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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
.DONOHUE RETURNS
 FROM SPAIN WITH { TALES OF COUNTRY
Time Boxing Condition CT Tells of Attempts to POpularize Mitt Game
 Over There

New York. March 2.-(Special.)-No use
 trying to teach Spaniard any sport or
 pastime wherein he cannot use knife or gun. or see plenty of blood, accord ing to Jack Donohue, Q former attache of boxing camps in this country back in
 the days when fighters really fought. Jack has just returned from Spain, wnere he
 resided for the past seventeen years, and as we'll as having acquired splendid working Knowledge of Spanish, he has a fund of information about Spanish cus- toms.
 Donohue was at one time rated as a l flrst-class conditioner. He has worked on such famous pugs as oscar Gardner, George Dixon, Terry McGovern, Aurelia Herrera and host of others. Jacks in- ability to remain sober kept him from
 receiving the honors due him. and While | filled with the tra-la water at one time
 he shipped to Portugal with boatload of herses. wandered into Spain and has re-
 mained there ever since. He had an ex-
 cellent position with one of Spain's larg-
 est vineyards when the war broke out, and although he was prepared to return
 to this country, he was forced to remain. 1 Donohue, of course, was more interested 1 in recent attempts to establish boXsng In ] Spain than in any of the other sports. Ee
 says Jack Johnson had a grand oppor- tunity to establish the mitt sport there, l but Jack would not take things seriously
 and invariably burlesqued all the bouts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03

- through all those years the Tigers nave sized up as one of the hardest hitting aggregatlons of all tine In the days of Cobb, Crawford and Jones they had an amazing outfield. When Jones passed along, Bob veach took his place and the outfeld retained it's terrible power on attack and it's wonderful defen- sive ability. And when Crawford faded, Ira Flagstead jumped into the breach, and Crawford hardly was missed.
 While the Tigers have for ten years been reputed as the possessor of a great outtield the infield and the backstopping department has not lost much by com raced through to pennant heights more than ten years ago have they had an infield or a catching department that isn't ranked as one of the best in the country.
 But all the time the Tigers have been weak in the box. And when it is under- stood that a teams strength is made up 65 per cent of pitching, it can be seen why the Tigers never landed back on the old pinnacle which they occupied when Mullin, Donovan, Killian, Winters, Seiver, Willett were at their besl.
 Every year since 1909 when the Tigers ceased winning pennants, Jennings has made most exhaustive searches of the bushes in quest of twirlers. Given only two men of splendid ability in any ono of those eleven seasons he would have won the pennant. But never once has Jennings been able to extract even one tep-notcher from the minors.
 Year after year Jennings has drafted or purchased youngsters who made phe- nomenal records in the smaller circuits. His hopes were high each springtime, but out of the collection of rockies who reported to him one or mere would show something worth while. But year after year disappointment has come to Jen- nings-one bitter dose after another.
 No leader in the game has ever ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
VOLS PROMISE TO BE MYSTERY TEAM
 OF THE SOUTHLAND

Nashville. Tenn, March 2.--(Speclal.) Roy Ellam's Vols appear to be the mystery team of Dixie. As yet the shortstop skipper has collected noth- ing which offers hope for a pennant, but so many "big deals" are hinted al that fans are constantly looking for ward to the assembling of team which will be in the rag chase. So many new faces are booked for a show pass an accurate estimate upon the outlook for the Ellamites in the 1920 campaign Is as hazardous as picking the presidential nominees
 TWO huge holes were gouged In the Vol ranks when Tex Mcdonald, the teams chief ash-wielder. insisted upon being sold to Los Angeles, and the anti-spitter rule forced the sale of Gus Helfrich. So far no recruit on the Vol roster promises to swing as heavy mace as Mcdonald. nor is there a box man of Helfrichs value among the newcomers. That is, passing their abil- ity on past performances. Ellam has great hopes for Ballinger, the recruit second -sacker. who was secured from Louisville in a deal for Art Decatur. The kid ranked third in the Virginia
 
