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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
ALBANY BOY ON
 SUNKEN VESSEL
 REPORTED SAFE Ponsonley Kyle, Gunner on Lake EdOn, Saved When Ship Is Sent to Bottom
 by German U-Boat

1 Albany. August sS,--(Special )-Ponson by Kyle is safe. This was the tenor of three reassuring telegrams received by | his father, Judge O. Kyle, today. The i messages were from Senator Bankhead,
 the navy department and a high govern ment official. Their arrival ended a l three-day period of suspense, for up to l that time no definite information had cohe through regarding the fate of the crew of the Lake Edon, the transport 1 sent to the bottom few days ago, the sinking of which was officially an nounced Saturday, Ponsonby Kyle, early 1 in the war. although not of military age. volunteered for service in the navy and was assigned to the battleship North Carolina In target practice he showed unusual proficiency and because of | same was placed in special squad and | sent to man the guns of the transport Lake Edon. This vessel was supposed l to have piled between British and French ports and to have been used in~the move- ment of troops across the English chan 1 nel So far Judge Kyle has received ] no direct word from his son, however upon learning that the Lake Edon had gone down he immediately got into touch with the authorities and after several wires had been exchanged finally re- ceived the comforting assurance that his son had escaped unharmed.
 With the time limit in which candi- dates for municipal offices can qualify having expired, it is now certain that Mayor James A. Nelson. who is a candi-
 date for re- election as mayor of Deca- tur, will be unopposed Mir. Nelson is
 just completing his second term. and his
 administration has been So pleasing to
 his constituents that no candidate was
 brought out against him. For aldermen.
 Decatur has eight candidates, four of
 whom are members of the present board
 They are: John D. Wyker. c. T. Rover. |J. A. Thomson and Clyde Hendrix.
 New candidates for aldermanic honors
 are; William Mosely. T. M. Dix, James
 Mitchell and w. NJ. Bailey. Five are to
 be elected. The election will be held on September IS.
 ized today at the Decatur High school
 building, where the county institute
 opened this morning. The institute is
 being conducted by Professor Smith, The session will continue until Friday noon
 Conspicuous Among the educators of
 Morgan county this year are many
 young women teachers, the majority uf
 men having been called to arms.
 Morgan county four minute men, un-
 der the direction of County Chairman
 w T. Lowe. will begin tonight an az
 gressive speaking campaign to arouse
 the people to the danger of enemy prop uganda such as was used so effectively
 in Italy and Russia during last year.
 Y, crtkf wixr tn oil 1<al.>- xiw,.ft fta
 speakers throughout the nation. begin-
 ming August 26 and ending September l7.
 will be: Where Did You Get Your
 Facts?" Capt Samuel Blackwell. J. E..
 Blair and Henry Spielberger will be the principal speakers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Baker Sends Official
 o K to World Series

Cincinnati, August 2S.-August Herr Nnann, chairman of the national base ball commission, while attending the republican state convention 1t Co lumbus last night, received thes offi- cial permission of Provost Marshal General Crowder for the pennant win ners of the National and American leagues to engage in worlds series. The telegram reads
 "The request contained in your let ter of August 20, asking for the ex- tension of the application of the work or fight order to professional ball. players of sthe winning teams of the National and American leagues is granted by the Secretary of War. The period of extension will be until Sep tember IS.
 Necessary instructions have been issued by telegraph" Granting of this permission removes tho last obstacle to holding the worlds series. which will start in Chicago on September l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
LONE DIXIE ENTRY LOSES GOLF MATCH Mrs. Dave Gaut Beaten in Western Tourney by
 Miss Pearce

Chicago August 2S-splendid golf marked the second match round of the women's western championship at In- dian Hill club today, three players equaling the course record of SS, or one over women's par for the 6, 64i- yard course As result of the eight matches, only one nonresident, Miss Frances Hadfield of Milwaukee. ra- nained toN fight seven Chicago golf CTS for the title.
 Mrs. Dave Gaut of Memphis was eliminated 2 and 2. by Miss Ernestine Pearce of SkolSie, who scored SS to 95 for the Tennessee champion Miss l,dclle Dessenberg of Kalamazoo. was the other out-of-town player defeated, losing . and l to Miss Corella I.likens. of Edgewater
 Miss Hadfield had an easy match with Mrs. W."D Deemer of Evanston. winnlns 1 and ?. although the Wiscon- sin champion took 97 strokes for Che round
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29

