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Mobile Bears Guests of Barons Today

Just about the happiest man in base ball today is Heinie Zimmerman-"the man who redeemed himself by making one of the most unique double plays in baseball history.
 Zimmerman has been spoofed and kid ded and jeered at frequently ever since that memorable day in New York ir 1917, when he chased Eddie Collins across the plate with run in the final world series game. It ranks as a "boner' O. the classic variety But the play that Zim engineered against the Reds the oth- CT day will do a lot toward silencing his hooters and it shows quick thinking of the superlative kind.
 Ivy Wingo had doubled to left for the Reds. That was in the eighth. Then came Walter Reuther, pinch hitting for the pitcher. Reuther banged the ball on the ground to Fletcher, who shot it at once to Zimmerman on third so as to head off Wingo, who was racing along for the third station.
 Wingo, seeing the ball and Zimmerman n waiting for him, decided to try to go back to second. No sooner had he turned than Zimmerman hotfooted it after him. Wingo, not being in the Collins class as far as footwork was concerned. still did his very best to beat the onrushing Zim. merman. But he failed. Three jumps from the sack, Heinie speared him in the ribs with the horsehide
 And then came the real thrill
 Zi,v,x oboc ter, Reuther, having already rounded first decided to try for second, presumng that Wingo would lose the race. But Reu, ther, too. came to grief. No sooner ha q Zim tagged out Wingo than he saw Reuther tearing toward second. z1m lunged forward to meet him and by a hurricane dive succeeded in sticking the ball against the Reuther anatomy just before Reuther slid into the sack
 A double play at second base by = third baseman isn't made every day-or every year-and the Cincinnati crowd, even though hostile to the Giants as a whole and Heinie Zimmerman in partic- ular, gave the New York third baseman a real cheer for his hair rlraising play
 As long as world series clashes are re- membered that 'boner" of Zimmerman 1r 1917 will be discuSsed-and Zim undoubted- ly will get the major portion of the blame. Some lay the fault on Catcher Bill Rariden, but my own thought all ways has been that First Baseman Walter Holke was the real culprit.
 Collins was on third when Felsch rapped bounder to Pitcher Benton. He saw Collins off the bag, moved over a few steps as if to scare him back ani then. failing to do so, threw the ball to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-30

$Batted for Lohman in ninth. aS s$Ran for Kelly in ninth. f Score by innings;
 Little Rock ...... 103 GOO OO2-e Chattanooga standardization. 101 010 10O-4 Summary: Two-base hits Anderson, Graff, Brottem. Three-bas hits, Graff,
 Distel. Sacrifice hits, Neiderkorn An derson. Horstead, Kinsella. Sacrifice
 flies, Bratchi ?. Double play, Horstead
 to Grimm. Bases on balls. off Lehman 2. Hengeveld ?. Struck out, by Lehman | ? Stone 1. Hit by pitcher. by Henge- weld {Gleason). Hits apportioned. off Hengeveld. Il, with runs in innings
 Left on bases, Little Rock 1, Chattanoo-
 ga 9. Time. 1:50. Empires. Blackburn and Lauzon.
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BRUINS BLANKED
 IN BOTH BATTLES Roberts and Perdue Prove Invincible and the Pels
 Take Two More

New Orleans, June 29.-New Orleans won both games from Mobile here to- day. The second game was called while New Orleans was at bat in it's fifth inning because of a rainstorm which practically flooded the field and made further play impossible. A home run over the left field fence by Asnew, young catcher recently acquired by New Orleans from the Texas league, was the only run scored in the second game. Daubert, local shortstop, was put out of the first game in the eighth inning for dlsputing decision. Scores.
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FEEDERS EXHAUSTED
 AFTER CHASING HITS

While Birmingham's infield and gar dens were in splendid shape, Moley's hurlers were away off color. and before the end of the game the outfield was thoroughly exhausted from chasing Cracker drives into the stands and crowds.
 To the lone error that was checked up against Atlanta, four were registered against the Slagtown crew. The latter were made, however, not through the slowness of the Barons, but through their frantic efforts to get at the sig zling drives of the locals. Captain Mo Donald's pebble was of the fluke va riety. Bernsens was a hard luck ham, dle of a hot drive to first sack, and webb's two errors at third base were of the rotten kind.
 Birmingham was also there with the stick, getting a total of 13 hits, three of them for extra bases. This number is usually sufficient to win any reasonable game, but not so Sunday The Crackers went wild with the bat and anything that came within reaching distance of the plate was nailed for a safety. Then, too. Slapnicka was badly off and young Balmer was unable to better the stua- tion.
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TRAVELLERS ROMP ON GR0GGY LOQKOUTS
Elberfeld's Overworked Hurlers Continue to MOw
 Down Opponents

