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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
TO BE BUSY WEEK FOR CAGEMEN AND
 BOXERS AT ALA.
Tulane to, Play Two Games at the University-SeveraI
 Boxing Bouts

University, February 5.-(SpeciaL)- Next week will be a busy one for the Alabama cage men and wielders of the boxing gloves.
 Monday and Tuesday nights the Crimsons take on the Tulane Univer- sity Greenbacks from New Orleans. Tulane has clean slate this season, and recently trounced the strong Tex as A. & NJ. Shorthorns. The visit of the Greenbacks is looked forward to by the entire student body and both games should be banner events. Coach Eernier's men have annexed nine vic tories. and are looked upon now as the dark horse of the $. l. A. A. tourna- ment. Bernier refuses to take this seriously, however, as he still insists that his team is too light and green to hang up such a record. Starting the season with only one letter man is no light obstacle to overcome, especial ly when four of the men on the squad are tipping the scales at less than 40 pounds.
 INJURIES TO SQUAD
 Injuries and sickness have cropped into the camp, too. Bickley, the star center and pivot of the team, contract ed a. bad cold and has been confined to his bed for a week. Leake sprung a
 
 this star guard idle for several days This break of hard luck, coming when the hard games are rolling around has caused the veteran mentor to look for reliable second string men for the coming road trip.
 HARD ROAD TRIP
 After the two games with Tulane, the team will hop the rattler to do battle twice with the Mississippi A. x M. outfit Following these two hard games, the "Bama boys take on Uni versity of Mississippi at Oxford. Six games in as many nights IS no easy task for any crew. The reserves will also be busy by tackling Southern academy in Greensboro Fri day night. The University co-eds take on Meridian college of Mississippi Sat urday night in the gymnasium. Ber- nier believes in keeping every body busy.
 DIXON VS. DUFFY
 The best boxing bout to be yet staged by the University team will be pulled off during the intermission of the first Tulane game. Eddie Duffy. the New Orleans whirlwind who is now a student at the university, will meet sailor" Dixon in four round exhi- bltion. The Sailor recently got a de- cision over Bill Bailey of Atlanta, and who is rated as the coming white hope This amateur mill will do much to further stimulate the growing interest in the boxing game at the university
 SHOTTS VS. WHITE
 On Tuesday night, two local bouts will be staged with possibility of Joe White. the Tuscaloosa white hope. -akirg on Cyclone Shotts of football fame. Snotts has been coming along Fast, and is about ready to swap blows With the best of them. White, with lls Flo pounds, is a tough customer or Shetts to tackle but the latter's .ggressiveness and speed should allow i'm to stay With Coach Joe White a 'ew rounds.
 The entire boxing team is develop ng rapidly under the coaching of Duffy and White. A full team will be nt~to the southern tournament which will be held at the Birmingham Ath- etic club in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
Selma Citizens Are Anxious for q Team
 In the Ne.y League

Selma, February 5-(Special.)- )-Or- ganized baseball for Selma in the Cot ton States Baseball league is to be q reality. if the citizens of this city sup- port the project, and meeting of cit izens will be called at an early date by Frank Cothran, chairman of the chamber of commerce committee. formed some months ago. to push the matter. The idea of forming the Cot ton States league originated with Mir Cothran, who got in touch with Merid- ian and Pensacola chambers of com merce, lining them up on the proposl tlon, and it is safe to predict that this city will not forfeit her place as the sixth club in the league.
 Much interest has been evinced here in baseball, and as this city has been without professional ball for several years, it is believed that the project of securing it this summer will be speedily indorsed
 MUST BUILD DIAMOND
 Selma will have to build a baseball diamond and provide. other facilities Tor proper enjoyment of the game. so local business men and others will be asked to get behind the project at once to raise S5,000. The site for ball pa rlx will be an important matter to be set tied on, as the old baseball park across the river has been abandoned and / now used as race track. Several sites are known to be available. which Will prove more convenient than the old one. it is said.
 MT. Cothran had short talk with tliff Green. n..representatiye of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce. at the meeting in Meridian, as he passed through the city, returning to Mont gomery. MT. Greene stated that all the delegates present at the Meridian meeting were enthusiastic over the prospects of the league, and many towns have already raised the money needed. Montgomery he says, vii: speedily raise her money A general meeting of delegates from the six cit les will be called within 30 days, Mr Green stated.
 w. A. Anderton, a former Selmian and the new secretary of the league. is enthusiastic over the prospects for a fine league, and has held several tele- phone conversations with MT. Cothran and others here relative to the matter Many details will have to be worked oopt at an early date. he says. as the Meridian meeting merely perfected a skeleton orranization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
 RAGING AT ". o. CALLED OFF

