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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
FIRST METHODISTS. FINISH 5. s. LEAGUE WITH CLEAN SLATE
Final Games Played With First Methodist and First Bap-
 tiSt Winners
Fly BEN GREEN

The Employed Boys Sunday School league closed it's season last night at the Central T. M. C. A with the Firs. Baptist and First Methodist teams de- feating Fifth Avenue Presbyterian and Handley Memorial in the order named.
 The win of the Baptists clinched sec- ond place for them, while First Meth odist terminated its season without q defeat.
 The circuit has, been very successful this season from every standpoint. Not one game was forfeited by any ag- gregation for any reason, the entire schedule being played out, which is in Itself remarkable performance, es- pecially for league of this character. The attendance was good and the race for the lower berths in the standing has been very close.
 FIRST GAME
 First Baptist beat the Fifth Avenue Preds rather easily by IT to 6 score for the first game. The floor running and allround work of "Swede" Andes-
  son was. as usual, the outstanding part of the victory. He shot twelve of his teams points and was respou- sible for several other tallies Carnes played we'll and Mosley was good at guard. McRoberts and Cole were the best offensive men for the losers, while Red Tanner, lately guard for tAe simpson school. was good on the de- fense
 SECOND GAME
 The second contest ended 3 to for the first half in the eventual winners favor and the Methodists were rather scared, but came back in the seconl period making the final count IT to 5. M Mabry wss the offensive star, especial " in the second half, shooting three lteld goals in as many minutes. He scored nine points in all and ran the floor we'll. Reynolds put up a good derensive game and Howell shot his usual quota from under the basket. For the losers, Sheppard was probably the best, while Wilson and Elliott put in some good work. These boys scored their only points in the last half, but could not quite duplicate the score or the previous game. The lineups and summaries follow:
 First Bapeist (17): carnes (5) and Anderson CPD, forwards; Teague. cen ter; Robertson and Moseley guards.
 fIfth Avenue Preds, (6): Moody and Mckoberts (2). forwards; Goodbee. cen ter; Tanner and Carter, guards.
 Substitutions: Cole for Moody.
 First Methodist (17): Mabry (s) and Green (2). forwards; Howell (4), cen ter; Rawls and Reynolds. guards.
 Handiey Memorial (5): Leslie and harwen. forwards; Sheppard (2), cen ter; Thompson and Wilson, guards.
 Substitutions: Burr for Rawls, FL iiott for Leslie, Shook for Thompson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
B. A. C. BOXING LINZ UP ANNO
CRACKER BATTERY
 MEN TO REPORT TO| MAYER ON SUNDAY

Aflantn, March 3.-Battery men of the Atlanta Southern AssOcin- ton club will report at Bay St. Louiss Miss, Sunday for spring training and the remainder of the candidates will rarive March 13, according to telegram tonight from sam Mayer, Outfieldcr and secretary of the club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
'SOUTHW0RTH SIGNS UP WITH BOSTON BRAVES

Boston, March S--Bil1y south worth, outfielAer, acquired by the Boston Hraves Iron the Pittsburg Pirates. and who was reported to be holdeut, has signed . eon- tract, President Grant nafd today. The Braven' president said he dfa not wlah to discuaa the Qaest1on of how naany q his panyers wsFe stfll unsigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
KANSAS AND MITCHELL MEET IN RETURN BOUT

Milwaukee, March 3.-Definite am nouncement that Richie Mitchell and Rocky Kansas will meet in 1o-round bout here Wednesday night was made to- night by Tom Andrews, local fight promoter, following a telephone conver- sation with Tex Rickard in New York and with Dan Rogers, Kansas manager. in Buffalo.
 The fighters are to weigh in at 1z5 pounds at 2 D. nl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
SCHAEFER DECREASES
 ED HDREMAN'S LEAD

New York, March 3.-Jake Schaefer Of San Francisco today slightly decreased the lead of Edouatd fIoremans. Belgian champion, in their 1s.2 balkline billiard match here. The total score now stands: Horemans. 3.2Oe;. Schaeferj ao6o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
MISS ALEXA STIRLING
 SAILS FOR ENGLAND

Atlantn, Ga, March S.NIfss Alexn Stirling. national woman golf champion, left here today for Eng land to participate in several of the leading tournaments in thnt country this spring and summer. Miss Stirling will spend . few dnys visiting on Long Island be- fore sailinE on March from New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
OLD DOLLAR BILL SEZ.:

