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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

York Members New York Cotton Exchange.
 New Orleans Cotton Exchange. New York Produce Exchange. Associated Members Liv.
 erpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for con- signment of spot cotton for delivery. Corr
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Cotton Seed Oil Qu Assnniated Presa

New York, May 20.-Cotton seed oil was a shade lower at the outset in sympathy with cotton, but soon frmed up on short covering and scattered local buying on the bulge in lard and grains. Offerings were light. Active months closed 26 to 2S points higher Sales, 1o,2o0 barrels; ten- ders. 800 barrels prime crude 1900, nom- iral; prime summer yellow, spot, 1900; May, 1919: July, 1920; SeTNember, 19.3l prime winter yellow and summer white nominal. ,N
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M Reynolds, who is president of the largest national bank of Chicago, is quoted as having said at the time of recent visit 10 New York that in Cook county, Illinois, the banks, not includ- ing the larger banks, which carry on business in the heart of the city, now report in the aggregate some S4,00O.OOO of deposits. Many of these are small banks They serve people who live in the su- burbs. A few years ago one of these small banks carried some s, ,000O00 of de- posits, and it's president 1>oked for no considerable increase. Today it reports SlS0O0,000 in deposits.
 It is a peculiar and significant phe- ncmenon because 1t cannot be fully ex- plained. Mir. Reynolds is quoted as of the opinion that it is due in considerable measure to the enforcement of prohibi- tion. The people who are customers of these banks were formerly accustomed to Use beer in large amounts and some spirituous liquors. Apparently, instead of spending any part of their earnings upon beverages of this kind they are now saw ing. In part also the increase in deposits can be traced to the very high wages which employees are now receiving
 The fact that deposits have increased in these small banks to this almost phe- nomenal figure makes it clear that the wage earners and others who live near by are not spending all their earnings. but instead are saving some portion of them Whether a like condition is to be found with the small banks which are located just outside of the large financial centers is not known, but the presump- tion is that a similar increase could be reported In fact, from the northwest re- ports have come that deposits in the banks located near the larger financial centers are now greater than ever before.
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London Money
Lsondor

 London, May 20--Bar silver 5SA d per ounce. Money, 5A per cent. Dis count rates sohrt and three months bills, 6s4 1916 per cent.
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Liverpool Cotton h.. A..~csataA prera

Liverpool. May 20.-Cotton, spot moderate business done; prices lower Good middling, 2S.52d; fully middling. 27 sgd middling. 26.27d; low middling, 2297d good ordinary. 19.77d; ordinary. 1s77d. Sales, 5000 bales. including 4. 900 American; receipts. 5000 bales, no American Futures closed quiet and steady. May. 34.69d; Ju.y 2A.35d; Os- tober, 23.5ed: January, 22.6sd; March. 2215d.
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Sugar Market Rx lesacia4ed Rxasa

l New York, May 20.-There was nA change in the local raw sugar marke,
 today. Refiners were again in the market at 22Hc for Cubas. cost and freight. while outport refiners were said to be willing to pay 231z 2. but no business resulted and spot prices were entirely nominal.
 Conditions in refined do not show any material change. The demand
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Rice Market

BY NtsutFdFtu FFbsy New Orleans. May 20.--Rough rice, no sales; no receipts. Clean rice steady; sales, blue rose. 1,300 pockets, 10% 012$sc.
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Louisville Live Stack Ru Assnciated PreSs
Spot Coffee

By Associated Press New York, May 20-Coffee: Rio No. ', 153sc; futures steady; July, 1f.97c; Sep tember, 1461c.
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Potato Market

bF HsFutTdfFH FFs5S Chicago May 20.--Potatoes stronger; receipts 30 cars; northern white sacked and bulk, $7.50@7.60.
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Dry Goods

BY AtS06ldtdd Ffess
 New York. May 20.-Cotton goods to-
 day were quieter with some easing in
 gray goods. Yarns, were quiet and combed yarns lower. Raw silk was slightly easier. Wool goods were more Unsettled and quiet. Burlaps were easy.
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New York Bonds By Associated Press

U. s. 2s, registered, bid ..... 1o1 U. s. 2s, coupon, bid ........ 101 U. s. As. registered, bid ......... 105Al U. S. As, coupon. bid ........... 1O5N. Panama 3s, registered. bid .... 72 Panama 3s. coupon. bid ...... 72 American s. R. 5s ..-....... 75h
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Cash Grain
y Associated Press

