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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-15
ALL ENTRANTS IN l. FINE CONDITION FOP
 B.A. |. TRACK MEET
Officers Are Named and All Arrangements Made for
 Feature Event

With all entrants lift and trim and
 all officials ready for the executive
 end of the game, nothing bnt ina
 holds back. the annual May-dav fieId
 and track meet of the Birninrban,
 Athletic club this afternoon al fba
 Fairgrounds. The meet will beein at
 1:S0 o'clock. and the events will be
 run off without hitch of any kind.
 All arrangements for the meet have
 been completed by Will Streit, Jr.. gen
 eral chairman of athletic committees
 of the club.
 The annual field and track meet or the Athletic club always attracts much
 interest in southern amateur sporting circles every year. The club has al-
 ways tried to develop amateur athlet- ics in the south, and the annual field and track tournament is doing much toward this end.
 More than 70 athletes will be in Sat urday's meet In addition to strong teams from Georgia Tech, the Univer- sity of Alabama, Mississippi A. & M Auburn, the Birmingham Young Mems Christian association, and Athletic club, a number of individuals have also signed up for the meet. The steady and consistent training of several weeks has been practically brought to an end. and the athletes are all ready for the starters whistle at 1:3Q o'clock Saturday afternoon.
 Following are the officials: Referce--Will Streit, Jr. Field Judges--C. P. Orr, chief judge; Guy Wharton, W. W. Abell, Charles Woodruff, Burr Blackburn Herbert l.. Cobbs and Zac Smith. Finish Judges-Harry Miles. chief judge; Father NJ E. Kitrick. Borden Burr and Sam Sturgeon. Timeke eepers-Dr. J. E. Dedman, R. B. Davis, Jack Riddle. Ed l.. Anderson, Fred Underwood and Burr Ferguson. Starter--C. D. Comstock Clerks of Course--Z. Nespor, chief; Billy Combs and Frank Film, assis- tants.
 Soorers-xH N starnes. B. NJ. starnes. H. McDermott
 Inspectors-Wyllis Rooert, W. F. ] Enneking, ]. D. Beavin, H. F. Phelan and Dan N. Rubin.
 | The Mississippi A. & NJ. entered a l team Thursday at the last moment. l A letter from this institution stated l that eight men were coming to Sir l mingham. and would try to take away l all the honors that would be offered 1 Saturday afternoon at the Fairgrounds.
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Lookouts Bat Hardgrove Hard
AUBURN DEFEATED
 BY MISS. A. & M.
Roberts Pitches Fine Ball. The Alabamians Play
 Loose Game

Columbus. Miss, May 4.-fSpeclaL) Roberts for the A. and M. pitched pne- nomenal ball today, blanking Auburn to the tune of to O. The game was the fastest seen on the local field this sea son, and the work of Roberts was nothing short of brilliant. For eight innings ne held the Auburntes without a hit or run. and only by a hairs breadth did they land the single safety, which came In the ninth with two down. Roberts halls from Artesia, Miss.
 In the last session, with one down, Steeo smashed out a long fly and fielding CT TOT netted the runner three bases. Steeo scored on Hairston's long fly to center. crossing the plate just before the last out was made. The Aggies cinched the game in the first inning. Brandon laced out a triple Frentz followed with an other three-sacker, scoring Brandon. An other tally came in the second on wild throw. The Alaba amians played rather loose fielding game, and Roberts had them constantly lat his mercy. The last game of the series will be played Saturday afternoon. Score: RH k. A. and M. .............. 20l GOO 00s-S Auburn .................. 600 900 oOo-o o
 Batteries: Roberts and Barbarin; Bason and Hairston Umpire, Mahon. Time, l:4o.
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BARONS RALLIED
 IN NINTH INNING

