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The evening world., 1918-06-15
WANTED ANOTHER FILM.

THE lady had heard a stranguS IN
a railway carriage say that II
any man could see himself In
toxicated ne would be intoxi-
again, and having a husband
addicted to alcoholism. and also
OF money, she thought Of ak
p~erlmenting. The cinematograph OPP
rator whom she engaged was not
kept waiting long for an opportunity
OF filming the Urrant husband, aid In
the presence OF relatives the su-ject
was privileged 10 behold hlmse~ on
the screen. lie was very quiet
throughout, and gravely lert the
room, which the others thought a
good sign. Finding he had a.so laft
the house his brother set out TO find
him. running him to earth eventually
in the clue, busy--aS an attendant
stited-with his fifteenth whlskey
ana soda
Look here" said the brother. y"
didn't think I'd find you back at this
game"
Didn't your" innocently asked the
subject. well. the fact OF the mat
tor Is I'm not satisfied with that
film."-Chicago Herald.
The evening world., 1918-06-15

If not Satisfied

You will never know the goodness
OF the Cymatie treatment until you
give II a chance to prove it's meritA
Try II at our risk. II not satisfied
We will buy back the empty package
at the price you paid for IT, That's
fair, int II? Then, why hesitatei
Cy attic Tablets purify and
strengthen, They act to remove the
cause and thus bring about complete
relief from Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
umbago and Gout Sl.O0 a package.
Cymatic Balm quickly rubs away
intense pain, stiffness and sw ellings
II is clean, smells good and does not
blister or stain Much better than
linim=nts or plasters. Price csc.
II your druggist cannot supply you.
send the price to us and we will dr
liver by mail. Surpass Drug Corpora-
ton. Is z. Goth Sta N. Y. C-6-AdyA
The evening world., 1918-06-15
About Plays
and Players
Bv BIDE DUDLEY

a LBERr sPALDTNG. the volin-
n list, now a First Lieutenant IN
the Aviation Section OF tne
United States Army. stationed IN
Italy. was honored recently by ceins
a guest OF King Victor EMANUEL Al
timer. A letter from Lieut. Spaldins
tars Of ~ He writes that he sat on
tho Kings immediate right and tna'
for two hours the Ruler ana no
ohatted. King Victor using excellent
Engllah. Al one point in their on
v~eraation the King asked him IL %
had flown yet
.-No." replied Lieut.. ~spaldinB. BUT
] hope { coon"
I'D Suggest" replied tho KIM
.-rbat when you ny over Vienna 10
lombard II you take your V'o'ih
along and play Tho Star spansieo
Rannor,'"
The evening world., 1918-06-15
IT REALLY HAPPENED.

The Bronx Opera House In closed
for the summer. but Jake Rosenthal,
its manager, keeps tho lobby and bis
office open. Last. Wednesday q little
old woman. who was n regular patron
of the house at tho wednesday nat
inees, sought Jake out and wanted 70
buy a ticket He explained that a
theatre was closed. but she wouldn't
accept his story. Finally Jake's n
of humor got tho better OF him n
he told her she should have n pass
for the matinee. He unlocked the door.
lighted the house and let her In Then
no found his property man and n
him play the piano and sing "Ovcr
There" The NEXT number Jake tur-
nished himself. He rccited Little
Orphant Annie" As n concluding @
clalty Jake and no property man
danced. As the little old woman came
out OF the theatre Jake asked her now
she liked the show.
well" she said ~hesitatinsiy. I'm
glad you gnvo me n pass
The evening world., 1918-06-15
A LIBRARY.

James Madison. who writos stAso
material. thinks tho theatrical pro-
s,.u,on should have a dramatic boraI,
In New York. lie believes u vouin
bo easy TO collect old plays. play bills.
Newspaper notices and criticisms ann
photographs: also that such q cohec-
ton would be Of great interest 20 pos
terity. lie has spoken TO several man
axers about n and says thoy favored
fba idea
The evening world., 1918-06-15
nv WAY OF DIVERSION.

