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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
STATISTICS ON
 CUB PLAYERS

George Albert .Tyler-Born in Derry, bats left; height, 6-4 weight, 175; mar red
 James l.. Vaughn--Born in Weather ford, Tex, April 9, 1888; throws left; bats left; height, 6-4 weight, 2O4; mar ried.
 Philip B. Douglas-Born in Cedar town, Ga. Junes47, 1891; throws right; bats right; height, 6-4 F. weight 196; married
 Paul Nick Carter-Born in Lake Park, Ga, April 13, 1889: throws right; bats left; height, 6-3; weight, 176; sim gle.
 Claude R. Hendryx-Born in. Olathe, Kan. April IS, 1889; throws right; bats right; height, G. weight, 196; married vile, Tenn, March 12, 1898; throws right; bats right; height, 6-1 E weight, 185; married
 Charles Deal-Born in Williamsburg, Pa., October 30, 1891; throws right; bats right; height. 5-11h; weight, 16O; mar ried.
 Fred C.. Merkle--Born in Watertown, Wis, December 20, 1888; throws right; bats right; height. S-1; weight, 19O; married.
 S William Lewis Wortman-Born in Baltimore, Md, January 5, 1892; throws right; bats right; height, 5-7 weight, 155; married.
 Rollie 1T. Zeider-Born in Auburn, Ind. November 16, 1888; throws right; bats right; height 5-91a; weight 165; married.
 Charles J. Hollocher-Born in St. Louis, June Il, 1897; throws right; bats left; height, 5-S; weight, 160 single. Leslie Mann-Born in Lincoln, Neb November IS, 1892: throws right; bats right; height, 5-s1s; weight, 175; mar ried
 Max Flack-Born in Relleville, Ill. February 5, 1891; throws left; bats left height, 5-7; weight, 150; married.
 Turner Barber--Born in Milan, Tenn, July 9, 1894; throws right bats left; height, 5-11; weight, ITO; single.
 William Francis McCabe--Born in Chi cago, October 2S, 1894; throws right; bats right and left; height, 5-101z; weight, 1S1; single.
 George H. Paskert-Born in Cleveland. August 2S. 1894; throws right; bats right; height. 5-11: weight, 167 married.
 William Killifer, Jr.-Born in Paw Paw, Mich, April 13 or 15, 1SS6 throws right;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Free College Adyantages

Cumberland university, Lebanon, Tenn offers free college advantages to young men prepared for college rank ing under the plan of the war depart ment for student army training corps
 Begin your training as soldier now and continue our education free of all expense, instead of waiting idly for the call of the government, which must come within the next few months, to every boy IS years of age and over.
 f If you do not enter college now and receive partial preparation for officers training, you will go to the training camps later and make your start with probabilities Of remaining a private.
 Cumberland university offers the ad- vantages of standard college with ex- Icellent equipment for regular courses and. with special accommodations for the soldiers in our student army train- ing corps. Our mems dormitory Is ad- mirabiy adapted to barracks service; the large. beautiful campus offers am- pie drill grounds, athletic fields, etc, that are required of the colleges in this plan.
 Further information in regard to the details of the plan will be gladly given on request to Cumberlands University, Lebanon. Tenn. Adv. ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
RED CROSS BULLETIN

| President Wilson's letter was in re- sponse to one written by MT. Dawson, in which the effect of the proposed draft ages upon American Red Cross personnel was set forth.
 The following is the letter from ths President:
 My Dear MrA Davison: I hope that the action we have taken in the mat. ter of voluntary enlistment will help little in the solution of the difficll- ties created for the American Red Cross by the probable extension of the draft ages. If the government does the selecting, it can select with a due regard to the interests of all services whether within the government of without, whereas if we permit it men liable to be drafted rush in and apply for and obtain commissions and there would be chaos indeed. As the Amer ican Red Cross is such an important auxiliary to our armed forces and is also extending relief not only to our people at home but to the people of l the nations associated with us who are suffering as the result of the war. I 1 hope that every man connected with l the work either at home or abroad will have full appreciation of its | importance and will if possible con l tinue to render service unless and until specifically called to other and clearly more important duty. Cordially and | sincerely yours,
 "NO0DpOw WIT SoNn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
O|L LEASING BILL
 NOT YET SETTLED Senate and House Conferees Unable to Agree After
 All-Day Session

