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Evening star., 1917-09-09
SECOND GAME.

Runs-Evers. Stock. Whitted, Killfer, Mayer
Rehg t2). Konetchy. Errors-KelIy, Rawlings.
Two-base hit-Rehg. Three-base hits-Rehg.
konetchy. Stolen bases-whitted Smith. Sac
rifice hit-Dugey. Sacrifice dies-Bancroft
Powell. Double plsys-kilIifer to Evers; Me.
hon to Luderus; Rawlings to Maranviile to
konetchy. Left on nbases-Philadelphia, Z; Bos-
ton, 3. First base on error-Philadelphia. Bases
on balls-Or Mayer, 2: OF Rudolph. 4. Hits
and earned runs.on Mayer, hits. 8 runs in 9
innings; of Rudolph hits and runs in %
innings; OF Nehf. 8 hits and no runs in 3 1-3
innings Struck out-By Mayer. 8: by Rudolph.
g. by Nehf, q Umpires-Messrs. Rigler and
Bransheld. Time of game-1 hour and So min
utes.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Cleveland. ........ o @ o o O O 90
Chicago. ......... D . o . U U G x-2
Runs-E. Collins and Jackson Errors-Chap-
man and Risberg (2) Two-base hit-Jackson
Stolen base-Schalk. Sacrifice hits-Chapman
Cicotte and E. Collins. Double play-Ersns TO
Harris. Left on bases-Chicago. 10; Cleveland,
Z First base on errors-Chicago, l. Cleveland
2. Bases on halls-On Basby. 4; of Cicotte,
on Wood. 2 Hits and earned runs--Of Bagby
hits and in inning. Hit by pitcher
by Bagby tE. ColiinsJ. Struck out-By Cicotte
4: by Bagby, l.; by Wood, l. Wild pitch
Bagby. Umpires-Messrs. Evans and owens
Time OF game hour and SO minutes
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Ayers Showing Good Form.
Gedeon Scores First Run,

Gedeon scored the initial run for the
4anks In the third inning of the first
game, after two were out, rappinR
single to left taking third when Baker
planted a safety to right and scoring
On Du Mont's wild pitch
Run No. was manufactured in the
seventh. which High opened with a
Jingle to center. Hughey took second
on Gilhooley's sacrifice. gent to third
while Foster was toss..g out Peck
and Tailed when Pipp beat out
grounder to Leonard. The Griffmen
loaded the bases in the ninth, when
Rice walked and Foster and Morgan
both singled. but Leonard was called
put at first on a close decision on his
slow hopper to Peck.
Ayers himself largely was RESPONSE
BILE for the chalkinG up of the first
Iriffithian tally in the closing combat
bis double to right scoring Foster, who
had singled and taken second on Nor
San's sacrifice. Ainsmith, who had
walked. tried to get in from first on
the blow. but was tagged at the plate
sn Gedeon's relay of Gilhooieys peg
Zeb Milan scored the second run in
the sixth on his single, a pass to Rice
and Fosters one-base blow, while the
third and last tally was produced In
The seventh. Charity opened this with
! single to center. but was picked off
hrst by a quick throw from Alexander
Ainsmith followed with a double to
center. took third on Ayers retirement
and hit the counting block when Baker
bobbed up with a low throw to Pipp
bf H Milan's groundeA
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Kun scOfed-Cobb. Error-Layan. Two base
hit-Stanage. Three-base hit-Cobb Sacrifce
ny-veach. Double plays-sisler to Layan to
sisler: Groom to Laran to sisler; Pratt to La
van to Sisler; Young to Bush TO Burns: Rush 10
Burns. Left on bases-Detroit, 4; St Louis. &,
FIRST base on error-Detroit. 1. Base on balls
ON Dauss. 9. Earned runs-On Groom l. Struck
0ut-By Dauss, 4: by Groom. 1. Wild pitch
Dauss. Umpires-Messrs. Dineen and Hildebra nd.
Time Of game hour and 3s minutes
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Statistics Show Growth.


