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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

As usual, Slapnicka pitched good
 brand of ball in the first game, but with Palmero going like house afire and the Barons hitting like their bats were made of straw, the result was never in doubt. The visiting moundsman set Moley's boys down with two scratches and two legitimate hits, while his team
 mates were tallying pair of markers
 The Travellers put over one in the first
 frame on successive singles by Walsh
 Distell and Hyatt. They counted again
 in the third on Walsh's hit, Slapnicka s
 error on Distclls bunt base on balls to
 Hyatt and Fishers sacrifice fly. In the
 fourth inning Umpire Shafer called the
 fourth ball on Hyatt when Slap threw to third base. This decision created quite
 an argument and resulted in Moley pro-
 testing the game. Shafer's work behind the bat was exceedingly crude and fuliy
 up to his reputation, made in other towns
 around the circuit. With the exception 1of the two innings when they scored, the INisitors never got as far as second base ' The Barons were pitiful at bat in that
 first contest. Duncan walked in the first lstanza, after two were out, and stole sec lond Bernsen scratched an infield nit, lbut was out a mile when he tried Tor
 second while Brock held the ball. Not another local player reached the Key lstone, so effective was Palmero worklns. sEsddie Mcdonald was put out Of the lirst game for objecting too strenuously 10 1Shafer's decision and Jansen went 10 third in the third inning. Montegut made his debut before local fans and fielded lperfeetly all day, slamming out neat Isingle off Palmero in the first encounter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Tro,eIers PLov LnSf Come Here T0dov SPORTS
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. ooRBETr.

the other hand Plestina had trown stecher to the mat several times and had him on the run. Frank Gotch, who saw the contest, said that Plestina got the worst deal from referee that ne ever saw in his life, and certainly agree with him
 Since then all the trust wrestlers have stayed away from Plestina because they are afraid of him. Plestina won't enter into deals and will not lay down to any living man or for any amount of money. The trust" wrestlers have kept away from Plestina as much as pos sible, but he has them on the run nov and they will either have to give him q
 match or go back to the woods.
 One thing you can depend upon, te
 Plestina ever gets match with those
 fellows, Is that he never will agree to ss
 referees decision is there is no fall in two hours. That is, as you know, a camouflage to hoodwink the good pub lie. Whoever before in the h6story or wrestling from the days of the Creek
 grapplers down to this minute heard of a referees decision in wrestling?
 Relieve me, when they wrestle Ples- tina they are not going into a pingponS match all cooked up in advance. Tho man who wrestlers Plestina will work | from the tap of the gong and when the | referee does give decision you can de- pend upon it that it will not be until one l of the two fellows shoulders are pinned l tight to the mat And my guess is that 1 the shoulders won't belong to Plestina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York. May IT -(SpeciaI.) Clearing weather in the eastern belt, together. with clear. warm veather in the west and predictions that the same would continue for the next few days. brought an easier market here today. The south was moderate seller from time to time, and crop re- ports were somewhat more favorable than has recently been the case. There was not much increase in the volume of demand from the trade. so that the market eased off slowly all day. Liv- erpool had selling orders at the close which brought about the lowest quota tions The census bureau report on consumption for April was somewhat smaller than had been anticipated, but the figures were so near in line as to have little influence on the market. Hubbard Iros. & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Deserter From Camp
 Wheeler Given 25 Years

Macon, Ga, May 14.-Harold J. Reyes, member of the 124th infantry regiment, 31st division. was founi guilty of deser- tion by Camp Wheeler court-martial to- day and sentenced to 2 years in the dis ciplinary barracks at Fort Leavcnworth Reyes claimed New York as his home. but officers say he is from Virginia.
 Reyes was arrested recently at Salt Lake City. Utah, on charge of deser- ton and impersonating an officer. He is said to have escaped twice. the last time while being brought here. After he was recaptured officers brought him here, where he has been held under heavy guard awaiting trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
VOLUNTEERS LOSE
 BY ERROR ROUTE Mobile Wins on Bunched Hits and Miscues-POnds
 Makes Double Play

Mobile. May 14-Mobile punched four hits with three errors in the seventh inning today, to score four runs enough to beat Nashville in the sec ond game of the series. 1 to 2. De- catur had held Mobile to three hiss until the seventh. when two hits anu his wild throw gave Mobile two of its four runs Nashville threatened in
 the ninth and had scored one run ana had the bases filled with one out when Ponds grabbed O'Brien's line hit for an unassisted double play. Score;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
SECOND GAME

