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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
ANNISTON SPORTS

Anniston, May 3.-(Special) 1.-TWO m- terestng baseball games were staged Tn Anniston Saturday afternoon, the one pS- tween the Anniston Manufacturing com panv of the city league, resulting n a victory over the railroad team to tAe tune of an to2 score. ,.
 The game on the Twelfth street dla- mond between the teams of the Central Foundry Company and the Onloh fo"n- drv Company told different tale, the former aggregation piling up seNeh,oe I'o',' runs while the newest team III the leaA 'e was able to tally only four.
 The game Monday afternoon uet"eel' the Annston Star aggregation ana tne Central Foundry Company team giVeF nromise of being one of the hottest Sailief of the early part of the season. the StaI team standing at the head of the list while the Manufacturers are ruilhihs them a close second.
 Anniston. May 23.-(Speciah) )-Annisto' women are taking live interest Tn the popular game of golf, several interestih' matches having been played on the Couh- trv Club links in this city during the ld9' week in the, Saturday finals. MISS Car le Knox defeated Mrs. l.. C. watson; M FS' George Cater defeated Mrs. Chives oou- ruff. Mrs Horace Miller was victor oNs' Mrs John Bibb; Mrs. Wallace Coilei heat Mrs. A. J. Goodwin and Mrs. Jon" 1T Hardie defeated Mrs. l.. P. Morton
 Games to be played during the presen' week by Mrs Fred Tyler and Mrs. J, w. Conner. Mrs J. T. Hardie and Miss oaF rie Knox. and Mrs. Horace Miller anu Mrs George Cater.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
CHICKS AND
 BEARS FIGHTING TT
 OUT FOR TOP HONORS
Barons Win Three and Lose Two in Weeks Pay-Atlana Rises From Seventh to Fourth Place-Memphis Now
 Less Than Full Game Ahead of the Barons.

ting contests. Memphis lost to Mobile today.
 Birmingham, playing on the road the first part of the week, dropped two straight to Atlanta in double header, the Barons not showing their usual snappy work. Back on their home lot. the Barens took three straight from Chattanooga, the first two pitchers battles, won by Morrison and Glaz- ner. and the final game one in which each pitcher who started was driven out. Birmingham did not play today.
 BEARS HALTED
 Mobile, after an even break in Memphis, journeyed to Little Rock and fell before the effectiveness of the Travellers pitchers The Bears won one of these three games. Today Mo- bile beat Memphis.
 Atlanta, winning it's last two games at home, started a road trip with three victories in Nashville but lost, to 0, to the Volunteers today.
 A victory,ya tie and defeat was the result of the New Orleans Little Rock series during the early part of the week. While the Pelicans, playing later in Memphis. dropped two out of three but won today in Chattanooga.
 Little Rock, on home soil during the full week. broke even with New Or leans, but managed to get two out of three from Mobile. The Travellers did not play today
 Nashville divided doubles header with Chattanooga and returning home lost three to Atlanta, but recovered and beat the Crackers today.
 One victory and five defeats was Chattanooga's fate. After the win from Nashville the Lookouts dropped one to them, then three to Birmingham and one today to New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
Longest Game
 Was Played In Sally League

Taking no account of the records of semi-pro and Class organizations, the longest baseball game every played in the south was staged at Charles ton. S. C., on July l. 1904.
 There were two games scheduled for the holiday, morning and afternoon. Neither team had much of chance that season for pennant ~honors, fo. Billy Smiths Macon aggregation was taking all the pennants within reach, coping the cl|th in the first and sec ond years If the south Atlantic Leagues life.
 The long game at Charleston started at noon. with Jack Ashton pitching for Columbia and Tuck Turner in the box for Charleston.
 Columbia scored two runs early in the game, and Charleston tied the score in the eighth inning.
 Neither pitcher was reliebed. Both teams threatened again and again as the day wore on. Five times during the afternoon each team packed the bases, bGt fast doubles killed off the opportunities.
 Tie second game of the day was supposed to start at 3:30 in the after noon. and q mystified, crowd of late corners squeezed their way into the packed stasds and bleachers to find the morning game still in progress, well into it's teens and the score to 2.
 By the fifteenth inning the batters were finding both pitchers rather fre- quently, but the fielders were always on the job al critical times and there was no more scoring.
 The twsnletE inning came, and then the twenty-flrst, with darkness com ing on fast. Then they played the twenty at twilight.
 The umpire called it off on account of darkness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
GOOD GROCER
 GOOD MEDICINE
An East Nashville Grocer Says He Has Used Black-Draught for Years, Whenever Trou-
 bled with Torpid Liver.

