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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
City Boxing Tourney VIII
Be Staged Friday Night
All Glasses Are Well Stocked With Entries 30 Boxers
Entering Elimination Meet-Junior National
Is Next for Local Club

Paul Woods and Eugene Honeycutt
are expected to give Stevens some
keen competition. There are others
entered in this class also. but they
are not so well known, and are con-
sidered dark horses
The 125-pound class is we'll entered,
with Howard Smiles Jimmy Woods
Horace Hooper, Bishop Lao and others
entered. Woods and Smiles have had
the most experience of the bunch, but
such hard hitters as Hooper and
others stand a chance of crashing
their way through to the champion
ship.
Speedy Newman, southern champion
lightweight, is entered In the 1885,
pound class. He will find opposition
in Chuck McElwain and others, Nc
Elwain has had considerable expert
ence in boxing and is counting on de-
throning Newman Friday night.
Johnny Saab is another good boy en-
tered in this division.
The welterweight division has only
two entrants, Allen Shaddix and
Charles Parks.
In the middleweight division is Bob
Bowden. Jack McGinty, Young Dixon
and Young Moses. Hard battling is
expected to feature competition in this
division.
The bouts Friday night begin at $50
o'clock. Hard fighting and keen COM
petition is promised local fans as the
local talent entered is among 1.-THE
hest In Dixie, excepting such fight
cities as New Orleans, Memphis and
Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
Billy Lands To
Meet Kennedy In
Bessem,er Scrap

Wednesday night at the Red Mems
hall In Bessemer, Billy Lands and
Sailor Kennedy Will meet In a 10
round battle that should be one of
the best fights ever pulled off in
Bessemer. These two fought once be-
fore In a six-round scrap, and the de-
cision given was draw. Each of
the men is anxious to have the YER
dict returned In his favor this time,
and both of them are promising that
they Will score a knockout.
Lands has been working out at
the B. A. c.. and is in better shape
than he has been in for a long time,
having dropped from about 200 to 1856
pounds for this scrap. OF course,
he still is somewhat fat, but he ia
much harder than he used to be-, and
is fighting much faster. He has al
ways been unusually fast for a fat
man. and is also a good walloper.
He Is somewhat sore because people
laugh at the idea of a fat boy fight
ing He says that fat people can
scrap and he is going to prove this
to the fans when he crawls through
the ropes Wednesday. Lands says
that he expects to score knockout
over Mr.. Kennedy.
kennedy ulIIerS very mucn Will
Lands on this subject, and says that
If anyone hits the floor it will not be
a sailor. Kennedy has been working
out at the Y. M. C. A, and reports
himself as being in the best of snapS,
and primed to Outright Mr.. lands by
the proverbial mile. The Sailor will
weigh about 172. and is capable of
delivering a wallop every bit as hard
as that of his chunky opponent. Ken
needy should also be able to outspeed
the fat one, too. To offset this adj
vantage, however, Lands probably
has the better knowledge of boxing
In the preliminaries, Bert Green
and Sailor Simpson will meet in SIX
round semi-final. Both of these boys
are good, fast, hard workers, and
should furnish the crowd with
plenty of entertainment. Johnny
NARROW will meet Kid Shaddix in a
four-round bout. and two other good
preliminaries are promised
c. B. kirkpatrick is promoting the
bouts in Bessemer, and he is promis-
ing the fans a good entertainment
Wednesday night.
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40 MEN RESPOND
TO BASKETBALL
CALL AT AUBURN
Few Experienced Men An
sWer Call For Tiger Cage
Candidates

