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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Speed Is Great Asset
 In National PQStin1e

, add it also got on the nerves of the | batters who faced him. Joe Jackson of the Sox acts as if he never could be hurried but that simply
 proves my point But Schulte, now of the | Pirates, is another example. Whenever I see ball player, or any kind of ar athlete, deliberate in his movements, always have a suspicion he is a volcano | in action.
 Of all the White Sox who pulled out of Chicago, bound for the training trip to Mineral Wells, Tex, Pitcher Joe Benz was the least disturbed when the subject of long walks over the hills was men, toned
 Joe is one of the few ball players liv- 1 ing in large cities who trains faithfully | out of season. He walks down town and back every day, a total distance of about l eight miles, And Joe owns an automo- bile, too, which makes his efforts all the
 more noteworthy.
 It is interesting to note that several members of that famous 1906 White Sox team, which won the worlds champion ship, have since been managers. Doc White star ieft-hander, now manages the Dallas, Tex, club. Frank Isbell, the first-sacker, managed Des Moines for years in the Western league.
 | Billy Sullivan, great catcher, was man. ager of the White Sox for year. l Fielder Jones, the 1906 manager is still at the same old job-now with the | Browns.
 | Others have kept their hands in the game to the following extent: George Davis, the shortstop, is now coach of the | Amherst college nine; Eddie Hahn, right 1 fielder, has played for five years with the l Des Moines club; Ray Patterson last year | was pitching for the St. Joe, Mo-, club. 1 Few clubs after 10 years have passed | can make as great a showing as the above Perhaps the main reason was those White Sox won largely on their nerve and on the brains of the individu- l al members
 | Another nervy, brainy crew made UT | the Athletics of four years ago. It'l l be interesting to see what they are do
 ing six years from date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Opening Day Committee 10
 Meet To-day 10 Plan Final
 DriDe On Attendance Cup

posed of over 200 men, will also attend the game in a body. he association will be in convention here Thursday.
 The military band which is now en- camped at the fairgrounds will be on hand to furnish music. An invitation will also be extended to all of the guardsmen to attend the game.
 Birmingham merchants are responding well to the call to aid in adding another defeat to Atanta's already long string Birmingham has won the trophy four times in a row and it begins to appear that another victory will be recorded. At lanta, however, is working harder than ever before and Birmingham must turn out fully as many as last season in or der to register the win. A story from Atlanta telling of the progress being made there by the com mittee in charge is printed elsewhere on this page.
 All patriotic fans are expected to be on hand Thursday. The title of this city is at stake, and we can't afford to lose it at this stage, especially to our great rival, Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Baseball depends, in a large measure, on speed, yet only very small percent age of major leaguers really know how to run. They are natural athletes, yet seem to be muscle-bound when sprinting to first or in the field after fly ball, writes Malcolm MacLean.
 There are a few like Ty Cobb, Leslie Mann of the Cubs and others mighty small number, by the way, who do run correctly and get every fifth second out of their efforts when they really try. But the rest fail to use their arms correctly, do not get the proper drive with their legs and are deficient in some other fea- lures.
 We were speaking with a noted track coach recently, who brought out the point that many of the best athletes didn't look the part when they entered college. He pointed to Richards the famous high jumper, who seemed to do everything wrong, yet had a natural style that carried him higher than any of his rivals.
 Irving K. Baxter a champion jumper and vaulter of Penn years ago. would have been taken for anything but a great track performer when he first appeared at Trinity college, Hartford, Conn.
 The coach said that the slower the men appeared in action the greater they were liable to be in action. It's the men who conserve their strength and nerves w1fo are most to be feared he said.
 Both Richards and Baxter looked easy-going, but had the pep when they got in a competition of any sort. I have seen many cases in baseball. Rube Wad- dell was the most dangerous when he seemed the laziest Ed Walsh was de- liberate and never seemed to over-exert
 ''Christy Mathewson took his time when pitching. At times he was so slow it got on the nerves of the spectators. l might
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
ST. LOUIS BROWNS
 COUNTED AS REAL
 FACTORS IN RACE
Fans Are Expecting Fielder Jones' Team to Set Merry Pace in American
 League