Washington, September S.-Senate and House conferees on the oil leasing bill after an all-day session today, failei to settle differences growing out of amendments to the measure because of divergent opinions of the managers to the attitude of administration officials toward the development of western min eral lands and the naval oil reserves in California and Wyoming. They decided to ask the Attorney General and the Secretaries of the Navy and Interior to appear before them and outline their views.
 The principal difference between the House and Senate managers. it is un- derstood. is over the granting of leases on oil and gas lands and the payment or royalties to theTgovernment. As passed by the Senate. the bill authorized the granting of a lease for each mineral location of 160 acres upon which one or more producing oil or gas wells have been drilled at royalty of one-eighth of the gross production of oil or gas, to provide for the leasing of wells only at royalty to be fixed by the Secre- tary of the Interior. The House provi- sion also prohibits additional wells be- ing sunk except as authorized by the President. and provides that no well can be within 66O feet of any leased well without the lesseess consent.
 Another difference is on the section affecting claimants to titles in the na- val reserves. A House amendment pro- hibits claimants whose wells may be in volved in any suit thought by the gov efnment from obtaining lease unless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

| One of the best tributes to Tyrus Ray
 man Cobb, soon to say good-by to base ball for all time, is that paid the peerless 1 Georgian by Ed Wray in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, who predicts for Ty as great record in military service and
 after that in business as he has enjoyed
 in the diamond game.
 1 Cobb has shown, says sWray, qualities 1 entirely aside from baseball that guar antee him advancement Courage, con
 fidence and class combine in him with
 great initiative to guarantee accomplish ment in almost anything he undertakes. This player came into the major league | under circumstances that would have dis couraged any but stout heart. He had
 practically to whip the Detroit baseball club with his fists to prove that his
 any-to real merit Ie fought and played his detractors into a state of en- l tire submission and continued to be the Detroit team, in both baseball and | fistic sense, ever after.
 Cobb was impetuous-his only fault. It led him into frequent encounters in which there was always a basic reason for the l Cobb explosion.
 l He jumped into the grandstand after fan who used offer-siee language ad- dressed to Cobb.
 l He smashed a butchers salesman who
 spoke insultingly to Cobbs wife. 1 He met and battered into submission Charles "Choke-'em'' Herzog at Dallas hotel, after being bullied on the field
 He had a fighting spirit and one totally
 without a thought of defeat I remem-
 Der when Lou Criger, then a great l catcher, was brought to the St. Louis Browns from Boston. Criger, comment ing on. Cobb's wonderful base stealing
 record of the previous year, had stated that he would .'stop' Cobb-expressed the view that Cobb would not steal a base while he was catching.
 'Tll get his goat the first time we hook up.' Criger was quoted as saying. Alas. the first time they clashed was in Detroit. Cobb stole until the crowd laughed at Criger. If memory serves, he stole second. third and home in. the same game--and broke Lou's spirit. Cri, ger was jeered and hooted; it was really the turning point of his career, and he did little good work after that.
 Cobb was the highest paid baseball player in the history of the game and one of the few-who deserved every cen, l I~of the $200O0 paid him. He was worth it nt the gate" several times over. | For years he was also the railyine point around which the team built botf
 offense and defense When.S during ths Ipresent year, he was needed elsewhere Itfan in his regular position. he proved
 that he could step in and substitute 1T more than one berth
 While we of the immediate present con I slider Tyrus as being unequaled. mer who 15 years ago knew Lajoie and Wag
 ner as they were in their prime. Vii take issue with any suggestion that +!
 was the greatest player of all time. Both Lajoie and Wagner have follower who claim this honor for their favorites bbut the fact remains that while Wagie and Lajoie were great a long time, the. did not achieve the extreme heights Q
 success that Cobb attained against mora V difficssN annoeitios
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09


