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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24

ham; Memphis at Little Rock; New Or leans at Atlanta; Chattanooga at Nash vile. Labor Day, Chattanooga at Lit tie Rock; Nashville at Memphis; New Orleans at Atlanta; Mobile at Birming ham. Decoration Day, New Orleans al Chattanooga; Mobile in Memphis; Bir mingham in Little Rock; Atlanta al Nashville.
 Sunday games fall as follows: Mobile 12 New Orleans 16, Memphis 1T, Nashville 16 The schedule is left open so that New Orleans and Mobile can arrange extra Sunday games if they care to take one day jumps. In this manner Memphis ant New Orleans can play at home every Sunday but three of the season.
 Owing to the entry of Little Rock Memphis will travel 2000 miles less thi. season than last. the new circuit put. ting Memphis ''in the middle
 President kavanaugh announced thai the league would employ six umpires thl. season. Fifeld and Kellum have beer released, leaving the staff to consist o the following, all of whom served las season: Rudderham, Pfenninger, Chest mutt, O'Toole, Breitenstein and Kerin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
LEAGUE
 OPENS APRIL 13
Schedule for Coming Season Arranged by Committee in tanooga-Birmingham Opens at New Orleans and
 Gets Two Holiday Dates

Chattanooga, January 23.-President Kavanaugh of the Southern league; Pres ident o. B. Andrews of the Chattanooga
 club and President A. l.. Jackson of the Mobile club, today arranged a sched- ule for the league. The opening is set for April IS, and the opening will be for single game in four cities and shifts to the other four the second day. The Southern league will play later in September this year than ever before in its history, running through to Septem-
 Der 26, five months and IA days. The opening schedule follows: April IS, Chattanooga at Nashville; Lit tie Rock at Memphis; Birmingham at
 New Orleans; Atlanta at Mobile. April IA,
 Memphis at Chattanooga; Nashville at
 Little Rock Mobile at Birmingham; New
 Orleans at Atlanta. This arrangement
 gives Q little more travelling but pro-
 vides an extra Saturday game for non-
 Sunday towns.
 Holiday dates were distributed as fol-
 lows: Fourth of July, Mobile in Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
BRA YES ARE SURE THEY WILL CAPTURE
 WORLDS TITLE AGAIN
Popularity of Sangs and Confidence Players of Repean in 1915 Creates Unique Situation--Whitted Already
 Figuring on His Share of Receipts
By MONTY

New York, January s. Especial ) The popularity of George Stallings and the confidence held by his men that he will repeat his 1914 triumph in the next National league pennant race have engendered a condition unique in oase- ball annals.
 His players fe,l so sure the Braves will win and the worlds series pie will be cut in Boston that they refuse to be parties to trades with other clubs. George Whitted, general utility man of the team, has expressed the sentiment of his mates in the u1ti- matum he has delivered to President Gaffney.
 q refuse to play with any team but the Braves" says Whitted. unless can get $3000 more salary from the other team. figure that will be about the size of my share in the next worlds series.r
 Call Off Arrangements
 That ultimatum forced Gaffney to call off the arrangement he had made to send Whitted to the Phillies as part payment for Outfielder Sherwood Ma gee. Gaffney had planned to turn over Whitted and Tom Hughes. the big pitcher from Rochester, to the Fhil- lies, Several other players offered to the Quakers baked, so Gaffney tried to change the terms of the deal to in- clude Hughes and a bunch of cash Gafney seemed in a fair way to put this through. when up rose Hughes and objected, too. Thus 1t now is prob- able that the Phillie will either have to accept straight cash payment or 1al Connolly, the slugging outfielder. ,s another youth Stallings and Gatfney tried to use in a trade, this deal be- ing with the Cincinnati Reds, but Con- molly has remonstrated just as vieor- ously as the others against being sent away.
 It is great to see loyalty of men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
TYSON LEAVES IN IA FEW DAYS ID MAKE
 READY FOR BARONS
Secretary Local Club to Ar range for Training at OrlandO-Moley Talks
 of Situation

