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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

bet $15 more at t5o to l. Then I stuck $l0 on the nose when they cut the price to 100 to l and I bet $15 at 50 to for place. Yes, Indeed, boss, that Queenie Trowbridge was mighty good } to this here Bill Give and I hope she done well by you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
SOUTHERN MILITARY
 DEFEATS LOCAL BOYS

Greensboro, April IS -(speciaI)--In a hotly contested pitchers battle Southern Military Academy defeated Birmingham- Southern today by score of to 1. Stevens was the greatest puzzle. allowing only three hits. Both teams made four errors. The feature of the game was Crews work behind the bat for s. NJ A., and sensational catch by Shores. The second game will be played tomorrow. The score:
 R. H. E. Southern Military Academy....4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
SPRINGHILL TAKES
 GAME FROM MARION

Marion, April 16-Special )--Marion and Springhill College clashed in a pretty double header here today. The visi Nors won the first by score of To, despite the fact that Lewis continued his phenomenal pitching and struck out eighteen men,
 Both pitchers worked throughout the two games and showed excellent con- troll The cadet canned nineteen dur ing the evening while Troupe struck out thirteen.
 The former yielded nine hits and walked one, while his opponent was touched for four safeties and passed three. The only score of the after noon was run in on an error.
 The real features of the game were sensational catches by Madison and Oli- yer. local outfielders The scores:
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20
THE TARIFF REMEDY

After considering the plight of the
American farmers, and the various
remedies offered for their relief. the
Republican members of the senate
finance committe and the house ways
and means committee unanimously de-
cided that the thing the farmers needed
was dose of high tariff. An import
duty on all farm products. high enough
to serve as a virtual embargo. will,
in their opinion restore better prices
on the products Of the land and spread
prosperity. among the tillers Of the soil,
The ways and means committee is
now busy measuring out the potion.
1t will be ready to administer in due
time. unless the senate should balk,
and we can note its effects at our leis-
ure. In the meantime. however. it will
do no serious harm to speculate little
on its possible results.
Cotton, the low price of which is
one of the gravest grounds of COM
plant, is imported only in negligible
quantities. 1t is one of our chief ex-
port crops, and one cause of the low
price is the inability of foreign coun-
tries to use as much of it as was ex-
pected. Just how tariff on cotton
will help the grower remains to be ex-
hibited later.
We both export and import wheat.
Importations from Canada and Ar
gentina help to stabilize prices, and the
Argentine crop. especially, coming as
it does when the American crop is dis
posed of, enables us to ship large
quantities to England. 1t is possible
that a tariff tax will enable the mill
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

ing companies to keep up the price Of
bread, but not to any very great ex.
tent.
The United States produces most Of
its own corn and oats, and large
surplus for export. 1t is inconceivable
that a duty on imports will help the
producers of those articles.
1t is the same throughout the list.
A few growers, of few articles, in a
few special localities, will reap some
advantage from an embargo, but there
is not the slightest reason to expect that
the farmers generally will be benefit
ted.
Then, it may be asked. why the tar
if9 The answer is it will prepare
public sentiment for other tariffs later
on. The farmer, treated with a dose
Of protection in his hour Of need. even
if the treatment did him no good, can
hardly have the heart to object to a
similar dose for the manufacturer later
on, when he. too. complains Of the
pressure Of foreign competition.
The Democratic senator and con-
oressman hav;no votad for fill
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

aedged protective measure for the ben
eft Of his agricultural constituents
can not consistently raise his voice IN
objection when other constituencies de-
mand protection.
Thus, the way is paved for the big
rush of special privilege grabbing
which will not attain its maximum un-
til after the Inauguration. And when
it is achieved the public can exercise
its wits trying to discriminate between
the hardships of war prices and those
of high tariff prices.
There are $500 coal mines in the
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

Fort Myers now has charter
board. elected for the purpose Of
drafting a commission-manager form
of government for our neighboring city
to the south. Arcadia also has the
fever. 1t may be a safe forecast to
venture that within the next ten years
every well-governed municipality. no
matter how large or how small. will
have shelved the antiquated alder
manic form for this newer and more
business-ike method. Most of the
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

The Tampa Tribune continues to
maintain its supremacy by issuing a
tremendous Christmas edition consist
ing of ninety-sX pages filled with read
ing matter and advertisements. If
there could be any criticism it would
be in the nature of question as to
why the Tribune did not make it an
even. hundred. Anyway this Sunday
edition might properly be termed a
booster number for the advertising
pages reflect the prosperity and growth
of Tampa in a most convincing way
The Tribune is truly a great paper
published in a great and progressive
city.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

