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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
Howard Co-Eds To Play Central
 College Tonight

The Co-eds of Howard college will tie up in a basketball engagement with the Central college team of Tus- caloosa at 8 o'clock on the Y. NJ. c. A. court. This is the first game of the season for the Howard girls. and they are figuring on starting the season out right by giving the team from Tuscaloosa good, sound beat ing. The Howardettes have been working hard for long time now. and they have team that should be able to give almost any feminine team real scrap.
 4 number of good players came out for the team and the battles for the different positions have been long and hard and are not over yet. How ever, Capt. Thelma stacy and Ethel Clark will probably start at forward. These two girls have worked hard against some worthy competitors for their places and much is being ex- pected of them when they run against the Central college team to- night. Thelma Stacy is not only the captain of the Bulldog five, but she is also the coach, and she deserves much credit for the way in which she has drilled the team for this game.
 Little and Waggoner will do the work at the guards for the Howard five. and everyone at Howard college is willing to bet that the Central for wards are going to have a problem to solve in getting by these two guards to shoot a goal. Both of the guards are not only good defensive players, but they are also fast when it comes to getting over the court, and can show some remarkable of fensive work whenever the occasion demands.
 Williams will probably play center for the Howardettes, and in this de- partment, as in the others, the Buh- dogs are sure to get some dependa ble playing. Miss Williams had to go some for her job, as there were two more out for the place right up Tn her class, but she beat them out. ana if she plays anything like up to her usual form she should make the Cen tralettes do some tall playing to keep up with her.
 The Co-eds are not touting them selves as world beaters. but they know that they have a good team and all of them are confident of a victory over the team from the Druid City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
MONTEVALLO TO PLAY THE MOMENTS COLLEGE


 Montevallo, December 15.-(Spe- cial.)-The basketball team from the Woman's College of Alabama, Mont gomery. will play the varsity team from Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women Friday after noon on the college courts at Monte- vallo. Preparations have been made for the game either indoors or out doors, according to the weather.
 Since the Womans college baslle { tossers are accustomed to playing with team of five, Montevallo girls are training down to a five girl team. Their outdoor contest court has been made smaller for the con venience of a smaller team. Tn all their inter-class games. MontevaIlo girls play with nine members to a team.
 Great interest is being manifested among the basketball players, as the varsity team choices are not sure un- til the last minute just which five will take part in Fridays game. Miss Rebecea Funk and Miss Beulah Put nam are the coaches who have trained the Montevallo girls in fine basketball form.
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the ''poor from the game once and
 for all.
 With the events of the last anna
 teur championship in my mind 1 am delighted that Jesse Guilford won. He is splendid fellow to play with, and he played the very best golf at St. Louis. 1 feel espec- iaily glad of his victory this year when I recall scene in the locker room of the Engine rs Golf club last year. when the tournament for 1920 was held It was late in the evening when the qualifying scores for the championship were all in. A golfer sat in his corner, near his locker, his head in his hands, with the story of bitter disappointment written heavy in every curve of his quiet, modest face. The golfer was big Jesse Guilford. the Boston "seige gun" and he must have felt then that success In his chosen sport was not for him. Every golfer of note has felt at some time the bangs that he felt then. Today he is the champion and I congratulate him. He earned his victory by a whole week of well-played golf. and with out question 1t was the best golf there.
 In another article I will tell of the l "poow and how 1t works.
 | Copyright, John F. Dille Co.,. i'm |. fringement prosecuted)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
SOUTH CAROLINA TO
 PLAY 10 GAMES IN '22

