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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
SPORTS
 BY non McDANID
Big SWin1n1ing Meet To Be
 Held at East Lake Today
Four Teams of Expert Swimmers and Divers Entered Represent Local Clubs and Associations-First
 Event Slated for 3:3O O'Clock

This afternoon at East Lake the cit, championship swimming and diving titles will be decided, in a swimming meet to be held under the auspices of the Biz mingham Athletic club. There are events for boys, men and ladies' the first of these to be called at 330
 The lake has been prepared for the meet. At the lower end a diving tower has been prepared. and a board walk Tor the swimmers to start from has been constructed. Here the water is deep enough for good diving, and there is d suitable stretch for the 25 50, 100 and 20o- yard races. The promoters of the meet have selected an ideal place for the events to be staged.
 There are many good swimmers entered in the meet The Athletic club will be ably represented by team of exception ally good swimmers. Monk Olmstead Hili Moughand, Coleman Moughand an1 Hulette Parker, the B. A. c. senior team are all in good condition for the race, Athletic club. The junior entries are also good swimmers.
 Gillie ChiSolm, who is to compete for the B. R. l.. & F. Athletic association, ;s one of the prime favorites of the race. He is an expert swimmer, as we'll as a master of diving. He is the chief hope ot the E. R. l.. & P. Billie Morgan, to repre- sent the same association, is entered in the events for youths, 12 years of age and under, and is said to be Jim dandy" Mary Launey, one of the B. R. l.. &, P contestants entered for the race, is fla vorite among the ladies, although an ale round good team is entered by this com pany.
 Louis Pierce, entered for East Lake, is another prime favorite for first honora He is the lad who put up such a great performance in last years meet, and h" is said to be in better condition now than he was then. There are several other fine swimmers and divers entered by East Lake.
 The Y. M. c. A. team, under the train ing of w. w. Abell, is said to be an ex- ceptionally fine bunch of water dogs, ' and ought to carry off several of the events for the ~ Everything considered, there has never been such a fine list of entries to any swimming meet ever held in Birmingham. Everything points to a very successful day.
 All arrangements have heen made for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
CHICKS WIN GAME
 IN NINTH INNING

John GeWey Morrison, a right slider,
 started for the Barons, and pitched six innings, during which time the tribe made four runs and six hits. John Dewey was excused for Hairston, a pinch hitter, in the seventh. Mir Coffindaffer took up pitching for the Barons in the seventh.
 In the eishth the Barons placed Coffin daffer on an even basis. In the nintt. with one out Coffindaffer walked Can ! avan. He pitched three wide ones to Chrstenbury, and his Baronial fatness. Carlton Molesworth, strutted forth NJ. Sigman, left slider, to take up the task Christenbury grounded to Bernsen a: first, and Bernsen in an attempt to head off Canavan a second heaVed high and wide. Manda grounded to Webb. who with plenty of time threw low to hrs :, and the bases were populated with Chick
 runners. High went out on a fly to Dun- can, and there were no advances. Francis
 Arthur Griffin scooted one by third base,
 and Canavan loped home with the run that gave him a victory and MT. Cohln- daffer and the Baronal athletes defeat. Francis Arthur, as before referred to. stood Loyalty by Canavan, for 1t was h the seventh that a bolt from Francis
 Arthur's bat gave Canavan an extra working margin of one run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
BARONS GET THREE
 RUN LEAD IN FIRST

Without any warming up prehmlhafy'
 the Barons lit up on Canavan in the flrs' inning, and batted themselves into three run lead Mcdonald walked, went to sec ond on Summa s single. Stevenson sinSi- ed, scoring Mcdonald, and went to sec ond on the return, Summa and stevenson scored on a single by Ellis.
 The Chicks got one in the third, when on Manda's out, and scored on Carroll s single.
 A base on balls and balk by Morrison, helped the Chicks tie the score in the third. With two out. Conway walked.
 Bischoff singled, sending him to second
 Morrison made balk, and Umpire Prem 1 ninger waved each up a base. CanaVan doubled to left, scoring them both | An error helped the Chicks to one run lead in the sixth. With one out Smith was safe when Stevenson. after making pretty stop, pulled Bernsen or the bag. Conway singled to rish' SCOT ing Smith Summa threw wild to the nlate. allowing Conway to continue to third but the next two Chicks were o's-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
FeD Men Qualify For Heavy
 Weight Championship Fights
Nature Makes Only One Man Out of Many of Heavy Weight Size-No Suitable Opponents for Dempsey.
 Light Weights More Plentiful-Jeffries Activity
Ky JAMES J. CoRBETT

