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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14

and best preaching he could do here was to line up the church crowd itself. "Ev- erybody in Knoxville is a church mem ber" said Dr. Slough, and if I want to do business here I guess l will have to work on the church fellows first" he declared Consequently, the first 10 days of his endeavors in the great tabernacle which seats 1000 to 5000 people, and which has been thronged at every service, are being given absolutely to working out greater spiritual awakening among the church men and women, before unlimber- ing the batteries of bitterness against the ramparts of sin.
 The first of the trail hitting came on Sunday afternoon, as a climax to the initial sermon to men only. After his eloquent and fervent appeals. which rose above the conventional evangelical sem sationalism, Dr. Slough put it squarely up to the thousands of men who heard him as to whether they wanted to trail the paths of sin that lead to he'll or whether they desired to work out their own salvation in the answered prayers of their mothers, and meet that mother in the beyond when she shall have gone before. The response came magnetically, and al he invited those. who wished pray CTS of Christian people to lift their hands, hundreds of barred sleeves shot upward, to be followed by the movement toward the platform, where for season of b minutes the great evangelist shook hands of hundreds of men who thereby signified their determination to forsake sin. At length he invited them to kneei in the sawdust, and that is where the trail hitting comes in, when your knees hit the sawdust'' he said as the penetents pended the knee and bowed the head in prayer to God, repeating after the evangelist their applications to the Deity to direct them into better lives. The trail htters" were then committed to establish family altars, and also to go into their homes. offices, stores and shops the day following there to confess Christ as their Saviour and to endeavor to lead some one or more into the same path to glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Her View

m Judge.
 he Professor-Our primitive an-
 |ors had the dinosaur, a slimy ami 100 feet long and 40 feet high, as
 busehoId pet.
 |rs. Wayupp-As a household pet, hness! I'd almost rather have a
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
BUSINESS MEN DINE HUM

A big feature of the Slough campaign in Knoxville was the great banquet rendered Dr. Slough and members of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
SENSATIONAL PREACHING"

Evangelist Slough defends sensational preaching so-called,. declaring that it is precedented in Biblical text. He says Ezekiel lay down in the gutter to at- tract throngs, because they would not be appealed to by otherwise conventional methods. He cites where Christ himself abolished formalites, seating himself and even lying down at times as he preached the Word. He states that ''the art of evangelical preaching is the art of reaching the people,, and it must be done by what some choose to term 'sensationalism' He said he breaches with his legs and his hands and his arms. as well as with his mouth. He has tabooed the pulpit desk, and declares with characteristic emphasis that one of the greatest troubles with most preachers of today is that they preach only from the belly-button up, for. when they get behind the pulpit they can be seen only from the waist line up. Therefore, he said he may choose to sit down. lie down, turn a somer- sault or perform other gymnastics rather than conform to the conventionalities of long-tail coat, pious face and a pull pit desk that stands between himself and reaching the crowd of fellows in the poolroom the blind piggeries. the saloons the clubs and other congregating places where the devil holds full sway These fellows will not come to the church. said he, and we must adopt plans that will pull them into the taber- racle That is his Justification for ssensationa preaching which he as- segts finds it's first place in the Bible itself
 BUSINESS MEN DINE HIM
 big feature of the Slough campaign in Knoxville was the great banquet rendered Dr. Slough and members of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
Famous Evangelist Will Ap- pear in Birmingham and
 Other Southern Cities
LIKE BILLY SUNDAY
 IN HIS MANNERISMS
Five Hundred Business Men Give Banquet-Eyangelist Tells Them Religion Is a Good Busi-
 ness Asset
By WILEY l.. MORGAN

