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MIR. LLOYD GEORGE is sta

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AV1 new party in England.
It has nam". National Democratic
party.
Doubtless il has principles or it will
have when Mr.. George has viewed the
horizon sufficiently and discovers lust
what principles it Is best that it should
have.
Meanwhile it has name and leader.
Perhaps it has the best leader In
England.
For months Conservatives and
Radicals alike have palled nj Lloyd
George.
Neither could conceive Of existence
without him.
And now he is going TO try to prove
to them that they cannot exist without
him. probably by planting this new
party of his squarely in between the
two of them. hoping thus to attract
from the right and from the left enough
to make up a majority. while holding
the right and tho left far enough apart
that no combination against him will
be possible.
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MIR, GEORGE has picked good
lNl name for his party, Democratic, a
new name in England. which has
avoided this name hitherto as perhaps a
little too much Of the mass massy.
But the Labor party has pioneered
the way into popular nomenclature and
now Mr.. George may safely go as far
as Democratic.
And his name is better than Labor
Mr.. Churchill may sniff at Labor a,
newer Of wood and drawer OF
water but not governor OF empire.
But in these days when the world hal
been made safe for democracy, no one
may sniff at Democratic.
Mr.. Bonar Law, formerly Unionis
leader, goes with Mr.. George into hi
new venture, which indicates tha
there will be little shifting. Mr.. Georg
may draw the line somewhere, and, lik
Froude, he may draw it at dukes, bu
certainly not much below that
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PhilsJelpbis, Friday. March ~, 1870
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WHEN a man laughs publicly at his
w own weaknesses. as many men do.
ne laughs at his little weaknesses, not
at his big weaknesses.
And generally he laughs at his little
weaknesses to divert attention from his
big weaknesses.
Mr.. Ade is the paid laugher at the
little weaknesses of the American de.
mocracy.
And the American democracy laughs
with Mr.. AIDE. And it is reassured, for
it says to itself: This is all he finds
to laugh at in us. ~
And Mr.. Adc serves another purpose.
\ political party always has man
Known as whip" TO round up its
members and hold them together.
Mr.. Ade is one Of the innumerable
whips" of the American democracy
Any one who tends to stray from the
majority has the lash Of Mr.. AIDES
ridicule laid upon him. 30 .re
art and culture are for Mr.. Ado. .
observes Mr.. Broun. ~distinct Blahs, -
I MIR. AIDE knows all the distinct Blahs
/ That is his business.
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sErL, 5000 WALNUT KEYsTo>E. MAIN 5000

~ Address all communications 30 Erchi-o
Pubic Ledger, independence square
Philadelphia.
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HOW DOES 1T
STRIKE YOU?
George AIDE, as a Sdfirisf, Is Sub
icct Of Heated Debdfe-Lioyd
Georges Ncio Party
uEYwooD BRoUN and Bcrton

uEYwOOD BROUN and Berton
IL Braley are conducting a joint debate
on whether or not George AIDE is n true
satirist. AS George Ade is about all
we have in this country by the way OF
satirist he is worth holding debate
upon.
Observes Mr.. Broun:
while il is true that Mr.. AIDE some
times pokcs fun at the most revercd
of American institutions. he generally
pulls his punches, Ills right hand
swings arc reserved for the MoabitcS
and other classes of folk who never
bulk large enough TO get party en-
blem on any ballot. Everything which
nine. -.tcnths Of America believes Mr..
Adc believes. If he had not developed
some footwork and good left jab II
would be hardly possible to distinguish
him from DR.. Frauk Crane.
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ITO WHICH Mr.. Bralcy replies Ado
l. is that seemingly rare but actually
frequent person-thc moderate and tho
liberal. AS such. hc satirizcs life about
him and does it better, il appears to
me. than anybody else writing today"
And Mr.. Bralcy explains that Mr.
AIDE is catholic in choice OF subjects
for ridiculc. The mossback and the
rcd eyed apostle of upset are all alike
to him"
That is, he runs on the same platform
with all the candidates for President
i'll both the two great parties.
All of them from Mitchell Palmer
10 Hiram johnson are equally against
the reactionary and the radical
All stand safely on tho middle ground
where the votes arc.
If Mr.. Ado had only said solcmnly
and in dictionary English what he has
said gayly and in slang hc might beat
them all from Harding to Hoover in
gathering the suffrages of the people.
But the great art Of saying ION the
one hand, on the other hand" even
when you pursue 1t In the vocabulary
of the sporting page. is not satire. It's
vote. getting or book selling.
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IF MIR. BROUN and Mr.. Braley coul,