Not so long ago certain writer pointed out:
 Whenever heavyweight reaches championship heights he jumps into a circus CT goes on the stage for couple of years. He defends his title only rarely, if at all. during that time. But it is different with the little men. They have to fight every few months. T. should be the same with the heavies They ought to fight as frequently"
 The answer is:
 The heavies probably would, if there were suitable foemen to meet. The req son for inactivity by heavyweight champ.ors in comparison with those ol the lighter divisions is that there are ten small fighters for every big one
 Nature makes only one man out of many heavyweight size. Out of every l00 men that enter the fistic ranks only two or three are heavyweight ts. Therefore, there are always many more featherwc ights, lightweights and mid dleweights than there are heavy weights. And, of course, there is al- ways a greater amount of battling
 Look through the featherweight division today and you will find a doz- en men and more, who could qualify as opponents for Johnny kilbane. There are enough good lightweights to keep Benny Leonard busy for another year, But in the heavyw weight ranks who is there to give Jack Dempsey real fight?
 Leonard has been active because there has been a demand for it; be- cause there have been real foemen for him to fight men who could fur nish a real battle and so draw bis gate" that enabled the promoters to give Leonard real money.
 NO RIVALS FOR DEMPSEY
 But would you if you were promo ter today, guarantee Dempsey $25.000 to $5o,000 for a fight against Willie Meehan, Harry Greb or Billy Miske? Righto ycu wouldn't, Nor will anyone else not just now. So Dempsey, like all other heavyweight kings, will have to devote his energies to theatricals until such time as a a~really formidable foe comes along,
 It always has been that way, a pleth- ora of candidates in the higher diVis- ions. q scarcity in the biggest class.
 After Jess Willard whipped Jack Johnson in Havana there was in the heavyweight division at the time per haps 50 active heavyweights. But the majority were performers; men of such mediocre ability that they would have had no chance against the champion.
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posed of, and Conway perished on third
 base on balls was made in to another Chick run in the seventh Christenbury walked, was sacrificed to second by Manda, went to third on Highs out, and scored on Grffin's single.
 A bouquet of Chicks errors, consisting of three wild throws, enabled the Barons to tie the game in the eighth.
 With two Barons down, Manda threw Stevenson grounder low to first, Steven son stole second. Duncan singled to left Christenbury intercepted the return, and in effort to catch Duncan who had overran first and started back. heave ]. over Griffin's head. Stevenson had SCOT ed, and Griffin in an attempt to catch Duncan at third. threw wild. and Duncan scored.
 But the Chicks won in the stretch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
Morrison, Coffindaffer, And Sigman Are Unable to Best
 CanaVan--ErrOrs Aid Chicks
Although Barons Obtain ThreeRun Lead in First Chicks Tie It Up and Eventually Win Game-Teams Fail to Support Pitchers Properly-Canavan Scores
 Winning Run-Griffin Aids Canavan

Memphis July 28.-(Special )-Wha makes the grand old grand forth all it's simplicity this afternoon Russwood park The Chckasaws nosed out the Barons and of that made grander from the viewpoint the Ccksaw fans The Barons, off to threerun lead the first inning overhauled in the third inning when the Chicks tied it. The Chicks took the lead with the sixth and increased their lead in the seventh The
 up again with two in the eighth and in the stretch finish On cks nOsed out by margin of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
SPORTS
 LOCAL=1Y WIRE
LOCAI-HY WIRE