East Nashville, Tenn.-"You ask me about Black-Draughti It is with out doubt the best liver medicine made, and I don't believe I could get along without it." declared MT. N. W. Parsons, recently.
 MT. Parsons, who is a prominent grocer at 243 North First Street, says further: 'I take it (Black. Draught) for sour stomach, head ache, bad liver, indigestion, and all other troubles that are the result of a torpid liver. 1 have known and used it for years, and can and do highly recommend it to every one. I won't go to bed without it in the house. It will do all it claims to do. I can't say enough for it.
 Thedford's k-Draught, which has been in successful use for more than TO years, is medicine especially adapted to the treatment of many liver troubles. It has proved nelpIui to thousands and thousands of per sons suffering from stomach and liver complaints. and should be helpful to you.
 Black -Draught is easy to take and has not the bad after-effects, so com mon with many mineral drugs.
 Most good druggists sell it. NA-39 Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
UNIVERSITY

University, May 23.-(SpeciaL )-Tne green cap for freshmen has been abol- ished at the University of Alabama. This action was unanimously taken by the faculty at meeting Friday afternoon. The new ruling will go into effect at the beginning of next collegiate session in September.
 President Denny stated in announcing the abolition 6f the headgear that it was net done because of any special feeling that it was an injustice to freshmen, but on account of the fact that the GUS tom was misunderstood by many and cor sidered by some as being form oi hazing The green cap with yellow letter. "F" on the visor has long been worn by first year men at the univef- sity. Some viewed the wearing of the familiar headpiece as an honor some con sidered it a disgrace, while others looked on the custom with nonchalance. The purpose of the wearing of the headgear was to enable freshmen to distinguish each other and to prevent hazing. rathet than encourage it.
 At any rate. the traditional custom has been abolished and freshmen entering the university next year may sport their nifty straw hats around jnst like the sopho- mores. The public at large will con sider the change a step forward. A-e3 who have been through college may con- slider that the freshmen are missing a great privilege
 Out of the thirty-three students who will graduate from the law department of the University of Alabama Tuesday there are two members of the fairer sex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
MIKES BEST TRICK

Johnny Wilson may hold the middle weight championship but most folk Will
 continue to believe that Mike O'Dowd IS the best middleweght fighter in tho world-especially after a little accom-
 plishment of Wednesday night at Phil adelphia.
 In six rounds he did what Harry Grep
 Mike Gibbons, Billy Mislle and ' host
 of other good light heavyweights never did-he stopped Knockout Brown. Stopping Brown is one of the best things O'Dowd ever did, which shows he is not slipping a bit.
 Perhaps Wilson simply has the Indian Sign on O'Dowd like fat Willie Meehan has 1t on Jack Dempsey,-Will Hamilton in New Orleans Item.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
Mississippi Authorities
 Thing Have Will Sorsby

Wichita. Kan. May 23-Authoritles from Jackson Miss, left here ton'gh :. with a prisoner who gave his name as w p. vermillion but who they declared was will A. Sorsby, who escaped Iron, inc Mississippi penitentiary last Tau while serving life sentence for the mnr- der of Charles Fitzgerald, postoffice inspector at Clinton
 A scar on the mans left leg was saih to have been a means of Identification
 The prisoner was arrested Thursaay at Vanera, Kan, where he was empioSea az a station agent for the Atehlson O. neka and santa Fe railroad. prisoner of the Ellsworth county jail reeeht 7 made a suggestion that resulted in tne arrest. While looking over police pui- letins. the prisoner told Sheriff D. A. Thomas of Ellsworth county tho descrp- ton of Sorsby fitted that of the statlon agent at Vanera. Ehe sheriff went t' Vanera and with the assistance of c. w. Fickin. postoffice inspector and a santa Fc special agent. arrested the man.
 Although authorities say they are posi- tive of the mans identity he states re is not Sorsby. Prior to his employmer three months ago as station agent, the man served as a policeman at Augusta kan. according to authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
DOPE STUFF

