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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
OUIWET AND EVANSI
ELIMINATED FROM
BRITISH TOURNEY
Bobby Jones Has Close Call at
Hands of {. A. Hamlet
BY Associated Press

Hoylake, Eng, May 24-Two of the
American stars, Charles Chick Evans
and Francis Ouimet, were eliminated to-
ponship contest Evans was defeated
by one of his own team, Capt. w. c.
Fownes while Ouimet was put out by
the Yorkshire champion, Charles Hodg-
son. Nevertheless. five American sur
virors are ready for the fourth round to-
morrow.
Those who won their games, in addl-
ton to Captain Fownes, were Bobby"
j ones, F. j. Wright, DR.. Paul Hunter and
u. II. Douglas
Surprise followed surprise for the in
Saders, beginning with Jones narrow es-
cape from defeat in the second round by
E. A. Hamlet of wrexham, who unex-
pectedly proved to be a most worthy
competitor. The Englishman had never
before played over course of more than
Zine holes and this was his first tougna-
ment. Those who followed this match
thought that Jones was indifferent in the
early part of the game and not actually
fighting until he realized in the home
WARN journey lndL eliInllldllOll was Stal =
ing him in the face.
"Bobbys" difficulties came in bunch
at the fifth, where he landed in the gorge
and then in the bush and followed this
by missing short putt He had to fight
all the way and there was breathless
suspense on the home green when his
last ball curled around the cup. and fin
ally dropped in, giving him the match.
OUIMET ELIMINATED
! The first big sensation of the day was
the elimination of Ouimet in the second
round and on the heels of this upset
came the defeat of Chick Evans in the
! third round. Speaking of his match, Oui-
met declared 1t was won on the green's
| through Hogdsons superior putting He
does not intend to enter any more tour
naments while abroad and expects TO re-
turn to the United States about the mid
die of June.
Jesse P. Guilford of Boston, by long
driving and excellent all-round play, pu;
up a good game against the British
champion, Cyril H. Tolley. Guilford
| however, appeared to be striving to
stretch his drives and several times hooked
the ball to one side of the course. Al
the third he was twice out of bounds
! Regardless of his defeat the distance he
made in driving received much praise and
the title holders followers were obviously
worried throughout the match There
was a remarkable finish in the contes:
between the American representative
Hunt and Quilter of Walton Heath Hun:
was two up at the fourteenth but lost the
| fifteenth. At the sixteenth, Quilter pu;
his second out of bonds, but his next, a
terrific braSsie shot, was on the green
and he holed an is yard put to square the
match. He then won the seventeenth with
a brilliant three and getting a half at
the eighteenth beat Hunt by one up
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
JOE LYNCH SUSPENDED
BY N. Y. BOXING BOARD

New York, May 24.-Suspension of Joe
Lynch, worlds bantamweight champion,
was announced tonight by the New York
state boxing commission. The commits
sion stated that Lynch and his manager.
Eddie Meade, had been suspended pend
ing further action by the Massachusetts,
state board Of boxing, which previously
had suspended them on a charge Of vlo-
lating a contract to box at Holyoke,
Mass. April p.
Three pugilists, receiving 30-day suspen-
sions by the commission because they had
disqualified for committing fouls, were
Earl Baird of Seattle. Billy De Foe Of
ST. Paul, and Mike McTigue of New
York.
The lcence of Jack Dillon. indianapolis
middleweight. has been revoked, it was
announced, as an examination showed
that he was not in proper physical con-
dition to box
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AMERICANS BADLY
OFF GAMEo-TIMES

London, May 24.-Writing of the golf
match at Hoylake, the correspondent IF
the London Times says:
THE Americans had an off day. For
cnce in a while they showed some symp-
toms of nerves, and Ouimet certainly was
not at his best. He was constantly short
with his approaches, and that, l think,
always tells tale.
Jones made an amazing display of
bad golf for a man of his parts. 1t seems
churlish not to praise Hamlet for so
nearly extinguishing the great American
but the truth compels the admission that
Hamlet is not good player. 1t was
entirely the ludicrous play of Jones that
made any kind of match of 1t. 1t was
really dreadful; the crowd did not know
whether to laugh or cry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
CIVIC FORUM NO. 2