\ Big Tim Murchison, the giant south lpaw. was sent to the hill in the second
 1cdntest to oppose Ralph Comstock. Tim
 lhsAd just worked in and won three games Hast week, but the kid ran him in any |lHow. The Travellers counted two Tn the livery first inning without a safe hit |llIoran was safe on McDonalds error and NJyent to third, when Comstock threw EtMalsh's bunt to right field. Distell and
 3Hyatt then walked, forcing in Moran
 a Red Smith threw to center field trylnS Etc catch Distell off second and Waish M scored. Commy struck out three men III |i this inning The visitors put over thelf
 N last run in the sixth on Hyatt S tWo-
 N ba gger. followed by Grimm $ single II
 d looked like it was all over in the elgtn'
 VI when Distell led off with a three-base
 S cIo,lt hut right here young MonteSue K showed some baseball brains when ns 9 took Fisher's grounder and threw Hyatt ' who had walked, out at second Clark
 9 9completing the double play to flrst anu < stholding Distell on third It was pretly Apiece of work Grimm skied to Eddie TOT
 4 the third out ,... NJ (In the second frame Southworth hit
 8safe and was going to third on Clark JsAn gle when he fell and was thrown Hot,t It was the fourth inning before athe fans had any hopes for the Barons' zIbuncan received one of Murchison aIants on his dome and went down to
 isftrst in a belligerent frame of mind. Bhiy whose hitting was feature Aof the game, drove a two-bagger 10 denter. scoring Pat. In the next sessloh iMontegut walked, stole second and came Abome on Eddie McDonald's single 10 cen
 ster The credit for saving the contest
 Sbelongs to Pat Duncan whose slngie 'o
 scenter after two were doWh III tis soN ( cnth brought Mcdonald nome Wlth .ns ,1tv;nr r;,n after the head one had walked Band taken second on Jansens elean aliNe. |5 Comstock was taken out in the seventh M ;nnino to allow Haworth to hit for him (and Hill pitched the last inning Jansen |stook Altenbergs place in center m tne Etifth frame and Tuero succeeded Murchi- i1son in thes anne stanZa, after the iocais |3 eon in the same stanza, after the locass Al Moley announces that only one gahe
 M will be played today, the tie or yestei- |adav going over until the Travellers return Nbere next month Hill will work tor the |sRarons and probably Robinson for Lltue |aRock. Moley was elated last nlght over |dtha showing of his new shortstop ana N nointed to his doublep lay as life-saver lin that second contest.
 Hurrah for Bill!
 |j st.. Louis, May 14.-William Dilhoeter, catcher for the Philadelphia Nationals |3who figured in the trade last fall tha' 9hro,,ght the Alexander Killifer battery Hto the Chicago Nationals, announced to- |1dav that he has enlisted in the army Hand will leave the club next week. Dll- |ahoefer was with the Cubs last season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
SPORTS EDITED BY R. P. MDAvID, JR.
Palnaero Holds Barons In
 First; Second Ends in DraU
Slapnicka Twrls Good Game, But Teammates Weak With the Stick-Duncan, Southworth and Me Donald Save Second Contest-Hill to
 Oppose Robinson Today

heardng thrills those fans who had ven yesterday first bargain day bill of the season
 watching Moleys ball Kid Elberfed The frst con
 Palmero with the lat to paed the fire the seventh nn brought in the and eft the hono nothorSi Sidn ahIe etoh hreakt The deadlock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
KIDS WILL HAVE BIG
 TIME AT RICKWOOD
 THIS AFTERNOON

This is the afternoon that hun dreds of kids will pile into Rick wood to view the ball game as the guests of The Age-Herald. Coupons that appeared in the Saturday and Sunday editions of this paper are now in the hands of these boys and will be brought out by the score this afternoon. If your boy didn't clip one of these free tickets. look. back few days thruogh your old papers and get it for him. Anyobdy i2 years of age or under will be admitted on these coupons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Faher Rests Perry

