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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
Community Eleven
Loses to Pell City

Unable to hit the ground and hold
the ball at the same time the com
munity eleven of the Independent
PRESBYTERIAN church lost to the Pell
City High school yesterday. score 6 to
0. No less than 10 times did the preds
make spectacular gains only to bounce
the ball finally into the hands of their
opponents.
+ The local boys nauestionably out
played the st. Clair team and should
have won the contest by a large. score.
But not single pred player in the
hackfield who had an opportunity re-
fused to do his bit at throwing the
game away
Taking the place of Perry. who suf-
fered broken arm in the recent game
with Magnolia Park, Bridges played
his first game a quarter with only one
days practice He displayed the
headwork and poise of an oldtimer at
the position. STREET., shannon Drennen
and McHenry did excellent work for
the preds. Starnes of the Peil City
team was the outstanding star of the
game. He made two spectacular runs,
one being 20 wards for the lone touchl
down of the game. The entire high
school team played snappy, jam-up
ball in high-class, sportsmanlike
way.
The next game OF the community
team will be Tuesday afternoon with
The Southside Baptist team at Lake
view park H. L. Thomas or the pub
lie school system and r. j. Lowe OF
the Woodlawn Community Y. M. C. A.
win officiate. An unusual amount OF
interest is attached to this game. Both
teams have recently tied the Magnolia
Park Tigers. ts
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CODY WILL APPEAR
HERE IN GYM SUIT
Vandy's Mighty Tackle to
Play on Cage Team Here
Against B. A. c.

Nashville. November 22.-tS Specially
Birmingham fans failed to see Josh
Cody in action in football regalia this
season. but in all proba bility Josh, fit
candidate for all-Ameriean football
honors and premier tickle of the south
land, will be seen on the floor of the
Birmingham Athletic club this winter
as forward on the Commodore basket
ball team. He's the same Josh. 22o
pounds of him and all man, and despite
the poundage can duck, squirm and
prance about the gym floor with the
ease and grace of a fea therweight.
But woe be unto the gent who acct
dentally or otherwise blocks his path
in charging down the court
Along with Josh viii be Tommy Ter
foss. the puntng end OF the Commodore
eleven, whose toe has relied off thou
sands of yards of punts for the Nc
Gugin machine this season; ALI Ad-
ans, all-Southern end for two seasons
and active candidate for the same hon
ors this season; Hendrix, guard of the
Varsity outfit, and other grid celebri-
ties, together with a crack assert
ment of exclusive goal tossing art
lists
The Commodores plan to open against
the Memphis 'Y." following this with
an invasion of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
Rough House" Staged
at Football Game

Pittsburgh November 22.-One police
man was seriously hurt and many per-
sons sustained minor injuries in dis
orders which marked the University of
Pittsburg- Carnegie Tech football game
at Forbes field here today, Students
of the two institutions clashed during
the rest period between the first and
second halves of the game. when, ac-
eording to the police, members of the
Pitt student BODY made an effort to
remove Tech flag from a staff in
center field
Police reservse. stationed about the
field, charged into the students, but it
was some time before quiet was re-
stored A man who had climbed the
flagstaff was placed under arrest but
crowd from the Pitt side of the
field rushed the police, and another
fight started. Finally the police fought
their way from the field, taking with
them five men. who registered at the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
MIKE GIBBONS TO
RETIRE FROM RING

