletic Union, yesterday filed a re-
opening of the proceedings with tho
board Of governors.
The application was received by
Frederick W. Ruben, president OF the
Metropolitan Association. from John J..
Dooling, counsel for the athletes, wac
declares that he has sufficient evidence
10 reverse the action OF tho registra-
ton committee and the board OF man
ayers Of tho local district.
Tho annual meeting OF tho union 10
scheduled for next Monday afternoon
ut the Wnldorf-Astoria. and II Is pr ID
able that special meeting VIII 10
called for Sunday to consider tho ap-
plication Of the athletes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Low Victor in a Slashing
FINE Set Match at Squash

when Low rallied strongly. In the
fourth game Bull seemed content %
take a resting spell, and Low compiled
his necessary points In short order.
with the opening of the fifth game
Bull started sizzling pace and Low
being unable 70 intercept his service
was soon left In the ruck. Bull gain.
cred his points rapidly, and with a lead
of 90 10 II aces on his rival. looked
Ike the winner. However, Low had his
dghting blood up and soon cut the lead
down to 20 10 10. During the re-
mainder Of the game Bull had five OPP
portunities TO tally his final winning
point, but was unable TO break through
Lis RIVALS defence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Mike Reilly's stable was not on any
ground Dough. for the Yankee park.

Otis Johnson, a third bsseuian, who
killed himself accidentally while hunt
ing near Binghamton, N. Y, was 8
member Of the Yankees in 1911. Last
season he played with the Elmira, ~.
Y, club.
He was Home Run" Johnson when
he came 70 the Yankees from the Port
land, Ore, club and he was known as
tho freshest busher who ever Joined
the Yankees. He was we'll liked, al
though he made bad start. The first
day he reported at the training camp
he told Hal Chase how to play first and
advised Sweeney that II he used
crutches he probably could get over the
ground faster.
Johnson was q good hitter but an
erratic fielder. He was sent to Jersey
City by New York and never improved
enough to warrant his recall.
We would have more confidence In
the Federal League announcements II
they had not said their New York stand
would seat $4,000 persons. Had they
said $4,000 we might have believed all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Freshman Basketball
Team for Columbia

Columbia will have a freshman bas-
ketball team this winter for the first
time in two years, and practice for the
youngsters will begin next week, with
Harry Fisher, coach Of the varsity five,
in charge.
With the adoption Of the new eligi-
bility code Of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate League barring freshmen from
varsity teams, Fisher and the advisory
board decided that the only way TO de-
velop the basketball players In the en-
tering class was TO organize fresh
man team. schedule Is being pre-
pared and the team will begin playing
games early In December.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Cohen Wins at Billiards

NJ. Isaacs (20) failed to hold an early
lead and was beaten By Ben Cohen
(14) in the handicap three-cushion bill
lard tournament at the Morningside
Academy last night BY a score OF IL
to 10. Isaacs collected five carroms in
the fourteenth inning, which gave him
a lead Of 8 70 8. and later added
counts more. but he was unable TO re-
tain It. Cohen improved In his play
ing. finishing his string in thirty inn
inps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
AL REICH WANTS
TO FIGHT AGAIN
Boxers Path Not Always
Strewn with Big Purses,
He Saws, and Tells Tale.

The way Of a fighter is not always
strewn with big purses, for all tnas
Jess Willard may hold aloof and sni't
at offers of $4,000 for ten-round
bouts There are men of lesser i'm
uortance. like AL Reich, for instance
He will testify that oftentimes poker
il lucky if he breaks even or. training
and travelling expenses, and Al lhslsIs
that he ought to know.
Reich is thinking Of taking ono more
whirl at the game, or so he declared
vasterdav After his trial with Gun
boat Smith he dropped out OF sight,
hut he has begun TO frequent his old
bannts again. Yesterday he trooped
along. squeezing an old tennis ball, 70
strengthen his right hand, ne ex-
planned.
Al?" he was asked. r.,
"Why don't you ask me when I'm
going to fight?' he answered, with a
grin "a lot Of people won't believe
I ever did fight at all. But | guess
mi get going again some time. Inc
game has its attractions. 1t isn't oil
81 remember when l went out to
Kan.a, City TO fight Al Norton. They
billed me as the millionaire boxer, and
had TO 20 through with II, so we
lived at the most expensive hotels. IL
cost me and my trainers and manager
about $50 a day. At that time II we
had only s999,9 more We would nave
been millionaires, but we didn't
"A crowd used to watch me tram
every day, and they paid a quarter 70
get in, but the management KEPT al
that money, for a millionaire couldn
bother with small change. When the
night OF the fight came the c ub was
almost empty. 1t must have been that
the crowd thought | didn't want any
money. for they surely didn't pay 70
see me fight. So lost about Szoo on
the trip. con mn
bu. | had to pay 5000 to go to Kansas
City and fight a guy
Silent Martin, the deaf mute mid
d,eweight. was matched yesterday TO
meet AL Mccoy, Of Brooklyn, the MID 9,
dleweight title holder. The men VIII
boY ffteen rounds at Waterbury on
TbenEsgiving Day. According TO the
agreement, the men will weigh In at
1853 pounds.
Battling Levinsky and Tom Cowter
are to box ten rounds at the Olympic
A. c., OF Harlem. on Monday night.
Leach Cross, who Is credited with
having earned more than 100000 in
the ring. will face Johnny Harvey In
ION rounds at the Harlem Sporting
Club on November 10. The press agent
of the club declares glibly that Harvey
defeated Charley White. when as a
matter of fact he did nothing OF the
sort. White won most handily.
At the same show Matt Wells will
face Young Brown. and Joe Atevedo
will mingle with Benny Leonard.
Matt Wells, incidentally. has appar-
entity taken a new lease on life. MS
victory over Charley White out west
has doomed his stock away up, and II
is more than probable that he. viii be
matched to fight Freddie Welsh In the
near future,