Chattanooga. June 29.-Little Rock won both games of double-header from Chattanooga this afternoon, 6 to 4 and to o. Chattanooga played the second game under protest because Blackbu called Distel and Horstead safe in the first inning, when batted ball from the latter struck him.
 Gleason made a double play after the ball had carooned off the umpires back. The hitting and fielding of Graff was the feature of the afternoon. President Martin of the Southern association, and Scout Knabe of the Chicago Nationals were in the stand. The score:
 MD C,AMI,
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cards Have Field Day

Cincinnati, O.. June 29.-St. Louis forced Cincinnati to use six pitchers today and most of them were hit hard. the visitors accommodating 22 safe hits for total of 29 bases and winning the game IA to 9. Doak was knocked out of the box in the first inning and Sher6el was hit hard. but finished the contest. Score: R. H. E. St. Louis ....... POI 500 230-l4 g 1 Cincinnati .... S20 001 030- 12 3
 Doak. Sherdel and Snyder; Elicr. Ruether. Fisher. Bressler. Gerner and Wingo, Allen.
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Two-base Hits-Olphant 2, Mayer Moore, Damrau 2, Mcdonald, Bernsen. Peters.
 Three-base Hit-Mayer.
 Home Runs-Oliphant Damrau, Hig. gins, Galloway.
 Doubla Plays-Mayer to Galloway; Damrau to Galloway to Griffin Moore to Bernsen to Griffin.
 Struck Out-By Slapnicka 1. Bases on Balls-Off Ballmer 1, off Thorburn f.
 Sacrifice Hit-Thorburn.
 Stolen Bases-Galloway Mayer. Left on BaseS-Birmingham 10 Allan ta 4.
 Hit by Pitcher-By Thorburn, Slap nicka by Ballmer, Higgins.
 Umpires-Brennan and Campbell. Time, 2:15.
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Summary: Home run, HeIfrIch. Sacri- flee hits, Jonnard, Meyers. Double play, Ellam to Kaufman. Hits, off Jonnard 6. with no runs, in 1-3 innings (two men on base when ralieved in seventh. Bases on balls, off Jonnard 8. off Hell ferich 2. off Canavan 8. Struck out, by Jonnard 1, by Helferich 2, by Canavan 3. Hit by pitcher Wickham By Cana van Time, 1:45. Umpires, Pfenninger and Shilbley.
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Ruthless Slaughter of Slap
 And Ballmer Features Farce
 In Which Crackers Go Wild
Moleys Men Utterly Exhausted After Chasing Drives Off Pitchers-Barons Play Hard and Hit Well, But
 Pitiful Exhibition of Twirling Ruins Chances
nv RoR McDAyIn

Atlanta, Ga, June out four home triple six doubles and sixteen singles off the combined deliveries of Sapnicka and Bamer at Atlanta today estab shed runmakng record for the and probably for
 many past by beating the Birmingham Barons 24 to The in respect the greatest single track meet ever Witn in his neck of the
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VOLS BLANK CHICKS
 IN OPENING GAME JOnnard WObbled in Sev-
 enth, But Helfrich Re- tired the Birds

Memphis, June 29.-Nashville held Memphis scoreless in today's game and won, to o. The locals had several op portunities to score, but when the sit uation appeared dangerous for Jonnard in the seventh, Helfrich was substituted and Stemmed the rally. Score
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American Association

At Louisville: Louisville 5-4. To- ledo 32.
 At St. Paul: St. Paul 2. Milwaukee 1 I4 innings). Kansas City a-2 (second game called seventh inning).
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Pirates Beat Jim Vaughn

Chicago. June 29-Jim VaughL's pitching and fielding today gave Pitts burg to 4 victory over Chicago. Vaughn was batted hard. and in the fifth inning. with two men out and the bases filled. he threw Lees grounder wild to Merkle. and three runs scored. Score: R. H. r.. Pittsburg 103 0S0 000- II Chicago ....... 900 oil 020-4 g 2
 Batteries-Cooper and Lee; Vaughn, Carter and O'FarreH.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Houston: Houston o-l. San An. tonio 1-2.
 At Beaumont: Beaumont 6, Calves. ton g. At Fort Worth: Fort Worth %. Dal. las 1-2
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I7 mHinSS dgreeiHtHt.J
 Summary: Two-base hits. Brothem stolen bases. Graft ?. Bases on balls Robinson l: Vines 2. Struck out by Rob- inson 3; Vines 4; left on bases Little Rock. 5; Chattanooga f. Time lis. Um- pires Lauzon and Blackburn.
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AMERICAN LEACUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY Boston 5, New York 2. Detroit 4, Cleveland O.. Washington at Philadelphia St. Louis 5, Chicago 8.
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CRACKERS KNOCK HOMERS
 WITH GREATEST ECLAT