st. Paul, November 22-MilSe Gibbons,
the St. Paul phantom, today announced
through the Associated Press he had de-
cded TO retire permanently from the ring.
Gibbons, who is wealthy, said he today
gave his promise to Mrs. Gibbons. he Will
never again participate in a ring battle.
Gibbons gave the following statement
to the Associated Press:
For a long time Mrs, Gibbons has
urged me to give up boxing. / realize, of
course, that l might stay in the game for
a little while longer, but I have decided
that such a course would not be prac-
ticable This is TO anpounce my immediate
retirement
~ feel quite certain ring experts VIII
admit L outboXed O'Dowd and that l
kept my promise to fight the champion
all the way. My plans went wrong after
the cut over my left eye was opened and
also after l injured my right hand"
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OF Oregon and other government Off
eials.
Washington and Lee got away to a
lad start Right End Maddox fumbling
the kickoff and Georgetown recover
ing Later Maloney missed field goal
and Washington and. Lee punted out of
danger, but Coach Exendine's charges
were not to be denied and after F'iavin
had circled left end for IS yards, Ma
loney picked a forward pass from Fla
vim out OF the air and dashed across
the goal line.
There was never any question OF the
result after that. The Hiiltoppers
opened smashing attack on the line
and ends that steadily ground down
the Virginians' resistance and gave
Georgetown a final total OF four tcuch-
downs.
The lineup and summary:
Washington and Lem Matrox
right end; Bethel. right tackle; Bailey.
right guard; 'Paget center; Sanford
left fnard; Moore, left tackle; Dawes.
left end: ]. Mattox, quarterback: Raines.
right halfback; stevens, left halfback,
Mcdonald fullback.
observation-disclosures, right end;
O'Connen, right tackle; Comstock, right
guard: Anderson, center; Smeach, left
guard: T. Sullivan. left tackle; III. Sulli-
van, left end; Maloney, quarterback;
Flavin, right halfback; Malay, left
halfback; Leighty, fullback.
Score by periods:
Washington and Lee D.
Georgetown .......... T--z1
Washington and Lee scoring: Touch
down, Bethe;. Georgetown scoring
Touchdowns,s Maloney I'd. HALEY.
Leighty Goals from touchdown, Ma
Ioney 8. Referee, Bergin (Frfnceton) :.
Umpire, Magoffn (Michigan). Head
linesman. Gass (Lehigh).
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ciahy good on the defensive for the
Panthers.
In the line Candy and Levie played
the best game for the local aggregation
The bright spot in the defense of the
Chattanooga eleven was the playing of
Eldredge, tackle and captain, and Judd
center. These two men made most of
the tackles for the Moccasins, and fea-
tured the attack of the visitors.
. In the backfield, Cate was easily the
Best bet of the Tennesseans. Their Of
Tense was built around this fullback,
who punted and threw the passes for the
visitors. Saunders gained for the Moe
casins, while Maddox caught several for
ward passes for neat gains.
The visitors fought hard throughout
the contest. and in the first part of the
fourth quarter placed the ball on the
S5-yard line, the nearest they came to
the Panther goal line.
Line-ups:
Birming Southern. left end, Mont
gomery; left tackle. Lewis (captain)
left guard, Candy; center. Propst; right
guard, Neese; right tackle, Green; right
end. Miller; quarterback, Burney; left
halfback Gillam right halfback, Lewis;
fullback, Baty.
University of Chattanooga: Left end,
Maddox; left tackle. Redd; left guard,
Watson: center, Judd; right guard, Kill
lian: right tackle, Eldridge captain
right end, Robertson; quarterback, Raul
ston; lief thalfback, Saunders; right half
back, Thatcher: fullback. Cate.
Substitutions mingham-Southern
Larson for Miller. Hall for Propst, Yield
ing for Candy, Candy for Levie, Levie
for Montgomery, Evans for Neese. Jaffe
for Burney, Norton for Gillian, Gillian
for Levie, Levie for Candy, Candy for
Yielding Miller for Larson, Neese for
Evans, Ruff for Lewis, Rogers for Gil
lam.
Score by quarters
Brming ham-Southern .......7 IA l2-4o
University of Chattanooga. 20 o.
Scoring: For. mingham-Southern;
Touchdowns-Baty 2, Burney l, Lewis l,
Gillian /, Miller /. Goals after touch
downs-Gillam A.
Officials: Referee, Red Harris (Au-
burn). Umpire, jerks Gillian (Sewanee).
Head linesman-Thomasl Purdue).
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Simmons of Syracuse Wins
the Intercollegiate Race

New York. November 22.-John Simmons
of Syracuse won the intercollegiate in
dividual cross country championship to-
day over a six-mle course at Van Cort-
landt park from d field Of "A starters His
time was 80 minues IS rs seconds.
W. X. Mcmahon OF the Massachusetts
I. T. finished secohd: Robert Crawfo. d.
Lafayette. third: t. c. McDermott, Cor
nell, fourth; Louis G. Watson. Syracuse.
fifth.
The team championship was won BY
Syracuse. with 70 points. Princeton was
second, with GO points. and Cornell, third,
with 81.
The other team scores were: Pennsyl-
vania, u7e Yale. u9: Columbia, 176; La
Fayere. 179; Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. 1s2: Dartmouth. 202; Har-
ward, cIa anO City College of New \ ork,
SS5. None OF the entrants from Penn
State, Colby, Maine or Rutgers took part
in the contest.
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FOOTBALL RESULTS