IL WAS stated at the Birmingham Arms
 yesterday that Robert Tyson financial
 secretary of the Barons, would leave in
 a few days for Orlando F'la to attend to | the details for the proper reception of | the Barons in Florida. Bob Tyson will
 be the advance and press agent, and will educate the Floridans on the merits of the prospective visitors. All the Barons and recruits will report at Orlando on February 25
 The Barons will return from Orlando toward the last of March, and will play , exhibition games all the way to Birming- ham. Arriving in the city prior to the opening of the season, the Barons will play Pittsburg, Cleveland and the Chi
 cago Cubs a series of games at Redwood
 Field.
 Three Have Signed Danny Clark, Jimmie Magee and Charlie Carroll have sent in their signed con-
 tracts for the baseball season of 1915, and
 are certain to play with the Barons or
 the remainder of the flock of ball tossers to whom Manager Moesworth sent out contracts little is known, but the pros
 poets are that the majority of them will
 come within the fold of organized base ball in the next few weeks
 The past week with Manager Moles- worth has been a busy one. What with dickering with recalcitrant players and ordering the new uniforms and preparing for the training trip to Orlando, the chub-
 by one has had his hands full He is now fully established with offices at the Bir- mingham Arms.
 Regarding McDonald's position. Moles- worth stated last night that nothing had been heard of the former big leaguer. In- cldentally 1t might be stated that Moley did not appear to be greatly depressed be- cause of the lack of news of Mcdonald. Queried as to whether Hemingway who played third base for Nashville last sea- son. would be in a Baronial uniform this year, Molesworth replied that he had
 not heard anything of this matter. Nothing New
 There is absolutely nothing new in baseball news,' said Manager Moles-
 worth, and there will not be for several
 days. The contracts of Clark Magee and Carroll have been received and the parch-
 ments of the others will dribble in from
 time to time until the beginning of the
 season. As I have stated before we do
 not anticipate any trouble with our play
 CTS this season. There are too many
 young and able players on the market
 AS to the prospects of any team in
 the league am not familiar enough with
 the situation to make a forecast. The
 managers in the other cities of the South
 ern league are as busy as I am building
 up their machines for the long campaign,
 and none of us can say what the prospects,
 Of the other is There is likely to be
 many changes in the baseball world be-
 fore May l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
BASEBALL SUIT IN HANDS OF JUDGE RECONSIDERATION Defendants Granted Twenty Days in Which to Answer
 the Original Bill of
 Complaint

Chicago, January 23.-Judge Landis to- night took under advisement the Federal leagues prayer for a temporary injunc- tion against the leading bodies of organ ized baseball to restrain them from inter- fering with its players and from prosecut- ing the several suits against them. The court granted the defendants 20 days in which to answer the original bill of com plaint. Should the court grant or deny the temporary injunction the case will be tried later on it's merits
 E. E. Gates of Indiana, summing the case for the Federals. charged that the defendants constitute a monopoly in re- straint of trade and commerce; referred to the suits of Lee Magee and others in support of the involuntary servitude charge, and dwelt on the workings of the reserve and To-day clauses.
 The final days arguments left unsettled the question of jurisdiction and other phases which the defense holds may re- suit in a victory for its side. These phases include the charge of ''unclean hands, and the appeal against tearing down a structure which organized ball took 40 years to build
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24

to their employer and admiration q him which these fellows possess | say nothing of their supreme cont;dcnc kind enough to pick out the very wors possible time for such a thing. Th coming season will be the first in his tory that the National league has hal rule limiting the roster of each clu1 to a maximum of 21 players. There i agitation now to rescind that ruId which was adopted only. last Inonti but if 1t should fail and the rul stands what will happen to some q these loyal scions of Stailings abou the tirne the season begins on April l 41
 Large Player List
 The Braves possess one of the largI est player list in the major 1eaguei Altogether, including raw recruits jua up from the minors who did not gd3 a chance to wear a Boston uniform las year, there are nearly 50 men.
 Thus more than two dozen will hayl to be let out before the fatal ides ol April. Naturally most of these vii be youngsters who fail to make gooI on their first trial or are not ripl for fast company just yet. Some of tn castoffs, however, will have to be sea soned players, for there are a dozel more than the 21 limit of this clas alone on the club.
 It would be the irony of fate, in deed, if some of the players now obl jecting to trade would have to b turned adrift in the early April day,. or perhaps sent to the minors. Righl now they have a chance to get on othi CT weaker clubs that would be cerI tain to retain them. If they go the are sure of maiOr Ieao-11a hprfl,.- they refuse, they take the chance ol being railroaded to the bushes. Yes they prefer the gamble to the sur thing. If it isn't a true sporting spir5l that these boys have developed undel Stallings. then the term sporting spirit means little. Where is there a par allel to this in the past? There is non.l George Sta1lings is the miracle man ol baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
TURLTES MAITLAND
 EX-BRAVE PLAYERS
1scoe Lord Dckerng With Jesse Stangs for Boston Offs Makeup of Memphis Team at Present
 is Problematical
Ny HERBERT CALDWELL

