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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
Intersecti0ndl Football
 Game On NeW Years Ddy

The first day of the new year will be featured in sport by an intersectional Football game to be played at Pasadena, Cal, in which the elevens of the Uni yersity of Oregon and the University of Pennsylvania will be opponents. The con- test will involve a travelling mileage of close to 10000 miles and this will probably establish a record for a single football game. Late in the season of 1915 Syra- ouse university team made a trip to the Pacific coast, winning from the Oregon Aggies 2S to and Occidental college 35 to 0. Last New Years day ds16) Brown played Washington State al Pasadena and was defeated 14 to o.
 The game between Pennsylvania and Oregon is likely to be more evenly con- tested, as the eastern and far western university elevens appear to be equally matched so far as can be judged from their respective records, weights and methods of offense and defense. Several of the players on each team stand out in their respective sections as grdiron stars of high calibre. If the contest is fought out on a dry field it is likely that both Fullback Howard Berry of Pennsylvania and Shy Huntington, the Oregon quarter back will shine in the open field running and field goal kicking.
 Both teams include other impressive players and their records are above the average. Oregon has not been defeate this year, although held to a no-score tie by Washington. Pennsylvania, defeated by Swarthmore and Pittsburg and tied by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
SPORTS
ATHLETIC CLUB IS Z
 READY FOR MANDY
Coaches Have Whipped Locals Into Excellent Condition Initial Game-An Veterans in Line -Up-Commodore
 Five Is Strong-Dance After the Game

The final workout of the Birming- ham Athletic club basketball squad foI the game with Vanderbilt university on Monday night was held last night At the conclusion of practice coaches announced that they were ready foi the game
 The contest marks the opening of the basketball season for the club five Several practice games have been played with successful results, but the game tomorrow night is expected to prove one of the most interesting of the season
 Those who saw the Vanderbilt az gregation in action last Wednesday night against the '. M. c. A. know how strong the Commodore five really is The Commodores defeated the "Y'' through superior pass work. Whether the club will be able to break this up remains to be seen.
 Coaches have been at work for the past week in whipping the team into form. Although a late start was ob- tained, it is believed by close follow CTS that the five will be in excellent shape for the contest with the Nash vile aggregation.
 Much practice has been given the squad in breaking up passes as well as strenuous drilling in short passing Coaches of the squad are strong ad- vocates of short passing and the club will present a dangerous attack in this line.
 The team is equally as strong as last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
CHATTANOOGA WILL
 TRAIN AT ORANGE
Decide Establish Permanent Training Quarters in Orange Tex.-Efforts to Arrange Exhibition
 Games Proved Fruitless
By w. C. FOSTER

Chattanooga, December 30.-(Special)
 Unless efforts to arrange games with major and Texas league clubs prove en-
 trely futile, the Chattanooga Southern association squad will train next March
 in the little city of Orange, Tex.
 The new owners Of the Lookouts have not c barrel of money to spend, as one
 might expect from first perusal of this
 announcement, nor are they making
 big play to the galleries. Rather are they
 taking the trip for the double purpose of economizing financially and assuring
 themselves that the team will be in bet
 ter condition to start the campaign than
 it was a year ago
 Efforts to arrange exhibition games for Chattanooga have proven largely useless.
 None of the majors are coming this way
 this spring and only games with Amer
 ican association teams, with one or two
 stray major contests, are in sight It is already evident that the exhibition sea-
 son on the home field will be dead
 expense.
 The Board of Trade of Orange, which is the home town of Frank Kitchens the Lookout catcher, extended a hearty invitation to the team to train in that city and already is booking games for the team with the Houston and Beau mont teams of the Texas league and other teams that train in that vicinity. They are enthusiastic over the prospect of having a Southern league team in wade Texas for the first time and promise large returns. If the local magnates can get the case figured out to where the training season will cost only a little more in Texas than on the home field the trip will be made.
 The pitchers will report at Orange ab out March 10 and the other players week later. The camp will be broken aboIt Saturday, March 90, for a Sunday game in some Texas city. the arrival home being delayed according to games sched- ued route.
 It is believed that the home fans of the team will become more enthusiastic over the prospects by hearing reports i from the camp than by seeing the dull l tedium of the actual work. At any rate, ] the experiment is worth trying in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
N. l.. Bosses Want
 Fatter Batting Marks