Chicagos May 20.-Cash wheat not quoted. Corn-No. mixed. s1.9s02: No. yellow. s110Gf2o oa.s-No. ? white s11301.43; No whi.e. s1.100 1.20 Rye-No 2 s210. Barley. $1.70. Timothy seed. s10.40912. Clover seed. 25@35. Pork nominal Lard, s20.52. Ribs, s175o@1s.5o
 St Louis. May 20.-Cash wheat. No. 1 red winter. s3@3.02: No red win ter, s2.9s, Corn--No. : white. s2.1r: No white. SPOT; May. sf.9S1. bid i: July s1747s bid Oats-No. 3 white. s1.12b @1.131s: No. 4 white sl10Q1l1. May, $1.15: July. 94hc
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Chicago Futures
Produce Market
By Associated Press

Chicago, May 9o.-Butter lower; cream cry, 46Q55c. Eggs lower; firsts. 401zQf11sc. Poultry, alive lower; fowls, 35lzc.
 St Louis, May 20.-Poultry. hens S2c; others upnchanged. Butter, creamery 56c. Eggs unchanged
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Spot Cotton
By Associated Press

New Orleans, May 20.-Spot cotton steady and unchanged. Sales on the spot,
 6S6 bales: to arrive. 268; low middling, | 31. .50c middling, 40.50c; good n1iddling,
 445Oc; receipts, 3,1s2; stock, Ss4, 49s
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New Orleans Futures

New orleans, May 20.-The cotton market closed steady at a net advance of 9 to S nOints
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Port Movement

New York. May 2o.-spot cotton steady middling, 43c.
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New York Futures

by sssoo'ateo rTess New York, May 20.-The cotton mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
WITH THE SCRIBES
 OF OTHER CITIES
KNAUPP PLAYING BEST
 BALL OF HIS CAREER

You may point to Larry Gilberts return to form, Pug Aliens won derful improvement, the high class work of the Pelican pitchers and half dozen other things that have been very instrumental in carrying the Pelicans into the lead while on the road but no single factor has contri- buted much more than the all-round work of Cotton Knaupp, dean of the Pels.
 To say that Knaupp is playing the best ball this season he has played during his very long career would not be stretching the truth very far. Ger tainly Cotton" is showing more pep and right now is hitting better than he has in several seasons.
 The big surprise. though, is that Cotton has suddenly developed into home run hitter With two home runs in the Birmingham series he has advanced to second place among the four base clouters of the 1eague-next to Babe Ruth" Miller, but still long way behind that slugger. who is all by himself with a total of something like fourteen. Knaupp has six which is two better than Dixie Carol, who was supposed to be the best long dis tance hitter in the league. until Mill Ter made his reputation.
 Knaupp swings hard at the ball--a little too hard for the best average purposes, some observers, think. But ar least he is making those swings count for something.-New Orleans Item.
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REVIEW OF PLAY IN
 THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

Columbia, S. C., July I.-Columbia, by winning six out of eight games played during the week, increased its lead of the South Atlantic Association. The leaders made a clean sweep of the four game series with Augusta and divided four games with Spartanburg. Green vile and Spartanburg each won four games while losing three, one game be- ing prevented by rain. Charlotte lost four and won four, while Charleston also broken even with three victories and three defeats, two rains postpone ments being necessary Augusta suffered a disastrous week, losing every game played, total of six, play being inn possible two days in Charleston.
 Larry Cheney former National League pitcher, by shutting out Spartanburg for Columbia Saturday afternoon, ran his string of straight victories to eight and became the leagues leading pitcher with record of fifteen games won and four lost. In this game he also equalled his own seasons record of strikeouts by forcing twelve Spartans to miss the third strike.
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en event worth $500. His next start was in the keene Memorial Stake which he won on June 9th. He carried 115 pounds and pulled down S4,200 net. He next won the Youthful Stake worth $3,S50, carrying 120 pounds in this race. On June 23 with 130 pounds up, he won the Hudson Stake and this race added $2,S50 to his list of winnings. The Ire mont was his next stake race and he won it, along with $4900. Then he was taken to Saratoga where he met his first and only defeat.
 In his first start at Saratoga Man c War was successful winning the United States Hotel stake in canter. This race carried a net value of $7,600. The by Upset i'll the Sanford Memorial, re- ceiving about $1.000 for being defeated.
 The Grand Union Hotel Stakes he won in gallop and added $7,600 more to his owners credit. The $24,600 Hope ful Stake went to him in easy fashion this event was run on August 30. His next start was in the Futurity on Sep- tember 13, and. as in all former races, the $26,650 was easy money. Then he was retired for the year with a grand total of $S3,725 net profit to his credit.
 Up to this writing, he has started only four times this year with four brackets around his name and for a total of $39,375, bringing his total win nings to date to $123, 100. The rich Dwyer Stake most likely will be added to his list for there is not a horse in the country capable of taking his mea- sure under weight for age.
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Cincinnati Scribe Thinks Giants Are After Pat Moran

