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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
CARDINALS TO TRY
 OUT 22 RECRUITS

St. Louis, November 28-(SpeciaI) = More than 20 youthful players, several of whom have already had major league baptism, are scheduled to go south with the St. Louis National league club when the spring training season opens Man. ager Hickey has P in line at present and the list is expected to be enlarged. The collection includes Il pitchers, five in- fielders, four 6utfielders and two catch CTS.
 The pitchers are Lou North, Mike Kircher, John Scott, Walter Schulz and Frank Woodward, all of whom saw sey- eral weeks service with the Cardinals in 1920. and six newcomers-Chester Boyer, Ranger, Tex; Frank Dodson, Fort Smith; George Lyons, Sioux City; Ar thur Reinhart Milwaukee; Arthur Ri- viere and Leo Weber.
 The two catchers are Carlos Tim Griesenbeck, from Cisco, Tex, and George Gilman of Suffolk. Va,, neither of whom has been seen in action here.
 Two of the recruit outfielders are rel turning to the club after a year in the minors They are Clarence Mueller, Fort Smith, and Ed Bogart, Joplin. The other pair. are George Miller, from Hagers- town, Md, and Dorsey L. Carroll of Memphis.
 The new infielders are Adams, a short stop from Danville, Va; Ray Blades Memphis Irving Winner, a local semi pro; Bottomley and Ezzell, whom Scod Charles Barrett is bringing from Texas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
SPORTS-- DIXIE GRID SEASON VOW OVER -SPOR1
MEL COOGAN ANXIOUS
 FOR CHANGE AT TITLE

New York, November 2S.-(SpeeiaL) Tex Rickard recently staged a suc- cessfuI welterweight tournament; Ben ny Leonard's challengers have appealed to the dynamic promoter to put on a series of elimination contests to deter mine the most capable opponent for the lightweight champion.
 Mel Coogan, the hard hitting Brook lynite, who decisively trimmed Johnny Dundee in Jersey City several months ago, is the first of the contenders to am swer the call. He is ready to box the best 1S5-pounders in the business. The reason he has not fought in some time became known today. when his mana ger, Joe Woodman, stated a bad arm had kept him out of competition. Wood man cancelled Is fights for Coogan. Coogan is anxious to box Willie Jack son again and prove he is his master. Woodman says he is ready to take him to Milwaukee to box Ritchie Mitchell. Were not in hurry for Leonard" de- clares Woodman. We'll wait and beat some of the boys who are doing all the hollering, and the time will come when we will be ready to take another shot at the championship"
 Of all the lightweights, Coogan has never boxed Lew Tender, but he well comes a bout with the Philadelphian. He has fought Mitchell three times, Jackson once, Dundee three, Leonard once.
 Tender has sidestepped Coogan. but he keeps kidding Leonard with de- mands for $50,000 purses. Woodman says he is so anxious to get Tendler in ring with his protege that he is will ing to have Tendler and his manager make all monetary arrang em ents--win- ner take all basis pleases Woodman best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
MIDSHIPMEN WELCOME
 HOME VICTORIOUS TEAM

Annapolis, Md. November 2s.-For nearly three hours this afternoon and early this evening the naval reserva- tion was the scene of riot of noise and jubilation because of the demon stration by the midshipmen returning from the Army Navy game at New York.
 The students returned in four spe- cial trains The celebration began shortly after o'clock with the arrival of the first section of 500 students, and reached it's climax when the victorious football warriors had been drawn to the reservation in busses from which the horses had been detached and squads of the happy embryo sea com manders furnished the drawing power The main or Maryland avenue en- trance to the academy was aglow with red, white and blue electric lights and bulbs of the same hues were strung from the top of the wireless tower to the ground. A piece of white canvas, stretched across the top of the gate way, was embellished by a painting depicting the Navy goat, official Navy athletic mascot putting Army's mas cot, mule, over an embankment into river It also bore the score of the game--Navy 7, Army 0.
 The celebration had it's climax in front of Bancroft hall, where more than 1000 students cheered the play CTS, the team and the coaches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
FAUCETTE ELECTED LEAD NORTH CAROLINA
 STATE ELEVEN IN 1921

