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La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1918-10-04
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mente Tn Santa Fe

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tn partido, acerca de la cual ple-
des hablar con autoridad.
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tie dire que esa reunion fue como
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pues nnos ganaron y otros per-
dieron Y unos quedaron contentos
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EN- el negocio, cuando no eres as
pirante a ninguna candidatura!
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pero sucedi0 que fel a mi apodo
de entremetido, me meto en- ca
nisa de once varas, trabajando va
por este 0 va por el otro, viniendo
a parar ell negocio en- que todos
les de mi lado salimos chasquea
dos. Ell contingente tejano nos
hizo terra e hizostodas las noml-
naciones a su gusto sin dejarnos
nj un bocad0.
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gente Tejano' y quienes Sc ap-
lica tal designation? 70 no habia
oidos de,ir NADIA de ESQ.
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recien llegados de Texas que Sc
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dados nuevos de Nueyo Mexico,
los cuales son Dem6cratas lntran-
sigentes que tienen por credo
aharcar con todo cuanto puedan
en- materia de destinos y dejaf a
los del pals con la boca alberta.
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mas delegados que Vdes. 0 abusa'
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nero de nuestros delegados, re
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todas las cuestiones importantes.
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porque eilos mismos adoptaron
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luego Sc repartieron de los demas
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La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1918-10-04

Ell modo de ser it'll al pals y a
su gobiernc, en- la actual crisis, es
trabajar mucho y usar de todas
las energias = de todas las ,activi-
dades para el suceso de la guerra.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
HEIR VICTORIOUS IN
 NATIONAL EVENT FOR AMATEUR HIGH RUN
Former Professional Shoot CT Tops List of Interstate Event-German Is the
 Best Professional

New York, January 5.-A former pro- fessional trapshooter, William II. Heer of Guthrie, Okla, is the winner of the amateur high average trophy of the In- terstate association for the season of 1917. During the season just closed he shot at 2o5O targets, of which he broke 1907, giv- ing him an average of .9141, which was six points above his nearest competitor, W. Henderson of Lexington, Ky.
 Heer won the official high average in 1910, and again in 1913 In 1910 his ayer- age was 97-75, and in 1913 it was 97-so Trapshooting rules provide that a man who is professional and desires to again become an amateur, must retire from competitor for three years, that Is, pro- vided that his average was better than 90 per cent. Heer retired from competi- tion after the 1913 season and returned in 1917 as an amateur and won the highest average.
 The professional high man is Les ter German of Aberdeen Md who some 20-odd years ago pitched the Memphis southern league team to championships, and after pitched for the New York Ma tionals before enternr the trapshooting game as a professional
 The averages for single targets for both amateurs and professionals are based on minimum of 1000 targets in accordance with the Interstate Trap shooting association ruling to that eff feet. The average for double targets are computed on the Interstate Trap shooting association tournaments only, and they are based on taking part in two tournaments as a minimum. as per the Interstate Trapshooting association ruling to that effect,
 More than 26o amateur and 50 pro- fessonals qualified under these rulings during the 1917 trapshooting season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
Auburn'S s RdW Material
 Promises Winning FiDe

Auburn. January 5.-(Special. )-The Auburn Tigers took on the Birming- ham Y. M. c. A. as their first oppon- ents for the present baslx etball sea- son during the holidays, and while they had not practiced scarcely any together, they made a creditable show ing against their very worthy oppon- ents. The best the Birmingham 'Y" was able to do was to beat Coach Donahues five by 12 points. Only two regulars were used by Captain Floyd in this game and the rest of the men were freshmen, who are trying out for the squad. All this has put a great deal of hope in the breasts of loyal Tiger basketball supporters, and they predict that Auburn will be away up in the running at the end of the pres- ent season.
 Basketball practice is being held nightly at the gymnasium in prepar- will likely start in about a week. A number of heralded prep stars are out and they give promise of giving the regulars that won their "A's" last season run for their position.
 At center, where last season Bridges held this position. Hahn of Central high school of Birmingham and Will son of last years squad, are giving the veteran a lot of trouble. Hahn played a pretty game in Birmingham. Hall and Floyd at forwards have plenty of competition also. Redd, d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06