Richard Craven, field organizer OF
the American Humane society, viii
address Civic Forum No, this after
noon at 1890 o'clock on the work OF
the society. He will advocate hearty
support of the Birmingham Humane
society and explain some of the
works which is is carrying on now
and could perform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
PETE HERMAN IS TO
FIGHT In ENGLAND

New Orleans, La. May 24.-Pete Her
Man, former bantamweight champion
will sail for England June IA to meet
Jimmy Higgins, champion of France,
in a twenty round battle, according to
advices received here today from his
manager
Higgins is said to be one of the best
11S pound fighters in England. His
manager is making every effort to ar
range the fight since the bout between
Herman and Jimmy Wilde, English
fayorite. which resulted in victory
for Herman.
The fight will take place in London on
July A.
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Sheehan, who was purchased from
the Atlanta Crackers at the end of
last season, and said that in his
opinion Tom would go good for he
New Workers now that hot weather
is upon the scene. Tom anyways
was a hot weather pitcher, you
know" said the veteran scout.
TAYLOR'S FINGER REHURT
Tommy Taylor is having the time
of his young life with his wounded
fingers and it looks like Moley will
have to derrick him yet and give the
wound time to thoroughly heal before
he lets him back in the game. The
wound was reopened in the infield
practice before the game Tuesday and
Tommy had to bandage the little fin
ger and its running mate together
before the game started, This i'm.
paired his throwing to a large extent.
Few fans realize the handicap Tay-
Tor is working under while trying to
play with that worrisome wound.
got look at the bum fingers for tn
first time Tuesday Between the little
finger and its neighbor an ugly cash
has been torn, which looks like it
might go all the way to the bone, II
sounds like minor injury but Tay-
Tor had best handle it with care, lest
an infection set in.
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Last night the Barons shipped for
Chattanooga, where they meet the
Lockouts today and tomorrow, return
ing to Redwood Friday for two games
with the 'Noogans then and Saturday.
Sunday the Barons have an off day,
but on next Monday begins a terrible
series with the Little Rock Travellers.
NEWTON MAY PITCH
Either "Doc" Newton or Karl
Eberhard will start today's game
for the Barons. If either Is at all
"right. the Barons should cash in
for win, as the LoOkOuts have
proven easy for the BarOns this
season.
Cunningham may start the game for
the Lookouts.
Moley's men have been hitting the
ball hard lately, and, behind good
pitching, have been making the series
decidedly hot for the Pelicans. Had
not Whitehill's support been so woD>
bly, yesterday, the Barons might have
made it four in a row from the Birds.
There's lots of room for improve
ment, of course. but 1T must be nd
mitted that the BarOns have picked
+ up considerably in their playing
and should be nbIe to win the ma
jority of their games for the time
being, mt least.
UMPIRING FIERCE
Umpire batting has been the spot of
Dixie scribes so long that any attempt
to rebuke the arbiters through news
paper columns is usually received with
more or less scorn, and for that reason
brethren of the quill usually lay off.
But the exhibition of umpiring at Rick.
wood has been so rank during the past
series that we feel forced to let off a
little steam.
Dan Pfenninger's actions yesterday
in rushing in front of the play when
Traynor was pegging to the plate in
an attempt to catch Sheridan at the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
.ENSLEY INDEPENDENTS
DEFEAT PRATT CITY MEN

The Ensley Independents triumphed
over the Pratt City team yesterday In
a close and hard-fought game by
2 to l score. Both teams showed
tendency to hit the ball, but could
not cash them in for runs. Ensley
made IA hits off the Pratt twirier
but could not bunch them. Kraft
starred at the bat with three out of
five. while Douglas and Gilbert con-
tributed the fielding features OF the
game. Score: II. H. e.
Ensley Independents .2 IA 1
Pratt City .............. g
Batteries: Dunbar and Floyd; Rog-
ers and Brock.
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GOOD RADIANCE

