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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06
ID DECIDE STATE TITLE IN CONTEST AT l. Y. M. [. A. TONIGHT Montgomery VOlley Ball
 Team to Clash With LO- cals-G00d Prelims Offered

The volley ball contest between the
 Montgomery and Central "Y' volley
 ball teams Saturday night will be the
 headliner at the Young Mems Christian association, when a number of features -will be offered for the penerlt of the -public. A wrestling match between two ~prominent amateurs of Birmingham -and basket ball game between the -Acipco and Central 'Y" teams will be -the preliminaries. No admission charge 4will be expected and the public is well scome to attend. according to W. w. 1AbeH physical director of the Young ~Mens Christian association, who will -be in charge of the evenings enter Stainment
 The Montgomery-C "Y' volley -ball game will be the headline event. and play in this game will take place during the course of the evening. The Montgomery and Birmingham outfits are considered the two strongest bas-
 ket ball outfits within the limits of
 Alabama, and the championship of the state depends on the outcome of the
 game. Both Montgomery and Birming- eham have good teams. The former has -been undefeated this year and one of | the most important victories to her credit is the contest staged recently in : Montgomery, when Birmingham "Y' was downed in a close and hard fought * contest, The Birmingham team is the
 champion of the City volley- Ball league. recently closed, and completed
 the season without single defeat The game promises to be most in- -teresting because of the fact that the -Montgomerians bested them in the last
 encounter. However, should they turn
 the tables on the victors in tonight's
 contest, by more decisive score, they -will be in position to claim the state -titular honors.
 z Two preliminaries will be offered the epublic. The first will be a wrestling
 contest between B. V. Johnson, wres-
 ting instructor of Central "Y" and pos-
 sessor of many medals awarded because of his skill on the matt, and Love an
 other amateur, who is said to be one -of the most promising mat men of the Birmingham district.
 Following this event the Acipco "Y'' -and Central ''Y'' volley ball teams who -will take part in the City league which .will open Wednesday, December 10, will meet in an exhibition contest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06

aN hiNoN noS tCcil d ISEllIS LII Iilluc that baseball is like any other profess sion-that of doctor, a lawyer or a dentist Those men spend thei rtime preparing for their lifes work in col dentist. Those men spend their time on the college diamonds, the sand lots or in the bush leagues. Eventually both classes are graduated The former go into the world and begin the practice of their profession. The youthful ball play CT enters into the big sleagues and .-t- tenn pts to practice his.
 The doctor and the lawyer take ad- vantage of every opportunity to learn more about their professions. They study every new discovery and adopt that which they deem as worth while They are every ready to introduce into their own practice something new, some thing modern and something out of the ordinary.
 AT A STANDSTILL
 "But with the majority of ball players of the present day it is far different The youngsters. possessing considerable l:atural talent, get into the big leagues land proceed to hold down the job. If their work at the outset is acclaimed as being beyond the ordinary, they immedi- atelY begin to feel that they are in the class with the truly greats and right then and there promotion ceases. They are quite contented to play the game in their own way. They never watch the work of other men-the wiser experienced veterans. Why? Simply because their ronceit makes them feel that the vet serans can teach them nothing. And that is where most youngsters blunder in awful fashion.
 Day after day. week after week, and month after month some daring play is -made on the diamond by one of the vet -erans or by one of the few really smart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06
SHARKEy AND WILDE WILL MEET TONIGHT
Little Englishman to Spot New Yorker 10 Pounds.
 Much Interest
By Associated Press

Milwaukee. Wis, December 5.- Jimmy Wilde! flywcight champion of England, and Jack Sharkey, New York bantamweight, have finished training for their 1O-round, mo- decision contest at Milwaukee au- ditOrium tomorrow night, and each fighter tonight announced himself in the best of condition.
 Not since Willie Ritchie and Ad , WOIgast met in Milwaukee several years ago has interest in the ring sport been so great.
 Under the terms of the agree ment. Sharkey is to weigh not more than 116 pounds mt . o'clOck--threc hours prior to entering the ring. The New Yorker has posted 5000 forfeit. which he will lose should the scales register higher. The Britisher expects to enter the ring nt 1O6 pounds.
 Many notable followers of pugi- lism arc expected to occupy ring side seats. These include Tex Ricknrd. Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion, and Matt Hfnk1e. The betting up to Friday favored the EngIfshman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06
No Decision Yet On
 Ban Johnson Case