Knoxville, Tenn, May 13-tSpecial) You can't Clean an unclean thing with an unclean thing" dramatically declared Evangelist Henry Wellington Slough in his def to lukewarm Christian people of Knoxville, as he launched his local evan geleaI campaign pr. Slough predicts 1t great cities of Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville. Chattanooga, New Orleans. Att lanta. Louisville, and possibly other man. moth centers of population.
 The Illinois evangelist has brought with him, across the Mason and Dixon line, the first taste of Billy Sundayism the south has ever known. Following his meetings of seven weeks in the city of Tampa, which electrified that community, widely famed for It's worldiness, Dr. Slough came to Knoxville. Here he in- augurated the first campaign in his ca reer of 25 years in a state that is ab solutely dominated by he anti-hquor leg islation. Coming to Knoxville, the first big city in the United States to abolish the liquor traffic, has taken some of the waddin' out of my gum related the aero batic divine in his first sermon to men only, when he gave John Barleycorn and allied interests a series of solar pleXus blows, and fusillade after fusillade from his 42 centimeter guns aimed against vice.
 Dr. Slough opened his series of meetings here on April 30, to continue for period of six weeks though even now it looks as if the city, so thoroughly aroused py his eloquent, pyrotechnic, acrobatic and strategic preaching, will appeal to him to continue for additional weeks. Having "cleaned up" Atlantic City where he out Sundays on Billy Sunday in defying the devil and rescuing at least portions of this widest-open city of America Som the lure of legions of sin, Dr. Slough comes to the south not an unknown man. For the past year his presence here has been anticipated, and when the news came from the Jersey shore that in the early weeks of the present year he was dealing such deaths blows to the cohorts of sin upon the sea washed beaches of the subterranean resort, it was fore gone conclusion that his work here would not be without result that is good for God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-14
GREETED BY THE MAYOR

That which Evangelist Slough declared was most extraordnary" was the re- ception accorded-him and his party, in 2 formal official greeting from Mayor John E. McMillan, the head of the law enforce ment city administration of Knoxville, in which the mayor said:
 True Christian religion is the founda- ton of society; it has a good influence among the people of city to make them observant of law and peaceable toward one another. It is equally the basis of private virtue and public faith; of the happiness of the individual and of the prosperity of the city, state and nation. Take away God and religion and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy and considerable end of life to themselves. The principles of the Chris tian faith are beautiful, it's consequences natural. and its origin ancient; it en- lightens the mind comforts the heart, establishes the welfare of society inspires an observance of law and altogether is cumulative to better city and a better world Religion if in heavenly truths at- tired needs only to be seen to be ad- mired.'
 For these and innumerable other req sons, it is gratifying to welcome to our city this eminent evangelist, preaching as he is this religion. Out of his inspired efforts our citizenship should be spiritual ly strengthened and uplifted individually and collectively. It betokens a crystal lzation of a still stronger sentiment for law enforcement. faithful observance of an even higher standard of righteousness up to the acme of which the city already well measures
 The fact that the mayor is a churchman a prominent member of the First Bap tist church. of which the Rev. Len G Broughton. D. D., is pastor. was comment ed upon by Evangelist Slough also as being rather unusual.'' "Too often the mayors of our big cities are in league with vice" said Dr. Slough, 'and to find city like Knoxville with the church represented in it's seat of government is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
Nationals Come Home Tuesday, willard Too Big and Strong for Nor
ROMP FOR WHITE SOX.
Shut Out Fort Worth Panthers by
Score of s to O.

Special Dispatch to Tho star.
MINERAL WELLS. Tex. March %
Shane Collins White SoX Volunteers
had an easy time tanning the Fort
Worth Panthers today in game that
resulted y to 0. Shane might have
made ii worse, but gave his followers
some practice III base running. and
Belts, whose arm is in condition. threw
out four of them. Five of the Sox got
by with the thief stuff. however.
Eller and Russell divided the white
wash job. Both of them ought to have
been scored on. Liebold saved Ellers
bacon in the second inning by stabbing
line drive with one hand while on
the run back ward. That came right
ahead of a three base hit which was
wasted Six hits We're made off Eller
in five innings. but no other chance to
score occurred. Russell was tagged
for three hits in the sixth inning, and
the third one would have scored run.
but it hit Panther base runner close
to third and retired the side. The
Panthers did not get anything that
looked like a hit after that inning.
McMullin. Collins and Moriarty led
the Volunteers at bat with three
apiece; one of McMullin's was a triple
and one of Shano's was a double.
Moriarty contented himself with sin
giles, but ought to have had four of
them. Manda leaped high and pulled
down one Of them with his south hand.
Eller practiced his new spitball
against the Panthers.
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c. j. VICTOR; I TO z Wins OPENING GAME
Beats Ga||audet Nine in Open
ing Of Schedule.
PITCHERS SHOW CONDITION
Fahey Works Well for Brook
landers and Ferguson for
Buff and Blue.