The question naturally arises
Why is a tonsil? No one seems to
get along and do we'll until they
visit some carver and have the
pestiferous thing removed. | was
down at the Birmingham Arms
Col. Carl Landgrebe with his
young son. He was purchasing a
big catcher's mitt almost as large
as the kid for the offspring.
Just buying him a mitr as
bride for tonsil-removing," ex-
planned Colonel Carl. That boy is
SO crazy about baseball he'd let
EN- cut off leg for real mitt."
And. due to the fact that tonsil-
removing was the main topic of
conversation, colonel Carl con-
tinued Il attribute Whitley Glaz-
ner's success with the Pittsburg
Pirates to the fact that he had
his tonsils taken out in January.
Rick and l kept after Whitley for
two months before &c got him to
undergo the operation. The reason
I was SO anxious for my big league
protege to get EN- pulled. was due
to the fact that Burleigh Grimes
had related his experience cou-
pie of seasons before to me. Bur
leigh contracted bad case of tom
silitis, and had to undergo an oper-
alton in mid season. It's looked
leigh had one OF his worst seasons
that year, and he told me the oper-
alton was to blame"
MEYERS MAY GO WITH PELS
Johnny Dobbs is short on catch
ers. Both DeBerry and Smith are
on the injured list. He was dick
ering with two Birmingham boys
while here. and the chances are
that Gil Meyers will go with the
Birds, if he can effect his release
with the Memphis club Gil has
pulled voluntary retirement from
baseball, and has been coaching
the High school team all season.
The old fever has attacked him
two or three times. however, and
he can hardly resist the tempta-
ton of getting back into harness.
KIRCHER ONCE A CATCHER
George Kircher, former Atlanta
and Nashville tosser, who has been
making his home in Birmingham
for the past few years. was the
other fellow Dobbs was dickering
with. Though few fans know 1t,
the commedian, George, broke into
the game as catcher, ana was
once drafted by the White Sox for
the backstopping department.
George finished out his career as
an infielder but he says he can
flag 'em as good as the best of EN-,
and he. too, has been bitten by the
baseball bug once more.
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KIRCHER ONCE A CATCHER
BOBBY GILKs IN TOWN

Bobby Gilks. former Montgom-
cry and Shreveport manager and
now scout for the New York
Yankees. spent Tuesday in :3ir-
mingham, and watched the Barons
and Pels pastime from the stands.
Bob wouldn't say VINO he was
looking over, but announced hat
he would leave today for a jaunt
through the Mississippi State
league to look over some pros
poets in that little loop. He told
me that the Yankees were still
counting strongly on long rom
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25

BOB MARTIN KNOCKS OUT
CARPENTER IN FIRST

BY Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio. May 4.-Bob Martin
A. f. F. heavyweight champion, knocked
out Ned Carpenter Of Milwaukee in the
first round of their scheduled 10 round
bout here tonight. The fight lasted just
q seconds
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Motley AWAY FROM CLUB

Boss Moey from the of the Birmingham club
Tuesdayfor day AS from the famous split
bottomed chair the of the local Captain Dutch Ben
charge of the club his oneday
Moley Wordsworth
having his tonsls removed
Clarke still playing Stuffy Stewards broken
kept him of the 1t thought that Stuy will be able
his duties around the keystone within the however
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
MOLEY'S MEN TO PLAY
TWO GAMES ON ROAD,
RETURN. HOME FRIDAY
'Doc" Newton May Twill Opener in Lookoutvlle Today
Gil Meyers Feeling Call of Diamond-Central
High Coach May Don Uniform Again
By MARVIN MCCARTHY

Pelans the
should
of
balance
fiddle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
GIL MEYERS MAY
SIGN WITH PELS

Gil Meyers who has been coaching
athletics at Central High school dur
ing the past nine months, may again
re-enter the ranks of professional
baseball. When Meyers left the Chicks
to accept the position at Central, h.
stated that he was through with base
ball, but with the summer has come
tho hankering' to again don the old
unie and cavort with the others upon
the greensward
Meyers was in a Pelican uniform
yesterday, and the way he stopped
the hot ones and pegged to second
caused Old-timers to look at each
other and grin. for the very peppi-
ness of his notions told plainly
how the longing of the diamond
was gripping GIL.
| Gil Meyers left for Atlanta last
night, where he will talk matters over
with his Chick bosses today. 1t would
not be surprising if Gil is sent to the
Pelicans through some kind of deal
as Meyers has stated that he will play
ball again If he can get with the Pels
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plate when the latter tried to stretch
his legitimate triple into-a home run
was the climax of several days of sur
fering for local bugs. AS it was, Pfen-
nirger got the bad end of the bargain,
back as he crouched, intent upon the
play atithe plate, although it is proba>
BILE that Traynor's peg would have
caught Sheridan by at least five feet
If Pfenninger had left the play
to Donaldson, who. as home plate
arbiter, was the one to give the
verdict, the Barons would have
been saved two runs, as both runs
tailed that inning, the second,
were made possible by Sheridan
reaching home safely.
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DEBERRY BANDAGEp. TOO