Through the employment of profes.
sional concert bands many Florida
cities are again this winter afordne
special attraction for their season Wis.
itors. The latest announcement in this
line comes from St. Augustine. the
Evening Record telling Of the coming
early in February Of the famous Yes.
sella and his splendid organization, &C.
eompanied by Miss Annetta Ribecova.
Both these artists will be remembered
as having visited Lakeland, among sew
eral other Florida cities. early last
year ard prior to their winter engage.
ment at St. Augustine. 1t is the St
Augustine Hotel Association that j:
putting this big program over, involv'
ing an expenditure Of approximately
$4,000.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20
-

One Of our neighbors remarked the
ether morning, 1T is good to be
alive!" To which we added the
words, in Lakeland.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

credit will be due the women for be
it known. the women right now are
showing keener and more intelligent
interest in education and civic affairs
than are the men. The monopoly Of
political wisdom has been broken.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

One of our readers writes to ask
why we mention CovernG Cats in
our columns. The only excuse is that
he is still an item Of news and will re-
main so for the coming two weeks at
the expiration Of which he steps down
and out of the governors chair at Tai
lahassee. thus closing a page in Flor
da's political history that most Of us
would like to forget. Why not agree
to do so after January ,6rsta
Dispatches from Washington indi-
cate that the federal government will
continue to be committed to policy
of aiding in building national high
ways. There is strong probability
of securing not less than $l00.000.-
600 year for the next four years,
this in addition to amounts already
voted and provided for by the last
congress. 1t is up to the legislators Of
Florida to see to it that this State gets
its fair share Of government aid. Un-
doubtedly this will be done at the next
session in April 1921.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

: We would indeed be ungrateful
should we fail to thus publicly ac-
knowledge all the genuine compli-
nents given the Evening Telegram
concerning the Christmas issue Of Sat
urday last. 1t was labor of love,
a lavor Of service and an effort to
show to outsiders the substantial ma.
ture of the business interests of this
fine city.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-20

There are $500 coal mines in the
British Isles.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11

to compare the merits OF the various
players by them. These records can
not be but unfair to the whole line
for instance: Alex Anderson prob
ably gets one or two chances In
season 10 score q touchdown. He IL
touchdown. His touchdown opportu-
mites come when he has recovered a
tumble. probably. hardly any other
way. What goes for Anderson, goes
I for the guards and tackles, too.
Records. especially in football. are
most deceptive. They take into ac-
count no popularity OF weather. no
mention OF relative merit of contend
ing lines. nothing OF the especial
stage of the game. The football book
merely says that John Jones kicked n
field goal from the 32-yard line on
such and such q date.
LOOKING At THE DOPE.
The baseball record book Is known
as the dope book. From 1t It 10
possible. or impossible. to get some
sort of gauge OF the ability Of the
players. Now let's look at the foot
ball dope book.
Leading all the rest for distance
in kicking field goals stands J. T.
ftuXdii, VI "ho boOsSN n
placement field goal sixty-five yards
against Yale on November 80. 1882.
There you have the record entire. Did
he do 1t against q wind? Did he have
a favorlng gale behind him as he
booted that ball? Did the Yale line
hurry his kick, or did the Prince
ton forwards stand like a stone wall?
Did heokick II on a muddy field or in
snow or on a perfect turf? The rec
ords say nothing as to these things.
Now sixty-five yards Is a long way
to kick a football from placement. But
who can tell that Haxalrs kick was
as good, better or worse than the
5S-yard placement goal made against
Pittsburgh on November %. 1905, by
J. p. Davis. Of Dickinson, or the 80
yard placement goal made by A. X.
Coffin, of Cornell. against Pennsyl-
vania on November %, 1902. Indeed
when Pete Houser. Of Carlisle, kick ed
a field goal from the 1S-yard line
against Pennsylvania on October %.
1907, he may have done far better
than either Haxall or Davis or Coffin,
so far as the records prove anything.
The longest dropkick for q field
goal is recorded as made by NJ. Payne,
of Dakota Wesleyan. against North
west Normal. on October 16. 1915. He
kicked the ball CD yards. But he may
have had cinch compared with
HOBBY Baker, of Princeton, who drop
kicked one of only fifteen yards
aginst Yale on November 16, 1912.
The records merely record the facts
as given.
SAME WITH LONG RUNS.
The official records show that
George McCaa, Lafayette's great full
back. ran from scrimmage the length
of the field. 10 yards, against Swarth-
more on October is. 1909. but that
run may not have been half as IL
liant as the 100-yard run from scrim-
mage against Pennsylvania on Novem-
Der IL, 1911. of Gus WEIGH. Carlisle's
great quarterback. The records do
not 60 into detail.
And who, relying on the records as
published each year, will claim that
either OF these famous runs begin to
compare with the twenty-five yard
gallop OF Roy Mercer. OF Penn,
against Michigan on November IL,
1911, or the mere fifteen-yard run Of
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
TECHS ELEV EN- is IMPRESSIVE,
DEFEATING WESTERN So TO 0
by BRYAN MORSE.