OLD DOLLAR As Hex Tugge through he yelled: Leave early an avoid tn shroudP' Tom Marshall lived his fOkes should be nd heard
 BOWLERS BANQUET
 In all the history of Birmingham activity that would match the interest being shown the T. C. bowlers few months competing the Birmingham alleys their flag chase that has been decided dinner tonight This feast be spread the dining of the plant offices Ensy and the bowling of the city, who did the be hand to celebrate and maseate with the steel plant the ward that feed for week Saxe has hond his moar keen will of the T. c. l. plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

dead against putting him to work, was that stories framed by Pete's critics had gone the rounds that he was a great, big, ivory -domed catcher. I had heard these stories, but the boy was so earnest, I de- cided to take him on and give him a trial. He was willing and earnest worker and listener from the start, and it didn't take me , long to learn that the natural ability was there. Pete and I un- derstood each other from the jump, and after he had corrected his batting fault, he developed into one of the best catchers i in the business. Yet, when I tipped off couple of big league managers about him, they came back with the old reply. It seems that the stories had gone to the big leagues. It wasn't until I had induced Gavvy Cravath to look him over that I gotta real rise of enthusiasm. Cravath was interested from the start when he saw him last spring, put in a bid for Pete and got him.
 COUNTED ON BY PHILLIPS
 Pete's best season was in 1919 when he hit around the 300 mark. Moley explained, however, that the big catcher sprained his wrist last season and was forced to plug. through the season with this handicap. It is understood that the Phillies are counting on Pete as a member of their staff of catchers the coming summer, and Carlton ventured the prediction that Pete would catch 100 games for the Quakers during the 1921 campaign.
 CLEANSING ATHLETICS
 Charles Bernier, head of athletics at Alabama, who spent, Wednesday in Birmingham, voiced some senti- ments about athletic recruiting by colleges that struck home. MT. Bernier, who seems to be an ath- letic director with ideals, as well as sense in his head, said that the recruiting policy by colleges and schools was doomed. He predicted that the future policy of coaches and directors would be to develop, rather than recruit their material.
 In commenting on this subject, MT. Bernier stated that he by no means meant that athletes were hired to go to school as has been intimated. T believe the yarns of lots of boys that they have re- ceived offers to attend this or that school is pure bunk said the coach. What I mean, however, is that in numerous instances ath- ietes of promising ability, have been urged to attend by virtue of the fact that they are exception ally good in this or that athletic line. In the future, however, I be- lieve that schools will abandon this policy of recruiting, and build up from year to year, with the material they have on hand. Sue cessful athletic teams are builded -not recruited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

Moran, Livsey and other 10-pin sharks will also be on hand to help devastate part of this sea- sons food crop, when the bowlers assemble at the festive board. Aside from the eating features, an interesting programme has been prepared, but this will not be given until after the soup course is over, as the chairman of the festivities has failed to install soup spoons with maxim silencers.
 INDOOR DUCK HUNTERS
 Aside from the 10-pin game, there is quite an interest in duck pins now, too, and tossers of the little balls are noted each after noon and night. Octavus Roy Cohen, the author. is devotee of and incidentally he has spotted another Saturday Evening Post character in a colored pin-setter at the alleys. Eric Levison. an- other writer of note. who is author of The Eye Witness" just pub lished by the Bobbs Merrill com pany, has also taken up bowling, and Pete Marzoni is a constant pounder of the hardwood top. Jim Chappell has applied for wound chevron, and Sake Larney has taken the matter under advise ment. Jim hit his ankle with a ball the other after 1oon, and very like 1t had the humps.
 PETE HAD MANY ENEMIES
 By simply throwing in the clutch on the old typewriter, one, may hop from bowling to base ball in less than jiffy. I fingered at baseball headquarters yester- day and sat in on a flaming bee. Moley had scraped the carbon from his tongue and his vocal chords were hitting on all six. Somehow or other a discussion of John Peters, former Baron catch CT, who was sold to the Phillies, came up. There's a man who has buckeda the gossip gangsters and won out,' said Moley. By merely emitting how 'zat?" I started Moley off on the history of Pete's hard knocks at the hands or ton gues of his enemies in baseball
 
