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The weekly Iberian., 1917-05-05

THE FIRST STEP

Usually the first indication of
lowering of health is found in the
bowels and liver. Something goes
wrong-we eat too much, or work
too hard-and the bowel actien
weakens or the liver is sluggish.
That heavy feeling on arising in
the morning, dryness of the
throat, with bad taste, a slight
headache, dull eyes-all show that
food has fermented in the intes-
tines, and that the body is man
ufacturing poisons instead Of
good blood.
Clear it all out. Give the
stomach and bowels fresh start.
Encourage the liver to go to
work. Manalin does all of this,
without gripping or weakening.
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tonic, because it follows Natures
plan, without discomfort, infam-
nation or forming a habit. Con-
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The weekly Iberian., 1917-05-05

A Congregational 10 Yonkers
killed his vile, bis mother.in law
and himself in q quarrel over the
war;" says an exchange. Poor nm.
fortunate man--he must. have i'm.
aglned himself the whole OF the
German empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
ATHLETIC CLUB ID
 MEET |. 5. U. FIVE Locals Will Clash With the Strong Louisiana Team
 Tuesday Night

The Birmingham Athletic clubs next contest will be Tuesday night, when the club quintet will meet the Louisiana State university five on the local court The l.. S. U. five has the reputation of being one of the best teams in the south and the club five will be forced to go to the limit to secure victory.
 The club five played the University of Alabama last night, but the result of the game throws no light on the probable outcome of Tuesdays battle. Last year the club five defeated the Louisiana team by a small count and every precaution will be taken to prevent the visitors from getting revenge.
 The locals are now eliminated from the southern championship fight, but can still earn place high in the final rank ing. Club followers will be satisfied if their team can get as high as third place. Provided they win the remaining games on their schedule, excluding the Atlanta game, which will be played February 2 here, the locals will probably nose into the third selection of the critics ranking.
 The game Tuesday will start at s:sO o'clock. The usual dance will follow. Referee has not been decided upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
KENTUCKY DERBY ENTRIES SURPASS
 FORMER RECORDS
Seventy Five Entries in Fourth An nual Feature Race of Churchill Downs-Money Value of
 Race Is $15,000

Louisville Ky, February lo.-Entrles to the fourth Kentucky derby on May F, the feature race of the spring meeting at Churchill Downs park, Louisville. made public today, number 75. which is in sx- cess of any recent previous year. The stake is for 3-year-olds, at a distance of a mile and a quarter and carries an as- sessed money value of $l5,000. It prob ably will be the richest turf prize or the season.
 The nominators embrace representative stable owners of the country. A. K. Ma comber leads the list with seven, of which five are imported Corrigan and Mckinney, Billings and Johnson and John w Schorr have five each. Harry Payne Whitney has four and James R. Butler and w R. Coe three entries each.
 The list embraces practically all of the crack 2-year-olds of last year. Twenty five are foreign born and include such horses as North Star III, Jack Mount, Holister and Omar Khayyam. Few of them have raced in the United States. Their presence will give the contest an international flavor and, according to horsemen will make the outcome more uncertain than it has been for several years.
 Among the American bred horses are John w. Schorr's Harry Kelly, last years undisputed champion 2-year-old of Ken lucky; J. o. Whitlow's Westy Hogan and James Buffers Ivory Black. Other widely known probable contenders are Green Jones, Acabado. Buford, Starmas- ter, Ticket, Midway, Koh-INoor, Cudgel, Bellringer Rickety and Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

