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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

NEW HOUSES SOLD
 I. C. Beatty, general manager of the Birmingham Realty company, merely smiled when interrogated about the matter. Mir. Beatty stated that all of the 100 houses his concern had recently built in Norwood and vicinity had been sold and that he was planning to build others immediately. We are going to build an average of about three houses week for the next F months" said Mir Beatty. of course this isn't more than drop in the bucket but every drop counts. However, it seems to me that the logical way to solve the hous- ing shortage here is for some group of business men to form company and put on an elaborate construction cam paign."
 MT. Beatty stated that the realty com pany would begin opening up their newly acquired Forest Park holdings in d very short time. The company plans to expend nearly s100,000 on street improvements alone" As soon as all improvements are installed" said Mir Beatty, we will immediately start building homes
 Mir. Haggard of the Haggard Realty company made no comment on the house. e-hoarding matter, but declared that business with his concern was bet ter than it had ever been before.
 William F, Johnson of the Butler Garrett Realty company was inclined to laugh at the statement emanating from the Civic association with regard to the vacant house proposition. Just to show you how scarce houses really are, I'll tell the experience of an East Lake man." said Johnston. This man, M. M. Kennedy, sold his house at 7214 Walker avenue and being unable to find another place. bought two vacant lots and two tents and made ready to move into the latter. Just about the time he was ready to move somebody came along and offered him several hundred dollars profit for his two lots and his tents and he's now closing this deal trusting in Providence to help him find, an abode"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
GULFPORT

Be and my exhibit of oranges grape fruit kun quats, persmmons oceans, dasheens and many other semi-tropical fruits at the Fair My exhibit the entrance of the main exhibit hall. Make your engagements to go with to Gulfport the 18th and for yourself what magnificent country we have. One of truck farmers down there told that ur- nps last February brought $1000 crate, and he said that would produce 300 crates.
 Ten of my close-in trucking and fruit land will make you independent for life.
 You surely do not to spend the balance of your life in the industrial grind. : Can sell you ten six years time, and you go this land any time and make big money truck farm ing during the winter months, we'll raise hogs cat tle sheep and poultry. One of my Birmingham custom CTS who moved down there two years ago raised 1000 chickens this year.
 The price of this land will advance right You can buy and big money.
 See my exhibit and get literature.
 B. C. COX
 101S-19 Jefferson County Bank Bldg. Birmingham, Alabama. Phone 4762 Main,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05
ASK FOR PROOF

President Frank F. Butler of the Real Estate exchange declared that the ex- change would ask for proof of the as- sertion that 400 houses were being held vacant because the owners wouldn't sell
 John Marks, Frank Clark, Fred Sher- rod and Nat Barker were found in group commenting on the story in yes terday's e-Herald. They were unani- mously of the opinion that nobody was thus se-hoarding.''
 James B. Drake, with Alex Mont gomery, stated that he was member of the Civic associations committee but didn't attend the particular meeting at which the matter was brought up and has never yet been able to learn how they arrived at their conclusion. MT. Drake was all smiles over the realty outlook.
 Optimism continues to be the keynote of the realty market and agents every where look for a brisk business this fall and winter. Several nice sales were announced during the last week
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Of PAIR Of
VETERAN PLAYERS
Vincent Daley and Cary Miller
Both Meet Violent
Ends.

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YEA ''7 VI TWO naH p'aNers known 10
n former generation Of fans were rec
or,le, last week, one Was that Of Vim
nt "a Mn. It, 1,...,,,,,, ,,.,,,...,
''"' ''i'N' whose "'a"'o"u '"'ot'
covered the period from 1885, To 1898.
DALEY died at his home in HorucU. n.
, 81, N,,. =, r.a,,, i,t,,,,o. ,.,.,,,od
!" u" NV H. lo'o "'Ju' ''S ''''' Y"
in fall while working for the Erie
Railroad comDany. He had been en-
pIovcd BY the Iairoad for a number of
Years in IIoruell. that being his home
town.
bailey had played ball from coast to
coast and al one time was with the old
cleveland Nationals when that team IN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
LUCK IN SPORTS

How many articles have been writ
ten on the subject of Luck? How many
have speculated on the part it plays in
the sporting world? How much Of
baseball is Luck? How much DOES
Luck affect boxing?
So many times we have seen the bet
ter boxer go down to defeat or the bet
ter ball club taking the short end Of
the gate in a worlds series, What
players call "the breaks" are so often
the determining factors Of success or
failure that we cannot but place some
stock in the theory of Luck
Back in the old days when the sling
81 OF was used instead of the bIass
knuckes Kid David put Goliath in the
clear with lucky shot that went right
to the mark with uncrring pre- cision,
though we are told that this happened
in the year of the Big Wind, when 1t
must have been hard to throw a rock
accurately If this wasn't Luck, what
was it?
And so down through the ages Luck
has batted over 800, and his dark cou-
sin, Hard Luck, has hit close to ] 200
Old H. l.. is the hardest hitter that
ever woke up on this planet, and he
has never taken a nap since.
In all forms Of Sporting Art
Luck will ever play its part!
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
WINTER SPORTS
ARE BOOMING IN
FAR OFF JAPAN
Nippon Student Writes in
Quaint Style Of Popular
misunderstanding Seems
To Be Very Popular.