The following statistical information
issued by the Interstate Association for
the Encouragement of Trapshooting
shows something of the widespread
popularity of the sport:
During the year on which Father
Time has closed his books birth was
given to 737 trapshoorIng cIups. an In
crease Of 40 per cent over 1915-the
best previous year: in the sol registered
tournaments reported 1O.528 different
33 1-3 per cent over 1915: beginners
day events attracted 11.625 novices to
the traps as against the 1915 high
water mark of 1906. and registered
tournaments. numbered 546. an increase
of 35 per cent.
cided in forty-six states. against thir-
ty-eight the previous year. Conserva-
tive figures show that more than
10000 new members were added to the
trapshooting fraternity before the
ledgers were closed for the year.
"Trapshooting has been gaining
many friends and devotees for the
past half dozen years. and during siat
American sport. No sport is excepted
in this declaration. Some half-dozen
yegrs ago there were few more than
100000 trapshooters in the United
states ana Canada Now there are
nearly 100000. In the same period
trapshooting clubs have multiplied
from 497 to 1866. of which 4.10S are
active in the promotion of the sport.
1T may be a surprise to you. also,
to know that it costs nearly as much
in coin of the realm to stage the
Grand American handicap tournament
as it does to manage the world series
in base. ball And in passing it might
year spent $4,000, 900 for clay targets
and shells and $1,000 900 more in car
fare. hotel bills. etc. SO that they could
participate in the various tourna-
ments-and 96 per cent of the trap
shooters pay all Of their own expenses.
LAS trapshooting progresses the
quality of the shooters improve. In
the state championships in 1914 only
two shooters broke 100 targets. in 1915
year seven, broke 100 targets. eight
.irelEes3 % end .NlsRAR h1alE4sQ g. tlns04A
Evening star., 1917-09-09

SBatted TOT
tBatted for Gallia in the eighth.
New York ..... 0 o l %
washington 0 o o 0 90
Sacrifice hits-Ale1ander. Shanks, GilhooIey
Peckinpaugh. Double play-Galia to ahanks
TO Leonard. Left bases - New York, IL /;
Washington. I. First base error-New York
l. Bases on balls-On Du Mont, 5; of Cald-
we'll .; of Gallia, g. Hits and earned runs
on Du Mont. hits and 1 run in innings;
of Gallia hits and 1 run in innings; off
Caldwell, 8 hits and in innings; of
Craft l hit and runs in l inning. Struck
out-By Gallia /: by Caldwell. 8; by Craft, /.
wild pitches-Du Mont. 3. Umpires-Messrs.
Moriarty and OLoughlin. Time Of game-1
hour and 46 minutes
Evening star., 1917-09-09
c. v. L0FT'SPA
CAPTURES FUTUR|TY
Wins by Three Lengths, With
Escoba Second and Rosie
0'Grady Third.

NEW YORK. September Stunning
true to the form he frequently dis
played in races this season. George w.
Lofts chestnut colt Papp, Peter
Quince-Phebe G., won the Futurity
stakes at the Belmont Park race course
today. Carrying 127 pounds and nicely
pfloted by Jockey Allen. Papp, which
was the public choice. was always
prominent in the leading division, and
coming away in the final furlong won
handily by three lengths from Escoba,
which finished second, nose in front
of Rosie OGrady, the leader for three
fourths of the journey.
The track was sloppy on top. but firm
underneath. and the winners time of
1.12 was very good considering the con-
dition of the course.
Twelve year-olds made up the
field for the classic event. Thistle and
Star Glass We're scratched. but j. w
Corrigan added Royal Ensign, so that
he was doubly represented in the event
as Rahu also ran for him. but finished
last, A. X. Macomber also had a pair
in Tracksend and War Machine and
James Buffers Top Coat and Bantry
We're also coupled. making the third
entry in the classy field.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Papp Away Well.

The start was a good one. after a de-
lay caused by the fractions antics of
Rosie O'Grady at the post. Papp, which
had the extreme outside position. got
we'll away. and while Rosie O'Grady
was first to show in front as soon a.
the colors could be distinguished from
the stand and clubhouse, Allan piloted
Papp gradually into the center of the
track, where the going was better, and
soon took the lead to come away easily
in the final eighth. Escoba sw-erved
badly toward the outside, but closed
with excellent courage and caught
Rosie OGrady in the final strides to
take second money by a nose from the
Whitney flly, which was third a
length in front of Top Coat. whose
stable companion. Bantry, finished
ffth. another length back.
War Machine was sixth, with Daba-
dou next, and the others finished in the
following order: Gold Tassel, Royal En-
sign, Tracksend, Chief Lally and Rain.
The total value of the stake was
s2o.625. of which the winners share
was s15.450.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York. 2; Washington. o.
Washington, 8; New York. 0.
Chicago, 2; Cleveland. o.
Detroit, 1; st. Louis, 0.
n-Philadepha-Rain
Evening star., 1917-09-09
SECOND GAME.

