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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
COLUMBUS, MISS.

! Columbus, Miss, December 7.-(Spe-
 cial. .)-Teams representing the Louis
 ville, Miss, High school and the stephen
 D. Lee High school of this city, played
 a football game here Friday afternoon,
 the contest resulting in a victory for
 the visitors by a score of 19 too.
 A cablegram has been received from
 Rev. S. l.. Pope, who recently resigned
 as pastor of the First Methodist church
 to go to France as Y. M. c. A. secre-
 tary. in which he states that he has
 safely reached his destination.
 The Lee Guards, a crack military or |ganization at the Mississippi A. and M. college near Starkville. had planned to give dance at the Choctaw club in this city Friday night, but recrudes- |cent outbreak of Spanish influenza in several east Mississippi towns from which visitors were expected made 1t necessary to indefinitely postpone the entertainment.
 The regular fall tarm of circuit court for Pickens county Alabama, which was held at Carrollton last week was pre- sided over by Judge Floyd Tate, who recently rendered his resignation as prosecuting attorney. Hon. Henry B. Foster, the regular judge, was de- tained by official business in Tusca- loosa, and it was necessary to name a special judge to preside over the Pick ems county court.
 The First National bank. a new financial institution at Reform, Pick ems county, Alabama. recently opened l it's doors for business. The bank has started out most auspiciously deposits on the opening day having, according to statement made by one of the of icials, exceeded it's entire capital stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBE1-r


 The Olympic Athletic club of New tween John L and myself, decided to make the first week of September, 1892, one for a remarkable fistic carnival It matched Jack McAuliffe with Billy Meyers :G a battle for the lightweight championship and on the next night George Dixon and Jack Skelly clashed with the featherweight championship of the world at stake. following on the next night with our heavyweight championship contest.
 The battle with Dixon marked Skel- ly's first professional bout, giving to him the unique distinction of being the only man who ever aeaped directly from the, amateur ranks to fight for a worlds championship in profess sional division
 Early in 1892 Skelly fought Johnny German in New York. State Senator Reynolds who was in the audience, had bet big sum of money on. Skelly to win. In the opinion of a large por- ton of the audience Skelly was an easy victor on points but the referee gave the decision to German amid a storm of misses and jeers.
 The robbery" of Skelly so in- censed Reynolds that immediately aft CT the fight was over he went to one of the newspaper offices in New Yorl, and announced:
 '.Ill back Jack Skellv against George Dixon or any other featherweight in the world for side bet of from $5ono to Sa0000." And to show that he meant business Reynolds posted for felt of &1o00 with the sporting editor of the paper.
 The challenge created considerable sensation. Officials of the Olympic Athletic club, realizing that the bou. would be a big card. matched Skelly and Dixon to meet during Flight Week" in New Orleans The purse and stake which totaled $l7.500, was the biggest money ever hung up for a featherweight contest up,1to that time and that only added to the interest +, the clash between the great negro pro- fessicnal and the pale-skinned anna teuA
 1 skelly. who arrived in the south some weeks before the first date, was strick en witfN mild attack of malaria fever about 10 days before the fight took place His friends insisted that he cancel the match as. in his conditie n he did not seem to have a real chance i to win. Danny Gallagher who was Skelly's trainer. ordered Skelly to can- eel sthe bout. But Skellv insisted ht couldn't duck the match then and cause his hackers to lose thelr StakeS Then I'm through with you." cut in Gallagher. whereupon he packed ul h,s clothes and took the first train back to New York. leaving Skelly with out a trainer.
 Two days before the fight the crown 1 ing bit of misfortune came to Skelly through the misguided efforts of one of his packers. This fellow decided that splendid way in which he could get Skelly into condition was to send him against the toughest possl. tbie sparring partner. So he selected Johnny Griffin, a fast and hard-l1it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
BROOKLYN MAN
 DIDN'T LIKE PARIS