Immediately after the opening of the 1920 Southern league season, the sport writers around the circuit set out u name the order which the teams would assume at the finish. The Atlanta scrlpes were unanimous in naming Atlanta to finish first; two of the three voted Little Rock second place; one said Memphls' two picked New Orleans to come III third. the other Little Rock; and two voted Memphis fourth place. with one giving the honor to New Orleans.
 To date, two huge surprises have been thrown at the dopesters in the form ol Birmingham and Mobile. Both of these teams were accorded places in the secoud division, and instead of heading for the sections of the standing allotted tnefi' proceeded to snatch seats in the froh' row, and they're still there Memph 2 was right out for the top place ana McCleskys crew sems to be fixture there for few. days anyway.-Clul Wheatley in Atlanta Constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24

They are Miss Allison Van Nette of Daphne and Miss Mabel Yerby of GreenA boro. Their graduation from the law school will automatically entitle them to licenses to practice law in Alabama
 Both of these young legalites handle the mysteries of Blackstone with mascu- line adeptness and are graduating with high honors. Misses Van Nette and Yer by expect to go back to their home towns or to some other place and hang out shinge for the practice of theis chosen profession. With the coming of woman suffrage and it's privileges these women may be judges on the bench some day Who can tell?
 who will graduate from the law depart ment of the University of Alabama will go in with well known and es- tahished firms in Birmingham. Robert G. Messerl who will by Tuesday have receivedi his diploma, both in the academic and law depart n.onts, will go into the partnership of Weatherly. Deedmeyer & Burch. Henry Beatty will have connection with Percs. Benners & Burr during the sumaeer rrcnths. and will go to the Yale law school next session.
 Walter Kennedy will work with Till man, Bradley X Morrow, while J. Bry- son Aird will go into the office of his father. J. B. Aird. The other BrmtrS- ham graduates in law hS ve not an nounced their connections so far. They are James H Bradford. AtweH J Brown, Samuel q Frey. William P. Rosfiter and Robert G. ~ate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
Big Money Is Offered F o r
 'RogerHornsby

It has been said frequently that ures will affect the average mans head. But be that as it may it does not fit the case of Rogers t"Pepper'D Hornsby, the spectacular second base man of the St. Louis Cardinals, who has had as high as $130000 offered for his services. From this can be ob- served that even the price of ball players is soaring with the general run of things in this unsettled world of ours. The price is second only to the si35,000 paid to the Boston Red Sox by the New York Yankees for Babe Ruth.
 Since his advent into the National League with the St. Louis Cardinals in the fall of 1915, Hornsby has blos- somed into a star of the first water and today he Is the most sought after player in the majors. Several clubs whose infelds need bolstering up made tempting offers for Honrsby' s services and others would be willing to part with big wads of dough- if they thought they had chance to land the peppery kid. Manager Branch Hickey is determined that Hornsby will play in St. Louis or not at all. He has informed the other clubs that 1t is only a waste of time and energy to talk about the purchase of Hornsby. However. the Mound City mogul would be willing to trade Roger if he could receive four CT five stars in return.
 It was John ] McGraw of the New York Giants who rushed to the fore with the offer of s130,000 in real hon est 10 goodness currency of Uncle Sam for the graceful fielding and hard hitting keystone sacker. The offer was made after Jack Hendricks relIn- quished the managerial helm in St. Louis. Hendricks tried to engineer the deal for McGraw being promised $10.- 900 if he was successful. St. Louis owners turned deaf ear to the prop osition.
 Hornsby is snow, now leading the National
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
BOB MARTIN WILL
 MEET, EITHER CAPT.
 ROPER OR LEVINSKY

Akron, O.. May 23.-(speciaL)-If Bob Martin, champion of the A. F. F., is to appear in the headline boxing attraction at League Park July ,, his manager, Jimmy Bronson, will be forced to select as an opponent either Capt. Bob Ropef CT Battling Levinsky.
 Members of the Akron boxing com mission announced tonight that they had refused permit for a Martin-Gunboat Smith battle on the holiday. Capt. Wal ter Price of the One Hundred and Forty : sixth Infantry offered this bout in com petition with cards arranged by Art Kauth and Bernie Strapp.
 Kauth has Mike ODowd- Bryan Downey fight arranged or has Roper s contract for fight with Martin, if Mar tins signature can be obtained.
 Bernie Strapp endeavored, to sign Carl Tremaine and Jimmy Wilde but when these two could not agree on weights, went liter Kilbane and Artie Root.
 Members of the commission decided to postpone awarding the permit for the date until next week to give Capt. Price a chance to get Martin together with either Roper or Levinsky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
Homecoming Welcome
 Ready for Gen. Bullard

