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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17

WORLDS SERIES OF
 ALL-MILITARY TEAMS

Someone has suggested that after the war is over we will have an all-military league-one made up of players who have done their bit for Uncle Sam and come back to tell the part they played in his tory. All things are possible, so we will suppose that some John McGraw, Charley Weeghman or Harry Frazee will be at the dock when the returning transports land to grab off the home coming heroes for the military league. (hnd if one of them is lucky, and granting that all the diamond athletes return safe and sound, how would this look for team to win the championship in the new third major:'
 Pitchers: Alexander. Pfeffer, Faber, Sherrod smith. Shore, Cadore. Rixey.
 Catchers: Gowdy and Snyder.
 First base Hoblitzel or Ppp.
 Second base: Barry or Wambsganss.
 Shortstop: Maranville.
 Third base: Leonard or McNally.
 Right field: Lewis
 Center field: Rice or Kauff.
 Left field: Earl Smith or Jack Smith.
 Of course as players from day to day are called to service, more stars get in Uncle Sam's uniform and doubtless that team could be improved on. but all the players mentioned already are near vet erans in the service and a few of them at least have been under fire.
 Or perhaps we may have an all-army and all-navy. league as rivals for the favor of the fans, replacing the present American and National leagues. in which case we would expect worlds series with the tackles contesting for the honors against the doughboys. Then we might see these teams staging an October classic:
 ARMY
 Pitchers: Alexander, Carlson, Rixey, Smith. Cadofe
 Catcher: Gowdy.
 First base: Hobltzel. Second base: Schmandt. Shortstop: Eath. Third base: Ward. Right field: Cruise. Center field: Smith. Left field Kauff. NAVY. Pitchers: Faber, Pfeffer, Ehmke, Ham, ilton, Klepfer. Shore. Catcher: Elliott First base: Gamer. Second base: Barry. Shortstop: Maranville- Third base: Leonard. Left field: MenoslSy. Center field: Shorten. Right. field: Lewis.
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And what about the world series?
 Baseball affairs of late have been in
 such chaotic condition that fandom al
 most has lost sight of the fact that there's to be a battle for the world s
 championship just about three weeks hence.
 Who'll be the contestants? It looks like the Cubs and Red Sox. The Cubs have about cinched the Ma tional league bunting. Nothing but a miracle performance by she Giants would enable them to nose out Charlie Weegh-
 mans hirelings. And the day of mir
 acles is gone.
 From the angle it looks very much
 like the Red Sox in the American. True,
 the Indians are fighting desperately and playing more courageous baseball than any Cleveland team in history. 4sut the
 gap that separates them from the top. seemingly small, is great when one re-
 members that only about 20 more com bats are to be fought out Who'll win between the Cubs and Sox? That's the big question. But before you assemble dope in an effort to arrive at the answer. bring to memory the fact that no Boston team ever has lost in a modern worlds series clash Luck always has favored Boston. and luck Is potent factor in the outcome of every sportive battle It's history
 that when a Bostonian outfit needed the
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Among fhe Bleacherites Fair Hits and Foul Chatter Garnered From the National
 Pastime

There's been absolutely no change in the American league standing during the whole week, Boston having held it's two4 game lead without flickering in the sligh.- est. Today the deciding series between the Indians and Red Sox begins in the city of culture and unless Lee Fohl's gang can take at least two of the three games it'll be all over but the obsequies and the slow-moving hacks.
 By winning the first two games Cleve- land will be tied for the lead, but would still have the worst of it as far as get ting away with the final decision for the Red Sox will have an easy time with the Browns, the Tigers and the Athletics in Boston, while the Indians must invade Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago before playing those last two games in St. Louis on Labor Day.
 Morton will probably oppose Babe Ruth in the opening reel of the big programme today If Cleveland wins the odds will will be to against them in the pen nant race, but should they lose all hope will be just about gone.
 The Cincinnati Reds are making up for lost time now and seem determined to finish the season above the 800 mark Matty's club, doped to give the Giants a hard chase for the pennant, floundered at the start of the race and were counted out six weeks ago, but after Hal Chase's suspension the boys took the cue and began playing real baseball. Yesterday they knocked their old teammate, Fred Toney from the mound and by a ninth inning rally came from behind and de- feated the Giants in the last game of the series.
 Billy Southworth regained his batting eye last wHek and clouted the pill safely 15 times out of 8 '.possibles." Twice Bill
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SPORTS
LocAL-BY WIRE

