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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-22
Heavy Hitting Features Baron Victory
PLA YERS' FRATERNITY
 PROVISIONS GRANTED
Frat Made Nine Demands and Allowed National Com
 mission Takes Action On Players Demands

Cincinnati, April 21.-of nine pro- visions requested by the Baseball Play CTS fraternity to be inserted In what is known as the fraternity agreement, the national baseball commission todny allowed one and denied three.
 Of the other five, two were found already to exist In the agrecment; an- other was included in a modified form. making the provision unnecessary in the opinion of the commission; one wHs withdrawn and another dealt with minor leagues and was therefore up to the national board or the national association.
 The provision allowed. No. 2. was: That the commission and board furnish the arrangements in the various organ izations over which they have jurisdic- tion, respectively, with forms of relea SC making provision for the several items of information required by the agree ment"
 The provisions denied were Nos. B. 4 and S. Number was modified, after being presented and in this form reads: "A player recalled by club in a higher classification shall report to said club either before the close of the season re- leasing club or immediately thereafter shall be put upon salary"
 The commission in denying this request says: 'The effect would minimize the recall of optional players and thus oper- te to the disadvantage of younger players
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No says: "A club released player outright or optionally shall serve upon
 him written notice, containing, in add- ton to the date already mentioned in the fraternity agreement. a statement of the minimum amount of sale he is to re- eeive from the purchasing club. which ! shall be reasonable salary for that clas- sification"
 The commission held that the salary of a released player is purely d matter of agreement between himself and the club. No. 8, also denied says: "When waiv- CTS are asked upon a player the frater- nifty is to be notified'' The commission said this request had been fully dis cussed at the meeting with the fraternity representatives in January. 191i and that If granted would not help the players and would add another avenue for pub licity in matter that should be con sidered and observed as strictly conf dential"
 Provision No. was withdrawn It dealt with the salary to be paid player while under optional agreement.
 Provisions Nos. ? and D. the former dealing with the salary of a player be- tween the time of his release and the expiration of the number of days his re- lease notice calls for, and the latter dealing with paying the travelling ex- penses of players released outright or op- tionally to the purchasing club, are cov- cred by the rules of the national con- mission. No. G. referring to a trans ferred player being allowed time to join the purchasing team, is fixed by prece- dent and the commission ruled that no fixed rule was necessary.
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DIAMOND SPARKS

Twelve solid smacks In five stanzas is some hitting-some hitting.
 That is what the Barons garnered off the deliveries of Carl Thompson and Manning, the Atlanta hurlers, in the shortened affair yesterday after noon at Redwood Field. If the kind rain had not arrived the Barons would still be walloping the offerings of Manning.
 Clyde Mcbride crashed out two triples in three appearances at the plate. They were real triples-pos- sible homers for a fast runner.
 Edson Hemingway had a very bad day at the bat. He was up three times, doubled once and singled twice Incidentally, the youngster stole three bases Guess that was bad. What? Danny Clark played around the sec ond sack yesterday afternoon in the way the position should be played. Danny also got in a timely double. There doesn't appear to be much chance of easing Clark out of the keystone job at the present time.
 Omar Hardgrove is a good pitcher pardon us-was good pitcher But that was long ago
 Garlic Thompson made an suspicious start on the mound yesterday after noon He allowed a run three hits and filled the bags before it dawned on Billy Smith that the former Baron was very much off his feed. How eyer. Thompson will have another crack at the Barons before the se- ries ends.
 From the showing of the Crackers yesterday, the Barons will have a cinch the remainder of the series The Barons, whatever else they may be, can certainly smack the old pill right on the nose.
 Charley Bell. who pastured around third base for while last spring. was signed up yesterday for a utility roll. Bell is a local boy, and if he can ever uSien to tue duNiSt Ol oiuci players will make good.
 George C'Stuffy') Johnson, a re- cruit catcher, was given his uncondi- tional release yesterday morning.
 