One of the great features of the game was the ease with which the Crackers annexed home runs. Elmer Oliphant, tho army football phenom, and Chick Galo- way, each got circuit drive off Slap nicka in the first frame, and the early part of the second inning. In the fifth, Damrau clouted one to the scoreboard in deep center and came home when the balls progress was blocked. In the fourth Higgins lined one to center and completed the circle before 1t could be gathered in
 The Crackers started the scoring in the first, when Oliphant doubled to left and scored on Galloway's homer. Mayor then drove out screaming triple to center and came in on Grif- fins drive. The Barons evened things up in the first of the second, Thor burn, in the box for Atlanta, being in deepest trouble throughout this frame. PETE'S DOUBLE DRIVES
 IN TWO COUNTERS
 Duncan and Bernsen singled and scored on Peters two bagger to right. Slapnicka was hit by a pitched ball and Fisher singled, intoxicating the bases. Thorburn walked Mcdonald, forcing in a run.
 The Crackers came back in the sec ond with two runs when Higgins was hit by a pitched ball and tallied with Olipkant when the latter laced oat another home run. They made two more in the third off singles by Hern- don. Moore, Higgins and Thorburn.
 The fourth was Atlantas great in- ming. Oliphant, first man up singled to center and advanced when Galloway was safe on Webb's error. At this juncture Captain Eddie Mcdonald pulled the hidden ball trick again and caught Elmer off second. Mayer then doubled to center and Herndon was safe at first when Ballmer threw to catch Galloway at third. Moore dou- bled and Galloway and Mayer scored on Griffin's single. Herndon tallied, and on Damrau's double Moore and Griffin came in. Higgins then laced out a homer. Thorburn was given a free ticket and Oliphant was safe when Captain Mcdonald was unable to han dle hot drive over second base prop erly Galloway beat out an infield hit and on Mayors long double to center Thorburn and Oliphant brought in the last of the nine runs made in that single inning
 In the fifth inning Damrau laced
 ut homer and in the sixth the
 -ackers annexed two more. Still bent
 running up a record score, the
 ackers got two more runs in the
 venth and in the eighth they made chree more runs.
 Birmingham attempted to make a showing in the ninth. but was checked with only one run After Fisher and Mcdonald went out Stevenson sins jed and scored on another drive by Dun- can. Bernsen doubled, but the game ended when Webb popped to Galloway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-30

I Summary Two-base hit, Fielder
 Three-base hit. Daniels Stolen bases Gilbert 2, McMil1an. Sacrifice hits
 Stansbury, Govlin, Miller. Base on pals, off Roberts 5, off Fulton 2. Hit oy pitched ball, by Roberts (Fulton
 Meyers). Passed ball, Deberry. Time 1 2 hours. Empires. Johnson and wn- 1 Hams
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Walter Was in Form

Washington, June 29.-Johnson had the better of Naylor in pitching duel to- day. and Washington won. 1 to 0. there by making 1t three straight over Phila- delphia. Fosters triple over Strunk' s head and Rices infield hit in the ninth inning accounted for the only run of the game. Score: R.H.E. Philadelphia ............ 900 900 000-0 2 Washington ............ 100 900 O0s-1 0
 Batteries: Naylor and Perkins; John cop and Cha rritv
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| lCalIed last half of fifth; rain.) Summary: Two-base hit, Gilbert
 home run, Agnew. Stolen base, Ducote. Struck out, by Perdue B. Time of game,
 45 minutes. Empires, Johnson and Will Hams.
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Dodgers Take Third