Palestine, Tex, April 9.-Fielder Jones' St. Louis Browns will make all the other clubs in the American league travel some this season.
 Not so strong on paper as the White SoX, lacking the fire and pep of the Detroit team and the grabbed tight ness of the Boston Red Sox, the Browns have a mixture of all ard have some thing more-one of the greatest man agers in baseball.
 Fans who remember how Jones won the world championship with the White Sox in 1906. after winning the American league flag from teams stronger in almost every department, can realize why Jones has the other American league managers worried.
 And they are worried-you hear in the other camps the statement, "the team that wins the flag must beat the Browns"
 The pitching staff is not what it might be- Koob is youngster of great possibilities, although his rec not prepossessing.
 Plank is pretty old-and as usual mystery. You can't guess on Plank.
 Weilman is consistent and should produce. Earl Hamilton kept himself in shape by playing winter ball in Cuba.
 From the Southern association Jones has two finds--Kerr of Memphis and Rogers of Nashville. each of whom won 24 and lost 12 games, Both are considered iron men.
 Other recruits of the hurling staff are Sothoron of Portland, who won 80 and lost 17 games; Pennington and Park.
 The catching staff is led by Sew ereid, with Hartley second choice; then Hale. from Rochester, and White, from McAlester.
 The 1916 infield is intact. Sisler. Pratt. Lavan~and Austin, with Ken worthy, who led Ping Bodie in bat ting in 200 games on the coast last year; Paulette, from Memphis, and Bigler of Gettysburg college, trying out.
 Rigler. by the way, is a protege of Eddie Plank. Eddie found him in the same college Connie Mack discovered Prank IT years ago. Shotton, Marsans and Ward Miller will probably compose the regular out field
 Jacobson. formerly of Detroit and who batted .346 with Little Rock last year; Rumler formerly catcher, who played the outfield for Little Rock and batted .937 have the best chances to land as utility men Sloan of Rochester, inside the .301 circle, and Yardley of McAlester. make up the squad
 The club will be without the serv- Iices of two men at least part of the season. Dave Davenport recently was shot while hunting and may never play again.
 McCabe, a pitcher with the club a short time last season, was operated on for appendicitis the day sthe club left St. Louis and will not be avail able for a month or so.
 The Browns look good and there is not a major league manager who is disillusioned by them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Atlanta, April 9.-(Special)-Th list Is swelling daily. Above is the honor roll Is your name on the list, MT. Merchant! If it is not, get on it tomorrow. Allan ta's superiority, her prestige is agaln threatened and the only way the attack of the enemy can be repulsed is to be pre- pared.
 Atlanta must be prepared to have 15,oee fans at the opening baseball game of the season next Thursday. Time is short and a lot must be done between now and Thursday. Everyone must help.
 Dick Jemson, chairman of the opening day attendance trophy committee, can not get around to see all the merchants, but the merchants can help by phoning to the sporting editors of che Atlanta papers or to Dick and have their names put on the next list.
 Birmingham has been winning the at tendance trophy regularly. Birmingham is no such town as Atlanta yet the Bar ons have put it over the Crackers IT at tendance every opening day.
 Fifteen thousand will win the trophy this season, and 15,000 it must be. But you, MT. Merchant, must do your share by letting your employees off for the open NeAAA NAS''S for the afternoon, certainly you can. And with 15, ,000 fans at the park, there will be little need of anyone being open anyway.
 Let's all get in behind this movement and put it over. Atlanta can always get anything that she goes after, but Atlanta must hurry in this instance.
 Mayor Candler will be on hand to twirl the first ball of the season, and Monday he will probably make @ proclamation to the citizens of the city, requesting that they close up for the afternoon and go to the opening game.
 The mayor will probably also adopt the measures taken by his predecessors and close the city hall and all departments Of the city government for the day and send them all to the ball game.
 The Ad Men will get in behind the movement this week. It is believed that a committee to visit every ad man in the city and see to it that he goes, and also takes some one with him, will be ap- pointed.
 The Chamber of Commerce has been re- quested to mail to every one of it's mem bers a notice of the opening game with a request that they cooperate with the fans and the baseball club in winning the attendance trophy this season.