fast Columbus, Ga, youth, and Barks, Birmingham high school product, are likely youngsters and will bolster up the squad great deal whether they make the team or not.
 At the guards. with Manager Bur bage gone to the officers training g camp, there is a vacancy left in the ranks, where some new man will be given a chance to show his wares. At present. Johnny Hudson of Memphis, now manager, is holding down the oth- CT guard and it will take a very like ly freshman to displace him.
 A strong schedule has been ar ranged, but in the absence of Man ager Hudson. who has not as yet re- turned to college, an accurate state- ment as to the teams to be played cannot be given out. Coach Donahue has stated that games will be played with the Atlanta Athletic club prob ably sometime in February.
 Two games will be played with the Birmingham Athletic club, one on the campus and one in Birmingham. Both of these clubs will likely find that Auburn will come on their schedule early in February and if these two rivals have not clashed up to that time a good comparison will be forth coming when the Auburn Tigers are met. It is also likely that a game will be arranged with some soldier team from Montgomery and game will also be on the schedule with some strong Mobile team. The usual bunch of college lives will be in a promi- nent place during the season and Au- burn hopes this year, if not able to Win the championship, at least to de- feat all college opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
NO MORE RUMORS OF TRADE
 OF DANNY CLARK TO ELLAM

No more gossip of the trade of Danny Clark to the Nashville Vols has been heard. And probably no additional talk will follow until Boss Moley reaches the scene and has a talk with Danny. The Vols are anxious to latch on to Danny s services, and should they offer suit able trade Moley will probably signify his intentions to agree.
 Danny doesn't care much where he plays. The Vols need a new keystoner, as Bill Sheehan has quit the national pastime. But should Moley swap the Meridian marvel to the champions of 1916, he will have a handsome gap to fill in his own machine. Consequently there is not much probability of a trade unless Moley has thee opportunity to ac- qure a new keystoner. He will not hardly trade Danny, in these days and times when good players are as scarce as hens teeth, without suitable success sor in sight.
 Danny played his first games in fast company opposite Roy Ellam at short, and the Baron Keystoner, who is winter ing here states that he will like to fig ure in double killings with the blond once again.
 Charley Herzog, field leader of the New York Giants last season, has played his last game under John McGraw, he says. Charley is peeved at the Giant boss, and wants to be traded, preferably to the Chicago Cubs
 Charley is using his "bean" consider ably in wanting to be traded to the Cubs. With the Giants, they loom up as the most dangerous organization in the National league, and on the Weeghman roster Charley would have another sce in the worlds series money if the New Workers were beaten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
ALL NEGOTIATIONS . TEMPORARILY HALT
 IN HUNDRED TRADE
Tanks Will Start Training at Macon on March 15. National League MOguls
 Discuss Routine

New York, January 5.-Miller Higgins. the new manager of the New York Amer jeans, announced today that all negotia- tions for the purchase of Derrill Pratt, the St. Louis American second base man, has been temporarily called off. Higgins said that the Yankees would start training at Macon, Ga, on March 15 The pitchers will report a week be- fore the regulars. The club will take only 30 players to tha training camp.
 The New York National league club announced today that it had received 1918 contracts from Ferdinand Schupp, Adam Swigler and Schepner, a recruit infielder.
 President Tener of the National league held conference today with Presidents Hampstead. Ebbets and Baker of the New York. Brooklyn and Phila- delphia clubs. at which routine affairs of the league were discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
By FRED RoDEKER

complete rest for the Baron boss, for the contracts. transportation, purchase of uniforms and dlckering with stubborn players will take considerable time.
 Moley should have some interesting an- nouncements to make following his ar rival. He has latched on to some speedy players, and announcements of all of these purchases must be made. So far, only one acquisition has leaked out. Jesse Altenburg, an outfielder. has been sent to the Barons from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
 Bill Webb Al Ellis, Lester Sheehan, Marcus Milligan, Kid Caton, Elmer Pom der, Red Smith and Carmen Hill must all be replaced Webb, Ellis, Sheehan, Milli- gan and Ponder are in the service of the government, while the remaining former Barons are to receive a try in the big tent.
 Should Cecil Coombs and Billy South worth return, with Altenburg, Moley will have a complete outfeld without worry The infield will need a new shortstop to fill the gap caused by the loss of Caton Homer Haworth is the lone survivor of the catching staff.
 Karl Black, the eccentric southpaw, and Ralph Comstock are the remnants of the hurling corps. Comstock has announced that he has retired from the game, while Black will be back in the fold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
INITIAL OFFICIAL
 WORLD RECORDS
 AT TRAPSH00T|NG
By PETER E. CARNEY