In their half of the ninth the Barons staged a little rally. Ellam popped out, Wallace registered his third hit. Coombs batting for Black struck out. Magee singled. Hemingway ended the farcical fracas by poping out.
 As for the Lookouts, they started scoring in the second when after Me- COrmick had walked. Graf singled. Lusk forced Mccormick at third. Kitch- ems forced Lusk at second, but Cum ningham slammed the ball to the score board. scoring Graf and Kitchens
 In the fourth the Noogans scored another on two errors by Hemingway In the sixth doubles by Kitchens and Cunningham brought in another run This ended the scoring for the Look outs until the fatal ninth
 Easily the features of the game were the timely batting of Cunningham, the visiting hurier, and of Wallace, the Baron catcher
 It was announced that the reason Hardgrove was allowed to pitch yes
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Ddtitu ioT biaCh In nlnIn.
 Score by innings: Chattanooga .o o20 1O1 OO4-9 BirminSham ...4..... 900 011 120--5
 SUMMARY Two-base Hits--Hemingway Ellam Johnston, Harris, Lusk 2, Cunning ham 2 Three-base Hit-Graff Home Runs-Wallace, Sloan. Stolen Bases-Hemingway 2, Graft. Kitchens. Double Flays--Ellam, Clark to Car roll; Wallace to Ellam Lusk to liar ris Elberfeld to Harris.
 Sacrifice Hits-Elberfeld, Johnston, Lusk. Base on Balls--Harde rove 8, Gun ningham ?.
 Left on Bases--chsttanooga 3. Bir- mingham 5.
 Hits--Off of Hardgrovs Il in 1--s innings, Black in 2-3 innning, Gun ningham Il in innings. Harding in "a inning. tss
 Struck -Hardgrove 2. Black l. Cunningham 4
 Passed Ball-kitchens. Time of Game--2:25. Umpires-Pfenninger and Chesnutt.
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GRIFFIN WALLOPS
 THE BALL HARD

Griffin, May 14.-( Special. .)--Griffin came back in the second game of the present series and defeated the Talladega Tigers by the score of to S. Ostendorf held the visitors in his hand until the sixth when he became wild and was relieved by Panella. The Griffin batters hit Ma bors all over the field, getting eight hits, four of which were two-baggers Garrett hit home-run with two on bases. Game was called in the eighth on account of darkness The score.
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ROME WINS IN
 FIFTH INNING
V 14.-(special. )-Bunched

Rome, May 14.-(Special) )-Bunched hits in the fifth inning gave Rome a victory over Newman today Whitney and King pitched great ball for four innings after which both weakened. Newman rallied in the ninth, securing two hits, but was unable to score. Mat thews sent in a pinch hitter, Edmond son, and Burleson changed pitchers for him. He ended the game by flying out to right Cochran and Flynn's hitting
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American Association

At Kansas City Kansas City 8, Louis vile 8.
 At Milwaukee: Milwaukee g. Indianap- oils 5.
 At St Paul: St. Paul-cleveland post poned, wet grounds.
 Only games scheduled.
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Ouimet Wins

Brookline, Mass, May 14.-Francis oui-. met. the national amateur golf champion, in the first round of match play for the spring cup at the Country club today, against H. P. Harrington of Woodland. made the third hole, 435 yards. and the eighth S75 yards in three strokes each, and won up and 5 to play.
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Few Colleges Enter

New Orleans. May 14-Only four south- ern colleges had been entered today in the Southern intercollegiate Athletic as so.;atior,s annual field meet. Represen- tatives of other schools might be entered at the last moment. Preliminary trials were to take place at Tulane stadium to- day. Because of the small number of entries it was thought the first day work would be limited to few events. Tomorrow the athletes will contest m the finals.
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WILD THROW WINS
 FOR ANNISTON

I.aGrange, May 14.-fSpeeial.)-La : Grange scored the only earned run in an evenly contested affair this afternoon be- tween LaGrange and Anniston
 Anniston scored two runs in the sixth on Laftte's wild throw. The visitors worked 12 men, Score:
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PAuLETrE MAKES RECORD

Atlanta, May 14.-(Special.) Gene Paulette. Nashville's hrst baseman, has established southern league record On April 24 Paulette failed to get hit. starting on April 25. Paulette secured one or more hits in IS straight games, missing again on May IS. in the game at New Or leans. Since the start of the sea son, Paulette has missed hitting safely in but four of the 31 games he has played In these 18 games. Paulette secured 25 hits in ss times up for an aver. age of .369.
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Games Today

