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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
ELMER OL|PHANT $
 LEADING SCORER BY
 A NARROW MARGIN
Army Halfback Has Scored 80 P0ints-Tech Leads Teams in Points
 Scored

New York, October 2,-As q result of the heavy scoring in number of foot ball games last Saturday, the leadership scoring honors shows some remarkable changes. Southern and western elevens have wrested the premier positions fron eastern teams in the total point compe- titon, while a western player now at West Point, heads the list of star indi- vidual performers
 Oliphant of the Army team with 1C touchdowns. r goals, and l field goal, has amassed IS points, while Gerrsh, last weeks leader has fallen to second place with points less. Cofall of Notre Dame in third, with 5S, and McCreight of Wash irgton and Jefferson fourth, with 5l. Dcvitalis of Brown is the best of the eastern scorers, with Captain Mueller of Cornell a close second.
 Georgia Tech has collected 309 points in five games which gives the southern eleven a big lead over Minnesota in sec end place. with 236. Vanderbilt is third 1 point below Minnesota. Penn State and Syracuse are the two eastern teams to pass the 200 mark. A number of other elevens are closely punched between & and 50 points, and the contests of the ccmink weekend are likely to develop further changes in the standing of the teams.
 The holder of long runs for touchdown records include Moss of Rennesselael Polytechnic, 100 yards; Oliphant. Army 96 yards; Beck, Penn State, 95 yards, ano his teammate, Robb, with a similar dis tarce: Brooks, Colgate, 90 yards; Whit ing Marietta, S5 yards, and Smith, Clark son, Tech, 80 yards
 The leading elevens in total points scored and the highest individual scores are as follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
CRIPPLED ELEVEN ID FIGHT BAYLOR HARD IN CAME SATURDAY
Minus Services of Five Men Coach Pritchard's Men Face Strenuous Game.
 Baylor Favorite

Although seriously handicapped by the loss of men through injuries, Central High school gives promise to make one of the pluckiest stands in the history of the institution on Saturday morning when they clash with the strong Baylor schoo eleven rom Chattanooga, prep champions of Tennessee. The loss of five stars is seriously felt by Coach Pritch- ard, but every effort Is being made to whip the remnants of a once formidable machine into fighting trim again.
 Central High enters the game with a clean slate against high school teams. They have Qbeen defeated once and that by the Marion institute. And against the Cadets, Central made 8 grand stand holding them to four touchdowns. All other high school teams that the Pritch- ard eleven has met have been swept aside with ease.
 The Baylor game is one of the most important the schedule Central fol- lowers are discouraged. Gloom prevails in the camp. The Baylor team comes into camp with a perfect record that of neither being defeated or scored upon this season This, together with the fact that injuries have seriously crippled the team, has caused Central followers to wish for nothing but a close score.
 Coach Pritchard is daily working his men hard and will give them their final workout this afternoon. The Baylor eleven will arrive at 1O30 o'clock and will stop at the Tutwiler. Coach Pritchard and the entire Central eleven realizes the seriousness of the situation and every effort is being made to make final stand against Baylor.
 Odds are 8 to 1 against Central, but at that all hope of securing a victory has not been given up. Central will do everything possible to make it an all Alabama day, hoping that the Crimson eleven will follow up with victory in the afternoon over the Sewanee Tigers.
 Gloom, it is true, is most conspicuous ir Centrafs camp, but Coach Chigger Browne and his bunch of huskies will realize when they leave here Saturday night that they faced one of the light est, but scrappiest, teams in their ca reer.
 It's Alabama against Tennessee both in the morning and afternoon. Central will do all in her power to make it big and glorious Alabama day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
DONAHUE SHIFTS
 B|G DUCOTE;, ID A
 BACKF|ELD BERTH
Steed Will Be Played at End .r Tackle-Workouts Are Strenuous for Game
 With Georgia

Auburn November 2.-(Special.}- Mississippians certainly handled the boys roughly. for they have not yet gotten over the after-effects of the game. The first two days there was not very much scrimmag ging, allowing the scrubs to work up their plays and the varsity to get limbered up.
 Though most of the men are still sore, they have all been able to get out to practice, with the exception of Ricken- packer, who is laid up with severe case of tonsilitis. The big. driving full back is improving, and it is hoped that he will be able to get into Saturday s game Jack Wynne has been out in uni form but has not been able to get into the lineup, but by the time Saturday comes he ought to be in good enough shape to get into the game.
 The workout this afternoon was the hardest that Drake Field has seen this season, there being hardly a let-up in the hour and half of fierce driving of the kind that is going to greet Georgia The lack of teamwork that was shown last Saturday is missing and every man On the squad is doing his best to make his part of the machine run right, for the coming game is a case of life or death with their championship aspira- &ions.
 One of the most important changes of the week has been the shifting of Ducote to the backfield, and of Steed to the line Steed will play either a tackle or an end while Ducote is being run both at half and at full Dukes work of returning kick-offs in the Clemson game proved him to be a dangerous man with the ball in his possession headed to- wards the opposing goal line, and to get the benefit of this Coach Mike has made the change.
 The time Auburn spirit was never more rampant than at the big mass meet ing last night. The school is behind the team to the finish and whether they win Saturday or not they are going to have the full support of the entire student body, who have procured special train and plan to invade the Georgia city 300 strong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
COMMITTEE WILL
 SELECT DATE OF THE
 NEXT GOLF TOURNEY