Since railroad rates havo oeen al
yanced my mothers rather blue sho
says It's too expensive now TO visit
Uncle Low. She fears she'n have 10
stay in town until tho day she
dies. Whenever mother thinks OF IL
che sits right down and sigha 1t
hasn't bothered father much Ho says
its not 80 bad. 1t has another angie
that at once appealed 10 dad. The
WIN "A m that blows no good" said
ne the other day. Now all our hun
cry relatives win have TO keep away"
The evening world., 1918-06-15

ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES.
d. p. P.-The Hippodrome's stage
Is the larger.
A. Leona-Address l4otue care Tue
Atre, Scranton, Pa
The evening world., 1918-06-15

A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
From a Missouri exchange we learn
hat the Hickory Point Lobo band has
arranged a playing contest with the
Pee Dee comb orchestra
The evening world., 1918-06-15

FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.
II hear you've taken UP flying"
yes. and hy1ng has taken me up"
The evening world., 1918-06-15
BELL WRITES A SKETCH.

L. N. Bell, editor OF the Washing.
ton Herald, has written an allegortcal
plnylet called white Coupons,
which is being produced by Emily
Ann Wellman and Jack MorriA
Henry L Marshall has furnished in
cidentaI music for It Mr.. Bell used
10 be an actor. One day his show
stranded In Alexandria Va n ne
walked into Washington. where No
soon became a prominent Citizen
The evening world., 1918-06-15
TO ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS.

Mrs. II. W. Alden. known TO mnny
.oidiers as The Barracks Mother,
bas bought 800 seats for the per.
formance OF Getting Together NJ
the Shubert next "Wednesday eVe.
n,n~ and will take the members or
n a2d Service Company. Engineer
Corps. stationed Of Jersey CITY, TO n
show. Mrs. Alden Is the wife OF Col.
Alden, Ordnance Corps. and mas TWO
.ons with the troops In France
The evening world., 1918-06-15
GOSSIP.

Mabel withee, OF "'sinbad." has
aligned a long term contract with mo
Winter Garden management
"" ciror has been named after Wal
Ter Hawiey. song writer and vauae-
VILE actor. He smoked n yesterday
and got homo all right. "A,
role in ''The Brat" in Canada, ~
playing II this week at Teller's shu-
bert Theatre, Brooklyn
Mike G~oldrever, OF the WOODS
forces. who often c~ollaborates WIN
sam Honenstein in writing poetry
has Joined the navy,
N mas become known that Elizabeth
coodaTI OF the Chicago "Maytime"
company. married Francis D Lam
hertz. a musician. last Wednesday.
Geraldine FarrsT has returned from
concert tour and will soo begin
working in feature Aims,
sSTiger Rose" a. the Lyceuml'
reached It's S0Oth performance marx
to-day. 1t may continue through the
aUmmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
bERNSEN GETS HIS
 INITIAL WARM-UP Attenburg Writes That He Will Report for Work on
 Next Wednesday

Yesterdays practice at Redwood was featured by the arrival of Bern sen who, along with Debus, took his first workout. Both of these lads were very soft after taking things easy dur ing the winter, so they couldn't stand any rough stuff. Bernsen Is a medium built fellow with nice swing but of course Moley won't be able to get much of a line on him for several days. Yesterday he was barely able to knock em out of the inffeld
 Debus is slim, agile looking short stop with a good natured mug and a courageous smile Naturally he didn't attempt any hair-raising catches or base stealing feats on his first day out.
 The rest of the gang put on a little more steam and took advantage of the fine weather that was dished out by Mister Horton. Moley brought in kid pitcher named Pratt to assist Bowman, Long and Glazner in working for bat ting practice Pratt will be given a try-out like the rest of the Baron kids.
 Two more hurlers are expected to report for work today, name ly, Slapnicka and Blackie. Slap is now snoozing in some hotel altSi e iiaiu Hishl oH tHe rais, ana Black may come jogging in at any minute. The big southpaw wrote Moley that he would be here today, but as Homer Haworth says, he may have de- cided to walk and will probably be q little late.
 Pat Duncan hasn't written lately but he is probably delayed by the freight congestion throughout the country Altenberg will be in Birming- ham by the 18th, according to mes sage received by Manager Moley. It seems that this boy hasn't gone into the army after all and local fans will certainly be glad to hear of his ad- dition.
 Things are gradually looking better around the old park. but two good pitchers and receiver are still well come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22