National leaguers are convinced that something should be done to increase batting in the mother league. But the only way ideas expressed at @ recent meeting can be carried out will be through changes in the rules and these, of course. will have to be sanctioned at a meeting of the rules committee.
 Percy Haughton of the Braves be- lieves that batting averages are all too low. He believes that the baseball pub lie will appreciate more hitting, and the only way. as he sees it, is to regu- late the pitching rules to give the batsman a better chance.
 The elimination of the spitball, the emery ball and the use of resin is offered as one suggestion to better batting. Another is to take away one foul strike and a third is to decrease the number of balls that pitcher may issue to a batsman from four to three.
 It was the sense of the National 1eaguers here that Haughton's sugges- tions are worthy of deep considera- tion, and his plans have been sub mitted to President Tener with power to place them before the rules com mittee.
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Atlanta, December 30.-The Atlanta Athletic club basketball team, cham pions of the south for the seasons of 1914-15-16 can seriously be considered contenders for the championship again this the 1916-17 season.
 We gave the club quintet the once : over Saturday night against the fast Knoxville aggregation and it looks like the club is going to be represented by speedy aggregation again this season.
 The promise of the five is great. On the offense. we believe that it is the best aggregation the club has ever pos sessed, the pass work in the Knoxville game being especially deadly, and the fact that every man on the team can shoot goals reliably makes the team one of five forwards.
 This ability. however, had a tendency to weaken the defensive strength of the aggregation and give the impress sion that it's defense was not as forni- dable as other club fives. but against Knoxville many new signals were tried out and the guarding was not as close as it will probably be later in the sea son.
 But the general defensive play of the team needs a little polishing which
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year Capt. Tommy McGowan will start | at one forward, with either Harry
 Satterfield or Brazleton at the opposite
 position. Satterfield is one of the vet erans of former machines. In practice
 he showed up excellently well. Brazle-'
 ton performed last year well and has
 many followers who hope to see him
 at his old post tomorrow night. | Henry Baker or Luther Strange will
 be started at tine povital position. This is the only weak spot of the five. l At guards, link Gillian and Biscoe Seals both of last years team, will be
 started with a sapable supply of sub stitutes.
 Cody and Zerfoss are the forwards for the Vandy quintet, while Ray is
 the center. Blair and Gleaves are the
 guards.
 The vandy team defeated the Mobile
 Y. M. c. A. on Thursday night by score of 43 to 22 On Friday night they played the Columbus Y. M. c. A.. Last night they met the strong Atlanta Ath-
 letic club, The tour of the Commodores will be completed here tomorrow night
 with the game against the locals Prof. T. c. Young will referee the game.
 1 Reserve seats are on sale at the sec retary's office at the club. One of the
 chief attractions of the night will be
 dance to follow the game, which promises to be one of the largest social events of the season in connection with | the basketball games. Admission prices are from 50 cents to $1. l The game will start promptly at 'S:30 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
BASEBALL OWNERS !. ENTERING ANNUAL . PERIOD FOR ROWS
 WITH THE PLAYERS
Contracts Will Be Sent Out by Southern League Clubs Within the Next Two
 or Three Weeks