New York......... o o o o 0 %
Washington. 0 x-3
Two-base hits-HiEh. Ayers. H. Milan and
Ainsuaith. Sacrifice hits-Gilhooley, Morgan.
Cullop. Shanks and Pipp. Double plays-Morgan
on bases-New York, 5; Washington, 6. First
base on error-Washington. Bases on balls
on Cullop, 2; OF Ayers. .. Hits and earned
runs-OR Cullop, hits and 2 runs In seven in
ninKs; on Shocker. no hits and no runs in one
inuing; OF Ayers, hits and runs in nine n
ninrs Struck out-By Cuilop, 2; By Ayers z.
Umpirss-Messrs. O1oughlin and Nor1arty.
ma e ea1o-lshsax aads - nihu6sa,
Evening star., 1917-09-09
Use Sport as Recreation.

Use Sport as Recreation.
Most members of the club use the
sport purely as a recreation, but many
have developed into splendid shooters
Frank Huseman, E. w. Ford and Ed
Morgan are stars at the traps. Last
year Ford won the big tournament at
Atlantic City in competition with the
best shots in the east. A great many
visitors from other cities, while here
for short stays, avail themselves Of an
afternoon or two to take advantage of
the opportunities offered by the club.
Only last Monday C. A. Hardy of Chi
cago went out and won the Labor day
American Handicap tournament at Chi
cago last year with a creditable record.
c. s. Wilson is president Of the Ana
lostan Club. Miles Taylor is secretary
and o. A. Phelps chairman of the board
Of trustees. All three men are wide-
tireless in their efforts to boost the
club.
Trapshooting has grown to an enor-
nous proposition, taking the country
as a whole. Last year there were 546
registered tournaments and 737 new
clubs organized. Something of the
great scale on which the sport is con-
shooters last year expended s4,000.000
for clay targets and shells and more
than S2.000.00O in railroad fare and
hotel bills in attending tournaments.
Statistics show. too. that this was done
practically all by amateurs, only four
ticipants having been professionals.
With the exception of golf. it is claimed
that more money is invested in trap
shooting than in any other sport.
Evening star., 1917-09-09
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 6; Pittsburgh. ..
Cincinnati-St. Louis-Rain.
Boston. 4; Philadelphia, 3.
Philadelphia. 5: Boston. 3.
New York-Brooklyn-Rain.
Evening star., 1917-09-09

Totals. 81 "a Totals.....o7 & 81 10
sBatted for Bagby in eighth.
tBatted for Turner in ninth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
A MAN WORTH SAVING
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the P1ttSburs Dispatch
 There is a whole volume of pathos and tragedy in 10-line dispatch from Chica- so in the news of the day. While shop ping last Tuesday the wife of a Chicago banker lost a rope of s2 pearls, valued at s15,ooo. They were found by man who recently was released from Moyamensing |penitentiary, Philadelphia. after serving Ia long term for safe blowing and who, despite strengthened circumstances, heed ed tho plea of his wife to restore the pearls to their owner. He was given $1oc reward.
 Those accustomed to think of men who have been sent to the penitentiary as hopeless, as outcasts, beyond redemption and fit only to feel the vengeance of out Iraged society. will find this item will up- set their preconceived notions. They may even begin to question the police habit which hounds ex-prisoners as everlasting suspects to be driven from pillar to post Was not this man worth saving, worth giving another chance? It is not known what circumstances preced his entrance upon crime what opportunity, if any, he had to live straight He was judged or his act, not on his surroundings and up
 bringing. But while he no doubt deserved to be imprisoned. should not that period of detention have been used to probe hit character, to test if, by any chance, there was yet the making of a man in him? 1 Certainly an ex-convict who is sensitive
 to the pleas of his wife and despite hii
 own straits, restores lost valuables wortl
 such sum to their own when. with thu
 knowledge a former safe blower mus
 have gained might have enabled him t'
 dispose of the property with safety, seem lwell worth the saving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
CONSIDER YOUR EARS