 With the press box at Redwood filled to overflowing with whatnots, nondescripts and other species of the male gender space for the scribes is at a premium
 Burleigh Grimes S slated to ptch this afternoon, and the fans can really expect a ball game. Grimes appears to be right this season and all oppo- nents look alike to him. 
 way 8.
 Double Play--Ellam to Clark to Coombs Sacrifice Hits-Sloan and Ellam. Eases on Balls-Iiardgrov ?, Thomr son l, Manning l.
 Left on Bases-Atlanta ,, Birmingham Hits-Off Thompson in innings. Man ming in innings; Hardgrove in innings
 Struck Out-Hardsrove 3.
 Wild Pitch-Hardgrove
 Time of Camel 50.
 Umpire--R -Rudderham.
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Cecil Coombs covered the first bag without a slip-up yesterday, and got in two hard wallops In the third stanza, Cecil came very near pulling a bone. Williams tapped hard grounder down to first and Coombs made perfect stop. Instead of stepping on the bag for the out Coombs awaited to tag Williams and the runner came mighty near being safe.
 
 However. we won, so why be cap tious about the manner in which the victory came about The 'Barons have demonstrated so far this season that they are a hitting team and wallop- CTS are always popular with the fans A few more wins and President W. D. Smith will smile at the clicking of the turnstiles.
 As Charlie Thompson left the field yesterday after being batted out of the box the drummer in the grand stand kept time with the crestfalef athlete To please the fans it is often times necessary to drive the cruel knife of ridicule into a players heart. Some persons aver they are paid for that. and it is all in a days work Maybe so. maybe so.
 
 Mir Hardgrove is pitching the come back ball this season. A fan explained this yesterday afternon by saying that the ball after leaving the veteran pitchers hand always came back to the outfield or somewhere
 It is an awful life out there in the pitcEing box. References Thompson, Manning, Hardgrove and Black
 R. F. l..
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Tigers Rally and Win

Detroit, April 21.-Rallying in the eighth and ninth innings, the Detroit
 Tigers won from Chicago today to
 3 and made a clean sweep of the four
 game series. Russell was invincible until the eighth. When the Detroit half of that inning began Jennings men were three runs behind. A triple hy Bush. Young's infield out and dou- bles by Cobb and Crawford produced two runs KaVanaugh opened the ninth with a single. Russell made a wild | throw of Vitts bunt and Kavanaugll took third. Faber replaced Russell and l famed Moriarity, batting for Mckee. Fuller batted for Boeh1er and made | an dnfield hit, filling the bases. Bush walked, forcing in Kavanaugh and the
 winning run was scored when Young
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NASHVILLE VOLS
 LOSE TO MEMPHIS. REVIEW OF SPORTS
'SOUTHERN'S HITTING. WINS OVER M|LLSAPS Score 6 to 4-LOcke Pitches Good Ball and Bats
 Out Homer

Greensboro, April 21.-tSpecial )-south- ern downed the mighty Millsap Majors today Locke got off to bad start but settled down while his team mates pounded out a victory in the fourth, with six hits. three of which were two-bag. gers. In the same stanza Taylor was driven to cover The work of Locke fea- tured the contest aside from pitching good ball, for he hit for a home run and a two-bagger out of three trips to the pan.
 This makes Southern's twelfth victory out Of 13 starts. The second game was called at the end of the fourth on ac- count of darkness. The score stood 1 to l. Terry was working for Southern while Taylor tried to come back but was in a hole every inning except the fourth.' The score: RHE Millsaps ....................2 200 600 2-4 southern ..-...............,O ,OU0 DID r-6
 Batteries: Taylor, Brown and Owens Lccke and Sharpe. Umpire Wheeler.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
Buffeds Win

Buffalo, N. Y, April a.-By batting rally and sharp work on the bases in the seventh inning Buffalo won today's same from Baltimore to 4. Quinn started Buffalos half of the seventh by walking two men. Three singles brought in three runs and Hal Chase, who was on third base, scored the fourth tally when Hoffman involved the visitors in- field in a rundown between second and third bases. Score: RHE Baltimore ............... .003 010 010-4 6 a BuHalo ....................l 100 GOO 40s-5
 Batteries: Quinn and Owens; Krapp and Allen and Blair.
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By RICHARD F. LUssIER