Pittsburg, July 1.-The retirement of Mathewson--his absolute departure from the Giant pay roll--points more strongly than ever to the probability that President Stoneham of the Giants intends to make Pat Moran huge of fer to manage the Giants, is the opin- ion of Bill Phelan, who was here with the Reds. John McGraw is about through-has intimated that he wishes to retire-and Stoneham is not urging him to reconsider. For many years it was taken for granted that Mathewson would automatically succeed McGraw, but that's all off now, and a new deal must be made.
 When Matty was traded to Cincin. natl, in 1916, it was frankly stated in the New York papers that he was sent to Rockville only to give him practical managerial experience. He was to learn managerial acumen there, and two or three years of such education. coupled with what he had learned under McGraw, would fit him for the position of New York commander. Then, as soon as McGraw was ready to
 quit, Matty was to be recalled, and given the reins at the Polo Grounds.
 In course of time. and through the
 circumstances created by the war,
 Matty returned to the Giants. Again it was reported that he was to succeed
 McGraw. but there was nothing to it. When John Evers was engaged to put pepper into the Giants, it was. indicated that Matty couldn't speed 'em up or put ginger into his proteges. And now Matty passes from the roster-goes out of the great game he adorned so well. Evers is not counted on as the 1921 | manager. That is thoroughly under stood. Johns firecracker temper pre- vents it. But Pat Moran is wanted. and Charlie Stoneham will spend a | barrel of money to secure him. Pat likes it in Cincinnati and everybody i lik kesPat-but think of the money that
 New York can offer him.
 | Once more, as outlined a few weeks ago, stick pin in this statement: i New York will make Pat Moran a big proposition in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
NAMES OF EIGHT LETTERS
 LUCKY FOR CUP DEFENDERS

Tradition has been honored and maintained in the selection of the boat which is to defend the coveted Amer ica's cup. Resolute has been chosen. While superstition plays no little part in a seafaring mans life, it was prob ably given no consideration by the cup committee. It is a matter of coinci- dence. however, that there are. just eight letters in the name of the chos- en defender. Four of her, immediate predecessors required no more of the alphabet to delineate their names on the stern of the boat. Vigilant, Defend CT, Columbia and Reliance all won. In fact, seven of the thirteen yachts which have defended the trophy con- sumed eight letters in the makeup of their names, the three others being Columbia. Madeleine and Mischief,- Washington Evening Star.
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Pitchers Getting
 Little reasse fo7
 Work This Season