YIN the January American Magazine Sid says:
 S Have you ever had good dinner for nothing? I had one the other night Tt was absolutely free. I don't refer to the cost of the meal. I refer to the cost of the conversation.
 From start to finish I gave nothing and received everything. One man with whom dined started in with his business and his ideas and his prejudices, and they were the only topics up for discussion throughout the entire evening. When he Jagged in his monologue all l had to
 do was to prompt him with question and he was off again. It was the easiest
 work ever did. I got the most with the
 least effort. I say I got the most-and I did For he Is g wonderfully clever
 man. If I should name him thousands
 of readers would recognize him.
 "But in spite of all the interesting
 things he said, must admit that don't
 regard him as really able-at least. don't think he is as able as he might De If he showed more curiosity about the
 acts and ideas -set are in the possession of others Putting !. differently, think he is bad trader. He gives too much and receives too little in return. During this dinner I honestly think I got the best of hina--simply because gained lot of useful information while he was getting nothing except vocal exercise and the satisfaction that comes from having an attentive listener. Perhaps, indeed, there was nothing of value to him in my point of view. But how did he knowF lie did not even try to find out
 ..The fact has frequently been impressed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
FLOURISHING KHARpUT

order. saying as he expired; T have de- served it.
 "Kharput was one of the cities cap tured by the illustrious and powerful Seljuk prince, Kaiobad. during his war against 1s princes of Syria and Mesopo- tamia. led by the Egyptian Malfk-al- Kamil. His triumph was short lived, how. ever. for two years after the fall of this city and the triumph of his arms he was poisoned by his own son.
 During the first quarter of ths twelfth century. Kharput was the place of Imprisonment of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem. who had fallen into the hands Of the Amir Balak of Mardin. The his- torian, William of Tyre. has preserved the fictitious legend that while trying to make his escape. Baldwin was appre- hended and that in punishment for this he was cast from nearby cliff and dashed to death on the rocks below.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
Eeowah to Have
 Three-Mill Tax

r5f7 HE authorities in Etowah county
 Il have decided to take steps foi holding an election for 3-mili tax levy. Etowah already has Emil school tax, but being an exceptionally progressive county it finds that the present rate is not adequate for its school needs. With revenue derived from a S-mill tax, which the amended constitution allows, it's income for public school education will be quite ample, of course.
 Jefferson will be the first to vote under the amendment, and large majority for the increased tax IS as- sured. Etowah county will certainly roll up a decisive majority on the right side.
 Calhoun has worked up a whole some sentiment in favor of the 3-mlH tax, and whenever 1t sees fit to call an election the result will be in ac- cordance with aroused public opinion which demands better schools in the rural districts as well as in the cities. After Jefferson and Etowah vote counties in every part of the state will make haste to fall into line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10

|NN r TAsHINGToN. January s-tspe-
 WNM ciaL)-"Kharput. flourishing
 WV city of 5000 inhabitants, beau tifully situated on a hill terrace lew miles south of the Murad Su, or Eastern Euphrates, and near the head waters of the Tigris, seems destined to play an important part in the Russian campaign in Asia Minor during the next few weeks" according to today's war geog- raphy bulletin, issued from the Washing ton headquarters of the National Geo graphic society.
 '"The strategic importance of the town is due to it's situation on the great high way artery running from Samsun on the Black sea to Diarbekr. Sivas, an- other strategic city on the same road, IS some 15o miles northwest of Kharput, and Diarbekdr is 60 miles to the southeast To the northeast lies Erzerun, distance or 4e miles and seven days journey by fatfguing bridle path. Mezere. tho capi- tai of the vilayet or province of which Kharput is the chief city, is only three miles to the south. Erzerum is 90 miles due north.
 s'Kharput is widely known to Ameri- cans as the center of missionary activi- ties in Armenia A college, . theological seminary and a boys and girls school are located here. This colony of Chris tians suffered terribly at the hands Of Kurds some 20 years ago when, after burning many of the populous Armenian villages which dotted the fertile plain stretching far to tho south. tho wild tribesmen succeeded in entering the town itself putting to the sword Gregorian and protestant Armenian clersymen and converts, and footing the monasteries and missions. 'i
 .sThe history of Kharput goes back to tho cloudy obscurity of the years which marked tho decay of the Seleucid em- pire. in which period 1t was known as Carcathiocerta in the Kingdom of Eo-
 phene, founded by Zariadris. It was one
 of the towns visited by the Roman gem eral, Corbulo. in the course of his ia,
 nous campaign against Tiridates. who l had been crowned king of Armenia by his brother. tho Parthian vologaeses.
 Corbulo, after having forced Tiridates te
 lay his diadem ct tho feet of status
 of the Roman Emperor and to swear
 never to resume 1t until he received Il
 ct the hands of the sovereign in Rome
 was ordered homo by the jealous Nero.
 When the hero. who was the idol of hi. soldiers and who might easily have at
 tained the imperial crown itself, reachet the port of Corinth. he was met by mes
 sengers from Nero. who commanded him to commit suicide 7 without : momsnt''
 hesitation the intY general oheysd m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
INVENTOR OF THE sKYsoRAPER