At Birmingham; birmingham
Southern 10, University of Chatta-
nooga o.
At Atlanta; University of Ala
bama 6, University of Georgia O.
At Harvard stadium; Harvard 10.
Yale ).
At Columbus, o.: Illinois o. Ohio
State ..
Florida Is. South Carolina o.
Notre Dame 81, Perdue IL.
At Buffalo: University of Detroit
~, University of Buffalo o.
At Philadelphia. pennsylvania
Freshmen Z, Cornell ..
At Easton, Pa; Lafayette :. Le-
high 6.
At PittsburE: University of
Pittsburg IL, Carnegie Tech :.
Swathmore ~, HaVerford o.
BuckneH 20. Susquehanna :.
Pennsylvania Military college rs.
Washington o.
Gettysburg II, Mount 81. Mury'S O.
Western Maryland o, Maryland 20.
Rochester o, Hamilton o.
New York university %. Column
bia ~.
Johns Hopkins rs. st. Johns l3.
Delaware I'll, Lebanon Valley z.
Viiianova 20, Catholic university
IA.
Pennsylvania Freshmen 9, Cor
nell Freshmen 2.
University of Virginia Freshmen
IA, North Carolina Freshmen =.
Rutgers IS, Northwestern o.
Indiana IL, Syracuse 6.
Minnesota "a, Michigan :.
Iowa 10, Amos o.
Marquette IL, Wabash 6.
Wisconsin 10, Chicago 3.
At Manhattan, Kan: Oklahoma
university Ia, Kansas Aggics 3.
GrinneIl 3. Cornell Z.
Nevada Al, SANTA Clara Z.
south Dakota State college IL.
University of South Dakota q.
California IA. Stamford 10.
Oregon Aggies G, Washington
State o.
At Princeton; Princeton =. Cor
nell I.
Washington and Lee 9. George
town ~.
Washington and Jefferson 30,
West Virginia Wesleyan o.
At New 0rleans; Louisiana state
~, Tulane q.
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The Panther backs displayed great
form in circling ends and plunging
throughout the line of the Chattanoo-
cams, and opened up Il successful over
head attack in the fourth quarter
The Methodists acquitted themselves
wen in the great finale of a most sue
eessful season, and completed the season
with the record of keeping their goal
line immune from the attacks of every
opponent with the exception of the
strong eleven of the University of Ala
threaten the goal line of the locals at
any stage of the game.
The Chattanoogans displayed flashes
Of form on several occasions but never
threatened Birmingham's goal line The
aerial attack of the Moccasns was at
times especially good, but they were
beaten in this department by the locals,
who completed six passes, three of which
were for long distances.
Tanlac Burney, the diminutive quar-
terback of the local aggregation, startled
the Tennesseans when he grabbed the
kickoff on tnis own 10-yard line, and
raced through the entire Chattanooga
aggregation for a touchdown. 1t was
the longest run of the season for the
locals, Barney going 80 yards for the
counter.
From then on with the Panther backs
ripping open the opposing line, the re-
suit was not in doubt.
Jim Baty, fullback, playing the las.
came of his football career was easily
the star of the entire contest. gaining
more ground than any other man, and
playing thoroughly consistent game in
every department He intercepted sew
,ral forward passes and was a good de-
fensive man. Besides scoring two touch
downs, he made one gan of As yards and
several gains of 20 yards.
Eddie Lewis and Tink Gillian were con-
sistent ground gamers, and played in
stellar form throughout the contest.
Lewis broke away for 6o-yard gain
around left end on one occasion, while
Gillian never failed to gain when called
on to carry the ball. Gillian was espe-
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than ever.