Somewhere, some time, some how, some day, maybe before this present season is over, somebody is accidental ly going to drop a word of praise for some pitching staff, and the staff so referred to, if it hears about it, IS go- ing to suffer some kind of a severe shock.
 Pretty nearly every day some hurler turns in meritorious piece of pitch- ing, but the old days, when critics sang loud the praises of Bender Plank an Coombs, or Rudolph, Tyler and James, or any of the other noted pitching staffs, seem to be gone forever.
 This is a year of slugging, with the pitchers walking around apologetieally as if thankful for being allowed to exist
 All this is a preface to daily dia-
 ogue of domesticity with Capt Rajah Peckinpaugh of the New York Yankees who discovered charley hourse about himself and retired in yesterdays sec ond inning. The Yanks after leading the league by trifle more than .00G for 24 hours, gravitated into .667 tie with Cleveland yesterday. You'd think that team in this prom ising position on the brink of the Fourth of July would be about the most likely to have something nice to
 say about it's pitching staff. Says Roger:
 We haven't been getting any pitch- ing. That's what held us back at the start. Since then we've just naturally slugged our way into first place. Shaw. key pitched couple of good games, and Quinn gave us couple, no, a good
 many. but the rest of them have beep l in and out-of the box" Right down the line in both leagues l trouble has been and is being found with the pitching. Like the famous cases of the hen and the egg, the riddle l to solve is whether it's the pitching or the hitting that is to blame. ] Every club in both leagues, with the possible exception of the Chicago Ma
 tionals, with Aleck and Vaughn, has something to complain about the way lof pitching weaknesses Leader.
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Samuel D. Riddle, owner of that great son Mahubah-Fair Play, the peerless Man O War, will not permit the great race horse to leave this coun- try.
 Riddle has received invitations to race Man O War on Canadian and for eign tracks, but he has declined them He recently refused an offer for the prospective three-year- champion that was said to have run well into siS- figGrss
 The great colt it now seems certain, is deslin1a to establis a record in money armed for his two years of rac- fas Sle has already earned $123,000 for lis owa6r and with his remaining stsNe anRa gements he should be able .v bring his total winnings well above S20O 900.
 s. D. Riddle was in luck the day he purchased Man O. War at auction at Saratoga for s5,O00 Major August Bel mont parted with the colt reluctlantly and has been sorry for it ever since.
 Man O. War was foaled at Major Bel mont's Nursery stud at Lexington. His sire. Fair Play, was a great race horse but was unfortunate in that the un- beaten Colin was racing at the time he was in his hey day. AS result, Far Play finished in place when racing against Colin but when the great Colin dropped out of the game Man O Wars sire went on and swept the boards. lie started s2 times in his career, winning ten races, finishing second eleven times and third nine times. He was out of the money in only two races, and he won a total of $86,950. He was by Hastings by Spendthrift. Hastings. by the way was also 8 great horse in his time while Fairy Gold the dad of Fair Play, threw nothing but winners and they include some of the best this country has ever seen.
 Fairy Gold is also the dam of Golden View. dam of Rock View, of Filter gold and of F'riar Rock, winner of Brooklyn handicap, purchased by John Madden for $50,000 and later sold by him to J. H. Roster of California Tor a large sum of money.
 Mahaubah the dam of Man O War, is a comparatively young matron. She is now ten years old. Mahubah never raced much In fact she started only three times as two -year-old, and was second once, winning the magnificent sum of $70. As three-year-o she started once and was more fortunate, winning a purse worth $320, which brought her total earnings on the track up to s3ap. She retired in her third year and her first foal was Masda, very fast lilly and many-time winner
 Mahnbah is by Rock Sand out of Merry Token, an imported mare and the dam of Merry Task winner of the London cup and owned by Major Bel mont. The blood lines of this great thoroughbred traces back to the old English stock where some of the greatest horses in the world have come from.
 Man O. War began his career June 6 1918 when he galloped off with maid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12

