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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

WALTER CAMP honeycombed, and it will take but single disclosure and the resulting quarrels to precipitate other big scandals.
 THE OTHER KIND
 Yet there are thousands of big, straight thinking sportsmen in this country who would do anything in their power to clean up the whole situation They form caste upon which depends the future of sport. s4 have talked with hundreds of them who are ready to go the limit to check the gambler and the athlete who sells his ability for crooked purposes. To the writer there seems to be one way in which to attack the insidious enemy. It is this: The gambler really gets most of his revenue from the sportsmen in this country who enjoy placing good stake upon any sporting event in which they are interested-$500. $1.0o0, 5000 and some times more. Now. if every sportsman in this country pledged himself for year not to wager over $10 on any single sport ing event the gambler would be stalled.
 AN EXAMPLE
 Let me tell one instance. that illustrates just what I mean. I was in one of the most prominent clubs of the country just before the Annapolis-Princeton football game last fall I was talking with club member about this BIO plan. He said he was game" for it. But he continued, q don't think we are the men from whom the money comes" Just then an other club member came up and said, Il hear there is lot of Annapolis money at evens that they beat Princeton MT. Friend was astonished. and said quickly. 'I'd like to get s5,ooo of that. Where is it to be had?"
 Up at Blanks saloon.'' replied the other man. "All you want of it." And that told the whole story. It was not up at even money as later was discovered. but there was lot of it-not Annapolis but gamblers money designed to work at odds.
 There are plenty of men who would give up some of the excite nent and pleasure they derive from plac- ing considerable wagers in view of the object to be attained Perhaps some one will say that such move is not timely. in view of the other things that are done. Because these men do not realize the sit uation and have no comprehension of the power of the mighty dollar, when it turns into channels of this nature.
 OPENED PUBLIC'S EYES
 Previous to the denouement in the base- ball scandal, no one would have dreamed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

Kewpie Collander and a fe woth- CTS.
 While the local scrnpper will concede Young Dempsey weight, size and reach, he is expeSted to put up a good scrap. Gomez is prOb- ably the harder hitter of the two, but Dempsey's experience and sci- ence should help him weather the storm in admirable fashion.
 GOMEZ A HARD HITTER
 Young Dempsey is one of the really greats in southern ringdom, and his appearance here will af- ford local fans an opportunity to witness n rattling good boxer in action.
 The complete fight card, as ar- ranged by Tommy Tompkins. fol- lows,
 Young Jack Dempsey (Memphis) versus Lou Gomez (Birmingham), weighing 11s and 115 pounds, re- spectively. This bout is for 10 rounds.
 Joe Dickey vs. Tom Afford, 145 pounds; six rounds.
 Hollis Arnold vs. George Har- we'll, 115 pounds; three rounds.
 Charles Perkins, vs. Paul Jones. S5 pounds; three rounds.
 Pinkey Wilkinson vs. Roman Spiegle, 15S pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
LEEDS HIGH BASEBALL
 TEAM READY FOR WORK

Leeds, March 19.-(Special.) )-The Leeo5 High school baseball team is fast round ing into condition, and will open the sea- son with the Pell City High school team in Pell City March g. The Leeds team is light, averaging about 150 pounds, and Is inexperienced but seems to have the pep and to be able to hit the ball.
 The coach has not announced the lineup yet but it is thought when the gong sounds they will line up about as follows: Harding. first base Aders, second base Dorrough, shortstop; Conaway. third base; Hobart Adkins or Bailey. right field; Cosper. center field; Fred Adkins left field; Hartsfield, Poole and Goodson, pitchers; Mitchell catcher.
 The Leeds boys hope to get in the Jef- ferson County High School league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
Field Day Meet at
 Greenuille q Success

Greenville, March 19.-(Special.)-The field day exercises held here yesterday by the schools of Butler county was a very interesting event. and thousands of people were here to participate in and witness the contests.
 A number of business men of Greenville have been high in their praise for the rromoters of the celebrations, and it is the opinion of all that it was the great est event ever held in Greenville. Thou sands of children invaded Greenville and all enjoyed themselves in such manner that they will want to come back next year. for the event will be an annual ono in the future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