 After Dnnnie Clark had made sen- sational catch of Eibers fly in short right field retiring the Crackers in the frst of the sixth Umpire Rudderhani called time owing to n tremendous Yindstorm which was playing havoc with the dusty diamond. After 30 mip- utes had elapsed and a heavy rain was falling the umpire called the game with the score II to in favor of the Barons.
 AS far baseball went, there was not much of it displayed at Redwood yester- day afternoon, but the hitters were happy, for they swatted the pill to all corners or the field. Garlic Thompson started pitching for Atlanta and was batted out of the box before man had been retired in the first inning. Manning, who 3tc- ceeded him, suffered also at the hands of the Baronial swatsmiths. Omar Hard grove, who started for the Barons, was walloped to all parts of the field and was yanked in the fifth in favor of Black. The remainder of the time that Black was ou the mound he was viciously bumped, but this was partly due to the heavy wind and dust storm which was sweeping the play ing field
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POP. BOY SMITH
 SHUTS OUT MOBILE

New Orleans, April 21-New Orleans shut out Mobile ? to today. smith hold. ing the visitors to four scattered hits and winning his own game with a triple in the seventh inning, which scored Bluhm, him. self scoring moment later on a single by Hendryx. Pitcher Covington of Mobile was ordered off the field by the umpire in the fourth inning for disputing a de- cision on a ball and Cunningham finished the game. Score:
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NASHVILLE VOLS
 AGAIN TROUNCED
Rain Prevents Game At Little RockNew Orleans With Smith
 Pitching Whitewash Guls-Barons Win

i runs off Covington in 3 1-S innings; with runs off Cunningham in I 2-S innings. Two-base hits, Dobard. Three-base hits Smith. Sacrifice hit, Flick. StrueN out. by Covington l. Cunningham l, Smith 3, New Orleans G. Time, 140. Empires, Cunningham 1. off Smith 1. Hit by pitched ball, by Smith (Baumgardner). Double plays. Higgins to Bluhm; Covington to Schmidt to Calhoun; Schmidt to Dobard; Miller to Calhoun. Left on bases, Mobile 3, CIV Orleans 6. Time, 1:40. Umpires, Breitenstein and Kerin.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Al Providence: Brown university 6, New Hampshire State ?.
 At West Point: Army g, Seton Hall &. At Worcester, Mass: Holycross 14, Colby 1.
 At Princeton: Princeton 3, Fordham 3. At Philadelphia: Swarthmore T. Pennsyl- vania 4.
 At Lexington: University of North Carolina 13, Virginia Military institute O. At Annapolis, Md: Harvard F, Naval academy Il.
 At Atlanta: Vanderbilt 3. Georgia Tech T.
 At Charlotte, N. C.: University of Geor- gia 4, Davidson college g.
 At New Haven: Yale 8. Columbia 3.
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CRACKERS MAKE
 FIRST SCORE

The Crackers started scoring in the first ter. In the fourth two more juicy hits and pass resulted in two runs. In the fifth three singles scored two more runs and spelled the doom of Hardgrove for with the score tied a great thought oc- cured in the powers that be and Hard. grove was requested to hie himself to shower bath for the remainder of the aft ernoon. In the first of the sixth only the sensational support of Dannie Clark saved Black from being driven off the mound As it was, the Crackers scored two runs on two hits one double by Bowden.
 All of the Baron scores were made in the first and fifth innings. Coombs started the fun by doubling to left. Jimmie Ma gee faced Garlic Thompson with a smile and doubled to left scoring Coombs Dan nie Clark walked Sloan was safe on an 1nfeld hit and the bases were full Man ager Billie Smith then confided to Thomp- son that a pitcher he was ,4le best plnochle player on the squad, and Man ming, another collegian, appeared on the mound. Clyde Mcbride greeted MT. Man ming with a triple to center clearing the sacks. Edson Heminway singled, scoring Mcbride. Hemingway stole second, wen
 to third on Ellams sacrifice, but was out al the plate on Wallace's tap to Iulos
 HardgroVe ended the inning by flying out
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Rain threatened for time to prevent all the games along the southern circuit yes terday, but during the course of the after noon three games Were played. In Nash vile the Vols were defeated by the Mem phis team. In New Orleans. Pop Boy Smith held the Gulls to four scattered bingles and Mobile was whitewashed. Rain pre- vented the Chattanooga-Littl Rock game The results follow:
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SCORE IS TIED
 IN FIFTH INNING