Technical High School. in defeating
Westerns eleven. 35 to 0, in the Cen
trail Stadium yesterday. was more i'm
pressive in victory than any Manual
Training eleven in the schools his
tory. The Tech lads had one OF
their good days. their play was
smooth on offense. their defense was
well nigh impregnable. On form dis
played yesterday in direct contrast to
that OF Central the day before
against Eastern, Tech looks TO be the
class of the high school elevens this
fall.
Western offered resistance all the
way. with q backfeld and a pair OF
ends comparable to those OF Tech the
Western line went to eces and
Techs quarterback, finding his OPP
portunity, smashed the forwards to
pieces throughout tho most interest
ing battle Of the series.
Tech gave performance which
was creditable throughout. Quarter
back Gosnell made few mistakes
and with a brand OF officiating which
was the best OF any OF the college or
h gh school battles this year, both
teams were able to execute their
plays with precision.
The Manual Trainers had the punch
Throughout. Westerns offense was
effective save within the thirty-yard
line where Tech defense stiffened.
The Tech lads had to go all the way
for n win and never let Town a sec
ond during the forty minutes OF
battling.
But in defeat ng Western. Tech had
to show nearly all 1t had in the way
Of offense and defense, even though
the Central players were on hand to
watch the proceedings.
The game was cleanly contested.
The teams were exceptionally well
drilled and save for physical strength
were fairly well matched in playing
ability. Both teams were well
handled by the quarterbacks Gosnell
and Burke who got about all pos
sible out Of the elevens during the
play.
The teams responded quickly and
the game was fast throughout. Little
or no tine was taken out for in
juries and the players appeared to
be in first class physical condition.
Aside from the one-sided score the
battle was unusually interesting.
Tech showed conclusively that II
has fine chance to defeat Central.
the Manual Trainers appear to
have something In reserve for Cen
trail and the meeting November "a.
will be well worth watch ng from
present indications.
Western is expected to give Cen
trail n first class battle next Wednes-
day and II the game IL staged in
the stadium Central can expect as
much trouble as IL encountered
against Eastern day before yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
REX AND NAVY MEN
FIX DATE FOR BIG GAME

Rex. Athletic Club football play
ers and those of the Navy Yard
rivals for District Independent
championship honors, meet Decem
Der 5. Representatives of the eleveni
met and arranged the playing dat
and the list of eligibles for the con
test. The split on the gate was ar
ranged.
No place for playing me contes
was designated nor were the Official
selected. Another meeting Is expecte
between the representatives short,'
On Sunday the ReXmen meet tn
fast Hobart 4. c. eleven OF Philadel
phia. The visiting eleven is expecte
to give Rex a tough engagement. tt
game will be played at Union Park
Fifteenth and ii streets, northeast
The Washington times., 1920-11-11

