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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-01
EDITED BY JACK BETHEA
FOOD FOR RANDOM
By FRED BODElkEH

Thus the baseball writer spoke,
 Tears upon his cheek. Daniel in the Lions Den
 Was a lucky houndi' Thus the baseball writer spoke,
 Spreading tears around. Daniel in the Lions Den,
 O! the lucky dub!
 Never hunted alibis
 For the Mobile club
 It must be the intention of George Moriarety, pilot of the Chicks, to sign Leonard Dobard, the former Gull, who is now on the suspended list. Dobard was shuned to a lower class league by the Gulls and he refused to report. He has now practically completed ne- gotiations with Chicks for a per manent berth, and if the Gulls can be persuaded to grant the former shortfielder his release, he will probably appear in the Chicks lineup at an early date. The News Scimiter had the following to say: Leonard Dobard, for two years shortstop of the Mobile Gulls, worked out with the Chicks Mon
 
 local berth.
 Dobard had misunderstanding with the Gulls this season over salary matters and Dolly Stark made bid for him while the Native Son was boss of the ranch. At the same time Bridgeport, Conn.,, wanted Dobard for service in New England.
 Dobard stated that he is now the property of the Mobile association, but may land a job with Memphis. Moriarty will look him over and then furnish a decision.
 Dobard has been one of the c1ev- crest infielders in the league, and in one span last summer went 2S consecutive games without a bob ble.
 The Barons, and Danny Clark especially, are implicated in freak play. It happened in the first game of the series with the Chicks Monday. Coyle Shea gives the following description of the play which created such an un- usual amount of gossip:
 A play that will go down into history as one of the freak events of a peaceful afternoon happened in the eighth inning. After Knisely had singled and Paulette had sent him to third with blow to right, Perryman walked Moriarty to get to Walsh.
 He got tp him all right, and Walsh also arrived with a smash down the third base line that sent Knisely and Paulette across with the winning runs.
 Walsh cOpned Second and thap it happened. Jimmy became a bit frisky and moved half day to third. Hauser, with a weather eye point ing in that direction, piped him and begged quickly to Clark at second
 There was nothing else for Walsh to do but to break for third which meant that Moriarty had to skip for home. Meanwhile Clark ran. ball in hand.
 There was no tossing of the ball whatever but by degrees Clark slipped up on the Chick chief and tagged him as he dived for the plate.
 It was the first time in the mem- ory of old f1ns that a second base man had ever come in and tagged a base runner at the plate without assistance from another.
 Some jocular fan allowed that Molesworth borrowed the Baron uniforms for the summer from some penitentiary.-Exc
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Cards Split With Cubs

Chicago, May 91.-St. Louis and Chica- go divided a double header today. Pack ards good pitching, four double plays and timely hitting won the second for the Cubs, 6 to 3. Chicago got 10 hits off Doak in the first game. but fast fielding, in cluding two double plays, saved him and St. Louis won, to l. Fischer was eX- pelled in the first for arguing with the umpire. Scores: First game: R.H. E. St. Louis ............ 900 200 300-5 5 0 Chicago ................ 900 O01 O0O--1 10 4
 Batteries: Doak and Snyder; Laven- der, Packard and Clemens.
 Second game: R.H E. St. Louis ............... O03 900 000-3 g 8 Chicago ................ 103 GOO 20*-6 8 2
 Batteries: Ames, Meadows and Con gales; Seaton, Packard and Archer.
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Kaufman. Marshall, Schmidt McDowell, Burke. Double plays, Kores (unassisted) Ellam to Sheehan; Dodge to Swacina. Struck out, Herbert 3, Wells l, Ellis 1, Cavet B. Bases on balls, Herbert 3, Cavet Innings pitched, Herbert Is with ! hits and runs; Wells 2-3, with 3 hits and runs. Sacrifice hits, Baker, Kauff- man, Lee, Handford ?, Cavet Stolen base. Massey. Time, PIP. Empires, Kerin and Breitenstein.
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Barons Move to Little Rock

Boss Moley made quite nifty little shift in the Barons' lineup yesterday in the final setto with the Chickasaws but it was of no avail. Kid Caton was brought in from the right garden and planted on shortstop, his original position, while Bill Lindsay the vet eran infielder, was placed in the gar
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CAROLINA LEAGUE