New York. December 5.--Decisino was reserved today at the conclusion of the hearing on the application of the New York American League Baseball club for an order restraining President Ban ing of the league at Chicago on Decem- her 10.-After hearing additional argu- ments, Supreme Court Justice Green- baum took the papers submitted and an nounced that he would give his decision later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06

apu alert youngsters. The others see It all, but it doesn't impress them to a point where he will adopt that trick. He rarely decides to try anything new because he thinks that he already is 8 star without adding anything to his bril- liance.
 PLAYING THE GAME OVER
 Nothing is greater to assist in the advancement of ball player than for him to play the game over the night after the contest If that was done there wouldn't be so much blundering as has featured baseball in the past few years When a player has gone through a bat tie and thought it ar over that night he finds where opportunities were vast ed, and where unnecessary boners were executed. He finds his faults and his weaknesses, and having found them, he can correct them. And, in the review, he recalls the plays that helped to win the game, all of which teaches him to try them again in the next game.
 But it is characteristic of the young ball player of today to forget the game as soon as it is over, and to think noth- ing more about baseball until time for the next combat As result when the next game is played he is very likely to continue making the same blunders of the day before. And he wifi make them indefinitely if he doesn't look back after each game is played and learn from the past the way to guide him in the future
 'It is my belief that baseball has pro duced during the last 10 years just as many naturally great players as it did a decade before that. But the players who have come into the big leagues in the last 10 years. that is, the majority of then, have ruined their chances to be- come real marvels because they will not study, they will not concentrate on their work, and because. unlike the old timers they never play each game over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06
Ballplayers Of Today Do
 Not Study Their Profession
After Slight Success Youngsters Get Big Head and Do Not Try to Advance Further-Playing the
 Game Over
By JAMES ]. CoRBErT

Commenting the fact that the past produced only few baseball satellites Ty Cobb has this say
 The whole trouble is that the youngsters do game they should. Just about few of them achieve fair amount of they then become esased and do not attempt to improve further They able their jobs the big leagues simply because their doing about the thing in the matter of standing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-06
SPORTS
 BY BoB McDAvID
Carpenter and Dempsey to
 Fight for $175, 5000 Purse

London December 5C N Cochrane promoter of the Car penterBecke fight announced today that Georges Carpen
 tier has signed agreement fight Jack Dempsey the Amer jean heavyweight champion next year The purse will be pounds the taking per and the
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-10
SUFFICIENT

The heavy white frost Sunday
night and beautiful sunshine with a
cold crisp breeze Monday morning
made hog killing the order of the
day.
Mr.. Walter Hill has bought the
grocery business of NJ. w. Cribs on
Vernon street.
Mr.. Marion Nolen of Bessemer, was
in Sulligent on business Monday last.
Mr.. j. l.. White is clerking for w.
G.. Priddy, Mr.. White has been for
a number of years one of the firm of
Young and White Mercantile Co,
Miss Stella Brown who has been
the guest of Miss Johnnie Metcalfe
for the past month, left Saturday for
Memphis, where she goes to visit her
sister, Mrs. Charles Courtney.
Rev. Haygood conducted the
Thanksgiving exercises at the college.
Miss Marie Guyton is bookkeeping
in b. N. Greer's Restaurant.
Mrs. Willie Bert entertained at a
six o'clock dinner Thanksgiving
Those present were DIR. and Mrs. G. S.
Jackson, Charles Roby, Mrs. Florence
Matthews, Mrs. Bessie Raggers, Will
lie p. Bradley and Floyd Sapp.
Mr.. Ellis Gilmer purchased Mr..
Tom Woods Ford and is now running
a public car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Verbon Henderson
spent Sunday with relatives in tha
city.
Owing to the furnice at the M, r.
church being out Of order there was
no preaching Sunday because the
church could not be heated
Mr.. Will Ogden, Jr., has just re-
tulhed from Nashville.
Otto Priddy and Sam WaldrOp spent
last week in Birmingham.
Rev. Guthrie, the presiding elder of
the Huntsville district, was in town
Saturday en- route to Pine Springs
to attend a meeting.
Miss Mollie Dossey, sister Of Mrs.
Ben Evans of near Pine Springs, died
Sunday. Miss Dossey had a paralytic
stroke some months ago and never
recovered.
The little child of Mrs. Mary Con-
ner died in Vernon Friday, after
several weeks illness.
The Howard College Glee Club is
expected here at an early date en-
route to Vernon. They are touring
the State. One of our Sulligent boys
are with them.
Miss Annie Mae Byrd one of Sui
ligent's highly accomplished young
ladies who is teaching Domestic
Science jim the school in Oklahoma,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-10

Miss, spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. l.. ID. Byrd.
Members Of the Baptist church sur
prised Rev. H. H. Haygood and his
good wife with a Thanksgiving show
er, having placed the things in the
dining room while the family was at
tending Thanksgiving services at the
church.
Floyed Sappe is in charge of E. c.
Lawhorn's public car.
Bradley Metcalfe is elerking for DIR
J. c. Buckelew.
Mr.. Lon Morris visited his daught-
er, Mrs. Bessie caves in Atlanta the
past week.
Mr.. Ed Cooper and Miss Ieie Noe
were married Sunday at the home Of
the bride near Pine Springs.
Mr.. Larence Wright, editor of the
Lamar Democrat, was in town Satur-
day.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-10
]. ID. WALLACE DEAD.

