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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
MAN O1 WAR BREAKS AMERICAN RECORD
 FOR 1 Is MILES

New York, July 10.-Man o'-War. the Glen Riddle Farms champion three year old. made a new American record in winning the Dwyer stakes at one and one eighth miles over the Aqua duct race track today. He ran the dis tance in ;49 1-5. or one-fifth of sec ond better than the previous record made by Barrow.
 In winning his fifth race this year Man-o'-War had only one competitor John P Grier. He did not have an easy time of it.
 The horses ran head and head al most the entire. distance until rounding into the stretch. where both Jockeys went to the whip and furious drive ensued John P. Grier held his owr for 100 yards and then began to weak en. Showing his gameness. Man-o'-Wal gradually forged ahead and was two lengths to the good at the finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Alabama Shooters Open Me ct Here Tuesday, July 20

Trapshooters from all over the coun- try will assemble in Birmingham next week for the Alabama Trapshootng tournament, which will take place here Tuesday and Wednesday. July 20 and 21.
 The Birmingham Gun Club will be en- tered in the meet, every shooter taking part in the competition Shooters from Montgomery, Decatur, Mobile and all over Alabama will be present when the begins.
 In addition to the state shooters, trap shooters from nearly every state in the union are also expected to, be present for the state cups, but will shoot for the money
 Three cups will be awarded, one for the winner of the state championship lsngle target match, one for the state Championship doubles target match. and one for the state championship handi- cap target match
 One thousand dollars has been added as prizes. Outside shooters will com
 pete for this added money. Local shooters are expected to show up well in the meet. There are several possible winners to be found in the roster of the Birmingham Gun Club
 '@Tackhofs' Lee. worlds champion all around shot is expected to finish high | in the tournament. John Livingston Is also expected to show up~ well. Lee Moody is another possibility. l F. M Gordon won the championship
 last year. Of course he is looked upor
 as a strong contender for the title this
 year
 The practice round will be shot Mon,
 day The match begins Tuesday anc winds up Wednesday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
LIEUT.. M'DERMOTT WINS 2OO-METRE
 TRIAL SWIM RACE

Chicago, July 1o.-Lieut M. J. McDer- mott of the United States navy today won the 200-metre breast stroke swim fn' the national trials for the American Olympic team, covering the distance in 3:f4. J. Howell of the Los Angeles Ath-i letic Club was second and c. H. Taylor of the Chicago Athletic Association was third There were nine starters.
 Duke Kahanamaku of Hawaii won the 100-yard free style swim in 55 seconds P. kealoha of Hawaii was second; Nor man Ross of the Illinois Athletic clun' third, and ], K. Gilman. United states navy, fourth. k. T. Bolden of the iiii- nois Athletic Club was first in the one mile free style swim. His time was 25;-o- I.udy Langer of Hawaii was second; A. ". Kaehe United States navy, third; .-eo Giebel, New York Athletic Clubf fourth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
NEW RULING WILL
 BE IN FORGE IN
 WESTERN TOURNEY

Memphis, Tenn, July p-tSpeciaiJ An innovation in golf rules is included in the special rules for the conduct of the western amateur championship startlns Monday at the Memphis Country Clun as announced today by Wilbur H. Brooks, president of the Western Golf Associa- ton.
 The new rule. strictly an innovation "t the western association, is the reduction of the penalty for lost ball to that now in force for a ball out of bounds. It 's the first time this rule has been in vogue during tournament, and is expected to bet met with welcome by the players.
 Under the old ruling, the penalty TOT a lost ball was one stroke and distance Under the new ruling, lost ball VII be treated the same as ball driven out of bounds, the penalty being loss or dls- tance only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Martin Burke Is
 Compared to Old
 Bob Fitzsin1mons
By GIL SUTTON.

