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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
Billy Springs One

Billy Springs One
 That reminds me of mule yarn I heard recently" said Billy West, secretary of the Birming- ham club. Ed Norton is respon- sible for this yarn. According to Ed a mule, in the stack of bone period of life, was offered at public auction. The bidding be- came spirited, with two men on adjoining farms bidding against each other. Finally, after the bid had passed the $30 mark, one man dropped out, but the other bid up to $75 and got the hybrid.
 The farmer who had quit bid ding" says Billy. walked over to the man who had offered $7o for the mule and said. Say, brother, what do you mean by offering S75 for that onery brute? The successful bidder looked back and replied: Well, I'll tell you. l used to own that mule He knows every train schedule of the A. c. s. and the way he can lead fine Jersey cattle across that track at train time is a caution
 Billy West spent a busy day Thursday. He had 8 time chas- ing all the Barons down and getting them to autograph Southern league baseball. Billy has the signature of every Baron on the horsehide and will keep 1t as a souvenir.
 Bronlsie Gives Up Ghost
 The leader of the Mobile Bears for the 1922 season has not been announced as yet. Certain 1t IS that Herman Bronkie will not re- turn to pilot the Bears. Bronkie has made a miserable mess of 1t this year and doesn't mind ad- hitting it. Herman gave out an interview in Nashville recently, in which he is quoted as saying; "The reason I didn't make u suc- cess at Mobile is that no ball player likes to be sent to that city. He's disgruntled when sent there, and wouldn't give his best efforts on bet. I'm not going back there next summer, and 1 WOuluH Bo pd1N shouiu ehS' offer to double my pay"
 This means that Nasty Logan is looking for another manager to lead the ill-fated Bears dur ing the season of 1922.
 Carpenter is matched With George Cook, Australian cham plon, for December 2. Carp beat his own cook in training camp at Manhasset. Maybe he thinks he can treat the Australian Cook the same way.
 Lefty Whitnell the brilliant half-back for Centre, had too much unie and not enough units. As a result, he has been ruled inellg- ible to compete in the Centre games for 192L This will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
Do Chicks Really Win?

EsUphis> September 15.-John D. Massan. president of the Southern as sociStion, late tonight announced tha; he had given the officials of the Memphis club until o'clock tomor row to furnish written evidence re- garding the so-called exhibition, staged. according to MT. Martins statement, between mixed teams composed of individual players of the Memphis and Nashville clubs on Friday. September 9, which game IS the basis Of protest by President Splller of the Atlanta club, under which he seeks to have all games played subsequently by both Memphis and Nashville forfeited
 President Martin stated that on re- ceipt of his written evidence with the Memphis club he would take the pro- test under consideration and render a decision tomorrow night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
Selma Planning
 Baseball Outfit
 for Next Season

Selma, September )- There was an enthusiastic meeting of the Selma Baseball association Tuesday afternoon in the offices of Mallory & Mallory, at which plans were formulated to begin at once the organization of a stock company to take in charge the business of baseball in Selma for next season.
 Something over s1,000 was sub scribed in. stock at the meeting, and it was decided to sell about $3,0U0 in all for the purpose of handling the baseball proposition here next season. A committee composed of John M. Seymour, chairman; E. M. McDaniel, Walter Cook and c. c. Thomas was appointed to present the proposition of stock company to the public, and to sell the desired amount.
 When the stock Is sold, there will be a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of electing a board of directors, who, in turn, will choose the manager for another season, The manager will then take up the im- portant business of picking team to represent Selma for the comins year.
 . The uueSllOH bi icd uC Nos baseball was discussed, but no decis- fen was reached It was pointed out that Selma operated at serious dis- advantage in playing the small towns whose gate receipts did not run third as much as the local attendance, and anything like an equal division of the receipts would be a discrimination against Selma in a financial way.
 The opinion was expressed that a league in which Montgomery, Pen- saeola, Anniston and other towns or like dimensions could be interested in. would be best next season. How ever. the question was held in abey- ance until the stock company IS or ganized and the new directors take m their duties It was shown at the meeting that the old carry over de- ficit had practically been mel. anu the new season orgaWzation wouiu start with clean slate and the hall park and equipment paid for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