Mr.. l.. W. Stevens received a tele-
gram yesterday announcing the death
in Chicago Of his cousin, Mr.. j. d.
Wallace. Mr.. Wallace was for years
a resident of this city, being engaged
in the practice of law here and he
left after the war and located in Chi
cago. The announcement of his death
will recall his personality to many of
our older citizens.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-10

Among the recent arrivals in Col
umbus is Mr.. James Bonds Of West
Point. Mr. Bonds has come to Col
umbus to give his daughters the high
school and collegiate advantages af-
forded by our schools. He has rented
the suburban place recently pur-
chased by Messrs. Wilbanks anc
Chumley, and after suitable improve
ments have been completed, expects
to operate model dairy here.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-12-10
RAINFALL.

Despite the heavy rainfall of last
Sunday and Monday the river was
slowly falling and on yesterday morn
ing the government gage showed 17.5
feet, the high mark of the present
rise being 22.2.
For the preceding "a hours ending
Sunday morning at seven o'clock the
rainfall was 100 inches; Monady
morning, 20 inches and Tuesday
morning Las inches.
Rains continued yesterday morning.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01

BOSTON. April 3o.-Thc Giants
made clean sweep of the limited
series here and kept the Braves in the
maiden class for the season by win
ming to-day's tough argument in the
tenth inning by score of 6 to 2.
The victory proved the mettle of Nc
Graw's team and should put them right
on edge for to-morrow's big opening
Grounds. Nehf, the redoubtable left
handler, was in rare form and cut out
stiff afternoons work for. the big
town boys. He was SO rough and so
tough that it was not until the ninth
inning the Giants moved up to even
terms with the local villagers, and had
he not been lifted after Doyle opened
the ninth with a triple the Braves
might indeed have squeezed through:
Stallings. however, was apprehensive
of Jim Thorpe's traditional punch
against southpaw pitching and, as the
Indian already had blown himself to
a hit off Nehf, he pulled out his vet
eran southpaw after he had put over
strike on the redskin. Northrop, a
righthander, held Jim to pop foul,
but Zimmerman's fly to Riggert got
home the tying run.
The Inexperienced Northrop blew
the game In the tenth inning, aided
and abetted by a wild heave on the
part of Red Smith. Lew McCarty sin
gled to open this overtime section and
Jess Barnes ran for him. Causey
hunted Smith had plenty Of time for
force out at second, but he pegged
wide. The accident upset Northrop
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Fordham Nine Overwhelms
Columbia by Z to l Score

The Fordham baseball team defeated
the Columbia nine in a one-sided game
at Fordham Field yesterday afternoon
by the score Of to i. The Bronx col
legians had the lead throughout the
contest and outplayed their opponents
in all departments of the game.
MacNamara, the star Maroon tyirler.
was in great form and held the Blue
and White batsmen to five scattered
binglcs. He WAS well supported by
his teammates, end he did not give a
single base on balls.
Farrell, the Columbia boxman. was
hit for ten safeties and had tendency
for wildness. He issued ten free passes
TO FIRST and received poor support.
Fordham started wen and registered
four runs in the opening round. Nc
Laughlin singled to left field and Eus-
tace drew base on balls. Both run
ners then advanced ON a wild pitch
and came home on Halloran's bingle.
Farrell also passed Burkley, who i'm
mediately stole second, after Hallor-
an had reached third on Farrclls wild
throw Ackerman then threw to the
ontheid in attempting 10 pick Burklcy
off second base, and two more runs
crossed the plate.
The home aggregation added two
moro runs to it's total in the fifth ses-
sion on Gleason's single. Lefevrc's
double and Bonagnn ~'s error.
In the eighth stanza Fordham Tailed
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Manager Huggggins
Releases Three
Young Players