 Only five of the players who are per- forming regular duty in the world series , of 1918 began major league play with their present club, situation without parallel in the history of diamond class ics.
 Of all the Cub regulars only one-Hol- 1ocher-started his big league career with that club. And of the Red Sox stars. Ruth, Mays, Scott and Hooper are the only ones who have worn only the Bos- ton regalia during all of their big league ; days.
 Bill Killefer, upon who will fall the bulk of the catching burden for the Cubs, started with the Phillies in 1911 and was traded to Chicago prior to the opening { of the 1918 season. Jim Vaughan. the King Pin Cub pitcher. was Yankee in 1910 and 1911, moved to Washington for a brief stay in 1912, then spent two years : in the minors and was recalled by the Cubs in 1914. George Tyler made his debut with the Braves of 1910 and became a Cublet as a. result of a trade last winter. Claude Hendrix was Pirate in 1911, 1912 and 1913 and jumped to the Chi cago Feds in 1914.
 Phil Douglas, who completes the Cub :. twirling quartet, has had checkered ca- reer. He was given his first trial by the 1912 White Sox and in 1913 he got an-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Worlds Series Opponents Resume Battle Today SPORTS
Prospects For Fourth Game :
 Dubious After Hard ShoUer
Probable Batting Order For Opening Contest of World Series in Boston Is Announced-Hendrix Slated to
 Oppose Babe" Ruth Today

row to open the home series. If Hen drix is sent to the slab Ruth is almost sure to>get into the game, either in the box or the outfield
 No crowd of Royal Hooters, Boston s well-known baseball cheering organiza- tion, greeted the team on it's arrival tonight but for the past week they have been quietly organizing and prom ise to make themselves. heard with a band tomorrow unless the weather in- terferes.
 With the ticket office at Fenway park open from 9 o'clock this morning until 9 at night. the last of the grandstand reserved seats went rapidly. Of the 10, 600 reserved seats in the grandstand all but 15OO had been disposed of before nightfall, although rain threatened all day
 The probable batting order
 Chicago Nationals-Flack If; Hollo- cher ss. Mann, If. Paskert, cf.; Merkle, 1b.; Pick, 2b.; Deal, 3b.; Killifer, C.; Hendrix, D.
 Boston Americans-Hooper, If. Sheau' 2b.; Strunk, of; Whiteman. If; Mclnnis' 1b.; Scott, ss.; Thomas, 5b.; Agnew, C.; Ruth D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

ried about the pitchers for tomorrow and expect sam Jones to oppose them rather than Ruth.
 The players were today indirectly told tha owing to the reduced price of tickets and the sllm crowds at games, they will not receive as much money from the series as had been announced. Their share now is a trifle over s53,0O0, and after tomorrow's game they will probab bly have about s75.0O, one-half of what was the players share last fall.
 This means the players winning the worlds championship will each get about sl200 while the losers are not likely to get more than 500. This will be the low est amount ever paid to players in a wrold's series.
 Otto Knabe and Heine Wagner, who clashed under the grandstand in Chicago during the second game, were requested by Garry Hermann, chairman of the national commission, to report to him the details of the encounter. Until their re- ports are turned in no decision will be made by the commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
FOUNTAIN HEIGHTS UNIT

The Fountain Heights Red Cross Unit No. 1 has done splendid work dur ing the past year. The unit meets in the sewing room of the Martin school every Thursday and Mrs. J. B. Weaver is chairman, while Mrs. J. S. Reed is vice chairman and Mrs. J. B. Betiiaa is secretary and treasurer.
 Joella DeArmond and her little friends gave an entertainment for the Red Cross which netted s345 while several other entertainments have been given and the proceeds have been good.
 Tn January 75 garments were male; February, 53; March, 54, April, SO May, 135: June, 95; July, 126: August, 1o In July this unit sewed for the Mercy Home, the East Lake orphanage and the Mother Goose club, as well as made waists and pants for refugee children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

Boston, September S.-Showers today made prospects dubious for the fourth game of the worlds series between the Boston American league champions and the Chicago National league pennant winners. Both teams arrived late to- night from Chicago for the deciding games, the first of which is scheduled for Fenway park tomorrow.
 While Manager Mitchell of Chicago intimated that Hendrix, his star right handler might pitch the opening game here, Rex Sox followers would not be surprised to see him come back with Lefty George Tyler, who won his game, 3 to l, in Chicago last Friday. Thus far Mitchell has used only his two great southpaws, Vaughn and Tyler, not only because the Red SoX are supposed to be weak against left-handers, but also because Babe" Ruth. Boston's mighty batsman, has made fewer of his big blows against portsiders than against Iright-handers.
 Ruth. who won the opening game in Chicago, is favored by Manager Bar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