At Winston Salem. Winston-Salem 5, Durham 4.
 At Asheville: Asheville 5, Charlotte |. At Raleigh: Raleigh 2, Greensboro 9.
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 The shift is very significant. It means that Moley is figuring on making few needed changes in the lineup in order to produce winner It is gem orally conceded that the two weak nesses of the team is in right field and on short Caton can by no means fill the shoes of Sir Toderick Sloan, the terrific slugger who guarded that field last season, while Bill Lindsay cannot be compared with Roy Ellam.
 Moley has seen the weak spots and he knows them better than the fans or the scribes do. He'll do what's right. The past years have shown that Moley is pilot of extraordinary type and the fans have grown accustomed to place their confidence in him. Mo- ley will work out winner The shift that he made yesterday was a wise one in every respect. It does not have to be permanent and will not prob ably be so. but it shows that a winner is the desire of the Baron management.
 The Lookouts continue their ram- page. Yesterday the leading Pelicans fell victim to the Elberfeld clan. The Iabasca Kid has scrappy club and they are improving every day The Vols failed to gain by the Pels' de- feat, as the Ellam bunch also suf- fered defeat
 MT. Tristan Speaker of Hubbard City, Tex, and formerly of Boston. Mass, appears to be running along Tn rut. All that the time traveller, who recently was joined by band of Indians from Cleve- land, O., is doing is leading the American league in hits hammered out, runs scored and in clubbing the baseball
 It's tough year for Tristan.
 Iris Speaker is writing a story of his baseball career. Regarding his stay in Little Rock, he pays high compliment to Mike Finn, stating that the former Gull man. ager. "one of the wisest and shrewest in baseball coached me in the fine points of the game"
 The St. Louis Browns offered to send Doc Crandall, one time a star major league pitcher, to Nashville. The offer was declined, the Nash ville Banner adding: "The Vols are not running a home for the aged yet.''
 The Barons are not moving along as nicely at the present as they strated the road trip. They broke even with the Vols and then hoped to Memphis where the Moley clan dropped the series. All of the games were close and are real heart breakers to lose, but everybody can't win and the Barons must take their share of reverses
 But we'll never know the diff ference 10 years from now, so why worry more. For instance, here's one We swiped and doctored to suit our own needs:
 Daniel in the Lions Den
 Was lucky guy."
 Thus the baseball writer spoke
 With heavy sigh.
 Daniel in the Lions Den
 Was a lucky slob!"
 Thus the baseball writer spoke
 With weary sob.
 Daniel in the Lions Den
 Was a lucky geekp'
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 Two-base Hits-Paulette Derrick Three-b base Hits-Walsh, Meusel. Sacrifice Hts--Knisely, Hemingway, Chadbourne Paulette, Moriarty, Coombs. Stolen Bases-Clark, Derrick. Base on Balls-Barger 4, Ponder f. Struck Out-Barger 1. Ponder ?. Tlme-1:5 50.
 Empires s-Pfenninger and Hart.
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CndtldHoOSd -'-..-'..'.'.'.-' Vov i"o i-
 Summary: Two-base hits, Deberry. Fly att. Three-base hit. Hyatt Home run, Peters Stolen bases, E. Walker, Pitler. Sacrifice hits, Pitler Harris. Sacrifice flies, Jantzen ?. Double plays, Knaupp to Bluhm: Edmondson to Stansbury. Base on balls, F. Walker 2, R. Walker }, Struck out, E. Walker ?, R. Walker 3. Wild pitch, E. Walker. Time, 200 Um- p1es, Bernhard and Rudderham.
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Giants Start Again

Philadelphia, May 31.-New York de- feated Philadelphia, 4 to ?, by punching hits off Bender in the third inning. Then singles by Rariden, Robertson and Doyle, G. Burns double and F'letcher's sacrifice fly netted three runs. Merkle hit for a home run in the eighth inning, his second circuit drive here in two days. Score:
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Games Today

Birmingham at Little Rock. New Orleans at Nashville. Mobile at Chattanooga. Atlanta at Memphis.
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Games Today

Rome at Griffin.
 Talladega at Newman, LaGrange at Anniston.
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By HERBERT CALDWELL
soITTHERN LEAGUE STANDING
Results Yesterday

Memphis ?, Birmingham 1. Atlanta 8, Little Rock 6 Qo innings). Chattanooga 9, New Orleans 1. Mobile s, Nashville 6.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Games Today

Cincinnati at Pittsburg. New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. No others scheduled.
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International League

At Providence: Providence 4, Rich mond 5.
 At Rochester: Rochester 10, Toron- to 0.
 At Buffalo: Buffalo 8, Montreal 10. (No other games scheduled.)
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 *Batted for Leclair in eighth. ScOra bv innings.