Brooklyn. June 29.-Brooklyn made it three straight from Philadelphia to- day by winning a heavy batting game g to 4. Philadelphia tied the score in the seventh inning. but the locals came back in their halt with three runs Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia -. O10 100 900 4 10 8 Brooklyn ...... 010 021 32x- g Is 2
 Batteries-Packard. Woodward and Cady, Smith and Miller.
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Browns Take Series
Tigers Win Seventh Straight

land only one hit today and held the wis., itors scoreless, while Detroit punched five hits in two innings and won, to O. making a clean sweep of the series. Gardner made Cleveland's lone hit, a slow infield grounder. Score: R.H.E Cleveland ............... GOO 900 000-0 1 Detroit .................. GOO 20 00s-4 2
 Batteries: Morton, Uhle Phillips and O'Neill: Thomas. Ehmke and Ainsmith.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Red Sox Win Third Game

New York, June 29.-Boston defeated New York in the third game of the series by a score of to 8 Jones pitched good ball for Boston until the ninth, Gill; hooley's huff on Lewis preventing a shut-out With two out, Pratt tripled, Bodie hit home run and Hannah sin gle but Jones ended the game by strik- ing out o'Doul, a pinch hitter. The Red Sox punched hits on Mogridge. Score:
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International League

At Reading 1. Jersey City 5. At Binghamton 2. Rochester 6 At Buffalo 2. Toronto. 6.
 At Newark 9-S. Baltimore 4-1
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ican team was composed of Paddock Haddock, Torkelson and Teschner The Canadian runners were Howard, Halibur ton. Zoellin and Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-30
NATIONAL LEAGuE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Brooklyn g, Philadelphia 4. St. Louis 14, Cincinnati 9. Pittsburg ', Chicago 1.
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LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERpAY

Atlanta 24. Birmingham 4. New Orleans 1-1. Mobile 0-0. Little Rock 6-1, Chattanooga 40. Nashville 3, Memphis o.
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A large and justly enthusiastic crowd of Sunday fans came out to Camp Jesup and went wild for two hours and fifteen minutes, the length of the long drawn out encounter. The only explanation of the phenomenal victory is that the Crackers simply were right as to stick work team play and fielding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-30
GAMES TO-DAY

Mobile at Birmingham. Nashville at Memphis. Little Rock at Chattanooga. New Orleans at Atlanta.
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GAMES TODAY Detroit at St. Louis. Washington at Philadelphia. Boston at New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-30

GAMES TODAY New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Pittsburg. Cincinnati at Chicago.
The sun., 1919-09-07

Unionist party that he will have TO
abandon his old principles? Is he
moving in direction which is alienat-
ing him from the British proletariat
and will the Industrial classes sweep
him from Office and power at the next
general election2 These are the ques-
lions 1 am often asked in the United
States.
Well, a great many of his present
supporters are men who were formerly
antagonistic, and it is unquestionable
that many men who accepted him as
their champion in days gone by are
now bitterly opposed to him.
But it must be borne in mind that
in England the war destroyed the old
political barrier; that foes and friends
have for years been united in the
same national cause; that although 1t
is inevitable there will be rival camps
the causes Of dispute will be far other
than the old problems; that the ma
jority Of the British people have no
use for extremists whether Of the
reactionary or Bolshevist type; that
many Of the most ardent social re-
formers are to be found in the Union
list ranks now serving under Lloyd
George; that there is growing up in
the United Kingdom q. great middle
class party, level headed, progressive.
democratic to the core, a mass of
quiet but determined public opinion
that faces the issues of the future
with clear eyes-and there IL no bet
ter evidence of this than the wonder
ful work, SO little heralded to the
outer world. but so pregnant in useful
consequence, now being done by the
British Ministry of Reconstruction.
Mr.. Lloyd George is adaptive. He
has double sight in anticipating how
the wheel Of events will turn. He has
no political principles in the manner,
of being chained to antiquated dogma.
The expedient course is the right
course. He seizes occasion on the
wing. His gaze is ever turned for
ward. His heart is big and 1t is kind.
He wins men to him by his fascina-
ton. When other men see only a
bog Of troubles before them he sees
the cleaning hills ahead. He finds
the way for accomplishment. And
when he speaks in that silver, undu-
latfng, cadenced Welsh voice of his.
Illuminating in phrase, ripping with
mirth, tragic when drawing a picture
OF sadness, the mighty audience will
laugh and weep and be under his
spell.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain
Will nave his ups and downs. Gusts
OF dissension will buffet his career.
But he knows where he is travelling:
he sights his goal and nothing CO.,,
shake his pertihacity. He is Sc years
OF age, still comparatively young as
the age of statesmen counts in Eng
land. He is not the kind of man to he
cast derelict on political shoals, and
he will continue to play a great part
during the next quarter of a century
In moulding the destiny of the British
Empire. He has confidence in himself.
Copyright, 1919. Mcclure Nepspaper
Syndicate.
The sun., 1919-09-07
Didn't Leap Into Fame, but Doggedly Fought His Way
Selecting Joseph Chamberlain as a
Suitable Antagonist