Frank Moran was the best of the lot. Willard fought and whipped him.
 During all the time that Willard held the championship. period of four year only two men of any prominence were developed. One was Fred Fulton and the other was Jack Dempsey. Willard did agree to fight Fulton al one time but the match was called off. Later Dempsey came to the fore and in an elimination match put the skids under Fulton. That left Dempsey alone as a real foeman of Willard. And when the proper time came Willard gave Demp- sey his fight.
 There was. as can be seen. just about as much activity in heavyweight circles during Willard's reign as the circum- stances justified.
 JEFFRIES MOST ACTIVE
 Go back to the time of Jeffries, the most active of all the heavyweights since Sullivans day. Jeffries was will ling to take on any man who was ae- an acknowledged rival Of his; lgaly fought all that the public deemed wer- thy of a chance. And that happened to be the era when two eN-champions were still active and there were some good men in the fighting harness. Yet during all the time that Jeffries was pugilisms king he fought only esght different men, Jeffries was eager to fight anybo body---but there were only few men of sufficient calibre to give him battle.
 Now let us turn to lightweight divi- sion:
 When Benny Leonard was crowned as the ruler of the lightweights. there were at least a dozen men in the ring who were looked upon as possible riv- als. Charlie White, Johnny Dundee, Joe Welling, Frankie Callahan, Willie Jack son, Phil Bloom, Leo Johnson Patsey Cline and host of others ranked then as real gladiators. Ii was an admitted fact that most of them had performed well enough to give Leonard fight. Promoters angled eagerly to match Leonard against one or the other and offered good purses. Naturally. Leon- ard accepted tho matches and consid erable fighting in the lightweight div ision came about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pennock Defeats Tanks Again

Boston, July 2s.-Pennock pitched his seconG victory of the series over New York today, winning to l, and giving Boston our of 4. Schnei- der the first of three New York pitchers used, walked three and made wild pitch in the fifth, when he was relieved after Boston had scored two runs. Score: R. H. E. New York .... 100 900 000--1 8 0 Boston ...... 101 020 01x-5 0
 Batteries: Schneider, Russell, Mo Graw and Hannah; Pennock and Schang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29

summary. Two base hits, Canavan, Peters Left on bases, Memphis ., Birmine- ham 3.
 Double plays. Christenbury to Lewis to Griffin.
 Innings pitched by Morrison 6 with 1 runs and hits; by Coffindaffer 2 B with l run and l hit q on base, out when relieved in 9th.) Balk Morrison.
 Base on balls, Canavan 5, off Mor- rison 3, off Coffindaffer 2. Time 2:15
 Empires Pfenninger and Shipley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
CONNIE MACK BUYS
 TWO NEW PLAYERS

Philadelphia, July 2s.-Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics an nouneed tonight that he had par chased Pitcher Brian Harris ard Catcher Glenn Mayatt Of the Houston club, one of the star batteries in the Texas league Harris and Mayatt. Mack said will not join his team unt.l after the Texas leaguo season closes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29

Hugh CanaVan, the left slider of the Wigwam pitched for the trbesmen, and hit for himself It was a doube-barreleo crack from Hugh's bat that sent two over in the third, tying the score. Hugh out left-handed two right-handers and a left handler. Neither of the quarttte ot pitchers received any great amount O: defensive assistance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
Britton and Griffiths to
 Fight Twelve Rounds

Denver, Colo, July 2s.-Final ar rangements for a boxing bout between Jack Britton, welterweight champion If the world. and Johnny Griffiths of Akron. Ohio, at the stock yards stadium here. August ', were completed today The contest will be for F rounds aud there will be no decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
South Atlantic League

At Spartan5urg: Spartanburg 2; GreenVille ,.
 At Augusta: Augusta o; Charleston l. At Columbia: Columbia 12; Char lotte s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Memphis at Birmingham. No other games scheduled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
LEAGUE STANDINGS
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY Memphis 6, Birmingham ,. Mobile Il, Nashville 0. Atlanta 4, Little Rock d2 inninss).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29

RESULTS YESTERDAY Boston 5, New York l.
 GAMES TODAY St. Louis at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. Detroit at Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

New York :, Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 8, Pittsburg :. Boston ,. Philadelphia 3. Chicago-St. Louis, wet grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
GAMES TO-DAY

New York at Pittsburg. Boston at Cincinnati.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
International League

At Jersey City 4: Newark 3. At Binghampton 6; 0; Toronto 4; 1. At Reading Baltimore postponed; Rain.
 At Buffalo II: Rochester {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
City Swinn1ers Meet at East Lake Today

the meet, and the list o= enir:es IS now complete. Everything is in readiness for the meet, and all is set for the referee
 whistle, announcing the start of the first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
American Association