Philadelphia, May 14-Faber defeated Perry in pitching battle this afternoon, Chicago winning 8 to O. The first hit off Perry followed a pass to Murphy, and Gandil's sacrifice fly scored the winning run with a double, and himself scored run wit ha double. and himself scored the final tally on J. Collins single. Faber held Philadelphia htless for six and two- thirds innings, not a man reaching first. Score: R.H E. Chicago . GOO 102 000-3 6 0 Philadelphia ...s....... Ooo ooo Voo-o ]
 Batteries: Faber and Schalk; Perry and Perkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
.LOOKOUTS SHUT
 OUT BY PEL|CANS Bailey Holds Chattanooga Helpless After the First
 Two Innings

New Orleans, May H.-New Orleans made it two straight over Chattanooga by winning the second game of the se- ries, 6 to o, here today. Purdue was hit hard in the first two innings, and though he allowed no runs. was taken out in favor of Bailey. who held the visitors helpless the rest of the game. Merritt proved easy for the locals. Score;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Little Rock 2-3, Birmingham 1-s Second game called in eighth) Memphis 3, Atlanta o.
 New Orleans 6, Chattanooga 0. M obile 4, Nashville l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Hurrah for Bill!
Recention at White House

Washington, May 14.-The Presideht ,nd Mrs. Wilson received at the White uouse today soc women attending a conference here of the womens com ,aittee of the council of national de- fcnse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Pneumatic Tubes Approved

Washington, May 14-Federai ac- auisition of pneumatic mail tube sys- tems in six of the largest cities of tha country vas approved by the Sen ate late today An amendment to the postoffice appropriation bill authoriz- ing s4.4sa,0 for their purchase and operation which ostmaster General ssr-ieson has opposed was adopted, g to IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

SUMMARY. Stolen Base-Duncan 1. Double Plays-Clark to Bernsen; Hy att to Grimm.
 Sacrifice Hits-Fisher, Grimm. Base on Balls-Off Slapnicka 1, Pal nero 8.
 Left on Bases-Litt1e Rock 5, Bir- mingham ?. Struck Out-Slapnicka ', Palmero 2. Time of Game-2:20 Umpires-Schaeffer and Brennan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
CRACKERS CAN'T
 WIN FOR LOSING Vance Shuts Out Frank furters With Ease and
 Stars at Bat

Atlanta May f4.-Vance held Atlanta to three hits and Memphis won the open ing game of the series today, to Q. The Memphis pitcher also led his team s attack at bat, getting two safe bunts. single and a double. There was good fielding by Crane and Aragon. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Games Today

Chicago at Washington. St. Louis at New York. Detroit at Boston.
 Cleveland at Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

Summary: Sacrifice hts, HaSDrook. Damrau Bennett Stolen bases, El- lam. Double plays Baker to McCon- nell to Kauffman O'Brien to Ellam; :; Ponds (unassistel). Struck out by Bennett 4. Bases on balls. off Ben- nett 2, off Decatur 2. Left on bases, Nashville 6. Mobile 2. Time. 40 Um- pires Breitenstein and Chesnutt..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Wins Final

Pittsburg, May 14.-After losing the first two games. New York took the final game of the series with Pittsburg today, 3 to ?. 1t was hard-fought game, tne home team endeavoring to make clean sweep O.. the series. The feature or the game Vas a catch of a foul near the back-stop screen by Schmidt score
 R.H E. N vor,, O21 900 OO0-3 3 pittshu~e GOO OO2 O00-2 8 l Batterles: Barnes and McCarty; Mill Ter Hammond and Schmidt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

Every year the prodigal population of this country allows s200000, 900 worth of buildings to go up in smoke. and according to the figures one out of every eight buildings which burns is set on fire by some outside agency, such a3 the dropping of sparks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Chicago Bankers Found Guilty

Chicago, May 14.-Three officers of tho Auburn State bank, Chcago, which was wrecked year ago, were found guilty of embedding the banks funds today Under the indeterminate sem tence law, they are subject to impris- onment from one to 10 years. The con- victed men are Thomas Mcfarland. Mark r. Bransfield and William J. Cline
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

Summary: Two-base hts, Vance, Car- roll. Struck out, by Vance 4, by Bren- nan l. Bases on balls, off Brennan 2, off Vance 8. Sacrifice hits. Stark, Picinich. Stolen base, Strait. Hit by pitched ball, by Brennan (BratchD. Time of game. 1:5o. Empires, Pfenninger and Robertson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Boston ,, Chicago 0.
 Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4. New York 3, Pittsburg 2. Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
International League