L have a look at Mr.. AIDES income tax
return perhaps they could settle this
great question, provided they could
ngrcc on the principle that a democ-
racy would not pay vast sums to a man
TO lay bare its genuine sins and weak
ucsScs.
Great satire probably is not a demo.
cratic art. The great satirist is cs
Sentially an aristocrat. lIc docs not
Identify himself with the multitude.
intellectually aud morally he has a
'onelv sense of superiority.
And he does not require one Of the big
blanks. for incomes Of over $4,000, TO
mako out his return.
Instead. like Swift. he writes on his
tombstone something about his sacva
inffgnatio and lets it go at that.
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II there was one thing worse than
another about the BolsheVist scare
wboopcd up by the attorney general and
like minded representatives OF govern
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EDITORIAL, BOARD;
CYHUs n. H. CUHiIs, Chairman ,,...-
DAVID ~. SMILEY. N......,..,...'s''E 'EuHor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
Joe .Sewell Is
 Unique Figure
Unable to Field a Ground Ball
 In Front of Him
By JAMES J. CoRBErr

Joe Sewell is one of the unique figures in baseball history.
 Only trifle more than a year ago this kid was a collegian. Then he debutted professionally, showed up ,well-and was tipped off to the Indians. The tip ar- rived at time when Iris Speaker was in dire need of shortstop.
 And Sewell got his orders to report to Cleveland at once. >He did. He jumped into the regular lineup-and a month later was member of a worlds cham pionship ball club.
 Never before in the history of the game has any youngster; just turned twenty. Jumped into world series con- fi1ct as regular within three weeks after he entered the big leagues-and only year or so after he quit college. SeweH helped nightly in lifting Cleve- land to pennant heights; yielded his bludgeon through the closing weeks of the fight in a way that won at least three triuInphs for his team. And those three wins were just about needed to cinch the flag.
 But right now there's a question in the minds of many as to whether or not Sewell will be the shortstopping regular for the Indians in 1921. For the entire baseball world saows that he's the worst fielding shortstop that ever played in a titular struggle-and one of the most weird that ever hoped into field of major league play.
 bounding ball. He simply doesn't know how to scoop it up. He had lot of chances in the world series with those drives-and his showing was miserable. He is charged with six of Clevelands s eleven errors-single handed he made more errors than all his teammates and he made exactly as many as the whole Brooklyn team
 The records have him charged with only six bobbles But Sewell blundered on at least six other drives which official scorers kindly credited as hits for the batter. A bit difficult to handle were those snAshes-but great shortstop would have gathered in all of them for easy assists.
 The youngster kept the home town crowd in a state of extreme nervousness every time a ball was hit-toward him. There was no, guessing as to what might happen. Sometimes he'd field it in spec tacular style: other times bad error would result. And some of those Sewell errors were very costly.
 Sewel1 is a little fellow with power full whip and splendid hitting ability. He's aggressive, fast and has nerve. Those are mighty assets for any one who as- pires to success in the majors. But he cannot field. And that fact is causing Iris Speaker some sIeepless hours when he thinks about the 1921 fight.
 The fledgling infielder because of his woeful work on ground balls. is too un- reliable to. keep as a regular-unless he can be taught to field. It's Speakers job to teach him, But can Sewell learn!
 ''I think SOL declared Speaker. "Rather difficult to teach a man how to bat But not so hard to teach proper fielding-if the pupil is a player by instinct. And think Sewell is just that.''
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
RED TORKELS0N ENTERS : MOVING PICTURE GAME

New Orleans, La. october 19.-(Spe- cial.)-Red Torkelson. local baseball favorite, has found a position to his liking and announces from now on he has retired from baseball and is in the moving picture game with both feet Red has signed a very handsome con- tract with the Robertson-C Cole dis tributing corporation as salesman, and will De traversing Florida Louis jana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas territory distributing films.
 Red says there is no future in base ball, and since the Robertson Cole people are looked upon as the tiffany of the moving picture business. he just naturally affiliated With this elite crowd.
 Red will be disseminating informa- ton about Georges Carpenters Won der Man" films and "The Stealers" in the near future, and Jack Demestre, lccal Robertson-Cole manager. as well as Ban Piazza, Orpheum manager, claim Red is some little gab artist when he's "levelling."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
Brady-B Boorde
 Affair On At Club Tonight

