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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-27
 PRESIDENT HARDING RECEIVES GIFT OF CHOICE CUTS OF BEEF

President Harding will have served on his private car on his return trip to Washington 50 pounds of the choice cuts from the grand champion steer of Alabama. which won first award at the State Fair, and which was purchased by the Biltmore Eat shop.
 Frank I. Derby and Capt. Jack Phillips took the meat to the Presi- dents car last night and presented 1t with the compliments of Nickoias Davis, manager of the Biltmore Eat shop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-27
MISSOURI RAILROADS
 ASKED TO CUT RATES

Jefferson City. Mo. october 2e,-An order directing the railroads of Mis- souri to make an estimated reduction of s3.6o7. 900 in grain, grain products and hay rates based upon this years crop. was issued today by the state public service commission. The order becomes effective November g.
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of the Tutwiler, for the luncheon President and Mrs. Harding.
 the bark was initiated in artistic fashion. the entire effect being won derfully beautiful and attractive.
 The lovely cake. Birmingham own birthday cake" was made with the compliments of the Tutwiler' where the President and Mrs. Hard ing were guests during their stay here, and had it's inspiration in the suggestion of Mrs. Idyl King Sorsby, q near kinswoman of the late Will liam R. King, Vice President of the United States, the only Vice Presi- dent Alabama ever furnished, and who was invited by General Chair man Sydney J. Bowie to assist MT. Tretscher in cutting the cake for the President and Mrs, Harding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-27
Marion Star Edition of Age-Herald Makes
 Great Hit With AU
All Classes Join in Saying Publishing Front Page of President Harding's Paper Was Unique, Attractive and Interesting President and Mrs. Harding
 Delighted by Compliment Paid Them

"Ceverest in Birmingham the of the Hadngs featuring first nage of he Age-H
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which was given Wednesday
 By DOLLY DALRYMPLE
 One of the happiest people In Bir- mingham yesterday was Frank Fret scher, the clever young chef of the Tutwiler hotel, who made "Birming- hams birthday cake" which was used at the luncheon given in honor of President and Mrs. Harding by the SC mi centennial committee.
 For days the young chef has been planning an4 arranging for the beau tiful cake. which reached perfection In the making after 12 hours of hard work. just In time to be placed on the Presidents table for the count less hundreds to view immediately before the luncheon.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

ion was that he still had some good
TO be making bids for you next
spring"
1t so happens that the major
league clubs didn't wait that long
At the recent meeting in New York
three or four clubs would have
been glad to have signed up Lewis
Duffy is now managing the Salt
Lake club, and President Lane sim
ply laughed at every proposition
made for his services.
Now for what Lewis did to be
rated as one of the sensations of
1921. Stepping off the train he
went right to the ball park and got
into the game. The player the big
league clubs decided couldn't hit.
started doing that very thing right
off the reel. He proceeded to hit
consecutiyely in 80 games, getting
65 hits, IS of them home runs.
In over one hundred games play
ed, he batted for a mark of .403.
the first time any player has accom-
plished the feat of hitting better
than 400 in the Coast league. He
was feared as much in that organ
1zatlon as Babe Ruth was in the
American
When l asked him how he did it,
he very modestly replied:
THE pitchers are all cousins of
mine, the altitude is high. the
fences short and the ball lively.
That's my system. In addition l
was lucky"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
EASTERN TEAMS
LOSE POISE BY
INVADING WEST

One of the great drawbacks Of
college teams going across the con-
tinent to play football games, is
that the surroundings dazzle them
and unbaIance them.
That has allied great many of
the teams that went across the con-
tlnent previously. California is
much different from the east, far
different, from the SURROUNDINGS
these players are accustomed tc.
They lose their poise, and become
more or less ratified under the new
conditions.
The mental attitude of a team de-
Ponds a great deal upon the coach.
In this ". and J. has an advantage.
Neale is a baseball player, and
playing in one end of the country or
IN another is all in q days work
with the ball player. Being in
Callfornla will mean no more to
Neale than being in Cincinnati or
Pittsburgh or Gallipolis, Ohio.
A baseball team in Paris would
find the players, or the great ma
porlty of them, 1oafing around the
hotel lobby until the bus left for
the ball park. The same in Lon
don. Cairo, Japan or Vicksburg.
Miss.
scenery never meant anything to
any ball player. Any ball park has
a home plate, first, second and
third base, right, center and Iefr
held. 1t is the players geography;
no other territory matters.
All players are alike in this re-
spect and Neaie will not be STAG
sered by anything he comes across
IN California. Neale will have poise
and 1t is very likely that his plav-
ars Will have the same sort Of
poise; at least they will not lose as
huch as some of their pred ecessors
On California gridirons.
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INDIAnAPUTS
BAN ON Dates
FOR Grid MEN
All He-Men are Expected to Try
Out for the Team Next Year,
Also.