In the fifth inning with the score tied Jimmie Magee opened with a fast hit when which went through Morans legs and when the ball was recovered Magea was roosting on third. Dannie Clark then doubled to right. scoring Magee. Sloan grounded out, advancing Clark. Mcbride then tripled to deep center scoring Clark. Hemingway made his third hit, scoring McBride. Hemingway stole second and third and scored on Wallace's single El lam, who had walked, also scored on tn, play. Wallace scored when Coombs sin. gled to center and Magee ended the slaughter, grounding out to Eibel
 The only features of the game was the all-round playing and batting of Uannie Clark and Hemingway. As stated pre- viously, it was not much of a ball game, but as a waloping session it ranked wei! with previous exhibitions of the same kind The same teams will attempt to stage a real ball game this afternoon. The
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Nationals Win

Washington, April 21.-Bunched hits, bases on balls and errors gave Wash ington a II to victory today in the last game of the series with Boston. Collins was wild and ineffective in six innings and Comstock, who relieved him. was no improvement. Milan batted home run with one on base Lewis hit one with the bases empty. Score
 R. H E. Boston ..... 900 O02 O10- 3 8 5 Washington -. O05 400 20*-11 0 Batteries Collins, Comstock and Car rigan, Haley; Boehling and Williams
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NOOGANs DROP TWO

Chattanooga, April H.-The Look outs received their first real shake up of the season today, when it was announced that Center Fielder Hickman and Pitcher Melter had been released. The two will be re- placed by Kid Elberfeld,j who agreed to terms several days ago. and Marshal, the big right-M nder, from Nashville Elberfeld fir the present will play center field
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Yankees Win

Philadelphia, April 21.--New York got only five hits off Bressler and Harper today but three of those were doubles and all of the extra base drives and the visitors won to 0. Fisher was in grand form and was given splen- did support. After Bressler gave three passes in the third inning Cook cleared the sacks with a double and scored on Boone's double. Oldring made a won Gerful one-hand leaping catch which
 R H E. New York ...... 934 00l 000--S , l Philadelphia 900 900 000-0 ] Batteries Fisher and Nunamaker Bressler, Harper and McAvoy.
 Browns NOsed Out
 St. Louis, April 21.-Timely hitting
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Newark Beats Magee

Newark April H.-Manager Magee of the Brooklyn Federals made strenuous effort to win today's game by using 15 men in an attempt to batter down the stiff opposition put up by the Newarks, but his team was beaten to 8. A ninth inning rally netted two runs but flick cred out before the Brooklyns could tie it up. Score: R.H.E. Brooklyn .................100 100 900 002-3 2 Newark .............. 100 O01 30*--5 3
 Batteries: Seaton, Marion and Watson and Land; Whitehouse and Rariden.
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American Association

At Cleveland: Cleveland g, Louisville 4. At Columbus: Columbus O. Indianap- oils 4.
 At Milwaukee, Milwaukee 3, St. Paul 3 At Kansas City: Kansas City 5, Min neapolis 8.
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LORDS DOUBLE
 BRINGS VICTORY

Nashville, April H.-Lord's double, scoring Merritt and Coyle in the sev- enth gave Memphis the runs needed to win from Nashville by a score of to 4. The hitting of Lord and Rogers featured.
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Going to Game in Body

The matinee at the Grand theatre will be called off this afternoon. not on ac- count of the rain, but to give Frank King, J. Wilbur Davis, Rose Stevens, Ruth Gibbs and Billy Mulvaney. all of whom are rabid fans. a chance to see the base ball game. All of the players at the Grand, both the vaudeville and the bur lesque sets, will go to the game in a body, picnic auto truck having been en- gagged to carry the entire crowd from the
 theatre to Rickwood.
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kanfeds Again Lose