material difference The beaver who is attempting to reduce the number of earned runs can attain his ambition only by reducing the number of hits.
 In the case of but one clubs record in seven against Mathewson over the IT, year period does the number of hits se- cured warrant the number of games won and lost The Pirates averaged S. 10 hits per game off the Reds present pilot and defeated him in 24 of the 84 games tha t they attempted to solve his delivery.
 The Southern league, in spite of oppo- pitchers this year according to the num- Der of earned runs allowed per game, Considerable objection has already been voiced in various quarters and indica- tions are that this will increase. Matty' s record shows very conclusively that a beaver cannot be judged by the number of earned runs. The new rule is cer- tain to have a tendency to encourage what is known as "strike-out'' pitching that is, an effort to put everything pos sible on the ball for every batter. This means an explosion upon the part of the heaver in the late innings and the necessity of injecting a relief man. With the present low limit of the Southern league the use of a daily relief hurler is serious matter.
 A wise pitcher attempts merely to win his game. He does not seek to pile Up a strike-out, no-hit, or shut-out record. In the pnches he puts everything he has upon the ball; at all other times he attempts to conserve his energy until it is really needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
New System of Ranking
 HurlerS Has Hs F0U1ts

The faliacy of the belief that pitch CTS can be accurately ranked accord ing to the number of earned runs al- lowed per game is strikingly stressed by a perusal of the record compiled by Christy Mathewson as a major leaguer.
 During the IT years that he labored upon the mound for the New York club, Big Six won more games from Cinccinnati than from any other ag- gregation in the National league. Mat ty faced the Reds just 80 times and upon no less than 33 occasions he was returned the winner. His average of games won and lost against the club that he now pilots was .788, and yet the Cincinnatians garnered more hits per game off his delivery than did Chicago. which furnished his hardest opposition. The Reds averaged 1.15 although they won but IT games out of 80, while the Cubs averaged but TIA hits, although they defeated Mat ty upon 3S out of the S3 times that he assayed to defeat them.
 The records of the other clubs during Mathewson's sojourn are just as paradoxical. The Boston Braves, who won but 23 out of so games from Matty, averaged eight hits per game off his delivery.
 Of course, hits secured are not exactly equivalent to earned runs but there is no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

that ever were obtained from the Browns, making that alliance most un- satisfactory.
 The Vol moguls insist that there is no cause for executive haste in cor railing an outfit for Roy Ellam until some resemblance of peace is restored between o. B. and Davey Fultz. When that issue is decided it is believed the Cubs will be in better position to parcel out the leftovers, with which to equip the Vols.
 Waivers have been secured on five Vols, Sheehan, Baker, Kroh, Herbert and Wells. Offers for the two former players from Springfield, O.. were de- clined Kroh is likely to land in the Texas league, to which circuit the big left-hander has always shown a pref erance. Herbert declared at the close of last season that he was through with baseball, but now has changed his mind
 Bill Ellis, who ranked next to Tom Rogers in effectiveness for the Vols last summer is almost certain to be back, although he is still barking about a berth in the American association. Still no club in the Hickey circuit has made an offer for his services.
 Nothing has been heard from Kores, who guarded the hot corner last sum-. mer in capable style. and while he har- bors a strong aversion to the torrid climate in Dixie and swore he would never return, no great alarm is being felt over his failure to sing a differ ent song when spring rolls around.
 For outfeld duty Roy Ellam has noth- ing that bears the remotest resem- blance to a ball player. Gus Williams was drafted by Louisville The Barons recalled Billy Lee, loaned the Vols. and shipped him to Oakland, and Howard Baker is slated for the discard. What few new players have been signed are mot regarded seriously A pitcher has been secured from Talladega, Catcher Wingfield, formerly with Duluth, picked up as a free agent, and the Jonnard brothers, high school battery, signed for a trial
 None of which is calculated to fright en seven rival shippers in Dixie. But the end is not yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
Turning Cotton Into Explosives