National. was a joke in the world se- rieG of 1917. Hank Gowdy hit PAS during the regular season of 1914 and smashed the horsehide for .545 in the post sea son duel with the Athletics; Faber was the White Sox flinging hero of 1917, al trough nothing great was expected Of him. Sallee, regarded as the Giants 1917 world series mainstay, couldn't make good; Harry Hooper. who cracked out only two home runs in 149 games in 1915, batted out two homers in the single world series game of that year.
 And so, in a world series. you never car tell--except that preseries dope counts for nothing.
 Based strictly on a player for player estimate. the Red Sox have an edge on the Cubs. But the Cubs offset that advantage by a display of greater tean- work Fred Mitchell has his machine run ming as smoothly as any that the game has seen for many years, even though it is made up, as some folks say, of misfit cogs.
 But the edge is with the Sox because they are additionally lucky-and they have Babe Ruth.
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got four hits in one game His base stealing and fielding have kept pace with his stickwork, too.
 The Cubs are getting shaky over an announcement from Washington to the enect that those players who participate in the worlds series will be put in the army at once and they are asking for guarantee from officials before consent ing to play baseball after September morn. the day the work or fight or der hits the national game General Crowder ought to conscript those moguls who held out for late series instead of taking it out on the players who had nothing to do with arranging the details.
 Boston is very lukewarm over base ball now and unless some enthusiasm develops during the present home stay of the Red Sox it is likely that the big inter-league classic will be called off. The Braves didn't have a cor porars guard out to view their recent performances and maybe their Amer ican league townsmen will have more drawing power.
 Cecil Coombs, former Baron and Traveller sunfielder. is now playing with the Staley industrial baseball sential ob now but most of his duties consist m cavorting on the diamond.
 The White Sox have pushed the poor old Tanks into the second division now and are making a strong bid for a thin slice of that worlds series dough in which the first four teams in each league will share.
 Joe Guyon, famous Tech halfback, writes that it's all mistake about his getting a commission in the army. Guy- on IS classed as an alien enemy be- cause he lives at Quemando, Mexico. He will be back at Tech this fall.
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Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES T. coRBrrr.


 breaks" the breaks" were theirs. And. taking advantage of every opportunity, those Hub City athletes battled on to victory in 1903, in 1912. in 1914. 1915 and again in 1916
 There's another great something in fa- vor of the Red Sox. And that some thing is Babe Ruth, the greatest long distance swatsmith in the land. The very fact that Weeghman park. where half the games would be played, has a short right field bodes i'll for the chances os the Cubs.
 Ruth is a tremendous hitter-and he slams to right field. Statisticians have figured it out that once in every five times he goes to bat Ruth hammers a ball far enough to clear the Cubs right field fence. Ruth. in a batting mood in world series, therefore should. annex at least one circuit clout per game in Chicago. And that-especially if there was man or two on bases-might be enough to win the frolic for the red- hosed warriors from Boston. Measuring team, man for man, is old system that rarely, if ever. worked out as 'doped." Regular season form means nothing in a world series. Great hitters have fallen down mserably in the big affair; batsmen who couldn't hit beyond .260 or so in the regular season, went on batting rampages in the blue ribbon event; star pitchers have flivvered: sec ond string men have blossomed into saviors of their clubs.
 Ty Cobb his like bush leagu in every series he played; Benny Kauff, one of the greatest swatsmiths in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
Alexander and Wright Win
 Semi-Final Match at Boston

