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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-21

Of the 12 experts making cue history in the worlds three-cushion champion ship now in progress at Chicago, 10 are from the United States and two from Canada. Four of the home-born play CTS are from the east and the other six from the west.
 No better evidence Of the adaptabil- ity of billiards can be had than the diversity of ages of the men who are competing for the Brunswick diamond emblem and the 5000 cash prize that goes with it. Joe Capron, who was born at Brantford, Can, 56 years ago, is the dean of the crops. He won the balkline championship of Canada in 1889. Fred Eames who is representing Denver was born in Boston 51 years ago and went to Colorado some 15 years ago on account of his health. He is a former worlds champion.
 Alredo DeOro, the present champion who has made New York his home for many years, was born 51 years ago at Manzanillo Province. Cuba.
 Lloyd Jevne who is playing from Los Angeles, is a native Chicagoan and Is 47 years of age. He is former three cushion champion.
 John Daly, also a former title holder, was born at Utica, N. T., but has made
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NEW GULL PILOT
 HAS GOOD CLUB
Charlie Schmidt Left With But Few Holes Plug 1915
 chine-Aabama Boys Working for Positions

Mobile. March 20.-(Special.) 1.-The en- tire bunch of Mobile players have re- ported to Manager Charles Schmidt the new pilot of the Gulls, and the work of selecting the aggregation who will battle for the pennant has just about begun. The former Tiger backstop has taken hold of the managerial reins like vet eran. Schmidt has an easy task to all appearances for the building up of a. baseball machine, as Lord. when he pulled his stakes and went to Memphis to take hold, left the local associa ton almost an entire team complete.
 The pitchers who are working out here are Hogg, Gudger, Cunningham, liar kins Tex Covington. the former Kan sas City hurler. Tetrick, Jack Crandall a soldier pitcher from the Thirty-ninth Coast artillery, stationed at Fort Nor gan, and William Buckley, recruit from the town of Enterprise. Cunningham is 8 pitcher that Schmidt secured from Selma last year. He is the broadest man that ever stepped in a pitchers box in the Southern, league, and has so much steam that he knocked glove off Catcher Browns hand this week in prac- tice. Harkins came from the Pacific Coast league, and is also very fast. let rick is & holdover from last year.
 The Mobile infield is the same as last season, Calhoun being on first, Perry on second, O'Dell at third and Dobard at
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shortstop. Schmidt is trying out George Tepe, the property of the Mobile club, who was sent to Evansville in the Gen. tral association a year ago, where he made good. Tepe is a brilliant fielder. but is weak at the bat and this makes Dobards s job safe. The utility man this season will be Bert Cowan. who was with Selma in the Georgia Alabama league last year He has been playing third and Schmidt believes he has ey- erythins that a utility man should have. If il is necessary Cowan can go to the relief of a pitcher. O'Den and Calhoun have not yet signed a contract. but are expected to sometime this week.
 In the catching department Schmidt has himself. Ernest Berger. who was sent from Mobile last season to Macon, Ga, in the Sally league. and made good at once, and Larry Brown, who is nlalS- cession Brown has developed into a Schmidt was Ill held down the job with a whole lot of credit to himself
 Schmidt has outfielders to burn and the strange thing about them all, is that the entire bunch of five are all making good Hub" Northen in right Elmer Miller in center holdovers from last sea- son, Burke, who came to Mobile in the Memphis deal for Lord and Robertson, Watt Powell, from the Vancouver, B. C., team of 1914, and Kid" McGill are on the grounds working out left field. This department of the 1915 Gulls is perhaps better fortified than any team in the league.
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RE|DY BUSY WITH NEW LOTHIAN CLUB Work on the Ball Park Is Being Rushed to
 Completion