cluster of money collected at either
Princeton or Harvard.
The baseball scandal has left bet
ting In such bad odor that the wagers
that have been laid by Yale men have
been informal and friendly. and have
lacked such a professional element as
the forming OF q pool to be matched
against Tfgertown money. They have
included a wager of a supper or pos
sibly a small amount OF money, but
no large sums have been put up.
While the Yale Student Council Ia
known to favor the elimination OF
every kind Of betting In the bowl dur
ing the football season and the death
Of the pool betting between groups
Of Yale, Harvard and Princeton stu
dents, that body has no idea OF taking
formal action on the situation. largely
because the evil has practically elimi.
mated itself from the college world
through the baseball disclosures.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
LAWYERS WAIT AS
M0GULS MAKE UP
Major Leaguers Agree on Ses-
sion for Peace Tomorrow
In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-With all the
greedy. crafty. high-priced lawyers
toasting their heels In the ante room.
chatting with Ban Johnson and John
A. Heydler, the two major league
presidents, the sixteen club owners
will hold q pow-wow here tomorrow.
The result Is expected TO be peace In
baseball. with Judge X. NJ. Lands
heading a new National Commission,
assisted by Judge Mcdonald. of Chi
cago. and Mike Sexton, the minot 4
league representative.
The Minor League Association at
Kansas City yesterday. endeavoring
"a keep baseball from plugging into =
long and costly war. votedd TO appoint
committee TO act with the big
leaguers in devising plans for the
, future government OF the game.
Garry Hermann. former chairman
OF the old National Commission. and
Clark G. Griffith. president OF the
Washington American League club,
have been the hardest workers for
peace on the diamond. IL was largely
| through their efforts that tomorrow's
, meeting was arranged.
National Leaguers. while still In
| sisting on a bold front. do not hest,
tate in saying that the proposed
twelve-club league would be a joke,
falling apart OF it's own weight. How
ever. rather than permit Ban johnson
to dictate to them, they would under
take to noat the bulky circuit Ions
| enough to defeat Johnson and hitI
Faithful Five"
BY tomorrow night 1t is expected
that all will be serene in the turbu-
lent baseball ocean and the magnates
will be in a mood to shake hands and
swap kisses or something.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
Records War FadesTech Eleven Win
NEW ORLEANS MAY
GET YANKS

II the Cleveland world cham
pions decide TO quit New Or
leans as their training camp In
1921, the New York Yankees
will very likely move into II. II
is practically settled that the
Yankees will not return to
Jacksonville. though they may
be compelled to train In Florida
again. Miami. Palm Beach and
Daytona are all seeking to have
the Ysnks train with them.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
WATERMEN GO INTO FINAL
WORKOUTS BEFORE GAME
Potomacs and Canoists Get Ac.
ton for Saturday Battle.

Tho Washington Canoe and Pc
tomac Boat Clubs football teams will
indulge in their last scrimmage to-
day in preparation for their contest
Saturday at Union Park. Captain
Jimmie Abbott and Coach Hecox, of
the Potomacs. are well satisfied with
the squad of twenty-five candidates
that have been getting In shape for
this classic event. and they fully ex-
pect to hand the Canoeists q trim
ming.
The Canoeists are headed by Fred
Bamman, the 210-pound tackle. and
are coached by Norman Landreau.
former Georgetown star.
Landreau has been assisted for the
past few days by Jimmie Mahoney
and Cronin. two former stars at
Georgetown University. Both clubs
have specially selected cheer leaders
and special songs and yells that are
expected to enliven the contest.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11

Charlie Brickley against Yale. No
vember 23, 1912?
Football Is a team game. first and
last II Is unfair to keep records
tending to show what one man does
and not what another does to make
that record possible. The other ten
Princetonians deserve part OF the
glory going down tho ages to the
credit OF J. 7. Haxall on November
%, 1882.
McCaa would have been tackled
somewhere on his journey against
Swarthmore but for the aid OF some
teammate in picking off rival. Roy
Mercer would have been stopped had
not the Quakers given him some pro-
lection on the jaunt through the WOOL
yerines on November IS, 1911. And
yet, emerging from the past, only the
names of McCaa and Mercer are re-
membered.
All honor to Benny Boynton, tho
Williams captain and quarterback,
for his nineteen touchdowns and ten
goals from touchdown. But IL Is I'M
fair that his team mates are not
given some credit and until records
may indicate something OF the sup
port given a star like Boynton. they
are not worth the paper upon which
than that. II they lead players in
other positions to become envious Of
the stars.
Before quitting. let's retell n tale
Of professional football as played
some years ago in Pennsylvania. The
hackers Of a professional eleven Of
fered q prize of $40 to each man
scoring touchdown. The game
broke up in q night among that teams
backfeld when II was up to the quar-
terback to give somebody a $40 prize.
Football standardized? 1t can't be
done.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
MITCHELL WOULD
FACE HIM.