Little Rock ....... 100 002 021 O-6
 Summary: TWo-base hits, McMillan, Bridwell. Home runs, Mayer, Rumler. Stolen bases, Wares, Manning, Jacob son, Barbare, Neiderkorn. Sacrifice hit Rumler. Sacrifice flies, Moran, Coving- ton, Double plays, McMillan to Munch; Perry to Munch; Barbare to Wares to Covington. Hits, LeClair 13, with 6 runs in innings. Struck out. Perry 2. LeClair l, Hoff 1. Bases on balls, Perry Is, LeClair 8, Hoff 1. Hit by pitcher, Perry (Covington). Wild pitch, Hoff. Time, 2:35. Empires Williams and O'Toole.
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NEWMAN OBSERVES PENNANT RAISING
Rome Wins Again-La- Grange Outplays Annis-
 ton and Wins
STANDING
Results Yesterday

LaGrange 8, Anniston 1. Rome ,, Griffin o.
 Newman g, Talladega 8.
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SPORTS
Chicks Make Clean Szpeep
 Of Series by Final Win

Elmer Ponder and Cy Barger Engage Pitchers Duel With Honors Going Veteran-Sacrifice Flies Score Every Run Made By Both Teams-Barons Depart for
 Series With Travelers-Line Up Shifted
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Memphis. May 31.-(special)- After a three days visit guests of the r,hickasa,ys, the BarOns of Birmingham crossed the river tonight advancing to- ward Little Rock. They had their uni- forms, gloves and other baseball equipment when they left. The Chicks took everything else away from their Baron guests, including three baseball games and any hopes the Barons en- tertaiued for pennnnt progress at the expense ofathe Tribe.
 Cyrus Barger. the thin Chick right slider. administered the farewell greet ing to the Barons by humbiing them in the presence of Erandstand load or fair fans, the guests of the Memphis s.l,b at RusswOOd this afternoon. The humbling was to 1.
 Elmer Ponder, right-handed recruit from the Texas league, was Barger's op ponent, and Elmer was considerable oppo- sition Barger and Ponder dueled through the nine frames on about even terms, Ill two classical exhibitions of hurling.
 Sacrifice flies produced all of the three runs. One of the Barons' runs and one of the Chicks runs was matched out of a triple. The other local score was turned out by the Chicks weaving a couple of hits and a sacrifice fly around mishap of Danny Clark's when he dropped throw by Ponder while covering first, on cacrifca
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PnlldQelpnla OO0 l00 OUJ-Z
 Batteries: Benton and Rariden; Ben der, McQuillan and Burns.
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Some jocular fan allowed that Molesworth borrowed the Baron uniforms for the summer from some penitentiary.-Ex
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18

crushed lilies, carnations and with
lavender.
But how would you like to eat
floral sandwich? In Greece, or in
Turkey, a friend might say to you,
Won't you have another nasturtium
sandwich There they also make
sandwiches of finely ground pepper
mint which is spread over radishes,
thinly sliced, and the whole then
placed between two pieces of very
thinly sliced and buttered bread.
Dahlias, too, are eaten. And in ia
pan and China flowers are as much
part of the menu as are vegetables in
our own land
Uncle Will pushed his chair still
farther back.
do you know" he went on. that
there are flowers under the sea? That
+! is, they aren't exactly flowers, for they
are not plants; but many of them look
| SO much like blossoms that often 1t is
not easy to believe that they are really
myriads Of tiny animals. Corals, for
instance, in tropical waters, are bril-
liantly colored, with branches and
graceful forms that look for all the
world like flowers. But coral, you re-
member, Is formed of the skeletons of
many tiny, tiny animals. The sea an
emone and the sea cucumber, both
of them sea animals, also bloom al
most as though they were plants.
| And now-fox my third strange
fact-what would you think if 1 told
you there are such things as jugs that
whistle-yes, whistle quite distinctly
and sweetly? Well, they use to make
I them In ancient Peru; and several are
now on exhibition at the British Mu-
scum. To give jug of this sort its
right name, you should call it a sill
vador, or silvio. zone of them, found
in an old Peruvian burying ground,
was formed of two vases, each joined
to the other but with an opening, or
hole, between them. Then the neck of
one Of these vases was closed except
for clay pipe which was inserted and
which led to the real body of the wills
tie; the neck of the other vase was left
open.
when water, or some other liquid,
was poured into the opening the air
fin the other vase became compressed
and in escaping through the narrow
opening was forced into the whistle,
the vibrations, of course, making the
sounds.
Let me add a few more strange
facts I came across while reading to-
day. They concern sleep. The ele-
plant, for example, sleeps st>nding
up: birds, or nearly all of them, turn
their heads around backward, facing
their tails. and with their beaks thrust
down in their feathers. When a fox
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18