 circuit and topped the runmakers. All reports on Balllnger indicate that he will be a star in Dixie. while the same fond hopes are cherished for Jonnard, brother of the pitcher who goes to De- troit. The Tigers made Nashville fancy offer for the catching member of the one time twin battery, but the locals spurned the bait, since such glowing accounts of his work in vir- ginia came to their ears. Ellam is so hopeful of Jonnard that he believes the boy will be able to handle the bulk of the backstopping. and. though far short of Street in experience. will make up for that shortcoming in his wonder ful throwing ability.
 Of the pitching staff but little is known. Lank epau and Hodge are vet erans, but the loss of Jonnard is cer- tain to be keenly felt. Louisville strongly recommended both Meis and Stewart. while Tomlin comes from De- troit with a rosy record. Tiger scouts thought well of him. but Navin regards the youngster as needing more school ing. Another boxman is expected from Detroit and the locals are still angling for Tom Rogers. although Buffalo re- fuses to give the 1916 wonder up. The return of the restless Dick Kauf- man. who twice has Jumped the Vols. once for a steel league job and again to perform for a chocolate ma king concern insures ample protection on first. Ballinger is regarded as a cer- tainty at second. Ellam will again try his legs at short. although the man ager is bit shaky on his pins. De troit is expected to plug the gap at third. and second a successor to Tex Mcdonald. .
 Roy Eilain picked up Barol in Philadelphia city league and thinks well of him. Krueger is a semi-pro from Peoria. III.
 Ellam has been disappointed in number of deals which he expected to make the Vols of flag cohtending call iber. but still has several irons in the fire which may smooth out the pres ant kinks. The outfield situation is -ather indigo. for none of the recruits is; seriously regarded. and the veterans. Burke, Dpnning and Wickham, fail to racls sufficient punch to overcome their fielding shortcomings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
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 E selling by the box direct to you. our ,s4ssa& AAe about half and a trial means a tsa4s2sx fer our cigars. .'
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
FCACTUS" CRAVATH
 SLATED ID ARRIVE HERE THIS MORNING
'anager of PniIlies Will ey Likely Hit Birming- han ie1av-Barons Be-
 gin Training March 10

Y Gavvy Cravath, better
 hown in the world of sports
 # Cactus" manager of the
 Philadelphia National League Phillies, will arrive in Birming- tham this morning to make ar arrangements for the Vanguard
 of the Phillies, who will reach
 the Magic City the first part of next week.
 This became known yesterday after noon, when Col "Quack" Smith. presi- Hent of the local club, announced that \ be expected Cravath to walk in on him kany minute.
 IN With the coming of Cactus baseball EAn Birmingham will begin to take an
 zctive hold an life once more Cravath twill be followed almost immediately by !. lhis players, who will take up the grind of daily practice to condition them
 selves for the coming season. Rick
 wood Park is des tined to drop it's cloak
 of wintery quiet nd become once more
 about the most popular place in Bir-
 nafnsham, the home of the baseball fan. BARONS TO BEGIN WORK The Barons will be getting down to
 work themselves in about a week. In
 fact, Moley stated yesterday that the h,training season would officially open HMarch 10 The players will begin to Narrive the latter part of this week. and ! Ny the time the training season opens, [ &fo1ey expects to have all of the thirty 1 tandidates present for roll call.
 { \ The club roster is about complete 1 low. One more good inaelder is needed l Ky the local club, and Smith expects
 to plug the hole with player whom he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03