Benny Leonard, worlds
lightweight champion. has an
nOunced that he will defend his
title against any man in the
world Weighing In at 1876 pounds
at 2 o'clock" Immediately an
acceptance of this def comes
from Richie Mitchell, the Mil
waukee lightweight. Leonard
knocked out the Milwaukeean
a couple Of years ago, but
Mitchell Is said to have i'm
proved greatly since then and
TO be the best of all the light
weight field challenging Leon
ard.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
GEORGIA TECH APPLIES
FOR GAME WITH PENNSY

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11.-Georgia
Tech has made two applications for
games with Northern football elevens
In 1921. One has come to Penn
sylvania, the other to Syracuse, the
Golden Tornado seeking the date left
vacant by w. and J. which has been
dropped by the Salt City institution
Action will be taken today by the
Penn. authorities on the application
from Prof. J. B. Crenshaw. graduate
manager at Atlanta.
In 1917 Penn visited Atlanta and
was defeated, Al to 0. by Georges
Tech in their only meeting.
The Washington times., 1920-11-11

Each week we read long list or
figures issued by some figure fend In
New York. 1t attempts to place the
champion scorer" OF the season up
to date. For instance. we have read
that Benny Boynton is "the leading
individual scorer" He has scored l24
points on nineteen touchdowns and
ten goals from touchdowns. All OF
which sounds good to the figure fiend
and. possibly. to Mr.. Boynton's
friends. But those figures are abso-
lutely unfair.
Let's cone nearer home. Let's look
at the Georgetown figures, appearing
In last weeks edition Of The Hoya,
the Georgetown weekly publication,
which, by the way, Ia o lively little
sheet. well written. well put together
and quite worthy the support Of the
university.
Gus Malley is leading the squad
with ffty-four points" we read in
The Hoya, "more than a quarter of
the teams totals. Jack Flavin. with
fifty-one points, has also scored more
than a quarter OF total tallies."
Beneath the above sentence APP
pears a summary, showing what each
member OF the team has done In
point-scoring. Malley. according to
this table. las scored nine touch
downs and no goals from touchdowns.
Goggin is on the bottom. He has
four goals from touchdown. giving
him four points.
THE INJUSTICE OF 1T
which is being followed everywhere
nowadays, Is palpable.
Bill Kenyon Is credited with four
teen points all made by kicking goals
following touchdowns. Goggin has
but four. Flavin has three and Ware
one. But these figures are valueless
in estimating the comparative ability
of those four players as kickers OF
goals from touchdown. No record Is
offered OF their failures.
II Kenyon has kicked fourteen,
We'll say out Of thirty attempts, and
Flavin has kicked three out OF four.
isn't Flavin the better kicker? He
most certainly is-in the figures.
And IL Goggin has kicked four out
OF as many attempts, he leads the
bunch. though he has scored but four
points for Georgetown,
But how about Mallsy. Leary, Car
lin, Zazzali, Formoso. K'rS, Jack Sui
livan, and Cronin? They are down as
having kicked no goals from touch
down. Did they get any trials? II
they got no trials, why should they
appear as having made no points by
kicking goals from touchdown?
NOW FOR TOUCHDOwNs.
Now let's look at the touchdown
totals. Malley is credited with DASH
ing over the line nine separate times,
rolling up a total or fifty-four points.
for the Blue and Gray. Fine-that
shows that Malley Is a valuable half
back. Eut could he have made those
nine touchdowns ir the play had cali
ed for Leighty or Flavin or somebody
else to carry the ball? The answer is
one loud "Now
Jack Flavin's touchdown against
the Navy has given him nine touch
downs to date, fer a total of fifty.
seven points. Thus he Is today lead
ing the Hilltoppers in scoring, thanks
to those three goals from touchdown.
But Is he better than Malley because
he kicked three touchdown goals and
Malley. getting no trials, did not do
SO?
The danger in keeping all such rec
ords comes in just this-the tendency
The Washington times., 1920-11-11
LIGHTER SCHEDULE FOR
PENN TEAM NEXT YEAR

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 11.-"Next
year We hope to have a lighter sched-
ule," asys Coach Johnny Heisman.
and also to have arrangements COM
pleted SO that the entire squad will
be permitted to practice at the same
time. A heavy schedule and lack OF
suitable opportunities for coaching
have been too much for the varsity
eleven this year. but next year things
will be different"
Just what teams will not appear on
the Penn football schedule in 1921 re-
mains to be seen. V. NJ. l., which
won this year on Franklin Field, may
not come back next fall. but 1t Ia
difficult to see what other teams can
be cut from the list without rupturing
old established customs at Penn.