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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
Fine Cattle at Fair


 "I went out to the fairgrounds yes terday morning to see the cattle" said Probate Judge J. P. Stiles, "and want to say that some of the finest cattle I have ever seeN are now on exhibit at the cattle show. The cattle show already looks as if no improvement could be made, but I understand that several carloads arrived yesterday aft ernoon late and that four carloads of the finest cattle in the south are scheduled to arrive in Birmingham Monday from Kansas City.
 q think the exhibitions of fine cat tie shown at the State Fair should greatly increase the already growing interest in this and other counties to raise better blooded cattle. Now that Jefferson county will soon be entirely rid of the cattle tick there should be no reason why such cattle could not be raised here. Already many of the finest cattle at the fair are being raised in Alabama The Herefords exhibited by the west Dallas stock farms are absolutely on a par with any herd exhibited in the entire show"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
* * & Check Girls Trade Kisses For Tips

A MOST wise judge of Gotham has GA refused to grant an injunction restraining a certain hotel from oust- ing coatroom employees who imposed on patrons in the numerous ways known to the profession.
 The hotel management seems to have permitted for awhile the practice if "sizing up' patrons and sighting those who refused to hand over sub- stantial tips, but when two pretty girls of the sort known to Broadway as chickens" began to give away kisses as bonus to good looking patrons of the masculine persuasion, 2 uractice which improved business in the coatroom and facilitated the flow of tips from the pockets of the favored ones to the palms of the check girls, the management threw up its hands in horror and issued pink slips.
 It is not known whether or not the enterprising misses, who were so sud denly separated from their jobs, "cleaned up" enough to buy hmou- sine before they were discharged or not. Even if the sums collected did not amount to the price of one of the exclusive cars, they probably have enough cash on hand to keep them comfortably until they get another sit nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
PRACTICAL POLITICS.
A REAL GENIUS

If Prof Diggs learned man?" "He seems to have all the earmarks of savant." ], "Yes?"'
 He has located the sites of several buried cities in ancient Assyria, but in- variably gets lost when he goes down town to pay his water biIl''
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
READY RESPONSE

I'm seein' America first" said the tramp at the door. Could you assist me in me travels. mum?"
 Certainly" answered the kindly housewife. My husband is an automo- bile enthusiast and has dozens of road maps. You are quite welcome to one of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
BIoodhounds Needed

By William KusseH
 "The city commissioners should pur- chase two well trained bloodhounds for the police department to run down criminals of every description" said John McCarty. president of the Me- Carty Coal company, yesterday.
 There have been 10 white women and girls assaulted by negroes in the Birmingham district in the last nine months and only one of these mis- creants has been captured. If the city had had some well trained bloodhounds to put on the trails of these criminals they might have been apprehended. The dogs could also be put to a. good advantage in running down burglars. v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
Letter Gratifying

J.
 "The letter of J. H. Doughty to F w. Barrett. which was published in The Herald Saturday morning was gratifying" said Commissioners George Ward. ''The holding of public office is always replete with criti- cism and kicks. Most men realize this when they take the office they have been elected to. Nevertheless, 1t Is a source of pleasure to read of one man who Is a broad minded. capable man saying that his treatment by the com missioners has always been thoroughly satisfactory.
 There can be no beaten path oi happiness and satisfaction in politics No man since time began, or no sci of men, has ever Lten able to please all the people, The thing that most men in public office stlJve for is to please ! the majority of the people and to this end the commission is working
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
DEPARTED WARMTH

DEPARTED WARMTH What have you there?" "A package of old love letters. Going to burn them?" Yes. When I wrote these mlssives they were so fervent had an idea they might be ignited by spontaneous combus- tion. but I guess I'll have to use match after all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
Where Religion
 Is At Low Ebb