Boston, August 16-The veteran doubles team, Fred B. Alexander and Beals c. Wright of New York, out classed the western titleholders, w. T. Hayes and Ralph Burdick of Chi- cago, in the lower half of the semi final round of the national doubles lawn tennis championship at the Longwood Cricket club today, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-3 Alexander was very steady and in the rallies Wright showed flashes of the form which won him international fame in Davis cup tournaments. The vest tern titleholders fell off in their game
 The finals tomorrow will bring Alex ander and Wright, each of whom has played on former championship teams. against the youthful sensations. Vim cent Richards of New York and VI IT. Tilden, II, of Philadelphia.
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Itching, Scratching, Skin Diseases
 That Burn Like Flames of Fire

rel and scaly skin. is to purify the blood and remove the tiny germs or pollution that break through and man. ifest their piesc on the surface of the skin.
 People in all parts of the country have written us how they were com pietely rid of every trace of these dis orders hy the rse Of s. s. S. the match less purely vegetable. blood purifier s. $. $. goes direct to the center of the blood supply. and purifies and cieanses 1t of every vcstiSe O. foreign matter giving clear ard rudey complexion that indicates perfect health. Write today for free medical advice regarding your case. Address Swift Specifir Co. lls Swift Laboratory. Atlanta. Ca
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 In the first heat pushed hard by Miss Bertha Dillon, the stallion stepped the half in one minute, and the mile in 2:01%, equaling his own worlds stallion record made last year. St. Frisco won the second and~third heats in 2:04s4 and 2:o3 and the three heats lowered the worlds record for three heats made by Etawah at Lexington in 1914.
 There were only three starters in the pacing division of the Matron stake for a purse of $793. Direct the Work won in straight heats. Allan Watts, driven by Tommy Murphy, won the 2:24 trot after Miss Dewey Watts had taken the first heat.
 Allan Watts won the 2:13 trot on Tuesday, being the only horse to win two races during the week, and giving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
>. Davenport Beats Browns
Indians Take Last Game
Senators Take Long Game

Washington, August 1S.-Entering the ninth inning. with lead of six runs, Harper pitching for Washington, weak ened, with the result that Detroit was able to tie the score and in the sixteenth the visitors made two runs, while the local team could make but one and won the game, 10 2.
 Harper was knocked out of the box in the ninth inning after five runs had been mace put Shaw. who relieved him, tying run. The winning runs in the six teenth inning were the result of errors by Foster, who missed Harper's ground CT booted Bush's low hit and then threw wildly to the plate. Score: R. il. E. Detroit ....-.. 000 Ooo 006 600 O00 2-s l6 a Washington 800 900 100 GOO GOO 1--7 l4 5
 Batteries: kallio Jones'. Cunningham and Spencer; Harper. Shaw, Johnson and Ainsmith.
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CHIEF REGISTRARS FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY

Chief registrars for the registration nave been named by the locaI board of division No. of Jefferson county, and each registrar will be expected to ap- point an assistant registrar for each 50 reglstrants in his division. Those ap- pointed ere as follows:
 oxmoor. l.. w. Randall; Powderly. k. J. Hudnall; Tarrant City. J. Ed Haieier; Leeds, M. Doster: w. A. Armstrong; Trlssville, J. T. stephens; TrussviIle. j.. L. Laster.: Clay or Selfs, T. c. Self; Pin son. J. ". Hawthorn; Irondale, l.. j.. Blair; Let's Store, J. A. Harper; Lewis burg, William A. Cowgirl: Coalburg, j.. c. Burgin; Union, Arthur J. Holcomb; H. Bonnet: Acton, F. w. Acton Pump house. A. M. Bailey; Huffman, John w. Sparkman; New Castle, c. M. Parker: Gardendale. J. I. Kimmons: Inglenook. c. T, Helton; Edsewater, to be supplied.
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Here Is a Sensible Treatment
 That Gets Prompt Results

For real downright harrassing. diss corfort. very few disorders can-ap-
 proach so-called skin diseases such as Eczema. Tetter. Eoils. eruptionS.
 xcaly irritations and similar skin trou- nles. notwithstanding the lavish use of calves. lottona washes. and other treat ment applied externally to the irrit1ted parts
 No one ever heard of person being afflicted with any form of skin diseases whose blood was in good condition. Therefore. it is hut logical to conclude that the proper method of treatment for 1imples. hletchsas sores beilA rough.
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Receipts of the City
 Exceed Expenditures
Municipal Park Shows Good Margin
 of Profits for the City