New York. November "A committee of women will elect the course and dates for their next national golf tournament An announcement at headquarters of the United States Golf association says the committee has been asked to choose three clubs and the date which they consider best for the women golfers so that their se- lections can be voted upon at the next annual meeting of the national or ganization which is to be held in New York next January. This is said to be the first time in the history of the organiza ton that the women have been permitted to select the course and the dates.
 Those on the committee which is made up of representatives of the five l large golfing centers. Boston, Philadel- phia, Chicago. New York and the south. are Miss Fanny c. Osgood Brookline, Mass: Miss Marion Rollins. Westbrook, New York: Miss E. W. Candler, Hunt ington Valley. Pa: Mrs. Bruce D. smith, Chicago and Miss Alexa Stirling, At lanta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
KELLEY COMPLETES
 PARAT|ON FOR
 SEWANEE BATTLE
Crimson Coach Brings the Famed "GhOst" Ball Into Play-Team in Excel
 lent Condition

University. November 2.-tSpe- cfalo-Coach Kelley brought his ghost ball into play this after noon, the Crimson beinG unable to follow the regular oval in a stiff signa1 drin that lasted well into crnoon. Kelley sent his men through 8 gruelIing defensive test. perfecting his line for the terrific charges expected from the Tiger plungers.
 Following practice today. the Crimson wizard announced that he was ready for Saturdays crucial test. Tomorrow. the men will be given enough work to keep them on edge. but the real preparation for the Tigers ended this after noon. Kelley is far from optimistic over the outcome Saturday. He Is expecting struggle that for thrills and uncertainty will equal any ever staged at Redwood. He is ready tonight. but declined outcome.
 The Alabama team will leave for Birmingham Saturday morn- ing at S:3O. travelling on the special which will carry the University students and will reach Birming- ham at about 10 o'clock. They will he auartered at the Tutwiler. It was announced today that near ly 100 co-eds would he among those to board the .Student Special"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
GRIDIRON ECHOES
By FRED BODEkER

Lonnie Noojin, faculty director of athletics at the University of Ala bama, arrived in Birmingham yes- terday to complete preparations for the game tomorrow afternoon at Redwood Field between Ala bama and Sewanee. The game, in the opinion of the Crimson ath- letic scout, will be the best staged on the gridiron at Redwood Field this season.
 There is no doubt but that the game will be one of the best of the year. For the past IS years, Ala bama and Sewanee have battled each other with the Purple obtain ing the honors in the greater ma jority of the contests. However, the Crimson broke the rule of the Tiger last year by defeating them by large score. The Kelley machine, greatly superior to the one last year, comes to Birmingham confi- dent of securing another win over the Tiger, lifelong enemy of the Crimson.
 No two teams more evenly matched will clash on the gridiron at Redwood Field this season than the Purple and the Crimson.
 The game Saturday is one of the best games to be staged anywhere in the south during the entire sea son, while the gridiron fans of Dixie will have their eyes cen tered on the result. Either Ala bama or Sewanee will be eliminated from the race for the champion ship by the result of the battle which will be the most furiously contested of the year.
 Everybody knows how an Ala bama player feels when Sewanee is spoken of. The same feeling pre- vails at Sewanee The teams are keyed from season to season on the one game. The players are at such high pitch that they use every ounce of strength in fighting for their colors. Last year, the Ala bama-Sewanee game was not sur passed in furnishing thrills or any other branch of the game. And again the two elevens meet with the same purpose.
 Sewanee's slogan is Get re- venge for last year." while the Crimson banner will bear the words, Follow in the steps of the 1915 team-crush the Sewanee Tiger" Take your choice. It's noth- ing more than toss up.
 A good little game is promised at Redwood Field in the morn ing preceding the big battle. The Central High school eleven faces the Baylor school eleven, the prep champions of Tennessee. Central has the Alabama spirit. They're chuck full of fight and despeite the fact that betting is going on at to l clip against them and defeat facing them from every corner, they're planning to at tempt an upset in dope. The Cen tral eleven is clean and aggres- sive bunch of players, one that will hold it's own against any high school in the state, but Baylor is out of their class.
 Surprises frequently occur on the gridiron, however. Birmingham hasn't had one in small games this year, so watch out. This may be. the one.
 Sewanee reaches Birmingham tonight at 1O:30 o'clock. The Baylor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
The Way to Know Him