This is story that tells of the orisil of professional baseball.
 Prior to 1861 no admission ever had been charged for a ball game. But ID that year W. II. Cammeyer, who ownol the Union BaI park in Brooklyn, decided that ho o1gbt to get some return on his building investment. So on June :, 1881, when two licked hines, one from New York and tho other from Williamsbu-S (now parg of Brooklyn) staged contest. Cammeycc announced that all those who pay 10 cents.
 An awful howl of protest went up from the populace over tn courageous action of cammeyer.' relates James Wood, hero Of the diamond more than a9 years ago There was talk the next day of boycott!ng the game. Every pressure was brousft to bear upon Cammeyer tc force him to abandon the admission fee idea Bat Cammeyer was deaf to the camor.
 The free games staged prior to that time had attracted crowds that averaged between i0aa and 10000. But immediately after Canmeyer insisted upon 10 cents admission fee the attendance slumped to d few hundred.
 However, before the season closed, fans became rather used to the idea CT paying adG,ssion and the owners of the other parks throughout the country fol- lowed Can,meyer's lead During the win. ter of lSGt 65 the club owners decided upon bold sr stroke and with the opening of the 1865 season the admission price was boosted to 2 cents Lovers of the n,t tional game shouted loudly over the rob. bery' but rEc price remained at a5 cents.
 "Alo1g in June, 1865, delegation or ballplayels called upon the club owners and issued this ultimatum:
 We want part of the gate receipts or we won play
 "'Up to that time no ballpayer in America had ever received dollar for honor for t nallplayer to get into game Players fought for the privilege of get, ting on the teams as youngsters of today strive to set on the varsity footba Il eleven.
 "Whan the players issued their ultima tum the owners retorted:
 Why, if we give you boys any money you will become professionals.
 We are willing to become profession als was the answer
 The club owners tried to talk the boys out of tha idea, but to no avail. The boys
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Murray disposed of Theodore R. Fell of New York. noted for superiority Of his back hand play. in straight sets Of 6-e GO, 6-o. Pen, despite his deter mired efforts and stand, was almost helpless be1ore the dashing school of play which the California. racquet stars have made 1amous in recent years.
 Tilden, in eliminating Conrad B. Doyle of Washington at 6-5 6-1, f-Ss~ can be said in a general way to have been in the same category with Murray. Doyle put up a gallant fight against the tower ing Philadelphian, but the superiority ot the latter was entirely too great to be overcome
 The break of the draw gave Ichiyi Kumagae an off-day, but his country man, Kashio, figured in another long dra awn-out court battle, which twilight found unfinished. Early in the after noor he resumed the uncompleted match of yesterday against G. A. l.. Dione and won the deciding set at 7-5. Shortly after o'clock kashio went the court against Lyle E. Mahan of New York,
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and the pair indulged in q. bitter Dattie which ended al 7:30 with the score stand ing 10-S, f0-S. 6-S and 6-au in Mahan's $ fav or Another five set match included the victory of Cadet $. H. Noshell of Brook lyn over Vincent Richards, the youthful
 phenomenon of the east
 Frederick Alexander of New York, the veteran Of many international tennis matches, won a somewhat similar victory from Harold Throckmorton of Elizabeth. N. J. Losing the first two sets at 6-2, 3-6 and winning out at I-5, 60, 6-s, due to his greater stcadiness and unconauer- able fighting spirit. The two Chicago entrants, Walter T. Hayles and Ralph
 Burdick went down before the eastern opponents. but only after most bitterly
 fought contests Niles of Boston was the
 victor over Burdick at 7-5, 6-l, 2-6, --5
 Walter Merrill Hall of New York eim-
 mated Hayes in a fiVe-set match. Hall
 finally won tho match, due more to his
 staying powers than anything else. at s-6. 6-4 O-6, 6-4, 6-s. The veteran Beals Wright of Boston, but entered from New
 York, also entered the fourth round by winning from Lindsay Durham of Rah-
 way at 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 and will meet ku-
 magae in one of the feature matches to-
 morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29