Another Bob Iritzsimmonsl Another fighter who can -concede 25 to 50 pounds and knock 'em dead! A legit- innate middleweight making mince- meat of heavyweightsl
 Interested?
 Well, I knew you would be. Expect you thought they broke the Fitzsim- mons mold. But you've heard it said that every man has double.
 Marty Burke is the double of Bob Fitzsimmons Burke has everything old Bob ever rad--the big shoulders, long legs and Knock knees, freckles and copper colored hair and the solar pIexus punch. There isn't another young fighter basking in the spot light who has accomplished as much as has Burke.
 Here is just a smattering of his record:
 Knocked out Dick o'Brien cincin- natl giant weighing 225 pounds, and Bill Beverly weighing 240 pounds, each inside of ten rounds.
 Decisively outpointed Al Reich, the New York 2I0 pound Adonis, who stopped 32 of 37 opponents; Terry Kel- Ter, who was sparrine partner of Car penter and Dempsey; Happy Littleton, who defeated Captain Roper, Bob Mbha and other tough birds; Ole An derson, the Seattle slugger, who beat Carr Norris and Greek Brown, who has met the best middleweights and light heavyw You will agree that this is some rec ord for boy who has only had ten professional battles. %1 Burke is just. beginning to develop physically. He stands 6 feet. inches, weighs trifle over 160 and still has room for 35 pounds. When Burke packs on this needed weight he will be a full-fledged heavy weight and fully capable of meeting | the top notchers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
IT IS UP TO FANS TO
 DECIDE WHO WINS

The only attendance record broken py
 Birmingham this season was the fourth
 Of July record Opening day and sat urday crowds are largest in other cities,
 although Birmingham is called the pest
 baseball town in the Southern League.
 Of course it's disheartening to those fellows who go out every afternoon in the eweltering sun and make d game 1ight to win game for Birmingham. Such apparent indifference on the part or tne l local fan flock is enough to make every | one of those players lay down on ms ] job. But none of them are doing IL Every one is playing his best, resardiess of the lack of spirit among the fans. Yes there's moral to this talk. IL just like: Next time fan feels ike knocking the team feels like yelling TOT a pennant winner, he should remember tbat the team is more than doing US share and that it's the fans who are coming up short It's up to tho fans tc
 do it's part if it receives any kind oi support at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
BIRMINGHAM FANS NOT DOING THEIR SHARE NV
 DRIVE FOR GONFALON
Al Ellis Pushes Miller for Swat
 Grown of Dixie

Al Ellis, left gardener for the Birming ham Barons. is within 1 point of "Bing" Miller leading swatsmith of Dixies major, according to averages which in- clude games of Wednesday, July .. Hard hitting during the past week by the Baronial fielder almost cut down the lead of the star gardener of the Travellers, who is clouting .342. Ellis av craze is .94l.
 The Barons sprang into the lead in team batting, as a result of consistent hitting during the past two weeks, and aret now 2 points in the lead of Kid Elberfeld's Travellers, who have been in the forefront in this department dur ing most of the season. Moley's men have a team percentage of .27S, while the Pebbles trail them with .266.
 The terrific clouting of the Barons is shown in the individual percentages ot the team. Of the first eight swatsmiths of the Southern, the Barons number ex- actly one-half. Four of the Moieyi,es are within the coveted 300 circle, while two. Stevenson and Griffith, are within striking distance of the mark. Ellis, Hairston, Bernsen and Barnhart are clouting far beyond the 300 mark.
 The Baronials are second in team fielding, trailing the Pelicans, who are leading with .963 mark The locals have a percentage of .959
 Joe Coffndaffer and "Whitey" Glaz- ner are tied for second place in the pitchers percentages, with Barfoot of the Pels in first place. Both Baronial twirl- CTS have won Il games and lost 4, having an average of .733. Barfoots percentage is 800 John Morrison is not far from the top of the ladder.
 Dixie Carroll of Memphis leads ths field in runs scored and stolen bases. Car roll has scored 5S runs, while Tommy Stevenson of the Barons is trailing close ly behind the Chick star with 56 counters to his credit Stevie has been gradually cutting down Carols lead. Carroll has stolen 2 bases, and is far in the lead Cotton Knaupp, with 22 leads the sac rifice hitters
 sThe ten leading batters are as fol' lows: Miller, Little Rock, .Si2; Ellis, Sir ,ningham, .34; Harper, Little Rock, S6o Hairston, Birmingham .333; Carroll Memphis. 329; Bernsen, Birmingham .320: Burke, Nashville, .3l6; Barnhart Brmingham .31l; A. High. Memphis .So5; Sewell, New Orleans, .299.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
SECOND TIME. E.THAT B.
 JONES HAS WON TITLE