Columbia. S. C., December 15.-The University of South Carolina com pleted it's 1922 football schedule to- night when negotiations for the Thanksgiving game were closed with Centre college. Nine games are on the schedule and a tenth may be added. Citadel hopes to have the Orangeburg fair dates changed so that the game there may be played six days later. If this effort is sue cessful Carolina will schedule a game for November IS. The schedule fol- lows:
 September So-Efskine at colum bia.
 October 7-Presbyterian College at Columbia
 October 14-North Carolina al Chapel Hill, N. c.
 October 21--Wofford at Columbia.
 October 26.-Clemson at State Fair (Columbia).
 November 4-Sewanee at Columbia
 November 11-Furman at Columbia
 November 1S-Citadel at Orange burg fair. November so-Centre at Danville Ky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
ATLANTA A. C. WILL OPEN BASKETBALL
 SEASON TONIGHT
Windy City Team Is Out for Another Southern Cham
 pionship This Year

Atlanta, December 15.-(Special)-- The campaign that supporters of the Atlanta Athletic club confidently be- lieve will bIIng southern basketball championship to Atlanta starts Sat urday nignt when Coach Beans lads take on the Clemson Y. NJ. C. A: quin- tet al the home on Auburn avenue.
 Coach Bean Is undecided about the lineup today. He looked about like Flo zeigfeld would trying to pick out the prettiest girl in the Follies.
 Bean wasn't worried over the ma terial. Trouble was entirely in att tempting to select the five that would best look after Atlanta's basketball honor. About a dozen basketeers were cavorting on the A. A. c. court, but the coach was up in the air and we don't blame him. Truly the task is one that would severely test the wisdom of Solomon.
 Coach Bean was more willing to talk about the figures sure to be missing than he was the ones that would start for the locals. He stated that Louis Morrison would not be in the lineup and that Johnny Vest moreland was not playing basketball this season. Westmoreland was cap tain of last years quintet.
 Morrison, elected alternate captain the other night when "Scrappy" Sul- livan was installed as the A. A. C.. pilot, is out of the city on business trip and will not return early enough to take part in the festivities. Scott and Bryan appear to be the best bets at center Saturday night. Scott is u newcomer to Atlanta Athletic club basketball, but some years ago he was a local prep star, later playing at Georgia.
 Coach Bean declared that he had about decided to start Rufus Bass and Eskew at the forward positions. Both are well known to Atlanta's court enthusiasts, being veterans on the roster of the local championship outfits. The defensive burden Is go- ing to be left in the very capable hands of Captain Sullivan, Oliver and Graves.
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me whether 1t was a forward pass or a line plunge, but I could follow the fortunes of our team without any further explanation. It was hard to be In suspense sometimes, but intuition told me so much"
 The Steamboat Returns
 Steamboat Johnson, the leath- er-lunged arbiter, who fell out with Boss Martin over salary differences last year, and went into a seasons exile in the Sally league, has repented and returned. Steamboat grew weary of the strenuous life In the Sally, where umpires are not afforded the police protection granted in real loops. So, this year he came to terms with Proxy Martin, who was glad to get Steamboat back. The de- parture of Cy Pfirman for the National league would have left the Southern league proxy in hole for umps but for the return of the tried and true Steamboat.
 While Pfirman's promotion came as surprice, still fans realized all along that he was the best umps in the circuit last year. The Southern league is coming to be known as a train ing camp for arbiters. Last year Bill Brennan was called higher. Charlie Moran also coached in this league several years ago.
 Walker County Banquet
 Victorious members of the Wal ker County High school football team were dined, even if not wined, in the annual football dim her Thursday night. They cele- brated long into the evening hours, many brilliant speeches being made congratuiating Coach Christopher and his squad over their successful conquest for the state high title.
 Guy O'Rear called me up Thurs day and insisted that l come over. Charlie Burton did the same thing. And, Just when 1t looked like I was on my way the judge at the courthouse ordered me to report in a certain case as wit ness at 9:30 Friday morning. Such is life. It looks like the fates al- ways conspire against the poor newspaper man, in keeping him away from a square meal.
 Looks like there is & bounce back to the Babe Ruth fine. A number of Judge Landis' enemies are seeking to get his job as fed- eral judge.
 