Dothan, March 20.-(Special. )--Worl on the Dothan baseball park Is being rushed with all possible dispatch n an effort to have everything. in readiness by the time the team begins practice, April 12. The entire tract has been plowed, leveled with a road machine, narrowed and then rolled. A large force of carpenters is at work build ing fences, grandstand, bleachers and other buildings. The grounds are cen trally and conveniently located and Dothan will have one of the best parks in the south.
 Manager Reidy is busy sending out contracts and getting in touch with likely candidates who wish to try for the team. While there are a large nun- Der of men already signed for try out, and picking a good team is now assured, Reidy is still taking on can didates who have good records and will give all of them an opportunity to show what they can do. He says that he feels sure that he will have ct least first division club.
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unless carefully watched sloan's rec ord follows
 Yale Sloan-Born at Madisonville, Tenn, December 9, 1892. Attended public schools and King college. ssroke into professional baseball q pitcher for the Bristol club in the Appalachian league in 1911 and returned to the same club in 1912. He was then given the choice of pitching or playing the out field. Tod chose the outfield and since that time has left pitching alone. At the close of the 1912 season he was sold to the St. Louis Browns and was with them part of the 1913 season. and then released on an option to tho Mont gomery club. In 1914 he was with the Nashville team and again went back to the Browns, who this spring sent him to Molesworth on an optional agreement. Sloan is a regular 300 swatter and a daring baserunner as well as a sensational fielder. He is , feet II 1s inches in height and weighs TO pounds. He is q civil engineer by profession. He is the7 best loolSir 2 nan on the Baronial team and Mole y is afraid the girls will kidnap his star the coming summer.
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BILLIARD TOURNEY

The fourth game of the tournament for the amateur class pocket billiard cham pionship of Birmingham was held Friday night at the new Monarch billiard parlor, resulting in victory for Abe Goldstein. These contests are being held nightly, Monday and Saturdays excepted, and will continue throughout the next two weeks. Much rivalry is being displayed by the players and the contests are both inter- esting and exciting Appropriate prizes will be awarded the three players lead ing at the end of the tournament. The participants rank among the best anna teur players of Birmingham. The tourna- ment is creating much interest among pocket billiard lovers on account of the players being so evenly matched. The next contest will be held next Tuesday night. and the public is cordially invited
 The standing at the end of the fourth game follows:
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physical stand point and you'n discover that it hardens Il mans muscles It s,ead1es his nerves and makes bis eye- sight keen. Look at it from the view find that it increases his power of con centration. 1t gives him boise and self reliance. It stimulates and builds up his
 bump of judgment. There's no place at
 the traps for a sluggish thinker. A man
 has got to decide what to do and do 1t quick. else the swift moving clay target passes quickly beyond hls reach and the goose eggs add up on his score. And it's not only what the sport does | for the man himself that decides the
 merits of trapshooting. It's the real, dyed-n-the-wool pleasure that a fellow gets out of II and the hold 1t has on its enthusiasts.
 I have trudged out to the gun club on the targets. And l watched scores .; other enthusiastic trapshooters do the self same thing. I've stood ankle deep in snow and slush with the hail stones to fight out close match with many other marksmen. And through it all I've never yet heard a man complain.
 Surely there must be something attrac-i tive-something irresistible something worth while about a sport that will so grip ita devotees. And taken all In all
 what other real outdoor sport is there
 that can boast tho same degree of all ycar-round" pleasure of trapshooting
 Spring. simmer. autumn and winter it's
 Editors Note-Mr. Minnick holds the shooting Hi. total ief of 17s % targets '' out of 800 has neve, been equalled This record
 6rst five blocks of 50 targets each Nr. Minnicx broke A0 out of the %. TlMo consumed, hours.
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Nezvs of the Billiard World