bats right; height, 5-9; weight, 175; mar ried.
 Robert OFarrell-Born in Waukegan October 19, 1896; throws right; bats right: height, 5-9 weight, TO; single.
 Charles Pick-Born in Rustberg, Va, April F, 1888; throws right; bats left; height, 5-91a; weight, 165; married.
 Elwood c. Martin-Born in Wawawai, Wash, September 15, 1893; throws right; bats right; height, 6; weight, 16S.
 Thomas A. Clark-Born in New Y oriS city June 16. 1888; throws right; bats left; height, 5-101a; weight. 172; married. Poetry and pots and pans do not mix in the army. At least that is the experience of Oscar Leroy Howe, a Kansas soldier poet Howe, known as the ''poet" of an infantry regiment at Camp Funston, obtained a furlough and went to his home at Hutchinson. He forgot" to return. He had been detailed to the pots and pans of his company. He was arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

within six months after final passage of the bill the claimant shall relinqush all rights claimed by him in the suits It also provides that no person who has been guilty of fraud shall be granted a lease. This section was designed espe- cially to do away with claims to leases m the California naval reserves, which nave been contested in the courts for many years, and to permit parts of these reserves to be. operated.
 The Senate draft bars from leases only persons who have been guilty of fraud in the location of any oil or gas lands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
MISSING, RING LOCATED

He was an American soldier. He had been wounded in the recent heavy fighting on the Marne After pass ing through field hospital he was evacuated to the rear and at base hospital was operated upon. The third finger of his left hand. upon which he wore a plain gold ring, was am- putated When he recovered conscious ness the ring was nowhere to be found He addressed himself to the hospital staff but nobody there had seen it.
 Hearing that the home communca-
 ton service of -he American Red
 Cross would help him. as it had
 helped many other American boys he wrote letter to Major AL
 len asking the American Red Cross to look for the missing ring
 The home communication service
 promptly got to work and all the hos
 pitals evacuation stations and camps
 through which the man had passed
 were notified of the loss. A few days
 later the Paris bureau received a
 small package which bore no identiff-
 cation from whence it came and was accompanied by no letter of explana-
 ton It contained the missing ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

Managers Mitchell and Barrow were extremely conservative regarding the pos sible outcome of the series. The latter declared his team was in better position 7 to win since it had an advantage of one game and also was favored by playing at home, adding that his club appeared to be the stronger in pitching and hitting and with that combination, he hoped to win He would not divulge the name of his pitcher for tomorrow's game, but 1t was believed he would start Babe Ruth. j Mitchell is also resorting to a little strategy. He asserted that he had not decided on a pitcher, but his selection would likely be made from George Tyler. Phil Douglas and-Claude Hendrix. Mitch ell and his men profess to be as confi- dent of winning as they were before the series began.
 They acknowledge they have not batted heavily, but believe they will do better on foreign territory. They are not wor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Private Bruhy Killed
 in Airplane Accident

San Antonio. September S.-Announce- ment was made today that Private liar vey A. Bruhy, of Kelly field, was also Killed yesterday when Lieut.. Walter f. Buck of New London, Conn.,. fell with ms machine at a distance of 4000 feet. Bruhys home was at West End, Wis.
 Kelly field officials now attribute the accident to wing collapse, as the result of breaking wires. It is stated that no sign of foul was found in the wreckage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Greeks Anxious to Fight,
 Say Athens Newspapers

Athens. September S.-The newspapers of Athens today called attention to the
 eagerness of the Greeks in Palestine to participate in the war.
 Both the Greeks, mobilized and those
 not vet called. have asked that they be
 enlisted at SaloWki in the Greek army ana the first contingent of volunteers has left for the Macedonian capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Fire Destroys Paintings
 in Naval Warehouse

New York, September Sire in naval warehouse here tonight destroyed valu- able paintings, furniture and snip fix lures removed from interned German liners.
 Among the paintings destroyed were those from the former vaterland and the President Lincoln, of the Hamburg American iine, some done by famous European artists.
 The silver service of the Vaterfand and tRe liners grand stairway were destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
DRAFTEES KEEp AT WORK