Paris. November S.-He was spluttering with the helpless indignation of the man who wants to tell folks what he thinks of them and can't pronounce the words, when he came into the Y. M c. A. head quarters. Two gendarmes with ferocions mustaches and friendly eyes shepherded him into the room.
 "L'Americainei" they announced, sim ply, and turned away with the air of those who have done their duty. They had learned that the Y. M. c. A. would always look after the American soldier in France.
 What's the matter?" asked the secre- tary.
 Matter? There ain't anything the mat ter with me-" said the American soldier, angrily You better ask them police men what's the matter with them. Say, they couldn't hold down job 10 minutes In New York. They can't even talk just make noises" What did you want to talk to. them about?' inquired the Y. M. c. A. man. "Oh, I just want to ask the way back to the station, that's all. left my rifle and my pack in the corner, and came up to see Paris. Now I got to go back to catch my train
 Where do you live back homer" asked the Y M. c. A. man. Brooklyn" said the American soldier. 'I'll just telephone and find out where you left your rifle and your pack" said the r. M. c. A. man. A few minutes later he was ready with the desired in- formation, and with directions for getting back to the station"
 "Thanks!' said the American boy. T sure am much obliged. But, say, Paris is funny place. ain't 1t? little cleaner than New York, maybe, but, say, I'd rather be a wart on the nose of the Goddess of Liberty than the whole Eiffel Tower'
 He turned abruptly and went out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
SOUTHERN LEAGUE MOGULS MEET HERE
 ON DECEMBER 10
Plans for Resumption of Play in Dixie Major to Be Made-Uncle Sam Fa-
 vors Game

The annual mfdwinter meeting
 of the directors and stockholders
 of the Southern Association of
 Professional Baseball clubs will
 convene at the Tutwiler hotel
 monday, December 16. President
 R. H. Baugh, who has served as
 chief executive of the league since
 the death of Judge kayanaugh sey-
 eraI years ago. will preside at the
 meeting, which will be held for
 the purpose of making plans for
 the 1919 season.
 It is now practically certain that Dixie's major will enter upon her nine- teenth campaign when the trees be- gin to bud and the sap starts to rise next spring. General March's state naent that baseball would be welcomed by the administration and the an- nouncement by Ban Johnson that the majors would resume play are taken to mean that all minor leagues will be ready to play ball by the time April rolls around
 When interviewed last night over the programme of the coming meet ing of the moguls here, MT. Baugn was inclined to be reticent, but ad- mitted that he could see no reason whatever for not having the grand old pastime with us again next summer.
 "The directors will convene here for the purpose of talking things O. CT and preparing for the coming sprng. What will take place at this meeting I am not in a position to say, but 1t is very likely that everyone will favor a resumption of the sport" said MT. Baugh.
 By playing through June 2s last summer the clubs in the league pro- tected their reserve contracts and ter ritorial rights so, of course, those men who are at liberty to play ball will re- port to their last years team.
 It Is believed that although two- thirds of the players are now in the service, enough of them will have been released by April to allow managers to present teams of Class A strength, The government will probably make special effort to release those players in the service in time to practice with their teams at the spring training camps.
 According to the Sporting News, a 126- game schedule is being considered for the Southern league, play to start May 1. or 10, but this not authentic. and will not be decided until the mo- guls get their heads together here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

SVCl OIdSCh III cAAA1 R~~-
 Discussing the coming meet Bill Streit, one of the high moguls" in southern athletics. said
 Tn 1911 the Birmingham Athletic club decided to organize and promote a yearly cross-country run over the streets of Birmingham to cover a dis tance of not more than three miles. One of the newspapers offered a trophy for the team winning first place two years and the club also gave medals to the first 10 men finishing. The first trophy offered was won by the Acipco Y. M. c. A. and the second trophy has been won once by the University of Alabama and once by Acipco r. M c. A.
 The club this year has already been assured of entries from the University of Alabama, Acipco Y.M C. A., Marion Military institute, the Gulfport Naval training station, Camp Mcclellan and Camp Sheridan.
 Following is all the dope on the race together with the results of previous meets:
 Distance and place: Three miles, through the streets of Birminghan
 Prizes: A handsome silver loving cup will be awarded to the organization whose team finished first, to be held by them for one year. It is to be de- tended by the winner from year to year, and when won three times by the same organization will become their property The individual who finishes first in the race will be awarded a gold medal. the second silver medal, and "a bronze medal will be given to eight of the next eight men finishing. These medals are the personal property of the winners.
 The service trophy will be the per manent property of camp or s. A. T.. G college winning it.
 Teams: Each team will consist of six men and the points of the first five men to finish will be counted for the team prize (silver loving cup.1
 Scoring for team prize-One point will be scored against the man who finishes first, two against the second man, three against the third etc, and the team whose five men have the lowest total number of points will receive the team prize.
 All runners must be members of the Amateur Athletic union and be registered as such on or before December 10, 1913.
 Entries must close December Il, with c. w. Streit, Jr., chairman athletic com mittee Birmingham Athletic club, Bir- mingham, Ala.
 Races start 3 p. m. sharp.
 1911-Won by Birmingham Athletic club; Douglas Streit, Birmingham Ath- letic club. Time: F minutes, flat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
McAdoo Will Work,
 But Draw No Pay