Auburn, December Especial y
Forty men answered the call for can
didates for the basketball team when
practice started in the gymnasium
Thursday night, and more yet are to
come when the freshman football
team disbands after its game with
the Chattanooga All-City Props Sat-
urday afternoon.
The coaches are exercising no little
worry over the fact that they have
no men reporting who have had very
much experience in the cage game.
The situation this season is just the
reverse of that a year ago, when a
court full of veterans appeared to
hold down their old positions. This
season will be marked with the keen
est competition. To look over the
40-odd men reporting it appears that
about rs per cent of them have about
an equal chance of landing a place
in the regular lineup. Coach Hut
sell explains, though, that the new
men are enthusiastic. and are hard
workers which, of course, are impor
tant factors in turning out success
full athletic teams. Another pleasing
feature of the squad reporting is that
q large number of the men are of
measure more than six feet. Among
those of the elongated calibre are
Moulton, Harrison Captain. Hill.
Shirley, Howe and Creel. all of whom
were on the varsity football squad
except Creel, who was on the
freshman team.
Among those showing promise in
the initial workouts are: Forwards,
Charles Dudley, Columbus, Ca; Fred
Hahn. Birmingham; Emmett Creel.
Haig; center, Capt. Joe Harrison and
Fox Howe, both of Montgomery:
guards, Sheep Thigpen, Auburn; Jesse
Duke, Birmingham; Wallace McKin-
ney, Mobile; Fl. H. Hill, Columbiana;
John Shirley, GUN; Slick Moulton.
Mobile, and "Feene" Crane, Birming-
ham.
Two preseason games have been
arranged, according to recent an
nouncement of the athletic authori-
ties These will serve to give the
coaches a line on the available ma
terial, The first is to be played in
West Point, Ga, with the West Point
Athletic club, on December II, fol-
lowed by a game with the United
States Infantry School at Camp Ben
ming, Ca, which will be played in
Auburn on December 90.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
MATTHEWS ELECTED
GRAND MASTER OF
STATE ODD FELLOWS

]. R. Matthews of Birmingham was
elected grand master and NJ. c. Sivley
of Gadsden, grand warden of the
grand lodge. Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of Alabama, at meet
ing held by Grand Master C. A. ia
cobs and other grand lodge officers,
at which the vote taken by sne past
grands of the subordinate lodges of
the state were canvassed.
Other officers elected were: Dr.
Howell of Electric. Elmore county,
deputy grand master; H. P. Pollard,
Huntsville. grand secretary; j. c.
Bowie, Talladega. grand secretary.
and Palmer p. Daugette, representa-
tive to sovereign grand lodge, which
meets next year in Detroit.
According to Grand Master Jacobs,
the order is showing a decided in
crease in membership through the
state and especially in the Birming-
ham district
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Central-Ensley
Clash Should Be
a Tough Battle

When the football elevens of the
Ensley and Central r. o. T. C. units
clash at Redwood park on Saturday
morning, one of the bitterest battles
ever staged between teams OF the two
institutions should take place. Both
teams have been working hard, and
when they go on the field a battle
between two football machines should
take place instead of bout between
bunch of "dubs."
Coach Fullerton has been driving
his Central huskies to the limit tor
the past two weeks, and all of then.
should be in great shape for a hard
battle when they go on the field
saturday morning. The Central back
heid is rounding into great shape,
and the only problem that the coach
is having to solve is just which of
his many good men to use LaSalle
at half seems to be the only man sure
of his position. This boy is not only
good man on going around the
ends, but he is also a good hard hitter
when it comes to line plunging.
knight looks good for the other half,
while the battle at quarter is being
Waged between McCQy and Barton.
Both men are showing up we'll, but
Mccoy seems to have the edge on his
husky competitor. Mccoy is fast and
is triple threat man. being able to
pass, kick and run. The battle at
fullback is between Cassidy and Pet
ers. Both men are fast and hit hard,
so the position should be well filled
regardless of who gets the place.
Gus Garry and Larking look like
| sure men at the ends, and in them
Central will not only have a pair of
capable tacklers, but they will also
have good pair of pass snatchers.
The tackles will be picked from San
ford. Bonds and Bragan, who are all
good men on both the defensive and
the offensive. Bentley and Clark are
sure to play at the guards. and Shan
dler is looking good at center
With these men in the lineup the
eleven from Central will not only be
a fast one. but it will also be a heavy
one. as nearly every boy out for the
team is a real husky.
The proceeds of the game will go
for a drum and bugle corp for the
two schools. This is a thing greatly
reeded at both institutions and fans
will have an opportunity to help
these boys, as well as to see a gooo
game of football.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
MEMORIAL SERVICES
AT BLOCTON LODGE