Tommy Tomplins will send his bantamweight boxer, Lou Gomez forth to battle in his first locni appearance Tuesday night, when Gomez meets Young Jack Dempsey of Memphis in a 1O-rOunder at the Athletic club.
 Gomez. a former New Orleans boxer, came to Tompldns couple of months ago and has been work ing out under Tommy's supervision since. Lou shows promise of de- veIoping into a really good ring battIer with more experience.
 DEMPSEY A VETERAN
 Young Dempsey is veteran scrapper and will probably rule fa- vorite over the local boy tomorrow night. Dempsey has met many good ringmen, such as Ashton Don- "a, Pee Wee Kyser (twice), Kevpie CoIIander, Dick Griffin. Pal Moore, Kid Pancho. Jack shnrkey, Bobby Hughes and many others. He has won majority of his' fights and is regarded as one of Dixie's best bantamweights.
 Lou Gomez, while comparatively inexperienced, has fought number of battles himself. Some of bis opponents in past battles were Ashton Donna, Phil Corbett, Marty Collins, Midget Smith, Kid Sirey,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
DRYING UP THE PROFITS OF THE GAMBLER IS ONE WAY TO STALL
 INSIDIOUS POWER OF CROOKS, CAMP
" WALTER CAMP

by Age-Hernd - 
 and ta the insidious power the gambling o all who hold onlv for baseba, all
  ball would for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
THREE STAR GOLFERS MAY
 INVADE GREAT BRITAIN

New York. March 19.-Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet and Robert A. Gardner still are possibilities for the American team which will invade Britain this sum- ner in quest of the British amateur golf title. This announcement was made to- day by W. c. Fownes, Jr., team cap tain, who has been assigned the task Of making up the American team. All three had declined to become members of the team. Fownes said he was in fair way of inducing them to change their minds.
 Robert A. Jones, the young Atlanta star, already has announced his inten- tion of accompanying the invaders.
 While wages in Japan have increased fourfold, living costs have increased ten fold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

ployed in the paper industry in Finland are women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
Princeton Cross-Country
 Runners on Honor List

Princeton, N. J., March 19-The pub iication of Princeton's honor list today disclosed that the five members of the Princeton cross-eountry team were all honor students.
 perfect first generally while Pores man, McCulloch and Penfield, seniors, and Swede, the junior captain-elect, also were listed among the years honor men.
 The Brotherhood of Painters now has a membership exceeding 120.000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

except those who had seen something of the inside, that ball players would, for what seemed an insignificant sum, jeopardize their future in any such way Every one believes that these men did not go out and seek to sell their talents, but that the approaches came from the gam bling fraternity, and from them come nine-tenths of all this trouble which be- gins in a small way, but which has eaten like cancer into every sport that 1t has attacked in earnest We have made some excellent steps toward checking it.
 Why not try in addition the most eff fective of all. namely. turning about and drying up the profits that the gambler can reach?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
ANOTHER HARD HITTINGI 0UTFIELDER IS SIGNEDI DI BY MEMPHIS CHICKS

Memphis, March 1s-L G. ("RedH) Josefesen. outfielder. who led the Texas league in batting last year with an average of .345, has been traded to the Memphis Southern association club by the Wichita Falls club in exchange for Tiny Goodbred, and "Rube" Mar shall, pitchers, and a cash considera- tion. Spencer Abbott, manager of the Memphis team, announced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

Horse rdclnS, WreSt- ling. boxing and now baseball. all have fallen under it's in- sidious influence. The temptation of the dollar was ever so great as finally to secure it's prey.
 What are we going to do about ite l know a dozen well posted sporting men who firmly believe that even the sports which pretend to be clean are really
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
BRAVES ROSTER COMPLETE

Boston, March 19.-Arrival of John L. Sullivan. heavy hitting outfielder. com pleted the roster of the Braves at the training camp of the Boston Nationals, advices received from Galveston said today.
Evening star., 1921-05-08