West Raleigh, N. G., November B. (special)-John T. Faucette of Raleigh for the past three years quarterback on the North Carolina State College foot ball team, was unanimously elected cap tain of the 1921 Tech varsity immediately after the Thanksgiving game.
 Faucette received his early training al the Raleigh High school. His collegiate gridiron career has been featured by ar unusually brilliant performance as a fielt general and broken field runner, and ht closed the 1920 season by scoring thre, touchdowns, one on a 72-yard .run, ana kicking seven goals against Wake Forest
 Last year he was picked by majority of. sport writers as quarterback on th' all-south Atlantic eleven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
QUAKER CITY TEAMS TO
 PLAY INDOOR FOOTBALL

Philadelphia, November 8.-Philadel- phia this winter is to have a season of indoor football with night games, ac- cording to an announcement by Joseph F. Mcguire. manager of the Second City troop eleven. The games will be played in the drill hall of the new cavalry armory in West Philadelphia on an oval lacking only five yards of the regula' tion distance between the goal posts.
 In order to give the proper space for catching forward passes back of the goal line it was necessary to reduce the dis tance between the posts to 9o yards. The playing surface is tanbark and the huge vaulted roof will permit of the loftiesa puntS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
DELAWANA SCHOONER
 OFFERED FOR SALE

Halifax. N. S.. November 2S.-Dela- wana, unsuccessful contender with the Gloucester, Mass, schooner Esperanto, In the recent races here for the Cana dian American championship of the North Atlantic fishing fleets today was offered for sale.
 With her sails furled the little Nova Scotia schooner lay at her wharf while Capt Tom Himmelman, her skipper, and her owners expressed desire for a faster vessel for the next occasion, when Canadian and United States fish ermen- meet in an international sailing Derby" Last night Delawana's own CTS announced that their challenge for second race with the Esperanto had been turned down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
John Heisman To
 Remain at Penn.

Atlanta, November S.-(SpeciaL )- Reports from Pennsylvania that John W. Heisman, former coach of the Ceor- gia football team, was about to lose cut as director of this sport at the northern university as the result of dissa.isfac- ton over the poor showing of lis eleven this year, have been given the quietus by a statement from Wharton Sinkler, chairman of the Penn football committee.
 MT. Sinkler points out in an article in The Bulletin of Philadelphia that green material to begin with and that l 1t was too much to expect him to turn out a classy team in one years time. It | is admitted. however, that the former Tech wizard has driven his men hard and that in one game at least they ap- peared overworked-dead on their feet. Persistent rumors that John W. Heisman would be busted as head coach of the University of Pennsyl- vania football team as a result of the disastrous. season sustained by the Red and Blue this fall, were officially Ce- nied recently by Wharton Sinkler. chairman of the Penn football commit tee," hays The Bulletin.
 These reports have been going the rounds for some time in a desul.ory sort of way, but crystallized after the Dartmouth debacle on Saturday nto the positive statement that Heisman would be relieved from duty for the balance of the season and his salary paid for the full term of his contract.
 The football critic of The New York Herald who writes under the pseudony- dom of Daniel. in an article declared that several prominent Penn graIu- ates had told, him on Saturday evening following the Dartmouth game that
 Heisman was slated to go. just as
 George Brooke was deposed in 1914
 with part of his contract still mex pired.
 | MT. Heisman has three-year con-
 tract said MT. Sinkler. and ne will be given a faif chance to show what he lean do
 l "Tt is not just to judge MT. Heisman on this seasons showing. He had very green material practically no veterans Iaround whom to build his team, and he also faced very hard schedule. The
 first game with Delaware was easy and
 Penn won handily. but every week since strong team has come to Frank HI llclu
 l Bucknell, Swarthmore. Lafayette. w. M. l.. State. Pitt and then Dartmouth
 followed in the order named. Penn
 won from the first three and lost the
 last four. It would have been hard to keep even veteran team in shape for
 such a long grind, but with a green eleven it was impossible. No coach can
 be expected to point his squad for such a succession of stiff contests.
 | It also must be remembered t' at
 fieisman has been installing a new s.-s-
 tenn and that not only were the candi-
 dates for the team ignorant of the orin- ciples Of this system. but they were rot very well versed in the fundamentals
 of football. So they had to be work ed more strenuously than would have teen
 the case under other conditions. There
 was not much time in which to teach
 them and every minute had to be rtil- | ized. Also it must be remembered trat he team had been handicapped by al
 unprecedented number of injuries to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
South Closes A Successful
 Grid Season