his home in New York city for some time, previous to which he lived in Chi cago. He is 46.
 George Moore. short in statue but long in playing ability, halls fl'om Youngstown, O., of which city his fath- CT was mayor. George resides in New York and is 45 years of age.
 Charley Morin of Chicago was born in that city A years ago. Jess Lean, also representing Chicago, comees from toronto Can., and is 34, the same age as William Huey, the Chicago amateur, who was born in Chester County, Penn sylvania. Huey has been one of the big surprises of the tournament, win ming his first five games and tying the worlds championship run of 13, held by DeOro
 John Hahman, playing from Minne- apolis, was born in Milwaukee 30 years ago.
 The two juniors of the big event arc Charles Ellis, representing Cleveland, who was born at Doylestown, Penn, and August Kieckrefer, who halls from Milwaukee. Both are southpaws and are 25 years of age.
 No tournament in the history of the game has produced so many close fin- ishes. The limiting of the players to one deliberate safety shot has short : ened the games considerably and it looks as if the new rule has come to stay.
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workout. He has found that one work cut a day does not tire and stiffe1 the muscles like two with the incidental baths and rubs and. furthermore, that it leaves the athletes in better animal spirits
 The training season with the Look outs this year is practically bereft of thrills as there is but one position Tn dispute, exclusive of the battery. The athletes are not tempted to over-exert themselves to eclipse a rival h the estimation of the management o- the crowd. The one berth whose possess sion Is disputed is center field, where Hickman and Roberts are contcnders Tor Jacobsons toga. These lads are teammates, however, both coming from Ninston-Salem, and the rivalry be- tween them is of the friendliest sort
 In the battery department four heav- CTS and one catcher are to be released before the player and salary limits are to be observed. It is too carly how ever to make any predictions concern ing the final identity of the regulars in this division.
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Orlando. Fla, March 20.--(Special) James Masee's scintilating fielding and hitting featured a seesaw game this aft ernoon at Exposition park, which Louis- vile won in the eighth. Score, , to 4.
 Jimmie Magees double in the first scored Carroll, who had singled. In the third Magee singled after Hemingway and Sloan had sacrificed him to third, when he scored on Coomb's single.
 In the fifth Magee was hit in the ribs and sacrificed to second by Hemingway and scored when Coombs hit savage double to left The fourth run for the Barons was due to the daring base run ming of Hemingway, who had perfect day at the bat.
 in the last of the seventh, after Carroll and Magee had died, Hemingway was passed. He took wide lead off first, and when Pitcher Parks threw wild to right field Hemingway ran all the way 10 third. Hemingway practically stole nome on the next pitched ball. He was safe when Catcher Crossin dropped the ball. The offensive and defensive strength of the Barons were lodged mostly in Hem ingway and Magee.
 Hemingway was five times at the bat and successfully sacrificed the first three runs. He was then passed and scored. and on his last trip to the plate in the ninth he sent a terrific single to left and was called out on close decision when he tried to stretch the hit to double. The fielding of Magee bordered on the sensational in center field.
 Burleigh Grimes hurled like master for six innings. He was scored on in the fourth on a single and a wild pitch, and again in the sixth on a triple and single by Daniels and Osborn
 With the Barons leading by one run, Pat Dougherty took up the heaving in the seventh and was ineffective. Two hits and two passes and an error by Clark scored two runs for Louisville and left Birmingham behind. In the eighth, with the score tied, Molesworth yanked Dough- erty after Daniels had been passed and Omar Hardgrove started pitching. 4 sacrifice and single scored Daniels with the winning run.
 w. D. Smith, newly elected president of the Birmingham club, arrived in time to see the game.
 Tho score.
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LOOKOUT AGGREGATION
 IS GETTING INTO SHAPE

Chattanooga. March 2o.-dSp Specia1 1, Rapid progress is being noted in the Lookout training camp. In one week Of practice the infield and outheld ean- didates have rounded into good phys ical condition and the battery depart ment, which has been on the ground two weeks. is well advanced
 Training with the type of athletes which Mccormick has corra1ed this season is not sserious task. There is not really heavy man on the ground Not a candidate reported more than 10 pounds above fighting trim. Fur thermore, with the exception of Char ley Starr and Bill Bernhard, there is not a veteran on the squad. McCor- micks elan resembles d college nine in traning more than professional ball club.
 Mccormick is still adhering to his plan of one practice a day. consider ing ii far more beneficial and advis- able than the customary two-ply daily
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|G0R0TTES TAKING
 ID TR0USERSN NOW Result of Campaign of Sar- torial Education Lasting
 Fourteen Years