The American Sports Publishing com
pany, which frequently performs favor
Tor many different peoples in variou
parts of the world, Is in receipt Of
letter from a young Japanese at Toki
Tor advice and suggestion" given.
Thls japanese Is Takanao Sasaki, VIII
describes himself as 22-year-ol.
boy, a student Of the third-year elias
OF the CommiSSartat course, economi
department, Toxic Imperial universit
OF Japan, formerly a Peers schoolboy
While the letter is quaint in expires
sion, rs no doubt an American would b
In writing Japanese. Mr. Sasakis CON
mand of English is to be commended
1t follows:
Almost all sports which European
and Americans are now playing al
everywhere in Japan enjoyed by youn
pupils and students, even by a htiie
too grown people. Recently skiing ha
become IN epidemic among the younl
Japanese. Many boy goes during tn,
winter vacation CASUALLY from Decem
Der II to January y to such famou
skiing resorts as Mount Myoko, Cit,
Tokada. Japan Alps, Goshiki Hotsprine
In Hokkaido (northern part OF ia
ram 1t is much moro prosperous; Their,
skiing Is not only enjoyed as q sport
but utilized as an indispensable means
for winter communication. The quality
Of snow In Hokkaido is OF the so-callec
powder snow Last year almost oNA
third Of the Peers school boys lefl
Toxic for these resorts, numbering 100
Young boys Of first-year class Of middl,
course We're looked after by a few IN
per class students. This winter, I think
80 per cent moro will DO added to tn,
list
"Thls is only one part of our activi
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

Miss Alcya Stirling, national women'a
golf champion, stands out as one Of
the athletic stars Of the time. This
young woman, scarcely more than II
girl, has shown such marked superiority
that she seems destined TO retain the
title for some time,
Miss Stirling first startled the golf
world by her remarkable play at Mas
sau in 1914, Two years later at Waiver
ly, Mass She won the national cham
pionsnip As everyone knows, the war
halted golf championship activities, This
year, with the revival Of prcWar play,
Miss Stirling soon showed that her
1915 victory was not a lucky affair.
on May 81 she won the Southern wOm-
ems championship at Memphis by de-
feating Mrs. David Gaut 3 IN and >
to play Her play ali season was bril-
liant Then in the national meet at
shawnee oct 4, she simply walked
away with the crown. She beat Mrs
w. A. Gavin and 3 in the final after
winning her matches against Mrs Caleb
T. Fox. Miss Marion Hollng, Mrs G.
Henry Stetson and Mrs c. II Wander
heck Mrs. Vanderbeck gave Miss Stir
ling her only real opposition. the cham
pion winning / up.
Miss Stirling an Atlanta girl rs plan
ming "trip 70 England in the spring
to play Miss Cecil Leitsch and other
British stars.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Attract Big Crowds.

Monster crowds turn out in cities
Ike Canton, Massillon and even smaller
cltles to root for the home town teams
against invaders from rival cities OF
nearby states. A team made up of
stars such as the Canton and Massil-
lon teams, the team which represented
hammond, Ind, the strong Rock Island,
ILL.,, eleven and clubs in Cleveland and
many other cities of greater size, Is al
ways sure of attracting attention, not
only local, but wherever football is
popular And the grid game has be-
come popularity contagious in prac-
tically every state in the Union.
Charles A. Stoneham, president OF
the Giants, is thinking seriously of get
ung a strong professional team to-
. Eether in New York next season and
bringing the best professional clubs in
the country here to play at the Polo
grounds. New York, as is the case
with many large cities, has no big uni
Nersity eleven of the first caliber to
root for But New York Is wild about
football A professional team here
would make a barrel Of money
Suppose Chicago, Boston, St. Louis,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, De-
troit or Cincinnati should be suddenly
stung by the professional football bug
and a league formed. Do you think
1t would lose money? This has been
the question that has always stood in
the way of the formation of a profes-
sional league, together with the doubt
that the game could be exploited sue
Cessfully on a professional basis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Skating Is Popular.