Comptroller James M. Jones, Jr, has made his July report to the city commis- sior and the receipts for the month total s1c,oe2.17, with disbursements of sls.- 437S1.
 Among the receipts included in the above total is an item of $5O.1S637 re- ceived from the county as road tax. Licenses and fees amounted to $l1 ,675 55, and the recorders court fines and for feitdres aggregate $9,147.37.
 A very noticeable feature of the re- port relative to the receipts is the amount sof sl56l2.2 which was received from the operation of East Lake park. In view of the fact that under $lO,0O0 was charged to East Lake park for expense and permanent improvements, this item will show a very nice profit already for the city on this enterprise.
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CLIFFORD FORBES
 IS SAFE AND WELL

Mrs. Brooks Forbes received a cable. gram last night from her son, Clifford Forbes which read: '"Safe and well,''
 Clifford Forbes is one. of the best known young men in Birmingham and for a his father at the Highland pharmacy. He is in the medical detachment of the 167th infantry, and is supposed to have taken an active part in the recent stir- ring events on the Aisne-M -Marne front.
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Murphy nine winning races for the meeting. The summary:
 Pacing division of the Matron stake for 2-year-olds, two in three heats, purse s79S:
 Direct the Work tMcAllister) 1 i Peter Elliott tMcDonald) ....... 2 ? Hazel Kuestner (SerrilD ..... dis.
 Time-2:11A; 2:061s.
 2:24 trot, three heats, purse 5000: Allan Watts (Murphy) ... 1 Miss Dewey Watts (MDonald) 1 2 2 Marion Todington (Smith) .. ? 8 4
 Easton, Salina Guy, Truxton also ran.
 Time-2:0s2 2:osh 2:os.
 Tree-for-all trot. three heats, purse St. Frisco (Geers) ....,.... Lu Princeton (Cox) ... 8 2 2 Miss Bertha Dillon (SerrilD. 2 3 3 Heir Reaper (Walker) Dis. Time-2:01&; 2:O4%; 2:o3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
FRENCH PROGRAMME
 AT CAPITOL PARK

' A distinctly Frenchs programme is be- ing prepared for the community sing at Capitol park tomorrow night. The or chestra will play compositions by French composers and the songs for everybody will include The Marseillaise."
 The committee is striving t omake the sing one of the most stirring yet given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
Mermaid Sets New Speed
 Record in California

San Francisco, August l6.-A new won- ans record for swimming across San Francisco bay from the foot of Broad way. San Francisco. to the Alameda Mole, was made here today by MISS Csth- erine Flaherty of San Francisco. MISS Flaherty swan the course of five ani ne-half milessin hours 26 minutes $ 80 seconds.
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Mayer Soft for Dodgers

Pittsburg, August 10.-Pitcher May CTS delivery was easy for the Brook lyns during the first six innings of today's game with the Pirates here. He was driven from the box and Brook lyn won, to 1. This is Mayors first defeat since joining the Pirates, after winning eight straight games Scorc:
 R.HE Brooklyn ........300 002 000--5 10 0 Pittsburg .... 900 001 000---1 s6 3 Batteries: Cheney and Miller; Mayer, Sanders and Schmidt, Smith.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Packard Blanks Braves

St. Louis. August 16.-Packard gave Boston three hits today while his team mates pounded the offerings of Ru- eolph to all corners of the field in the first and second innings, when the locals scored all of their runs, St Louis shutting out the visitors to 0. Score: Boston 900 900 000---0 3 2 St. Louis $50 900 00%--S 16 3
 Ratteries Rudolph. Crandall and Wilson; Packard and Gonzales.
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President Wilson has signed bill which empowers the department of justice to equip the Atlanta federal prison that
 prisoners may be employed in the man ufacture of tents, canvas mail bags and
 other material for the government. The Attorney General may set wages to be
 paid the convicts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results Boston ?, Chicago 0. Cleveland F, New York 4. St. Louis 5. Philadelphia ?. Detroit 8, Washington '.
 Games .rodsy Chicago at New York. St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at Boston. Detroit at Philadelphia.
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Reds Rally and Win