Baseball clubs are now entering the annual period of wrangles over salaries.
 Southern league contracts. as well as those of most of the minor leagues. will be sent out within the next two weeks. Then in a few days half of the stars of the minors will retire from the game for good and all, to return sometime be- fore March 20, or perhaps as late as April F.
 Magnates in this circuit will not be able to enforce their low salary limit without struggle, but it should be easier than last year. There is a whole lot in custom and education of the players, The latter must be convinced that the low salaries are necessary for their own good as well as that of the magnates.
 Owners of clubs in this league face fifty-ffty prospect this year in the way of salaries; that is one influence that bids fair to make the players more obdu- rate than ever and another that should make the path of the magnates easier.
 How much influence will be felt from Dave Fultzs edict to the players not to sign contracts without the injury clause O. the fraternity that was turned down at New Orleans? The members of the fraternity are firm so Tar Tn thelr stand that the clause must be inserted in their contracts before they will sign. The form of contract indorsed by the National as sociation provides that after an injury which incapacitates him from playing player may be paid for two weeks and then released. The fraternity demanded a clause that the player must be paid dur ing the period of his disability or until the expiration of his contract-namely, the last of the season. None of the con- tracts sent out this week will contain this clause unless interlined therein by the magnates themselves. If the players who belong to the fraternity-and they are all the best players in the class AA and class A leagues-refuse to sign. there is going to be a real, genuine hot time.
 The bright part of the prospect in the class A leagues is that the players can- not raise the cry that they can get higher salaries elsewhere. The class AA cir cults are making wholesale cuts, even over the reduced salaries of 1916, The Chattanooga club recently had an offer of a trade for player in a class AA league whose salary in 1916 was only s175 q month That figure which represents what all but the veteran, tried players receive. doesn't hold out much encop- agement for the athlete who would get promoted from the Southern to league where he can pull down, as he fancies, ''real money"
 By. far the majority of the players in the Southern are rated around $200 a month, which is the average, and there are few who can expect more than that this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
MEET
 Y. M. [. A. SATURDAY
The Local Quintet Will Be in Fine Shape for
 the Game

The Montgomery quintet will be the next opponents of the local Young Men 5 Christian Association team, next Sat urday night January 6. The two teams broke even ir their games of last year, each winning and losing one, but the local boys expect to take the measure of the Montgomery five in the coming battle.
 The local team is somewhat sore over the gruelling battle with Nandy but are expecting to be in fine condition for Sat urday's contest, Coach Mitchell has not let up on the men in the hard work and is striving to overcome the weak nesses displayed in the initial battle.
 There will be an amateur wrestling match between tha ahalves,- which is ex- pected to, create a great deal of interest. The names of these participants will be announced later.
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opinion of the officials and it will ba tried if the exhibition schedule is ar ranged.
 The work of rebuilding the wreck of team that was inherited from last year
 is being rapidly prosecuted by the new club owners. The franchise brought with it five fairly promising pitchers, Allen. Bacon. Knowlson, Merritt and Marshall; two catchers, Peters and Kitchens; First Baseman Hyatt, Second Baseman Pitler and Manager Elberfed. Fred Graf is the property of the club, but absolutely refuses to report to Chattanooga. In the outfeld Messenger and Jantzen were not considered strong enough for further Southern league service.
 Heroic efforts arc being made to ,n- terest Bs1and, the former Atlanta short stop, who was suspended last year, 10 return to the game and he probably viii be on hand in the spring. Another short stop contender is Watt. a collegian, who was farmed to the Virginia league bv Detroit last year and who is touted to
 be the class of 'em all in fielding Shee- hand who has just been secured from Great Falls Mont. in a trade for Bob Messenger, is another short field candi- date and the bunch is rounded out Sy Montagut. a New Orleans semi-pro. These
 notes will show one thing that is some what depressing, that the team will lbe
 without the services of Kid Elberfeid this year as q regular. The Kid will manage the team from the bench and go in as utility man and pinch hitter
 The remaining four positions on the team must be filled by the new owners. IT Graf goes as seems inevitable, third base must be filled. To help the out field a deal is on for kelliher. a Rich mond first baseman. Kelliher is said 10 be corlsing good hitter. If Graf is trad- ed for him. Hyatt will be shifted to right field. IT pes were entertained of se- curing Chadbourne, the Memphis defen- sive star. for center field. but the deal
 is hanging fire. In left field Detroit has promised one hard hitter before the season starts. but the club will not take the chance of starting a training sea son without being thoroughly heeled. Competition for the two hold-over catc.l- CTS was provided last week when Catcher
 Koehler was purchased from Detroit Other sales. purchases and trades arc. expected soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
CARRIGAN RECEIVED
 S23,3OO FOR MANAGING < CHAMPION RED SOA
Boss of Champs Will Be Offered Big Salary to Lead the Club Again.
 Offer Will Exceed $1S,000