 CRITICS HAD SLANDERED HIM
 When Pete applied to me for baseball job. he was up against it good and proper" said Moley. He had asked a dozen or so oth- CT managers for a job and they had nodded their noggins nega- lively. The reason they were so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
LANDS IS SILENT REGARDING WELTY'S
 CASE AGAINST HIM

Chicago. March 3.--Judge Kene- saw M. Landis said today he would have nothing to say concerning Impeachment proceedings thrent- ened against him in the national House of Representatives until he had received official word of what the House committee had i,een told.
 'T have asked the committee to send me n copy of the charges, evil dence, arguments md report, if their rules permit me to have this informatiOn.S he said. "Until know what the committee was told. shall have nothing what- ever to say.@
 Marmosets and similar small mon eys have claws on their fingers an,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
HAS PICKED UP

Boss Moley saw Meeker while at tending the Chicago baseball meeting last winter and the chubby pilot states that Lefty" has taken on an inch or two in height, and says heshas gained 20 pounds in weight. These additions to his manly bulk should help Meeker out considerably this season. If he can develop some speed on his shoots, Meeker will take a formidable little moundsman.
 With year or two more of experi- ence, Lefty should make the Barons a really good pitcher, and Charlie has the time in which to gain experience, as he is now only 23 years of age.
 Meeker is regarded as one of the coming greats in the southpaw world, and local moguls are expecting him to show much improvement this year over his last years form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04

recalled. From That time on Meeker began to be touted as conner, al though he didn't burn up the league throughout the remainder of the sea son.
 It is -Lefty's' unfailing courage that has won the friendship of the Birmingham fans more than any one other quality which he possesses. No matter how hard the going or how miserable his luck, Meeker always stuck to the last and never asked to be taken out of the box.
 At times Meeker showed some
 good "stuff," particularly when he
 shut Atlanta out with three hits,
 In Atlanta, mt that. The midget
 has some excellent curves and has
 showed good control, but his dim
 fnutave size has not helped him
 gain any speed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-04
PETE HAD MANY ENEMIES
CRITICS HAD SLANDERED HIM

When Pete applied to me for baseball job, he was up against it good and proper" said Moley. He had asked a dozen or so oth- CT managers for a job and they had nodded their noggins nega- lively. The reason they were so
Evening star., 1921-09-24
REALTORS ADD TO COMMITTEE
ON HOUSING ARMS CONGRESS
Task Of Inspecting and Listing Properties
) Being Pushed With Vieor-Other
Board Plans.

elected are five real estate brokers
who in the past were not members
of the board. These brokers have
! been elected to active membership.
which is restricted to licensed real
estate brokers only.
The remaining new members recent
ly elected consist principally of real
estate statesmen in the offices of ac-
tive members. The committee made a
special effort to develop this class of
membership. as it is the desire to
extend to statesmen the benefits and
privileges of the board in somewhat
I the same manner that it has been
extended to real estate brokers.
Chairman Bangs further states that
after the annual election, which takes
! place October 10. the committee will
again actively take up the work of
obtaining new members and in addi-
tion to obtaining new members
among the statesmen a special effort
ers and allied businesses and pro-
fesSionS.
Application COnamittee.
The committee in charge of solicit
ing new applications consists of H.
Clifford Bangs, chairman: Joseph A..
Herbert, r. l.. Mckeever. David E.
| Barry. H. Glenn Phelps, Thomas E.
Morton J. Luchs, William S. Phillips.
Robert c. Howard and w. l. Miller.
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the board the fol-
lowing new members were elected:
Active-O. B. Zantzinger, c. H. Par
kar Company, Louis P. Shoemaker.
John Quinn Company, Inc; the Jo-
seph Shapiro Company.
Observation-Disclosures H. Holmes, w. l..
King. Cyrus Simmons. Edward R.
Carr. Clyde c. Huntington, Milton H.
s;chofield, X. Nj. Grimm, Harry B.
Pitts. Warren Helphenstein. Charles
A. Jones. G. G. Duty, Sylvan J. Luchs.
E. NJ. Aten, William E. Sims, Joseph
J. Crowley. William ]. Hoover. Milton
F. Schwab. Albert E. Landvoigt.
James E. Schwab. Vernon H. Whit
mLn, Arthur c. Israel, John T. Will
liams. Frank A. Simon. S. McElroy
Burgess. I'd; Claud Livingston. Hugh
f. Phillips. F.. G. Tieman. Charles n.
Gregory, c. ]. Poland, James C. Hos
kins. G. P. Plummer. George Calvert
Bowie. H. L. Rust, jr.; ]. F. NJ. Bowie,
Taylor +. Eiker. Maurice T. Church,
Arthur S. WOlpe. George A. Weaver,
Earl NJ. Macintosh, J. NJ. Burns. A.
L. Donohoe, Daniel Altman, William
A. Seebold, Edward H. Jones, J. Ar
thur Lewis. st. George r. Raby. Louis
E. Luria, Winfree E. Johnson, Monroe
& Robert Bates Warren, the Wash
ington Times. the Washington Post,
the Washington Herald, Liberty Ma
tional Bank, Howard Moran, r. w.
Geare, Hugh A. Thrift.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
BUILDING RESTRICTED.