Blocton, December 4-(Special.)-
Beautiful and impressive memorial
services were held this afternoon in
the hall of the Blocton lodge. No. IL
Benevolent and Protective Order OF
Elks, attended by large assemblage
of the friends and fraternal brothers
of the departed members.
M. B. Grace of Birmingham lodge
mo. 70, delivered a splendid eulogy OF
the deceased members, eight in num-
Der, paying beautiful tribute to the
memory of the absent brothers.
One of the features of the memorial
ritual were eight little girls dressed
in the appropriate colors of the or
der who placed wreaths on the chairs
standing vacant for the departed
members.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05


great golf instructors and great play
ers are legion, but the story of how
Mr.. Balfour learned to play the game
is an object lesson for those newly
taking up the sport, and for many
who have played for years
Good From the start
Mr.. Balfour took up the game late
in life, but he was a good player
when he stepped up to the first tee
for his first round of match play. He
is good senior golfer today
Like Napoleon in battle, Mr.. Bal
four, learning golf, reversed all the
usual procedure. Perhaps, he took
a tip from his compatriot, Chester
ton, the paradoxist, for he turned
everything upside down. Mr.. Balfour
engaged Tom Dunn, the British pro-
fessional, and for three months
think of it. almost one whole playing
season-he labored with his clubs,
his grips, stances, to master the rudi-
ments of the game without ever set
ting foot on course for pleasure
able play
The first two weeks of Mr.. Bal
tours golfing life were spent in sand
half way to his knees, spent in the
worst conditions the game offers the
prayer. fllS nTSI fortnight 1Ounu
him, with his instructor at his side,
clouting the ball from bunkers and
traps. His first efforts, thus, were
all to the end of learning how to
get out of sand traps from any pos
sible lie.
Three Months of 1t
Three months of this sort of play!
Imagine such patiencei Job. with
boils, had no more. But imagine,
also, the benefits derived from it
when the right honorable gentleman
stepped forth ready for his first trip
over the full course. And when so
able a golfer as Harry Vardon pro-
nounces the statesman a good senior
golfer we see the reward of effort.
There must be thousands of golfers
who have never observed that a sand
trap ceases to be a trap, or even
much difficulty, if the player soles
his club before making his shot from
the trap lie. 1 observe, with Surprise
ing frequency, players who are, app
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parehtly, unaware of the rule prohib-
iting touching the ground with a
club in sand trap. To get out of
the sand trap guarding the green is
one OF the most trying of shots, and
Mr. Balfour's instructor started well
IN starting his distinguished learner
in such work
Studied Each Club
Each club was given some two
wekes special attention by Mr.. Bal
four, I understand, until the profess
sional told him he would do.
l hesitate to write the prescription,
'R X-How To Learn To Play Golf.
but in the final analysis the right
way to do 1t is the way Mr.. Basfous
did 1t. The beginner will progress
best if he will turn himself over to
a professional and practice the clubs,
one or two at a time, as the instruc-
tor directs. l was talking about
/ Mr., Balfour's method just recently
with Jock Hutchinson, the great golf
er. who now holds the British open
championship. Jock mentioned some
of the new ideas his fertile brain has
Matched for lettering his pupils play.
Then he added
I'VE have concerned ourselves with
~ NeNNAAie thO popularity VI Tie game
in America. The time has now come
when we should devote our attention
to establishing higher standard of
play. The more skill the greater the
pleasure is a proved golf axiom"
Jock is right There is q distinct
pleasure that goes with doing every
thing we'll.
The underlying Importance of Mr..
Balfour's manner of learning is this:
He sought to be a golfer, not just -
duffer at the game. If it was worth
Going 1t was worth doing we'll. In his
three months of solid practice, Mr..
Balfour actually played more golr.
made more shots, met more golf
problems than the average beginner
plays in perhaps three whole sea-
sons. Mr.. Balfour concentrated. He
got a lot done in a short time--a1-
ways the way with the big fellows.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05