Atlanta, Ga, November 28 Probably the most successful football season that southern colleges and universities have ever experienced came to a close last week with a number of spectacular contests in which the well coached elevens of the south proved themselves wor- thy foes of the country's best elevens.
 Attendance records were broken at almost all southern fields, according to all reports here, and interest among students and other spectators ran high CT than ever before. The greatest fea- ture of the season, in the minds of many, however, was the large number of gridiron machines of outstanding caliber that were developed. In previ- ous years there have been one or two great southern teams that in games with the highly trained elvens of the north showed themselves finished ma chimes capable of ranking thigh na- tionally.
 This year that list was enlarged to include half dozen or more.
 There were number of intersec Hon- al contests during the season and in- dications are that more will be sched . uled next year. Centre is to play liar ward again next saeson; Georgia Tech probably Yale; other teams that are expected to engage in intersec.ional games include Auburn, North Carolina, State, Tulane, V. M. l., Virginia Uni- versity, Washington and Lee and possi- ply others. From their records of this year many of them have at least an even chance of returning victors.
 Of the many elevens that the season produced, four came through with rec ords of no defeats by other than Dixie teams; three of them, Georgia 'Iech, Georgia University and Tulane, in the Southern Intercollegiate. Athletic asso- citation, and one, V. M. l., in the South Atlantic conference
 Georgia University and V. M. l. lost no games. the Virginians winning against Pennsylvania University in their only intersectional contest, and Georgia confining its games to south- ern gridirons.
 Tech lost only to Pittsburg' and Tu- lane to Michigan. A dozen or more other southern teams made records aI- most as creditable and showed them selves well -driIled machines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
ANDERSON WILL BE
 NEXT MULLy LENOIR
 OF SOUTH, SAYS FAN

The sporting editor of The Age-Herald Is in receipt of the following protest rom an Interested spectator" It is usually the policy of the sporting editor 10 disregard all correspondence which is not overa bona fide signature, but due to the apparent earnestness of this let ter, it is published If Ian interested specttaor' cares to make himself known to the sporting editor, ia letter from him would be appreciated. Here's the pro- test:
 November 2S, 1920
 MT. Marvin Mccarthy, Sporting Ed ltor The Age Herald, Birmingham, Ala Dear Sir-How any fellow can pick an Alabama all-star prep eleven and leave Tom Anderson's name off the first team is more than can see. Sut that is just what the assistant sporting editor of The Age-Herald has done I can understand how some of the big guys left Buck Flowers off their all-southern list-I think they felt they had picked him long enough. But it seems to me that it would have been just as unfair to have left Stevenson's name off the big bunch as not to include Anderson in the state all-prep galaxy.
 !" His weight was against him. it was said. Yes, just like Flowers and Le noirs weight was against them! But ask the long line of those whom Andef- son nailed in their tracks and those whom he threw his 12S pounds against like a lump of lead during the season just closed and they will tell you more accurately, l believe, against whom the weight was.
 Whoever saw Anderson begin his ca reer against Marshall County when he commenced his terrific line plunging perfect forward passing and deadly tackling; who watched him make the spectacular broken field runs in the Disque game: who marveled at him as he clipped off those 55-yard runs in the Jefferson County game, rlnning zig-zas- gedly twisting, squrming, dodng and shaking off tacklers as he ran; or through the Bessemer contest when he gained through their heavy line and tackled to the admiration of every spec tator. up until the Ensley contest. when he played the greatest game of the sea son-surely one would think him more than just a good running mate for l4il- lian, and would have accorded him the most conspicuous place among the half' backs.
 T sat beside former college football stars and watched Anderson play the game. They thought him a marvel and a wonder-the best they had ever seen Whats the use of the fine spirit hs showed the hard work he gave. the line plunges he made the broken field runs he clipped off the perfect forward pass ing he did, the tackling as accurate and sure as an adding machine? It is this he is paving the way rapidly toward be- coming the next Mully Lenoir of the south
 IAN INTERESTED sPECTAToR."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
SEVEN MEN FIGHTING
 TO MEET BOB CANNEFEX