Catholic University and Gaiiaudet
opened their base bail schedules yes
tcrday. when the latter schools team
journeyed over to the Brooklander $
field for a game. which resulted in a
to score in favor of the first men
toned institution. Charlie Moran sent
Frank Fahey to the mound for {. L.,
after DIR. DouehertN, vice rector of the
university, had pitched the first ball
OF the season across the heart of the
plate into Catcher Whites mitt Fergu-
son and Kendall were the battery for
Gala udet
&. L. started in the first inning to
obtain a comfortable lead by anneXing
three runs. Again in the fourth in
ming c. L. scored, and in the fifth add
ed two more runs to its total. Ga lila udet
was unable TO bunch any hits for a
score off t'ahey's delivery. In the
seventh inning kendrick, a freshman
pitcher relieved Fahey. Gallaudet
scored one run i'll this inning. and an
other in the eighth, Rasmussen. who
replaced Ferguson. for Gallaudet. was
touched up for a run by the Brook
landers in the eighth inning.
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Georgetown Beats Mount St.
Joseph's Nine by II to /.
LEM OWENS DOES WELL
Local Boy Not Hit Safely During
Five Innings He Occupies
Mound.

Georgetown opened its base ball sea-
son yesterday against the Mount st
Joseph's College nine of Baltimore and
IL ID /. Mount ST. Josephs presented
the weakest team that has represented
ii in years and was no match for the
capable combination wearing the Blue
and Gray.
Georgetown started the first inning
by scoring three times. Poor work by
the visiting infield and a couple of
good solid wallops placed enough runs
across the plate to give il the victory
even if it had not scored again. A
two-base wallop by Sullivan, a hit
batsman and singles by McCarty and
Gilroy gave the local team all the
counts il needed to guarantee il Il vic
tory.
There were few features to the CON
test Georgetown SO far outclassed the
Baltimore aggregation that there was
nothing to it, That honors there were
go to Lem owens, a local boy, and
Harry Sullivan, who PLAYED left field.
Owens worked on the mound for the
first five innings and, not only was he
not scored on, but the visitors failed to
connect with his delivery for anything
that looked like a single. Owens had
enough on the ball all the time to pre-
vent anything other than easy rollers
or popped-up flies. Sullivan went up
to the bat five times and clouted the
ball into the right field bleachers for
two-baggers on three of the occa sionS.
There was nothing flukey about his
hits, either. as they We're clean drives.
which would have Melted him at least
three bags on a clear field.
The score:
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SPEAKER STILL OUT
Speedy Center Fielder Refuses
to Sign for Carrigan.
AFTER PRESIDENT LANNIN
Red Sox Encounter 81 Varieties of
Weather at Hot Springs.
Ark.
LATTER PRESIDENT LANNIN

Special Dispatch to The star
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. March 20
Unless President James J. Lannin and
iris Speaker. the celebrated outfelder
come to terms. there is grave danger
that the much appreciated center
gardener viii he lost to base ball for
this season at least. iris declared to-
dav that he had talked with Carrigan,
but that he would not sign contrac ct,
and he has given up hopes of being
able to do anything. He has announced
that he will arrange to meet PreXy
Lannin in New York on the return
trip and unless they can reach a com
mon basis the outcome is none too
certain.
About ffty-seven varieties of weather
showed up here today. and as "A result
there was very little doing in the prac-
tice line 1t rained. lightning played
.pranks, the sun tried to appear and d
number of other things happened.
The principal indoor event, apart
from the Speaker episode. was A fan
ming bee. in which Duffy Lewis figured
prominently Duff declared that there
was but one base ball pitcher in the
world and that his name was Walter
Johnson Duffy further asserted that
the Washingtonian had more speed
than a chorus girl, and on two oc-
casions the world series home run
setter was actually afraid of the said
johnson.
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RACES RUN IN MUD
Rain Hits Hot Springs for First
Time This Meeting.
MARS CASSIDY FEATURE
Wright's Good Gelding Goes Over
at Nice Odds of
6 to l.

HOT cppIEcc AL. Mans, - Eo,.
no 81 ii-'p"' +Nrh'' -iaich -''-r oi
the first time during the meeting
,.;,oa ,,,.,
muddy soihS prevailed az the va MA " II
Park race track TODAY due to heavy
$1,000. ~
transform Whlch VISITED inns CITY early
+bis p,orripe Joueripg clouds hmm 8.
ms mo- mus rs ~
over the course all afternoon, but this
ala NOT have a Tendency to hold down
u'd N.Y. ia 'o q '''i'-Nf ~ iioi' ~" -
the big half-hoiiday crowd.
, w T,or.,. = o,,- ~ 49,.
JocheS w. "ouiieA - no" tue oiiiH
one of the three who were injured
49, -, ,,
THURSDAY VINO Is SUN III 'he hospila l.
His condition, while still grave, is
showing Improvement.
Mars Cassidy at odds of 6 TO fool. rhe
feature race OF the afternoon from
r, ,,d m. f.arn,en
~
Summaries:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