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 29.-A
new system in football training is
being worked out at Indiana uni
ve-sity for introduction next fall,
according to Roscoe Cow Mfnton,
former Indiana gridiron star and
coach of the freshman squad last
season. The plans were let out
at the recent banquet here of the
Indianapolis alumni for the team.
Here are some of the proposals:
Dates" will be barred complete
ly during football seasons at In
diana hereafter.
All 'he-men" are expected to try
out for the football team.
Only a physicians certificate of
inability will prevent student.
who does not appear in football
togs, from being placed on the
Stacker" list.
Freshmen will be taught football
instead of trying to learn the plays
of the different elevens Indiana
will meet during the season.
Second, third or fourth eIevens
will be used for the varsity batter
ing ram so that the freshmen.
when they become eligible for the
varsity. will know something about
football instead of merely having
conglomerate mass of plays rs
used by the universities of the cen
trail west running through their
heads.
The plan has met with favor
among the faculty and undergrad
yates at the university and was
received enthusiastically by the
alumni
A new spirit has dawned already
at the university, according to re-
ports at the dinner. 1t was reIat-
ed how one athlete did not want
to get mussed up by tackling on
posing players in forming inter
ference for the man with the hall
He therefore, spent most of last
season warming the bench and was
almost completely ostracized by his
classmates; the co-eds in particu-
lar, it is said.
Coach Ewald o. Stiehm told of
the difficulties of schedule making
and stated that while the 1922 foot
ball card was not all that could
be desired. it was the best obtain
able and made a better Schedule
possible N 1923.
Oct. DE PAW at Blooming
ton.
Oct. 14-Minnesota at Indianap-
oils.
Oct. WISCONSIN at Madison. !
Oct. 28-Michigan Aggies at I
Nov. 4-Notre Dame at South |
Bend, Ind.
Nov. 11-West Virginia at Bloom !
Inston Homecoming game). /
Nov. 1S-fOpen.)
Nov. 25-Purdue At Lafayette,
Ind. 1
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BY BILLY EVANS.

The wise cracker who pulled the
one about them never coming back
has booted another one
Duffy Lewis, once a star in the
American league, is a living exam
pie OF the theory that occasionally
they do come back.
Lewis put on his comeback spe-
cialty with a vengeance. His sen
sational performance in the Coast
league must be rated with Ruth's
SO home runs as one of the big
thrills of the 1921 campaign.
Every follower of baseball knows
all about the career of Duffy Lewis,
so 1 am going to dwell on it very
briefly. He made his big league
debut with the Boston Red Sox. He
was a member of one of the greatest
outfields in the history of the game
Lewis, Speaker and Hooper.
After many years of great sue
cess at Boston he was traded to
the New York Yankees. For n
number of years he starred at New
York. The Yankee MANAGEMENT.
believing he was about at the end
OF his career, sent Lewis to Wash
ington with George Mogridge in a
deal that brought Bobby Roth to
New York
Last spring Lewis got away to a
poor start at Washington. He was
unable to strike his stride at the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
'ILLINI TRACK
TEAM TO TAKE
SOUTHERN TRIP
Will Compensate for Loss Of JaHnt
to the East to the Penn
Relays.