Washington, December 7.--Sccretary McAdoo, who quit the cabinet because his salary was insufficient, now faces the predicament of working two weeks for the government for nothing He will retire as secretary of rho treas ury December Is, and his pay at the rate of s12,000 a year. will stop. Until January 1, however, he will continue as director general of railroads, and for this job he receives not a cent, al- though his regional directors receive s4o,0Oo a year Consequently, from December 1 6 to January i, he will be off the pay rolls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
SHOOTERS SMASH
 ERRAT|C TARGETS Alex Smith of Fayette Visits Gun Club Shoot and Makes
 Good Score

Only few shooters were out to the Gun club Saturday afternoon, and while the windy conditions caused a great many cratic targets good scores were made. Lee Moody was high man in the 5o-target race, with 4s dead birds to his credit.
 Moody had a bad inning in his last p dropping 6 targets and this let Fletcher in on the lead on the 100. Fletcher went out with 92 to his credit while Moody and Mrs Carl tied on 91 for second place. Alex Smith from Fayette visited the club and rolled up a good score.
 The long runs for the afternoon were Mrs Carl B, Moody 32, and Fletcher S2. Scores as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
WESTERN ATHLETICS
 ON PRE-WAR BASIS
Rule Preventing Freshmen From Playing Is Restored by Conference

Chicago, December 7--Intercollesiate athletics in the western conference were restored to pre-war basis today at a meeting of the Big Ten" faculty committee.
 The freshmen rule wiped out when the war department assumed control of the universities to establish student army training camps, was restored, and the faculty committee again came into control of athletics. The committee voted to disregard eligibility rules per- taining to the 1918 football season. which makes it possible for those who played football to compete for four years in that sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

5he country.
 1912-Won by Howard college; Petosky. Young Mems Christian association. Time: 1T minutes 221s seconds.
 1913rWon by Young Mems Christian as- soeiation; Claiborne. Young Mems Chris tian association. Time: 16 minutes. 2s seconds.
 1914-Won by Acipco Young Mems Chris- tian association; Walter Locke. Atlanta Athletic club. Time: 16 minutes, 37 As seconds.
 1s15-Won by Acipco; Walter Locke, At lanta Athletic club. Time: Is minutes, 37 4-5 seconds.
 1s16-Won by University of Alabama; Walter Jones, University of Alabama Time: 16 mfnuets, 19<4- seconds.
 1917-Won by University of Alabama; Walter Jones, University of Alabama. Time: Is minutes, B 2-3 seconds %
 Walter Jones of the University of Ala bama holds record for the course-16 minutes, 8 2-3 seconds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