About 80 of the best amateur box
ers in the Birmingham district will
compete in the city elimination trials
at the local athletic club Friday night,
when the city championship boxing
tournament will take place.
Bessemer, Acipco, the b. A. c. and
Boys club will have entries in the
tournament Friday. The entries Will
range over all classes from the BAN
tamweight through the middleweighJ
class.
The winners of the tournament Fri
day will represent the b. A. C. In the
junior national tournament, whicA
will be staged at the b. A. c. some
time the first of the year. II any
boxer makes a showing good enough
TO warrant it, he win probably be
sent to the senior national tournament
at Boston during the spring.
Wilson Is Fayorfte
Each class is well entered for the
tournament Friday night. In the
bantamweight class, the I12-pound d.
vision, three of the best little boxers
Birmingham has produced in a long
time will compete. Claude Wilson,
representing the B. A. &, will be OPP
posed by Hollid Arnold and Steve
Sarron of the Boys club. Wilson has
been picked as coming national
amateur champion, and he is perhaps
picked to win the title in the ban
tamweight division. Wilson Is a game
little scrapper. and hits like light
weight. Sarron and Arnold are ex-
pected to give him trouble, however,
and Boys club fans are picking Sar-
ron to defeat Wilson.
Danny Stevens, one of the hardest
hitters among the lighter divisions
of local boxers, is favorlte to win the
featherweight title Friday night
Stevens packs dynamite wallop. and
has quite bit of science in addition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05

today is that. no matter what the
score is, no one leaves the STANDS
! until the final whistle blows Tor
fear of missing some marvellous run
or pass to be remembered me-
time. There were comparatively few
deaths in football games this season
an even dozen rounding OFT that ac-
count, of which only one was a col
lege player The rules, while on &C
count of the shifts and the forward
passes put a considerable strain on
the officials. proved satisfactory
| in the main. They had this great ad-
vantage that the public was not
Obliged to learn new rules or
changes. The game has crystallized
into a very acceptable balance of at
tack and defense, with some close,
hard running play and some open
play, and enough kicking to make
that still a decided asest.
The season closed with several
queer combinations, the Yale-Har-
ward Princeton games resulting in a
triple tie, Princeton beating Har-
ward, Yale beating Princeton and
Harvard beating Yale. Among other
teams in the east the situation was a
complicated one, Cornell, Lafayette
and Washington and jefferson going
through the season undefeated and
united. Yet Pennsylvania State is
conceded to be on an equality and
possibly ahead of these three, al
though tied by both Harvard and
Pittsburg.
Out on the Pacific coast California
defeated everything in sight, and the
middle west conference champion
ship was won by Iowa. Centre and
Georgia Tech were the two outstand-
ing teams of the south, and the Mis-
ent -u1 hor mi
braska. Notre Dame, defeated in an
early season game by Iowa. came
east and defeated the Army over
! khelmingly and made a most con-
vincing showing. The Navy won the
great annual service game with the
Army, although very hard pressed in
the last few minutes
Although the season of student
football ended the Saturday after
Thanksgiving Day, interest in the
game Is still sustained by the prob
ability of an east-west contest on the
Pacific coast around Christmas time.
SO great has grown the interest In
the gridiron pastime that even with
out this final climax football is
talked until the holidays, occupying
the thoughts of both the collegians
and the sports enthusiast with re-
sumes of the reason, the selection of
the stars and the plans for another
year.
And no wonder this Is so when one
realizes the numbers engaged in the
play and number of spectators. On
one Saturday in October alone there
were 140 contests important enough
to be scheduled in the official guide,
and there were between 5000 and TO-
600 players in uniform that day, to
say nothing of the prep school play
ers. over half million people saw
the home games alone of Yale, Har-
ward and Princeton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
SNEAD QUINTET WINS
FROM FORT PAYNE