InOlndS F. Logan III LeSlle S.
 During the three months ending Sep tember 30 1916, there were 66,991 ,059 pounds of bleached cotton fiber, including linters and hull fiber, consumed in the United States in the manufacture of gun cotton and explosive of all kinds," says a census bureau report. This amount is estimated as equivalent to ,9S2 bales of 800 pounds each. In addition there were 2,342, ,830 pounds. equivalent to 24,6s5 bales, still held in establishments engaged in the manu- fracture of explosives at the end of the month in question. For the two quarters preceding there were consumed in the manufacture of explosives 142,725 bales and 9S8 bales, respectively. This makes 421, ,69o bales consumed in the manufacture of explosives during the first three-quar- ters of 1916 During the calendar year 1915 total of 244,00S bales were diverted to the same purpose. As there is a large loss in the raw fibre in the process of ni- tration, amounting to an average of about 35 per cent, the relation of these figures to the original bale indicates that the gross weight of unbleached cotton fibre used for explosives since January, 1915 was equivalent to a total of 1,024,151 bales of 800 pounds each, or between 10 and Il per cent of the estimated crop for 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
SECTIONAL ISSUES
 OF TENNIS SPLIT
 BY EAST AND WEST
Present Amateur Rule Will Stand Despite Efforts of East to Have New Rul-
 ing Applied

New York, February 10.--The annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis association closed early to- day with a fairly even break between the east and the west on questions which caused sectional divisions. The represen- tatives from west of the Alleghenies de- feated the proposed amateur rule which would bar from amateur ranks players in the sporting goods business, but all the important national championship tourna- ments with one exception were awarded to the Atlantic states.
 The present amateur rule will stand. This rule permits an amateur tennis player to maintain a connection with firm manufacturing or selling athletic goods provided he has to do with tennis goods to no greater extent than With any other line of goods.
 The west also deefated a rule proposed by the executive committee, which would have governed and limited the payment of expenses of players competing in sane toned tournaments
 A few minor amendments to the anna teur rules were adopted. The most inn portant of these provides that player shall lose his amateur status by permit ting or sanctioning the use of his name
 
 his goods for pecuniary profits, or by permitting his name to be advertised or published as author of books or aticles on tennis of which he is not actually the author
 The association declined to adopt an amendment to limit the title of "cham- pionship'' to a few important tourna - ments.
 The meeting recognized the war situa- ton by authorizing the executive commit tee to cancel all or any sanctioned tour naments in case such action appeared warranted. President Wilson's stand in the present crisis was unanimously ap- proved.
 A resolution in favor of the daylight saving bill was adopted unanimously.
 The only sectional contest over the award of national tournaments was be- tween the Longwood club of Boston and the Ontwentsia club of Chicago both or which applied for the doubles champion ship. The Boston club won by. a vote of 172 to S9
 The national singles championship and the junior and boys national champion ships were awarded to the West Side club of Forest Hills, l.. l.; the womens na- tional singles, doubles and mixed doubles championships went to the Philadelphia Cricket club, and the indoor champion ships to the Seventh Regiment Tennis club of New York. The Ohio Lawn Tennis association of Cincinnati de- feated the Rock Hill club of Kansas City for possession of the Clay courts cham pionships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
SPORTS
MOLEY IS EXPECTING
 TROUBLE IN SIGNING 1917 BARON PLA YERS
Walter Werner Signs Running List of Available Players to Four-Uniforns for 1917 to Be Same as Last Year.
 Woodward Back From Trip

fout about 20 or 5 contracts and get them all back signed without the slightest squabbling. If I can live long enough, my desire may be fulfilled
 Moley is expecting to have lively struggle to line up all the players by re- porting time, which is March 10 A cut in salary was given to practically every man on the team, and due to the high cost of living, strenuous opposition will undoubtedly be uncovered in some quar- ters.
 However, the chubby one is ready to face the grindstone.
 The Barons uniforms for the coming season will be the same as In 1916. Moley has placed an order with the same firm for the same style and color.
 It will be remembered that the home uniform was a black and white checked with white and black stockings. The road uniform was light gray with a navy blue stripe
 The Barons' uniforms last year were among the prettiest in the league. The local club owners are strong believers in presenting a team with classy uniforms and have consequently gained that repu- tation over the entire league.
 There's no question to it, a clean uni form with a catchy design squirms some way in the fans heart.
 Rick Woodward, owner of the Barons returned recently from his hunting trip in Louisiana. He was accompanied by Tyrus Cobb, the noted Detroit player.
 MT Woodward states that a s'bully'' time was enjoyed. Hunting was fine and the weather was ideal most of the time. according to the Baron mogul A large quantity of game was bagged during the stay.
 The Baron owner is anxious for the baseball season to start. His interest in the game has been revived and he'd like to witness good, heated pitchers duel. We'll we would, too. F. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
DIXIE LEAGUE ID
 HOLD A MEETING Directors to Meet Thurs day at Dothan-May In-
 crease Circuit