 With these organizations all behind the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Either Perryman or Hill will pitch the opjening game at Redwood Thursday.
 The game this afternoon will start promptly at oclock. Harry Swacina will officiate.
 The release of Catcher Thomas Toland to the Raleigh club of the North Carolina league was also announced yesterday by Boss Moley. Toland is the second young ster to feel the aX. Only two more must be released by Moley to cut his squad to IS men, the necessary limit to start the season.
 Since Pat Duncan has been placed on the ineligible list until his broken leg per mits him to re-enter the game. Moley can carry one of his youngsters. Ellis, the new outfielder, will be played in center, while Moley will probably use Jansen in right field.
 M'DONALD TO PLAY
 Danny Clark is still on the injured list. Eddie Mcdonald will make his initial appearance of the season this afternoon. He will play the hot corner. Webb, the youngster who has been displaying so much form of late at the third station, will be played at second base today while Jansen vii hold down the right garden.
 The remainder of the lineup will be the same as in previous contests The fans who desire to see just how the Barons will look in the seasons opening engagement on Thursday can get an ex- cellent line on them by attending this afternoons fracas.
 It will be the final strenuous workout of the season. On Wednesday Moley will drill his men only in the afternoon so as to keep them on the edge for Thurs days clash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Announcement of the release of a out fileder to the Barons by the Pirates has been momentarily expected. The local fandom had not expected Ellis to be released to the Barons as he had the reputation of being one of the most prom ising young outfielders with the Pirates.
 Ellis was in the Northern league last year. He played with Fargo -Moorhead, the team which won the pennant. He batted SPA and is supposed to be very fast fielder
 He participated in 116 games and was at the bat 44 times. He scored 64 runs and pounded out 134 hits for total bases of IT. He swiped % sacks.
 In the field he handled 166 fly balls and made only five errors the entire season. He is credited with 54 assists. His av- craze for the season was .97S.
 WILL PLAY TODAY
 Ellis will play in today's game against the Ensley T. c. I. team at Redwood which was postponed yesterday on ac- count of the cold weather. Moley stated last night that the game would be played today regardless of the weather condi- tions.
 The T. c. I. team is the strongest anna teur outfit in the city, and the Barons will no doubt encounter stiff opposition. Moley had not decided who he would work against the amateurs last night, but he intimated that it would probably be either Carmen Hill or Preacher Perryman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Birmingham's final drive at the attend- ance trophy offered by President Robert H. Baugh for Class A teams in the Southern league. will begin this morning at Il o'clock when the committee in charge of the campaign Twill meet at the Chamber of Commerce to hear re- ports from all committees. Work for the past few days has been continued at an unprecedented rate and the committee is very anxious to continue their work.
 The meeting for this morning was called by Blanks Everett secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Chairman Frank Jutz will have charge at the meet ing which will be used as the final get together affair.
 The committee has only two days left to work. The season will open Thursday afternoon at Redwood, when the Barons and the Nashville Vols clash. The game will start promptly at 8 o'clock but will be preceded by number of drills, in cluding one by the boys of the Alabama Boys Industrial school at East Lake,
 Word was received yesterday from a number of the outlying towns Delega- tions will be sent to the game from Tus- caloosa, Gadsden, Anniston and Mont gomery. number of other towns will also be represented at the initial clash of 1917
 Bessemer will turn out at the game in large numbers. The mayor has issued a proclamation for a half-hoiday and a number of Bessemer merchants will close their doors to allow their employees to attend the game. Ensley, too, will re- spond faithfully, as in the past, and will furnish no less than 2O00 people. The Tennessee company will pay their em- ployes off today, instead of tomorrow, as is their schedule, so as to allow as many employees as possible to attend the game.
 The Birmingham Traffic and Transpor- tation club will attend the game in a body. The club numbers well over the 200 mark.
 The Alabama Dental association, com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
SPORTS
AtZdntd Is Working OUertln1e In Effort 10 "Kop the kup'