At Louisville ,; Minneapolis 4. At Indianapolis 6; Kansas City z. At Toledo 6. Milwakee 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29

Camels are sold everywhere in scientifically sealed packages of 20 cigarettes; or ten packages (20O ciSarettes) in q glassine- paper-covered carton. We strongly recommend this car- ion for fhe home or office sup.
 ply or when you travel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
THE BOX SCORE

Two out when winning run scored. XN Batted for Morrison in seventh. ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04
lDATAINT CUT
NAVAL PROGRAM
III, S, Peace ENJOYS Hear Of
q engIand's Purpose,
(By international News service.)

a PARIS, June 4.-Amcrican peace
delegates understand that Great
Britain shortly will make all announce
oment Of a postponement OF her naval
building program similar to that made
ION behalf OF the United States by
Secretary Daniels.
y II is denied that any definite agree
ment has been entered into by the
American and British peace delegates.
But II appears that there is a general
understanding between the Americans
tlni British, who we're the warmest
advocates Of the league Of nations,
flhat they must prove their faith in the
league by definite acts.
Secretary Daniels announcement,
The league supporters declare. is the
first fruit OF the league formation.
They expect practical results to fol-
rlow in the way Of announcements from
Great Britain, France and other allied
nations.
: The American delegates are watch
Ing with the greatest interest the
iragmen,aty reports on the league de.
bate in the United States senate. They
do not believe the opponents Of the
league will succeed in their effort to
separate the covenant from the text
rof the peace treaty.
The busy business man eats and
gets away quick at the Skirvin Grill
" % adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04
Ravages of Poison
Gas Not Over Yet

PARIS, June 4-Poison gas used
in the war is still having its deadly
effect, though the fumes have long
evaporated. The authorities in Al
SAGE have been mystiiied for some
time as 10 the cause OF hundreds Of
horses and other animals perishing
suddenly while grazing in the Lut,er-
bach region. Specialists now have
disclosed that the animals 'wert
poisoned by the grass over which
poison gas had been widely spread
during the war.
The gas, resting on plants, turned
them poisonous but the vitality OF the
plants was not affected.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04
TEST OF
: RADIO TELEPHONE MADE

MOBILE, Ala, June 4-Receivers
OF the radio station at Mobile last
night clearly heard a radio telephone
message approximately $50 miles
away.
This is the United Fruit steamer
Parismina, from New Orleans and
bound for Cristobal," said the radio
voice. 1t is believed to have been
one OF the longest and most success
full tests Of the radio telephone.
Later it was learned the experiment
was being conducted by the steamship
and the naval station at Pensacola,
Florida.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04

ager Wakefield turned the switch that
darkcncd every room in the structure.
The building is to be razed TO make
room for a skyscraper for the Anal
gamated Bank, composed OF the
Merchants Loan and Trust company
and the Illinois Trus, and Savings
bank.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04
St. Louis Welcomes
Submarine Chaser

ST. LOUIS. Mo, June 4.--Subma-
rine chaser BQ-J advance guard Of
an anti submarine ~ilotila, cruising
waters Of the Mississippi valley in
the interest OF the naval recruiting,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04
F,mou. Chisaso Hotel Closed.

CHICAGO, June 4-The Grand
Pacific hotel, famous for more than
a third OF a century, passed into his
tory at midnight last night when Man
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04

arrived here late yesterday and wa
given q noisy welcome. This is the
first time such a vessel has come
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04

this far Up the Mississippi river. The
chaser, which left New Orleans May
q, was greeted by factory, boat and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04

The Skirvin Grill ehases tina, lag
ging appetite. adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-04

The busy business man eats and
gets away quick at the Skirvin Grill
Il lAdy J
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-19
KETCHIKAN SWEPT
 BY WORST STORM
 EVER EXPERIENCED