From the Philadelphia Inquirer,
 Thirty years ago distinguished engi- neer In Chicago proposed seriously to erect building 12 stories high. He was called insane. The curious fact is that today he Is insane after having erected many of the most famous of the early skyscrapers. When he had constructed 0-story building he considered himself vindicated, but the Woolworth building makes the Chicago Masonic temple look like a woodshed
 In the life of single generation the ap- pearance of the business districts of every American city has been completely changed. In 1887 the most conspicuous object in New York city to the man ap- preaching 1t on a ferryboat from Jersey City was the steeple of Trinity church. Now it cannot be seen unless one looks very carefully for 1t and knows just where to find the little object surrounded by temples of commerce. Philadelphia has been transformed in the city hall region in like manner.
 The point of all this is that the origi- nator of anything out of the common is usually held to be visionary. The con structive imagination which has accom- plished so much in the world is the great est of human powers. but it is generally scorned until 1t achieves success He is rash man In these days who will deny that any project is possible. Thirty years from now wa shall r,roha hIv Ioolx hack on conditions of today as provincial" and primitive. It takes a big mind to keep up with the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
SHELLS AND SHAME

From the New York World.
 Boosting at the Lotos club on December 1 that his Bethlehem ordnance factory had capacity 50 per cent in excess of the Krupps ct Essen and that his muni- tions plants were producing 100000 pro- jectiles month, Charles M. Schwab also said:
 Tt is not money alone that drives men into these great enterprises, but the thrill which comes of successful accomplish ment. American enterprise is built upon the love of doing things-'
 How does it happen, then, that on bids for supply of 16-inch projectiles for the United States navy. Hadfields of England made price of $513 each as against Beth lehem's $775. and that tho foreign concern promised delivery in 1s months. whereas Bethlehem demanded three years The highest bid received was that of the Mid vale company, also American. which wanted $So0 each and two years time. For H-inch protectiles there was a sirni- lar difference in favor of the British com pany.
 When officers of the government and navy in Washington contemplated these figures 1t is said that they were as. founded. Their feeling should have beer ono of shame. for they were h the pres. once of demonstration either of greed or of inefficiency which is q reproach te the republic. There Is no hint here of tn, thrill that comes of successful accom- plishment or the love of doing things What we have Is only the sordid spirit engendered by war orders and war profits and reckless of everything else. l Encountering the same evil tendency, { United States subuorins haa just beer ftted with shaft obtained from tn, Brooklyn navy yard junk pile because after waiting 1s months for contractor to meet his obligation to provide ney one, the excuse was at length made tha he was too busy with European orders
 to give the matter his attention. Ifit i
 not money alone that our captains of in dustry are pursuing. why do they no have some regard for national ideals an, national defense7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
RAILwAYs IN AFRICA

Lewis R. Freeman in World Outlook for
 January.
 At the outbreak or the war Alrica had a total of something like 2b;oo0 miles of completed railway. and was building new lines at tho rate of about aooo miles | year. At tho firing of the frst shot much important construction work was dropped instantly. not to be resumed again until the war IS over This affected what would probably have amounted to 1000 miles of new lline that would have been completed 1T the two and half years the var hal lasted so far. This loss is partially off set by the construction-purely military lines for the better prosecution of ces'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
IN NO DANGER

A private citizen may pass
 Unnoticed by maid. But not the gallant soldier lad In khaki suit arrayed. The martial heaving of his chest Doth greatly take her eye; She thinks how very sad 'twould be. Were he called on to die. But trouble not, o wistful maid, Der what his fate may be, Since war" along the border is From many perils free.