WNTHILE religious activity is dis
 w tinct feature of city life, many rural communities are remarked by the small degree of interest in spir- itual matters. Time was when the country church was great social as well as religious center in almost every section of this country. It is still so in many states, but it should be so in all.
 If the rural congregation is not strong enough financially to support a regular pastor or not able to hold services every Sunday, whenever there is to be preaching in we'll regulated locality the people come from miles around and fill the church.
 Leaders in various denominations have been making surveys of church conditions and some of the facts as certained are simply deplorable. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
PhilaratE1ropy That
 Means Something

ID HILANTHROPISTS in this coun- 1 try, be it said to our shame, are often regarded with suspicion. In fact, it seems much easier to ex- plain why multimillionaire gives away large sums than it is to answer that time -honored question: Where did he get it?" We assume that his generosity is merely belated attempt to ease his conscience. A great many time this is rank injustice, but it is nevertheless the popular attitude. No suspicion of this sort attaches to a bequest of 5000 recently made to the Reynolds Club library, Univer' sity of Chicago, by James Vincent Nash, class of 1915. MT. Nash worked his way through college and found the undertaking none too easy. Doing odd jobs is seldom highly remunerative and it is said there were even times when he barely missed having to spend the night on a park bench.
 Not in the least discouraged by these experiences, as soon as the young man graduated he began work l with renewed energy to break into the philanthropist class. By close appll- cation and thrift he accumulated 5000, which he forthwith donated to his alma mater in a spirit of gratl- tude for benefits received that com- Ipels admiration.
 It isn't at all improbable that Mir. Nash will some day be able to give away a million without practicing self-denial and the chances are that it will be untainted money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
A CALLOUS AGE

The waywardness of human kind Philosophers lament; And yet, how many will you find
 Who're willing to repent? The sins committed yesterday This morning are forgot; To keen remorse men should give way, But most of them do not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CABARET CATERS

 Mirth and music, Lights aglow, Dancers stepping To and fro. Call the waiter, Hang expensel This is life and 'Tis immense. Winning. dining, Peals of laughter; Who cares bout the Morning after?
  PRACTICAL POLITICS Votes for women.' That's the cfy. 7A ssSs s'a1R Are the danes Prepared to buy Soothing drinks For thirsty threats? That's the way To corner votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
NOT ASKING MUCH

NUT ASKING. MUCH T presume you hope fortune will smile on you some day." remarked the cheery individual.
 No" replied the pessimistic man. I'm so tired of her frowns that I would be satisfied if she simply gave me a noncommittal look"
 PAID THE PENALTY Who was the first great advocate of preparedness?
 .Old Father Noah" Correct. And who were the henry lords of that day?" q don't know their names, but they were the chaps who got drowned
 SUCH ROWDYISM! Another outrage perpetrated by girl hazers."
 "sophomores put Cayenne pepper in freshman fudge"
The sun., 1916-12-03
ONE MORE CONTEST
FOR PENN ELEVEN
FOIwcll'S Team Will Meet
Oregon GriddcrS on
Coast.

rHILADELruiA. Dec. 2-Bob Folwell.
that h. has two players who should he
"laSscd with the mythical All-America
elitc-Henry " Miller Of Williamspor,.
his right end. ana Howard Berry. the
fullback, who is captain of the baseball
team and tho American pentathlon
champion
Perry started his season on his return
from the Mexican border by kicking two
field goals. one from the ~ and the
other from the IS yard line. against State
College. HIS run in the second half tied
Dartmouth. He scored a touchdown
against Michigan and kicked II field goal
agains, West Virginia Wesleyan from
the 20 yard line against q gale Of wind.
He also shot a field goal
The Red and Riue Will continue train
ing all OF this week Tor the combat at
Pasadena, cal. where Penn will play thu
University Of Oregon eleven OH New
Years Day
T~weuty-siN players and four coaches
will make the trip to the Pacific coast, IN
three special ears. Folwell plans To have
practice every day on the trip Yves, and
Il has been arranged SO that the Penn
athletes are actually tn have shower
baths in their train.
One hundred students plan To 20 to
the coast with the team, and from the
latest reports there Will he 5000 Penn
graduates on hand when the varsity goes
into action against the hig Oregon ma
chine.
tn" Olympic cub ~ san Francisco
has extended privileges 10 the entire
University Of PENNSYLVANIA team and
any undergraduates that accompany the
eleven during their stay IN california.
The sun., 1916-12-03
RICH PRIZES FOR CYCLISTS.
S5,O0o VA H. awarded harden
MiNninG Team.