Boaz, December 4.-(Special)-The
Praying Parsons of Snead Semi
nary won from the FIT. Payne quintet
here this afternoon by the count of
36 to 81. From start to finish 1t
was a hard-fought game. the winners
being IN doubt several times. For the
Seminary, Raines, at center, scored
IA points. Trammell played great
game at guard, scoring two field
goals, and holding his man scoreless.
Gipson, at forward, lived up to his
past record. scoring six times from
the field and twice from the free
throw line.
For the losers Garrett. at center,
was the star, scoring IL points. Black
was good at the free-throw Line. me
lineup: Snead (36)-Reason, right
forward; Gipson, left forward; Raines
center; Trammell. right guard;
Wright, left guard; Fort Payne CID
Black. right forward; McCurdy, left
forward; Garrett, center; Clayton,
right guard; T. Garrett, left guard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
MOBILE GETS. MEET

Mobile, December 4-The southwide
convention of the Baptist Bible
classes, composed of representa-
tives of 10000 classes in the territory
of the Southern Baptist convention,
scheduled for February Z, and 3.
has been transferred from New Or
leans to Mobile. according to mes
sage received here tonight from
Harry l.. Strickland of Nashville. in
charge of the organized class depart
ment of the Baptist Sunday school
board, who is in charge of the con-
vention. The convention will be adj
dressed by a number of laymen and
women of national reputation. in
GLIDING Roger w. Babson, William
Jennings Bryan and Secretary OF
Labor James J. Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
ANNUAL CONCERT OF
GLEE CLUB Is GIVEN

University, December 4.-(Speciai.)
The University Glee club, under the
direction of Tom Garner. gave its an
nual midwinter concert in Morgan
hall Friday night. The concert was
one of the most successful ever given
here. and was given to a large au-
diepce that was. enthusiastic in its
arproyal. All who heard it expressed
the opinion that it was one of the
best programs the club has ever pre-
serted.
Tie programme had unusual va
ricty and waS running over with FUN
ard rollicsing college songs and med
leys. as we'll as beautiful solos.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
TAX PAYERS TO HELP
FRAME REGULATIONS
BY Associated Press

washington, December 4.--Taxpay-
ers are to help the treasury frame
regulations under the new revenue
act. internal revenue officials said
tonight
Suggestions for simplified regula-
lions governing various forms of
taxes under the new law, officials
said, have been called for from the
different basic industries. such as oil.
coal, manufacturing and banks and
financial institutions. These sugges-
tions. it was explained. are to be re-
ceived both in writing and through
conferences with representatives of
the various groups affected by cer-
tain taxes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
NATIONAL GUARD CAGE
TEAM AFTER GAMES

The 11Tth infantry of the Tennessee
national guard has a basketball team
that wants to meet any team in the
south, and is particularly anxious to
get game in Birmingham at an
early date. The team has been play
ing some good football and they be-
lievc that they can hold their own
with most any team in the south.
Mostly old prep schools stars COM
pose the team from Nashville and
those who have seen them in action
say that they have great team.
They have a few more open dates on
their schedule and are very anxious
to tie up with some good teams on
these dates.
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HEALTH OFFICER TO REMAIN
pfsville necep,har A-(SnaCio I

f1uHtSVIf1e, DeceHIUer f.-NopecIdI'J
DR.. arl A. Grote. city and county
health officer, and field agent of the
public health service, last night an
nounced his decision to remain here
another year in spite of the fact that
he has received two offers to come
to much larger cities and take charge
of their health work. DR.. Grote. who
is very popular here. announces his
decision in public statement which
appeared in a Sunday morning paper
here. and says none of his friends can
be as happy as he over the fact that
he is going to stay here another
year.
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here been a season
characterized by so
many remarkable
happenings as the
1ne just closed, and
newer was there a
year in which the
interest was so
W ell sustained all
Lhe way through.
The spectator never
" ent to a game
without feeling
that something ex-
.raordinary might
happen. One of the
.emarkable fea
.ures of football