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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
MIDDLEW EIGHT
MATCHED FOR BIG
HOLIDAY BATTLE
B. A. C. Officials Correct Pre-
vious Date Announced For
Stribling-D Bout

Anthony Downey vs.. Young Strib
ling. that's the next fight card at the
Birmingham Athletic club. The an
nouneement came from Macon. Ca.
home of Young stribling, Sunday
night, and was confirmed by Bir-
mingham Athletic club officials yes
terday with one correction. Instead
of taking place on January 20, as
announced from Macon, the Stribling-
Downey fight will be staged in th4
Birmingham Athletic club arena on
December 20, the Friday following
Christmas.
Young stribling, sterling. fighter.
whose career Dixie fandom has fol-
lowed since the Macon boy started
out as a bantamweight, has advanced
rapidly in the ring game the past
two years, and today Is regarded as
the most formidable of all Dixie bat
tiers. Instead of the frail lad of lis
pounds and 16 years, the Young
Stribling of three years ago; husky
young man of 15S pounds will step
off the train here next week, ready
for the battle with Anthony Downey.
Herring Pays Tribute
Red Herring, who Is probably as
wise a rlngman as ever fought In a
Birmingham arena. is a veteran of
several bouts with Young Stribling.
Red has never won from Stribling.
was weight, then It was a close de-
cision. The last time Herring Tough.
Stribling. he lost the decision, and
when asked to what he attributed his
defeat. Red stated:
'Why, Stribling is too good for me.
He Is too big, too strong. and my,
how he can hitl You can take my
werd for il, there are mighty few
iaiddleweights in the country who
can handle that boy now. Stribling
Is no longer false alarm. He is a
corking good battler."
And Red, who is many. many
pounds lighter than Stribling, ought
TO know. for he has put his best
against the Macon lad, and failed to
win.
In Bishops Stable ~
Anthony DowneY of Cincinnati is
another Biddy Bishop battler. He is
a veteran middleweight, a hard hitter
and a clever boxer. He has recently
defeated some of the best middle
weights in the game. and his record
shows the ability OF the Cincinnati
battler.
Downey and Stribling will prob
ably be required to make the middle
weight limit In their bout here De-
cember 20. The referee for this
scrap, which Birmingham Athletic
club officials freely state is the
largest venture in the boxing line
they have ever undertaken, will be
announced at an early date, accord
ing to Tommy Tompkins. Birming-
ham Athletic club matchmaker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
| BIRMINGHAM WILL
PROBABLY GET BIG
BASKETBALL MEET
Dates for Southern Meet Set
as Jan. 20-25, Inclusive.
Meet at ny"

Last night, at St Paul, Mimi,
the final ballot was drawn and Biz
mingham was chosen as the most
logical and best site for the southern
section of the national amateur
basketball tournament. Being CEN
trally located in the south, the Magic
city called ideal for the promotion
OF real amateur sport" by the Of
ficers of the association now in st.
Paul This information was received
in telegram by association officials
now in Birmingham
Thomas B. Murennan, head pro-
moter of the national amateur
basketball association, and his CO.
partner. Walter A. Raschick, tourna-
ment manager and general secretary.
arrived from st. Paul a few days ago.
and are satisfied with the situation
in Birmingham as it now stands, and
both OF them last night expressed
their opinion that the southern sec
ton of the national tournament Will
draw far larger crowds than the
northern section. Capacity crowds
are looked for each night the toura-
ment is being run.
Well known In North
Raschick and Mulrennan are well
known in the north in sporting
circles for the fine manner in which
they handled the northwestern
amateur basketball tournament last
winter in Saint Paul, and they are
supremacy confident that the south
ern tournament Will surpass last
years northwestern meet.
Trophies to be Awarded
The merchants of Birmingham have
so far responded splendidly with CO.
operation. The Birmingham Arms and
Cycle company has offered to donate
trophies to runners-up and winners
of divisions in the southern section.
There will be many divisions in the
southern section: the "Y" teams,
church teams, employed boys teams.
club teams, and high school teams.
Trophies will be given the winner of
each class and the winner of the last
two sections finalists), one for the
runner-up and one for the winner.
Besides trophy for the cham
pionship of the southern section, in
dividual gold medals will be given
each member of the team which wins
over the pride of the north in the
, game for the national title. The los
ing team in the national champion
ship game will be given a trophy as
national runners-up.
Dates Are Set
All teams desiring to enter the
tournament must apply for registra-
ton by the first of the year
The tentative dates have been
changed to permanent ones to be
, from January 20 to 25, instead of
! from the fifth to the tenth as was
first announced. Teams may register
only through their coaches or mana
gers. or delegate chosen by the
other members of the teal.
The motto of the national amateur
basketball association is nationally
known as. Save Our Sports" 1t is
with this idea foremost in mind that
Mulrennan and Raschick are handling
the tournament In the south.
According to the outlook at pres
ent, state the association officials
here. basketball fans will witness
keen competition, as only the best
teams in the south will participate
in the tournament.
Any inquiries will be promptly
answered if addressed to national
amateur basketball association. gen
+, eral delivery. Birmingham post office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19