Fred Blackwell. Pittsburg. N. Boecke1, Pittsburg. Tony Brottem, St. Louis. Douglas Baird, St. Louis. Jchn Brock, St. Louis. R. D. Conway. Boston. Hugh r.. Canavan, Boston. Leon Galore, Brooklyn. J. H. Caton, Pittsburg. Harold Carlson, Pittsburg. Walton Cruise, St. Louis. Murphy Currie, St. Louis. R. K. Burning, Brooklyn. John Driscol1, Chicago. W. M. Di1lhoefer, Philadelphia F. T. Davis, Philadelphia. Harold Elliott, Chicago. William J. Evans. Pittsburg. Dana Fillingim, Boston. T. W. Fitzsimmons, Brooklyn. Hank Gowdy. Boston. Burleigh Grimes, Brooklyn Edward l.. Grant (killed), New York. Marvin Goodwin, St. Louis. D. J. Hickman, Brooklyn. H Heitman, Brooklyn. Earl Hamilton, Pittsburg. Oscar Horstman, St. Louis. Bruce Hit. St. Louis. Clifton Heathcote St. Louis. ". L. James, Boston. John P. Jones, New York. Roy Jenkins, St. Louis. Joseph H. Kelly. Boston. Ernest Krueger, Brooklyn. John Kellegher, Brooklyn. William Killefer, Chicago. Peter Kilduff, Cincinati. William Kopf Cincinnati. Bennie Kauff. New York. George l.. Kelly, New York. Lee King, Pittsburg. r. Knight, St Louis. Cliff Lee, Pittsburg. Willard J. McGraw, Boston. Walter Maranville, Boston. John Miljus, Brooklyn. c. F. Mitchell, Brooklyn. R, w. Marquard, Brooklyn. Lewis Malone. Brooklyn w F. Marriott, Chicago. NJ McGaffigan, Philadelphia. Walter Mails. Pittsburg Ray P. Miller. Pittsburg. Marcus Milligan 0eilled), Pittsburg Jake May, St. Louis .Tohn Miller, St. Louis. Ray Powell, Boston. Edward Pfeffer, Brooklyn. Elmer Ponder, Pittsburg. Walter r. Rehg, Boston. Arthur Rico. Boston. John Russell. Brooklyn. W. $. Royce. New York. w. H. Reuther. Cincinnati. Mike Began, Cincinnati M. c. Rath, Cincinnati Eppa Rixey, Philadelphia. Henry Schreiber, Boston. f John Schmandt, Brooklyn. Sherrod Smith, Brooklyn. F. Sheridan, Brooklyn. Maurice Schick, Chicago. Martin Stilz. Chicago.
 Edward J Sicking, New York. Sterling Striker, New York. Charles D. Stengel, Pittsburg. Jack Smith, St Louis.
 Frank Snyder. St. Louis.
 William Sherdel St. Louis. Walter J. Tragesser, Boston. Ben Tincup, Philadelphia.
 Feb Terry, Pittsburg.
 Charles Ward. Brooklyn.
 Jesse Winters, New York.
 Harry Weaver. Chicago.
 George B. Whitted, Philadelphia F. T. Woodward Philadelphia Hoke Warner, Pittsburg.
 George Winn.. Pittsburg.
 William J. Webb, Pittsburg
 The following is a resume of tn foregoing service roster. and show the number of players who joined th colors from each of the eight Nationa league clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
CARL WINS HONORS
 AT REVOLVER CLUB

At the regular weekly shoot of the Bfr- mingham Revolver club unusually good scores were made.
 Carl won all three matches, scoring sS at 20 yards, s6 at 15 yards and 97 at rapid fire.
 Dr. TroJe was close second in all the matches with S2, S3 and 95 respect ively.
 Some other good scores also were made by Mrs. Carl. Riddle and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Washington December 7-Camp Greenleaf ST. Camp Dix 0.
 At Oxford. Miss: Mississippi A. and NJ. IS; University of Mississippi Q.
 At Jacksonville; Camp Gordon 40; Camp Johnston Q.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Nearly TlUo- Thirds Of AM
 Major Leaguers With Colors
More Than OneHalf of Ball Players in the Service Vol
 unteered Before Draft Law Went Into Effect

baseball clubs the National the 91S ended, with actual
 killed in Uncle Sans in etty much every branch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Annual Cross Country Race
 To Be Held Here Saturday Athletic Club Announces Plans for Eighth Annual Gin
 der Track" Cassc-Walter Jones of U of A. Won Last Two Meets

track championship conducted
 Athletic cub will be the leading colleges and cantonments the souh which added of local talent should offer the best track
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-03-29
ALLEGED RIOTERS SENTENCED
JUDGE HARLAN SENDS The MEN TO The W0RKH0USE
THE CARPENTER
The ShipbuiIding Controversy.
By Frank Duffy, General Secretary.

Because our members quit work last
February in the shipbuilding yards of
Baltimore, Maryland and Staten Is
land, New York, when their grievances
had not been adjusted, their enemies
found fault with them. The Press
berated them ior being unpatriotic
and unprincipled; even Billy Sun
day." when he hit the sawdust trail
in New York City, took slam at
them as being traitors and slackers.
General President Hutcheson was
looked upon as a dangerous man, un-
worthy of being at the head of such
an organization; it was said that GER
tain labor officials repudiated him
and his organization for the stand
they had taken All this and more
was circulated from one end of the
land to the other. Those who were
loudest in their condemnation of the
carpenters knew not whereof they
spoke; if they had known the true
facts they would have been more
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-03-29
NEW KIND Of
EASTER ECC.