Auburn, May 3-tSpecial.) )-Exten sive are the preparations being made by Lee county for the homecoming welcome to be given Gen. Robert Lee Bullard on next Monday. May S1. Upon that day General Bullard will be pres eat in Auburn. where he is the chief honor guest and orator upon the oc- casion Of the annual assemblage of the alumni of the Alabama Polytechnic h. st.tute.
 Taking advantage of this opportun- ity, his fellow citizens of Auburn and Lee county are determined to make the cccasion one of real significance in the, life of this distinguished war rior, as well as one of long remem- brance and enjoyment on the part of all who participate. The fellow towns men of Gen. John J. Pershing honored themselves in honoring him. and Lee county is determined that General Bull lard's homecoming will in every re- spect match that of his famous chief and that May 91 shall hereafter be a favorite date in Bullards s life calenda" of memories.
 The entertainment will take the form of huge welcome celebration of General Bullard's return to his alma mater. with speeches of welcome a Builard address. a ball. game. band music. picture shows, reception and dance. The main feature however, will be the gigantic basket picnic din- ner under the oaks on the college campus at noon. where it is expected 5000 guests will gather about the thousand feet of tables now being con- strueted Every woman In Lee county Is already gathering material for the basket to be brought on this occasion and which. through the medium of a refreS'.h.ent committee. will be divided with .he throngs of alumni and visit DTS from a distance, who will come to sNr and greet General Bullard
 For, mind you many are coming. It is not often that one has the privilege of meeting at close quarters one of the great world heroes-one of the three great field generals of the Amer ican army of occupation. It is perhaps far cry from the country lad born at Chewacla, Lee county. Alabama, in 1861, to the commanding general of the Second American army in the Ar gonne: from the college rat" in Au- burn in 1878 to the command of the eastern department of the United States army with headuuarters at Governor's Island. New York. But ac- ton in the field and individual merit won recognition and successive steps in advancement to his present hign post of honor His fellow alumni from all over the south w" Y"
 ent to greet him Every mH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
AARON WARD HAS
 HIS CHANGE TO STAY
 WITH THE YANKEES

When stars are forced out of the game through injuries rockies setting on the bench have their chance, and sometimes they make good and supplant the lumi- naries. Such is the case with Aaron Ward, of the New York Tanks. When Frank Baker retired, Manager Hugsins relied upon Chic Fewster, but Fewster was put out of commission in an exhi- bition game before the season opened. In despair Huggfns placed Ward on third The kid is making good and already the critics say the play he is offering could not be beaten by Baker or Fewster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
Travelling Men
 Planning Great
 Time ThisW eek

Charlie Abrams local order of the
 Knights of the satchel are planning a big time for Birmingham for next Satur-
 day Baseball and everything is on tho
 programme of the local travellers.
 Plans for the benefit game for Sat
 urday have been carried out for some
 time. Committees to have charge of the sale of tickets have been getting in some
 mighty good work the past week or so.
 Managers and captains of both ball
 teams have been elected The T. ?. A.
 have been working out regularly, and
 are now approaching a form hard to beat. The |. C. T. have been likewise
 busy, and declare that they're in good enough condition to beat the T. P. A.
 already.
 For benefit of the uninitiated, Charlie
 Abrams wishes it announced again that the game will be played at Redwood , Park, Saturday, May 30, beginning at 3:30 in the afternoon.
 The funds derived from the game will
 be used for a double purpose The money will be split on a fifty-fifty basis. one part going to the Industrial School Band and the other to the fund for advertis- ing the state of Alabama.
 Other means will be used to raise money for the benefit fund brand new Rec automobile will be given the person holding the lucky number ticket of a 1 bunch of pasteboards being sold by To- cal travellers. These tickets are selling | for one dollar each and can be procured from any travelling man hatling from l-these parts.
 . An aeroplane will sail over the park I Saturday and will drop a bunch of dodgers, sometimes known as handbills. | Each of these will be numbered Ten lucky numbers wfll be awarded prizes | All travelling men of Birmingham are requested to be present at the Chamber ! of Commerce Saturday morning at o'clock to assist in the carrying out of
 the days programme for the T. P, A. 1 nd IT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24