Cincinnati, August 16.-After New York had gone to the front in the first
 half of the ninth inning today by
 hitting Schneider freely, Cincinnati came back in the last half. knocked Steele out of the box and won to
 4. after Perritt had relieved Steele.
 Score: R H E |.
 New York .... .000 020 002--4 2 Cincinnati . O03 900 0e2--5 1 Batteries: Toney, Steele. Perritt and Rariden, McCarty; Schneider and
 Wingo.
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Games Today

Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. Boston at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Pittsburg two games).
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A wounded soldier asked what had surprised him most in the battle zone told of finding robins nest in an empty shell case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
Pop Geers Breaks Worlds
 Record With St. Frisco
Famous Stallion Sets New Trottng Mark for Three Heats
 Allan Watts and Direct the Work Win Other Events

Philadelphia by Ed Geer the
  today St Frisco Arie DIlon third
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Mrs Thomas J. Preston, Jr., the White House bride of Grover Cleveland. IS the first woman to be elected a memoer ot the executive committee of the National Security league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Result,

Cincinnati 5, New York 4. Brooklyn 5, Pittsburg 1. St. Louis s Boston 0.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Bush Bests Cicotte

Boston, August 16.-Bush outpitched Cicotte today and Boston won the odd ana last game of the series, ? to O. Hooper's single, Shean's infield out and Strunks triple scored one run in the first. Coffey's single and Mayors double scored the other run in the second Score: R IT E Chicago ................ coo O0O O0O--0 o Boston .................. 11O 900 00s-2 0
 Batteries: Cicotte and SchAlk; Bush and Mayer.
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GRIEF AND HIS INSIDE DOPE

Clark Griffith of the Washington club the man who went to the front to save something from the wreck-doesnt hold this view, and it is noteworthy that he has chatted with the provost marshal on the subject.
 Griff has told everybody that there will be plenty of time in which to play the worlds series and there's logic to his explanation He contends practically all the men affected by the work or fight order who will qualify on the pennant winners. in the American and National leagues have signed to engage in em- ployment declared by the government to be essential They will have from to 10 days grace after September l in which to start work, he thinks. They will be amenable to their home draft boards, who will be lenient with them, Griff figures. Some may not be called until Christmas.
 Several prominent baseball men, how ever, believe the powers of the game are skating or mighty thin ice that is liable to crack and send them down into the chilly depths. They believe the govern ment has issued warning a plenty. The only course to pursue, they declare, is for a delegation similar to that which wep. to the front for the reprieve, to visit Washington and ask for time for the worlds series. Unless the government make specific ruling on the case, they thing it is hazardous for them to under take to go ahead with the classic. There is danger that the local draft boards may not act according to Griff's programme THEY WANT TT, BUT WILL THEY
 HELP
 Ut was just like cutting their hearts out for tho military authorities to have to stand pat on their order declaring baseball a non essential occupation said in, Sh n Of us to continue baseball in some form or other and they will not split hairs to kill off the game this year. They aee a seasonabIe set of men-as fair aud honest as I have ever met
 Meanwhile Ban Johnson is as strongly opposed as ever to the leagues verdict on the subject of closing He would like to have baseball shut down this year, and as a compromise, came out for Au- gust 20 closing. President Comiskey of the White Sox, opposing this, decided to attend the last Cleveland meeting Of mag. mates and it was remarkable speech or the Old Roman, declared by some Of those present to be the greatest effort CT his career, that turned the tide against the Johnson programme.
 It was announced that the August ~ closing would go through by vote of six to two. When Commy had finished nis speech. two of those instructed to vote for the early closing refused to cast a vote at all. All the others voted to go on through to September ?. The wisdom or this move remains to be seen.
 If all that the correspondents are hand- ing out iron. Washington is true, then the Chicaeo Cubs were right in their de- mands for showdown and Ban John. son was right in his contention that tho playing seasons in both majors snouii end on August 20.