The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-02
COLONIES WILL PLAY
 2 GAMES WITH BAR0NS

March 1s, 20, ss. s6 and 27, Mobile at Mobile.
 March 2S and 30. New York Giants at Mobile.
 April 2 and 3 to be filled.
 April 5 and 6, Birmingham at Bir- mingham.
 April z, Nashville at Nashville.
 April 8, White sox at Louisville.
 April and 10, Boston Braves at Louisville.
 April II and F. Pittsburg at Louis- ville
 The season opens on April lS. The Colonels wilt take 30 players to the training camp at Mobile on March l2
  Ian, unconscious of the Identity of the big fellow, concluded harmonzng.
 PLAYED SOME MORE
 Max played some nlorc-and still more. Then Dempsey struck a conversation with him. He found Kaplan one of those fellows who know no cares no worry, no unhappiness. Everything in life is q big laugh to him. He never had nerves himself and. his placid view of life his unfailing good humor, his funny stuff made a hit with Dempsey. "I'll give you job travelling around with me if you play the mouth organ and pull those jokes of yours whenever 1 ask you, harganel Dempsey. "Sure-but who are you?" asked Ka- plan.
 Dempsey told hin-and the deal was made.
 Some weeks afterward Dempsey de- eided he'd like to become a little musical himself. So Max spent weeks teaching the champion to blow cut tunes on the mouth organ.
 And that bird eaa play nearly any thing now, colnmente his proud teacher He had 9 bad fault 2 : first He'd blow SC hard he'd near : brow the organ out of his hands. But ] cured him of that Now. you ought to hear him play. Some folks did hear Dempsey play the mouth organ once. Tnen enc of them | queried:
 T suppose you play that organ ts exercise your lungs. ell?
 A HUSKY YOUTH
 Kaplan is hasa,s yodth-displaces about 1S0 pounds and is nearly as tall as the champion He did quite q bit of boxing some years ago as an amateur; all of which came in useful for Demp- sey while on a knockout tour two years or SC ago. i Dempsey was with theatrical show, and was offering Sl,oo0 to all corners who would last three full rounds. He polished off four men i'll two nights in one town--and that used up the avalla- ble supply of aspirants. The crowd poured into the theatre the next night, expecting to see Dempsey beat up some- body. No one showed, Tn this emcr- gency Jack kearns grabbed Kaplan i Audience wants to see Dempsey ] mock .over somebody tonight. Nobody | ] as showed. So you go into the ring and let Jack hit you. He won't hurt you-much
 Kaplan wasn't in favor Of the pro- cedure. Hes not d fearful fellow. Ter | is there any yellow streak along | is spinal chord But Max had seen 'em carry away the folks that Dempsey had lit-and May demurrel But there as TO other way ott of t. So Max went on that night s.ltI 1t is q matter of rec, ord he sailed rigat into Dempsey, braged | tle worst-f 'T pf
 SHOW IS OVER
 One sock oil the .h'n--a swis as l l 9it-hander--lif: ed K plan off nis feet and the show was over.
 llap.an was Lar of ''s' Ii fsey's mp 1 j Toledo. The antics af- the es ':s Iunceasing good nature, his caln na If ! Ked ways-all helpeA Q keei, Dent Sey in good, humor H. w9~ naHaps y's Randy man arouna ahc ,,i .a.,, div ys ready; always willing to do anytli lg | that was asked. And Dempsey, ike all the others. took advnetage of kaol~l's Temperament by playre all manner Of rranks upon him. But Kapan never cared.
 That bird is sure. cure for 7lueA land certain grorcll chaser" insist ! Dempsey. He's goot one bad fault though. He likes 10 work on plavef piano. and when hc ,ices he simply can't keep away fron making noises which he calls singing. No one sver 4 feard him sing and forgot about it. His singing is the best excuse in the >vorid flor committing murder
 Maybe Max sings for Dempsey jt st before the champlo, gees into the ring,