Manager Miller Higgins, of the
Yankees, announced yesterday the re-
leases of three young players to minor
league clubs, move necessitated by
the approaching date when all major
league clubs will have TO be within the
hounds of a twenty-one player roster
limit. Catcher Earl Baldwin, dra fled
from the Portland, Ore, club, has been
farmed out to the San Francisco Club
Of the Pacific Coast League. Out
fielder Frank Kane and Pitcher Alex
Ferguson will spend the summer with
Roger Bresnahans Toledo (Anerican
Association team.
Kane, drafted in the fall of 1917
froa, the New England League, was in
the army all of last year and got his
first trial at Jacksonville this spring.
He Is a bit green for fast company.
Ferguson, a semi-pro from Atlantic
Highlands, N. j., engaged in the ship
building industry, but returned when
the Yankees were hard pressed for
pitchers last summer from the semi
pro ranks of Connecticut. He is a big
Highlander and has youth in his favor.
He has shown earmarks of future
greatness.
The departure of Baldwin, who also
ls year or two away, leaves Huggins
with only two catchers-Ruel and Han
nah. Of course Coach O'Connor might
don the spangles in pinch.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
The All-Arounders

1H NJ Hon Babe Ruths ability play outfeld hit the bali
ana employ his left
our talented athletes play one lob we'll
George Siser headed 4be VIM.
s Michigan aumnus has played brilliantly; pitched with shout
ect handled the ouhed with skill shot
either second. ~ ~ O N'
other major Lacquer. ~ ~ 1'
men there Buck Herzoga baman in 1922 star
1910 and brilliant second baseman the Giants
JACK Barry was equally good at short star on
ASSIGNMENTS Buck Weaver third and short
playing both stations with ecat '
mans wagner broke outfed third base
h shted to Short starring all Heinie the Zo
oeo eneVey at rst second and third small
portion of the long list. - '' " "4
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Flooding Along

Totals. 81 6 1882 o Totals. .. sloNis2
.Batted for Perkins in ninth inning.
IBatted for Anderson in sixth inning.
!H;.it !!HH;atited for Geary In ninth inning
sVick out. hit by his own batted ball.
Philadelphia 1 o o. -
New York.. 8 2 ! %
Home run-yiok- saori1ce hit-fewHiSs Lewis
saorihce ny-Peckinpaush Double plays
-Baker. Pratt and Pipp; Burns. pugsn
AnS Burns; Pipp and Ruel. Left on bases
MNsw base on york; q ,PIhniladsphis First
halls-Off Watson, | OF Anderson. Z: OF of
TWho,rmahlen. y ,.an 8; off shawkey, 5: HitsLoff
4 innings: OF Geary, in inninr,s. ~ ~
Thormahlen. in 1-S innings; of Shaw
Key. IN 8 2-S innings Struck out~By
Ihormahlen, !: by 6hawkey, 2: by Ander
son,. l. Passed ball-Ruel. WINNIE
pitoher-Thormahlen: losing pitcher. Wat.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Squire Ebbets Host
TO Boston Braves
In Flatbush To-day

Flatbush will have it's old home week
for the season of 1919 when the
Robins meet the Braves at Ebbets'
Field this afternoon. This time the
Robins will hit the home lot as he
roes after their twenty-inning strug-
gle to to 8 tie with the Phillies
Squire Ebbets, the Belasco of OPEN
ing day stunts, has arranged a unioue
setting for the ceremonies. Five min
utes before time to play the Brooklyn
team Will be lined up along the first
base line, while the Braves will be
strung along the third base line.
Manager Wilbert Robinson of the
Robins and Manager George Stallings
of the Braves will take up their posi-
tions at the home plate.
When this formation is completed a
flag will be raised to the big staff in
Ebbets Field, while the players stand
to attention and the national anthem
is played: This formation is new to
military tactics, having been invented
by Squire Ebbets, himself, while he was
honorary colonel of the Flatbush Fu-
silliers
Surrogate George A. Wingate will
hurl out the first ball and the game will
start at $3.50. Until the news was
flashed through Flatbush Of the twenty
inning tie, the good old Squire Eb-
bets was trifie worried as to what
tn the opening day attendance might be.
The Robins made an early fight to the
nest at Ebbets Field during the spring
series with the Yankees and at that
time their antics were not entirely
pleasing to the population of Flatbush.
But it looks as though all had been
forgiven the Robins by this time. The
struggle with the Phillies has con
,y!nced the home rooters that their
BIRDS can fight Also the position they
nave attained since the real season
has started is more or less convincing.
1t Is expected that Reuben Marauard.
the mar1ner-thespian, will start hurting
them over for tho Rnhina Q
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Giants Make Bow
On The Home Lot
At 3:3OP. M. To-day
BY w. 0. Mcclellan