Here are the first complete trapshoot- ing records of the world ever complied It is interesting to note that one of the records-that for POGO targets-was estab- lished in Birmingham. The following are corded:
 The yards, score, shooter, place and date appear consecutively-16, 565, c. e. Spencer, Viola, H., September B-19, 1909; 16 419 J. R. Graham, Chicago, H., August 3O-September 1, 1910; r, 99, F. c. Carlton, Omaha, Neb., August 6, 1913; IS 1o4, liar vey Dixon, St. Louis, Mo, August Fl, 1916; 19 1O0 Riley Thompson, Chicago, H., June g, 1910; 1s, 100, c. A. Cunning, Omaha, Neb., August ', 1918; 20, 1ss H. S. Wells, Betterton, Md, July 26, 1915; 2l, 119, Fred Plum, Maplewood N. H., July 6. 1916; 22, 1OS, Mark Arie, Chicago, H., August 25, 1917; p, 99. Walter Huff. At lanta, Ga., July ?, 1917; 23, 100. c. A. Young, Peru. Ind, July 13, 1916. TWO-DAY TOURNAMENTS 400 straight by Charles G. Spencer, pro- fessional at Viola, H., September B-19, 1909.
 400 straight by J. R. Graham, amateur, at Chicago, H., August 3o September l, 19l0
 THREE-DAY TOURNAMENTS 499 by 800, by Lester German. profess sional at Atlantic City, N. J., September l 16, IT, IS, 1915. 4ss by 45o by o. N, Ford. amateur. at Ray, Ariz., October s. 9. 10. fsl5 CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENTS 2O66 by POO, by James s. Day, profes- sonal, in five consecutive tournaments, in Texas, in 1910. 1912 by 1850, by o. N. Ford, amateur, in five consecutive tournaments in Ari- zona and California, october, 1917. FIVE-MAN TEAM 497 by 800, at Maplewood, N. H., July [, 1916, by A. c. King, Tom sRiver, N. J. l (99); R. L. Spotts, New York Q0o); c. B. Richardson, Dover, Del. (99); Fred Plum, Atlantic City, N. J. Q0o). LONGEST SHOOT-OFF A. G. Flickinger Q99); O. A. Evans dss), 200 targets, at Vernon. Cal, June Il, 1917.
 1000 TARGETS
 961 by Mrs. Ad Topperwein, profes- sional, at San Antonio Tex, September l6 1908. Time consumed, hours and l5 minutes. (Exhibtion)
 927 by J. w. Garrett, amateur, at Col orado Springs, Colo, October 13. 1908. Time consumed, hours. (Match race.)
 Against time-each contestant shooting in turn-Alexander Mermond (929); Fred Stone GOD; at St. Louis, Mo, January l3. 1911. Time consumed-2 hours and 30 minutes. Actual shooting time-1 hour, 30 minutes and 23 seconds.
 2O0O TARGETS
 1852 by Mrs. Ad. TOpperwein. pro- fessional, at Birmingham, Ala.. NO- vember II, 19f6. Time consumed-S hours and 20 minutes. Actual shooting tiInc-3 hours and IS minutes. tExhibi- tiOn.)
 DOUBLE TARGETS
 9sx100 by William Ridley, amateur, Den yer, Col September 6, 1912.
 96x1OO by c. B. Platt amateur. Chicago ul., August 23, 1917.
 All of the above records were made from 16 yards.
 5000 GLASS BALLS
 4S44 by Capt. A. H. Bogardus, in 1888 Time consumed. hours B minutes and 45 seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
BE A REAL LEADER