shut-out inning, but Gallagher made the fatal mistake of growing one for Mike Burke, and the freshman save it a ride for three bags, SCOT ing Pope with the first Vol run of the afternoon. The youngster Klein was next at bat, and he worked Tommy for pass, With man on first and third the Vols started some trick stuff in the nature of double steal and it worked, Burke going safe at home with the second Vol score and Klein checking rein at second, That ended the tallying of the visitors for the inning Lucas popped out to first and the frame was over.
 Along in the fourth the Vols boosted their totals by two. Lucas singled to the middle garden to start things off and Jonnard doubled, bringing Lucas across the home plate Porter's effort was a single to right and Jonnard scored. This boosted the ante to four and the Barons were never able to overcome it.
 In the Barons half of the fourth they scored a couple of runs, but shot their bolt in that frace. Allen was first up, and he lifted a long fly to center Tommy Taylor followed with an immaculate single to the middle Saruen, ana then Dutch BernSen came to bat. Payne gave the cham pion home-run hitter of 1920 one to his liking and Bernie damned 1t over the right field walls for circuit clout, scoring Taylor ahead of.-him. This gave the locals a couple of tal- lies, but that made up the sum total of their work for the afternoon in the run-getting line.
 On two more occasions they had couple of men on the runways, but were unable to put the punch on cx- hibit.
 The patronage checked up short and only few fans were in the stands to witness the encounter The two teams will play the second game of the series this afternoon, and Sat- urday they will close out the cam paign with one game. With the pen nant race decided, interest has dwin- dled, but it is expected that a good crowd will turn out Saturday to help ring out the 1921 campaign. With the windup of the Saturday struggle, no more local baseball will be seen until the middle of April, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
By HENRY VANCE

50 thls IS Nashville,
 Larry Doyle and his Volunteer mistits arrived in town early Thurs day morning, Thursday afternoon they proceeded to show Dutch Bern sens Barons something about the grand national pastime. Only four men in the Nashville lineup started the season with the Vols,--Pepe on short veteran of many wars; Burk 6 on second. who is regular outfield- CT; Jonnard behind the plate. and Payne in the pitchers box. These four men strated the campaign with the Vols. Morse on third. Smith on first, Klein in center, Lucas in right since Larry Doyle took charge-yet they beat the Barons Az In the opea- ing game of the final series.
 Tommy On Mound
 To begin with. Tommy Gallagher was on the mound, and Tommy had bad day. Maybe 1t was because he hasn't been getting any work of lat Maybe it was because he was nat uraliy ineffective. Anyway, Galla- gher had bad day. He allowed hits when bingles meant runs, and they proved costly. Payne, on other hand, was effective in the pinches, and thereby hangs the tale of Baronial losses,
 It was Larry Doyle's first appear ance here this season since he took charge of the ill-fated Vols They didn't exactly look like world-beater under Larry's pilotage, but they beat the Barons, and that was all that was necessary,
 Bernie Gets Another
 4.E H.. -A.w encounter was the fact that Dutch Bernsen damned out his twenty second home-run of the season. His latest circuit clout came in the fourth inning of Thursdays game, and as usual Tommy Taylor was on base and scored ahead of Old Dutch Cleanser This blow over the right field walls accounted for the only two Baron. scores of the afternoon. When Dutch leaned against Payne's painless offering he drove it far over the bastile in right, and this blow enabled him to boost Bing Mil ier's mark by three. Bing got ia during the 1920 season and the old Cleanser now bcasts 22.
 Vols Score Early
 Tommy Gallagher. who was mak- ing his first start in many moons for the Baronial machine, got in bad way from the jump. He allowed two Volunteers to score in the very first frame. The veteran Pope. who Is old enough to be somebody's grand daddy, having played In this league for Montgomery along in 1907, drew a pass to start off the first inning, He immediately stole second. Morse was strike-out victim. and Smith popped up to second. With one man on and two down, 1t looked like .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
ParceII Enters Pro Ranks