At last several boxing ex- perts believe that they have found a match for the mighty Jack Brady. It's no other than Freddie Boorde, who will meet Brady at the B. A. c. tonight.
 Youth, impulsive. bubbling< youth is Freddie Boorde. Only youngster, still in his teens. but possessing withal a remarkable degree of stamina and brawn, Freddie is fairly radiating with confidence over the outcome of his battle with Brady tonight.
 Meanwhile Jack Brady, like the ring veteran he is, merely smiles when questioned about tonights fight and replies, T don't know, You never can tell, you know. Boorde is a youngster who, of course, is still lacking in ex- perience, but what I do know of him has impressed me that he will be a ; dangerous opponent tonight. However, l can be relied upon to do my best.' Which is all that can be expected of any man. boxer or otherwise,
 There Is no accurate method of dop- ing out the fight tonight. All that To- cal fans Know of Boorde is that they know very little. Boorde has fought here only once, then he was not forced to the limit. Sauntering out to the middle of the ring, taking brief, ap- parently bored glance around the ring, he landed a few Tight" blows to Ed Luke's countenance, and the battle" was over.
 On the other hand Jack Brady is an old-time favorite with local fans. He has fought more than one bout here and has won them all. His lightning speed and his left punch have won for him many an unexpected victory. It's not probable that followers of the mitt game will go back on their old war horses just because of few hefty blows landed Ny youthful ringman in his initial appearance here.
 Therefore, it Is probable that force of acquaintanace will send Brady into the ring favorite tonight, although no one is looking for q walk-away for either man.
 If Brady wins. 1t will be his expert ence that will tell the tale, for it seems that Boorde is the huskier of the two and possesses a harder punch than Brady.
 It's sure to be battle royal before the victory is decided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
Peter Manning
 Wins Easily M
 Trotting Event

Atlanta, Ga, October 19.-Peter Manning, the world record holder for three heats in his division, had things all his own way in the 2:14 class trot- ting contest, which was the feature event on the grand circuit card at Lakewood today. winning first money in the 32,500 stake race in straight heats. Piloted by Stokes, the Murphy gelding's best time was 2:0sH. made in the final heat.
 In the 2:09 class pacing event for a rurse of $1,000. Jay Brook. driven by Edman, took first money in straight heats.
 Lilly Watts, with Russell driving, was an easy winner clear through the three heats of the 2:16 class trot. which was special event for southern horses. for a purse of $l.000 with $500 added money. Second place in this race was won by Fresno, an Alabama horse, driven by George Stiles of Rome, Ga
 The fourth event on the card was a 2:15 pace, also for southern horses and for a purse of $400 added money, was taken in straight heats by Com sewogue Hal. owned by R. L. Williams, Grovetown. Ga. and driven by his owner.
 The first accident that has yet oc- cured in connection with a harness event on the Lakewood oval took place in this race when in the second heat Prince Regal, an Blberton. Ga. horse, pfloted by Rogers, spilled and piled up just after rounding the quarter post. The pacer and his pilot were able to limp in.
 The four events on the card tomor- row include free-for-all trot. the feature of the day, for a puse of $1,200 2:os pace. 2:15 trot and 2:15 trot. Summarizes:
 Jay brooks. br. g.. by Silent
 Brook (Edman) III Cherry Wills. br m,, by Peter
 the Great (Stokes) ..... 2 Kokomo George. oh. g., by Hedgewcod Boy tPalin) ...... | 8 Julian Ann, D. m.. by The Abbe
 IS. Russell) -...,.........4 3 Louise Beveridge. oh. m., by Ak worthy fHyde) ....... E ! Time: 2:0s% 205K; 2:osH 2:14 class. trottine; three hearts. rurse, $2.500:
 Peter Manning. D. g.. by Arzoff
 Hilda Fletcher. 5, m.. by i.,e. Peter the Great (Cox) : 2 Linara Watts. b.m., by General Watts {Long) ......... sl \ Dorothy Day. oh. m, by Peter the Time: -1:o7A: 2:11K: 2:osx. 2:16 class, trotting tspeciaI). tbree ffleats; purue. $500. Lilly Watts, b. m.. by siloko tRusseiil ...- ..--... ...-... 1 Fresno. blk. g.. by San Francis
 co tstil4n 4a , Clay Simpson. b. g.. by J. c. |. Simpson (Armstrong) .....2 , : Lady Bing. D. m., by Binjolla
 tThomas5 ': s44 Bessie King. blk m. by Pilot Kins (s. Russell' .........-.. ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
5. M. A. Football EIeuen to Meet M {. Tean, Twice
By PAT SHORES.