Today, say. Hke huddles in the
sun. remembering.
There is no water. "Workingmen"
demand forty francs per day of four
working hours to tote your water up
the heights to drink. Its visiters
are tourist crowds in carryalls. who
poke about the lower streets for half
an hour. and idle rich. in powerful
motor cars. who picnic in their
bouGhten pirate houses.
Henry Clews has bought the queer
est place Of all.
The Middle Corniche road is partly
open. Already. from Monte Carlo. you
can go along it to the inexplicable
ruins of Olivula.
The property has passed into the
hands of an American gentleman"
So run the. local papers. AS fact
Mr.. Clews and an American asso-
ciate who lives near the spot do not
plorations of the Able Carbon. but. on
the contrary. back him up handsomely
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TT is city without soul living in
it. There has never been word
about it in the history book. There
was. truly, once, a Roman town called
Olivula. down on the seacost below,
on Nillefra nche bay. But these ruins
are away up, on the mountainside.
They were always there. A seven
teenth century writer explained them
by saying that in the ninth century
the Saracens .raided the old town.
down below. whence the inhabitants
had built this fortress town on the
heights. But now, in a brochure, the
archeologist. Villiers- Barnett. derides
the ninth century theory and claims
tho nlace fn he PhnenAcia n r. nma
Lomba rd- Dark Age.
A great amount of amateur eXcava-
tion has been done at Olivula by one
man. the Able Carbon. He built him.
self a small house up there, and set
to work. and for fourteen years he
has dug and scraped with amazing
results. Most Of his finds are shown
in small museum adjoining his
house.
The queer thing concerns the dates
of the coins. pottery. etc. which he
has found. They are Greek. Roman.
Cartha ginian, Saracen, Gallo and SO
on. down to the thirteenth century,
when they stop.
The able has worked marvels. but
he can have dug up only small frac-
tion of what the immense ruins con-
tain. Now that Americans of means
have taken up Olivula, archeologists
are getting interested. AS fact. also,
the new road makes Olivula accessi-
BILE, for the first time, only this sum-
mer. Previously. few knew of its ex-
istence except local peasants.
e Isn't it a queer thing-a ruined city
with no history, situated on the most
written-up part of the French coast
between Nice and Monte Carlo?
The superb roads twine about the
hills in the green of the olives, and
the Peter Pan towns show up sud
denly around croners and across val
leyS like ShiDS from fog.
The idle rich no longer fear old
fashioned inns where comfort is not
modern" but cookery is savory in
way different from the standardiZ-
ing of palace hotels.
Peter Pan towns are the rage:
Gorbie. Eze. Venice. Roquebrune.
Tourcttes and wonderful ST.. Paul du
Evening star., 1921-05-08
Complete Story in Series byHolnan Day

I don't feel like deciding for myself
on much Of any topic lately"
What did YOU mean by showing
yourself in public after getting ba-
zooed up in that style?" asked one of
his hosts. Now MIR. Wincapaw awoke
and famed into passion. Hold your
hosses right there Mister. I'm Good
Templar to the core. Id no more
taste of the cuss Of humanity than
I'd cuddle that there snake to sleep
if he was alive"
"Then where did YOU get thai.
beaut' that you was Juggling around
today before the public:'
Let me inform you that I was be-
fore the public on noble mission. in
Producing something for the uplift of
Wincapaw with dignity. MY mind
hasn't got all cleared up as Vet. but
that's what I was doing when the
cloud came over me-
Yes. l saw you talking to severa!
mnn and patting tin teapot. and then
passed tn" teapot to them" stated his
inausitor.
They all made mo take the first taste
so to show 'em that I wasn't intro
ducing nothing that was hurtful." con-
fesStd the field worker "A man who
won't take his own medicine can't do
business with the public
Wincapaw. there was rumor around
tn" grounds that the Dodges were
working you on somA kind of boot
Logging proposition. They have skipped
out. The United States revenue officers
will he on their trail There's my word
of warning. I've known you of old,
and ] don't want to see YOU get into
trouble Get back on your old job
Il haven't got any job any longer.
gents. Honubble Dobson has put the
infant anaconda out Of business. Done
it here: is going to do Same elsewhere!''
We'll. you've got to confess that YOU
wasn't keeping up with the tim"s. Win
capaw. It's about time that your in
fant anaconda growed to some size" He
excha nged looks with his partner, ana
the partner nodded Seth and I were
just talking over the case of this snake.
and without the baboon. tbs. thing amt
so much a wonder of nature. We don't
want to see an old-timer on the circuit
get down and out If you say the word,
we'll rip out that baboon and give you
tho snake free gratis for nothing. Then
you can get up lecture on how the
celebrated infant anaconda has-and SO
forth, et cetry. Get me?"
1T seems too good to be true fall
tered the old Snowman. And reckon
if go to Honubb.e Dobson and let him
inspect. he'll back up about posting me
on the circuit" cried Mr.. Wincapaw
hopefully. Gents I'll take that snake
and be everlastingly obleeged.''
''All right. Call around in the MORN
ing"
IF it's all the same to you. I'll take
him now. ] amt meaning to hint that
you'll change your minds-not bit of
it. But I've got plans. and I'd like to
be working 'em out I'm naturally of
Evening star., 1921-05-08