perienced with more pitchers than has Jennings. Season after season from ten to twenty-five youthful fingers have been on the roster. The bulk of them were taken south and given q complete tryout. But not one could make good Some showed enough stuff to merit being taken north and being put into the regular line- up. A few exhibited more than average ability during the early part of the sea son-and still few mere hung on through season or two. But out of the entire collection of pitchers that Jen- nings has gathered in eleven years more than POO altogether, Jenningsf has secured not one who Is really an outstanding star.
 And because of this the Tigers, con stitutng the most terrific hitting team in baseball, have failed miserably in every pennant Night since 1909 Their batsmen could -annihilate pitchers or every club
 in the circuit. but while they were doing 1t the rival swatsmiths were annihiating the Tiger twirlers in even more mercilsss fashion.
 What did it avail the Tigers to punch out dozen hits per game and half dozen runs. if the opposition clouted the Detroit pitchers for fourteen hits and seven runs?
 Memory fails to recall all of the pitch CTS who have dotted the Tiger roster at one time or another since 1909. And even the record books ignore many of the names. But here are a few of the men who wore the Tiger pitching regalla at one time or another during the regular season; men who arrived amid a blare of trumpets, but somehow or other faped to finger in big league harness or failed to make any successful showing with the club:
 Cunningham, Roland. James, Mitchell Erickson, Hamilton, Boehler. MoTigue Lowdermilk. Ehmke, Jones Cavet, Main, Reynolds, oldham McCreery, Williams Hall, Couch, c. Jones, Mitchell, Stroud Browning, Laudel. Skeels, Beasley Burns, Covington, Travers McGehhar, Jensen, Wheatley, Pernoll, Klawitter, i Clauss, Zamlock, Elder Lake, Powell House, North, Comstock. Harding Grover, Lorenz. Renfer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
Gauuy CraUath Arriues Today
AUBURN RIFLEMEN WIN TWO MATCHES
 WITH RIVAL TEAMS
Georgia and Mississippi A. and M. Colleges Fall Before Tiger
 Marksmen Saturday

Auburn, March (speeial0-Auburn opened her gallery rifle schedule Satur- day by winning two matches from rival institutions in adjoining states. In the morning the University of Georgia was defeated. and in the afternoon the loser was the Mississippi A. and M. College. In these contests each team fires on its local rifle range and the results are tele- sraphed to the rival institution. The army rifle, firing 22-calibre cartridge. Is used.
 The conditions of the match with Geor- eia called for a team of ten men, each man to fire ten shots from a prone ao- sition at range of fifty feet, the ms k mum value of each shot being five. Au- burns team scored 4ss out of possible 53O. while Georgia scored but 4S1 As this was Auburn's maiden match, the outcome was most gratifying.
 The afternoon match against Mississippi A. and M. had harder conditions. A team of ten men, each one firing twenty five shots from a prone position, at range st seventy-five feet was called for Auburn scored 1901 out of a possible 1250, giving a per cent of 96. For some unknown req. son Mississippis team only fired twenty shots per man, scoring s16 out of a pos sihle 1000 q per cent of but 91.5.
 The feature of the contests was the ac- eurate firing done by J. P. Suggs ot Lincoln, Talladega county, who out ol thirty-five shots failed to hit the bullseS, but once The firing of Chambers O
 Limestone county, G. s. Kemp, Jr.. oi
 Hattiesburg and E. D. vandegrlft of St
 Clair county was consistent in botR
 matches. The team was explained bN Cadet Lieut.. n. A. Chambers of Athens
 All members belong to the infantry uni
 of the reserve officers training ca sSp The team has been trained and coached by Master Engineer Burt Sapp, corps O engineers. and under the direction o Capt. Isaac Spalding. field artillery, pro fossor of military science and tactics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
INTERN RATIONAL PRO l GOLF MATCH SLATED
 FOR TOLEDO LINKS
nx Aa,4sIaisa rrs.,

Newark. N. j.. March 2.-W ID. Van- derpool. secretary of the United States Golf Association. announced tonight that Saturday, August T, has been se- lected for the International profess sional team match over the links of the Inverness Club at Toledo. This will precede the national championship over the same course August 10 to 13.
 aTr. Vanderpool also announced re- ceipt of letter from Henry Gullane. secretary Of the Royal and Ancient Club, containing information concern ing the British championships.
 The women's championship meeting at Newcastle. Ireland. will be held May 20. Entries will close April 23, with the draw three. days later. The anna tedr championship will start June [, with the opening beginning June 2s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
Cannefax Demands S7.5OO
 for Title Billiard Match
uy AssssIAtss rrsss

Chicago. March 2.--Robert l.. s<aHAe fax, three-cushion billiard c'ganseion recently challenged by Aug Eiez \ hefer. former champion todH a#lha
 ed q guarantee of $7.500 for tAe match
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03

is expecting to receive soon in a deal with a major league club.
 The Baorns have several exhibition games scheduled, but the dates of sew eraI have not been decided upon yet. Of course the Phillies and the Barons will clash quite frequently between about March 15 and April T. Both teams will be training at Redwood Park. and quite few tiIts between the two will take place.
 The 1920 Barons look pretty good on paper but it will be only when the training season is rather far advanced that a definite line of Birmingham's $ prospects can be gotten. At present everything looks fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
CvT MnETp DnDTE WIFI. COACH CORNELL TEAM
By A..eel.,sd pfe,,