Urbana, ILL.,, Dec. 2e.-The Uni
versity of Illinois track teams
southern jaunt, arranged for the
eastern vacation next spring, will
give Coach Gill's runners a chance
to meet new opponents and travel
territory where the Illini have
never contested before. The south
ern trip will also compensate for
the loss of an eastern trip to the
Penn relays, for Coach Gill has de-
cided that next season he will send
his men to the Drake meet, which
comes on the same date, April 90.
Two meets have already been
scheduled-one with Rice Institute
of Houston, Texas, Saturday, April
Is. and a second with Texas uni
versity at Austin, Wednesday,
April 10. The Illini probably will
book three meets in all, the last
one being with Baylor university
at Waco, University of Dallas at
Dallas, Southern Methodist uni
versity at Dallas, or the University
of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark,
on the way homeward toward
Champaign-Urbana.
Coach P. II. Arbuckle, director
Of athletics at Rice institute, is
especially anxious to have the IL
lini aggregation meet his team,
which is considered the strongest
in the south at the present time.
The meet would be one of the big
intersectional features of the year,
since the Illini team won the ma
tional intercollegiate meet last
year besides coping more honors
than any other team at Penn, Drake
and lllini relays and winning the
outdoor and indoor conference.
Rice still has the century king in
Lindsey. who is accredited with A
8 3-5 second hundred. He is also
a star in the 200-yard dash and the
220-yard low hurdles.
L. T. Belmont, athletic director
and coach at Texas university. has
asked for the second meet, to be
held in the middle of the week
probably, Wednesday, April 10. His
team is the second strongest ap-
gregation in Texas and one of the
best in the south. Coach Gill has
not heard definitely from the re-
Coach Gill plans to take 20 Of
his best athletes, which would in
clude such men as Gordon McCir-
mis-, Yates, Captain Russ Wharton.
the speediest Orange and Blue dis
lance men; Dave Fields and Paul
Sweet, quarter milers; Milton
Angler, Javelin throws and
weights; S. H. Wallace and H s.
wallace. hurdlers; H. NJ. Osborne.
high and broad jump; Henry vii
cox dash man and Sam Hill, ham
mer throw.
If the Illini team runs up as big
scores as it did last year with its
WeLl-balanced team, it should have
little difficulty in taking honors
from the southern teams. Coaches
expect the trip to furnish a good
start in the Illini outdoor scbed-
ule, for it will get the track men
out practicing hard earlier than
usual
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
Todays Angle In
Sports

Dartmouth has been given a date
on the Harvard football schedule
for 1922.
That statement doesn't mean very
much to the average football en-
thusiast. However, it means much
to Dartmouth as college, and Ma
jor Frank Cavanaugh, now football
coach at Boston college.
Back in 1911 Dartmouth held
Harvard to a . to score. 1t was
terrific struggle in which Har-
ward was pressed to the limit to
win. The game was a very rough
one.
In 1912 Dartmouth had another
great team. Harvard had all kinds
of trouble winning 3 to 0, despite
the great strength of the Crimson
eleven. A drop kick by Charley
Brickley was the only score of the
game.
The following year Dartmouth
was dropped from the Harvard
schedule. One of the reasons Civ
en- was Dartmouth's team was en-
tirely too strong for the position
given it on the schedule.
The dropping of Dartmouth was
also the occasion for a highly nm
justified attack on Frank Cavan-
augh, then coach at Dartmouth
He was accused of instructing his
players to get the Harvard stars
While the game was rough. Dart
mouth suffered even more than Har-
ward, so it would seem the Grim
son players were also a bit siren
uous.
The return of Dartmouth to the
Harvard schedule after a nine
year absence is pleasing to the
alumni of that institution and Ma
joT Cavanaugh.
1t would seem that Major Cav
was a trifle too efficient as
a coach for the so-called big
three" His elevens of 1911 and
1912 at Dartmouth forced Harvard
to the limit.
Af.er leaving Dartmouth. Cavan-
augh went to Boston college. In
two successive years he beat Yale.
who Immediately dropped Boston
college, as Harvard had dropped
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
mem COLLEGE
'HLEACUE DOES
y NOT IMPRESS
Midwest Conference Not Likely 10
BE Success, Howard MIL
lard Finds.
BY HOWARD WILLARD.
In Decatnr ReYieWA