Chattanooga at Birmingham. Nashville at New Orleans. Memphis at Atlanta. Little Rock at Mobile.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
RrOOkfeds Win

Baltimore, May 14.-Brooklyn de- feated Baltimore this afternoon 12 to 4. Quinn retired the first 12 men in order. In the fifth and sixth innings the entire team batted and Quinn was re- lieved after the first three mon in the seventh hit safely Score: R. H. E. Brooklyn .. 900 046 2o0-12 IS 1 Baltimore 101 100 o10--4 5
 Batteries; Marion, Upham and Simon Quinn, Bailey and Owens, Russell.
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Prepara for Races

Princeton, N. J., May 14.-Cornell, Yale and Princeton had final workouts to- day in preparation for their triangular race tomorrow. Never have three crews so uniformly good been seen here
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Summary: Stolen bases. Flynn, Coeh- ran ?, Werner 2, Saffel. Richards. Dou- ble plays. Saffel to Werner to Hutchens King to Hutchens to Leon. Base on balls, Whitney 5, King l. Left on bases, Rome g, Newman z Hits, off King 10. Tn S2-3 innings. Struck out, King 4, Whitney B. Time of game, :45. Umpire, Davern.
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Summary: Stolen bases, Hodges, Wal ker. Two-base hits, Hodges, Hord, Wal ker 2. Home-run. Garrett. Double play Hord to Leaman to Pope. Sacrifice hit Bowden Left on bases. Talladega 3 Griffin f. Bases on balls. Ostendorf 6, Ma bors 1. Hit by pitcher, Marion. Struck out. Ostendorf '. Ranella 3, Majors $ Time. 2:15. Umpire. Boone.
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*I1it for Baumgardner in ninth. *+TIit for Olsen in ninth. *++Hit for Harkins in ninth.

oUIIIIIIHTy- IWU-pdse hItS, McNj1II, FLICK. Three-base hit, Gibson. Sacrifice hits, McGill Miller, Dobard. Sacrifice fly, Baker. Stolen bases, Miller. Shaw FL vert, Downey. Starr. Double play. Dow ney to Starr to Shaw. Hits off Coving- ton 5. with runs in 13 innings; off Moran with l run in 5 innings. Struck out, by Covington 4 Moran 1, Merritt A. Eases on balls, off Covington4, off Moran 4, off Merritt 1. Hit by pitcher, by Cov- ington fStarr). Passed ball. Olsen. Left on bases, Mobile 6. Little Rock 9 Time, 1:55 Empires, Breitenstein and Strad- ford
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Summary Two-base h1ts, buy XIII Smith, Mittienacht Donaldson Allison ana Holland. Stolen bases, Allison, Don aldson, J., ': Holland 3. Base on oalls, McDufYie 1. Raburn 1. Left on bases An niston 8, LaGrange 10. Struck out, Mc- Duffie [, Raburn 6. Wild pitches, Nc Duffie Time of game, 2:10. Umpire Weich.
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International League

At Richmond: Richmond :, Rochester g. At Jersey City; Jersey City O. Buffalo 9 At Newark: Newark 1, Toronto n0 inningsl.
 At Providence: Providence 1, Mon- treal 3.
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LITTLE ROCK WINS
 BY PUNCHED HITS

Mobile, May H.-Little Rock made 1t two straights from Mobile today, winning by score of to 2 Hits punched with Covingtons wfldness, gave the visitors their runs Score:
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ROTH'S PITCHING
 DOWNS CRACKERS

Atlanta May A14.-Memphis punched its hits on Dent here today and won from Atlanta, to ?. Brilliant fielding by Lord for the visitors was a feature. Score:
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Norway Girl Wins

Forest Hills. N. Y. May 14-Miss Nilla Bjurstaedt of Norway today won the woman's metropolitan singles champ4cn- ship here. defeating MrA Barger ral- lach.
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Summary: Two-base hits, Moran, Schlel, Baldwin Three-base hits. Lee Moran. Struck out. by Roth ?. Dent g. Bases on balls, off Roth 1, off Dent l, Sacrifice hits. Schlei. Moran. Baldwin. Time, l;4e ITmpires Rudderham and OToole.
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South Atlantic League