From the Liverpool Post
 A wild-eyed. disheveled- looking woman burst into the local police sta tion.
 My husband has been threatening to drown himself for sometime,' she cried historically, and he's been miss- ing now for two days. I want you to have the canal dragged"
 Anything peculiar about him by which he can be recognized, suppos- ing we find body?' inquired the in- Spector
 The woman hesitated. and seemed al a loss for minute or two. Then a look of relief slowly overspread her face.
 "Why, yes" she exclaimed at last Ines deaf"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03

, pected to attend and see the team in ac- ton. The North Alabama conference, which is meeting in Bessemer this week, is expected to send a large delegation to witness the game.
 Coach Brown will send in his best line up to start the game and should the op- ponents appear weak, a number of scrub men will be given the chance to demon strate their ability, as Coach Brown does not wish to take any chances with his stars, for he realizes their importance in the Howard game November 25. Howard is thoroughly confident of winning and the Methodists are realizing the prestige that depends upon this game, therefore the caution with the stars.
 The next game will be played with the Albertville Aggies, the date to be an nounced later. Last season the Aggies osme down unheralde6 and defeated the Methodists in their initial encounter by the decisive score of 10 to z. This season the Methodists are confident of turning the tide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
SECRET PRACTICE AT. .SEWANE:E PREPARES PURPLE CRIMSON
Sewanee Eleven Will Be Strongest Since 1909-Fate of Alabama. Depends on
 Offense of Tigers

| Chattanooga, November 2.-(SpeciaL) After four days of near-secret practice following their unexpected and cheer
 wanee's football squad will come down
 from the mountain Friday afternoon and make their annual trek to Bir-
 mingham for the purpose of battling with their ancient foes from the Uni versity of Alabama Just how the
 Tigers will lineup against the Thin Red Line" no one but Cope knows; true to the Tiger custom, news from 1 the mountain before the big game has | been scarce indeed.
 l Considerable anxiety is felt among l Tiger rooters over the continued ab- sence of Leftwich from the lineup. It 1 Is hoped that the fullback who was in 1 jured in the Kentucky state game will | be able to go in against Alabama. 9th
 erwise the lineup probably will be 1 the same that tackled Louisiana state. l Andrews and Herring, it is said, are al ternating at quarterback, with Crudg- 1 ington, Sellers Worthan and the rest alternating in the backfield.
 l "Sewanee is especially confident of great work from the ends in the Ala
 bama game. Both Edmonds and Clark
 
 1 is said to have developed more than
 usual aggressiveness this season; the ] Tiger forwards in past seasons up to the 1915 campaign have often been the weakest part of the team machine. The acme of defensive class was
 reached last year by Dobbins, Turner and company, and that this years for wards are just as classy is indicated by the fact that only one touchdown has h0an scored against them a nd that by a fluke end run.
 The whole question of the Alabama game, in the opinion of the Tiger root CTS rests in the development of an of fense. If Copes team can show no more ground gaining ability than in the Kentucky state and Louisiana state games, the victory no doubt will perch on the Alabama banner. That Alabama will have as superb a defense as the Tigers is not believed, and the Alabamians will find a far different task before them in the way of scoring than that which they have encountered in previous games.
 The Tigers will reach Birmingham at 10 o'clock Friday night and will rest up for Saturdays game. The team is lall keyed up to avenge last years de- feat and the air is full of stories that Cope has held the bunch back purposeIy that they will "open up in the Ala bama game and show the Purple hosts the best football team since the cham pionship aggregation of 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
Methodists in Fine Shape For Game With NOrn1QlTeQn1
By GUY NATIONS

Coach Brown announces that every thing is ready for the game with Jack sonville State normal this afternoon on Munger field, the game to be called at o'clock.
 The Methodists are in good shape. as no one is on the injured list. Coach Brown has drilled his men for a hard game and nothing was known of the team until a very scant report, which states that they are a heavy bunch and will outweigh the Methodists. The report also states that they have a good exper fenced team and are confident of winning, as they have hit their stride since their early defeat by the Marshall County High school. This defeat exposes no weak team for the normal boys, as the Marshall High boys are bidding strongly fov the state championship.
 This game is the first of the season on the campus and large crowd is ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
BAYLOR FEATURES
 IN OPEN PLAY; ID
 BATTLE CENTRAL.
Coach BrOwne's Eleven Is Strong on Open Play. Averages About 16O
 Pounds