Tho rtches, stakes ever competed for
In a siN day bicycle race will hc offered
this yea IN the coming Garden event
December u to % Manager Chapman
announced Yesterday that in an $1,000
IN prizes Will Ice put up for the riders
ST., uno Tor the winning team. So 600 for
the second team and $1,000 for third
money Tho balance Of the prize money
viii hc offered during the week of the
race for special prizes for sprints from
one mil" to ten. I've offering Of special
primes originated in Berlin before the
war and doubled the interest in the race.
Tomorrow the pairing of the riders
Will n" made. eighteen of the fastest men
in IN" came having signed contracts.
oscar Egg, Swiss champion. agreed to
terms yesterday and will he cooked up
with one of the crack foreigners. Tho
stars Ia b. paired up tomorrow include
Gr"nda, Mcnamara. Goullet, Wnlthour.
Moran, Root, Kaiser. Cameron, iinart,
Egg. brobach, tarman, Wiley, Lawson
aud phrt.
The sun., 1916-12-03
-SUARD -
CURTIS REPEATS IN
SOCCER TOURNEY
BY Defeating Boys High : TO
q. Staten Island Team Wins
=. =. \. l.. Title.
ESTAB LISH EARLY LEAD

Repeating their performance ~ a.
year h soccer players of Curtis Hc'
School won the championship Of tn"
High School League nv defeating =.
Boys High team by , goals to o a. eos
It's Field yesterday afternoon. The v
tors ended the season with a t"ttl
Is points, two better than tho te u,
made by the High School Of '"wru-l
runherup. The champions went iu'nu-
the series ~ eight games undci,slc
winning seven and getting u draw 900 %
The Curtis players established tie
advantage and scored all Of then 60.
in the first period Of play, Sew m
utes after the start sullivan, "u
mixup, sent the ball into the r-l' ..
ner of the Boys net. soon if,ci ,Na
from a pass by Lynch. placed IIrt-
up. One MIMI. from half iw, ,"..
passed To Stout. who sent .r a hu,
shot straight al the goal hc, i'r. NO..
failed 10 stop IL
The lineup
The sun., 1916-12-03
TIGER WRESTLERS BEST.
Oprn season with Ntct0ry ONer
UrUoLI.n Central. - 20 u.

PRINCETON, y. j., Dec. THE Prince
ton University wrestling team opened it's
session her tonight with "A victory over
the Rluohiyn Central Y. NJ. =. A. by a
uf ~ Ia u, The summaries
ia Pound tIass-A Wiss threw Wilson
with half chdn'"ry ANA crot,h hold. Time.
I minutes. g. seconds.
l!i Pound Glass Jones threw Lopez with
near wrist ANA hair nelson hold. Time. 4
minutes aud 10 seconds.
liI Found Glass Drhl"r won fran
M"hns"u IN extra period on decision. Time,
10 miuutr-.
l'\ Pound 'iass No1e Won from h4r.
rio IN decision Time. . minutes.
Referee Herring Princeton.
The sun., 1916-12-03
TITLE FOR BLOOMFIELD
wins CrOss-cOuntry hampinu>h'?
In RunoH with Pn>snir.

PAssAIc, n. j., Dee - IL. n
High School barriers lu-tty j
measure Of Pnssaic HiEh School
in "A runoff OF the tie which .,,. .1
the cr~oss-country run of tn"
New Jersey League last wee.
Randall of bloomfield covered '.. "
and three-quarter miles IA 49, 20 .
and Is la seconds.
Charles Kiel Of East Ruth,rf.t| 49,
the race last week, capt kr.f..
Passaic, who was second last S.. To
and who was counted ON t. ~ It.',
led practically nil the way. hl' l.' iA.
saved just enough for u spr.ut :.
ftral 100 yards to give him N'.. Pc
about four yards. The first ten T.. .
were
The sun., 1916-12-03
NcEwa0 Leads Centres.