 If it came to a show down, where it meant one job or the other, the judge would probably elect to stick with the baseball forces. His word is law in or ganized baseball. and his salary as czar or baseball is six times what he gets for sitting on the bench as judge.
 Benny Leonard has refused to box for Tex Rickard. Maybe Ben ny thinks the bankruptcy pro- ceedings against Tex will cut down the purses he offers in the future.
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Of course the referees should have acted independently for a gallery Is on a course only by the courtesy of the club, and for a moment l was tempted to have it out with the in truder then and there-with fists If necessary. Only my consideration for Guilford. who was playing his game in the most sportsmanlike manner. unaffected by the clements of any other consideration, deterred me.
 As the man following us no doubt well knew, he was the first one ever to accuse me of taking advantage of any situation. The effect of his ac- cusation was we'll planned--it was adroit. It went straight home with me, and accomplished what 1t was intended to accomplish. My whole reputation Is built on the fact that l have always when possible given the other fellow the best of 1t. l have played through hundreds of matches where rivalry has been keen and the gallery has shown 1t, but never be- fore in an insulting manner All lit- tic gallery mistakes, such as applause at the wrong time, standing in the line of puts. etc, are minor faults The insult direct to me was major offehse. The effect on my game left me utterly unable to concentrate. Immediately after the match | went to a nationally known golfer who was in the group, and who have always considered my friend, and told him exactly what l thought about the matter.
 | He told me that he knew the i man involved but would not divulgc | his name. He declared the offender l was not a Boston enthusiast for NJ. l Guilford, but was St. Louis man. 1 He led me to infer that 1t was some i one who had an interest in the pool" From another source 1t came to me that this man had Guil- ford in the pool" The morning pa- pers, seemingly sensing an atmos- l phere of gambling, said that Bos- ton man had won the pool and
 had taken in more than $7.0o0. cannot vouch for these statements
 put I do know that if the pool? ] reaches such figures the game it.
 self Is in danger We have had one
 sport all but ruined through gamb-
 ling, let us see to it that the best
 game of all be kept pure.
 It is . well-known fact that golf.
 CTS cannot play well when annoyed l If our game is to be kept at its
 best officials must find some way t. protect the players from insult. IT no other sport. perhaps. can any players game be so utterly upset
 by insult as in golf. If men in thu galleries are more interested 1. the pool" than in the players--i
 such men fC>get good breeding be
 cause thou-a-ids of dollars are in volyed ir the "pool'-iet us aholisi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
PREXY MARTIN ELECTED
 TO DRAFT SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR BY DIRECTORS

Memphis, December 15,-Southern association club owners and diree- tors, at the initial session of the winter meeting of the league here today. established precedent by voting to dispense with the commit tee usually named 10 draft a play ing schedule. naming in it's stead John b. Martin. president of the as s5ciation, committee of one to have a tentative schedule drafted for sub mission to the spring meeting to he held here February s.
 Committee reports also were heard, tatistical and financial affairs of the league reviewed and committees named at the opening session, held behind closed doors, but it was stated no action was taken on proposed rules revisions or the question of furnishing financial assistance to clubs in the smaller cities, the latter problem the subject of much infor- maj debate prior to the meeting.
 No Announcement
 We have not progressed far enough in our deliberations to make any announcement at this time" was the way one of the league officials put it as he left the conference room tonight.
 .Tomorrow's session is expected t. determine the action to be taken on measures to aid the smaller clubs as well as proposed amendment of sew eral rules governing the inter- national affairs of the association. the salary and player limits and the advisability of continuing the 'three year" and rookie" rules. While no official announcement was made, 1t was understood that these questions came in for at least informal discus sion today.
 Appointments Today
 Appointments made at today's ses- sion included the naming of R. J. Spiller, recently elected president of the Atlanta club, as a member of the board of trustees. Mir. Spiller will succeed Frank J. Reynolds of At lanta as a member of the board.
 Mir. Martin announced tonight that Mike J. Finn of Little Rock, former Southern association manager, and for a number of years an unofficial member of the schedule committee,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
Panthers to Haue
 Annual Football
 Banquet Tonight