Skating is also very popular. Lake
Suwa (nlne hours trip from TokioE
which lies in tho northwest from To-
hio and whose circumference is 10 miles,
Is most famous In Japan. 1t freezes
usually from tho beginning Of January
to the end of February. thus two
months. leo reaches every year two
feet and small military manoeuvre Is
held upon its surface. Near the lake
como out many hot springs. Landscape
Is very fine, We SEQ snow covered
ranges of Japan Alps.
But now several open Kinks are laid
out in Karutzawa (the famous sum
mer resort of foreigners). Nikko and
In Kanaya hotel, and In q suburb or
Toxic. Kanaya's rink Is the best from
the viewpoint Of accommodation, but
very small. Its bottom is tennis court.
The rink Of Karuizawa Is very large
and it's colder there than Nilko, but
people don't repair 1t, and 1t lies very
far from tho hotels for foreigners as
Karuizawa hotel or Mikasa hotel. There
fore, Europeans and Americans prefer
Nikko to KaruiZawa or Suwn- IL takes
only four hours trip from Toxic to
Nikko. We have seen no indoor skating
Kinks yet in Japan. We can skate also
In Hokkaido and especially In Chosen.
Korea. In Korea, some large rivers
freeze every winter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

FOOTBALL WILL
Be HEARD FROM
Grid Game Increasing in Popu-
Iarity Among the Pros.
Ohio Still Ranks as Strong
hold of the Game.

NEW YORK, Dec 5.-Professional
football is SLOWLY but surely coming
into its own. e
zach succeeding season sees the
pro grid game increasing in popu-
iEdrlty and many followers of sports now
oeheye that it viii be only a matter
pl tIne until a professional football
ieague Will be in operation.
me professional game has been played
I I many years by scattered teams
WIN a rev exceptions these eleyens
OF Clubs, have made a big success
q the game financially. And as foot
PAL pan grows in popularity, the chance for
lne PROFESSIONAL game to flourish will
grow in proportion.
ONO Is the stronghold of the pro"
tion, the Canton Bulldogs, who laid
claim to the national title in their class
AFTER defeating the strong Massillon
Iisers TO Q, furnish a vivid example
OF What the game may develop if it is
taken up by competent promoters.
Professional football players have
peeh paid $500 or more for playing one
game in many instances There is big
money in 1t for the stars, and there
VIII always be plenty of good PLAYERS
available as long as the colleges keep
on turning out highly experienced men
VINO nave wound up their collegiate days
and who may still be tempted to play
LOT the love. Of the game as well as for
the velvet" there is in IT,
professional football league backed
by big league baseball magnates has
OFTEN been talked Of The idea has
never taken root for various reasons
But 1t Is a possibility, and that In the
near future.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Opportunity Knocks.

But the success of the Canton team.
and many others in even smaller cities
which pay surprisingly large salaries to
players, has set men like Stoneham to
thinking The major league parks stand
empty and gloomy for the most part
during the football season. Opportunity
to make big and popular game out Of
professional football is Knocking for at
tention. Some of these days the door
will be opened wide.
Thorpe's great team, with the Indian
himself as the outstanding star. was
composed of Chamberlin Nebraska
Lowe. Fordham; Buck, Wisconsin
Pierce, Michigan; Feeney Notre Dame;
Spears, Dartmouth Corcoran, George
town; Griggs, Texas: Calac, West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan; Guyan, Georgia Tech,
and other players of wide reputation
who made their marks on the gridiron
during the collegiate days. Such a
team would draw monster crowds in
every city of size. and six or eight
teams of equally brilliant caliber could
easily be recruited.
OF course 1t would be necessary to
take means to prevent one or two clubs
from cornering too many of the out
standing stars, and professional club
playing league football would need more
players than the average club of today
carries. But this could be worked out
in satisfactory manner. 1t would
have to be so before football league
could be successfully operated
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Crimson ELeUen At
Lunch With Frisco
Grads; Play Oregon

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. %. The rIar.
ward university football team arrived
here last night from the East en- route
to Pasadena to meet the University OF
Oregon on New Years day. A delega
ton of Harvard alumni met tho mem
bers of the party at the ferry and es-
corted them TO their hotel Today they
are guests of the Harvard club at lunch
and tonight they will depart for South
crn California
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
LADY FORTUNE.
Young HaIfback Vance would take a

Young Halfback Vance would take a
chance,
Like any peppery player,
When.once he fell he rallied well
And proved he was a slayer,
But all in vain he made the break
Some other player wouldn't,
For every chance said Vance would take
Was just the chance he shouldn't.
Young Hafhack Blake would also take
A chance as quick ms any;
No chance against kim seemed &c
break
And he had taken many.
" hatever risky play he tried
And he tried a lot all good.
The chance turned out to help his side
AS all good chances should.
Dame Fortune is a shifty Jade.
With each and every blessing;
However well our game Is played
She keeps us all a-guessingl
Some rise to heights Of fame and bliss
Some see their hopes diminished;
VIC took chance at writing this,
And now were glad it's finished
William f, Kirk.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
POLO SEASON STARTS,

