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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
MAJOR LEAGUES ID.
 CLOSE SEASON WITH DOUBLE BILLS TODAY
Washington Makes Game Try For Second Place. Reds Supplant Pirates
 In National

1 New York, September 1.-The major baseball leagues season close with to- morrow's holiday games, with the Chi cago Nationals and Boston Americans winners of the championship of their re- 1 spectiye leagues. The Cubs clinched the National pennant last Sunday, while tn. Red Sox did not make sure of the Amer. ican title until Saturday. The teams will meet at Chicago Wednesday in the first game of the worlds series. In the National league Chicago, after breaking even last Sunday with Brook. lyn, divided a sx-game series evenly WitE Cincinnati. Tyler blanked the Reds with five hits Thursday, while Mitchell! of Cincinnati shut out the Cubs with four hits Friday. Tyler and Vaughan allowed Pittsburg four hits and no runs today. Toney and Perritt did remark able pitching for New York and assured the Giants of second place in the race. In his three victories, Toney allowed two runs and F hits. Perritt pitched a two- hit shutout, but failed against Brooklyn Saturday, although yielding only five hits.
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 Pittsburg faltered and Cinsinnati took third place from the Pirates today by winning double victory over St Louis
 Philadelphia will have to win both games tomorrow against Brooklyn to Wrest fifth place from the Superbas.
 In the American league Boston suf- tered two defeats in three games with Detroit, but took three out of four from Philadelphia. Mays, who was batted hard Monday by Detroit, successfully pitched In both games against Philadelphia Fri day, allowing nine hits and no runs in the first, and four hits and one run in the second Ruth lost close game to Detroit Tuesday, after striking out Is men. Jones pitched a three-ht shutout against the Tigers Wednesday, Ruth held Philadelphia to three hits Saturday but in the second game of the day Wat son whitewashed the Red Sox with one hit.
 Cleveland was held even in four games by Philadelphia, won double header from Detroit and beat Chicago Saturday. Today's victory over Chicago assured the Indians of second place, as it was an- nounced that Cleveland would disband after today's game.
 Washington. in it's vain chase after second place, took three straight from Chicago and three out of four from New York, including todays game.
 New York has fourth place by safe margin.
 Chicago lost four straight games and dropped to sixth place Saturday.
 A remarkable coincident last week was that each league played 25 games, scored a total of 167 runs and made 79 errors.
 The week S record in each league uf games. won and lost, with runs and hits by opponents, including games Saturday, August 31, is as fOllOWS.+
 NATIONAL. IN CHE
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JONES HAS FINE CHANGE

Jones has a chance to be the Babe Adams of this series. He is pitcher who has been held at low rating be- cause of his inactivity and this season he has come along gradually, almost unnoticed. In fact, until Leonard left the club Jones was not figured upon to any great extent as vital element in the club.
 He has learned to pitch. which is He has an odd manner of delivery which makes his fast ball appear faster than it is, and tits on top of you in a second" according to opposing play = {, CTS His curve is just fair and his chief strength lies in mixing up his queer floating slow ball with his un- expected speed.
 { Ruth, of course, depends largely upon his terrific power. He is a tremen- dously strong boy, almost tireless, and he has great speed and cracking curve.
 Bush, of course, is a speed merchant, with tremendous fast ball and a curve, and Mays is the oldest freak pitcher of the game, man whose chief reliance is upon an underhand fast ball which he can make to break in on right-hander and away from the left-handers. Mays is marvellous a pitcher when he has control, but an easy mark when his underhand ball is not breaking where he wants it to break. He ought to be used in the games in which Klem umpires behind the bat, because Kiem can see those low breaking fast balls better than ! any umpire in the business, and a ! lot of umps will not give Mays the corners on account of the way the ball ahoot8.
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; self, Kept in perfect condition and has 1 worked for his team this year as we'll as for himself His condition seems near the top and the 10 days of easy work and preparation ought to send him into the big show in fine shape. Tyler, while not having the stuff Vaughn possesses, is going to be a hard problem for the Red Sox. He has one of the incest slows in the business and he figures to stop up Ruth and Hooper better than even Vaughn. One reason is that Tyler has pitched a lot of ball against the older members |of the Red Sox and knows the team better than the other pitchers do. I have before me scores of games in which Tyler worked for the Braves against the Red Sox one spring trip and it looks as if he played with Ruth, who, however, is more dangerous batsman now than he was then,
 Hendrix is a spit-baller with a lot of stuff and a good head
 Of the second string men Chicago has slight edge in having Shuffling Phil Douglass, who will work whole game if the series is going right, and they also have Martin for use in emer- gencies.
 But there is small use in considering more than three pitchers on each team, as the schedule will make it easy to rotate that many. In fact, it would not be hard for either manager to carry out the series with two pichers.
 This concludes the position study of the teams. Tomorrow we will add up and see what the total strengths are. Then we can commence to reduce the strength down to results.
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By BRIGGS