Chcago, November 2S.-The prelimi- naries for the national three cushion billiard championship have developed into an unusually tight race with seven men fighting for the three positions which will give them the privilege of competing in the finals against Robert Cannefex, title holder.
 The preliminary tournament will end this week. Clarence Jackson and AL fred De Oro, now hold the first two po- sitions with Augie Kieckhefer and John Layton tied for third Pierre Mau- pome and John Daily are just under them and Charles Otis still is a mathe- matical possibility for qualifying practice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
TWO GRID FANS PICK
 ALL-SOUTHERN TEAM

The sporting editor of The Age-Her- aid is in receipt of the following let ter from Two Fans, Tooney and Francis:"
 Please print our pick for all-south. ern in The Herald. We have seen Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Gen. tre. Vanderbilt, L. s. U., Sewanee, Au- burn and several smaller colleges in action and we want to see how we stack up with real sport writers. After a careful study of the leading football elevens we have seen in ac- ton We pick the following all-south ern teams, which. in our estimation are the best
 Here is the pick of Francis and Tooney:"
 FIRST TEAM
 Reynolds (Georgia), right end. Fincher (Tech), right tackle. Welchel (Georgia), right guard. Day (Georgia), center.
 Johnston (Alabama), left guard. Pew Georgia, left tackle. Ollinger (Auburn), left end. McMillin (Centre), quarterback Flowers (Tech), left halfback. barron tIech), right halfback. Stephenson tAlabama), fu1lback
 SECOND TEAM
 Clemens (Alabama), right end. Snoddy (Centre), right tackle Grisham (Auburn), right guard, Caton (Auburn), center.
 Hendricks (Vanderbilt), left guard Hatcher (Tennessee), left tackle. Staton (Tech), left end.
 Walker (Howard), quarterback Leech (V. M. 1.), left halfback Lenoir (Alabama), right halfback. Harlan (Tech), fullback
 tNote-Francis and Tooney, the greenback you enclosed was turned over to the welfare department of The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
BASKETBALL LEAGUES
Series of Games to Be Played By
 By Leagues of City Fairgrounds

Annual basketball season of the Bir- mingham Playground association will open Thursday with six series, to be played by six different leagues already organized.
 Fairgrounds which have not enrolled in the leagues are urged to do so al once as the final preliminary meeting will be held Tuesday night at o'clock at the Boys club and the committed wants to have the schedules completed by that time. Already there are seven teams in each league, and it iestimated that there will be 15 by Tuesday when the schedule will be closed.
 Two of the leagues will hold their games on the playground every Thurs day afternoon; two will play at the Boys club every Thursday afternoon, and the other two will have their games one night every week. the exact time to be Announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
HANS WAGNER WANTS TO MANAGE THE PILLS

Philadelphia, November 28.-Mike Kelly of the St. Paul American association baseball team, having declined the man. agement of the Philadelphia. Nationals, William F. Baker, president of the Phil lies said he had several other men in mind to succeed Manager Cravath.
 The Phillies,' said Baker, ''are after a manager of experience. Kelly's refusal to come east has complicated things but I have the names of several players in the National league at hand and will take my time in picking a new man. ager." John Henry Honus) Wagner, athletic director at Carnegie Tech. and who played H seasons in the National league, was among the applicants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
LADY MANAGER AFTER
 MATCH IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland, November 8.-The feminist movement is moving, thank you.
 From Miss Alice McOwat of Kearny. N. J., comes a challenge written on be- guiIing blue stationery reeking with se- ductive perfumes.
 It seems that Miss Alice is in the pug game. That is, she is in the executive end of it. She has a managerial interest in the sportiye and financial progress of one Kid Kearns, who, she insists, Is somewhat of demon.
 "Pd just love to match him with Frankie Mason for the flyweight cham pionship," she writes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
CHEVROLET THINKS SAVANNAH SHOULD
 STAGE BIG RACES