lessons" 1t was just that time of an
afternoon when it is oh, SO hard to
find something to do"
They had about made up their
minds to be content with watching
the logs crackle and sputter and the
sparks dance up the chimney when
Uncle Will entered the room.
well, WELL" he said. you certainly
Hook cheerful. Now l shall draw up
my chair right beside you and We'll
watch the fire"
Tell US a story. Uncle WHIP" said
Charlotte presently.
"Oh, do" exclaimed Frank. Some
thing real exciting and"
"A fairy story" suggested Char
lotte.
Uncle Will smiled and pushed his
chair bit farther back from the fire.
for 1t was hot. NO" he replied. Il
think I'll not tell you story; but !
will tell you few facts learned to-
day while reading-and perhaps you
may think them quite wonderful.
know I was surprised"
The children settled back, content,
to listen.
Flowers are to see and smell. aren't
they?" Uncle Will continued. an
amused twinkle in his eye. well.
yes, quite appetizing! For instance,
in certain parts of Eastern Europe,
the people make a mixture of roses,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18

she always wore.
And he remembered her bill, how
black and strong and capable 1t was.
Though she often scolded him, she
never got tired and fretful, like some
mothers do.
He recalled, with a little feeling of
shame, how he used to follow her
about, begging to be fed, when he had
grown as large, or larger, than she
was He remembered. too, how great
big. hulking fellow as he was, he used
to shake his wings and squeak in high
pttched, baby tones, whenever his
mother was around. He hadn't for
gotten how proud he was when he
first learned to crack his own acorns
bv holding them firmly against the
limb with his claws and pecking and
hacking until the shell came off and
left the yellow meat, for all the world
like a little round ball Of butter. But
these things all happened so long ago
that it really seemed as II 1t was IN
another world somewhere. He could
count on his toes fifteen winters, with
their snow storms and sleet. and f1f-
teen happy summers, with their nest
building and babies, that had come
and gone since he was big boy in his
first long tail feathers.
But winter was the time Of all the
year that he dreaded most. Winter
with its dearth of fat, acknowledged
grasshoppers, soft, gray, cut worms
and delicious silver winged moths.
These had all gone with the vanished
summer. And how he did miss those
quiet little picnics in the woods, when
he came upon a nest Of some small
bird, with five or six dainty little eggs.
all fresh and sweet-and, the parent
birds away from home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18

Tor Uncle Joe to tell us a story-will
your asked Jerry, smuggling up to his
uncle
Yes. please do" cried the two
nieces and other nephew in chorus,
drawing their chairs around Uncle
Joes.
Very WELL" he said, sitting him
self in the big arm chair, 81 will tell
you the story as the Moon-man told it
to me-"
The Moon-man." said Jerry,
there amt no such thing" ooh
jerry, what of your grammarD
Indeed there is, and here's the
story as he told it to me: up here,
where the stars shine brightly, is a
land where good people dwell. This
land is rich with the best of foods; and
sparkling waters flow, but long ago
there was a great drought. Not a
drop of water could be found any
where, and the good people were dy-
ing of thirst.
In one of the houses dwelt little
girl and her mother. The mother was
moaning oh, for a drink of water!
I'm thirsting!'
The child went up into the noun
tains TO pray to God for water. She
felt her prayer would be answered,
so she took a little tin dipper with
her. Water she prayed. we need
water' When she arose from her
knees she looked in the dipper and
found it filled with cold sparkling
water.
Mother will live she cried as she
nastened down the mountains. forget
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18