Manila. March 21.--(Speciai.) )-After a campaign of satorial education which has lasted over the past IA years the Igorottes are now beginning to wear trousers. When the Americans came to the Philippines these simple hill people contented themselves with Ioin cloth, usually highly decorated loin cloth, but nothing more. With the spread of civilization they began to take up the use of more clothing, but have always retained an aversion to trousers. For several years travellers in the mountain regions inhabited py the Igorottes have found many of them completely clothed as to the latest style of coats, neckties, shirts and hats but with naked legs
 The Igorottes reached that stage of dandyism five years ago, bur since then there has been 8 deadlock. They continued to clothe the upper part of their bodies, but declined to go any further and clothe their legs. Within the past few months a large number of Igorottes have been seen wearing complete sets of red, blue or green trousers and the Manila officials be- .ieve that in another year the entire tribe will be properly trousered.
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Horse Given Medal
From Tit

A Russian artillery horse won a bronze medai at Plevna-~Orders were given for some ammunition wagons to he h,,rriad to spot that meant crossing the enemy's s zone of fire. All the time shells were crashing among the horses. bringing them d.'wn in heaps and frightening such as escaped. Times without number did the Russian drivers, sparing neither whip nor spur. attempt to urge the horses for- ward, but they stood cowed and shivering with fright. Some were blindfolded. hui the effect was the same, and only one horse showed any willingness to go.
 Thereupon the driver jumped down and cutting the traces of the other horses. drove tRe willing one at full gallop through the fire. The wagon passed through without exploding. and after the war the horse was decorated in the man. ner described and the driver promoted.
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Orlando, Fla, March 20.-(Special.) Yale (Tod) Sloan is now q full-fledged Baron and is mighty glad Of 1t.
 But then Tod" is not the only happy mortal, for when Omar Hardgrovc heard that Sloan had signed with Bir- mingham he jumped up in the air and clicked his heels together
 "Whoo-oo" shirped Hardy. Gee, but I'm glad that fense buster is with us. m going to win some ball games this summer now that Sloan is with us. Hurrah. Three cheers. Wave the Amer ican flag, boys. Do anything; I'm hap py."
 And the rest of the Baronial pitch ing staff felt about the same way as Rardgrove. for when Soal comes to bat it is always critical moment for any pitcher as "Toddie' sure will smack the old pill on the nose
 But Sloan is not only a regular 300 swatter. He is also speed artist of note and will run wild on the bases
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SHOT AND FIELD

Only a small bunch of shooters re- ported at the Birmingham Gun club at the regular weekly shoot. John Fletcher did some good shooting, making a run of 4s without miss In the 100-bird race for the Byrd trophy Fletcher and Carl tied on 91 breaks each. Fletcher led Carl by one target until the last eevnt when Carl broke 23 to Fletcher's p, leaving tie. The shoot-off at 9 targets resulted in another tie each breaking 22 The next shoot-off to decide the winner will be shot at the next regular shoot of the club. John Lambeth, the oldest member of the club, shot well for the small amount of practice he gets.
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Rifle Shoot

Washington, March 20.-Washington State, with ses out of possible 1coo. turned in the highest score this week in the Intercollegiate rifle competition. Wor- cester Polytechnic defeated Oklahoma Az ricutural and Mechanical 967 to s3s; North Georgia. with 9s2. defeated Wisccn- sin, which defaulted, and Arizona de- feated Mississippi Agricultural and Me chancal, S94 to S45.
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New Old Slang From the Kansas City Star.