The centres are led by McI;wau. the
hghting giant OF the Army, lie Won
over Gennert ~ Princeton. who. ia turn.
holds onl, "A slight advantage over Peck
of pittsburg. All three are Of the loose
type of centre. which has displaced the
old style mammoth. who could not move
away from his position. The new game
calls fur "A tremendous lot of work from
the centre. n II he cannot roye all
along the line he is not To ne classed
with tn" greats
Sprasue of Brown was a fine centre
and Callahan Of Yale was another.
Where Callahan might have wound up
II he had not been handicapped by in
juries is problematical. He has the
mdkiugs ~ u stellar pivot '~islat!y NJ
Lafayette and Wray Of Pennsylvania
also showed up well at the pivot, For a
light youngster Troanor % Fordham
woI ked wonders.
Before closing. II word about the kick
crs. In puntinS III" palm must he
awarded 10 Eddie briggs of Princeton,
the bootrr of wondrous spirals. lie was
easily the most consistent punter and
the most deceptive placer of kicks,
though he was not up to his 1915 form,
la Gore fell far below the form he
Shove In 1915 As a class the punters
were not very good.
In drop Kicking the leading honors go
to Dave Tibbott of Princeton. who might
have earned even more iaurels had I've
not been kept out OF the Harvard game
n handicapped in the Yale battle b,
an injured knee, Fitzpatrick OF Boston
College and McGuckin OF Villanova also
excelled as drop kickcrs. In kicking
goals from ~touchdowns De Vitalis OF
Brown headed the list, Thus our two
elevens are completed and We have
named our list of those who earned
honorable mention. Mex, season will see
many ~ the stars return. and those who
go out will have their places filed by
newcomers. who may shine all the
brighter, IT'S a great game, stars mare
up quickly. and just as they are most
luminous they disa ppsar from sight. In
football utility and popularity are meas
ured by the length Of a college oourss.
A. yet We have no sridIron leagues, but
even these may come.
The sun., 1916-12-03
MOORE CUE WINNER.

George Moore, three cushion chamsplor.
won another practice game las, night at
Thum's academy, Ills victim was q. ~.
l.arue' The champion finished his string
OF 30 while l.aiNe WAS clicking Off -.
Moore~ htshest run was & and Larue's
.. II took IS innings 10 finish the game.
The sun., 1916-12-03
Roll I" " r"',' " '"'"''
Game " ith tOmmcrrinI ui=h

Making the record high s.nrr =
season. De Wit t~liutou's soo.,' o..
defeated the Commercial 'caIr b'
to ! In the final round ~ tho aruut '.
school championship series a. $500
oval yesterday. Al half time. 'h,
ton boys were leading by = 90 "
The second half they added 'Hl,,
tallics, while Commercial s.'r'
once,
rcrrotti and Bouarsrlc c,rn
three goals. The linrur.
The sun., 1916-12-03

Now for the guards. Here We have
one position In which tie season pro-
duced n GALAXY To be compared with
some of the great players Of the past
Again We select Capt. Hogg OF Prince
ton as he best guard nf the year. Few
can appreciate the work OF Hogs. H."
~ y quiet man and q quiet player and
does not throw himself into the fore az
do some others better known but not AZ
good football players. There il no doubt
% the class OF the Tiger leader.
Sizes Of Pittsburg gets the second 20
sition 10y only "a cats whisker over
Black of Vale and Meacham OF the
Army. Sutherland OF Pittsburg. Farnum
Of Brown. Henning OF Pennsylvania,
Nourse Of Princeton. Showal,er OF
Georgetown. Algar Of Tufts. Garrett Of
Rutgers, Paris OF Penn state Wtmbor-
ley ~ Washington and jefferson. White
n Schiachter of Syracuse and Dadmuu
of Harvard also classed with the good
guards, Hennins might have been a
first choice but for h-ine on, most Of the
season after an operation for apnen-
dicit.s.
badmun did not play as well as he did
last year. and a similar statement holds
true of the Syracuse whales II IS an
secret tina, dissension between them
had n lot to Ia with ,hcir nNu falling
of IN form and the weakened condition
or the eleven.
The sun., 1916-12-03
ERASMUS FIVE BEATEN