the flag end of last season Andree came from Marshalltown, and Marsha from Charleston. Both hit over 300 wit these clubs last season. At present then are no other catchers in view.
 Candidates for pitching berths will b plentiful. At present there are nine hurl CTS eligible for Turtle chunking jobs. O the old men who are expected back ar Howard Merritt, Goulait and Liebhardi Robertson, purchased from Mobile, is ex pected to be one of the mainstays ShiI ley, Eimball, Chandler and Morrison, wit the Turtles a brief period last season, wi be brought back this spring for anothe examination. Pinkey White a Mississippi independent pitcher, has been signed an will be given a trial. M
 Two Veterans to Go
 Waivers have been secured on GeorgI Merritt and Buck OBren, 1914 pitchers and they will probably be disposed d shortly. Other 1914 Turtles waived on anl who are on the market are intielde Clothier and Outfielder Mccormick
 Up to the present writing but five play CTS have signed contracts, They are Man ager Lord, White. J. McDerinott, Marshal and Andreen. taI
 Secretary Watkins stated that two play CTS had returned unsigned papers HI would not disclose their names, bu stated that he expected both to sign in few days. T
 Watkins also states that he expects nj trouble on account of red.ced salaries He states that he thinks the players fulI understand the conditions and realize thai the Memphis club will do the best thel can for the team in financial way.
 Although the channel is unknown, twl pitchers are expected to come here frorl the Cubs. Watkins stated yesterday hl was absolutely certain that Memphil would secure two hurlers from BresnaI han if they needed them.
 Manager Lord is scheduled to arrivl here February 15, when he will take activI charge of affairs as manager. Player, will start reporting March 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
SHOOTING TOURNEY

Washington, January 23.-Brideeport passed Cleveland and reached first place Tn the fifth weeks matches for the inter. club gallery shooting championship, ac- cording to scores made public here today by the National Rifle association. War; ren made the highest score, 9s7 out of a possible 10o0. Scores include:
 Class "A.
 Warren s97 vs. Bridgeport 992
 Cleveland 9S7 vs. Adrian 952
 Class "B:"
 Louisville (Swiss) 9A vs Indianapolis 924. Glass e."
 Louisville (rifle) 922 vs Payette 91e. Kane 953 vs. ogden 942.
 Results Of the second weeks matches for the United States championship in the high school league, include:
 Class A"
 Deer'ng, Portland, Me-, 954 vs. Tech, Washington, D. C., 945
 Baltimore, Polytechnic o44 vs. Auburn, Cal, 915.
 Class "B:"
 Dewitt Clinton, New York, SAT vs. Ja- maica, l.. l., 445.
 Stuyvesant, N. Y, S25 vs Tucson 765.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
, band imbedded in the hsh's neck under

band imbedded in the fishs neck under its gills.
 Puzzled as to how the rubber band got there Monroe would have tossed the smelt back into the deep, but Johnny Cline, sheriff-elect of Los Angeles county, whose catch for the day was nil. protested.
 Monroe told the story of the rubber neck smelt to his friends in Venice and there was one who showed amazement.
 q placed that rubber band around that smelt's neck over year ago while fish ing on the Venice pier,' exclaimed Ben Daniels. Venetian of veracity. John C. Pettis corroborated Daniels story, declar- ing he had held the smelt while Daniels placed the rubber band around it's neck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
.O'BRIEN IN ACTIVE
 TRAINING FORD DIXON
Tuesday Nights B. A. C. Stag Will Be Stellar Event-"Rube Heine of Avondale to Meet Fast Boy-Usual Battle
 Royal on the Programme
ny RICHARD F. LUssIER