The polo season Is already under way
In California, An invitation tourney
is going on nj San Mateo and Bur
lingame, with the Del Monte players
participating in series OF games, Thc
teams VIII return to bel Monte and
practice for the games which the regu-
lar season. starting In February, Mt
Del Monte. will draw from the east,
Canada, Honolulu Mexico and perhaps
England
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
WINTER WHEEZES

Said gallant young shortstop named
Strong,
"Now that Winter is coming along
Us athletes can't go
And draw down no dough
Which always impressed me as wrong
II.
oh, the North Wind is dreary or drear
While It plays its cold tunes in your ear
When It's Zero, by Joye
We can sit on the stove
And pretend the nice Summer Is here!
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
Oregon Works In
Secret For Game
With Fasteners

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 25.--The
Oregon University football squad
continued today lbs secret practice
in preparation for the game here
New Years day with Harvard. So
careful was the Oregon coach that
his plays will not be known that he
stationed sentries along the top of
the grandstand and at the entrances
to the park
Gossip around the training quar-
tiers indicated that the squad was
divided into two teams. one using
Harvard's reported defensive and
offensive plays, and the other the
Oregon plays, which are expected
to down those of the Crimson
squad.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
AttdbOu!
By Co151e Shea 81
CHRISTMAS QUERY.

You may sell overcoats where they're not being
And figure the game is fun;
You may gather the dope from the end of a rope
And shove 1t to press on the run.
You even may bag all the kale you desire
When others driven to beg
Bat show me the way to make eggnog today
When there's not any nog for the egg.
Oh, many have sold abundance of stock
In a we'll that has yet to be found,
And suckers galore with a scream and a roar
Have taken it all on the bound.
I've heard of bank that shy of the dough,
Though floating as well as a log;
But show me the guy with the light in his eye
From a drink that is lacking the nog
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25

been barred forever from open oompe-
tition.
Where honest patriots pay their hard
earned money for entertainment Jack
Dempsey should never be around
There seems. to be no reason why
United States fans should worry over
the site of the Carpenter Dempsey at
traction. They should feel ticl<led that
it is French kale and not their own
that is being raked in by the world $
most famous flnancier,
When a self-stylod fighting man
pGssed up the chance for a real battle
with something beyond money at stake
sung and a curse that never can be
Cffaced
Jack Dempsey may rank as the
champion heavyweight Of the world
but he will never be held as the cham
p.on fighting man of the globe,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
LEONARD VS.. DEMPSEY.

Benny Leonard may not be as out
landish in his demands as is a certain
other champion Of khaki lodging dis
positions but when the sprig Of myrtle
il being passed around Benny will
outdraw Dempsey by margin of 10000
to one.
When other men of responsibilities,
dependents and home ties were fight
ing for $50 a month Dempsey was as
saulting setup hams at $50 per minute,
At that same time Leonard, too, was
in the army, having followed the flag
like the clean scout that he Is.
The average doughboy could be show
cred with no greater present than the
assurance that Jack the Stacker had
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
WISH JACK LUCK.

American league baseball fans are
wishing Jack Coombs the best of luck
as coach for the Tiger pitchers. Jack
was one of the greatest pitchers ever
developed in the big leagues. With De-
troit he should go well. Dauss, Boland
Ehmke, Love and Leonard should learn
much from Coombs. who is master Of
the art.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
AHEM! JACK KEARNS TO
CONSIDER BIG OFFER

..ARTLESVILLE, Okla, Dec. 25 --
George c. Galloway, a local fight pro-
moter, received telegram last night
from Jack kearns, manager Of Jack
Dempsey, expressing Il desire to con
slider Getaways proposition of offering
a purse OF $3.50 600 for fight between
Dempsey and Carpenter at Dewey.
Okla, in open mir arena next July T.
The suggestion also included the NOV
taken at pershing, new oil town in
Usage county, oklahoma. Kcarns eX-
pressed a willingness to go over all de-
tails Of both propositions with Mr.. Cal
laway.
It is understood that Galloway has the
financial backing Of local oil men,
-
Don't lose sleep with deep colds-try
Flumoma Salve, breathe easy. adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-25
RUTH TURNS BACK
CONTRACT TO BOSTON

BOSTON, Dec. 25,---Definite an
nouncemont that Babe Ruth had turned
back his contract to the Boston Ameri-
can baseball club and had demanded a
saary of $4,000 was made here last
night by John lgoe, business manager OF
the home run record holderp upon ar
irving from the Pacific coast. The con-
tract, which was made last year for a
three year period, provided for salary
Of 10000
In submitting his new demands, IRoe
added, Ruth said he would not play
major league bah except with the Red
Sox and would not consent to be traded
Ruth Is on the Pacific coast at present
lRoc aFnied reports that Ruth was con-
completing entering the ring,