Lynchburg, Va, September 15.-. Emmett Paroell. who pitched for thi Elks' baseball team here this sum- mer, has signed a contract to join the Chicago Americans next spring The contract was secured by Ted Sullivan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
BOSS QUACk'S LITTLE YARN

Mike Eberhr Suffy and Spoke Emery gathered at baseball headquarters Thursday morning They engaged in
 little comfb regarding Suffy remarked that he would spend the winter the of Florida Mike Eber the oil fields Oklahoma that he would spend the cool period daey thereafter Smith broke with his prize 
 spend the reminds story day." Colonel Quack It that college from the had of the ranches of the he knew little about ranch life The of the place told him to herd all the sheep certain corra After the college n according Colonel Quack the boss asked him Did all the sheep in the corra?
 al him replied all youngest sheep did give chase.
 The foreman couldn't understand baby sheep giving athlete the corral looked The blooming had down captured three Texas jack rabbits" said Colonel Smith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

sad blow to Uncle Charlie Mo- rams outfit, as whitnell was a star
 Questions Answered
 Who is the youngest manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

In his statement MT. Martin says:
 Any club in the league has the right to appeal from my decision when rendered to the league boari of directors, consisting of the eight club presidents. Judge Landis has no Jurisdiction in this matter and no appeal can be properly entertained by him. This is strictly Southern association question, to be finally de- termined by the league itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
JORDAN PARK JUNIORS
 START GRID SEASON

The football fever, which has struck just about every one around Birmingham, has hit the Jordon park juniors just about as hard as any gang could be hit, with the result that they have been working hard for the past week in an effort to get grid team together.
 They play their first game with the Convent team at West End Sat urday, and from the present outlook they are going to have team capa7 ble of holding it's own,
 Among those that have been going in fine style of late are Cullen Hall, Travis and Captain Boone in the back field, with Robertson, Wise ana Carter looking like corners on the line.
 With the material now on hand, jordan should have corking good team this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

in tho National league?-A. J.
 Bill Killefer is the youngest. Bill is only 35 years of age, the boss of the Chicago Cubs. hav- Ing been born at Paw Paw, Mich. 1886.
 Bout Attracts Attention
 The battle between Dixie Jack Allen and Battling Kelly is at tracting more interest than any fight held here in some months. Kelly is twice the conqueror of Dummy Burlington. Since fight ing Dummy, however, he has un- dergone an operation and got down to the lightweight class. 1t will mark kellys first appear ance here in the lightweight di vision, and local fans and ad- mirers are anxious to see what he can do at the Benny Leonard weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
Pdnthers HGUe Hard
 Workout at Mungers

Coach Charlie Brown put the foot ball candidates through two hours of bunting, running down punts and taking passes yesterday over 30 candidates were out for the second practice, among them being seven letter men. Among the letter men out were Red Richardson, Bagley, Griffin, Miller and Hodges.
 The Junior Partners of Simpson High were also out and went through about two hours of hard work under the coaching of Bob Rowe and "slinf' Neese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

association question, to be finally de Iermined by the league itself"
 Memphis, Tenn. September Is. \ A ruling by John D. Martin, league president, on protest filed by the Atlanta club was awaited tonight to establish whether Memphis has clear title to the 1921 Southern association pennant, or the outcome of games to be played tomorrow and Saturday between New Orleans. runner-up in the pennant race. and Mobile may decide the issue.
 President SpilIer of the Atlanta club, in formal protest to Pres ident Martin, contended that the alleged sharing by Memphis and Nashville players in gate receipts of what was termed an eXhibi-~ tior performance here last Friday violated the league constitution.
 If the Atlanta protest is upheld and Memphis penalized by the forfeiture of games scheduled to be played since Friday, the Chickasaws standing would be reduced from it's present figure of 10S games won and ~ lost, to s6 won and 57 lost. with a percentage of .627 at the end of the season.
 New Orleans now has a count of S won and 56 lost. Victory in both of it's remaining games would give the. Pelicans a per centage of .634; an even break a percentage of .627 and loss of both games ,621.
 The so-called exhibition here was a farcicai performance be- tween mixed teams of Memphis and Nashville players and other persons in which comedy pre- dominated At one stage players and umpires changed places, the team mascot joined in the game and several of the players fur nished comedy stunts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
'Batted for Gallagher in ninth.