Dothan, February 10.-(Special.)-T. A. Ward, president of the Dixie Baseball league has called the annual meeting of the directors for Thursday, February 15, for the purpose of making plans for the coming season, and electing officers for the new year.
 The Dixie league enjoyed most suc- cessful season in 1916. Tt is a compact circuit composed of Dothan and Eufaula, Ala, and Bainbridge, Quitman, Faldosta and Moultie, Ga. In every city that has been heard from enthusiasm for the conl- ing season is running high and full representation is expected at the meeting on the 18th.
 While the matter has not been taken up formally so far it is not impossible that the league will be increased from a. six to an eight-club circuit as inquiries from one additional town in Alabama and several in Georgia asking about the chance to obtain a franchise have been received. These cities will probably be invited to send representatives to the an nual meeting Whether the circuit is in creased or not, the outlook for the Dixie league this year is the brightest in the history of baseball in this section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
ELLAM FACES A TASK
 TN BUILDING ANOTHER WINNER
Only Four Regulars Left From Last Seasons Pennant Winner Waivers Secured on Kroh, Sheehan, Baker, Her
 bert and Wells-Other Gossip
By RL1NKY HORN

Nashville, February 1O.-(Special.) Roy Ellam, who in his debut as a Dixie skipper gave Nashville the first flag since the days of Big Bill Bern hard, still retains his job as boss in something to boss, for the former Bar on lieutenant can muster but four reg ulars from the wreckage of 1916, upon whose return he can gamble with cer- tainty. The quartet around whom the Vol pilot is forced to erect flag con- tender is composed of Gabby Street and Moose Marshall behind the bat, Dick Kaufman at first and himself at short.
 Which leaves the outlook for the baseball business aroung Sulphur Deli about as rosy as the inside of smoke stack. Still baseball in these parts is not dead-merely taking a siesta. The championship outfit of 1916 has been all most completely dismantled and while but two months intervene before the curtain is sprung in April and no great steps have been taken towards re- building, the local moguls answer all the hue ana cry or the rapld 1ans Wltn the promise of aid from Charley Weeghmans Cubs-provided-aye there is the rub--provided A proposed work ling arrangement with Chicago goes through
 For weeks President Shropshire has threatened to visit Chicago and frame la working agreement with the Cub chieftan, but first one thing and then another has interfered with his plans. His arduous duties as speaker of the Tennessee house of representatives has retarded the upbuilding of the wrecked 1916 flag winning machine, but now that the solons have taken recess it is confidently expected that the deal will be put through. Should that comt to pass all of the thin threads which in the past bound the Vols to the Browns will be snapped off. Great promises and meager results were all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11

Out of the entire lot of 10 con-
 tracts mailed out last Wednesday
 by Manager Carlton MOIeswOrth of
 the Barons, only one has been re-
 turned signed. Walter Werner, the
 youthful outhelder who received
 tryOut last year but was farmed
 out to the South Atlantic league.
 has returned his contract to
 AIoley with his signature.
 The signing of Werner means that only four Barons are under contract. Ray Jan sen, the new utility man; Bob Loveless, a local amateur hurler, and Joe Roberts, a north Alabama amateur hurler, are the other members of the would-be ros- ter who have attached their names to the 1917 contracts
 All Moley has to do these days is to sit around the baseball headquarters, in the Jefferson County Bank building, and wait for his players to sign. He knows that their failure will mean their sus- pension
 Moley treats the players as fair as possible in making out their contracts and if they can't see it in the right light, he is always willing to talk 1t over" The additional man to the player limit without an increase in the salary limit forces all managers and club owners to do some figuring in welding the ax. They must pick out the weak players and slash their salary, while there is the star who is always clamoring for a raise"
 It's bad job, according to Moley. T have one ambition before I retire from baseball" said Moley yesterday, in dis cussing the question, land that is to mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
SPORTS