Greensboro, October 19.-(Special)- The Southern Military Academy foot ball team returned in excellent shape from Starkville. Miss yesterday morn ing. where the strong A. & M. team was held to a low score Saturday, in ex- cellent shape.
 In the A. & M, game the Cadets made more first downs than the Aggies, but the frequent fumbles prevented a score. The Tigers made repeated gains through the Aggy line and around the ends. They should have scored at least enc touchdown.
 The Cadets did mighty we'll to hold their heavier opponents to s3 to 0 score.
 On the line, Lee Compton played the lest game, while the back field, led by Lackey. gained consistently.
 So far this season five games have been played by the Tigers, three of which have been won by S. M. A. University of Alabama and Mississippi A. & M. have been the only opponents to cross the Tigers goal line this sea- son.
 The whole squad is in excellent shape with the exception of Ryan and Tan Ter, who both have weak ankles. Both of these Tigers, however. will be in the lineup November for the game with Marion.
 The lineup for the Marion game will be taken from the following: Lewis or L. Compton, center; Crew J. Compton Stroud. Hal, Straitin and Sellers, guards; B. Compton, Ryan and L. Compton. tackles; Stevens, Tanner and Dent, ends; Lackey Shores, Cooper Green (captain). Tanner. Thompson, back field
 Ham Stevens. Birmingham boy who IS playing left end, is doing the punt Ing and drop-kicking for the Tigers In couple of seasons this youngster should develop into one of Dixie's best flankmen. In the A. X NJ. game Stew ems missed two field goals from the s and 45-yard lines by inches.
 Coach link Gillian has been put ting the squad through gruelling prac- .ices every day and he has proven to be the best coach who ever headed a s M. A. eleven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
Plans fo "Fix" Another Series
 Are Discovered

Chicago. October 19.-The special grand jury Investigating the baseball scandal today received evidence indi- eating that a gambling ring had planned to fix another world series in addition to the 1919 one between Cincinnati and Chicago, but that the plans were never carried out accord ing to Hartley Replogle, assistant states attorney, in charge of the in- quiry.
 MT. Replogle refused to say what world series 1t was.
 The jury today heard further evi- dence concerning the activities of Hal Chase while in the major s~ leagues, delved into the baseball pools conduct ed in Chicago and also interested it. self in the proposed organization of baseball as outlined yesterday at the meeting of club owners.
 Ban Johnson, American league pres ident and John Heydler, National
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
AU FlUe Local
 Prep Tean1s Play
 Games This Week
ny CHARLES MILLS

There are going to be some real prep battles waged here this week, when the five local high school elevens lock horns, either among themselves or with an out side opponent
 CENTRAL vS. MORGAN
 Central High does battle with the MorTao county eleven, which will be a Erudee affair. as the Hartselle team is determined to make up for the defeat they suffered at the hands of the Crimson and White gridiron warriors last year.
 The men from Central are sure that tflts will not happen, even claiming that they will run up . larger score than they did last season. There are rumors going around town that the Crlmsons will be greatly weakened by the loss for various reasons of several varsity men on the Zine.
 ENSLEY YS. SIMPSON
 Tho Yellow Jackets of Ensley will wage battle Friday with the light eleven from Simpson High at Munger's field. In this gAxne the dope favors the Yellow Jackets t6 cary off the victory. as Ensley has its first game to lose this season.
 JEFFERSON VS. BESSEMER
 Fur will fly galore around Boyles Fri day, when the teams from Bessemer and Jefferson start their little warfare on the gridiron. This is not only fight of the Tigers to wipe out the defeat handed them last season by the Wildcats, but a fight to see who will still have a look in on the state title, as neither has lost game so far this season.
 The Wildcats have their first victory to win, as both their games played this eeason have ended up in tie battles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
)YMEETSB SBOORDEATB. C. TONI(

high baseball officials called to testify were excused.
 Johnson wasfsaid to have presented new evidence concerning gambling W hich he had gathered in the last few " eeks in New York and other cities.
 The jurors questioned Mir. Johnson concerning the proposed baseball or- ganization, but he replied that ne "knew nothing about it."
 The jury detained a witness for the first time when it held Charles Blas- gen, a Chicago man, after questioning him concerning the oneration of base
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
TROY