New Orleans. February b. Holding that the racing season which started Thanksgiving Day and Is due to end next rhursday s'is long enough for any community" Gov. John M. Parker today in- formed officials of the Jefferson Parish Fair association. thnt he would oppose u scheduled spring meeting. Jefferson officials then called off the meeting, which they had Schsduied to start the day fol- lowing the close If the present fairgrounds meeting.
 t;ovcrnOr Parker. in q formal statement regarding the Jefferson parish meeting, said; "There will Ice no sprinr meeting at Jefferson park this season after Mardi Grax Fay. To be more specific, either there will he no such spring meeting or there will he no more raringy in Louisiana nt aii.v
 Considerable opposition Gevcl- Opcd here last year whtn tue rae ing season WAS extended into the Lentcn season.
 Horsencn tonight were planning for the most part to keep their horses in training here during the spring nnd later ship to MnryInMd and Kentucky. A .feyvj nmnouhced , their Intention to NRo to Havsnn and Tia Junta. where mecsingn are being held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06

of the popular little local lightweight adds much attraction to the card for to- morrow night, as Boorde always fights his hardest when he appears here Fred die is born scrapper and he will make things interesting for McGinty, who will probably outweigh Boorde few pounds.
 The somifinal bout should be a winner.
 In addition to the two final bouts, three fast preliminary engagements have been arranged. The curtain raiser will feature little Paul Jones' 85-pound cham pion of the Boys club Claude Wilson and Steve Sarron will meet in a three round grudge scrap, and Gene Ral will close the preliminary bill with his three roundsr with John Saab.
 Referee Parry will officiate at the match. The first preliminary bout will begin promptly at S:3O o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06

-ashNille team would win runaway same. but before the first half was out Hood, the fast guard, was injured ana replaced by Riddle, and the score was Kept down.
 Iucket was the star for SpringviIle. -Ashvile honors were divided between Robinson and Hood. The whole Ashviiie team deserves credit for the fast team wolf; and good passing. lineup:
 -Ashville (s5)--Frazer (S) and Nelson @, forwards: Self. center; Robinson (6) and Hood O. guards.
 Springville t2n--Lovell st6) and Draper CD, forwards; Puckett d0,. center; walk cr aud Ns.,stca tD. guards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
kS'fvlLLE WHY'S CLOSE
 GAME FROM SPHlNGviLLE

Ashvine, February --tSpeeial ,--ln one of the hardest fought contests ever played on the local court. the Ashvile tasketha T team won from sprn gyiile. p sascf
 Ere.A ...s ...At it lvoAea ~s ts44sh tie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
Army Swimmers Win

West Point. N. Y. February 5.-The army defeated Columbia 2S to 25 in dual swimming meet here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
SOME GREAT WRITER'S

Two hurlers in the history of the game nave records of striking out 300 men in a season and this includes minor and major leaEues. Matty Kilroy, pitching Tor the Baltimore club of the old Amer ican association, then a major league.
 n 1886. struck out 504 batsmen in the eo games he hurled that season. Kilroy was soutfpaw and one inch shorter than Dick Kerr of the White Sox KiI- roy had more speed than Kerr and his drop ball was slightly more decept.ve perhaps due to the period, for the drop ball those days vas rather a new inno- vation and spread havoc something like the spit ball is dc.Ig today.
 John c. Clarkson, one of the greaest hurlers the game ever had, in 1881, struck out 5l1 aatsmen in 5 games In the fl games he hurled for Saginaw of the Northwestern league he famed AIS batsmen in 4 games and with the Chi- cago team of the National league he pitched 12 games and famed 93 batsmen, making a total of 511 men in 53 games. Clarkson famed as high as 19 men in nine innings. Kilroy's best was 16 in nine innings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
"MATTY" COULD PITCH A BALL AS HARD AS THE BEST
Christy EquaIIed League Strike-Out Record By
 "Cutting Loose''
By MACLEaN KENNEDY

Christy Mathewson had about as much sreed as any pitcher ever peddled when he wanted to use 1t. Matty was pitch ing his last game of the season of lgOi against the St. Louis Browns with Frank Bowerman catching him. In the ninth inning, with two down. an official tirped Bowerman that Matty was within one of the league strikeout record and to get Beckley, the next and last bats ter up.
 q guess can. said Matty when Frank put him wise.
 Bowerrnan signaled for fast one and it whizzed past old Jake before he had his bat up, then he called for am other just like it.
 Pretty fast said "Old Eagle Eye. as that one slipped by him with the speed of a racer driven by Barney Old field. Then the foxy Bowerman sig naled for one of Matty's straight drops.
 As sure as I am living" says Frank, that ball came over the plate high enough for strike and l had to get it on the pickup and tag Eagle Eye vino made the sixteenth strikeout for Matty on that cold October day"
 Tc get batsman of the caliber of Reckley. who was bona fde 800 hit ter on three called strikes gives one whc never saw Matty pitch a slight hint of what wonderful thrower he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
Cotton Mill Expands

