The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-10
GALLERY GURGLES FROM PENCIL-PUSHING B0U I
By OLD DOLLAR BILL


 The first round of the newspaper gou tournament is over and all participants have retired to their corners, where sec- onds, interns, surgeons and chiropodists are busy with towels, bandages and aero batic spirits of ammonia and pulmotors For the past three days murderous copy killers and wielders of the blue pencil have mashed the hell out or nisshies, nibbled the ends off their nib lies, coddIed the caddies, bunged up the bunkers and otherwise maltreated the greensward and tickle the turf at the Roebuck club.
 Overlooking the casualty list and elim- mating the profanity output by virtue oi a strong censorship, we will get down to brass tacks, assorted mid-irons and the like. Oddly enough this here. Oc- tavus Roy Cohen and his Ks have oc- cupied the lmelight to excess in the first round. Them what used to starve to death on newspapers, but what has discovered a slower process of starVa- tion landed four men in the first flight. They are Octavus Roy hisself; LeRoy Pacobs, Thingamabob McDavid and Eric Levison.
 Taking the readers permission for granted that personalities, it might ue mentioned, and is, that The Age Herald team is next in line for honors, ana would of been first, if Roy's Ringers hadn't of came in the tourney. Henry Vance and Marvin Mccarthy landed bookings in the first flight, and with The Age-Herald having two men in that flight, it doubles the number of the other two papers, the Post and the News 
 Members of this famous Age-Herald team, what has been asked to play at the next tourney of the Engineers cluo or the freman's ball or something, takes no credit to themsef, however for the high place in the standing. True, they are tickled to death to get where they is class and avoid the hoy poilus of the second flight, but had 1t not or been for Roy Cohen's generous way of giving them more strokes than General Wash | ington's stroke-oar used in crossing the Delehanty, they would probably have never lived to noise the narration, let alone be in the first flight.
 l If Jack Bethea had of been left at the Post instead of going out to Roe buck, the Post would of been left at the post in this here tourney. But Jack went out Friday afternoon and beat Doc feli and thereby win the right to get in the first flight Jack is being groomed as the brunette equine of this here tour ney and many is touting Jack to Brao the jack for first honors.
 It's right funny how the News got a man in the first flight and I will tell you how they done it. If it hadn't of been for the fact that two News men was paired together in the first rouni they would of been s. O. double l.. for d | standard-bearer. As it was Jeems Chap bell and Zipp Newman fought it out Sat urday, and with Zipp being wise enousf to make his boss sign a release clause that he wouldn't fire him if he beat him Zipp dipped out with colors flying.
 I will tell you something else, too, ant that is this, viz: They is five sport writ CTS in that first flight. They are Bot McDavid, Marvin Mccarthy, Zipp New man, Jack Bethea and Henry Vance all of whom goes to show that mar who writes sports knows more about go than just a lay figure like hen ol something. Sport writers has saw mer | slice 'em and top em in tournament pla, so much that they find they can slice 'em and top 'em just as good as cham pion on they first time around thu course.
 Doc Hagan give the newspaper boys cup for they tourney. Doc dshed ou thermos bottle as a prize. He said h. would of give cup instead, but that thermos bottle was about the only kin' of drinking apparatus what would com within the Volstead act. You can ge something to drink out of thermos Dot tie. but all you ever see in these her cups is dust or cigar ashes, or some thing" said the Doc
 
 Bun Alverson over at Wimberly an Thomas, and Col. Bob Baugh. down the Birmingham Arms, kicked in With dozen golf balls each as prizes too. The they was a passle of, cups gave by tn Birmingham Athaletic. club. the spo"' department of Loveman. Joseph & Loet and Quack Smith. Jaffe Jeweiry coAl pany, also came in with handsome sll yer cup to be offered as one of tn trophies.