lovely fat worms crawled lazily every
where, and life was just one long.
bluejay luncheon time!
On sunny days Topknot would sit
by the hour on the edge of the horse
trough and preen his beautiful feath-
ers as he admired his reflection in the
water. His rasping voice lost much
of it's harshness, and soft love notes
dripped, honey-like, from his bill, and
his heart went pitty-pat whenever he
caught glimpse Of a sky blue skirt
fitting through the leaves. Siding,
like an awkward boy, up to the lady
OF his choice, and, in his blunt, blue
Jay way, Topknot tells the old, old
story over again. This ardent court
ship usually ends in a brief bridal trip
down to the clover field, where grass
hoppers were to be had for the pick
ing.
Housekeeping followed hard on the
heels of the honeymoon and, in few
weeks, five ugly bluejay babies were
clamoring to be fed in the ramshackle
nest up in the red oak. For the next
month Topknot had little time for
teasing the cat, asleep under the
hedge, for Mrs. Bluejay saw to 1t that
he did his full share towards feeding
the babies. Topknot loved these
hungry youngsters in a bookish and
perfunctory way. but he wasn't bit
sorry when they left the nest and
flew away to hustle for themselves.
1t gave him more time to just hang
around and to act as a kind of self
appointed constable, or rural police
man Of the birds.
If strange bird appeared Top
knot would raise his crest until 1t
looked very much like a helmet and,
putting out his chest and throwing
back his blue-clad shoulders, he i'm
mediately proceeded to interview that
bird and find out who he was, where
he came from and how long he ex-
pected to stay.
If hawk happened to pass by,
Topknot would drop anything he
might be doing and, with loud, dis
cordant cries, pursue that raider of
the air until he was glad to take ref
uge in the first thorn thicket he came
to. Even a buzzard. soaring and
wheeling in circles that would make
Wright green with envy could not
hope to escape the frantic attacks of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18

: ing the tin dipper to his mouth.
The dog Tapped the water. but
when he had finished, the dipper filled
itself again, and as it did so. ii
changed from tin to silver. When
the girl reached home she met a
servant at the door.
I'm dying of thirst cried the scrv-
ant, and the child raised the dipper
and babe the girl to drink. She
changed to gold and filed itself
again.
Mother cried the child. I'm COM
ing! Here drink and as the mother
wet her parched lips and drained the
water, the dipper once more filled it
self and changed from gold to
diamonds. An old traveller came up
the path crying Water, for Gods
sake" The child ran to him with the
dipper, and as he drank, he snatched
the dipper and threw it against the
sky. The end of the drought had
come. The dipper remained there as
memento to the child who forgot
herself in doing good to others!"
Uncle Joe ceased talking.
"Oh, / know what you mean, It's
the dipper made Of stars up there. y
said Jerry pointing to the sky.
Yes, that is the story of the dip
per, just as the Moon-man told 1t
to me-"
'Woo-o- 100000 whistled the
March wind as it swept around the
house-and the Moon-man winked his
eye at us, and then disappeared be-
hind a cloud.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-18
T1oPKNOT1

He did get so awfully tired of frozen
acorns for breakfast, dinner and sup
per. And these rainy days-cold,
rainy days! Just drip, drip, drip, from
morning until night; not dry spot
anywhere and no sunshine to sit in,
sometimes the rain would turn into
ice, and that made matters all the
worse. Think of sitting on ice-cov-
cred limbs, and holding an ice-coated
acorn in ones bare toes, and pecking
and pecking. only to find a sodden
and rotted kernel within! Yes, Top
knot found winter days bad enough,
but winter nights were simply awful,
The ivy vine, where he slept, was
often covered with a coating of the
coolest ice one ever sat on; and then,
the frozen twigs were so brittle that
they were apt to snap and give one
fall, just as one was dropping to
sleep. How the wind did blow, and
how the stiff, icy leaves did rattle and
crack,
Even when poor Topknot got in the
thickest bunch of leaves he could find
and, with head tucked far back under
his wings, he couldn't sleep, for the
cold wind crept under his feathers and
seemed to whistle through his mar
rowless bones.
But there was one blessed thing he
had always noticed: This awful
weather was always followed by a
time when the sun shone warm and
bright, and when the buds swelled and
swelled until they burst into clusters
Iof beautiful, fresh, green baby leaves!
Hoppers and crickets once more court
ed and sang in the tall. rank grass,