Roanoke, February <.-(Special.l-- Twenty -eight bid modern looms havs just been installed in the local cotton mill, the Handley Manufacturing com pany announces. This plant Is now run ming on a good day schedule, though the night shift is off duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
Lee Still Leading Shooters In U. s. R. A.
 National Matches

The local entries in the national pistos tournament. now in progress, fell few points under their last weeks score in their fourth match this week. Dr. O. R. TroJe made his best score so far this season. Lee and Carl each had one bad target, which lowered their score bit
 Scores follow:
 T. K. Lee, 49, 42. 50, 42. 4s............ z5z o. l.. Carl, 45, 9, 40, .45, 4.... 2g Dr. Troje, A. 45, A, 42, 3s.............. 214 Person Moore, 40, 45. 43, 37. D....... 305 H. s. Jones. 40 s4, g, A, A............ 1s5
 Team total .......................... .10o4
 Only the five high men each week compose the team, the other scores not being used. Person Moore is shooting consistently well this season, having To trouble in getting on the team each week.
 The Springfield. Mass, club is leading the league at the end of the fourth match, with the Olympic of Los Angeles following. Birmingham has climbed up into eleventh place since the last match. Lee so far is leading all individuals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
SLOSS-SHEFFIELD IS STILL LEADING
 THE CITY LEAGUE
CITY LEAGUE STANDING

%Took Adamson's place. Adamson lost ont of 5.
 The seventh week of the City Basket ball league is now over, with the unde- feated Sloss-Sheffield aggregation still holding the undisputed leadership of the circuit. All of the games played last week resulted aS expected except the Westfeld-Stockham contest. The Vest field boys came from behind in the sec ond half, tying the score in the last % seconds of play and scoring field goal to Stockham's one foul in the extra ffy-- minute period. This team is practicing at every opportunity and may upset the lhagne standing yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
GRACE DOESN'T COUNT

some newspaper writers considered Larry Lajoe the most awkward of players when he made his debut into big league circles in 1896. True, the big frenchman did look anything but grace ful, but Laioie, like Horus Wagner, was never the sylph-like type of play ar. Every motion and move of Larry Lajoie while ct bat and in the field was perfectly natural and he never changed his style. n the course of few sea sons the same sport writers were hold ong up Larry aA the personification of and gracefulness Lajoie, in his firs- season cut was with the Philadei- phia Nationals, and in the 40 games he played at first didn't nf.,!se an error and hit the ball i'll true I.ajoie fashion, mak- ing an average with the stick of .S2S, be- sides making s5 runs in the 40 games. A ball player who can debut like that dosnt have to be very graceful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
LAST WEEKS FEATURES

The features of the week were the close Stockham- Westfield game, the rough and tumble affair between the two North Birmingham teams and Mar relrs record of six consecutive foul goals The Stockham star made five in as many attempts week before last and shot his first try last week. He missed the second attempt and broke his string which is the longest made in Birming- ham this season. The Y. M. C. A. tri- umph over the Birmingham Southern lads was featureless,' except for the splendid shooting of Jerry Thomas and the pass work of o. Hillburn, both of the "Y" Whatley of the Sloss-S Sheffield qu1n- tet shot 12 points in his game
 From all indications, the Y. M. C. A. five will have to stop the Sloss boys if they want to have a look in on the title. This battle will occur on the last scheduled night of the league. and if the Redskins" win an extra game will probably be played to decide the cham pionship.
 The games scheduled for next Wednes- day night are as follows:
 Sloss-Sheffieid vs. Birmingham-South- ern Reserves.
 Central Y. NJ. c. A. vs. Westiield.
 North Birmingham Community vs. Stockham Y. M. c. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06
RUSsIE. THE CHEAT

No young ball player loved the game any more than Amos Rusie, who, in his day., was as well known as Walter Johnson. The big boy from Indiana wanted to pitch every game. The first berth Rusie had was with the Indian apoliA club when that city was a mem- Der oNthe National league in 1889.
 The manager Nof the club often told Amos that if he would win the game that day he would let him pitch the next No greater inducement could be offered and big Amos would use speed that was a revelation to even the old- est veterans in the old National
 When the Indiana Thunderbolt" broke into the big show he was as wild as fawn but no hurler ever worked harder to gain control than did the boy who, q few years later, was the pride of Gotham and the terror ot all batsmen
 Rusie gs,ined control but <he stead. fer he became the less steam he hHd and, ater few seasons of trying to use his head and control in conjunc- ton with slow ball gave it uR Rusie often remarked that usiE.s your head was all Tight and control was n fine asset, but you couldn't pitch with your. head.
 Give me the strong arm that, in,- parts the life to a ball and makes it jump he said, ''ard I'll go along with out using fine headwork."
 For eight seasons this speed marvel was the big sensation in baseball
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-06