Boston. December 30.-William D.. .Carrigan was paid s23,5oo for manag ing the Boston Americans last season, it was learned today Of this amount S10000 was salary under his contract, SaSO0 his world series share, S2500 q special payment for winning the American league pennant, and $7000 a percentage allowance on the re- ceipts of the Boston club
 Carrigan. who announced his retire. ment last fall. is now considering an offer from the new owners of the world champions to resume direction of the team: Although money was not mentioned in the negotiations, it was stated President H. Fl. Frazee said he was ready to pay an amount in excess of S1S000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
BOB MESSENGER IS
 SOLD BY LOOKOUTS

Chattanooga, December S0.-tSpe- cial.)-Bob Messenger, the veteran Chattanooga outfielder. was traded to- day to the Great Falls club of the Northwestern league for Shortstop- Third Baseman Sheehan. The deal is one of several that are under way bye the new owners of the Lookouts to strengthen the team. Catcher Koehl- CT has been purchased from Detroit. President Shepherd states that the re- port emanating from Nashville that Outfielder Larry Chappelle had been purchased is in error.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
Ashville Wins

Ashvile, December So.-(Special) The Ashville High school defeated the Caldwell school 13 to P. The feature of the game was the playing of Nelson and Gather. the latter making 14 of the 22 points. The lineup follows:
 Ashville-Teague, forward; Hodges, G., forward; Gather. center; Nelson, guard Marlborough, guard.
 Caldwell-Lankford. forward; w. Hodges, forward Mitchell, center; Cleary, guard; Welfoot, guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
BILLIARDS PASSE s ANOTHER EVENTFUL
 YEAR; HOPPE IS STILL .BALk LINE CHAMP
Old Year Was One of Great est in History-GeOrge Moore Is Three-Cash-
 ion Champion
CUE CHAMPIONS OF 1916

Balll line. professional. all styles: William F. Hoppe, New York city.
 Three-cushion, professional: George Moore, New York city.
 Pocket, professional: Frank Taber- ski, Schenectady, N. Y.
 Interstate Three-Cushion league: Charles McCourt, Cleveland, o.
 Balk line, amateur: Edward w. Gardner, Montclair, N. J.
 Pocket. amateur; J. Howard Shoe maker, New York city.
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Atldnt0 Quintet Stronger
 Than EDer On OffenSlDe

Wizard Bean is certain to give 1t be- fore the big January and February games roll around.
 The club possesses in Graves, Carter. Dubard, Westmoreland and Lester, tho five regulars and eve in the subs, a rugged bunch of players. There is not a man in the list that ieaaSoe put out CT a play. They are physically strong. In the past there has been some member who was light and the target of the visiting clubs attack. This weakened the general team play. But this sea- son opponents are going to find the club quintet individually and collec- lively able to take care of itself in any kind of a game.
 Add to this strength, the fact that the players are all basketball players of several years of experience and have good individual and team speed and the prospects for a successful season are indeed rosy.
 In fact. if Coach Bean is successful in brushing up the teams defense, we believe that the 1916-1T aggregation will again be crowned champions and without defeat registered against them.
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The old year has marked an eventful era in billiards, it's close finding the gen tlemans game in a healthier condition than ever before in history. Perhaps the quotation variety is the spice of life" happily fits the king of indoor pastimes, but whether it is variety, competition, organization or just plainly the game it. self, that has caused it's boom the fact remains that billiards is at the height of it's popularity.
 William r. Hoppe enters upon another year champion of the professional balk liners, as usual holding the titles at all three styles-1S:1 and 1S:2 and 14;1. His old foe George E. Sutton of Chicago was the only player who dared challenge him and Sutton met his customary defeat at St. Louis in their match on October 29 and 30 and November l. the score ending 150o to 50S after a one-sided contest.
 In sharp contrast to the inactivity of the balk line experts the three-cushion and pocket champions and challengers were busy as bees, the titles in both classes changing hands with such fre- quency that the average fan could scarcely keep track of them
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MOORE AND TABERSKI GREAT