movement and committees vlsltins the
 merchants of the city, asking them to
 close on that afternoon, it remains only
 for the weather man to dish out oranc
 of weather such as he handed out Satur-
 day for the attendance the opening game
 of the 1917 season to be the greatest ever
 in the south.
 Twelve thousand two hundred and forty-six is the record for the league, put don't stop there. Let's have 15,000 in the park. and then we will have figure for the rest of the cities in the league to shoot at for years to come. Atlanta can do it, but Atlanta must hus- tie. Altogether Kop the Kup 15,00O or beat Birmingham or bust, are the slogans to remember.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Here Is Prompt Relief From
 That Tired, WOrn-Out Feeling

it of all impurities, so as to be pre- pared to combat the many ailments so common during spring and summer.
 A few bottles of s. s. S., the great blood medicine, will purify your blood thoroughly purge it of all accumula- tions, renew your appetite and give new strength and vitality to your whole body. The feeling of debility and weak ness will immediately disappear and you will be delighted at the buoyant and vigorous condition that will take it's place.
 s. S. g. is guaranteed purely vege- table. and thousands take it regularly every spring. You can obtain it at any drug store. Write for interesting lit erature, which can be had by address ing Swift Specific Co.,, 76 Swift Lab- oratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
GOLFERS URGED ID RAISE FOODSTUFFS New York Club Urges Clubs to Cultivate Unused Por-
 tiOns of Links

New York, April 9.--Golfers throughout links and devote the proceeds to the pur- chase of ambulance trucks and other articles of national defense, it was an- nounced here tonight by officers of the Dunwoodie Country club.
 Two hundred members of that organiza- ton volunteered to work 40 hours each this season, and it was said H. w. Perrin, president of the United States Golf as sociation had pledged the co-operation of the national body in the movement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
GIANTS ARE WINNERS
 OVER INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, April 9.-The New York Giants defeated the Indianapolis Ameri- can association team. to here tody Score: R. H. E. New York ......:....................3 0 Indianapolis .........................0
 Batteries: Perritt. Smith, Schupp and McCarty, Gibson: Fillingim, Falkenburg and Gossett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
EXHIBITION GAMES

At Danville. Va. University Of North Carolina ?, Washington and Lee upiver- sity O.
 At Greensboro. N. e.: Davidson college g. Eton college l.
 At Greenville, S. C.: Augusta, South Att lantic, g. Greensboro. North Carolina league, IA.
 At Washington: Philadelphia Nationals and Washington Americans exhibition game called off; wet grounds.
 At New York New York Americans, Brooklyn Nationals; wet grounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
SEAT SALE STARTS TODAY

The seat sale for the opening day game at Redwood park Thursday afternoon will start this morning at Hagan-D Dunlap Drug company. Reserve and general admission tickets can be purchased. Kenneth Cornell will have charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
That afflicts so many people just a' this season

That afflicts so many people just at
 this season
 If you are easily fatigued, if you find your appetite failing, and are gradual ly losing your energy and a feeling of weakness and 1assitude is creeping over your entire body, do not disregard natures warning signal
 These symptoms mean that you are about to succumb to the impurities that have been accommodating in your system all winter clogging up your blood sup ply and rendering you totally unfit for the important change in seasons about to take place.
 It is highly important that you give your system a general housekeeping, that you purify your blood and cleanse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
TEXAS LEAGUE

At Beaumont: Beaumont 4, Houston }. At Galveston: Galveston O. San An tonic 3. At Waco: Waco 2, Dallas o.
 At Fort Worth: Fort Worth s, Shreve- port Q.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
SPORTS
OUTFIELDER ELLIS IS
 RELEASED TO BARONS BY PITTSBURG CLUB
Moey Announces Acquisition New Gardner From Callahan Outfit--Wl Play Centerfield in Today's Game
 Against Ensley T c. l. Amateurs

outfde Al Birmingham esbus prior
  Callahan a with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
DETROIT TIGERS ARE VICTORS OVER TOLEDO

Toledo, O., April 9-The Detroit Amer- cans defeated the Toledo American as- sociation club in an exhibition game here today by the score of to ,, the Tigers scoring six runs off Bailey in one inning. Score. R. H. F. Detroit ..............'.'.'-' '..'''''''o I- Toledo .................,....,..'. lo
 Batteries: Ehmke, Mitchell, c. Jones and Helle; Bailey, Schulz and Bresnahan, Sweeney.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-20
CRUEL JOKE ON A SQUIRREL
Naturalist Replaces Nuts With Stones
--Rcpcnts When He Sees Hungry
Frlsky Dig Snow Away.