At Columbia: Columbia 6. Macon 3. At Savannah: Savannah A AfbAny l. At Augusta: Augusta | Columbus \ xt Charleston: Charleston '. Jackson v1lle O.
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BATTING RALLY
 DEFEATS THE VOLS

New Orleans, May 14.-With Nashville leading by one run, the locals punched hits in the ninth inning today and with two singles a base on balls and sacri- flee fly scored two runs and defeated the
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Philadelphia, May 14.-Philadelphia over
 came a lead of three runs which was se-
 cured by Pittsburg errors and won sto-
 days game by hard hitting in the sew
 enth and eighth innings. Two runs were scored off Mamaux in the seventh on four singles and three were made off Adams in the eighth on Cravath's home ran. sim gles by Whitted and Dugey and doubles by Niehoff and Paskert Score R.H. E. Pttsburs .. 200 100 00o-3 1 Philadelphia ............ Wp Wo 15F-o lZ l Batteries. Mamaux, Adams and Schans; Chalmers, Rixey, Killifer.
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Georgia State League

Waycross n Americus 1. Brunswick 1. Thomasville 2. Dothan 2, valdosta 1.
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Barons Play Indifferently. Ellam and Hemingway Make Costly Errors-Last Game of Series Today
,1rTHERN LEAGuE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Chattanooga 8, Birmingham 5. New Orleans g. Nashville ?. Memphis 8, Atlanta 3. Little Rock 5. Mobile 2.
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Georgia-Alabama League
STANDING

Results Yesterday Rome 1, Newman 2. Anniston 2, LaGrange 1. Griffin s, Talladega 6.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Houston: Houston 4, Waco ?. At San Antonio: San Antonio s, Shreve- port 3.
 At Beaumont: Beaumont S. Fort Worth B.
 At Galveston: Galveston 5, Dallas 3.
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Summary Two-base hit, Kroh Sacri- flee fly. Pezold. Stolen base, Baker. Struck out, Kroh 1, Smith 5. Bases on balls, Kroh 8, Smith A. Hit by pitcher, Kroh (Knaupp). Double plays, Reilly to Knaupp to Bluhm. Left on bases, Nash yille s, New Orleans 10. Time, 200. Um- pires, Kerin and Williams.
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Allen Batted Hard

Pittsburg May 14--A pitchers duel between Mcconnell and Allen ended in the ninth inning today when the Pitts burg twirler went to pieces and Chicago made six runs, winning the game to o. Mcconnell had the local battere at his mercy all the way. Score: R. Fl. E.. Chicago ....... 900 900 O0e-6 1 Pittsburg ........ 900 900 0OO--o 5 1 Batteries: Mcconnell and Wilson; Allen and Berry.
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College Baseball

At Athens. Ga: Georgia T, Georgia Tech 4 terday was because Burleigh Grimes had suddenly been afflicted with the humps.
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NEW DECATUR. SPLITS
 DOUBLE HEADER

New Decatur, May 14,-(Special)-Cum- berland university and the Young Mems Christian association team of New Deca- tur divided a fast double bill here today the visitors taking the first game. to Z and loosing the second 3 to 1. Scores:
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Newark Wins

Buffalo. May 14.-Buffalo lost their fifth straight game today whom Newark won to l. Schultzs wildness and errors by the fnfield in the pinches threw away the game. Score: N.H. E Newark ... 900 800 01l-S 3 Buffalo ... 900 OlO OoO-1 s Batteries: Moseley and Rariden
 Schultz, Anderson and Allen
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Chicago Bats Hard