Construction of "block" or '.row'
houses in the 230-acre subdivision
opened this week by Middaugh & Shan
non in Massachusetts Avenue Park will
be prevented. it was learned today.
The lots. with minimum frontage
of fifty feet, are said to be carefully
safeguarded against erection of at
tached homes by covenants running
with the land. permitting only one house
to lot.
Middaugh & Shannon already have
begun the construction of a group of
about fifteen detached brick homes in
the Woodley Park end of the tract.
The area which has been made avail
able for home building through an
agreement entered into by Middaugh &
Shannon and George H. Lamar. trustee
for the syndicate owning the property.
is approximately 100000 square feet.
Elevation of the highest point in the
tract is 400 feet above sea level There
are four and one-half miles of sewers
and water mains laid in the territory.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

Kanawha street; cost. $500.
f. A. Smith, to build homes. 3715-
3717 Keokuk street; cost, $4,000.
r. l.. Grace, to repair 1874 North
Capitol street; cost, $500.
NJ. Grenbaum. to build home, 353e
Porter street. cost. $500.
r. B. Arnold. to repair 329 Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast; cost, s725.
G. l.. Ahmay. to build, 2703 Bladens-
burg road; cost. $1,000.
Crandall Mackey. to build home
2020 10th street; cost. $4,000.
j. NJ. Frank. to build, 1870 Florida
avenue; cost. $4,000.
Permits for Garages.
s. r. Carlisle, to erect garage. alley
cost, $1,000.
National Geographic Society. to re.
pair 10th and NJ streets: cost. $500.
]. Shelton, to build home. 81 Don.
;-ldson place northeast; cost, $1,000.
J. Wignali, to build home. 3218 7tf
street northeast; cost s6,500.
J. Weisblatt. to erect garage, real
264 l street; cost, $1,000.
B. kahasky. to repair 1924 Nichol:
avenue: cost. $1,000.
Daniel Lewis. to build home. 1915
4Sth street northeast; cost. $1,000.
Roger w. Shumate, to build home
46th street and Hunt place northeast
cost. $500.
c. B. Mays. to repair 1909 3otl
street; cost. $1,000.
P. T. Chaconas. to repair 1903:
9Th street; cost, $1,000.
D. Ustman. to build home, 5033 Wis
consin avenue; cost. $500.
Evening star., 1921-09-24
z NEW RESIDENCES
FOR 18TH STREET
Shannon & Luchs to Build
Attractive Homes in
$500 Block.

Twelve homes will be erected by
Shannon & Luchs in the $500 block,
18th street. it was disclosed in the
list of building permits issued this
week by the District building in
spector. The operation will cost So
600. 1T was estimated.
d. A. Baer was given a permit for
the construction of an apartment
house at 1905 Potomac street, to cost
$4,000.
Other Permits.
Other permits follow:
Edmonds Constructing Company. to
repair rear Evarts street northeast,
near Baltimore and Ohio railroad
cost. $4,000.
Ida Abraham, to repair 56O1 Georgia
avenue; cost, $500.
w. +. Frazier, to build 227 Sth street
southeast; cost $4,000
F. Murphy, to build home. 61GO 33d
street, cost, $4,000.
Leo r. Sack, to build home, 1909
Woodley road; cost, $500
c. w. Jacobs, to build 4249-4213
Grant street northeast: cost. $4,000.
lnfrmary to BE Built.
Sisters of Visitation, to build in
$4,000.
T.. A. Smith. to build home, a741
Evening star., 1921-09-24
DISTRICT SEVENTH
CITY IN BUILDING
Permits Granted Here Dur
ing August Are Valued at
$3,3O8,485.