1t Is only a question Of time when
most OF Grifith's pitchers viii be ready
TO go The nine-inning route. one or
two of them may be sent the distance
during some of the games with the Ma
tional League clubs which are slated
for next week, though that all depends
on conditions. That a selection Tor the
opening game VIII be made is not ike
~. but Grittith will point two or three
Of his slabmen for this distinction. not
wanting TO be held 10 any one pitchtr.
The makeup of the team undoubtedly
will be as it is now laying jamie
son Will lead Off with Foster batting
second clyde Milan third. and Judg"
and Rondeau fourth and MN. respec-
lively Then viii come Morgan and
probably one Of the chtchers. McBrlde
preceding the pitcher. This comblna-
tion has been tried out for nearly two
weeks now and has proved very salts
factory because il gives the batting
strength in the proper spot Jameson
is not onuly a good hitter. but he ls a.
waiter who is likely to get on the bases
a whole lot. He Is fast on his feet and
should in time make splendid man TO
work with Eddie Foster in the hit and
run game Milan also can play III this
game or switch to the sacrificing, II the
other Two preceding hum get on ana
then come brace Of batters VINO nave
the ability TO do the cleaning uD of the
bases, Judge and Isondeau Following
Is Morgan player who walks a great
deal through a season. very likely 10 bat
around $50 this season. There is con-
siderabi speed in this lineup. jamie
sen. Foster, Milan, Judge and Eondeau
all are fast on their feet.
So well is the team supplied with
pitchers that Manager Griffith VIII
often be in a position to save certain
pitchers for certain clubs. as was the
ha bit of Connie Mack back in the days
when he had a championship aggrega-
\, fsAn lG al n
manipulate it's twirlers il has lot of
strength on the pitching slab and is
likely to win large majority of its
games. The fact that Griffith will have
three left-hauders who can work in
regular order is another advantage, for
when these southpaws are sandwiched
between the strong right-handers the
opposing teams are gong to md the
going rather hard.
While the speed of the Nationals in
field already is most remarkable for so
early In the spring, ii Will be lot
faster than it has been before, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
Seat Sale Will Begin
for First Ball Game
Here Tuesday. April 4

The public sale of tickets for
the opening game Of the Amert-
can League season will be held at
Washington Base Ball Park. on
Georgia avenue. Tuesday. April 4.
Four box Offices will he in opera
ton from am. till 5 PM, In
order TO render quick service.
The sale ut the park will be for
the single day, April 5. and there
after tho remaining tickets will
he sold at the downtown ticket
Office. 6I3 I4th street. which Office
will he open daily from $3.50 am.
to $50 pm.
Prior to the opening of the pub
lie sale orders from clubs. trade
bodies. social organizations. etc.
will be booked In accordance
with usual custom. by Secretary
Edward J. Walsh. Woodward
building. such tickets TO be ready
for delivery at the bail park office
April 4.
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NEW RULES BODY FORMED.

CHICAGO. March 25-Representatives
from the state athletic associations OF
Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin. Indiana and
Michigan in session here today. organ.
ICED the North Central Interscholastit
Athletic Conference TO frame a uniform
list of eligibility rules for the governing
OF interscholastic meets that the universe
ties and colleges in these states hold. The
organization represents more than 1.40C
high schools,
Jesse Fl. Newton Of Decatur ILL.,, was
elected chairman and George Edward
Marshall of Davenport, Iowa, secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

Two-base Moeller Sawyer GU. Barber
On shank Hits-oT Ayers. none In four in
niays. on HUMPHREYS. in three innings; on
.I;Tock 3 IN Two inning; OF Biscion, in
nt- and one-half innings. on Carter. g in three
aud one half innings. stolen bases-Shsnks t2l.
Milan t., Barber t2b. Altrock t2I, Parks.
Double plays HUMPHREYS to Parks TO Altrock;
Park. 10 Sawyer 10 Moeii-r. Left bases
colts s. Cardinals, 3. First base balls-on
Ayec. l. on Blscnor. IL: on Carter. =. Hit
10y pitchcr-By Bischon. Charity; by Carter.
iiuinphries struck ota-By Ayers, Z; BY
iuInphries. 4; by Bischor. b; by Carter. l. I'm
pires-Mesers. Alfrock and Williams. Time Of
game hours and 10 minutes.
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Nationals Get Early Start.