that they offered odds to and to that Chicago would win.
 "So it's easy to see what cleanup the gamblers would have made by talk ing the Louisville end. All they need- ed to do was to bet s100,000 to win at least $500,000 on Louisville. And that's the coup they planned.
 But it never was executed siraGlE, because I had intercepted the 1sa4. grams and decided to trick the gan lers at their own game
 (Note: This story will be concluded tomorrow with the chapter which tells how MT. Wood bought" the gamblers in their cleanup" effort and forced exposures which stamped out crooked ness from baseball.)
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True, also, it is the individual slug ging ability of Babe Ruth and his lia- bility to break up a game at any mo- ment that gives the Red Sox their ad- vantage in that department, an ad- vantage not overcome to any great ex- tent by the fact that Claude Hendrix can go some in the slugging line him. self.
 We find now that the teams are to all intents and purposes, evenly matched, Boston having the advantage in the outfield, Chicago holding light edge in the infield and a big lead on catching, while Chicago has the edge on straight pitching, which is offset to measure by the hitting of Ruth.
 In ordinary worlds series the pitch CTS and catchers hold all the balance of power and l expected to find one or the other team to possess that bal ance this year. To discover that they do not makes the study of individual pitchers more and more important. In fact, it looks now as if the series will be decided by the skill of the man agers in selecting pitchers to work aEa1nSt certain OlIeT pitCiiSlS, ao "S will discover when we come to analyze the teams as a whole. l have been purposely holding back that whole study of the teams to the last min ute to figure the effect of grounds and place of playing the games upon , the teams, and also to wait to see whether any last minute changes are made in the clubs.
 It looks as if it will be tough series.
 Mitchell is a man who chooses his pitchers without much regard and starts him, letting the other manager do the guessing. And a great deal depends this time upon which pitcher Barrow names to start the series, since 1t IS practically a cinch that Mitchell will open with Vaughn.
 The fact is, I expect Mitchell will use Vaughn, then Tyler, then, if the series goes well for him, Hendrix, and come back with the same three, Doug lass being held for emergencies.
 Boston, it would seem to almost everyone, would open with Ruth, yet the chances are that Barrow will start with a right handler. and he may spring a surprise on the big show with Jones.
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ACTIVE SERVICE IN PROSPECT FOR AUBURN STUDENTS
Pay of Privates and Equipment For Those Taking Prescribed Course
 of Instruction

Auburn, September 1.-tSpecial. )-Stu- dents and prospective students of the Alabama Polytechnic institute have shown great interest in the announce ment of the college that after enrolling at Auburn September 9-1l, the war de- pertinent will allow those who are phys ically fit and at least IS years of age to be voluntarily inducted into the stu dent army training corps. October l,
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Indians Defeat Sox

Chicago. September 1.-Chicago fn- ished it's home season today by losing to Cleveland, to 8, in a loose game in which the 1917 champions commit tea eight errors. Score: R.H. E. Cleveland ... .22O 001 3o0--S II Q Chicago .......... 900 021 'C0--5 6 B Batteries: Coumbe, McQulllan and ONeill, Thomas: Danforth, Shellenback, Benz and Schalk, Devormer
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International League