will be pie for Dixon. For the sake of the Bessemer boy it is sincerely to be hoped that such will be the case.
 commendable characteristic about Dixon is that he has not said anything about his approaching bout or past events. And thus discounting the rant inss of Foster, who may or may not be DiXon's manager, the boy from Bessemer appears in a good light and will enter the B. A. C. arena next Tuesday night a strong favorite with the fans. With Dixon it is a case of fighting. He deprecates the garrulous- ness of his handler.
 Other Ring Events
 Other ring events at the B. A. c. stag next Tuesday night will be the appearance of T. ]. Heinie, popularly known as "Rube" to the fight fans, in a six-round bout with some fast local boy. It goes without saying to all those who have seen ''Rube" ueinie in action that fast boy will have to be provided as the "Rube' is formidable opponent for anyone.
 'Rube' Iieinie weights about 132 pounds and is rangy in build. He uses his arms like fails, and unless his op- ponent knows the art of covering up, INobt VIII iii illlil So iuduH lliiieS iu q minute that it won't be fight but a farce. At the last stag "Rube' met strong boy from Avondale, but easily disposed of him in three rounds. "Rube" has the punch, speed and some science. He looks good to ringside en- thusiasts.
 Tuesday nights stag will have the usual negro bouts. which are always interesting and sometimes very humor- ous. The inevitable battle royal' will be the piece de resistance of the evening.
 Tickets for the stag are now on sale at the better hotels, restaurants and clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
RED SOX TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS MADE

Boston, January 23.-Arrangements for the spring training trip of the Boston Americans were announced today. The first squad, consisting of battery candi- dates, will report at Hot Springs. Ark. March 7 other players appearing a week later.
 The only exhibition games officially scheduled after the team leaves Hot Springs. are: Memphis, April 3. and D. Louisville, April G. [ and 8; Cincinnati April 9, 10 and II. Games with other teams probably will be played at the training camp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
SOCCER CAME CALLED OFF

owing to the indictment wealth CT the championship soccer game between Wylam and Pratt City for the Ramsay cup was post poned yesterday afternoon. There. will be meeting of the officers of the Alabama Association Foot make arrangements for meet ing between these ancient rivals next Saturday. A large crowd of soccer enthusiasts were keenly disappointed yesterday afternoon at Redwood field be- cause the game was called off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
MEMPHIS AFTER BRAVE CASTOFFS FOR 1915 SEASON

\ several iaSl NolhOuls al the
 gymnasium of the Birmingham
 Athletic club yesterday, 'Yank' O'Bricn, the welterweight from Jack sonville, showed to good advantage over some of the ambitious amateurs who attempted a ioust with the gloves with him. O'Brien took things easy, but the boys who tried him out stated that he was carrying an awful wallop.
 O'Isrien is the only fighter that has ever knocked out Eddie Hanlon of Atlanta. He put over the sleep punch In the first round on last Thanksgiving Day at Jacksonville. and with that wallop became luminary in the southern fistic world. OBrien has high hopes of etherizing Sailor Dixon next Tuesday night and is training hard for the eisht-round setto that Manager Streit will stage for the bene- fit of the members and friends of the Birmingham Athletic club.
 Wierd Tales
 From the Dixon camp comes weird tales. It is averred by young man who claims to be managing Dixon that the blondhaired pug has given up his job at the pipe plant in order to pre- pare himself for his fight with OBrien. In other moments after the usual pro- cess of sticking the needle in his arm, Joe Foster, the manager of Dixon, writes letters to the newspapers to the effect that he has a champion under his wing, and that Eddie Hanlon of Atlanta quit the city because of the intense fear of meeting Dixon in the ring. Foster also asserts that O'Brien
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
LONG TRIP IN SURREY
 TO GET MARRIED