Ithaca, N. Y., March 2.-Official an- nouncement that Gilmour Doble. former coach of the navy football team. has signed three-year contract with Cor nell was made today. Dobie, whc coached the University of Washing ton eleven before going to Annapolis. will succeed J. H. (speedy) Rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
GEORGIA WILDCATS
 HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BASKETBALL SEASON
Stegeman Quintet Wins Ten of Eff teen Games Played-Considered
 Second Best Team In $. l. A. 4.
n, cAREy '. WILLIAMS.


 Athens. Ga, March 2.-tSpecial )-The University>of Georgia basketball team completed their schedule last week, and are now. taking a much needed rest be- fore entering the National A. A. U. basketball tournament, which will be held in Atlanta March 10.
 Ths Stegeman Wildcats faced one or the hardest basketball schedules of any southern college five this season, and out of the fifteen games the Red and Black quintet won ten and dropped five of them. The games lost by the Stege- man boys were by very close margins, and in the Macon '. M. c A. game, two extra five-minute periods had to be played before the contest was decided.
 For the first time since Hector was an infant canine. a Georgia quintet lost two games in one season to4the Atlanta Athletic Club five. The Atlanta five had an unblemished record this season, winning every game they played.
 Vanderbilt had one of the strongest teams that was on Georgias schedule. The Commodores have one of the great est college machines in. basketball, and with the assistance of Josh Cody, the gigantic all-American football tackle, the Vandy five won the s. I. A. A. bas- ketball championship.
 Here is the record of the Georgia Wildcats this season:
 Taaf1nS 0nnOnGntS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
Tigers Troubled By Lack
 OF First Class Pitchers
Hughe Jennings Has Not Gotten Together One Good Ringing Staff in Last Ten Years.
 Tigers Are Terrific Batsmen
By JAMES J. coRBETr

One of basebaIIs real mysteries is:
 Why can't Hughe Jennings get together first fling ing staff?"
 For than ten years the aggregressve pepper ot the Tigers has been fooled by fa alarms the fling ing world than leader of any baseball history Jen- nng has spent fortune the past decade rut first class collection of twerbut money has been wasted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03

The Wildcats scored 51S points against their opponents 2Ss. The Red and Black quintet is generally regarded as the best one next to vanderbilt in the s. I. A. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-03
Percy Collins Wins Fourth
 Straight Game In Tourney

Boston. March 2.--Percy Collins of Chicago, by winning from F. $. Appieby today in the national amateur 1S.2 ballS line billiard championship tournament. made his tourney record four wins without defeat The score was % to olI
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
Unconscious Humor.

The teacher of a third-year class
during a test in written English re-
quested each pupil to write an original
sentence containing the word char
acter." - After much thought one little
girl evolved the following: "All the
teachers on the third floor have good
character which, doubtless true,
sounded rather hard on the teachers
of the other floors.
In another school one of the teach
ers occasionally appears wearing one
of the modern straight-effect gowns
confined at the waist by heavy silken
cord with large tassels. One of the
boys, writing upon the subject "Our
School," referred to his teacher In fiat
tering terms, but being IMMERSED In
the artistic as to raiment, finished his
paper with the remark, "But some
times she comes to school wearing her
hathrobe."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

good to others. But always to all who
will grasp it, written on the very face
of the turning globe. the next year
will be. good"
Last summer wealthy visitor at
the lakeside hotel drew the proprie-
tor to the corner of the veranda, and,
lifting his glasses, asked: do you
see those letters on the rocks? | am
the boy who cut them, January L,
lS47. You seem glad to know the au-
thor. I never revealed the fact. Why
should I?
sit is not because I said 1t that 1t
Is true. No matter who says 1t, on a
Happy New Year the New Year will
be good. 1t is true in itself. Happy
the man or boy who says 1t, who feels
it, and who will have it so.
1.-THE mere freak of a moment, yet
somehow later awoke to the fact that
had written life creed on my heart
out of the hopefulness and daring of
boy"
Let us take the hope and courage of
youth as the truth of this latest of
our years. The New Year must be
good. We will make 1t good. Can
not see those lettered cliffs? No
visitor ever was dull 10 their magic
spell, and many have read them
through grateful tears.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
THE GOOD
NEW YEAR
EMORY ]. HAYNES
in the Boston Globe