business turn. and like to keep my
plans humming.
".Do il now is good motto.
agreed the donor. Lend hand. Seth y
In short time the moth h-eaten ha :
boon was removed from the coils. and
without hesitation. MIR Wincapaw put
himself in the baboon'S place. the
coils fitting Snugly around his BODY
and halfway down his legs. Again
thank YOU he said. peering from
under the snakes head. I'll be has
tening on with my plans" He went
forth into the night.
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Mr. WINCAPAW had hurried the
A'I matter for fear that he might be
quizzed about his plans: a statement
involved confession. He had not
money enough to buy transportation
down the line to the next fair Mr..
Dobson's edict having knocked out
two days of business. He resolved to
foot it by night. being aware that
he and his new possession did not
present spectacle that suited garish
day. Furthermore. he hoped that he
was on the trail of his tent. figuring
that the Dodges would be at the fair
and that he could replevin his prop
erty in time to be ready for the
crowds. And above all. he had an
other project in his still muddled
mind. These city critters set up till
all hours of the night" he informed
himself "I'n go round by way Of
Bragg's Hill and ketch Honubble Dob
son before he goes to bed. When he
sees this snake. Le'll have a new idee
on the subject.
On the Candyhook road Mr.. Winca-
paw Travelled in the guise of the per-
ambulatinE anaconda.
He came to wood-road that led off
the main highway in the desired di-
rection.
After time. swinging around a
bend of the road. he came upon a
tableau that interested him: under
the light of a lantern which swung
from limb were the Dodge brothers.
busy over the tin wash boiler Near
by was the knock-kneed horse and
the tune-cart. The knock-kneed
horse was rubbing noses sociably
with Dusty Joab.
While Mr.. Wincapaw's mind had
been clearing. his wrathful certainty
that he had been put upon kept fam
ing higher in him. He began to run.
When he was near enough so that the
lanterns light was reflected in
SparkleS in the serpent's staring glasa
eyes, he began to curse the men who
had betrayed him. A profane> and
rampant snake proved too much for
the outfit upon which he was charg-
ing. Dusty Joab. having only sulky
to haul. got away first with a flying
start The knock-kneed horse heaved
at the van and followed closely. hav-
ing panic as an effectual goal. The
tune-lever was Jared into place when
the wheels bumped over a big rock
A calm and unprejudiced bystander.
present at the scene, would have felt
Evening star., 1921-05-08