Baltimore 10.
 At Jersey City: Jersey City 2-4. Newark 7-7.
 At Rochester: Rochester. 2-7. Hamil- ton 5-1.
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peing the probable date for induction. The S. A. T. c. men will be in active service and paid the private's salary ot sSo monthly, in addition to being fur nlshed subsistence. housing. uniforms, etc
 The war department advises high school graduates to take advantage of this op- portunity for technical and military training ID preparation for higher and more efficient service in the military and naval branches The men are to be used as the needs of the service re- auire and will be sent to officers camps, kept at engineering or scientific studies of military value, trained in mechanics, or sent to- cantonments for duty in the field.
 The institution at Auburn and several hundred other colleges throughout the country have been accepted by the war department for this important work in meeting the needs of our enlarged army.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Hill and Comstock Bumpe

Chicago, September 1.-The National league season was closed in Chicago
 today with to victory for the league champions over Pittsburg. Chi caso punched hits off Hill and Com stock and scored easily. Score: k.H E. Pittsburg ........ .000 900 0o0--o Chicago 1000 900 22s-4 3 Batteries: Hill, Comstock and Schmidt; Vaughn, Tyler and killifer, OFarrell.
 Reds Take Third Place Cincinnati. September 1.-Cincinnati went into third place today by win ming both games of a double-headcr with St. Louis by scores of to and 10 to 6. The local team hit both Meadows and Ames at will. Eller pitched we'll in the first game, but Ring was wild and ineffective. Neale had
 a clean record of five hits out of five times up in the second game. Scores: First game: R.H. E. St. Louis 900 001 001-2 z 2 Cincinnati -.oO0 800 20*-5 1 Batteries: Meadows and Paulette, Gonzales; Eller and Wingo. Second game: HE. St. Louis .001 120 002- $ 10 3 Cincinnati .050 POI 02*-10 14 Batteries: Ames and Brock; Ring and Archer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
SPORTS
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Red Sox and Cubs Stack Up
 Practically EUen in the Box
Mitchell Has Far the Best of It in Straight Pitching But Offensive Strength of Sox Hurlers Puts Two Staffs the Same Footing
By HUGH s. FULLERTON THE PITCHERS
Offensive Defensive Total
Offensive Defensive Total

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LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results Washington 5. New York 5. Cleveland 8, Chicago ,. Detroit 7-4 St. Louis 5-6.
 Games Today Chicago at Detroit (two games). Philadelphia at Washington (twt gamesl. Boston at New York (two games).
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St. Louis at Cincinnati (two games) Chicago at Pittsburg (two games) Brooklyn at Philadelphia (two games).
 New York at Boston (two games).
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Rabbit trappers in Pembrokeshire, Eng land, are reported to be making as much as $15 daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

Crorps in Hale county give fair prom se at the present time. though it is estimated that they were cut off at lea st 20 per cent by the long drouth. The boil weevl has done comparatively little dam age, the intense heat and drouth de- stroying them in great numbers. More cotton was planted this year than in 1917, though the acreage is far from the average.
 The Greensboro school board has added another teacher to the faculty of the public school, which means the. high school grades will be added, thus fitting Greensboro school children for college work.
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MAYS HARD TO DOPE

team in another league will act against Mays, because there is nothing like him in the National. I suppose Mitch- ells strategy will be to wait and per- haps to bunt, which is hard to do, even for as strong bunting team as the Cubs, when Mays is in posses sion of all his speed.
 Ruth cannot be figured as effective as he has been. Some of the keen ness has been taken from his pitch ing by his work in the outfield, and he is plainly in need of rest, in spite of his great strength.
 Vaughn, of course, is Mitchelps ace Ho has been a great pitcher for years, but only recently began to take the game seriously. He has behaved him.
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Drouht Iniures Crops

Greensboro, September 1.-(Special.' Yesterday five white men left for Camr Sevier, Greenville, s. C., and three fol Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. c. Seventy six .colored men left today for Camr Funston, Fort Riley, Kan.
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Games Tndav
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results
Games Today