when 1t would be imagined such a
statesman would be closeted with his
principal advisers, you will read in the
newspapers that Mr.. Lloyd George
spent yesterday playing golf at WAL
ton Heath.
The supreme qualities of "L-G'
were shown during the Peace Con-
ference. His characteristics are en-
tirely different from those of MIR.
Wilson and NJ. Clemenceau. Mr..
Wilson has world views and is granite
in conviction. NJ. Clemenceau thinks
chiefly of France, is known as "the
Father of Victory" by his countrymen
and in forensics is called the Tiger"
Americas President and Frances
Prime Minister have esteem for each
other. But as both of them are
adamart in their disposition, both with
an infiexible spirit, 1t was in the very
nature Of things that frequently they
would clash.
Those of us who were in Paris dur
ing the Peace Conference were con-
stantly hearing stories Of the two
men reaching an impasse. 1 would
not say, because somebody would
probably contradict me, that If IL had
not been for Mr.. Lloyd George the
conference would have broken up dur
ing the first weeks, due to apparently
irreconcilable differences. Yet II is
now matter of current history that
when there was a deadlock 1t was In
variaply "L-G" who found the way
out.
Again his personality, a mixture of
amiability and astuteness, played a
part He was never irreconcilable.
responsiveness, sweet reasonableness,
concession, with the constant re-
minder that the world would never
forgive the Big Five IL they lacked
unanimity, were his weapons.
The consequence was that fire.
quently the outside world could not
understand him. The people Of Brit
ain sometimes thought he was lack
ing in firrhness; it leaked out that he
was not always backing France and
the Partisan newspapers became criti-
cal; possibly in America there were
some folk who thought that Lloyd
George was too cunning for Wilson.
He was not cunning; he was truly
sympathetic toward France; he never
lost sight Of the rights of the British
Empire. But he knew that the con-
ference was not for the domination of
any onc Power and that the very es-
sence Of agreement was concession.
Sometimes 1 used to meet him after
he had a day of talk with Wilson and
Clemenceau and over a cup Of tea and
cigar he would be light hearted and
anecdotal. The conference has left
Its mark on other men. Lloyd George
Is as cheerful as boy, but always be-
hind the smile and the laughing eyes
Is the calculating, weighing, accom-
modating brain. swift in the grasp of
great problems and alert in devising
solutions. In this respect 1t may quite
be said that the peace treaty was "a
Lloyd George treaty
What Of his future? In British pol
itics has he got so tied up with the
The sun., 1919-09-07

few inches. The cyanide solution
Immediately begins to exercise it's
functions by attacking the cleaning
pyritic' crystals and eating out the I'M
prisoned gold so that what previously
looked like collection OF diamonds
under the microscope now presents the
appearance of furnace Stag.
After few hours of this treatment
the gold Is, almost to a grain a ton,
in solution, and, deadly as ever, this
Is run through pipes into long, narrow,
partitioned extractor boxes, the com.
partments of which are filed with fine
zinc shavings. AS is seen by the brisk
pubbling of hydrocyanic acid gas which
ensues, the gold is rapidly taken I'D
by the zinc, which discolors and "rots.''
ultimately becoming a thick black
sludge resembling nothing SO much as
filthy river mud. But what precious
mud!
At the end of the month the low OF
solution through the boxes is tempo-
rarily stopped and the unaffected zinc
Is removed, and after the addition of
alum or lime has cleared the coal black
liquid the pure solution is carefully
siphoned Off as close as possible to the
muddy deposit-which, be It remem-
bered. is gold and not to be trifled with
This literal pay dirt" is then scooped
up into pans and left to dry for a
time. after which is is placed in a cal
ching furnace on thick iron plate
heated to a cherry red This is to burn
of the zinc which has succumbed to
the chemical action of the cyanide, and
after very careful raveling with iron
rods for the purpose "a cholocate COW
cred powder remains. Here we have
the long suffering gold in another form.
The powder is then drawn off with
much care-for it "dusts" very easily
and there are better ways of breathing
an atmosphere of gold-and, being
mixed with due proportions of clean
sand, carbonate OF soda and borax. Is
placed in plumbago crucibles and sub
jected to the fierce heat of 1000 de-
grees which the smelling Of gold Do
mands