In letter to Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross. President Wilson expressed the hope that all Red Cross workers within she new draft ages-1S to 45-continue to render service unless and until specif- 'ically called to other and more im- sportant duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Red Cross Bulletin

The work of the American Reo Cross has grown to such propor- tiohs in it's efforts to relieve SUI fering humanity that The Age-Hef- aid will publish a Red Cross oclis- tin daily. Contributions to thls column from workers throughous the district will be welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
s2O,o ,ooo REVENUE MONTHLY

The Los Angeles chapter gets moro than $20,000 a month revenue from the salvage and shop. The public. is not taxed there is no .'digging in their pockets fdr the Red Cross Instead they are asked to save things thoy threw away before. Tinfoil from cxar- cite packages, Sbottles waste paper, paper boxes, old electric light bulbs, auto tires, scrap iron, old clothes and bits of iewelry and trinkets are just few of the items salvaged.
 Salvage provided a new field of ac- tivity for the juniors of the Red Cross. They can be used in collection of the salvage, in sorting work at the chap ter warehouse and even assistingAlp the selling of the products at the saIv- age shop.
 In New Orleans efforts are being centered on organization-sele of the warehouse and shop and getting the necessary staff-while plans for a big publicity campaign are being arranged. Emil " Stier, secretary or the New Or leans charter, is arranging the chapter plans.
 Information regarding the organiza- tion. revenue. publicity, and other de- tails will be readily and gladly given by MT Kramer, or his associates at the office of the gulf division, 225 Postoffice building. New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

There are United States prisons at AL lanta, Ga. Fort Leavenworth, Kan, and at McNeilst tlsland, state of Washington, besides naval prisons at Mare Islan3, Cal; Boston and Portsmouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09

All of which makes the 1918 series per- haps the most interesting of all because it involves players who were developed by almost dozen different managers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
Cubs and Red Sox To Lock Horns m Fourth
 Game Of Series Today
Rival Mines Resume Hostiltes in Boston With Ruth and Tyler as Probable Pitching Selections-Cubs Expect Sam Jones to Work-Btter Feeling Exists Be-
 tween Two Contenders

existed the Chicago the Boston Red the worlds championship they travelled
 
 exchanged the players There trouble their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-09
SALVAGE AND SHOP

Salvage and shop is the latest &C., tivity of the gulf division. The bureau is working under the bureau of de- velopment of which Mrs. c. H. Mober- ly is director. Albert Kramer is as- sistant in charge of the salvage shop and his associates are Harry Good man and Peter Jung, Jr. They are successful business men of New Or leans, and are enthusiastically pre- senting the subject to chapters now.
 Organization plans have already been sent out in the chapters and many ln- quiries have been received. New Or leans will be the first of the big gulf division cities to add salvage and shop to it's activities, calculating that at least s75000 year can be made for the chapter.
 An elaborate advertising and public ity campaign is being outlined at the division headquarters to insure the success of the. work for all chapters.
 Salvage got it's start in the pacific division of the Red Cross and Los An- geles, success is being used as an ex- ample of what can be done with en- thusiastic cooperation of the public rd ;oitx
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-19
Observation-Disclosures
Tomato Vinegar.

In attempting to utilize the tomato
in as many ways as possible, 1t IS not
uncommon practice, especially with
tomato club girls. 10 make what Is
termed "tOmutO vinegar" This pred
uct Is not vinegar, although 1t has
u sour taste and to a certain extent, as
in salads and for table purposes, can
be used as a substitute for vinegar.
1t IS really a Tactic acid fermentation
instead OF acctic acid aud for this rea-
son Is more like sour milk and sauer-
kraut juice. 1t spells rapidly after
fermentation unless IT Is put into bot
ties, filed as full as possible, ana
corked tight. After opening and ex-
posture to the air the product will spoil
unless kept very cold. In making this
product the juice IS collected ana nj
lowed to stand In warm place for IA
few days. After II becomes sour 1t
should be filtered or strained and
stored In bottles filled full ana corked
tight. 1t Is said that products of this
/ type are being used as substitutes for
vinegar In Austria. There appears to
be no reason why such Il product could
not be used In salad and meat dress
ings with entire satisfaction.