SUMMARY Iwo-bsse Hit-Jonnard. Thrse-bas Hit--Burkc. Home Run--Bernsen. Stolen Bases--Pepe, Burke, Klein. Allen. Sacrifice Hits--Pepe. Klein. Gallagher Double Piays-Taylor to Stewart to Brenner, Pope to Burke. Bases on Balls-Off Gallagher 4. off Payne 3. Struck Out-By Gallagher 1, by Payne C. Hit by Pitcher-Payne (by Gallagher). Passed Ball-Brandon. Left on Bases-Birmingham $. Nash vile (.
 Umpires--william and Wheeler. Time of Gama-l ,4b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 HT7IE Turco-Greek war in Asia
 Minor has lapsed into a stata
 4 of complete inactivity. Turkish victories destroyed the Greek power of offense. and Mustapha Kemal Pasha is content to rest in possession of his winnings without starting any offens- i've of his own. By beating the Greeks the Turkish leader, who Is still theo- reticaIly an outlaw despite the quasi recognition accorded his representa- : tives at the London conference, finds himself in a position of comfortable security By the revision of the Sevres treaty and by the agreements entered into with France and Great Britain the canny nationalist Is firmly fixed in tho saddle, and rides roughshod over practically all of Asia Minor except the immediate environs -of Smyrna.
 Meanwhile. he Is showing no indica- tion of fulfilling his agreements with France and Great Britain. Some of the stipulations of these agreements were detrimental to Mustapha's inter- ests. By invcigling the French into withdrawal from Cilicia and by detach- ins Great Britain completely from the support of Greece the Turkish leader was permitted to throw all his strength agAinst the Greek armies. Having .,iroinsted the Hellenic danger he finds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06
ISLANDS OF ROMANCE

that forms the backbone of Cornwall. One old family bears on its coat of arms horse escaping from the sea, commemorating the fleetness of the charger which saved one of ts ances- tors from being swallowed up by the waves when this part of the coast sank. In ancient times the Scillies arc supposed to have been the haunts Of pirates and smugglers, and the 4o-mils trip from them to Penzance makes the traveller feel that no one less hardy than the Gilbert and Sullivan product or pirate at least should attempt 1t.
 To-day the Scillies have some of the finest gardens in England They fur nish the London market with early vegetables. but even more important than these products are the flowers grown on the islands. The air is warm and laden w.tn moisture, and from De- cember to June most of the inhabitants are occupied in picking, packing and sending away the flowers. Great fields of narcissuscs are grown, the fuchsias, geraniums and myrtles are said to be-
 
 in mid-winter. Even the hedges are made of Towering plants. Fishing. the occupation of the early inhabi- tants, still remains an important one. however, for Holsters must be fur- nished the London epicure.
 Only five of the islands are fn- habited-St. Marys, Tresco. St. Mar tins. St. Agnes and Bryher--and Hugh Town on St. Marys is the capital. Above this city towers Star Castle of Elizabethan days.
 Until tho acquisition of the islands been governed by lord proprietor since the time of Elizabeth. Thca9sa the inhabitants of the isiAnds nav~ been benefited under the system iaHu- gurated by the last family cs prcrFis- tors, some peculiar incidents cf their tenure have been told. It seems that at one time there were people 1iv- ing on the islands of Samson, but Tn order that the Scillies would not have to furnish sustenance for many people. he transported all tho Samsonites, as we'll as the poor of the other islands. to the mainland, and it is said that his tenants were allowed to keep only one son with them. Consequently. many of the children had to be sent to sea or to the shipyards. but those who were left behind grew in wealth and the islands generally prospered as result of the intelligent despot- ism"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06
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THE nnAnT or ALABAMA
'om the Mobile Rssister.