Cincinnati 5-10, St. Louis 2-t Chicago 4, Pittsburg o.
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Senators Win Last

Washington, September 1.-Washing- ton and New York met here for the last time this season today the local team winning, to 3, by batting Keat- ing and Mogridge hard. Lavan made four hits in as many times at bat. The victory gave, Washington three games iii four of the series and II in 19 for tLe season with the Yr,lsees Score:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02

St. Swithin's day is on July l5. The tradition that if rain falls then, it will rain for 40 days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-28

Special Prices on Boys Suits, sizes 4 to 20. Price from $1.9S to $12.9S - eayitt's Cut Price Store 12-6ti
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HROMANCE OF TARTAN" AT
 THE BEST THEARE
 MANDAY AND TUESDAY

Novel to the last degree is the ef- feet produced by the transplanting of TarZan. the white son of the African jungles,- to the center of the most select American social circle in "rhe Romance of TarZan,' which comes to the Best Theatre Monday and Tuesday.
 Never before has this interesting contrast between life in it's most primitive form and in it's more arti- ficial and sophisticated phases been pictured in the silent drama.
 The forthcoming production gives the concluding chapters of "Tarzan of the Apes" that gripping narrative by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
 The same pulse-stirring atm cs- phere of the unexplored jungles of the African Gold Coast, where wild animals and equally wild savages struggle for domination, is shown, with Tarzan as the ruling spirit, and in addition strong love story leads this mighty hero into maze of ad ventures in the great world beyond the ocean that touches the shores ol his jungle home.
 In "The Romance of Tar2an" great ser opportunities for spectacular work are fully realized by Lincoln and he is the moving spirit in number of tht most thrilling scenes that have beer enacted on the screen since it became the center of focus for amusemen seekers throughout the world
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See the beautiful Xmas tree for grown-ups in the window at Read and Crawford F'llrn. Co. 12-11:12t
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IN LUCK THOUGH,
 IN DURANCE VILE

Although 7 the lack of gas has brought discomfort to many citizens, yet those who were occupants of tho city jail at the time the. gas went off yesterday are in rare luck as ( result. Chief of Police Frank Stew art had a heart yesterday and turn ed three minor offenders who were dwellers in the city ''hoose gow" out of the cold ice-like cells to go and find warmth where they might.
 It's the same old story. And the guy who said, "the graveyard is q mean old place" might with equal truth said that of the tablespoonful ly when the gas is off. At any rate, Chief Stewart decided that as long
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Don't let the Flu" overtake you; take Brunson's Favorite Prescription first. It is the best preventative. For sale at all druggists. 12-4tt
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Get that fire insurance now. The next Xmas fire may be yours. Phone us for rates.
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"A PAIR OF SILK STOCklNGS.-
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x Amateur = theatricals sometimes lead to trouble. This is demonstrated by Constance Talmadge, who is pre-
 sented by Lewis J. elznick in her latest Select picture, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" shown at the Hauber the atre today and Monday.
 Sam Thornhill, young man who has recently been divorced by his wife, Mollie, Constance Talmadge). ;. meets her at a country house where he Is a guest, and she marooned while car which she had bought against Sam's judgment, is being repaired, Sam goes to her room in an attempt to make up their differences and finding her absent, hides in the clos et Meanwhile Bagnal, a former guest returns to his room, the one which Is now occupied by Mollie and meets her as she enters. Sam, in his tramp maks-up, having thus been cast for the theatrical, hears her tell the intruder, who had formerly been a suitor, that she still loves Sam. Registering glee in his closet. the pseudo tramp is dragged forth and not recognizing him. the two bind him with 8 pair of Mollie's silk stockings. when the guests, at the sound, the prisoner is securely lock- ed in the bath room and eXplana- tions of Bagnals presence in Mol lies room are in order. The bur glar is about to be produced when they find that he has flown, silk stockings and all.
 Meanwhile Sam. who has escaped through the windCw from Mollie's bath, enters the throng un seen, in his own clothing, and Mollie's stock ings! This settles the identity of the tramp and tMollie, still loving him, decides that the make of car sug- gested by Sam would ibe best after all, and consents to reconsider not only the other make of ear, but Sam as husband. The vicar of the neighborhocd is called ill and the silk stockings Sam inside. are re- turned to their former owner.
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Look i'll the Phone Book for D. A. Caldwell Livery when you want to call D. A. Caldwell $ Meat Market, as we are using the same phone number as we used when in the livery business. We are headquarters for Chickens, Geese and Turkeys, also all kinds of fresh meats. Drive out to 1914 West Barraque ,,,1 GOO ne 11-20-tf
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GERMANY IN GR|P
 OF THE PR0F|1fER

| Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 25.--(By The Associated Press.)--The~ Ger
 mans, particularly those living in the
 larger cities, had lean fare for their
 Christmas dinner.
 l So much has been said about the
 food situation. that h is understand able ii there is an impression in some
 quarters that the situation has been
 exaggerated. Here, however. there is
 one excellent barometer of the situa- tion, namely "schlechthandeI as ille-
 gitimate trafficking in foodstuffs is i termed, and this is beginning to dim
 finish markedly.
 l A month ago, it was possible to buy
 butter, sausages and some other ar l ticles from these surreptitious dealers
 at high prices. During the last fort
 night, however, it has become in creasingly difficult to find these /. things, and even the best "connections
 and sources" are now unable to pro- duce more than occasional small por- tions at regatly increased prices. When the crafty dealers in this business cannot longer secure articles, there can hardly be doubt that it is | because they do not exist. Wealthy people, it is true, can still obtain linn ited quantities of what used to be con- sidered necessaries but are now con. l sidered luxuries, though at terrifying prices. In an particular care a man in l Berlin paid $40 marks for ham, the 1 eggs to go with it costing three marks apiece. A dinner recently purchased at an Unter Den Linden restaurant, con- sisting of thin soup, fish. meat and a baked apple, cost sixty two marks. Coffee would have cost three marks additional.
 What such prices mean can best be realized when it is considered that
 the highest daily wage o ia skilled twenty marks.
 Those in the poorer walks of life all declare that it is absolutely impossible 1 to keep body and soul together on the ; rations distributed on food cards. Another factor in the food situation is the lack of fat. Even after such a
 meal as cost sixty two marks on be-
 comes hungry, even "a, enously hum gry. within two or three hours. When l get my weekly allowance ] of fifty gramrles of butter, said one woman in discussing the food situa'
 tion. q spread it all on sne slice of bread, so as to have one real meal
 every week.
 It is the normal state O. every Ger
 man, at least in the greater cities to
 be continuously hungry. A keen poll-
 tical observer sair to the Associated
 Press:
 "If I had sixty thousand tons of fat,
 I could .everasltingly squelch 'Bolshe- vism in Germany and if l had some
 condensed milk, too, l could set up almost any kind of government ex-
 cept the one we used to have.' l It is not only that food is so dear
 as to be out of reac hof the poorer
 classes almost completely, but all ar- ticles of clothing are comparingly
 dear The correspondent was offered six hundred marks for an overcoat
 which was purchased in Berlin in 1916 for IFS marks.
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BIG FOUR PLAIN FLOUR is the BEST plain flour in your opinion or we will refund all of your money regardless of the amount used cf the package.-RILEY FEED MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY. 12-5tf
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BIG FGUR SELF RISING FL0UR is the BEST self rising lour in your opinion or we will refund all of your money regardless Of the amount used of the package. RILEY FEED MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 12-5tf.
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as he couldn't make his lookup hcme-like and cheery he would let 'em go. 5@s
 Its bad enough for4me to stick around here" he said yesterday af- ternoon, as the scribe slipped into his office. Slipped is the word to use. A thin coating of ice in the doorway caused the slip. The scribe agreed. Conversation lapsed. The chief grew cold in his manner. The scribe slipped out.
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Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

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