Whatever scheme of power is followed it is necessary that the leader be a leader in both act and name. Perhaps no other class of officials in America have ever shown more ability or 'oln- mand more respect from those under them than our regular army officers. They have the knack of understanding human nature and of scoring in those little personal encounters between men that alone are distinguishing marks of leadership. Witness this example:
 A company of men in training at Fort Niagara last summer for commissions in the United States reserve were com manded by a very human, very iiKeable and fine regular army officer-a cap- tain. He was every inch the man and was so full of energy that on Saturday afternoons he always played ball with
 the men of his company. All the time
 he was called Captain" Ii became
 somewhat difficult for the men under
 him to remember that during the times of excitement incident to the baseball game
 One afternoon, after he had been in charge of this company for some six weeks, he called the ball teams together and asked them to forget his title for the afternoon, to consider him one of them. Shortly afterward he came to cat and rapped out a two-bagger. He had to so at top speed to make second safely, and coaching on the first base line yelled at him at the top of his voice: "Slide, you -, slide!"
 Reaching second safely the captain jumped up on the bag and roared at
 the top of his voice:
 Prom here in I'm a captain.' Copyright, 1917. by Sol Metzger)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
GIANT PRESIDENT
 ID TRADE HERzOG Heine Zimmerman Signs, 1918 Contract-Moguls |
 to Meet Monday

New York, January 5.-Heine zimmer man, third baseman of the New Yorby Nationals, signed today a contract foI the 1918 season.
 President Tener and Secretary Heydlei of the National league will leave tomor- row for Cincinnati to attend the annual meeting Of the national commission Mon- day. President Hampstead of the New York Nationals will also attend the meet ing.
 It is understood that President Hampstead will make an effort while in Cincinnati to trade Charley Herzog, cap. tain of the Giants, to Chicago or some other club Herzog started suit recent ly against the New York. club for salary taken from him last season while under indefinite suspension. The player says he will never play for New York again while John McGraw is manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
Fred Toney Is Placed
 in Drafts Class One

Nashville, January Sired Toney, star pitcher of the Cincinnati Nation- al league club, who was recently ar rested by federal authorities here on the charge of conspiracy to violate the sclective service regulations, was placed in class one today by local exemption board of Davidson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
Johnson and Dreyfuss to
 Arrange 1918 Schedules

Chicago, January A-The 1918 sched- ule of the two major leagues will be drawn up in Dover Hall, Ga. by Presi- dent Johnson of the American league and Barney Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg Nationals, 1t was announced today. Johnson and Dreyfuss will go to Dover Hall immediately after the meeting of the National commission in Cincinnati, next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
HERMAN ELECTED
 BOSTON SECRETARY

Boston, January 5.-U. J. Herman of Chicago was elected secretary-treas- urer of the Boston American league baseball club tonight to succeed Hugh J. Ward of New York. MT. Ward who retains his financial interest in the club, resigned because of other busi ness duties. H. H. Frazee of New York was reelected president of the club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
GUN CLUB SHOOT

H. c. Ryding led the shooting at the local gun club, tying Fletcher in the 5o target race. and beating him by margin of two targets in the 100. They tied on 47 in the 50. Ryding going out with 92 in the 100.
 ond place in the 50 targets with A each to their credit
 John Fletcher made the long run by breaking 30 without miss.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
HAPGOOD ARRANGES FOR EXHIBITION TILT |OF BRAVES AND TANKS

Spartanburg, S. C.. January 5.-Wal- ter E. Hapgood. business manager of the Boston Nationals, today perfected arrangements for game to be played in Spartanburg. April s, between the Braves and the New York Americans. A sufficient guarantee for the game was furnished by local business men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
CAMPS STATEMENT

If one has had the opportunity to see what has been done at the camps and stations this fall he cannot help being convinced that there was actually ss great deal more football played and more men engaged in the sport than ever before in its history in this country. In no college or university were there ever half as many players as there were in several of the training camps and naval stations. In some cases, as many as 15 teams were playing regularly in sew eral of these bases. Now the interest," ing feature of this is that the prepara- tion for war has not only untilized the sport of football, but it has given many men, who had, on account of their en- trance into professional or business life abandoned the game, an opportunity of taking it up once more. And great deal of pleasure did they have out of it. It was, as it were, a renewal of youth. All this indicates something along the line of the prospects for the game next season.
 The outlook is that all the colleges which kept up their game and sched-t ules this year will continue in 191S and that if we continue the development ok men for the army and navy all these( endorsements and stations will have teams in great numbers. More football would have been played this last fall had it been possible to. secure sufficient equipment, and now that we know something of what is demanded it ia safe to say that preparations will be made in the late summer to such an extent that we shall probably add 2i per cent more to the number playing It has already been sufficiently demonr strated that football is the right kind of preparat tion, and the sport has the backing of both the war and navy com- missions on athletic activities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-06
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