IT WAS foretold forty years ago.
The New Year shall be a good one.
This is the story of the prophecy.
1t depends upon you to believe it.
Forty years ago lone skater upon
the CLASSY surface of a lake in north
ern New England celebrated his soli-
tary holiday. At the far end of his
ten-mile dash he rested in the noon
day sun, sitting at the base of a tow
caring cliff.
He was a stonemason's apprentice,
mere boy workman. He habituallv
carried his steel chiSel in his pocket.
Climbing high, and with much hazard.
UP the face Of the towering rocks, he
cut this legend in the face of the
mountain:
1.-THE New Year Will Be Good"
The bold lettering is visible for
miles. The lake in summer is a IA
vOrite resort of pleasure parties. Each
year thousands Of eyes have spelled
out the CHEEKY monograph, while boats
passed. and many hearty laugh has
rlng with a heartier joy as old and
young have approved the scnptured
promise.
1t will long endure, for the steel cut
deep, and the mountain will not re-
move, nor the pretty lake pass away.
The boy did not date 1t. Forum
ately so, for that makes it fit every
year and every reader. Why not for
century to come?
A thousand times the question has
been asked: "Who wrote it?" And
no one knew. So 1t seemed some
eternal truth of nature that the very
rocks had miraculously inscribed upon
themselves.
1t was true to anyone who would
take the trouble to lift his eyes and
read it. In storms the snow silvered
the lettering. In sun the words cleaned
with lines of living light. A sentence
by no means elegant, but crude and
boyfSh rather. Yet what rhetoric
could add to the abrupt and simple
prophecy from a hopeful, healthy
spirit?
The New Year was to be just plain
good" Was that enough? Is it
not enough for US all? One good TO
you, another good to me. still another
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
Seven Sentence
Sermons
M Fan to be something with all
4v4 your might.-Phillips Brooks.

M Fan to be something with all
I'VE your might.-Phillips Brooks.
Doing what can't be done is the
glory of living.-General Armstrong.
A bright New Year and a sunny track
Along an upward way,
And a song of praise on looking back,
When the year has passed away;
And golden sheaves, nor small, nor
This is my New Years wish for you'll
Anon.
If you tell the truth. you have in
finite power supporting you; but If
not, you have infinite power against
you.-Charles George Gordon.
And let the peace of Christ rule
in your hearts, to the which also We
were called in one body; and be ye
thankful.-Col. 2, Is.
/ asked the New Year for some mes
sage sweet
Some rule of life which to guide my
feet;
asked. and passed; he answered,
soft and low,
Gods will to know"
Anon.
What thou hast in store
This coming year, do not stop to ask;
Enough, if day by day there dawns
before me
My appointed task;
seek not great things,
For / have learned how vain such
seeking is,
But let me seek Thy will, o King of
kings,
And find therein my bliss.
%. E. Fuller.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

that hOrrid place. But you are safe
now, dear, quite safe. SO be quiet,
that's good boy. You know you prom
ised"
"If only it was that" he groaned.
little girl. think-nuen YOUR eyes
You cannot be so blind Can't you see?
Would brother kiss you as l kissed
your"
More than ever frightened and be-
wildered, she stood silent. He bent
nearer At last the meaning of the
look in his eyes forced its way into her
consciousness. Her cheeks famed
scarlet and as suddenly whitened.
You seer he said you have not
understood your own feelings, because
you have been unable to think of me
other than as a brother. Bit ]. Amy
little sweetheart"
mo, not don't-don't say it," she
painted.
But it is with the utmost rever-
ence-"
"Oh. VIII: nO-no-noi" she shrieked,
and she fled from him in wild panic.
He Sprang after her and caught the
door as she attempted to jerk it shut
between them. His purpose, however,
was only to close ii without the violent
lar that might have awakened old Til
lie. Instead of following the fright
ened girl into the ball, he shot the bolt.