His team does not now shape up well on paper. Until We have seen what he works out of 1t in the spring training it is impossible to dope it other than an eighth place club in such a strong league His pitching is about the only thing (our- side of third basel that promises to show improvement, His young material Is a puzzle to everyone excepting Mack but then 1t usually is. He has a way of picking up young talent that is pos Lively uncanny.
 Observe how the Athletic teams play; Mack's new club which he started build ing after disposing of the greater part of his old machine. was easy to beat. in fact, 1t beat itself. Then, after a month or two together it wasn't hard to beat, but 1t wasn't beating itself but was making the other club work to beat
 1t. and by the end of the first season it was troubling all the clubs. It was play ing team ball-the kind of ball that his great club played. Of course it lacked the punch and the power of his great clubs, but some of the championship teams of the league could have learned a lot about baseball from it.
 The tearn--no matter how weak-that plays team ball all the time is not u negligible quantity. We must study to see whether the Athletics have any hid- den battery power or any camouflaged punch before we can, consign 1t to the cellar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
l. SPORTS
Brooklyn Lacks Pitchers
 Athletics Are Noble Ruin
Trolley Dodgers Are Suffering From Retrenchment Policy of Oyyners-Connie Mack Proves Himself
 an Astute Live Stock Dealer
nr HUGH s. FULLERTON

Two rather hopeless ball clubs Brooklyn and the Athletics-form our study. Brooklyn, rather a better club than was presented last season, put still forlorn hope in the Nationai league, and the Athletics-only the ragged remnants of a once great team
 Mack declared that he was planning to start to build a team up from the foundation He tore down to the foun- dation, then tore the foundation away, and little remains of the once great team excent the deficit and Mack's own uncanny smile
 Brooklyn, hit hard by the war, has been harder hit by the management in cutting salaries down to the bone.
 More and more, as we study the teams that are to contest for the championship this season, we face the fact that the box office is the dominant interest in baseball. We find these teams made more hopeless than ever because of financial, rather than play ing considerations. Undoubtedly own CTS are warranted in cutting salaries and in cheapening teams. but where the act of reducing is advertised and exploited so as to arouse the players it may affect them. It has done so in several clubs, where, perhaps, the cut down in trying.
 ting has not been greater than in oth- CTS that have escaped without a mur- mur, showing that tactful owners may get away with stuff that others fall
 THE TROLLEY DODGERS
 Brooklyn will present team with perhaps fewer changes than any of the other clubs of the league. Only two alterations that have been made have any effect on the vital strength of the team. The acquisition of Ma maux eff this temperamental bird can be made to work) makes Brooklyn more formidable in the pitching staff than it could be accounted even be- fore Pfeffer. Cadore, Smith, Appleton and Miljus decided they would rath- CT be in the trenches than play for this club. To fill this vacancy Ebbitts traded and got Grimes from Pitts burg, Mamaux from the same club, and Mitchell secured on waiver from Gin c.nEati-all losing pitchers, although Aamaux, under the proper conditions should be one of the best in the coun- try.
 The weakness of the team last sea son was pitching. The team had quite as much punch as 1t did when it won a championship and the pitchine slumped badly, resulting, especially late in the season. in half hearted play iDs by the team.
 There is nothing in sight to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22

(Note: This is the thirty-third chapter of a series of articles which Mir. Corbett is writing on John L. as I Knew Him" '" 1t relates many heretofore unpublished incidents in the life of the great war rior. The next instalment will appear tomorrow)
 About a week before my fight with John L. Sullivan I entrained in Asbury Park for New Orleans. And that was the day when some of the champion s most enthusiastic packers began to make ready to pay some bets they had made that I would run out" of the match. So convinced was certain clique of gamblers that I was bluffing in my eagerness to battle with John l.. that
 they had wagered even money that l never would show up in New Orleans, My trip from New Jersey to Louisiana
 was one that I always shall remember. The train stopped in most of the pig cities, and in each place fair-sized crowds were at the stations to look me over. But the receptions I got were none too warm. People came to look me over
 more out of curiosity than to express best wishes. The best tipoff as to the {, feelings of all the people toward me Is | an incident which happened in Atlanta. The train stopped there a short while,
 and as it was about to pull out rather | shabbily dressed fellow reached up sn
 envelope at me: Here. young fellow, take this'' | I thought it contained letter ex-
 pressing best wishes or something of
 that sort. But after the train had left
 l opened it, to find enclosed note and
 q 5 bill attached. On the note was scrawled in pencil
 l You're in for good licking. and I'm
 sorry for you. Here's s5. It may hell you to get little something to eat
 after the fight, or you can use it to helr pay your fare back home"
 1 A fair-sized crowd greeted me on my
 arrival in the Crescent City, and dele gation from the Southern Athletic clur met mo and extended to me the courtesy of it's gymnasium and it's clubrooms I That organization was one of the small. Test of it's kind in New Orleans, but found among the boys there some of the finest, cleanest fellows l ever knew in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
DOPED FOR CELLAR