long walk ahead OF him and needed
the darkness for shield and buckler.
He felt that when a man goes down
into a hole In the ground there's
no telling when he will come up
again.
He advanced into the lanterns
beams meckly apologetic. Excuse
me. Honubhle Dobson. but there's
little matter of business
\ 4
DCT it evidently occurred to the
- Honorable Dobson that he could
not possibly have any business with
talking snake. He pitched his Ian
tern onto the turf, leaped out Of the
hole with yell of terror and gal
loped off. his helpers at his heels.
The lantern was still burning. Mr.
Wincapaw put OF the affectionate
coils Of his partner. picked UP the
lantern and found that steps de-
scended into the pit. He went down
without hesitation. He traversed
narrow alleys that were hedged I"
the roof with barrels and kegs and
boxes and jugs and demijohns. There
were many alleys. The excavation
seemed to be limitless. MIR. Win
capaw lost himself several times.
his voice and walled: My Gawd.
I'm in the abode OF the Demon Rum"
He spoke with all the horror of an
apostle of temperance. Then he led
as one would flee from the pit OF
flame. provided the door were left
open.
Mr.. Wincapaw did not recover all
his epuanimity until he found him
self installed in his little tent on
the grounds of the Anson fair next
l.. l.
able to do whole lot of thinking.
Anson is the shire town Of the
county.
Mr.. Wincapaw was still thinking
when the high sheriff passed the tent
that forenoon. making tour Of in
spection. Mr.. Wincapaw glanced at
the gold badge and urgently request
ed the sheriff to step inside the tent
The sheriff listened for five min
utes. mouth open, eyes growing
wider; Jumping, Judas" he cx-
ploded. That's the, hide that the
ing months for. Wincapaw, Debson
has played a game that would have
kept the whole of us fooled! I take
OF my hat to him. We never Thought
twice about those big moving vans
that came to his estate-naturally
not, seeing what he pretended to be.
All these fake tin peddlers and fish
cart men who have been selling booze
for $40 quart all over the state
must be his agents. Well. there's
thousand dollars reward coming 10
you. I'll see that you get it,"
Mr.. Wincapaw drew himself up.
"As an L. o. G. T., l want to say
that the knowing that i have rooted
out the Demon Rum is reward
enough for me-
But that thousand dollars
"Oh I'll take that" said Mr.. Win
capaw Ioftily. so as to square my
self in part for the two days bust
ness that Honubble Dobson knocked
me out of at East Lebanon fair
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that See. the ConqucrinG Hero
Comes" was an especially fclicitous
selection for the occasion. II was rem
dered in quick tempo when the van
went bouncing away.
The Dodge brothers were not as
alert as their chargers Something
Ike petrifaction seemed to hold them
where they stood. But when Mr. Win
capaw squatted in order to rest his
burden and divest himself of ii so
that he might he able to tackle a
certain proposition with both hands
free. the professor shrieked: Run for
your life. Bitt! It's getting ready
to spring"
Then the professor dived into the
woods in one direction. and his brother
went the other way with even more
celebrity.
Suddenly the wheezy organ ceased
to proclaim the conuuering hero. An
ominouS crash attended the wind-up
Of the tune. Mr. Wincapaw trudged
on hopefully. He came upon the
wreck of the tune cart. lodged against
A tree. The front wheels. with thillS
attached and bits of leather dangling
from them. were at one side of the
van.
He found his tent and loaded that
and the snake on the makeShift bar
row that the wheels and axle made.
Once more he took up his pilgrimage.
and at last he came to the gates of
'Crestmoor The gates were high, and
so was the wall which stretched away
on either side.
The main business is all between
him and me and the snake" declared
Mr.. Wincapaw. inspecting the wall and
deciding that he would be able to
climb over it. Therefore he cut off
tent-rope and used it to pull Jhe
serpent to the top of the wall after
he had mounted there. He lowered
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took up his march inside the coils.
He spied a light at the far extreme
of the Honorable Dobsons spacious
grounds. Mr.. Wincapaw's impulse
was to goio that light before tackling
the mansion. Marching up to two
suits | may as well see what this
one is he mused.
But this third light was of the will
o. the wiSp sort. 1t was moving. Mr..
Wincapaw was obliged to follow it.
By this time he had become so ac-
customed to his ophidian companion
that he was in way to forget that
the rest of the world might not re-
gard the peripatetic combination with
placidity. He hurried to catch up.
Soon he made good progress in over
hauling because the lantern halted.
The Honorable Dobson. wearing a
golf cap. was holding the lantern to
light the work of two helpers. The
three were grouped under small
tree The helpers hooked one end
of tackle and-falls to an iron ring
bolt high up on the trunk of the tree.
and the other end to a ring which
they lifted up from concealm in
the grass Then they heaved on the
tackle. and the tree was tipped over,
lifting square section of the sward.
They made fast. and the Honorable
Dobson started ahead down the hole
which had been opened for him.
Mr. WincapaW was hankering to
have his errand over, so that he
might be on his way. for he had a