Savannah, November 28.-(SpeciaL)- 'I see no reason why Savannah sho 1ld not have the Grand Prize races in l921, declared Louis Chevrolet, famous driver and designer, here Thankss:v- ing Day after participating in the races on the Bethesda course-driying a Frontenac car.
 Chevrolet was here 10 years ago when the Grand Prize races were held and remembers the success attendant upon that event when Bruce Brown hung up world record of speeding a long distance run. President Jack Tag gart of the Automobile club which pulled off the event, has been working toward the plans for booking the Grand Prize event here again-for next fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
EDDIE 0'D0WD HAS
 WON TWENTY FIGHTS
 DURING PAST SEASON

Eddie O'Dowd. an Irish-A American lad who was born sometime during tho year 1900, is challenging for the flyweight championship of the world. and he sub mits his record as a fighter in support of his def.
 It seems that o'Dowd had fought SS battles in 1920. and has lost none of them. He has fought two battles to a draw, while few have been no-decis- ion fights. The others, twenty in all, have been either decision or knock out victories for ODowd. His 1920 record fo1Ious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
---------------------s------ FRED MITCHELL MAY COACH NEW YORK TANK HURLERS

Pittsburg. November 2S.-(Special.)--
 News from the west that Fred Mitchell will probably succeed George Stallings as manager of the Boston Braves brought out the fact that Mitchell was being considered for the post of coach of pitch CTS of the Yankees. If he goes to Bos- | toa, the Tanks will have to look for another man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
EDDIE RICKENBACKER, AMERICAN ACE, HANGS
 UP NEW SPEED RECORD
By Associated Press

San Francisco, November s. Eddie iRfckenbacker. American nee, Flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco today in 5 hours and 10 minutes, said to be n record for n nOrthward flight over the 341 miles. He bucked a heavy wind nII the way and made forced landing nt San Jose for gasoline. A mark of '3 hours and 1 minute was set for the sOuthward fIighttover the straight line distance yesterday by Lfept. E. c. Bntten, an army fIier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
A SURPRISE

That was true in the case of Greo and Smith. Greb claims that if he did happen to gouge Smith it was an acci- dent. Smith and his manager insist that it was done deliberately. But no matter how it happened. the point is that the incident probably won the fight for Greb? Smith was crippled, couldn't see, went down and out under the rain of blows which Greb showered upon him shortly afterward
 The sporting world undoubtedly was surprised when it read that Greb, ord inarily light hitter. could stop so tough a man as Smith in one round D declares Lichenstein. And it's no won- der that 1t is puzzling. Greb couldn t knock out Smith in five rounds or Id rounds or IS rounds, if he stuck to fair ring tactics But by the use of the old thumb-in-the-eye trick 1t was the simp- lest thing in the world for him to whip Smith.
 "I dare say that if somebody damned a thumb into Jack Dempsey's eye in the first round of fight-jammed it with the viciousness Greb used against Smith that Dempsey would lose his title.
 Men can fight with broken hands and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
KANSAS CITY GETS
 BENNETT AND GROSS

Kansas City, November 28.-George Muehlbach. president of the local American association club, received
 word last night that Kansas City Lad beeA awarded E. S. Bennett and James Gross of the Daytona club of the Flor
 ida State League by the National ssso- citation. Muehlbach purchased the play CTS last August, he said. Later Da- tona sold the players to the Columbus American association team, according to Muehlbach and he filed a protest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
Troaps Sent to Crete

Athens. November 27.--The govern ment has dispatched a regiment of in fantry to Crete. It is stated officially that no troubles have broken out in Crete, but that unrest exists N&n tome villages and that the troops have been sent merely as a matter of precau ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29

battered faces and bodiese. but the man who cannot see is whipped right then and there. He hasn't got a chance. He can't hit anybody-and his foenan can hit him when and where he wills. That s the reason why Greb beat Smith. If Greb thinks that he is better than Smith and that his, knockout wasn't a fluke, I'll stake every dollar I have in the world on Smith to beat Greb in the next start
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-29
FRANCE TO ASK FOR
 1924 OLYMPIC GAMES

Paris, November 2S.-The French Olympic committee has decided formally to propose that the 1924 games be held at Lausanne next June.