Ali Baltimore: Baltimore :, Rochester ]. At Binghamton Bingham > Syra- cuse ell innings)
 At Jersey City: Jersey City- ioron'o- wet grounds a. At Newark: Newark Duiiaio ' grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Games Today

Boston at St. Louis.
 Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Chicago 3, Philadelphia 0. Cleveland 4, Washington ?. Detroit New York; rain. St. Louis Boston; rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

At Fort Worth: Fort Worth S Hous- At shreveport: Shreveport g.. Dallas !. At Waco Waco l, San Antonio ;.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Games Today

Little Rock at Birmingham. Memphis at Atlanta. Chattanooga at New Orleans. Nashville at Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Winning Streak Broken

Chicago, May H.-Jim Vaughn wln- ming streak was broken today when Bos- ton punched hits behind some errat'c fialdine and shut out Chicago, to O. yauehn had won five games without a defeat this season. Filllnggim Kept tho hits of the locals well scattered ana was riven fine support when the locals threatened.
 Rehg wrenched his ankle in sliding into second lase and had to retire from the
 Score. (R.H. E. pa.tnr 101 300 O00-5 F l l,,-.so GOO 600 O00--0 2
 Ratteries: Fillingim and Wilson; Vaughn, Hendrix and killiter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

SummarN. HltS appOTIIUHtU, UfI I uI ' due, with no runs in two inninssi off Merritt, s with earned and l unearned runs in seven innings. Two-base hits. Gilbert, Compton Sacrifice hits, Ear bare. Graham Stolen base, Baroare' Double plays, Flagstead to Higgins; Bar bare to Hemmingway to Bluhm; Demoe to Phelan; Stansbury to Hemmingway to Bluhm. struck out, by Merritt 1, by Bailey i. Time, Sl Empires, Kerin and Carpenter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

The other day a letter came to me from Burns, which gives his own idea of Ples- tina. And in submitting his letter l wans to say that Burns, who was associated with Gotch for many years, has almost infalliole judgment in the ability of wrestlers.
 The letter of Burns in part says:
 "Plestina, in my opinion, is the best wrestler in America today. I will bet my own money on him against any hv- ing man. 1 trained Plestina for 22 months and you know, Jim, I never would have given even two months of my time 10 any man unless l knew he had the maKings of champion. Plestina has style different from Gotch and dif- ferent from any other wrestler, but you can take it from me that it is a style that will enable him to defeat any wrestler that he tackles.
 "Plestina is absolutely on the square. wrestling trust" As a result of this he has been boycotted by every grappler with that trust and, to a man, they have Cor infamous) match in Omaha last year. 1t was there that he wrested Joe Stech- CT for two hours and had the best of him throughout the entire contest. But Ples- tina was robbed of sure victory by the referee awarding the match to Stecher because Plestina refused to do as the referee told him-to get down on the mat and give Stecher hold. Such a reques. Cor order) was never before given or even thought of in a game of sports. Stecher throughout that entire match never had been able to throw Plestina. to the mat or even had a real hold on him, while on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

Cincinnati, May A.-Cincinnati ex- tended it's winning streak to five straight games today by beating Brooklyn, to l. in 10 innings George Smith, recently se- cured from the New York club, pitched great ball and would have scored shut out but for an error by $. Magee The latter, however. drove over both ms teams runs by singles. Five fast double plays featured the game. Johnston made four of Broolyn's six hits, having per feet batting record for the day fhe winning ru nwas scored Tn the ten,h on singles by L. Magee, Rousn ana ;. Magee. Score: R'H U. praolrI,, GOO 0l0 900 0--1 $ 0 Isinoinrati O00 GOO 010 l-2 g 2
 Batteries: Griner and Miiler' ohitn and Wingo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
w. P. Johnson Reelected
 Mayor of Gadsden