Brooklyn, May 14.-Chicago made 23 hits for total of B bases off three Brook lyn pitchers today and won 19 to 4. Twelve Cubs went to bat in the second and hammered out eight runs off six singles and two triples. Williams made a homer in the ninth. Standridge was effective except in the fifth, when two passes. a A&gle and Myers triple gave Brooklyn three runs. single and a double, ac- counted for the tally in the ninth. Knise- ley made five hits in six times up. Score:
 R.H. K. Chicago ................. 285 Oe0 011--19 2S 1 Brooklyn ............... GOO 030 O0l-- 4 10 6 Batteries: Stanridge and Bresnahan, Hargrave: Aitchison, Cadore, Appleton and McCarty, M, Wheat
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Phillies Win

Batteries: Sallee Robinson Griner and Snyder; Gonzales, Hughes and Gowdy.
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Tesreau Is Strong

New York, May 1.-The New York Ma tionals made it three out of four from Gin cinnati today, winning the last game of the series, to i. Tesreau pitched steady game for New York, while the Giants punched hits on Lear Score;
 n, IT r.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Error Is Costly

Boston, May 14.-Held to two hits ana without runs for eight innings today, St. Louis in the ninth oyercame Boston lead and won, to A. Five singles, an error by Maranville when double play which would have retired the side With out score was possible, and two mis- plays by Gather contributed to the vis- itors' string. Gowdy batted hard. lie knocked the ball into eenterfield for home run and again rapped it for double against a sign on the left field fence offering SM for any ball striking 1t. The
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*Two out when winning run scored
 s*Batted for Smith in ninth.
 Score by innings. Nashville ........................0 .010 100 0OO-2 New Orleans .................., GOO 100 oo2--3
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Games Today Anniston at LaGrange. Talladega at Griffin. Newman at Rome.
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Totals .3I 2 TT *Hit for Whitney in ninth.
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Mrs. 8-15s.-ee- thinks her SEX VI
f...ed to- tie ballot and asks VIZ
TT wait uu..l re e-e pzeEred% The
a-swE i single but Cv--~helUi-g
there VIII Arrays te Ms. Brad
Streets The negro vas not mere
ready TO- the franchise. we would sug-
zes-, and possibly our Distinguished
correspondent would argue rat ne IL
aot noN. PRAY TEL Is Il n would
have Da1a -1ora rapid progress in
getting ready If re had MT bean
gwen ire ballot: Is the white male
population ready?
Does or friend imagine that WON
al as whole~ will ever De spuse3
70 Unanimous and active inters. N
soEe intangible thing to- coming gen
era-.ons, when i is 50 constantly and
bitterly opposed by such intelligent
an atle representatives Of the sexas
herself?
The inconsistency OF such as or
Gisputant IS amazing. By some Il j:
claimed tina, the worst danger in tha
enfrarchi=enent of women LES in that
marked characteristics in certain
small element Of the sex, and not IN
the illiterate, or the shallow lives
70 which she refers. By that we mea Z
that in no instance, in all tie years n
which we have been interested in, AMI
fought for. this great principle o. jus
tice, have We ever known an attempt
by the -antis- to answer the logic Of
justice and volume Of provab,e facts.
They phint here and there
Mrs. Bradstreet quotes the nonsen-
steal utterances Of butterflies as argl-
menr against her sex. We might re-
tort with the ward heeler's election
day eioquence: The bcys viii have
their booze" We should he ashame
to measure either.s by either re-
mark
II our friend fears the idle useless
shallow" class Of fine clothes and in
difference TO all but luxury, does aha
have no fear Of the class Of men who
| maintain them? Always there havl
been the good and the bad In both
sexes, and the pointing out Of individ-
ual wickedness or folly does not MAJ
! the greatness or the sweetness Of tbs
whole. We would NOT trust the ma.
tions welfare" to such women az Mrs
Bradstreet describes. We would not
trust 1t to the sex as a whole, II We
did not KNOW that there are LOG
good. earnest, conscientious, God.
fearing women to every one OF these
to whom she points with scorn. Fol
some reason, our perspective seems to
be broader than that Of the antis. fol
they see only the evil and the folly Of
| womanhood.
The dangerous weapon which we
are asked II we realize" we long age
discovered to be painted blown-blad-
der. The young lady will not vote for
her friends sweetheart Il she. herself