The heavy batting of the Brooklyn and Cleveland clubs. with respective teams averages for the past week of .S37 and .S4l enabled them to oust their rivals from the coveted top posi- tion.
 The spurt of the Chicago Americans in winning seventeen of their past twenty-one games. promises to bring about a three -cornered fight in thu younger league.
 The Brooklyn Nationals. who have won fifteen games in seventeen. pos sess pitching staff that should be useful in coming double-heauers. The Superbas were the only winning team in the National league last week. Ein- cinnati's twirlers are going welk but light batting by their teammates has handicapped them. Most of Chicago's $ boxmen have been hit hard
 St. Louis displayed a strong attack against Chicago. but fielded poorly n the Brooklyn series. Pittsburg. after holding Cincinnati even, dropped three out of five to the tallend Philadel- phians. Boston also broke even with Cincinnati in four games. INDIANS HAVING TROUBLE
 KEEPING AHEAD OF YANKEES
 In the American League. Cleveland appears to have difficulty in keeping
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ahead of New York, despite the Yan- kee's recent lapse. covelesAie and Bagby have been called upon fre- auently to relieve fa,te.ing Indian twirlers. New York recovered from it's Washington setback, and today maae il three out of four With Detroit. Washing ton failed to eontinue its win ming streak against C-eve.and, the Sen ators losing their f.-.a same today in the six-gare series.
 Boston Lesan tile week wieh heavy batting, and aftea d double shat-out by Philadelphia ll.sae s lid little scorins. The 4sea 2A 4.e 4eI re nshk ably well. St. Lou. o4d 4ol make use of good pitching. .o-4...s ss, s.al games through light hI..aA 1etroie aiil Philadelphia showed impFo ement. M
 "ssube' isIti. s,..r batter Of tie
 New ark .tn1ea ieaDs. made his
 twe--sy -@s1.h 4oiae the
 Yankees mad ile, ,.sie oi the sea
 s-a, and toIs.. Drought s.> total to
 2.. Is was ...5 s-.4Ed si-e-.it smash
 ia, three eonssos.ti.e games.
 The weeks ieeo.e. sl e..t'h .eague os games played. wen and lost with runs, hits and errot. including games of Sai- urnaN iii is us follows.
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wood for one contest a postponed game which was rained out earlier in the season. The locals hit the road again Friday, and journey to New Or leans, where they give battle to Johnny Dobbs' Pelicans for three arguments. Boss Moleys men, then, have hard week ahead of them.
 The Barons begin their road trip in second place among the teams of Dixie. If they can maintain their position through the present road journey, it is all that could be asked of any ball club.
 The race in Dixie's major is the
 hottest of years. The four first di-
 vision clubs are staging q fOur-cOr-
 nered fight for the chief hOnOrs of
 Boss Martins loop that is almost un-
 equaled. Two and one-ialf games
 separate the leader from the fourth
 club, and squirt by either of the
 first quartet would put them in
 first place. It's nifty race,
 thassalI
 And the Barons are tackling two of the first division clubs in their two series this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
NEW HOME RUN RECORD?
 WELL, YOU TELL FEM, RUTH

Make new record? Easy, easy, says Babe Ruth. Why. I'm so far ahead of last years mark now that it will be soft grabbing. And not only that-I'll punch out several other marks, too. Va watch and see. It looks like a picnic right now, and it's a long time before the season closes.
 .In get about fifty home runs this year." Babe went on. "Ill set new walk record, too; maybe about 11O or 115 free passes because the pitchers are afraid of me. On top of that, I'll bust the total base record. knock Tn the most runs and probably grab the top in the triples and doubles"
 Nice quiet, reserved lad. this Ruth Yet he'll tell you he isn't swelled up on himself. He's just confident. that's all: says the ol' confidence is the thing that counts. He declares it's the ne W pitching rules that give him his best chance to set new circuit-smashing mark: hurlers can't dope the ball; mus. throw it clean. And you can see a white ball coming" he concluded. So there you have it.-Cleveland Evening Star.
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SEMI-PROS SHOULD RESPECT CONTRACTS,
 ACCORDING TO GUY
Fly RICHARD GUY Sporting Editor Pittsburg Leadt

Pitcher Cliff Markle and Catcher Mills, highly valued ball players in the independent ranks, are alleged to have agreed to play out the remainder or this season with the Castle Cords at New Castle. But along came scout from the Atlanta club of the Southern League and took them away down south.
 The management of the New Castle club now starts court proceedings to retain the services of the players. Such a procedure is entirely new hereapouts in independent baseball. and the New Castle people gre acting within their rights when they seek the recovery of their players.
 There was a time when organized baseball was held in awe by those not within it's pale. but that day is passed. A contract or verbal agreement shoulo as binding with an independent club as it is with a league club, and the or ganized people will sooner or later find out they must respect contracts if they wish those not with them to do likewise.
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The Crackers have won nine straight contests, beating the Pels in three straight arguments last week, and it looks like their chubby leader has rounded his aggregation into it's last season form. Frank has strengthened his team considerably of late. Markle and Mills, the semi-pro battery from Pittsburg, have been going strong, while other acquisitions have helped the team a great deal.
 MOleswOrth will likely send his
 youthful sOuthpaw in the person
 of Meeker to the mound today to
 break the Crackers winning
 streak, and khe latest arrival in the
 Baronial camp will be put to the
 acid test. However. Morrison may twirl for the locals in the afternoon
 tilt.
 BARONS JUMP BACK TO
 MAGIC CITY THURSDAY
 The Barons. after playing the sched- uled trio of battles with Atlanta Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday, will jump back to the Magic City Thursday to entertain the Mobile Bears at Rick