Taylor was not the only man de-
serving a wound chevron Tuesday
John Dobbs was forced to call on
Hank DeBerry to get back in the
game and Dec tried the catching Job
with his wounded hand all bandaged
up too. Every ball he caught caused
pains to shoot through his hand, but
the Pelican receiver stood gamely by
the guns throughout the contest
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pains to shoot through his hand, but
the Pelican receiver stood gamely by
the guns throughout the contest.
THE MONKEY GLAND KID
Though Dutch Bernsen hasn't said
as much, there are many who suspect
that the veteran first-sacker has had
monkey glands grated In his legs to
give him a new lease on speed. The
fact remains that Old Dutch Cleanser
has stoleD two bases in as many days.
MondayFhe pilfered one and several
fans and even one or two of his
teammates almost had strokes Of APP
poplexy. Tuesday he came back with
another steal, getting a commanding
lead off Phillips delivery In the fourth
and going into second standing up.
Ike Boone got one of the longest
singles Of his baseball career out of
his system Tuesday. Ike damned one
to the scoreboard in right on a line.
Silva played the bounce perfectly and
Ike was held at first 1t was the first
day in five that he had gone with
out an extra base hit. too.
Thomas Taylor was there with the
willow Tuesday, despite the fact that
his bum hand was paining him con-
siderably. Turbulent Tommy slashed
a triple to right in the second and
one to left in the eighth. He got two
safe blows for six bases out Of four
trips to the plate.
One Of the prettiest plays of the
game with the Birds was the double
play which Pie Traynor pulled off un-
assisted. This brilliant bit of work
happened in the seventh With a run
ner on second Phillips clouts line
drive which looks good for hit. Pie
snagged the ball for a beautiful catch,
and then chased the runner down for
double play and the final put out
Of the frame.
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Teeth not clean

Fhm-coated teeth are unclean That is why so
many teeth brushed daily discolor and decay.
Tooth troubles have been constantly increasing,
and Aim Is the cause Of most of them
Dental science, therefore, has sought ways to
fight the film Two ways have now been found.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-04-15

dren began to sob almost inaudibly
! he seemed to be struggling to restrain
! his own emotion. Just after cour1
! adjourned the mans two daughter:
became hysterical and were led from
the room by friends.
; Williams appeared more affected
by his fanlily's suffering than he had
/ by the verdict He was on trial charg-
ed specifically with the murder Of one
of the negroes found drowned in New
ton county Clyde Manning, negro
farm boss for Williams, and jointly
indicted with him. testified that on
Williams order he and another ne
gro, afterwards killed, had done the
killings.
Williams had maintained a cheerful
attitude during the trial and had
stoutly maintained his innocense, al
though having admitted he might be
technically guilty of peonage, as he
said he had paid fines for negroes and
let them work out the debt.
The sentence was formally passed
within a few moments after the ver
dict was read by T. R. Starr, farmer
and foreman of the jury, and added:
"And the verdict is the sentence of
the court
The verdict was not in exact form,
but in open court both sides agreed
that it was legal by supreme court
decisions and no exception would be
taken.
Tho motion for a new trial was :
made on the grounds that the verdict
was contrary to the evidence; con-
trary to the law and without evidence
to support it.
The jury was composed of seven
farmers, the others being merchants,
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clerks and barber. Most of the ju
cors were young men, six of them
serving on a jury for the first time
The case went to trial last Tuesday
one day being taken up with argu,
ments for postponement and selection
of jury. The state took little more
than a day to present its evidence
while the defense relied solely on the
unsworn statement of Williams.
The fact that the defendant was
not sworn prevented his being cross
examined and by introducing no evil
dence the defense won the privilege
Of opening and closing the arguments.
The jury went out at 81 p. m. yes
terday and was said to have taken
more than five or six ballots, much
of the time being devoted to discus
sion of the case. The first ballot
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FOR LIFE
FOR GEORGIA FARMER