Pittsburg, April 21.-Pittsburg defeat- ed Kansas City here today to 4, win ming the game in the ninth inning when Cullop walked two men and allowed five hits which netted four tallies. Score
 R.H. E. Kansas City ............1 100 POI 000--4 Pittsburg ................ .001 GOO 004-5 P 3 Batteries: Cullop and Easterly; Allen, Leclair and Berry.
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At Columbia: Columbia g. Savannah 8. At Charleston Charleston 2, Augusta QO innngs)
 At Macon: Macon 10, Albany 6, At Columbus Columbus 0. Jackson vile G.
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Games Today

Atlanta at Birmingham. Mobile at New Orleans. Memphis at Nashville. Chattanooga at Little Rock.
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SufnmaTy. TWO-Dast HIIs, LUTU 2, Cruthers. Baker, Farmer, McCabe. Double plays, Lindsay to Cruthers to Dunckel; Cruthers to Dunckel to McDermott. Left on base, Memphis s. Nashville T. Bases on balls, off Merritt 4, Rogers l. Struck out, by Merritt 6, Rogers 4. Sacrifice hits, Allison. Coyle. Time, :50. Umpire, Pfen- ninger.
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BARONS TRIUMPH
 IN SWATT|NG bEE Game Called in Sixth on Account of Rain-ScOre II to 7-Hemingway
 and Clark Star
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

heSuitS eSterday Birmingham II, Atlanta [. Memphis 6, Nashville I. New Orleans 9. Mobile 0, Cha attanooga-Little Rock, rain
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heat out an infield hit. Score: R. H E. Chicago .... 900 020 010--3 s i Eetroit ........ 900 900 022--4 2 2
 Batteries: Russell, Faber and Schalk; Reynolds, Boehler and Baker, Mckee.
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save Cleveland another victory over St. Louis today to l. Shotton's sn- gle, followed by E. Walkers double, saved St. Louis from a shutout. The game was called at the end of the sixth inning to permit Cleveland to catch train. In the fourth inning
 while chasing a foul Severoid crashed
 into the stand and was knocked un- conscious. Agnew relieved him. Score:
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SUMMARY. Two-base Hits-Jenkins, Bowden, Hem. ingway, Coombs, Clark. Three-base Hits-Bisland Mcbride ? Nagee.
 Stolen Bases-Moran Rumler, fleming
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South Atlantic League

bdtteIIe5' 7SFdIUII' MdTIufI dIU NdtS and Land; Whitehouse and Rariden.
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Browns NOsed Out

St. Louis, April 2i-Timely hitting
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-24

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IN pond. carries it all over the United
states until il Is worn out and then takes
IL over TO iiackcnsack and makes a bon
fire OF it, ~
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spectacle IS not at all uncommon.
mere are a few Americans piayjrr in
f.hslhhH--not many actors. but number
OF gentlemen endowed with considerable
ph!sical beauty, and others engaged for
tneIr proficiency in ragtime which usu.
any interests the typical English audi
cncc. The English Government is not
discriminating; these pay income tax
over there Just the same as though they
were actors
When We bencvolentIy exempt the for
eish artist from tax on his income we
simply add to his superior advantages
over our own citizens. This is putting a
premium on cXpatriation. The American
porn artist, say Of the Metropolitan Opera
company. has usually established herself
as CITIZEN Of foreign country. That
ehaD Mile EX.Patria to bring sixty
u ,,a INTO New York without duty. But
MISS Lillian Russell. returning from "a
VISIT abroad. is Obliged to pay by the
ounce. That is Il fact
season after season foreign artists
come over here under contract bringing
all their costumes free Of duty. They
are mere TO gain bigger incomes than they
ever get al home. They are free from
the financial responsibilities to this Gov
eminent which are tax on their Amer.
lcan co'workcrs. And vet the very newt
american who returns from abroad with
'hc TOOLS OF her trade has TO pay by the
ounce.
Our own Captains of Industry mako
these contracts and see the fortunate for
eishcr IN and on Of the country free of
duty ana untaXed. in numbers which lit
cra'iy smother with foreign competition
our nome Industry OF the stage. They
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ihnlctcd, filled with Amusement, and ION
tempt to make faces AT us.
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foreign countries are now cmbroiled with
one ahother to an extent which makes il
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me that this is an excellent time for us
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P.' UP any Chinese wall in front of for.
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InH'e mem to Join us in paving the in
come tax. Their contribution would
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