ORLEANS RACING
CARD RAINED OUT

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1S.-For the
first time in many years, horse rae
ing In New Orleans was called off
today due to weather conditions. Fol-
lowing a continuous downpour of
rain since last night. in which moro
than two and one-half inches of
rain fell, plant at jefferson park
was partially flooded and the track
itself, while not under water, was in
such a sloppy condition the manage
ment decided to postpone today's
racing card until tomorrow.
Many streets in the outlying Sec
tions of the city not connected with
the sewerage and drainage system
were flooded and several industrial
plants were forced to close down
due to the inability of their employees
to get to work.
The police were asked to aid in
the search for three men and boy,
occupants of a small launch, caught
in a storm on Lake Pontchartrain
last night. No trace of them had
been found late today.
The weather bureau issued a cold
wave warning for New Orleans and
vicinity tonight with temperatures
below freezing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
ERWIN DEVELOPS
FINE SHOTS FOR
THIS YEARS QUlNT
Clubbers Open Season Friday
Night Against the Bay
Tor Outfit

As the opening game OF the 1922
% season nears Coach Ervin's Biz
mingham A. C. basketball squad is
gradually taking shape. and the
popular little leader OF the Clubbers
is able to give some idea of what
his regular squad will look like this
season.
One advantage this seasons quin-
tet will have over the one of last,
stated Coach Erwin yesterday, will
be in accuracy at shooting. Last sea-
son Coach Erwin had q smooth pass
ing, nicely working quintet. but
under the baskets the Clubbers
couldn't be relied upon to cage the
big pill for field goals. Inability
to ring UP counters cost the club
more than one game last season, and
Coach Erwin states that accurate
shooting will be stressed during the
season just coming in.
Coach Erwin has number of ac-
curate shooters on his squad, all of
whom can ring them up from near
mid-co to right under the basket.
The forwards. Mandy, Hahn and
Floyd, are deadly marksmen, while
Hugh Montgomery, guard or for
ward, has a fine eye for the basket.
Stubs. who will probably be used
at center quite a bit this season, is
a fine player on both the offensive
and defense. Toby has seen consid-
cradle service in the cage game, as
a member of the Central High quin
tets and one year with Howard col
lege Bulldogs. Jerry Thomas, a for
ward frora last years reserves, han
dies the ball well. and can shoot.
A fine trio OF guards Is available
In Afford. Laughinhouse and Mont
gomery. Afford and ] aughinhouse
probably form the best defensive
combination, but Montgomery Of
fensive value makes him strong
contender for one OF the positions
The B. A. C. quintet opens it's sea-
sen Friday night. meeting Baylor
university outfit of TEXAS. The game
will begin at $3.50 o'clock. but will
not be followed by the usual dance,
club officials announced yesterday.
Coach Erwin will probably pick his
starting team from the men men
toned above, with Stubs and Hahn
alternating at the pivot position.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Central Quintet Has
Started Its Practice