~re to form and this gas pressing on Eie heart causes a smothering sensa- tion and palpitation; the tongue is coated and a foul breath and general des'lity follow. These symptoms will all disappear like dew before the morn. ing sun, after taking Plant Juice.
 That Plant Juice is doing all and more than is claimed for it, the fol- lowing testimonial of a prominent Bir- mingham man is quoted to substantiate these facts. Recently MT. Robert Blair, who resides at No. SOP Twenty-fourth avenue, west. gave the following:
 T have been great sufferer from indigestion and dyspepsia for the pa st 10 years. My food fermented in my stomach and formed gas. which pressed under my heart and caused it to palpi- tate something awful The bad taste in my mouth and bad breath never left me. was constipated and had a hard lump in the pit of my stomach that re- sembled piece of lead. It was impos- sible for me to eat any meat or vege- tables and black specks would come before my eyes and I was always more or less dizzy. I had become so bad that I was forced to live on a liquid diet and was so nervous that at night could not sleep. I began to take Plant Juice . few weeks ago and I can now eat any kind of solid food and 1t agrees with me perfectly. I sleep like top and am never nervous or restless any more. simply feel fine and do not have an ache or pain in my body. Your medi- cine, Plant Juice. has done me world of good and I am prafsing it to all of my friends"
 The Plant Juice man is at Nortons drug store. corner Second avenue and Twentieth street, in Birmingham, where he is daily meeting the local public and introducing and explaining the merits of Plant Juice. Free samples given.
 On Saturday night he will remain att tho store until 10 o'clock D. m. to meet those who arc unable to call during the day.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29

PSYCHOLOGY PLAYS X PART
 The dope figures show that the class of the second basemen in this world s series is more than 100 points lower than in the 1917 series, and it is pos sible that the final figures will indi- cate that second base is the weakest point in the teams engaged. That fact equalizes matters considerably but ac- cents the opportunity for luck in hit ting and the breaks of the game to de- eide series. the object of which was to prove which is the best team.
 Do not think that this is any severe critism of Shean, Zeider or Turner. They are three veterans, faithful and hard workers but lacking in qualities that make great stars in baseball.
 Shean is perhaps one of the most inf terestfng cases in the history of the game. Discarded all around the circuit because of weak hitting he has been a faithful, if rather plodding. player, smart. intelligent. and earnest. This year he got his chance and has seized it. There is a psychological effect on all players in being with a winning team, and usually takes form of 8 sharp increase in hitting. Also it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Sufferers Should Realize That It Is a Blood Infection and Can Be Permanently
 Relieved

Rheumatism means that the blood has become saturated with uric acid poison.
 It does not require medical advice to know that good health is abso- lutely dependent upon pure blood. When the muscles and joints become sore and drawn With rheumatism, 1t is not wise thing to take little salve and by rubbing it on the sore spot, expect to get rid of your rheu- matics. You must go deeper than that, down deep into the blood where the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Lieut.. Colonel Whelen
 Arrives in Montgomery

Montgomery, August 2s.-Lieut. Col. Townsend Whelen of the general staff, United States army, reached Montgomr cry Wednesday, being assigned to di- visional headquarters at Camp Sheri- dan for an indefinite period. during which he will lend his experience in co -ordinating the training of the Ninth division, now being formed here. Conferences were held with the of ficers of the various units today, after which Colonel Whelen left for the El- more county rifle range where the Fortyfifth infantry is training on the course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
SPORTS LOCALLY WIRE
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
py JAMES U. coRBETr


 insisted upon share of the receipsSs threatening to refuse to play if they
 didn't set it. The club owners reluctant.
 ly agreed to give the players 25 per ceiiy
 of the gross receipts. To insure the.e
 getting a fair count the players appointed
 a memper from each competing teani to be ct the gate and tally the receipts. x
 "The 2 per cent arrangement lasted
 for only snort time. Then the players
 demanled-and got--35 per cent of the
 gross. Later they insisted upon % per cent, and before they were satisfied thay had forced the club owners to pay e them 15 per cent of the gross receipts 1 That lest Fhe club owners only p per cert, which wasn't enough to pay operating ex 5 l penses.
 l During the winter of 1885 66 the ciuo
 owners had a meeting in New Yo.k. with John Niley, president of the Mutuas i team of New York, presiding. When the
 session sta.ted the room was filled wt-a I parents of the youths from all over tne 1 United States who were furious becauss the m gnates had been splitting theI lmoney with players. The parents insisted that the practice of paying the boy ! money vac a crime; that it would wrecis '4iSi iHoistt>f tidt " NtAiSu bsiccpsth d1 ft 1 sport and that it was the most disgra cs i ful thing in the sporting history o. l America The parents insisted that the ciJ1 | owners enact laws at once barring play l CTS from accepting money. Wiley rsDlled ! We are perfectly willing. ladies ant | gentlemen. to adopt such rule. In fact. we are vesv much in favor of it. But | | fear that if we did mt slch a rule .1t | force, the players would not observe it. The days are over when baseball is pure i ly game of sport. Professionalism has
 entered into it and professionalism ls 1 there to stay l And Wiley was right" :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Prussian Sparrows