Decatur, Dec. 29.-The announce
ment out OF Charlottesville and
Greencastle. Ind, TO the effect that
neither wabash nor Depauw look
with favor upon the new midwest
conference, of which organization
Mlllikin and Knox of the |. |. A. C.
are two of the eight schools, does
not come as surprise to followers
of athletics in university and co,
lege circles.
With all due respect to the men
VINO have been fostering the new
organization. it is hard to see how
they could expect such an organiz-
alton to be successful from either
an athletic or financial standpoint.
The writer has talked to a mum
Der of athletic men in the last few
months, both in minor college and
Big Ten circles, and has failed to
md many who were enthused over
the proposed circuit from the two
reasons named above.
In the tirst place, the mileage is
too creator the size of the schools
which make up the organization.
E Football is the only sport which
could possibly hope to pay out and
even that would be a hard row for
many or The schools. or course. in
kthe case, of Knox, the Lombard
game Is always a big money maker
while the Wesleyan Millikin games
generally show good profit.
Baseball and track would show a
Terrible loss, while basketball would
( nave to depend on games with nat
+ ural rivals TO make ends meet.
I Little Concern.
u What concern would the follow
/. rs OF Millikin have in a victory
! yer Carlton or Hamline. the two
Minnesota members of the confer
f9hce? The same may be said of
soe and Cornell along with Beloit
md Lawrence.
Because OF the mileage between
she schools the rivalry would never
pc built up. 1t takes rivalry to nav
the fiddler and there isn't a chance
10 create it with such a conference
Fhe writer worked in the Knox
Cariton game this fall at Knox.
ana, while the Knox men put IN A
great exhibition against a fine team
The old rivalry was lacking because !
there was nothing in common be- |
sween the two schools.
For Knox. the conference is n
good thing They have been play I
'ng Beloit, COe and Cornell for
years. They also have MiIIikin
lere IN the same state. which gives
hem four good contests with less
mileage than any other member OF
he organization.
Shpuid the conference devotion
MO more compact circuit with i
'ther schools it may be developed
nto a strong organization from an
tnIeue standpoint, but looking at
as II now stands il doesn't an
ear to have much OF chance to
e successful.
No. we are not surprised that ! '
either Wabash nor Depauw are h
nxieHs to apply for membership.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

ISLAND CITYS
WIN, 40 TO 20
Community Service Stations Team
of Davenport Victims in 4
Speedy Game.

The Island Cftys opened the sea-
son with 40 to 20 victory over the
Community Service Stations com
pany team from Davenport last
night The game was played in the
new Washington school gym.
Although this was the Island
Citys first game, they showed some
neat teamwork, most of their points
being made on short baskets after
the ball had been brought down the
floor on short, fast passes. On the
other hand, the Iowans relied chief
ly on long shots at the loop. prac-
tically their baskets being made
from mid-foor. The fine defensive
work of Dick Dopp and Garlock.
who recently Joined the Island
Citys, made II impossible for the
Davenporters to do any damage at
close range. Bob DanielsOn at cen
ter and Sherrer at forward were
the offensive stars for the winners.
and "Beak" Kane. who started az
Lofgren's forward, showed some
fine passing and floor work. Jen-
sen and O'Hare played good basket
ball for the losers.
The Island Citys leave this aft
ernoon for Maquoketa. where thev
clash this evening with the fast
Maquoketa Independents. Manager
Mangelsdorf will take the follow
ing men on the trip: Rohwer. Dan
ielson. Lofgren, Sherrer. Garlock
and Kane. The Island Citys will
be somewhat crippled by the alb
sence OF Dick Dopp and Cook"
Smith, who will be unable to make
the trip. The game scheduled with
the Lost Nation, Iowa, AIl-Stars for
Friday night has been postponed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
COAST WARNED
MUST EXPECT
HARD BATTLE
Coach Andy Smith Of California
Spikes Rumors Team is Over
49, Confident.

Los Angeles, Calf. Dec. 2e.--
& ffTnfted Press. when the last
whistle blows next Monday after
noon. the Pacific coast will finally
realize what the California varsity
f knows now-that Washington a.
n Jefferson has twice as good a foot
ball team as Ohio State had last
year"
This was the answer of Coacn
Il Andy Smith today to rumors that
A his Bears were suffering from the
worst case of over-conhdence
known in the history of the east
west football classic.
Smith got excited enough over
the report to tell his real opinion
OF the coming struggle.
This continued harp.ng on the
belief that the Presidents will be
a set-up for my team is putting us
in false light before the foot
ball world" he said. las might be
imagined. | Investigated Washing
ton az Jefferson's record from A to
u and / discovered some startling
facts
..washington & jefferson can use
the forward pass, not so well as
Ohio State, perhaps, but good
enough to have won two OF its
games by the use of passes.
II have never seen the particu-
lar virtue of the eastern team even
mentioned on the coast. My team
knows it
The ability OF the Presidents to
run with the ball is admitted. They
are the equal Of any team in the
country at this style of play, and
they can kick with any team in the
country.
AS a defensive team the east has
not seen their equal. In their last
three games. if l am not mistaken,
only four first downs were scored
against them.
81 am willing to make this pre-
diction on next Monday afternoons
game-the~ score will be one of the
lowest in; fine history OF the east |
west classics.
eThe California Bears feel they
are facing the stiffest fight they
have had in two years-that's how |
over confident they are"
The angular coach reported his /
star end, Brick" Muller, on the |
sick list today. Berkey, left end, !
also was reported on the sick list |
Both men are expected to be out in
uniform, however.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