Erasmus Halls basketball 'r,.'
staten Island AcadcnN's NO N'r '
The score "a ~ la IL. The
Was played on ia" Staten lslt"' .
The Brooklyn Team played - 'O
game, staten Island lads Gagged q
difficult b baskets,
The sun., 1916-12-03

erals. There were no Barrctts. Watsons,
williamsons or Clicks. However. there
was one leader who ranked with the best.
and he was Anderson OF Colgate. An
derson was an all around star. and his
head work was as good as his
skill. lie was the pivot about whom CEN
tired the excellent play OF Larry Bank
harris team. Anderson was especially
effective In the forward passing game.
Shiverick Of Cornell will " to be
rated AZ the second best quarter. though
he had only a shade over Kessner. the
little pilot OF the Cornegie Tech eleven.
In fourth place, tied for the honor. we
would name Purdy OF Brown, Gerhardt OF
the Army. Sermon OF Springfield, Malo-
ney Of Georgetown and Cannell OF Dart
mouth. The most promising Of the lot
FOR next season In Cannell. who may de-
velop into another Ghee. Scarr OF Rui-
gers. Smith OF Yale. Eddy OF Princeton
and Meehan Of Syracuse also RAM with
the good ones. But for his fatal FUN
bling Eddy would take a place with the
very best.
HIghI~y and eeL
Having disposed Of the backheid " q
will now 60 TO the line and begin AT the
ends. The leading wings for the season
were t1lkntey VI ITlltft'l anu N'tNr
of Brown. They had only a shade over
Nerron Of Pittsburg and Miller Of Penn
s-vIyapia. All four are very fast and
aps ress,ye.
Moseley. ComerforI and Church OF
Yale. Harte and Coolidge Of Harvard.
n,sossni, nj Dar,moutb and Trouhart nj
pSnnsy,va mia also ranked nigh U,Sgins
80 - go ss, dowr ana Ala no,
go, a ,,an. nm ,hs Grs, ,wo ss,.c,ions
n 80 - o..ian ,,,,n
"e .op no.cne,e,
West OF Colgate and Mclean OF Prince
on, with Gates Of Yale and Lowe OF
Fordham AS second choices, West Is
another OF that race OF great tackles
which 1t is Bankhart's forte to perpetuatr
at Colgate. He is a very fast and ar-
g~ressive player whose work In made
more than usually rduou because Of
tine great placc the OF tackle smash holds
in the Colgate style of attack. West
The sun., 1916-12-03
YALE PLAYERS ARE
FAVORED BY WAY
'.Pi." in S~elcctin" Team From
Among "BiC Three"
Chooses Five Ellis.
~ NELSON ". I'.PI"l WAY