Fresh from its victory over Georgia
Tech which defeated Georgetown rs to
0 last Saturday, and with its goal line
Lee entered the game a 2-to-1 favor
lite but it never had a chance. The
Virginians seemed unable to fathom in
the shifting attack of the Hilltoppers,
who scored touchdown in each period,
and escaped a shut-out only through
a blocked kick, which Captain Bethel
converted into a touchdown after a run
of 20 yards.
AT no other time was Georgetown
goal line seriously threatened and with
one or two exceptions the Lexington
team was ever on the defensive. Occa-
sionally it showed flashes of the power
! that enabled it to defeat Georgia's Col
den Tornado to o, but its gaining
never was consistent and necessarily
it's game largely was a punting one.
Georgetown, like Washington and
Lee was without the services of it's
star, but Elavin, a substitute, ably filled
Captain MeQuades place. In fact, his
remarkable end running was the out
standing feature of the game, and. the
Hilltoppers', attack was built around
him. He never had the honor of carry
ing the ball over, but his long end runs
put his team in position to score.
The game attracted one of the largest
crowds that has gathered on the Hill
top since the days when the University
of Virginia's teams made an annual
visit to Washington, and the senti-
ment of the crowd seemed almost even
Iy divided. Seated on the field with the
Lexington team were Secretary of the
Treasury Carter Glass, Senator Swan
son of Virginia, Senator Chamb erlair
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Ames Wins Cross-Country

CoIum bus, o, NoVember 22.-Ames
University took first place today in the
annual western conference cross-coun-
try run, held at Ohio State university,
prior to the Ohio State Illinois football
game Ames had total of 3S points.
The other teams finished as follows:
Wisconsin, second; Perdue, third; Min
nesota, fourth Ohio State. fifth; Michi-
gan, sixth; Illinois, seventh; Chicago,
eighth; oberlin, ninth, and Cincinnati,
tenth.
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ST. LOUIS BROWNS
|! MAY MAKE MOBILE
TRAINING QUARTERS

Mobile. November 22.-(Specia =
The ST Louis Browns of the American
league will most likely make Mobile
their training quarters during the
coming spring. and, while the deal has
not been definitely closed. President
John D. Logan of tine Mobile club Is
now in ST. Louis comforting with club
officials with regard to closing the
plans that will bring the Browns to
this city.
President Logan of the Mobile club
has been - mping on Quinns tran for
a week or more with mass of figures
showing that in March and April the
Mobile section is heaven on earth
climatically. Probably the Browns and
the Mobile club will effect working
agreement for exchange of players.
and IL they do that there will be ad-
vantages in training together.
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Walter EckersaU Was the
Greatest Quarter of All
His Ability to Catch Punts the Run Boosted Greatness.
High School Player Pulls Queer Play.
"Soft" Games Hard
BY JAMES }. coRBETr

What made Walter EckersalI the
greatest quarterback of all time, the
star whose brilliance has not faded
though nearly Is years have come and
! gone since he laid away the maroon
, arrnors of Chicago?
His abaility to catch punts on the run,
that was the outstanding pinnacle of Ec-
kersails greatness replied Fred Walk
err football coach and athletic director
at Dartmouth, Williams and now with
the New York State Aggies. Walker was
! a teammate of Eckersall's back in the
days of Bezdek, De Tray and the others
who brought undying fame. to Chicago.
'Other men have shown kicking PROV
ess as mighty as Eckersals,'' added
Walker. "In the years since his time
there have been quarterbacks as brainy
as 'Ecky,' some who could tackle with
the same ferocty and deadliness, who
could carry ball for gains just as great
or greater. But no man since EckyS
day has been able to play punt like an
outfelder plays a batted baseball the
way that Eckersall did it.
.Ouarterbacks in this day-and in all
the other days-take punt standing
stil, never on the run. They are afraid
Of a tumble And the result of taking
it. from a fixed position is that six times
cat of 10 they are downed by the opposi-
ton tacklers almost before they have
fairly started on their way down the
held.
But Eckersall-oh, he was something
different He aimed always to take the
ball on the run. Time and again I've seen
him back S to 10 yards from punt that
was flying right to the spot where he
stood Why did he do it? So as to get
the ball on the run.
"He would wait until that ball was
arching to earth. Then he would whir
in toward it, take it in his arms and,
even as he caught it, he was on his way
down the field under full head of steam
a flying streak that so few, so very few,
tacklers of all those who played for him
ever could toss to earth before he had
made a mighty gain.
I'm my football coaching career, I've
tried to teach that stunt of Eckersall to
half a hundred men, other tutors Oh
the gridiron game have done likewise
but no player ever could master it, 1t
was something that seems to have been
IIcky's alone, a bit of football trickery
that came into being with him and died
when his years as gridiron star came
to their end" &..
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president of the French Olympic games
committee, and for Finland. Ernst Kro-
gius. Count Clary was elected to take
the place of Bertier De Sauvigny, who
resigned. and Ernst Krogius replaces
NJ Willebrand, who resigned as Finnis
representative.
gian committee to arrange with various
declarations to have certain world cham
ionships coincide with the seventh
Olympic games in 1920. as an expert
ment.
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THOSE SOFT GAMES