teriai, he got more than he gave-and coin to make up the deficit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
Black andSapnicka Wu Report For Duty Today SPORT
SPORTS
TobnIl.aslnepH McJamoS COrbeH

my life. The other clubs in New Or
 leans ignored my existence. John L.,
 being champion, they strung along
 with him. He was the idol-the king was just an interloper. So the big and
 fashionable clubs in the city opened
 their doors to John L., but the latch Key
 wasn't out for me.
 And so you, perhaps, can understand
 how gratiied I felt toward those South ern Athletic club boys for the great
 show of friendship toward me. The gambling clique which had wag- cred that I never would show up in New /, Orieans-that 1 would lose my nerve as | the time for the bout approached--paid it's bets the day after 1 arrived. 1t at tempted to recoup it's losses immediately Iafterward by betting even money--and l some went so far as to offer odds-tnat never would enter the ring. | Then stories were circulated, quoting John L.. in fearful threats concerning
 me- stories that stated John l.. was like a wild man at the mere mention of my name, and that he was going to give me the worst beating ever doled out to a hu- man being These tales were spread fy the gamblers in the hope that John L.'s | supposed threats would throw scare into me. cause me to run out' of the match, and so enable them to cash their
 bets that would never appear In the | ring.
 | Those tales worried some of my ! friends. They came to me and asked: | You will fight him, won't you, Jim? | Certainly" I answered. l But, Jim. don't be too confident" they
 cautioned. Sullivan will outweigh you
 about 8 pounds. He's the hardest hitter
 that pugilism ever has produced. No
 man has ever beaten him. and he is in
 mighty good shape for this match.' 1 "I realize all that" I told them. "But
 I am confident, just the same. If you
 boys want to make little easy money.
 you might pick up some of that to 1
 me-
 | (To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
FURNITURE DEALERS
Methods of Securing Books for Sol
 diers to Be Discussed

The Retail Furniture Dealers asso citation will meet today at o'clock in their rooms in the Clark building and the chief business to come befor@ this body willbe the discussion on best methods of securing books for the sol diers. Philip Oster. chairman of the book committee. urges the members to respond literally to this call. Routine business will be transacted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
THE ATHLETICS

Tn military service, H.
 Liable to first call B.
 connie Mack's Athletics remind one or Rheims cathedral. They are a noble
 rum luih' padiy patched. His old stars are all sold. the new fast youngsters he
 was developing and making into a fast. Hshting ball club are mostly in military service He is patching up a team of veterans secured in trade for his great
 men, and filling in with players who. If they have much promise, are known only to Mack
 The city to which Mack gave so many championships and from which he has extracted so little money, has turned
 upon him. It never has been a great
 baseball town and it has demanded great baseball for half fare and failed to pay the fare Now it is raging at the club owners because they sold their stars.
 MACK A BUSINESS MAN If Connie Mack was in any other bus mess than baseball he probably would be rated as one of the most astute Of business men, whereas he is being denounced far and wide. Examine the circumstances: He had great ball club and salaries had advanced immensely. Receipts were not keeping up with the demands of the players. He sold play CTS and cut the pay roll to fit the in- come. Income dropped further. He cut lose his stars and began building new clubs-with such wonderful success that | his team, young and spotty as it was, became hard to beat The war took many of them.
 1 Live stock Is a risky business nowa- days. Mack had lot of money invested I in players who were liable to go into l service and be dead loss. Other clubs wanted them and were willing to take l the risk so he let go and collected players l in return who are not so liable to be summoned to the colors. He got Cady, 1 a steady and very fair catcher, and Gardner for Stuffy McInnis, with a pitcher thrown in. Gardner has been a corker for years, can play second after he is through at third. and is liable to come back with a rush under Mack. Mo Innis. great player was not earning his keep at Philadelphia and the change will do him good.
 | In spite of the howl that has gone up | in the Quaker City. it looks. as If Mack knew exactly what he was doing and that. from the standpoint of useful ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage license was issued at the probate office yesterday: Tom Davis of Blossburg to Miss LiI- lie Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
Attention, Amateurs