Troy. October 19.-(Speciai.)-Circ court convened here Monday with 1uoge A. B. Foster presiding. Only the CIVIL docket will be taken up this term. as the criminal docket has been most poned until December on account of conflicting with the Pike County Fair The grand jury took up its work and Sohcitor Henry Jones is in attendance to confer with it. Mrs. Charles Henderson, president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episeonal. SnuFcn' left Tuesday morning for Tus- caloosa, to preside over the meetinps to be held there this week. She was accompanied by Rev. V. G. Lowerv. Mrs. Henry Minchener. Mrs. Knox Hen oerson. and Miss Lizzie Jones. At recent meeting of the citv scnool board, J. W. Bowers was elected president, MT. Bowers has been most valued member for the past nine years. M. Bibb Folmar, who has been on the board for the past two years. was elected vice president. J. Lane Inzor accepted the place on the board made vacant by the resignation of J. H. Will kerson.
 Mrs. Mary Catherine Lane. one n, Troy's oldest and most beloved women. died Monday morning at her home on south Three Notch street, after a long illness. Mrs. Lane had been in feeble health~for some time and about seven weeks ago suffered fall. from which she had never recovered. She was al- most s3 years old. having been born in Georgia on November 2s. 1887. She moved to Alabama when a girl and lived in Pike county. near Shiloh. She was married when she was IS years old to Reuben IT. Lane, who died A num Der of years ago.
 She is survived by one son, William Lane of Birmingham. and three daueh- ters, all of Troy who are: Mrs. F. l.. Enzor. Miss Mahala Lzne. and Miss Lizzie Lane, of the Troy High School faculty.
 The funeral was held Tuesday morn ing at the family residence, conducted by pr. F. S. Alderman of the First Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Lane had been a faithful member. Inter- ment followed at Oakwood cemetery,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
lNTERCHURgH ELEVEN
 WINS CLOSE BATTLE

their native lairs yesterday afternoon a sadder, but much wiser crew, hav- ing been defeated by Cupid Powelrs Interchurch team, s to O.
 The Church boys registered a safety and a touchdown against the Panthers.
 The B. A. c. Partners put up a game fight, considering that they have had only one day of prac- tice, and then only light signal drill. Better condition told the tale and the Church boys won
 The Panthers will push work this week for their next game, vowing that lack of practice will never again cause them a defeat.
 Powell refereed the game yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
WILLIAM M. TILDEN
 CANCELS NET DATES

Sioux City. Ia., October fo.-wiriau M. Tllden, singles tennis champion of .ne united States, tonight cancelled all his tennis dates and left for phijadsI- phia to rest Tilden said he had gone stale as the result of the strenuous scnedule he has played since last spring. He will rest in Philadelphia Tor several weeks and then will join his team mates in San Francisco November II just before they sail for Australia to play for the Davis cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20

of France include the principal centers of the woolen industry in that country.
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 Local Office, 427 Jefferson County Bank Bldg, Birmingham, Ala. Telephone Main
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Time 2:1sA; z:17A: 2:19H
 2:15 class. pacing, three heats (southern horses); purse, $1,0o0; 340o added money
 Comsewogue Hall br. E., by Di-
 rect Hal (Williams) ......... l 1 Sidney Fuller. oh. g., by John
 Fuller (Gallagher) ........ 2 2 2 Elastic King, b. h.. by Ebony
 King (S. Russel) .....,... 3 3 Prince Regal. br. h.. by Regal T.
 Rogers ................. dr Time: 2:14 Y. 2:19H; 2:18A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
Declines Proclamation

By ABsOc1Hte0 FfeSB
 Providence, R. l.. October 19.-Gov- ernor Beeckman today declined to pro- claim next Sunday as League Day for tho study of the League of Nations as requested by the League of Nations Day committee. In his opinion, he said, the matter did not deserve consideration at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20

ball pools. Later, however. Blasgen was released after he had promised to appear Friday when the next jury ses- sion will be held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-20
Mobile Women Registering

Mobile. October 19.--(Special.)- Thousands of women flocked- to the courthouse today and registered under the enabling act. The rush swept the registrars off their feet and at o'clock when the office cl0sed. It is estimated tkat total of fifty negro women were resistered during the day.