The performances of George Moore of New York and Frank Tabersd of Sche- nectady, respectfully three-cushion and pocket worlds champions, stand out bril- liantly and mark the titleholders as champions of the highest degree. Moore regained the coveted Brunswick emblem he lost to William B. Huey of Chicago a little more than ss year ago from Hugh Heal of Toledo, who had won it from Charles McCourt, now of Cleveland, after the latter had captured it from Charles Ellis, now of Milwaukee, Ellis having taken it from De Orc, who got it through Huey's forfeiture De Orc tried to come back recently and lift the title from Moore, but George beat him soundly. forcing the famous Cuban into temporary retirement.
 Taberski, after winning the pocket championship from Jack Layton. Emmett Blankenship's conqueror at Sedalia in sensational fashion, overcoming Layton s lead of IT points at the opening of the last night of play and later trouncing two other challengers, Ralph Greenleaf and F.. I. Ralph, in much the same man ner. has stamped the Silent Pole a player possessed of rare grit and gen. eralship, destined to hold his high place in the profession long time.
 Charles ATcCourt made a name for him self when he beat Ellis and Maupome out in a driving finish for the Interstate Three-Cushion league championship. All three were practically tied when McCourt went on the road for his final and most important swing around the circuit. He had four games left to play and he won all of them in clean-cut style which gave him the league title Later he made his triumph complete by defeating Ellis for the worlds championship which he lost to the first challenger, Hugh Heal of To1ado
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| Dartmouth, came very strong at the close of the season, and should be in excellent shape for the hard game that Oregon will uncover against the Quaker eleven. The records of the two teams for the recently completed season is as follows
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KIECKHEFER SETS RECORD

August Kieckhefer of Rockford, H., is leading the league, which opened the new season on October 30 by comfort able margin, with Ellis of Milwaukee, Jackson of Detroit, Maupome of Cleve- land, Canefax of St Louis and Heal of Toledo closest up of the others.
 A new interstate league record for high run was established by Kiecl1hefer at Pittsburg on November If, when the left-hander against Otto Reiselt ran If. The previous mark of 13 was held by Ellis, made last winter. Ellis still holds the league record of 37 innings made against Frank Jones at Philadelphia on March 2S. and he also holds this seasons mark, having run his game out with William Cullen at Buffalo on December 16 in 40 innings Singularly his scores against Jones and Cullen were identical 50 to IS.
 There were no other billiard records broken during the year aside from various claims by experts who made wonderful runs and averages at straight rail. re- gardless of the size of the tables and the rules and regulations that must govern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
MICHIGAN BILLIARD FACTOR

The great state of Michigan loomed up as billiard factor recently when the Detroit team of five balk line players defeated a like number of Chicago ex- perts in an intercity match by the score of 300 to 2620. Charles Heddon of Dowagic who won the Wolverine cham plonship on March 19, by defeating Cor win Huston of Detroit 250 to 166 did much toward helping Detroit to victory over Chicago Heddons fine cue work turning the tide at a crucial period in the match, giving the Detroit team a lead that it increased and held to the finish.
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China yearly imports s4,ooo,ooo worth of various kinds of leather.
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record performances. These alleged rec ords have not been recorded in black and white as official.
 Edward w. Gardner, the famous Jersey man. proved that devoted billiardist improves with age by coming back at 56 and annexng the national amateur. balk line championship for the fifth time. The pocket amateur title fell to the lot of J. Howard Shoemaker of New York while another New York amateur Will liam vierte captured the first national tournament held for novice or straight rail nlayers
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SPORTS

tried if the exhibition schedule is ar ranged.