Instead of selecting an all Eastern
eleven. such as will he found el elsewhere
"a his page. I will de,iate from I've
curse ordinarily followed by those who
'hoose the mythical grldirnn tearrs "rh
give TUE SrS readers my IDEA Of what
would constitute the best football tie
made ,p Of players who represented he
Big Three--Yaie. Princeton and Hnr-
ward 49, this season. Selecting an all
Eastern team on such basis. | would
place the following players in the lineup .
fennert, Princeton. centre: Capt.
BLACK. Yale. guard Capt. Hogg, Prince
'on. guard Gates. Yale. tackle Mclean,
Princeton. tackle Moseley. Yale. end
coolidge. Harvard, N Casey, Har-
ward. back Horween. Harvard. hack
l.rgnre. Yale. back. and La Roche. Yale.
quarterback.
'iennert Of Princeton Ii one Of the best
centres IN the country He has per
formed consistently for three years. and
his play this year both against Harvard
and Yale was of the finest sort. He IS
"A splendid passer. and probably the best
In the business NJ backing up p line. He
plays The rowing centre position n has
almost an uncahny instinct for sizing up
plays. Gennert Is equally good al get
ing where his intuition tells him to go
Capt. Black Of Yale has played
u consistent though not brilliant game
throughout the season and Is of great
value to the team because ~ his ability
to keep plugging and also 10 inspire his
men so hat they can overcome seem
inGiy Impossible odds. In the two ham
p,onship games cupid was N great prom
inentc. Whenever u rldN wa stopped
with no gain through the centre ~ was
Invariably Black who emerged from the
bottom Of the pile, showing that II"
lnpNs how In gel lnIpI "A line attack
The sun., 1916-12-03

Referee Mr.. Williams ianr-mCu-, P.
ana u Kline Goals >Ii!tNsn. tt-.r ~|
SuhS'itutions- Curti, Nf-U Qutra. .. '
iahan. Michrll Tor >trnrhtu Trnlr o' ..
10 minutes
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circled by a wins attack.
Noscley has shown the best form Of
any end In the observation-disclosures
contests. lie was all over the field in
tho Princeton game and paved the way
for a victory over the Tigers. He fol
lowed the ball Ike a ferret and the hall
never remained loose around him for an
instant. lie went dow under - kickoff
in the Princeton game. grabbed a ball
after IL touk only one hound aud was
headed for the goal line before any one
realized what had happened Moseley
is one of the hardest md surrst 'acNlers
in the game. u" played ~ucl e brand NJ
football in th~ Harvard am that an
old Yale man who sat near me remarked
that he has not seen such end play
since the time Of Iiiukcy. Moseley IL
not large. hut he certainly can gel
down the field under kicks and break
up end runs.
La Roche seems 10 me to have the
claim for the quarterback position he
cause OF his consistent performance I'm
III" two championship games In which
he was the sole pilot. II Is true that he
lid not play much in the prelimina",
season. hut when he was needed La
Roche came through In such an dmira e
bic way that I feel that he deserves
tn" quarter position. La Roche was
not spectacular. bu, Wa sure Of his
ground. The way he caught unit did
not cause any thrills. bu, It did give
Yale followers a very comfortable feel
ing
'nsc, n NRr>cliOus BRrL.
Casey of Harvard iv , marvellous
back. HIS work during the cHlrc season,
was consistent, and al the same time
spectacular lie - 4 player vino can
ziezae his way through a broken Held
to perfection. He also is a beautiful
forward passer and came pretty nearly
getting away with one against Yale FOR
a touchdown II went Tor thirty-hve
ya'dS, with the uimblc coolidge re-
Giving IL. Casey ~ very clever ou
delayed plays through the llnc. lie
handles the ball in a way most de"clV
is ready 10 slip the ball 10 II back, much
u,rn ,hro,yh o.,,r. u,,n
hroI,cr ooiJ hc IL. , xnndor and
,..cbhr, n,,d e. hrir. dnur
10 core az y,,c ,s nrr ~ IA, Incl
field stars ~ M, season lie can nunt
VOL and c,n run win a he,u,ir,I,v a..
.ei,iur chang. Of mace 'rht. sc,.n,
he made some ~ the most s~,,cctacul,,
runs hay, ever seen For k,enin, an
his fee, Le core is n wonder lie :
much the same style of player as Casey
ard b. dangerous II he gets starred.
for he can dodge and wiggle Though
the smallest Of holes. ON the defence.
his ability to break up ,hc aerial o,.
tack Of Harvard and Princeton was
ol the greatest possible value for Yale
lie Gpc hits "a line we'll ana can ga!u
considerable Ground IN tackle.
Iiorwcen of Harvard has proved one
of The hardest hitting bncks in any Of
the three big institutions. His llayins
this season was Of IA high order. lie can
run very hard and can make fin. gains