Harken to Jim Thorpe shattering the
popular belief that footballers like to play
in combats wnere theirs is an overWheim-
ing victory.
IN the days when ] was with Carlisle
the games that dreaded were those
practice affairs when we'd swamp team
bv 50. IS or 100 points. 1t meant for US
backfield men nothing but the running
of endless miles Every time we'd get
a ball on kickoff it meant run OF
from 50 to 80 yards. And when you We
made four or five such runs in a game
in addition to the shorter sprints. you re
tired--I tell you.
Those early games came in september
when it usually was hot and quite often
suitry. and before we had chance TO
get in real shape. The result was that
even before the first half was over we q
be tired almost to exhaustion from the
continual lodging. twisting, turning ana
running down the field 1t would get
toward the latter part of each of those
games that We halfbacks would try to
duck every kickoff. hoping the other
fellow would get the ball and be FORCED 10
make the run.
"Give me one of those bitterly contest
ed games. where you can make only a
ward or two at a smash, or three to- SIX
on an end run tosone OF those easy
yamesn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-23
Olympic Committee
Elects New Officers

Lausanne, Switzerland. November 20
The international Olympic committee
had elected as members for New Zea-
land Arthur Marryatt; for Chile. silva
Vtdosoia: for France. Count Clary
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SPORTS
LOcAI-RY WIRE
Georgetown Springs Surprise
By Defeating the Generals
Washington and Lee to Favorte,, Is Badly Beaten
by Catholic Internationally Get Off to a
Bad Start on First Play
LOcAL-Ry WIRE

Washington November 22Georgetown university furnished
another surprise this of football surprises by
ing the Washington and Lee here today 81 to g. The
victory the Blue and Gray eleven the South Atlantic cham
pionshp and left alsouthern honor question
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SPORTS
Panthers Claw Moccasins to
Fieces In the One Sided Battle
Chattanooga Eleven No Match for Charlie Browns Well
Trained Gold and Black Eleven-Several Local
Stars Played Their Last Game

Playing their last of the grdron season. Panthers
OF college swept the Moccasins haing
from the University of Chattanooga off their feet by
conlc attack and battling aerial yesterday afternoon
held and emerged from the fray the long end of
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Hayes Named Chairman
Labor Party Meeting

Chicago, November 22.-Max S. Hayes
of Cleveland was elected chairman of
the convention of the national labor
party which opened today and Is ex-
pected to continue through next Tues
day, November Is. A committee on com
mittees, composed of AZ men and three
noon and Immediately went into sep
arate session. One man was selected
for the committee from among the dele
gates of each of the At states repre-
scented and the three women were
chosen from the assembly nj large.
ar
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Immediately afterward, the players on
the team that had just scored trotted
down the field to take positions for the
next kickoff. The officials did likewise
Whereupon an agile Drained youth of the
other eleven, who had recovered the ball
after the placement kick was made
logged back onto the playing field. In
rather nonchalant fashion he continued
along toward the opposite goal line, how
ering the sidelines AS he reached mid
field and saw there was no chance to
head him off he raced down the field,
across the enemy line. planted the ball
between the goal posts and then shouted
II claim touchdown for our sider'
The crowd thought he had gone dippy
ditto for opposition players, some mem
bers of his own team, and the officials.
In kindly tones, like one uses toward a
ha rmless idiot, they told him to please
stop making a noise and toss the ball into
play like a good boy"
Nix nix yowled the kid. This
touchdown goes. Ball is in play from the
time the whistle blows until its blown
again. Official blew the whistle before
the placement kick was made. and he
hasn't blown it since. So it's touch
down for u.s.
And so it was.
That's how, for probably the first time
in football history, both sides scored
points between two toots of a whistle
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HERE'S SOMETHING QUEER

Not so long ago brace of high school
outfits were battling in Kansas One team
took the ball to the enemys 20-yard line,
whereupon, on .the next play, the full
hack of the team kicked goal from
placement.
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police station as Pitt. students. They
were held ION charges Of disorderiy
conduct
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