Atlanta. Ga, July 1o.-Bobby Jones or Atlanta. who won the southern amateur golf championship at Chattanooga today, has held the title before, having won II in 1917 when high school boy. lie IS still under 20.
 Jones was runner-up in the soutnern meet last year. being defeated by Neisoli Whitney of New Orleans Ihls was .n'' first important tournabent or the seaso'' ;,, which he took part and he won the sar,e. .position in the others in which he nIayed. He was runner-up in the natfonal amateur championship and came second also in the Canadian and the southern dpen tournaments. He is expected t' enter the western tournament at Mem phs next week and to play for the na' tional title again this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
DEADLY ACCURACY
 AMAZED GALLERY

Jones' deadly accuracy. with his drlves created amazement in the gallery this morning. He was getting more than Zoo yards down the fairway on every tee shot where it was necessary, and he was in the rough on only stwo holes. although the local fairways are the narrowest i'll the south. Tn the vast majority Of in stances he was right on dead line rom tee to cup. One of the two drives in which he was slihgtly in the rough was on No. IS, a short one, and he got in po- sition near the edge of the green for m easy three Par for the course is n anu
 Jones' record was two under it.
 He made a birdie three on No with a long putt, after getting on in two. ne lost one on par at the tenth, when hs was short with his iron, one of two pao
 shots all day. He gained it back at II, by laying his second close to the 2'o-yara CID. and gained another F with three for the 65-yard hole, thrilling masnie niblick being followed by single put He lay dead for two at the lIS-yaru . 1s making three under part, but ne ios. one of them at 15, which he played paoiy for a five.
 Jones. accompanied by Perry Adalr, n, Is Hickey. Tom Payne, Tom Prescott ana several other Atlantans, left for Mempnis l tonight to compete in the western tourna- 1 ment next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Large Entry List
 Slated for Golf
 Meet at Memphis

Memphis, July 10.-An entry list of upwards of 300 players representing clubs in dozen or more western and southern states, ideal course conditions and good weather are in prospect for the opening Monday of the twenty-sec- ond amateur championship tournament of the Western Golf Association to be played over the Memphis Country Club course.
 This will be the first western anna teur golf tournament played in the south.
 Today's arrivals include Rial Rolfe of Chicago, inter-scholastic champion; Chick" Evans. former national cham pion and many times western title holder, is expected to arrive tomorrow. Bobby Jones of Atlanta, southern champion, and Perry Adair, his team mate, also are expected tomorrow, with Pollack Boyd of Chattanooga and sev- eral other players.
 Harry Legg of Minneapolis. winner of the western championship last year, is entered, but it was not know defi- nitely tonight whether he would ar rive in time to compete for the 1920 title.
 Others expected to drive off Monda3 in the qualifying round include. Ray Ouimet of Kansas City
 Evans, 1t is said, will play as mem Der of the Indiana state four in the tOlympic cup contest Monday. The trophy won last year by St. Louis, will be awarded on the low aggregate score for the eighteen holes of medal play. It is expected >at least eight teams and possibly ten will compete for this cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Warren Turns in Good Scores s at
 Gun Club Shoot

Twenty-three shooters faced the traps at the Birmingham Gun Club Saturday afternoon. Some very good scores were made. In the fifty-target match John Warren was high man. with the goal score of 9 out of his oV. He also made a run of 41 straight
 The one hundred match was won by Dr. Lloyd Noland with the score or 94 out of his 100. lie also made a run of 35 straight.
 There was a tie for second place in the 100 match, with Lee Moody and J. c. Broyles each going out with 9s. Those making straights of 25 eacr were Lee Moody, pr. Nabers, Dr. No- land and John Warren.
 f J. c. Broyles was high man in the double target match. with the score Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
CHICKS BUY "RUBE" MARSHALL FROM THE
 CHATTANOOGA CLUB

Memphis, July 10.-(Special. )-Tom Watkins president of the Memphis club, announced tonight that Memphis had purchased Pitcher "Rube" Mar shall from Chattanooga. Manager Me- Closkey, of the Memphis club, who went
 to Chattanooga to interview the pitch
 CT. wired that he and Marshall woul1
 return to Memphis Sunday.
 Outfielder Frierson, recently pur- chased by Memphis from Little Rock, is expected to. report tomorrow. Fred Graff, who, it was stated, has been signed as manager of the Chat tanooga club. will not join the team here, according to announcement by Strang Nicklin, manager of the Look outs, who are playing here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
B. A. q. TO HOLD ITS
 ANNUAL NET MEET