Walter Camp. who has often been
referred to as the father of Ameri-
can football. and who is just as
well known to followers OF other
amateur sports, has Joined the staff
of The Argus. His first article VIII
! appear soon His name is almost
a household word. Every school
boy has read his handbooks or
stories OF sport. Every fan of the
gridiron awaits his predictions and
his comments on the men in mole
skins. He is a final authority on
| football
For six years Walter Camp play
ed on the Yale university football
team and was captain of the varsity
eleven for two years. Just as ex-
pert at baseball, he served as cap
tain of the varsity nine for four
years in the positions of left field.
shortstop and pitcher. He rowed
on the class crew, won high hur-
dies in the Yale college games and
represented Yale in the first inter
collegiate tennis tournament. A
frequent contributor to the maya
zines, including Harpers, Scribners,
Golfers, Century, Outlook and the
Independent, he has also found time
to write numerous books on sports.
During the war he was chairman of
the Atlantic department of the navy
commission on training camp ac-
tivities, and he then developed his
Daily Dozen" a series of modified
setting-up exercises which were
used in both the army and navy. AS
an advocate of exercise in the
maintenance of good health, Walter
Camp has many followers.
All his newspaper articles in the
future will appear exclusively in
The Argus. F'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

May 20, was severe blow. A lot
| OF peSsimistic critics immediately
counted the Yankees out of the run
ming in 1922.
l feel that such a belief is rather
premature, The Yankees will miss
Ruth and Meusel The New YORK
owners, however. have taken stems
10 remedy the loss OF the two star
outhelderS. The addition of Sam
Jones and Joe Bush to the pitching
stan should more than overcome the
loss OF Ruth and Meusel.
The former Boston stars should
be able to carry the burden until
the return of Ruth and Meusal
when the Lands suspension is
lifted, look out for the Yankees
smoke. \ team with the hitting
and fielding OF the Yanks, plus the
excellent pitching it should get, GER
talniy looms up as a tough promo
sition to beat.
Inc Yankee pitching staff next
year will be made up of MAYS. Hoyt
Jones, Bush, Shawkey, Harper. Fer
susoh, ODonI and jolly. The first
seven In the list of nine pitchers
won ITO games in the American
league last year.
Carl Mays heads the list with 81
victories, Sam Jones is next with
20 Hoyt won 10. Shawkey Is. Bush
10, Harper four and Ferguson three
II VIII take some tall hitting 70 hold
That bunch in check next year In
addition Higgins has Lefty O'DouI-
VINO was the big noise in the Coast
league last season. and Jolly. who
starred in the Texas league.
If pitching is strength, keen your
eye on the Yankees
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29

bat. The Washington club formed
a similar opinion to that held by
New York, that Lewis was through
Lewis, having served his 10 years
in the American league was given
his unconditional release, no other
major league club thinking it was
worth while to take a chance.
Had a Great Season.
I was umpiring at Washington
the day Lewis departed for the
coast to join the Salt Lake club
The fact that all the major league
clubs thought Lewis was through
didn't ruffle his genial disposition
in the least. Wearing that pleasant
smile, which helped to make him
such a big favorite wherever he
played. Lewis shook hands with me,
and as he did so remarked:
What do you think, Bill? Is Old
Duff through" My honest opin-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
CHICAGOS SIX
DAY RACE FEB. {

Chicago, Dec. 29-(United Press
Official announcement was made
today that Chicago's six-day bicycle
race will be under the auspices of
the National Cycling association.
Previous races here have been
outlaw" events.
The grind starts Feb. 2 with lead
ing American and foreign teams
entered
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-29
MISSOURI LOSES
SIX GRID STARS

Columbia. Dec 29.-The Univer-
sity Of Missouri football eleven will
lose six of its last years players
by graduation next season. Sew
eral star gridironers are included
in the number. Captain Herb Blu
mer, tackle, and Chuck" Lewis,
quarterback and all-around athlete
donned the moleskins for the last
time with Mizzo last year. The
other four men are "Scrubbv'' Har-
am, end; Ted Packwood, halfback
ham Hamilton and Red Ker-
shaw.