The annual football banquet of Bir- mingham Southern college will be held Friday evening al the Hillman, and all of the men who went out for football at the Methodist institution will be present. Over 40 men will be present at the affair.
 The captain of next seasons eleven will be elected during the course of the evening. Much speculation Is run ming rampant as to who will succeed Mike" Norton in the captains role Mike" was an exceedingly popular leader and his work was always hard and earnest In doing his duties to the grid eleven that he piloted to a final climax of victory when the Howard game was fought and won.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16

sox for Everett Scott. But the SoS wanted a shortstop in the trade.
 Then Cobb and Miller Huggins of the Yankees got together and ar ranged a scheme whereby the Van kees would get Veach and Dauss from Detroit, send Johnny Mitchell and Dauss to Boston for Everett Scott and transfer the latter to the Tigers. But something happened to that deal and Cobb appealed to his owner, Frank Navin, and Navin at tempted to arrange a deal with Con nie Mack through which the Tigers would get the services of Joe Dugan.
 Ty said that if he did not get T shortstop tonight he would be en route to Georgia soon after sunup tomorrow.
 The major league officials will re- sume their joint conference tomor- row morning.
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I did not at the moment take in the full significance of this remark. I was playing course that made unusual demands on my game and struggling against a fine golfer, who was delivering a great game on a course well suited to him. Almost immediately certain other things that could not be overlooked came to me. and hole or so further down the course my caddy told me that it was one man of the small group of men following us who made the insult ing suggestion to the referee. He had also heard one of them say. There he Is doing it again" By this time was unfortunately alive to just what was being done by this group of dis turbers They plainly were out to "get my goat" and they had got
 ten it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
PAINTERS GIVEN BANQUET

The day of buying elections has passed, but the pastime of buying pennants is still with us. Look at Muggsby McGraw, f'rin- stance.
 Johnny Wilson Is great staller, but he didn't lose any time in grabbing the coin when Tex Rickard told him he could collect his share of the Wilson, Downey money,
 McGraw should have held out some Of that money to get HeinIe Groh to sign a contract.
 Heinie wants more per word, when it comes to signing hIs name on the dotted line, than the late Tedd got for an entire vol ume.. And the colonel collected at the rate of a dollar a word, too.
 A Good System
 A gent signing himself old Black Joe sent these lines in the morning mail:
 Ashes to ashes.
 And dust to dust;
 Collectors don't bother
 If I see 'em fu'st.
 Baseball in the minor leagues is not such a dull, monotonous pastime always. There is Jesse Hassell, for instance, owner of the Dallas club in the Texas league. Jesse is apparently demon with the steering wheel, for the district attorney down In Texas has just applied for an injunction restraining the base ball mogul from driving au auto. The petition alleges that driv- ing a car by Hassell Is a public nuisance and public menace. Col. Quack Smith will never get In that kind of trouble. His fliv won't run that fast.
 University of Oregon's football team Is shipping for games in Hawaii. Those Hawaiians prob ably have n system of calling signals by picking a tune on n ulxelnle.
 The two famous Mikes are to meet in nstic argument in St. Paul, Minn., tonight. Mikes O'Dowd and Gibbons will try to negotiate the 10-round route. The Phantom is betting favorfte to cop the grapes.
 
 Blind Man Sees Game
 Perry T. w. Hale of Portland, Ore, played on the Yale foot ball team 20 years ago and was selected by a number of critics for the mythical All-American team. Since those happy days on the gridiron, Hale's eyesight became affected, and he Is now totally blind. Yet, he goes to tho big Yale games, each year. The game he loved 20 years ago still carries an irresistible appeal. In discussing how he saw Yale in game this fall, Hale said: q could tell who was ahead and I could tell who won each play. The cheering which followed each play told the story. Of course I depended on some one to tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
BIG GOLF TOURNEY
 TO BE IN ATLANTA

Nashville, Tenn. December t5.-of- ficial announcement is made hers and amateur championship tourna ment of the Southern Golf associa- ton will be held at Atlanta at the Athletic club course June 2O-24.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
TS-- SOUTHERN LEAG UE MOGULS LN SESSION --SPORIS
'SEWANEE GETS GAME
 WITH PENNSYLVANIl