cTom the AoDlle ItSB1SkSt'
 Alabama lifs-blood pAsses through the port of Mobile" says The BirmfhG- ham Ags.HarAld. This statement is true and should be driven home to the attention of the people of Alabama- There can hardly bs .. question of the result If the people are fully informed Of the part tho port plays and is to play in the dsvsiopment of industry and commerce in. this state. The defeat of the port bond issue was caused by 2 combinations of mistfust of aIl bond is- auSs ana misundsrstanding of the req son for that particular issue. Since the fAilufa of the bond issue, however. there has been . widsspreAd interest shown in the subject of port development and much has been said and written to en- cou rage the belief that whom the iisue IS submitted again it will be successful ---and 1t ought to be. for the port is the heart of . great development for Ala bAnaA. and If itis put in right condition 1t will function to this atate's Inmense iadvAntdg4, pulsAtin9 life to the states utmost iimits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06
GREECE AND TURKEY

himself in too good a position to think of carrying out any agreement that would be favorable to France of Great Britain. Like all other-Turks of the past and present. Mustapha is firm believer in the efficacy of the scrap of paper" theory of diplomacy. Your Turk will promise anything and ev- erything, and will fulfill his promises only under the urging of bayonets. Now there are no bayonets available to urge Mustapha Kennel Pasha.
 :. Both Great Britain and France are greatly annoyed. They are talking of doing something" But they will do nothing, for they are too busy elsc- where to spare men or money in pun ishing Mustapha.
 The Turk has won characteristic Turkish victory. He has won by lib- eral use of promises, by skillful men dacity. and by playing on the jealous les and rivalries of his enemies. Francs and England merit no sympathies at all. If they are expecting anything better they have proved their extreme gullibility Only Greece deserves sym pathy. However misguided she may have been in her recall of Constantine she stood as civilizations barrier against the ineffable Ottoman. and her abandonment by France and England is a chapter of history of which the great dsmocracies cannot be proud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

A boy on a farm gets his first dollar a long time after he earns hiS first dol- lar. But 1t is different with city boy.
 After . girl gets married she does all she can to get her girl friends into the same kind of trouble. And yet We talk about mans inhumanity to man!
 When q man tells us about the glori- ous sunrise he saw we know that he didn't get up. to see It. Hc was up.
 It might be good scheme for busi- ness colleges to teach stenographers the alphabet before they teach them stenography.
 The gas meter is . wonderful inven- ton. It may lie in favor of the com pAny. but 1t never lies in your favor.
 Society never shocks those who are in 1t. It shocks tho people who can't get into It.
 You can shove | lot of substitutes on a man. But when he Is looking for re- venge he isn't sAtisfisd with something just a good.
 There isn't much fun in Absconding with your employers dough. You are compelled to take . long trip. and you are not going to enjoy tho scenery.
 Another dAmli: Once upon a time there was a woman who admitted that her shoes were too small.
 Every engaged girl knows a lot of things that she doesn't want her fiAncee to know that she knows.
 In spite of all the free offers" you see, 1t is just as hard nowadays. as it ever was to get something for nothing.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-06
TREES AS WITNESSES

Cowles easily made the trees speak for themselves Recently cut oak trees showed over 300 yarly rings, and since no one could contend that oaks will grow in water, it was plain that at least three centuries must have elapsed since the draining of any lakes that night have been there.
 But Professor Cowles, being q scien- tist. believed in doing the Job kanrs oughly It Ia known that plants dt not move into . new territory. such as they left by the draining or filiing og g lake. in | haphazard manner. The arst to appear in such . place are sne onss whose roots can stand very wet soil. There Is a deflnite succession of forms as the land becomes drier. Thus. in a southern bayou. the first vegetation to appear is the lotus. This gives way to either a coarse grass meadow or will low thicket. The latter is succeeded by a forest Of cypress. sour gum and water locust, trees that can tolerate marshy conditions and frequent flood ing. Then comes a mixed growth of red maple, sweet gum. ash, pecan and other trees of a drier habit, and finally the 'climax" forest of great oaks and hackberry trees. Any one of these sta ges may be scores or even hundreds of years in passing. Since all the lands in question were in the oak stage, Pro- lessor Cowles testified that thA lakes must have been drained at least 2,eoo years ago! The ownership of the dis puted timber passed back into the hands of Uncle Sam.