Lyerly, Ga, January 23.- -(Special)-Aft- CT travelins more than 100 miles over roads that were almost impossible, James Vaughan and Miss Benson. accompan nied by a friend, were married in South Sum- merville this week, and have returned To their home at Guntersvile Ala. It is Said the long trip from Guntersvile to Summerville was made necessary on ac- count of the objections of the young; lady's relatives to her marriage to Vaughan. The trip to Summerville was made in a surrey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
Not a Failure

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Gabc--There goes a brilliant college
 graduate who is leading hand-to-mouth existence. Steve--Is he a failure? Gabe--No; he's d dentist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
Caught Rubberneck Smelt

From the New York Sun.
 Los Angeles.-Samuel Monroe. a car- penter of Venice, was fishing at Playa Del Key. In response to a ''bite' he jerked out a smelt. Monroe, on scruti- nizing his ratch, discovered . rubber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
Schoolboys Learn Boxing

From the Indianapolis News.
 In the schools of Australia boxing ha been introduced as regular exercise fc schoolboys In Sydney 107 boys respond ed to the call for those desiring it, an in Melbourne the plan has proved eve more successful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-24
Knew Her Duty

From Answers. Mistress-"Don't you ever sWeep under
 the carpet?" Housemaid-"Ye ma am; I always sweeps everything under the carpet?'
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-30
A, SEEING the InxIsIbIe.

No great purpose has ever been
achieved by any individual until his
spirit has first gone out into some
wilderness solitude and there discov-
cred its native strength, its absolute
invincibility when 1t relies upon no
help but that of God. This Is the
experience of all the greatest among
men, They 30 apart from their fel-
lows for awhile, like Moses. into the
land of Midian, or like our Lord him
self into the wilderness. or like st.
Paul into the Arabian desert, and
there, in solitary communion with
God, from that highest OF all .compan-
ionships, they drink in strength to
fit them for the work Of our lives.
Alone with God. they see visions
which fill their souls. visions which
never fade afterward even In the
light OF common day, but which serve
as beacon lights to guide them.
through storm and darkness. till the
purpose of their lives Is fulfilled
Edwin II. Eland.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-30

Well" added Craig. you see, MI
chael has become infuriated by the
treatment he received from the Clutch
ing Hand. j believe he cuffed him in
the face yesterday. Anyway, he says
he has determined to get even and be-
tray him." sfS,G ~
/ did not like the looks of the
thing, and said 10. Craig" objected
vehemently, don't so to meet him.
1t is trap" gr II
Kennedy had evidently considered
my objection already.
1T may be q trap" he replied slow
ly, "but Elaine u dying and we've got
to see this thing through"
As he spoke. he took an automatic
from a drawer of a cabinet and thrust
1t into his pocket. Then he went to
another drawer and took out several
sections Of thin tubing. which seemed
to be made to fasten together as a
fishing pole is fastened. but were now
separate, as II ready for travelling.
Then he went out. / followed, still
arguing
"If you go. 60" ! capitulated.
That's all there is to it.
Following the directions that MI
chael had given over the telephone.
Craig led me into one OF the toughest
parts of the lower West side.
Here's the place" he announced,
stopping across the street from a
dingy Raines law hotel.
Pretty tough" ! objected. Are you
sure?"
Quite" replied Kennedy. consulting
his notebook again.
Reluctantly l followed and we en-
tered the place.
II want a ROOM" asked Craig as
we were accosted by the proprietor.
comfortably clad In a loud checked
suit and striped shirt sleeves. II had
one here once before-forty.nine. l
think"
Fifty" l began to correct.
Kennedy trod hard on my toes
"Yes, forty.nine." he repeated.
The proprietor called a stout negro
porter, waiter and bell-hop all COM
bined in one, who led us upstairs.
"Forty-nine, sah," he pointed out.
as Kennedy dropped dime into his
ready palm.
The negro left us. and as Craig
started to enter. I objected. But,
Craig, 1t was hfty-nine, not forty-nine.
This is the wrong room"
Il know it." he replied. II had 1t
written in the book. But want forty.
nine-now. Just follow me. Walter"
Nervously l followed him into the
room.
Don't you understand" he went
on. Room forty-nine is probably Just