The Nationals got busy early. jamie
son walked TO start the game and Rice
was thrown out on tap in front OF
the plate. Milan was hit by a pitched
bah and stole second. After that Judge
Iine-fied to left and Rondeau. Morgan
and Mcbride walked in rapid success
sion, forcing in TWO runs. Then Henry
sent in two more with scorching sin
gle 10 left and the inning ended when
Johnson forced him at second.
Jameson walked again 70 sta IT the
SECOND, but he was forced ana no runs
resulted. But there was one in the
shlrd. which Rondeau opened with .
,!oubie TO left. He went to third on
Niorean's buut ana scored when Me
$ride singled
In the seventh Mccall was pounded.
s.;ondeau started with a single and Nor
Il, ~. Mcbride and Henry followed suit.
rHreo runs coming over the plate. In
rue eighth Milan. Judge md Mcbride
,rit - feiy again and Milan ran home.
After Gai!ia eau out his easy ball and
Atartsd 10 pitch the Virginia players
q Oppsd GO3ux anything with him and
~ Wss never ~ danger Of being scored
. pom the score.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

Hits ar Johnson. IN innings OF Gallia
2 ia inniEg. on Rtaey, in innings or
-Nct ali. 10 90 innings Double plays Smith
a. Sti,sley 10 Morton EiXey 10 Thurman 10
Green. Left tssrs Washington. . yir
stuia, q. lit by pitcner-By RiXey MILAN -.
Nv Calls sicarrst- Passed ball Green. Wild
pitches RiScy. GAlIis. SacrIbce Mcbride.
t.siIis. tmpire-Mr. Mike Martin Time os
.ape-l hour and ~ IuInuter.
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WILLARD DEFENDS
HIS TITLE EASILY
Proves Too Big and Strong for
Moran to Make
Impression.
BIG BATTLE NOT WORTHY
OF CONSIDERABLE PRAISE
Enormous Crowd Silent During
Greater Part of Contest.
Fight by Rounds.
Statements From Willard
and Moran on Fight

NEW YORK. March :5.-"I
broke this finger in the second
round.'' said Willard. THAT pre-
vented me from finishing Moran.
The pain WINS intense from that
on whenever I tried 10 use my
right. The Injury cnme when
started n right which landed ON
MOrnn's elbow. 80 you see ] was
practically n One-handed fighter
for the rest Of the bOut. ] could
not use my right for the knock
out. II il hnd bccn i'm shaoc I
would have finished Moran early,
perhaps in the fourth round"
In his dressing room. after the
fight. Moran WINS still convinced
that he cnn beat Willard. "Wx-.
think that ] won the decision
last night. He never hurt me
really once during the fight. The
blow which opened my eye WINS
only Craze. Ii Sthng. but IL
did not renIIy hurt me. That
champion cnnnOt hit. Over the
finish route there would he abso-
IuteIy nothing to IL. I can knock
willard out. and J am going to
keep inter him till get the
chance to prove ii in long
fight"
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Totals. .3s II Totals. -

Totals. .3S IT T0thls. u y II n
.Batted for Finnegan in seventh.
Georgetown ......3 o o 4 -.
Two-base hits-Sullivau 80. Three base hit
Maioney. Errors Sullivan. Gilroy. Suarez Mar
tin 90. J. Nolan. Hart. Wright. Sacrifice hitMa-
loney Stolen bases-tiilroy ca. Cusack (2D, DENIM
sey Maloney. Sullivan, Beradini, Suarez. Double
play--0wens to Gilroy 10 Dempsey. First base
on balls-Of Owens. .: OFF Murray. 1: OF Kittle
s. Hit by pitcher--Ry ki,tie ,DempseyD; by
Finnsgan Hart. Philipsl. Struck out-By Ow-
epa, 4; by Murray. 8; by Fnnegan. L. by Kit
tie. 3. Umpire-Mr. Collinower. Time Of game
- hours and As minutes.
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Pitchers in Form.

Both Fahey and Ferguson twirled
good ball. each man registering eight
strike outs. Fahey, however, exhibited
better central. allowing but one base
on balls, while Ferguson gave four. A
fast put-out was turned III by White
" hen Marshall tried to score from
third on the catchers bad return to
Fahey.
The score:
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Annapolis Fencers Win

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, March c5.-Navy
defeated Columbia at fencing today
winning eight of the nine bouts with
the foils and all four bouts with the
Sa Der.