Chattanooga. November 2.-(Special.) Baylor school eleven, which has yet to De scored upon this season. will invade Bir- mingham Saturday morning in charge Of Coach Chigger Browne. The local inst- tuition is out after nothing less than the southern prep school championship this season and the team is confident of con tinuing it's victorious march at the ex-' pense of Central High
 The Baylor first squad is unusually heavy for a prep team averaging around l60 pounds to the man. It has three ex- ceptionally fast halfbacks in Hall. Garter and Coughlin, the latter a former Bir-- mingham player. In the line are two hefty tackles, one of them, Rader, weigh ing 190 pounds and carrying world of momentum and aggressiveness with him. The other tackle is held down by Lind say, lighter but capable player.
 The center position is played by Car ter Lupton, 170-pounder, and a son Of the well known local capitalist. Bell and Guerry play the guards. Teddy Hill Crumbliss, Dineen and Nevin form quartet of ends any one of whom can break in the game without weakening the starting line-up. c. Hill and Crum- bliss are the regulars In the backfeld, the trio of star halfbacks are associated with Bob Hill, the veteran at quarter and Bennett, a Georgia Military academy draft" at fullback.
 This lineup has proven fully as formi- dable as it sounds in all of it's games thus far. The Baylor team has been ably coached on "open play by Browne; it !, tl1ri1l ha npln ra,.int rf forward passing, end running, double passes and tricks that are seldom seen in prep football. Very little reliance is placed in line bucking, the only plunges attempted being those with tricks in them.'' In short, the Baylor eleven is strictly a modern machine. using all of the latest ideas in deceptive offense. Coughlin. the Birmingham boy, faced a hard proposition to make the team, and Birmingham fans know just what that means. He was forced to compete with two of the best prep halfbacks in the south, but has shown so well that he is playing practically every minute of each game. Injuries to the other two have made him bear the bruunt of many battle and he has done it well. Many fans rate him the superior of both Hall and Carter, the former of whom was eagerly sought by many southern colleges and the latter, who had won himself an end position at Georgia when it was due covered that he didn't possess sufficient credits to enter the freshman class. Taylors last game was with the strong Castle Heights team of Lebanon and the heavy middle Tenesseeans were beaten in a brilliant exhibition of "open" football which may be expected to be repeated in the Birmingham game.
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
Authors Lose Money

New York, November 2.--Nearly l00 playwrights and authors suffered finan- cial loss in the bankruptcy of the publish ing house of G. w. Dillingham; & Co.,, ac- cording to the schedule of liabilities pub lished today. The individual royalties due are in small amounts Liabilities were given as SIPS $51 and the assets s1S,- 676.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
TULANE SQUAD OFF
 FOR GAME WITH TECH

New Orleans, November 2-Coaoh Shaughnessy, with IS Tulane football players left here tonight for Somewhere in Georgia" as the coach expressed it. The coach announced his plan was to take his players to small town near Atlanta for an all-day practice tomor- row in preparation for the game at At lanta Saturday with Georgia Tech. The Tulane men put in practically all of today in rigid signal drills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
OWNERS NOTIFIED
 OF SALE OF BOSTON

Chicago. November 3--Notice of the sale of the Boston Amerisan league base ball club announced last night at Boston. was sent today to club owners in the American league by President Johnson.
 The club is not officially sold until the deal is ratified by the league as a whole,'' said MT. Johnson, and final ac- tion on the matter probably will not be taken for a couple of weeks I hardly think. though that a special meeting of the league will be called
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
Deserved It

From the Kansas City Star.
 q forgot myself and spoke angrily to my wife, remarked Mr. Meekton.
 Did she resent it?"
 For a moment But Henrietta is 2 fair minded woman After she thought it over she shook hands with me and congratulated me on my bravery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03
Another American Aviator Killed

Baltimore, November 2.-Anthony Jan nus of Baltimore, an American aviator, was killed in the Russian aero service October 2, last, according to dispatch received here today. No details were given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03

team comes down on the same train. The Alabama team will not reach Birmingham until 10 o'clock on the morning of the game. This. it seems, is a bad start The team should come to Birmingham this afternoon or tonight, get a good nights rest and have all morning Saturday to rest instead of riding on train for about three hours. Guess, Coach Kelley knows what he's doing, anyway.
 The coming of S10 students to Birmingham to witness the game from the university adds slightly to the enthusiasm of the game, es- pecially with a gent like "TurAey" Bowman yelling instructions for encouragement to the eleven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03

Statistics show no break in the con- tinuity of deaths due to track walking, and these have become the most numer- ous of all classes of violent fatality in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03

Salt water is better fire extinguisher than fresh water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-03

Sewanee reaches Birmingham tonight at 10:30 o'clock. The Baylor
Evening star., 1916-06-20
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Evening star., 1916-06-20
Condition Of the Treasury.

The condition Of the United States
Treasury yesterday: .
Net balance IN general fund. s142.s62.-
See
Total receipts, s4,52s,192.
Total payments. S2.295,s05.
The deficft this fiscal year is s34,34s,-
759, against a deficit of s103,9 Il gs last
year. exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.