University, February 5.-(SpeciaL)- Next week will be a busy one for the Alabama cage men and wielders of the
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

vestment lnakes ma feel suspicious OF the
concern. have $1,000 I would like TO
invest 50 as TO get a higher interest or
returns than the banks allow, but cannot
afford 70 rnn too great a risk. rs MY in
come VIII not permtt-E. J on
Acknowledgements Of what the
Magma Metal Corporation makes or
what their financial standing or that
o. tneir directors may be points upon
which the financial manuals are unani-
mousiy silent). promise Of S3,6S0
profits in two years from an original
investment Of $500 is simply laughable.
Or perhaps it would be better TO say
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# they were not taken seriously by so
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their money. Throw offers such as
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the money YOU would lose Oh the other
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ahead in the end. Keep $500 in the
savings bank as reserve fund. Invest
the other $500 in good bonds. Liberty
bends are a good start. Add 20 your
savings bank fund as you can and
when it again reaches $1,000 buy an
other $500 of bonds.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

aeks to make graphic
place in the market
pre-War year. The
to answer the query
: comparative prices
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Should He Hold Canadian Pacific.

Question: read with interest your sug
sesaions ~, aaen morning regardins inyest
Of Your ran,es shonId 'i Ike ,'n,l
regarding tho following: hoid twenty
shares OF Canadian Pacific on account
o' feSenulE ,s , pnrch%s'nE house' on which
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myself up into rather large payments
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sell ten shares. would you allow the
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New-York tribune., 1921-10-13
Should Keep Treasury Certificates

puestion-WiN YOU be kind enough to
give iqformati0n in regard to the follow
Withdraw 50. 0oo and invest this In some
thing that would bring higher yield 2
Would YOU consider American Telephone
and Telegraph is due 1924. a safe invest =
inent? As am subject tn the income tax
what would be The average yield after de-
ductiON Of tax" Also would il be- more
advantageous and safer for me to buy Vic
tory notes instead? own s. 900 United
states Treasury certificates. duo June Is
1929. bought at par and selling now around
lCli is. Would 1t be wise for me to sell so
could realize a profit of about $40 in this
transaction and with the proceeds buy Vic
tories or some high grade short term
bonds?--C. NJ
Answer-We consider American Tel
ephone and Telegraph convertible 6s.
due 1925. not 1924, a good investment
The company, however, does not as
sumo the normal Federal income tax,
so that from every $50 you receive,
you would have to subtract per cent
for normal income tax. and if you
are subject TO supertaxes, that much
IN addition. Your yield on the bonds
if held TO maturity would be 5.4 per
cont. less the normal income tax, and
Your current income would be about
5.Ss per cent, less tax We would not,
If we were you, just at this time
poIH uIttW inc oL UUO OUT OF lnc say
ings bank and sell the Treasury ccr-
ti.icatcs. We would keep one available
as q quick cash asset. If need should
arise We think you should hold your
Treasury certificates, but draw the So,
700 from the savings bank. We suggest
the purchase ot two Brooklyn Edison
7 per cent general mortgage series D
bonds, due 1910, recently selling at
1O29s. giving you Il current income Of
6.82 per cent, and one New York Cen
tral consolidated Is due 1898, selling
at Il Is. We prefer long term rather
than short term investments. If you
ere subject to suDertaXes, We suggest
Investing in municipal bonds. The
are the most advantageous and the
safest OF Investments for an individual
subject TO taxes, except, Of course.
Liberty bonds, which, however, yield
less
New-York tribune., 1921-10-13

Ihc Interstate Commerce Commits
SONS assignment Of railroads among
nineteen different systems is tentative.
and Ior this reason the commission has
made certain alternative suggestions:
thus It's system No. might consist Of
the New England railroads, taking New
England as unit, and combining the
New Haven. Boston & Maine, Maine
Central and New York. Ontario &
western, or il might consist Of the
Delaware & Hudson, Ulster & Della
ware, Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern, butalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
and two small roads. Were system IA
TO be adopted, the New England roads
would be parceled out among either
the trunk lines or the lines connecting
with the Great Lakes. The six systems
discussed in previous articles have
been Oh the assumption that neither
System = nor System IA were formed
Incidentally the contrast between Sys-
TENS 7 and IA is striking 1t would
be hard to find three stronger roads
than the Delaware & hudson, Lacka-
wanna and Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts
burgh. 1t would be hard to find a rail
road system that is in more need of
some kind Of aid than the New England
railroad systems.
The New England railroads are ask
ing tho trunk lines TO give them a bet
ter division of the through rates on
traffic from and to New England, but
it is the consensus of opinion Of rail
road men outside Of New England, and
we are inclined to think, also of the