Washington stands seventh in the
list of cities whose building permits
for August totaled more than a mill
lion dollars, according to statistics
prepared by the American Contractor.
Washington's total valuation of
$3.30S.4s5 during this period was
eclipsed only by figures quoted for
the following cities in the order of
precedence Indicated: New York city.
Chicago. Los Angeles. Detroit. Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh.
Comparison for August.
A comparison of Washington's per-
NIT total for August of this year with
that of August. 1920. shows an in
crease in total valuation of per cent.
Last month there were issued sos
building permits. having total valu-
alton of s3,3O8.4S5. while in August a
year ago 636 permits, valued at
$3,039,274, were issued.
Comparison of 1877 cities for August
of the two years shows 36 per cent
gain for this year over last years
activity.
August building statistics reported
from 1877 cities confirm other evi-
dences that construction activity is
strengthening. The number of build
ing permits issued in these cities dur
ing August is 51,52s, as against 45.2a7
permits issued in 201 cities during
July. The Valuation of the August
Evening star., 1921-09-24

In order to facilitate the work of per-
sonally inspecting and appraising the
rental value of properties offered for
use in housing persons attending 'he
conference on limitation of armament
the special committee of the Washlng-
ton real estate beard assigned to handle
this task has been enlarged, it was an
nounced today by Percy H. Russell
chairman.
The committee will hold meeting
on Monday, at which the additional new
members will be present. and II Is the
intention of the chairman to enlarge 'he
scope Aof personal inspection which mas
been in progress. The new members OF
the committee will be assigned certain
sections. and after carefully inspecting
houses in these sections will report PACK
To the board the fairness of the rentals
asked. 49,
IF it should develop that any OF the
rentals are excessive the member OF tne
committee, on behalf of the board. VIII
endeayor to have the owner revise tne
rharpes otherwise the properties will
not he submitted to the expected Vlsltors'
it is stated. H..
Chairman Russell also states that
there have been large numoeT U.
rooms in private residences llsted. pu.
the investigation of these cases Will no'
!, be taken up this week Ackn9wiragme1t snartT T.
however, has been sent to the property
owners IN each instance where there has
been a listing made.
Many visitors Expected.
While it is fact that several of the
emha ssies informally state that arrange
ments have been made to put their deie
cations in hotels, the committee is OF
the opinion that there will be sufhcient
other visitors from foreign countries as
we'll as representatives OF the amer
ican and foreign press to JUSTIFY the
committee in keeping in touch with the
listed properties. 1t is stated that den-
mite information as to the requirements
of these people may not come 10 efle
boards offices for several weeks pu.
the committee intends to be prepared
properly to care for them as requests
are made to the board.
The committee as enlarged conslsts
of Percy H. Russell, chairman; ROD
ert C. Howard. F. E. Middleton. !.
Leo Kolb. Robert L. MckeeysI'
Charles B. Caywood, William n. Hlll,
Harry S. Welch, r. Owen Edmonston
and J. Erris Powell.
Interest in Board.
Active interest in the developme mt
oethe Washington Real Estate Board
is apparent by the number of appli-
cations from new members. accordine
to H. Clifford Bangs, chairman OF tne
membership committee The execu-
tive committee recently elected to
membership sixty-one names present
cd hy the membership committee.
These new members have been - ob-
tanned through the activity OF .ne
membership committee in the past
few weeks. Among the new members
Evening star., 1921-09-24

permits is $16O.02S,s95. and of the July
permits is s163,104.s56. Considering
the number of cities making returns
for each month, respectively. the av-
erage valuation of permits for cities
is somewhat larger for August, being
$S12.329. whereas the average valu-
alton per city for July is $S11,466.
Smaller Than for July.
While the valuation per city is
greater for August, the average valu
alton per permit is smaller than for
July. This may be accounted for by
the predominance of residential con-
struction. which may conservatively
be said to comprise more than one
third of all construction activities at
the present time.
There is. however. another factor
which accounts for the smaller aver
age size of permits during August,
namely. the apparent shifting of the
greatest activity from the larger
cities. which, considered alone. show a
drop rather than an increase from
July activity.
Evening star., 1921-09-24

4 jewelers. shop on Maiden Lane,
New York city. which rented for $500
III 1901. now brings more than $50, ,00G.