Norman Hapgood, in Leslie's.
 Tn some parts of the United States moro birds than usual are found this summer. In plumage and song, this in- terest of life has been increased. The reason Is found largely in the severity of last winter. The hardy English sparrows spend the year around. even in our colder states. but this time many of them were frozen. These sparrows are sturdy fellows notable for fighting powers, gifted in organ ized aggression. Does this show any general superiority to the birds they drive away? Would it be better to have many birds. each beautiful and tune- full after his own kind, or universe of sparrows? And how would it do to change the name of the aggressive breed to Prussian sparrows?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
What Is Rheumatism?
 Why Suffer From It?

poison turks and which Is not effected by salves and ointments. It is impor-s tant that you rid yourself of this ter-s rible disease before 1t goes too far s. s. S. Is the blood purifier that has stood the test of time. having been in. constant use for more than fifty years.s It will do for you what 1t has done, for thousands of others, drive the rheu-' matic poisops out of your blood. mals : ing it pure and strong and enabling it to make you we'll. s. g. 8. Is guar < anteed purely vegetable, 1t will do the work and not harm the most delicate stomach.
 Write the physician of this Company and let him advise with you. Advice is furnished without charge. Address Lab oratory. Atlanta. Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Chicago Worlds Series Games to Be Played
 at C0miskey Park

Chicago, August 2s-The worlds se- ries will be played at Comiskey park, the home of the Chicago American league club. This was announced to- day by Secretary Walter Craighead of the Chicago Nationals. Comiskey park was the scene of 1917 world series between the Chicago Ameri- cans and the New York Nationals and has seating capacity of 3O,Ooo. The capacity of the Chicago Ma tional park does not exceed l6,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Red Cross Bulletin
tContinued from Page sixo

distributed that the visitors left the terrace and stared the descent of the stone stairway to the street below. Be- hind them across shout in high childish voices, echoing and re-echoing along the railways and down to where they stood a moment, listening.
 ''viva PAmerica." called the voices, rising to thrill cerscendo, Viva rAmerica"
 The Ida Ramsey Red Cross unit will meet Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the First Methodist church. Plenty of work. Mrs. Mclean, chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cnhs and Reds Snlit Two

Chicago. August 2S.-Chicago and Gin cinnati divided a double headerA today, Chicago winning the first, to ,, while Cincinnati shut out the locals, to Q, in the second game. Chicago won the first game by bunehng hits off Luque, Mitch. els fine pitching and perfect support. coupled W ith loose and cratic fielding be- hind Martin. gave the visitors the othet game. Score: First game: R H 2. Cincinnati ... O02 POO 001-5 Il ! Chicago ...,.........,.., QUO 4u2 l0f-t II
 Batteries Luque and Archer; Vaughn and Killifer.
 Second game k. Ii h. Cincinnati . 2Ol 100 212-9 l5 { Chicago .................. 000 600 OO0-0
 Batteries: Mitchell and Wingo; Martin and O'Farrcli.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Jones Blanks Tigers

Boston, August 2S.-Sam Jones bald Ds- tfoit 10 three hifs today and Hooper 2 batting enabled Boston to win 8 to O. Hooper opened the first by doubling and scored on strunks single In the sev- enih Agnew singled and scored on lioop- CT triple to left, Hooper continuing across the plate when Dauss fumbled the relay. Score Rur po.lue ,o '2..t.....,....,.. GOO 900 0O0-0 3 l boston ....,............. 1O0 000 02*-3 l
 Batteries: Dauss and Spencer; $. Jones and AgneW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Red Sox Practically Cinch Rag
Bitter Match Markes Third
 Day's Play in Big Tourney
Lndley Murray Defeats Pel Tilden Dsposes of Conrad Doyle and Kumagae Draws Bye-Kashio Figures
 in Another Long Battle