Most squirrels keep two or more
stores Of food. Rev. J. G. Wood. the
naturalist, tells Of friend who found
one Of these reserve stores. which q
squirrel had provided for IN emergency
and, in II moment Of thoughtIesSncSs
the man determined to play Joke on
the squirrel He accordingly replaced
the nuts by small. round stones and
carefully concealed All evidences OF
his visit.
One cold day in winter he passed The
spot and found that the squirrel had
called there Il short time previously.
This he knew by the fact that ten
inches Of snow had been scratched
from the top Of the hole, outside /,
which the stones had been cast by the
disappointed animal
This struck the joker with remorSe.
He said. II never felt the folly of
practical joking so much in my life.
Fancy the poor little fellow. nipppd
with cold, and scanty food, but, fore
seeing long winter, resolved to econ.
olhize his little hoard MS much MS pos.
sible. Fancy him IT last determined
TO break perhaps his last---mag
nzlne, ana checrfully brushing AVA,
the snow, fully confident that II good
meal awaited him as the reward OF his
cold JOB, aud after all finding nothing
but stones. never felt more mean
aud ashamed In my llfe.'
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-20
SAYS HOT WATER
Washes P0IS0NS
FROM THE. LIVER
Everyone should drink hot water
with phosphate in it,
before breakfast.

ITO feel as fine as the proverbial
fiddle, We must keep the liver washed
clean, almost every morning, 10 pre-
vent its sponge-like pores from clog
ging with indigestible material, sour
bile and poisonous toxins, says 4 noted
physician.
If you get headaches, It's your liver
II you catch cold easily. it's your liver.
II you wake up with a bad taste, furred
tongue, nasty breath or stomach be
comes rancid, it's your liver. Sallow
skin. muddy complexion, watery eyes
all denote liver uncleanliness' Your
liver is the most important, also the
must abused and neglected organ of
the body Few know its function or
how TO release the dammed.up body
waste, bile and toxins. Most folks
resort to violent calomel, which Is q
dangerous. salivating chemical which
cans only be used occasionally because
ii accumulates In the tissues, also
attacks the bones.
Every man and woman, sick or
well, should drink each morning be-
fore breakfast a glass of hot water
with teaspoonful of limestone phos
plate in it, to wash from the liver and
bowels the previous days indigestible
material, the poisons, sour bile and
toxins; thus cleansing. sweetenlng
and freshening the entire alimentary
canal before putting more food into
the stomach.
Limestone phosphate does not re
strict the diet like calomel, because it
can not salivate, for 1t Is harmless and
you can eat anything afterwards. II
Is inexpensive and almost tasteless. and
any pharmacist will sell you quarter
pound Switch is sufficient for dem.
onstration of how hot water and lime
stone phosphate cleans, stimulates and
freshens the liver, keeping YOU feeling
ct day In and day out.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-20
Antiquity Of Nursery Rhymes.

using Song Of Sixnence" is as old
as the sixteenth century. "Thrpe
Blind Mice" is found in a music book
dated 1909. "Fhc Frog ana the Mouse
was licensed in 1850. Three Children
sliding on the lee" dates from 1899
London Bridge Is Failing Down" is of
"unfa+homable' antiquity. Boys and
Girls Come ont 10 Play" is certainly
rs old rs the reign Of Charles the Sec
ond, as Is nlss Lucy Locket Lost Her
Pocket" 10 the tuns of which the
American song, Yankee Doodle
was written. PUSSY Cat. Where
Have You Been" is one of the
age Of Queen Bess. Little Jack
Homcr' Is Older than the seven
teenih century. 1.-THE Old Woman
Tossed in a Blanket" IT Of the reign
OF James the Second. To which mon
arch II is said to alIude.