Sewanee. December a. - Se- wancc has scheduled football game with the University of Pennsylvania to he played in Philadelphia October :, 1922. se- wanee turned down number of offers from other colleges to ac- cept the date with Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16

would be employed 10 draft tenta- tive schedule this year.
 It was stated tonight that tomor- rows session, when the major part of the business of the meeting will be transacted. likely would last throughout the day and probably well into the evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
COLONIES ARE READY
 FOR ARIZONA GAME

Danville, Ky, December 15.-Centre colleges undefeated praying colonels were slated to have their final work out today before departing Friday for San Diego, Cal, where they will play the University of Arizona foot ball team December 26. The team went through stiff practice yesterday. Coach Moran having tolc the play CTS that they were not going to suf- fer their first defeat of the season in the last game because of over-confi- dence.
 On the return trip the team will stop in Dallas, Texas for game with Texas A. and M. January 9.
 The college authorities relieved Washington and Jefferson of a con tract for this game In order that the presidents might play the University of California in Pasadena on that day.
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Christmas Holiday Excursion
 Fares Central of Georgia Railway

Tickets on sale December 21 to December 25, final return limit Jam uary 4, 1922. For fares, schedules etc. apply to nearest agent or to the undersigned.
 J. O. LINTON. Dist. Pass. Agt.
 ZOOS First Ave, Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
THE PRoFEssIoNAL RAMBLER AT WO

ifnal match with Guford in this golf championship Jimmie Stans of the referees gallery requested that adding "O will clean Gufords ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
OLD DOLLAR BILL SEE.

OLD DOLLAR BILL SEZ celebrities tn Ms Goose books Jack Dalton nayed tn of Little Boy Booiel Blooie!
 Fred Snodgass oufielde invited and took tn role of Little Miss Muff It."
 PAINTERS GIVEN BANQUET This the of football banque Every grid squad under the getting its feed these accompanied by abundance of lingo the speechmakng ne and the election of
  has already dinner with Charlie the annual football banquet football squad It will be held tonight the Hlman hotel Aside from the general rejoicing what looked successful there other things attended nights eatfest captain for will be chosen and schedule will be decided upon.
 Nat Banks states that all members of the alumni intend ing attending onghs spread should notify him by phone should get in touch with Harry Denman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-16
B. 4. (. RIFLE TEAM SHOOTS IT'S FIRST
 MATCH OF SEASON
Conditions This Year Are Radically Different from
 Last Season

The Birmingham A. C. Rifle club fired It's first match in the 192I-22 indoor season last night on the range of the Athletic club. Conditions this season are radically different from anything sponsored by the National Rifle association in the past. The first of the shooting season consists or Tour weekly matches, each match being divided into four different styles of shooting, standing. sitting, kneelins and prone, trophies being of- fered for the different classes
 Entries in the national tourney are the largest ever known, indicating that rifle shooting is becoming more popular everywhere. Nearly every city of any consequence has one to two teams entered, eight men being allowed to shoot and the five highest to count for official record on the team.
 Scores of the B. A. c. team match number follow from these positions
 Prone St'd'g Sit Kneel T'tl T. k. Lee. 100 92 94 9S 3S4 Chas. Woodruff. 100 S3 97 ss 5Bs II. S. Jones. 99 7s 97 ST 361 J. r. McCartin... 99 7S 94 90 S61 Vi oOii NiOOl t'". Jt tf 5S oJ oOO Team totals. ..4s5 40S 474 453
 J. O. Moore and J. P. Smith total 347 and S45, respectively, failing to make the team Woodruff, with only one seasons experience, came through with possible prone, the team be- Ing only points down from the possible 500 in this match. Woodruff and Jones tied with good 97's in the sitting match and Lee made an un- usual score in the kneeling round with 9S.
 Charles Schwend has charge of SUI pervision of matches for the N R. A. Wednesday nights are official shoot ing nights.