Forest Hills N Y 2Sn of bitterly fought matches which skill leading third day of the championship being
 
 players through fourth fifth before theirs Lndley the Falls Tden, Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
SPOR TS
 EDITED RY R. P. M.DAvID. IR.
Cast-OH Keystoner Shean
 Figures Better Than Zeider
Second Base Weakest Spot in Both Worlds Series Teams But Red Sox Have the Better of the Argument.
 Zeider in Bad Shape
By HUGH s. FULLERTON THE SECOND BASEMEN
Offensive Oefensive [

Offensive Defensive Total Offensive Defensive Total Red Sox. 993
 
 worlds which Shean, off half clubs the class of players figure to have chance participate the contests keystone of the defense properly (athough
  baseball has sumped this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Grimes Wins Poor Game

Brooklyn, August 2S.-Brooklyn won the last game Of the season on the home grounds today by defeating New York. s to [ It was the anniversary of the battle of Long Island and many sailors from the navy yard with two bands st. tended Score. RH E. New YorN .... 900 303 100-7 F C Rrooxlyu - GOO 3l1 1O2--S 16
 Batteries. Grimes and Miller; Causey. Steele, pciritt and McCarty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
HAS LIVED HERE
 FOR THIRTY YEARS
Relates in Signed Testimo- : nial How. Plant Juice Re-
 stored Him to Health

Indigestion. causing starvation, has been the cause of more deaths than one has any idea of. When food be-
 ,~es nauseating one does not, natur- ally, wish to eat. The presence of fer menting food in the stomach causes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
International League

At Rochester: Rochester ?, Bingham ton s. z At Buffalo: Buffalo 1, Newark l.
 At Hamilton. Hamilton Baltimore rain At Toronto Toronto Jersey City, rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29

Cincinnati at Chicago.
 St. Louis at Pittsburg. Boston at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Tank Twirler Is Wild

New York, August 2s.-Three bases on balls given by Sanders in the third in- nlng, each yielding run, brought about the defeat of the Yankees in the final game or the season with the Browns. It was sharp nelding game, Gedeon mak- Ing the only error. Score: R.H.E. st. Louis .............. cos 600 010-4 New York .............. Gg0 0l0 1O0-2 0
 Batteries: Davenport and Severeid 1; Sanders, Heating and Hannah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results
Games Today

-, Utt ' ItCBUICS Chicago TO, Cincinnati 5-9. Brooklyn &, New York :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
A Necessary War Measure

The Age-Herald announces that effective Septem- Der 1918 the subscription prices for this newspaper will be as follows:
 Daily and Sunday Ase-Herald, week .. U. .1sc
 Daily and Sunday Age-Herald, month soc
 Daily and Sunday Ags-Herald, months .$2.25
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 Daily and Sunday Age-Herald, year .... $500
 It is probably unnecessary to announce that this ep nas @ e ne or has increased so enormously that slight increase in the price of the finished product to the subscriber just.
 The Age-Herald feels that it's readers will lend their cooperation and will meet this necessary situation in the spirit of patriotic approval with which they have been meeting all of the other requirements re- sultinx from the war
 All subscriptions if paid in advance, will be taken at the old price until September l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-29
Poor Indians Are Sbut Ont

Philadelphia, August 2S.-Philadelphia closed it's home season today by de. featlng Cleveland 1 to o. Speaker was today notined of his indefinite suspen- sion as the result of his clash with Um- Plre connolly yesterday Score:
 ~ R.H F. IieVeland '............ 600 0o0 000-0 Q Philadelphia ........... O0l 900 0Os-1 , 0
 Batteries: Enzmann and O'Nell; Wat. son and Perkins
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Games Today Philadelphia at Boston. New York at Washington.
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INDIANS OUT OF IT ANYHOW

Tuck Turner's chances of engaging in the championship are dwindling away rapidly, even though the work or fight orcer does not bother him personally. He is one Of the greatest veterans the game has produced and, honestly, he looks faster and better this fall, since he was summoned to the rescue when Wamby was called to the colors. than he has in several years. It is hardly probable that Turner will go the route at second and I have had to figure a combination of Halt and Turner as second basemen, and figure old Tuck part of the games at third.
 However, since Cleveland's chances are dwindling rapidly, the figures make little difference. Tomorrow we will tackle the short stops, where there is class in all direc- tions. The shortstops stand out strongly in relief as compared with the second and third basemen of the teams.
 (Copyright, 1918, by The Bell Syndicate,
 lrcorporated.)