New York's own Giants make their old
home town bow for the season Sof 1915
at the Polo Grounds to-day with the
Phillles. Like most of the openings OF
the Giants, the affair will abe largely
invitational, President Stoneham hav.
ing sent out over 10000 R. s. ". P.'s ia
the opening game. 1t is expected that
the capacity Of Brush Stadium will be
taxed for the debut.
To be in keeping with the spirit OF
the times, the old custom of paradins
the ball players will be revived, and
before the game the Giants, lead by the
doughty John Joseph Mcuraw and fol-
lowed by the Fhillies, will parade
across Henry Fsbian's nicely ironed
grass to the strains of martial music,
President Charles A. Stoneham and
Judge Francis K. McQuade are said
also to be warming up for the grand
march.
Robert Moran, president Of the
Board of Alderman, who hurled out the
trst ball for the Polo Grounds opening
OF the American League season, has
been signed up to do the same work
TOR the Giants. The alderman expects
to have the same hop on his fast one
when he fips it out for the Giants,
The ceremony Of the throwing out of
the ball will be preceded by the raising
of new American flag while hte ma
tional anthem is played. Unfortunate
ly, there is no pennant to be flung to
the breeze at the Giant opening this
year, but the crowd that will gather in
the lee Of Coogan's Bluff this afternoon
will do lot of hoping.
1t is expected that McGraw will
start Jess Barnes against the Phillies.
He seems to be about the best pitching
bet, and it Is highly desirable to win
an opening game with the home town
folks looking on. The Giants have
been cooling their heels considerably
in the Back Bay region of Boston,
Mass, and will be glad to get a little
of the weather that has been lowering
around the home town lot for the last
few days.
The parade feature of the opening
day, we are told, is q relic of 1888
when Jim Mutrie, owner of the New
York team of that day and generation,
headed the procession Of baseball play
ers, clad in tall silk hat. The custom
tude took to kidding the marchers. It
is not expected that the crowd to-day
will be critical Of the parade, especially
if it should be followed by parade
around the bases. A parade Of the
Phillies around the sacks, however,
would not make much Of hit with the
multitude that will be there.
The gates will be flung open at 1880
for the early corners. The ball will be
thrown into the grounds by the presi-
dent Of the Board of Aldermen at $3.50,
just after the batteries are announced,
and the Giants old home week in Har-
lem will be opened formally.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01

Totals -. 85 S 80 Is Totals 80 2 10 so 10
'Batted for G. Smith in the seventh
inning.
tran for McCarty in the tenth inning.
tBatted for Tragesser in the tenth in
ming.
New York. ........ o o o o1oi s-B
Boston. ........... l o O 0 0 %
hits-Doyle, 2. Stolen bases-Rurns. Pow
eli. 2; Herzog. Sacrifice hit-Herzog. Sac
riflce flies -- Zimmerman Thorpe. Double
to McCarty to Zimmerman. Left bases
New York. 4, Boston. 10. First base
on errors-Boston. 2: New York. l. Bases
on balls--On G Smith, l. Jones. 3;
Causey. l. Nehf. :; Northrop. ?. Hts--Off
Nehf. in innings; off Northrop. in 2
Jones, In innings; off Causey. / In .
innings. Struck out-By Jones, .; by Nehf.
8: by Northrop. /. Wild pitch-.Ionea.
Caussy: losing pitcher. Northrop.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Il Real Thriller {!
Totals. .7be % 6o9o q To,a,s 7so1Teo ?

Totals. 10 % $3.50 81 Totals rs IL 60 "a
Ran for Krueger in the ninth inning
+Batted for Pierce in tho nineteenth In
ming. "
tBatted for Cady in the nineteenth In
ming. "
Brooklyn
o2s o 10000 10000 o--s
PHILADELPHIA
/ o 8 0 q o 90 oooos %
Two,base hits-zLuderus 3; Cady Baird.
Cravath Myers Three base hit-Bancroft
Home run-Myers. Stolen base-Caliahan.
Sacrifice hits-Konetchy. Grimes, Griffith
M Wheat, Whitted, Callahan. Double plays
- Bancroft and Luderus; Luderus Ban
croft and Luderus. Left on bases-Brook-
iyn 10 Philadelphia, IS. First base on
erroe-Brooklyn, 3; Philadelphia, 2. Base
Struck out-By Oescher. 2; by Grimes, I.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-01
Thrilling Baseball Poem
Closes in o. StnIemute
Nlinions of Uncle Robbie and His Former Chief
Adviser Crapple 4Hours-Score Is Tied Twice,
in Ninth and Ninete enth, and Ends in a Tie

PHILADELPHIA, April 30In baseball
he Phles Dodgers to-day fought the
local history They struggled
exactly four hours without reaching
into darkness when the Phl batting the inning
and when Bancro kout provided the
the
battle in Philadelphia in years dbeenca off.