Columbus, O.-A new kind of egg
for the Easter nest is on the market
for parents to buy this year. 1t is
a Thrift Stamp.
The Ohio War Savings Committee
has decided to urge parents to buy
the new kind of Easter present for
their children and instill in their
minds the necessity of adding to the
nest-egg, through saving pennies and
buying Thrift Stamps as one of the
ways they can aid in winning the
war 'Not only will the children be
aiding in this way" the state COM
mittee suggests, but the example
set by them in saving their pennies
viii have It's effect upon more mature
minds. Thrift Stamps may also be
sent as Easter greetings to take the
place of the usual card, thus COM
bining the patriotic with the religious
spirit of the day."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-03-29
Pending An Appeal OF The Cases To
A Higher Court, All OF The De-
PENDANTS Are Released.

Judge Walter S. Harlan had his
inning in the game of the State of
Ohio against the alleged rioters The
last inning of the game was played in
the Common Pleas Court on last Tues
day morning and the last man at the
bat was his honor, the judge. His
honor swung with might and main
and when he laid down his bat all
other players were down and out and
all conceded him winner of the first
game There are to be other games
however because notice has been
served of an appeal to a higher court
of all the cases. In his statement to
the defendants when handing out the
sentences, Judge Harlan said that he
is friendly to organized labor and
caused one of the defendants to com
ment as follows: "We're lucky, the
Judge says he is friendly to us. If
he is friendly and gives all this, gee
what if he had been sore at us?
We're lucky"
To the men, the court handed out
sentences ranging from three months
to thirty days in the Cincinnati work
house and fines ranging from $50 to
$500 and to the girls and women he
gave jail sentences of thirty days and
fines of $25 to SIS. He suspended
the jail sentences of the girls pending
their good behavior.
To say that the punishment meted
out was a surprise to all present is
putting it mild. Much comment was
heard. Even those who thought that
SOMEONE ought to be punished
seemed to think that the court was a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-03-29
Imposes Heavy Fines And Jail
Sentences On The Girls. Heavy
Fines For Some Of The lien.

severely those who were more active
than others.
Joseph Steiger and Charles E.
Vaughn should serve thirty days in
the Cincinnati workhouse and each
pay a fine of two hundred dollars and
stand committed in said workhouse
until the fine is paid
Jacob Mortin, Reason Bonner, Louis
Zimmerman, Sebastian Drummer and
Sheldon Norton should serve a SEN
tence of thirty days in the workhouse
at Cincinnati and each pay fine of
fifty dollars and stand committed like
wise.
Mary Williamson, Edith Freiberg,
Anna Freiberg, Alice Biemann, Belle
Howard and Jessie Howard should
each pay fine of seventy-five dollars
and each serve thirty days in the But
ler county Jail, but the Jail sentence
will be suspended during good be-
havior.
Marie Eckert and Rose Clark should
each pay a fine of twenty-five dollars
and be committed to the Butler county
jail for a period of thirty days, but
the Jail sentence will be suspended
during good behavior.
Louis Schalk was also found guilty
of riot, but the Court will withhold
for the present the passing of SEN
tence on him for riot.
William West was also found guilty
of riot, but as the Federal Court has
not passed on his motion for a new
trial on the charge of perjury, the
Court will withhold for the present
sentence on him.
All found guilty Of riot will be re-
quired to give bond for good behavior
during one year, as the statute re-
quires.
The Court takes no pleasure in
passing these sentences, but is oblig-
ed to do so in the performance of it's
duty. 1t sincerely hopes these con-
victions will be such warning and
example to others that there will
never be any more acts of violence
in labor troubles in Hamilton.
The Court has been informed by
counsel that they are at present in
clined to carry these cases to the
court of Appeals. This Court is
clearly of the opinion that no error
has been committed in any of these
cases, and that the verdicts should
stand. However, we have no opinions
by court as to the operation of the
riot law in Ohio. and therefore as to
the riot cases at least this Court has