The annual tennis tournament or the Birmingham Athletic Club will be helfi on July 26-s1 at the courts of the club. and large number of participants are ex- pected to compete for the first net honors of the local organization.
 Members of the club have been prac- ticing on the courts for some time in preparation for the annual contests. and keen competition is expected when the tourpey comes off About twenty stars of the racquet will probably enter the events. Coach Wilbur Hutsell is work ing hard to maRe the net meet a success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
AMERICAN DAVIS CUP
 TEAM WINS MATCHES

Eastbourne, England July 10.-The American Davis cup tennis team today won the right to continue in the fight for the trophy. Johnston and Tilden. the American pair, defeated their French ri vals, Colbert and Laurentz, in straight sets in the doubles match by scores of 6-2. 6-3, 6-2.
 The victory in the doubles today ciinched the match for the Americans without the necessity of playing either ofythe two remaining singles matches on the schedule.
 The Americans will meet the British team on July 15 to decide which shall play the Dutch team, the winner of this last match earning the right to play the icup holders. the Australian team. for the trophy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
PIEDMONT AND FELL
 CITY BATTLE TO TIE

Pell City. July 10.-(Speciala -Ptedmont held the fast Pell City aggregation to q scoreless tie this afternoon, atfHr the tWo teams had battled eleven mnihss TOT e decision Young for Piedmont and Grove of Pen City staged one of the prettes. n;tching duels ever seen on the local grounds and had the batsmen of each crew eating out of their hands. young struck out seventeen men and ailowed only four hits, while Grove whiffed thir- teen batsmen and gave up five safe wal |lops. Harris catch also featured the pat tIa Score. R. H. E. pau City GOO GOO GOO o0-0 p;admont GOO GOO GOO 00--0 Batteries: Crowe and Tatler; Young and Cook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
SWIMMING RECORD
 BROKEN IN MEET

New York. July 10-A world IS record of 1 minute and 1-3 second for the won- ems 100 metre. free style. swim outooors was set today bv Elthelda Bleihtrey of the New York women's swimming as- sociation in the Olympic final tryout at Manhattan beach.
 Her time bettered the record of l:le To held jointly by Fanny Durack or Aus tralia, and< Charlotte Boyle Of the wom- ems swimming association. and IS l-5 seconds faster than the Oiympic record for the event made by Miss Durack at Stockholm in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
JAFFE TAKES LEAD
 IN CHESS TOURNEY

Atlantic City. W. J., July 1o.--Charles Jaffe of New York went into the lead in the third round of the chess master tournament here today with a total of 21b points won and F point loss. Jaffe won his game from George G. Nedich of Cornell University, while $. Mlotkow- ski of Los Angeles drew with A. T. Sharp of Philadelphia. The contest be- tween Frank J. Marshall. United States champion and E. s. Jackson Of Phlia- delphia was adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
WORK OF MEASURING
 HULL OF ABSOLUTE ! COMPLETED AT N. Y,

New York. July 1O.-The work of meas rring the hall of the Americas cup defender Resolute was completed today ard the yacht was taken from dry dock and lowed to Sandy Hook. The sail area measurements will be taken as soon as possible.
 The yachts hull which was scraped and polished during her stay in dry dock was protected against fouling from oil during the trip down the bay today by heavy canvas hung along the sides
 Measurements of Shamrock ", chal- lenger for the cup, probably will be com pleted Monday. The ratings probably will not be announced before Wednes- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
LIST OF BOXING
 BOUTS FOR MEET
HEAvYwEIGHTs

HEAVYWEIGHTS / Martin Burke, New Orleans, Vs. Paddy (JncI<) Sullivan, New York.
 wELTERWEIGHTS Jake Abel, Atlanta, vs. Billy Ryan, Cincinnati.
 Battling Kenny, Barberton, O, Vs' Sailor Bianque, New Orleans. Dummy (Saiior) Harrington, B. A. C.. vs. Larry Ayera, Atlanta.
 LIGHTWEIGHTS Red Dolan, New Orleans, ys. Al Gruntz, st. Louis.
 Two. battle royals, open and handi- cap.
 Joe Dickey, B. A. C., vs- Jack Brady, B. A. C.
 Aired. Bessemer, vs. Arnold, Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
TITTLETON EARNS
 REFEREES DECISION OVER GEORGE CHIP