All ye bush-leaguers, semi-pros. high school boys and back lotters are welcome to use the sport page of The Age Herald. We will be glad to help you at all times to arrange games with other teams. to carry dope on your league. to print results of your contests wherever possible, and to make ourselves generally useful in promoting clean amateur baseball in Birmingham during the present sum- mer,
 Jot down the interesting facts about what you are doing and send them in to the sporting editor. Now that the sap has risen and practice games are already in vogue, you youngsters will soon be full of breezy items.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22

the club look even as good as it did
 a year ago in the pitching line.
 The team, further, is hurt somewhat
 by the universal salary cutting, and
 there was not the high standard from
 which to cut that some of the other
 teams had to work on.
 CUTSHAW A BIG LOSS The second change does not look good for Brooklyn. The letting go or George Cutshaw in the Pittsburg deal
 needs explaining. Why a club with a mediocre infield that Is strong on the first base side only, should trade a second baseman who annually got into mere double plays than any second baseman in the league, who hit fair ly well for a second baseman and who usually was high in number of fielding
 chances, Is odd. especially since the
 team got little in return. from paper
 standpoint, at least. Ward is very
 fair young fellow, who is coming along well, but Cutshaw was known
 quantity. There was a yarn last sea- son that Cutshaw was clashing with others in the team and there may be a real reason back of the deal fur ther than appears on the surface.
 The outfield is of first division strength; 1t has speed and it has punch. The two grains of Wheat (Zack and Jack) are reported dissatisfied with the financial arrangements and dissatisfaction on the part of Zaclx especially would take the kick out of the club to great extent The catching staff is just a little above the National league average and not of pennant winning form by any | means.
 This team is not and never was a strong one. It Is just average, and needs lot of pitching to get it into first division classification. Indications are that 8 healthier tone will prevail this season, that the men will work better for Manager Robin son. On hitting strength 1t should be | third in the league to New York and Cincinnatf on fielding it ranks very
 low, and on pitching-well, so much depends upon this fellow Mamaux and whether he is willing to work instead
 of tango and sing. that it Is a hard | guess, If he wants to work the team
 has a top notcher who can carry ths veterans and bear the heavy burden
 so as to make the old timers more ef- | feotive
 | In service, z.
 1 Liable to first call, D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22

woodiawn chapter No. 146, R. A. M., win hold regular meeting Friday night, March 22, and will confer the P. M. degree on large class of cam didates. F. H. BRYANT. H. F.
 |. A. MCCARTNEY, Secsy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-22
ID BALL |. AND BAT FUND FOR
 OUR SOLDIER BOYS
Age-Herald Will Receive Checks, Dollars, Quarters, Dimes orAthletic Equip
 ment for This Cause

You who would do your "durndest' clad lads that are now in training camps, have a fine opportunity to be really helpful. You have contributed books smokes and other much needed gloom chasers but until now you haven't been asltsd to kick in with funds to keep the national pastime go- ing in army camps.
 Ninety-ftve out of every 100 Amer ican boys had rather play baseball than to eat. which Is saying whole lot when applied to cantonment in habitants. The war department com mission on training camp activities is making a drive for $5oo,o00 to be used for equipping ball teams now in the service and anxious to play, but lack ing the necessary uniforms, bats, balls, gloves and other athletic accessories.
 Birmingham is again asked Ito do her bit. and that she will goes with out saying, but this time we'll have to hurry things along for summer is right on us.
 READ THE BULLETIN
 Read the following bulletin sent out in the interest of this campaign and send in your check to The Herald sporting editor for this very worthy cause. If you have any baseball sup plies around the house send them in too, and we'll see that they reach the proper parties. But the main thing IS hurry.
 To sporting Editor:
 "The war department commission on training camp activities has asked fos s500,o with which to secure athletic equipment for the soldiers now in the service of the United States. "Dr. Joseph H. Raycroft of Prince ton, N. J.. who is directly in charge of the athletics for the commission estimates the absolute minimum base (Continue6 on Page Tweivel