Bears is very nice, perhaps, but the chief interest of the deed, locally speaking, is the fact that the setback to the Tribes men pulled them just one little peg nearer the Barons
 Babe Ruth hit his sixth run yesterday off Pitcher Weiman of the St. Louis Browns. This puts Babe one homer ahead of his nearest rival for long dis tance slugeing honors. Happy Felsch.
 It was Babes first game with the Tanks for some time, the Yank slugger having taken time out for an injury Ruths homer yesterday won the game for the Tanks.
 At last Georges Carpenter has been matched, and against a mighty good man too, Battling" Levingsy. American fis- tic fans were beginning to think that Georges was paying too much attention to social affairs, and was neglecting his ring career.
 And don't forget. Carpenter is slated to come south this summer and the chances are strong for his appearance in Birming- ham in an exhibition bout
 Birmingham-Southe Panthers are lay ing their all on the outcome of today's game with Howard College The two teams are fighting it out for the col legiate championship of Birmingham, three games of the five game series al- ready having been played The Bulldogs hay won two and the Partners one If the Pups win today, they take the se- ries; if the Panthers win the count will be tied. Much interest is ceatered on the game today.
 Local travelling men are getting busy once more. A benefit game has been ar ranged for Saturday, the T. P. A. and [. c. T, meeting in another baseball duel These two consultations always turn out a mighty nice bunch of baseballers. Last year the two teams played ten inning Is to I game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24

Atlanta, May 23.-The three-cornered race for leadership of the Southern Associat ton was enlivened last week bye the entrance of the Atlanta club, which for a brief period rested in sec ond place, but fell back today by los ing to Nashville.
 The delicate balance of the race was shown by the fact that five consecu- tive victories enabled the Atlanta Crackers to rise from seventh place last Sunday to second position in less than week. The leaders, however. were not doing so well. Memphis and Mobile breaking even during the week and Birmingham winning only one more than it lost.
 Memphis still holds first place in percentage of games won and lost. but by the narrowest of margins over Bir- mingham. Behind the Barons four clubs, Mobile, Atlanta. Little Rock and New Orleans, are so closely punched that any change in form might show a new leader. A margin of less than 100 points separates the first six teams in~the race.
 Nashville, after a bad week, has set lleu Into seventh place, ana Cnatta- nooga, still unable to win consistent ly, remains firmly entrenched in the cellar" The inability of the Look outs 10 win more games is inexplica- ble to spectators who have seen them play here and who followed the close battles they gave Birmingham last week.
 BARONS WIN THREE
 The weeks play, including games since last Sunday through today shows Atlanta had five victories and one defeat; Birmingham and Little Rock each three wins and two losses Memphis, Mobile and New Orleans each three and three; Nashville, two and four and Chattanooga, one an6 five.
 Hard hitting with many extra base hits in which First Baseman McLarry of Memphis starred with three homo runs, marked the week. Many pitchers were driven to cover, probably moro than during aps- other week this sea- son.
 Memphis, starting Tuesday, afte, being halted Monday by rain, split ever with Mobile, the Chickasaws pounding hard on the delivery of Fulton one da5 and Mobile punching hits the next day New Orleans played in Memphis the latter half of the week and the Chicks won two out of three, all hard hit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-24
WITH THE SCRIBES
 OF OTHER CITIES
EVADING THE RULE

Most every uay a bauer Is intentionally passed in the National league. Last Win ter the rule makers passed a law which aimed at it's abolition. But in order to show it's effectiveness Pitcher RiXey, of the Philles, passed two men in one ln- ming the other day in Cincinnati. 1t was in the twelfth when Rousch reached third with nobody out. Rixey promptly walked two hitters to get up certain men whom he felt he could retire. He did it and saved the game.
 A pitcher with tine control like RiXey has can do this trick, but the man with poor control is liable to throw the bali away or have the batter hit safely. When a pitcher has splendid control a catcher can stay within the confines of his boun- diary, and get pitches which a batter can not reach.-Richard Guy in Pittsou"s Leader.