Gadsden. May 14.-(Special) )-Mayor w. r. Johnson was reelected by ma jority of s7 votes over former Mayor w. G. Bellenger, in the municipal pri- maries yesterday President of the council, c. A. Stevenson, was reelected over Alderman w. Fl. Portner by almost three to one. The new alder men are as follows: First ward, c. H. Myricll and Edward Plckard; Second ward. C. T. ColSer and Frank Gull pepper; Third ward, w. c. Cox and Lee w. Murphy; Fourth ward Robert W. Camp and F. J. Owen.
 At a Red Cross rally at the Gulf States Steel plant, the proposition was submitted that each cmploye devote at least one days earnings to the fund. Although the campaign there does not open until tomorrow morning, numbers of the men contributed imme- diately and several hundred dollars was raised. following talks by super intendent A. L. Connors and others.
 Many Masons of Gadsden, Alabama City and Attal1a will leave here tomor- row morning in special cars on the Louisville and Nashville to attend the ceremonial and corner stone laying at the Birmingham postofice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Phillies Defeat Cards

St. Louis, May l4-Phiiaoeipnia LOOK see-saw game from St. Lotus tooay' 10 A. visitors won the game in the eighth inning. when Cravath doubled. scoring s..a, score. R.H E. os'.,s aoi,hia 100 O03 O1O--5 ' Q l. ,a,,is POI GOO 1O0--4 S ,
 Ratte,ies: Hog and Burns; Doak and Snyder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Two Out of Three

Washington, May H-Cleveland made it two out of three in the first series of it's eastern invasion by defeating Washing ton here today, to ?. Lavan's error enabled Cleveland to score the deciding runs. Score: RI E. Cleveland ... o02 002 0NO--4 8 0 Washington ........ GOO GOO 200-2 9 ?
 Batteries: Morton and ONeill; Ayers, Shaw, Harper and Ainsmith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

Marin Plestina's claim that the mem hers of the Big Four in the wrestling game are afraid to meet him are upheld by no less an authority than Martin C'Fariner'D Burns, one of the most won derful judges of grapplers in the world.
 Those who have followed the wrestling game through the last year or so prob ably are familiar with the many newspa- per controversies that have come aoout through Plestina's futile challenging of Earl Caddock. Joe Stecher Ed C'Strang-
 ler') Lewis and Waldek Zbyszki. These men, known as the Big Four" in the
 wrestling game, have wrestled each other quite often during the past year, but each has avoided q meeting with Plestina, who was acclaimed by the late Frank
 Gotch as the coming heavyweight wrestling champion of the world" Plestina, in explaining his failure to get matches with any of the four fre- quently has asserted that there IS 4 wrestling trust" and that the domi- hating forces in it refuse to match him with one of the Big Four" because they are afraid Plestina will win. Plestina, in his efforts to get a match with any
 one of the Big Four has gone so far as to make these conditions:
 1. He will wrest1e any of the four men, toned to finish match. best two falls !, out of three, winner take all, and agrees that if he wins to give every cent of his earnings to the army and navy fund. In case he is defeated he will donate $ldo0 out of his own pocket to the Red Cross.
 2 He will permit Lewis to get his ia nous headlock on him and when this is secured the match is to start. And PlestinA will wager odds of ? to 1 that he can defeat Lewis. best two falls out of three.
 B He wial permit Zbyszko to get his deadly toe hold on him, and then the match is to start and Plestina will lay odds of ? to that he can defeat Zbyszko. best two tails out of three.
 f He will wager even money he can | throw Zbyzsko three, times in an hour. 5 He win lay odds that he can defeat either Stecher of Caddock in a finish l match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Score by innin gs.

Nashville ..,........... 100 900 ool--Z Mobile 900 900 40'--4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
American Association
TEXAS LEAGUE

No games scheduled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15
Double Plays Feature Game

Ter, Hammond and Schmidt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-15

e,battanooea ..0 900 GOO GOO --C Naw Orleans s1o 100 03t otx--t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-04
BELLOWS FALLS.
Married Fifty Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry S. Frost OBJ
served the 50th anniversary of their
marriage at their home on Atkinson
street Saturday evening. They were
married June !, 1865, in Saxtons River
and after living there two years moved
to Derby Line where Mr.. Frost con-
Quoted a livery stable for years. They
then came here where he continued in
the livery business for so years.
Mr. Frost was born September l6
1916. Mrs. Frost was born in West
minister May /, 1S4S, daughter of DIR
Edward Campbell.
The celebration consisted of family
reunion and gifts of flowers and gold
The living children are Charles Frost
4 member of the local firm of Cote s
Frost, contractors and dealers in mm
Der, Mrs. w. V. Camp of Springfield
and Miss Edith Frost, who lives a
home