The Southern league will ignore
 the desire of President David
 Fultx of the Players fraternity to
 call a "peace" conference of minor
 league owners, according to Presi-
 dent Robert H. Baugh. The desire
 of Fultx to talk "peace' wns sn-
 nOunced Friday in New York. The
 boss of the circuit stated yesterday
 that no mind would be paid to the
 ''frat' proxy.
 The Players fraternity has absolutely lost all of its power and now that they see the fight is lost, they want to call a 'peace' conference, but we won't stand for it." said President Baugh. ''The Southern league will completely ignore all of his demands or desires in the present or future.
 ''The Southern league will stick chiefly to the national commission and the reso- lutions adopted by the minor league own CTS at a. meeting in New Orleans in De- cember. If they decide to listen to Fultz, which they will not probably do, then the Southern league will be guided by their actions.
 Naturally he gives some reason for his action and the old gag about the war is his weapon. I predict that not a minor league will consent to hold a conference with representatives of the fraternity. Organized baseball will treat anyone right. but we propose to see that we are treated the same way"
 President Baugh also added that he hcd TA~afVAd leffarq Grtlfb h. ern league presidents, and none of them spoke of having any serious trouble with frat members. He declared that his be- lief of the failure of 8 strike by players
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-11
FINE PARK PAINTINGS
 ON DISPLAY AT CAPITOL

Washington, February 10.-(Special.)-If you expect to go to Washington for in- auguration, don't fail to visit the United all manner of interesting and instructive exhibits a special collection of National Park paintings awaits your attention. Ar engagements have been made between the National Museum and the interior depart ment for the continued display in the National Gallery of Art of most of these works until after March 4
 These paintings are by well-known art ists and were installed In the National Museum on the occasion of the recent national parks conference. Although one could scarcely visit all the parks in a year, extremely realistic views of eight of these parks can be obtained in a half hour by a visit to the new building of the National Museum.
 In his remarks before the national parks conference on the Painter and the National Parks" MT. w. H. Holmes, curator of the National Gallery of Art, called special attention to the works of the older painters. Morau, Bierstadt and Hill, who, with Church, he believes are the greatest opponents of American land
 
 of these men has risen to heroic heights, enabling them to grasp and present on canvas the greatest subjects which the continent affords Following close upon the footsteps of these masters are Leigh. Laurence, Parshall, Butler, Rungius, Ufer, Lucien Powell, Arthur ]. Powell, Pott- hast, Daingerfield. Peyraud. Babcock. .Dunton and others, whose works shown in this collection are worthy of the ad- miI1ng attention of the public. ss
 Of first importance in the collection is Morgan's Grand Canyon of the Yellow stone National Park" In speaking of this painting Mir Holmes called it a great masterpieces work which insures Mo rams place as the first painter of our national scenery if not indeed the great est landscape painter that the world has prcduced." T have climbed the sculp- t,ired walls and slid down the sulphurous slides of the real canyon and studied the subject from all points of view and under all atmospheric effects" said Mir Holmes, land find this work a wonderful
 1terpretation of It's beauty and grandeur while 1t presents with utmost faithful ness the inf1nity of detail which charac- terizes the original-details which have eeraped the brush of all others who have ventured to attempt the subject. Forty i've years ago. when I came to the Smith senian Institution. Thomas Moran was exhibiting his large painting of the YeI- lowstone Canyon which now hangs in the capitol and today he is at Fl Tovar of the Colorado. still at work true to his early love and adding to his marvellous record. He is the master par excellence