Covington, Ga, April 19-John S.
Williams, accused of the murder of
eleven of his negro farm hands to halt
federal investigation of peonage,
was found guilty of murder, with rec
ommendation to mercy, in Newton
county superior court here today and
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Motion for a new trial was imme-
diately filed and hearing on the mo-
tion set for April 80 at Decatur, Ca,
before Judge John B. Hutcheson, who
presided at the trial.
The verdict of murder with recon-
mendation for mercy, which, under
Georgia law, automatically carries a
life sentence, was read exactly Is
hours after the case went to the jury,
and was calmly received by Williams.
A moment later, as his wife and chill
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stood six for a verdict of murder
with no recommendation thus car
rying a death sentence, and the 9TH
er six voted to acquit Williams, ac-
cording to jurors.
Save for brief recess for supper,
the jurors considered the case until
shortly before midnight when they
routed the judge and opposing coun-
sci out of bed and had the entire
charge repeated. Foreman Starr
said the jury was not certain as to the
exact point of law in doubt.
Williams will be taken to Atlanta
pending the hearing on his motion for
q new trial.
Solicitor Brand has announced
Manning will be tried en- the murder
Indictment against him, but no date
has yet been set.
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of over-production Of one crop, that
is, cotton.
R. G. Rhett of Charleston had this
idea in mind when he stated frankly
that a new found market during this,
the planting season, attended by an
increase in the price of cotton, would
be exceedingly hurtful to the South.
Under such conditions, he declared,
the farmer, now inclined to reduce his
acreage, would redouble it. He urg-
ed that no relief be granted until af-
te- the new crop was in the ground.
He declared It to be necessary to
deal with the farmer practically in
asmuch as the farmer could not be
persuaded by mere logic to reduce his
acreage.
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MILLION BALES
MAY BE EXPORTED
HEAD OF FINANCE CORPORA.
TON DISCUSSES PLAN
Bankers of South Bearing Heavy
Burden-Governme
Would Help

Hugh W. Roberts in The State.
Washington, April 9.-Eugene Mey-
er, Jr., managing director of the wal
finance corporation, holds that if
Southern bankers cooperate with the
government in putting into effect the
cotton export plan which he devised,
it will be possible to put 100000
bales in Europe.
The plan is very simple. The gov
ernment undertakes to lend money to
banks, in approved cases, when the
banks will underwrite the transpor-
tation of cotton to foreign nations.
While the details are not known, it is
surmised that the government will
give the banks long time in which to
make repayment to the government,
so that the banks can give impover-
ished European countries an oppor-
tunity to pay. In the meantime, the
farmer will have credit at the banks.
One loan, as already reported,
amounting to 100000, has been ap-
proved. The scheme is not approved
in it's entirety by all the Southern
bankers recently in conference with
the war finance corporation in Wash
ington. But the majority, it is under
stood, looked with favor on the gov
ernment's willingness to divide any
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risk with them for the benefit of the

risk with them for the benefit of the
farmer.
In this connection, it is the opinion
of certain fnanciers of the w. P. G
Harding type that the scheme if gen,
orally sponsored by bankers would
not only materially aid the farmers
but the bankers, themselves, and the
country. Mr.. Meyers, in talking with
the bankers, reminded them that the
plight Of the South was not and could
not be sectional, but national; that
when the South's cotton was drug
on the market, the South could not
trade with other sections.
And Mr.. Harding Informed the
bankers that loans, on the basis Of
present prices, We're safer than on the
basis of high and necessarily fictitious
prices, and he urged them to invest
in European securities, and check
against them in advancing money to
the producers.
At the same time, the bankers Of
the South are hard hit. They are
carrying all the cotton paper. And
half the cotton produced is unsold.
Robert F. Maddox of Atlanta, inform
ed Mr. NJ yers that the bankers were
carrying the load with difficulty, and
that relief was necessary because of
the certainty that if they did carry
the present crop they could not carry
the next.
While there was no disposition on
the part of any banker to use force,
or resort to law, in collecting the in
debtedness of the farmers, and Gov
nor Harding spoke directly against
such policy, the idea was prevalent
that the farmer, by some personal
means should be made TO see the folly
The Washington times., 1921-09-08

The Blue Lawyers Of
Kansas, Queen OF the Nut
States. are soon to wage a
campaign against transpar.
ent shirtwaists. Having rid
the State Of booze, II now
seeks TO eliminate the peek.
a.booze.