KETC AN, Dec. 19.-The worst rain and wind storm in years hit Ketchikan Wednesday night at 3 o'clock and made some of the super stitious believe the end of the world was at hand Three or four small boats were damaged, but nc, wrecked.
 Radenbaughs floating machine shop moored at Pennock Island. across the channel from Ketchikan, broke loose and drifted to the Ketchikan side, ramming the tug Rolfe of the Sunny side cannery The tug was not damaged, but the machine shop was damaged considerably, and was saved only after hard struggle. Several roofs were torn of of homes and sheds. Williams floating dock was damaged considerably. Twenty-Five tons of gravel in sacks of 100 pounds each were blown from the roof of the Heckman dock. Plank. boards and debris were hurled through the air for several hours. No one in Ketchikan remembers such severe storm
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-19
SHOTS FIRED AT FRENCH FROM AN
 IRISH AMBUSH
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Is the Victim of a Mur- derous Assault, But Es-
 capes Uninjured

DUBLIN, Dec. 19.AShots were fired at Viscount French, Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland.' as he was driv- ing between Phoenix Park and Vice Regal Lodge. A civilian was killed and a policeman wounded. French was not injured.
 It is reported that the assailants of French fired several shots. Sol diers returned the fire. One of the attacking party was killed. Ambu- lances were rushed to the scene, and later tanks were sent out. The shots were fired from ambush in a field near where French passed.
 The assailant who was, killed can ried a bomb and two revolvers. The attempt of the life of French comes in the midst of the most serious of an upheaval in Ireland, experienced in many years. The ranks of the Sim Feiners have great ly increased in the past year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-19
 TO STRIKE OUT
 STRIKE CLAUSE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The Sen ate refused by vote Of 46 to g to strike out the labor provision in the Cummins' railroad bill. The anti, strike clause is included in the labor provision.
 Senator Medill Mccormick of Hi nois offered a substitute to the anti strike section, similar to the Cana dian plan, prohibiting strikes for 60 days after a decision by the adjust ment board, and requiring the ad- justment board to render decision inside of 90 days, which was rejected on tie vote.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-19
PALMER. A4KED ABOUT COAL

lHH9st3 ~ 0tNE WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Attorney 0enefal RAlmer this morning in ap- pearing bsfpre the Senate investigat- ing company said that while the coal miners had obeyed orders, the in junction was not successful in get ting the men to work.
 He said the injunction was in tended to separate the strikers from '4ke leaders and the strike benefit funds. He said the miner union Of ficials wanted 31 per cent wage in crease, but that the Government held out for 14 per cent increase as the fairest basis of settlement, pending a further inquiry into conditions, as provided for by the commission to be appointed by the President.
 Palmer informed the members of the committee that the termination of the strike was victory for the Government. He said the miners made no sympathetic settlement. but compiled with the Governments terms, and returned to work.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-19
Majority Leader in House Declares All Departments To Be Cut Save Navy
 and Postal
SOME FIGURES GIVEN
Claimed That the Interest on War Debt From the
 Allies Will Help Make Burdens Lighter

WASHINGTON Dec. 18.-Repre- sentative Frank w. Mondcll of Wyo- ming, majority leader, discussing the first urgent deficiency bill of the ses., sion to be brought up. declared that all general appropriations for the next fiscal year will be pared down in accordance with the strictest econ omy, except those for the Naval and Postal departments, which have al- ready been reduced -A-
 He said great reductions must be made on army and fortification es-e inmates. He said the estimates for! the years receipts totaled $6.035. .000.. 900, yet they carry no estimates of receipts for interest on nearly $10,- o0O,000.OO0 loaned tho Allies by Am erica. He said rest on this lat ter sum would sn the American burdens for meeting expenditures ff the Government.
 The House to-day pAssed kthe z
 urgent deficfsncy appr6psi dli6n biIt carrying over $3.Ooo,O00 to meet the requirements of employees and t0 compensate the commission for the care of war risk insurpnce patients. and s2.Oo0.OoO of the $s.oOO. 900 asked by the Public Health Service for that branch of the Government. a
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-12-19
LUDENDORFF SAYS
 HE IS MILITARIST:
 GERMANY IS AMAZED

BERLIN. Dec. 12.-"I am consid- cred as a representative of Prussian German militarism and l am proud to be it. This was Gen. Luden- dorff open confession of political faith in a sensational speech burst ing like a bomb among the congre- gation of Potsdam garrison church, assembled in a memorial service to the war dead. All Germany is re-echoing from Gen. Ludendorff's speech. which openly and boldly ap- pealed for the restoration of the monarchy and the old order.