New Orleans, July 10.-"Happy l.it- tleton of New Orleans earned declslon over George Chip of New Castle, fa'' former middleweight champion, tcnigns in a terrific fifteen-round bout. emp knocked Littleton down for the count of seven in the ninth, put the iocai hoy came back strong and took every ro,,nd from then to the end, knocking Chin through the ropes, but unable to scare A knockout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
CHARLES PADDOCK EQUALS RECORD FOR
 1OO-METRE DASH

New York. July 1o.-The worlds record of 10 3-5 seconds for the 10O-metre dash was eaualed here today by Charles Pad dock of the University of Southern Can, mia in competition with field of neteh sprinters at a meet of the 106th infantrs post. American Legion. Unlike p '. Lippincott. an American runner. who SC. the record in 1912 on a cinder track. Pau docks performance was on the turl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Barons Playing to Only Small Crowds-Players Disheartened By Evident Lack of Interest Among Birmingham Fans
By MARVIN M,CARTHY

It's the wonder and marvel all over the Dixie circuit why Birmingham, a city of 178,270 population, a big baseball town, should not be support ing it's baseball team, when the Barons are leading con- tenders for the pennant of the Southern league.
 Time and again the plaintive vail has been raised in Birmingham, Give us a ball team" Whats wrong with the Barons, why don't they wfn?" Why don't the Barons win a penant occasion aliy?" Or some such lament.
 Many a fan has written the sporting editor of The Age-Herald complaining of the "poor showing of the team Those rubes antpiay baseball. Why don't you get after them?" writes one fan in Birmingham.
 In the first place, the Barons are play ing good baseball as good as any team | in the Southern. Moley's men have been 1 holding onto a first division berth a ma | jority of the season already played. Right 1 now they are only game and half | from the top. The Barons have won many more than half their games this 1 season.
 l Birmingham has won more than her share of the Southern League pennants. I'll AT AWFUL VAIL
 ! IT IS TO LAUGH
 When these facts are taken into con sideration, it is small wonder that broad minded persons laugh when the old fa- miliar shout, "Give us a ball team Is
 raised by some of the fans.
 A town like Birmingham should draw an average crowd of 5000 to every game Saturdays should find Redwood park
 we'll filled.
 Yet, on the contrary, the Barons play
 to @ crowd of Something like 1,50o or ION
 on week days, with slight increase on lSaturdays. This is some attendance foi
 a leading team, playing about 600 ball i Other towns in the league, Memphis, TOT instance, have large crowds Tn compar' ison to Birmingham The Chickasaws draw about 4,0O0 fans daily, according tf all reports from Tribeville. Even Nash lville, with team much lower in th' percentage column than the Barons plays to a crowd at least as large as tha
 which greets the Barons every day As hopeessly out of the running a. Chattanooga is, Lookouts draw falrf!
 good crowd. And Chattanooga is tow
 of a much smaller population than BIT l min oh m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
BOBBY JONES, ATLANTA GOLFER WINS SOUTHERN
 7WIEATCHATTANOOGA
Young Phenomenon Shoots Match In 69, Two Under Par for Course-Was Not Pressed In Tournament

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 10 Special. Shooting a 69 in the first eighteen holes, break ing his own course record of the previous day by a single stroke, Bobby Jones of Atlan- ta wound up a triumphant week here today by defeating Ewing Watkins of Chattanoo- ga in the finals for the south ern golf tournament.
 Jones has not been pressed this week, not going beyond the thirteenth hole on the short matches and playing thirty hole limit on the thirty-six-hole contest.
 By way of making the tournament al most an all-Atlanta affair, Tom Prescott of that city defeated Mike Thomas or Nashville. 2-1, for the second flight cup.
 The Tangle Forth team cup, for which Chattanooga and Atlanta teams tied Ill the qualifying round, was settled by giv- ing two cups, one to each team
 The third flight cup was won by Il. D. Whiteman of Chattanooga, who defeated Bert Harris of Nashville, 1 up
 The fourth flight winner was Hunter Jones of Jackson, Tenn, who defeated L. M Lanier in the finals.
 The fifth flight honors were won by D. w. Atchison of Chattanooga and the sixth flight by H. S. Cham berlain, Ira also of ChattanOOga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
Workman Sold to Senators

Washington, July 10.-Pitcher Workman of the Tampa club, Florida State League, has been purchased by the Washington Americans and will report here early next week. President Clark Griffith an- nounced today. Workman is a left- handler