Modern slang isn't necessarily, new. It has been pointed out lately that ''good night" In its modern slang sense, ap- pears in Shakespeare in Henry w." part 1, Worcester, speaking of the danger of the conspiracy (act 1. scene 3, refers to the peril of one who should attempt to o'erwallx "a current roaring loud. on the unsteadfast footing of appear" Hotspur continues, 'Tf he fall in good nightr'
 Tn connection with the Washington an- niversary 1t may be recalled that as a young man Washington wrote: 1T heard the bullets whistle. and believe me. there is something charming in the sound" That "believe me- is almost modern enough for a moving picture show.
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Orlando. Fla, March S0.-(Spe- cial)-Fred Jacobs and Bill Hodges, catchers. and "Hf' Colwell. pitcher, were released outright this afternoon. With the release of Pitchers McDuffie and Love to Jacksonville club. reduces the Bir- mingham squad to % men. Owing te Eddie Mcdonald s persistency in holding out, his transportation to the Orlando training camp has been cancelled.
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sBatted for Grimes in sixth. Score by innings: Louisville ............. 900 101 210-5 Birmingham .......... 101 010 l00-4
 SUMMARY. Two Base Hits-Magee. Ellam Three Base Hit-Daniels Sacrifice eHits-Hemingway 3, Vein berg.
 Stolen Bases-Clark, Midkiff Double Play-Clark to Carroll. Bases on Ba1ls-Grimes ?, Dough- erty 3, Northrop 1, Marks B. Hit by Pitched Ball-Northrop Ma gee, Sloan).
 Hits-Off Northrop ' in 5 innings Grimes. 1 in G: Dougherty, in 1. Struck Out-Grimes 3, Northrop 4, Marks 1. Passed Ball--Crossin.
 Wild Pitch-Grmes.
 Jmpire-Chesnutt.
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Donoyan's Team Wins

Savannah. March 20.-The New York Americans defeated the Savannah South Atlantic league team II to here today Several New York players assisted the 1apaIc
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To Be Expected

From the Boston Transcript.
 Marks-They say the absconding cashier had been lamb in Wall street. ParLs-Then his skipping was quite natural, ehf
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CLEVELAND WINS
 FROM DALLAS CLUB

Dallas, Tex March so.-The Cleveland Americans today defeated the Dallas, Tex, league team. 10 to 5. Score:
 R.H.E CleVeidnd ....-...-........-.....-... lv i'diias ...-...-..--..- -..-.----.....-..-. 0 Batteries: Bowman, Jones and O'Neill, Billings; O. Mullins. Stricker and H. Null lins, Dunn.
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GIANTS CAPTURE
 CLOSE CONTEST
LOSE TO
 CINCINNATI REDS

New Orleans, March 20.-The Cincinnati Nationals defeated the New Orleans Southern association club here today. Il to 4. Nine of Cincinnatfs runs were made in one inning Score: R.H.E. NinSiiidl ......s~.. ............ II o "" OiicoiS ..'....-..............
 Batteries: Ames, Benton and Dooin, Clark; Frost, Beck and Deberry.
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Vanderbilt Defeated

Nashville March 2o.-The Nashville Southern league team decfated the Van- derbilt university baseball team here toe day, score 6 to ?.
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BROWNS AGAIN
 DOWN HOUSTON

Houston. Tex, March 20.--The St. Louis Americans defeated the Houston, Texas league team today, 8 to g. Score: R. H. E. ct- NOuiS ...-....-...-..-....... U
 Batteries: Criss, Edmondson and Query; James, Weilman and Severoid, Agnew.
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Players
TIGERS DEFEAT
 GULLS EASILY

Mobile, March 20.-The Detroit Amer ican league regulars defeated the Mobile Southern league club here this afternoon 6 to o. Ty Cobb. who reported to the Detroit team here, took part in the con- test, getting one hit, single, out of five times at bat. Score: R.H.E. Detroit ............................ 6 g 1
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TEN CLOUTS AND
 THIRTEEN ERRORS

Fort Worth Tex. March 2o.-The St. Louis Nationals made 10 hits with Is Fort Worth errors and defeated the local Texas league team P to 0 here today. Score:
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| Batteries: Cayet, c. Cunningham and Peters. Mckee; J. Cunningham. Gudger,
 Harkins aud4 Brown.
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MRS. JACKS BEATEN BISCUITS
 Ask Your Grocer.
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MAGEE AND HEMINGWAY STAR
 BUT THE BARONS MEET DEFEAT
Seesaw Battle Lost to Louis vile Team by 5 to 1 Score. Burleigh Grimes Hurls Masterful Game
THREE GET CAN

By RICHARD F. LussIER
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 Fort Worth ....................... 15 Batteries: Perdue, North and Snyder, Roach; Kerr, Hannah and Murphy, Crit tenden.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-05
At Boston.

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Chicago 2 7 0
Boston ....... 0 4 z
Batteries-Scott and Schalk; Shore,
Mays, Cady and C%arringan.