Central High school athletes have
begun their 1922-2S basketball prac-
tiee, and are working In preparation
for their opening game OF the season
now. The schedule for the coming
cage season at Central hasn't been
completed yet. but it Is probable that
a game viii be played soon after the
Christmas holidays.
AT the first practice, staged sew
eral days ago, a fairly large bunch
of candidates turned out. There were
three regulars from last years quin
tet on hand, Anderson, Holder and
Mills. while new material seemed
fairly promising.
Central will suffer this year from
the losses from last seasons quintet.
Such men as Tom Anderson, Byrd.
McRoberts Sellers and one or two
strong reserves will be sadly missed
this season.
The Crimsons are doing their work
at the Birmingham Athletic club
gymnasium.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Paddock Won't Run
In Millrose Meet

NEW YORK, Dec, 1S.--Charlie Pad
dock, record sprinter of the Los
Angeles A. c., will not run in the Mill
rose track. meet, to be held under
the auspices Of the Millrose Athletic
association.
In letter to the organization.
Paddock wrote:
Indoor running is not my game. l
hope to come east and run again. but
1t will not be on the boards. On a
300-yard curved track l no doubt
would give another circus perform
ance, similar to that of 1920, for l
know no more of indoor running
than I did on that night"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19

FREEZING WEATHER,
FOLLOWED BY RAIN

Youngsters whose hopes rose high
when Monday morning held out fair
promise of snow may suffer only
temporary disappointment, according
to weather forecasts for Monday
night and Tuesday. The temperature
rose slightly before the rain fell
Monday or there would have been
more sleet with a possibility of snow.
Blow zero weather continues in the
northwest, but reports do not indicate
a blizzard in the south at this time.
The lowest temperature in Birming-
ham for Monday was 81 degrees at
Z a. m. There was little variation,
with SO as the higest temperature.
On the same day last year the varia-
ton ran from 81 to 81.
f. G. Horton, forecaster, predicted
freezing weather for Monday night,
with rain Tuesday, and possible snow
in the northern portion of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Wants Memorial Ouer
RUDE WaddelI's Graue

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dec. ia
campaign was started here today.
backed by President II. j. Benson, OF
the San Antonio. Texas league, base
ball club. to raise a fund fer the
erection of a monument over the
grave of George Edward t.Rube")
Waddell. once considered ono of the
worlds greatest pitchers. Waddcll
died here April 1, 1922. of tubercu-
losis. His grave in Mission Burial
park here was discovered last week
TO be marked only by a wooden head
board from which the famous name
had almost been effaced by time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
DATE FOR CLUBBERS
"a. C. CLOSES ANOTHER

Coach Erwin of the b. A. G. an-
nounced last night that he had
closed another date for his Club
Der basketball team. After meet
ing the Baylor university out
mt at the B. A. C. Friday night,
the clubbers Will rest week,
then encounter the Union uni
versity here Saturday night. De-
cember 80.
Union university Is expected to
bring a strong quintet here. Hav-
ing defeated the Howard college
Bulldogs on the gridiron, the
Union athletes are known to Biz
mingham as hard. fair fighters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Junior Senior Class
Game This Afternoon

The football game to decide the
class championship of Central High
school for 1922, scheduled to be
played yesterday afternoon between
the Juniors and Seniors. was post
poned on account OF the bad weather.
The JuniorSenior game will be
played this afternoon, at Norwood,
play beginning at $3.50 o'clock.
The winning team will cop the
championship of the class season,
and each member of the victorious
eleven viii be awarded his numerals
for his class
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Mickey Walker Earns
Verdict Ouer Krug

NEWARK, N. j.. Dec. 1s.-Mikey
Walker. welterweight champion, out
pointed Phil Krug in 12-round hout
here tonight. Sporting writers gave
the decision to Walker.
Nrug had the better Of about four
rounds.
Early in the figh. Walker cut a
cash under Krug's left eye and in the
final round almost closed Krus's
right eye With solid smash.
Krus weighed 154 pounds and
Walker 1854.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Meridian Club Closes
Game With the Yanks

MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec. 1S.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-The Meridian Baseball as
ISOLATION. through Acting President
John G. Moss, has closed a contract
with Il. G. Barrow of the New York
Yankees for an exhibition game here
with the local team of the Cotton
States league April 2. The contract
provides that Babe Ruth shall be
in the Yanks lineup.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19

MAMA. Fla, Dee. 1S.-Unable to
obtain a game with the Miami High
school, the Duval High School or the
Gainesville High school, William
Kirk, manager of the Scott High
school football team of Toledo. O.. is
here trying to arrange a game with
the American legion team of this city
for Christmas day.
The local high school team is too
badly damaged as the result of the
Gainesville game Saturday to attempt
another game Christmas day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
HARVEY BROWN TO LEAD
NOTRE DAME NEXT YEAR

SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. 49,
Harvey Il, Brown of Youngstown, O.,
l65-pound left guard of the Notre
Dame football eleven during The past
season. was elected captain OF the
team for 1928. Brown is a junior
in the. school OF science.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
TOLEDO PREP TEAM is JOHNNY DUNDEE WILL
SEEKING HOLIDAY GAME DEFEND TITLE JAN. e

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 1S.-John-
ny Dundee, junior lightweight cham
pion boxer has been signed to meet
Tommy OBrien. Los Angeles, in a 10
round. no-decision bout in Milwaukee,
December 30, it was announced to-
day. The weight has been placed at
1855 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19

West Virginians to
Stop at Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1s.-The Uni
versity of West Virginia football
team, which viii meet the Gonzaga
university at San Diego, Christmas
day, will stop ever at Los Angeles
for workout Friday at Bovard
Field, University of Southern Califor-
MIA, Coach Elmer C. Henderson. who
extended the invitation said. Friday
night the squad Will leave for San
Diego, according to the plans an
nc unced here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
NO CLUES FOUND IN
lNGLEN00K r. O B 3 E R Y

late Monday night that no clues or
trace of the highwayman that robbed
Grady Hendon of Inglenook of $50
late Sunday night, had been found.
Hendon told Marshal Helton that
while he was walking home On Hale
street someone struck him over the
head with a sandbag and robbed him
of his pocketbool1 containing SEQ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
KARR- CLEMARS BATTLE Is
POSTPONED FOR A NIGHT

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1s.-The 15-
round bout scheduled for tonight be-
tween Johnny Karr of Cleveland and
Johnny Clemars OF Shreveport. was
postponed on account of Indictment
weather until tomorrow night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Fulton Scores K. 0. in
Battle With Morris

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1S.-Fred Full
ton scored technical knockout OF
Karl Norris of Sapulpa in the fourth
of their scheduled 10-round bout here
tonight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-19
Royal Yacht to Race

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-King George
has definitely announced his inten-
ton of fitting out the famous yacht
Brittania for racing next year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-19

BritOns and other races Of the north.
In the British Isles football was played
by whole communities, who kicked the
ball without clear design through the
streets or over the meadows between
the rival towns, in such rough fashion
that ,he game was sometimes forbid
den by law. Only in the nineteenth
century did ii become an organized
game, with fixed numbers on each side
and definite methods of counting score.
1t was at the great English schools
like Rugby. Harrow and Eton that
football was first made practical. The
boys playground at Rugby is large
ard there is plenty of room for run
ming and tackling. At other schools
even as late as 1850, the game was
confined to kicking and punting the
ball Thus two distinct types Of foot
ball have developed: Rugby, which
permits running with the ball, and AS
socation or Soccer, which prohibits 1t.
The former type includes English
Canadian and American Rugby, three
distinct styles of play
The great game was probably
brought to this country by early Vir-
ginia colonists. and soon after 1880
several Of the eastern colleges began
to play it. About 1910 inter-class
games were common at Amherst,
Brown. Harvard and Yale. In 1850
these games became so rough that the
faculties of Harvard and Yale prohi-
bited football. At Princeton more
orderly game was played, more on the
style Of Association ball, and in 1859
the first inter collegiate contest took
place between Princeton and Rutgers.
In 1871 football was revived at Har-
ward, with rules which permitted run
ming with the ball, as in Rugby. On
May IS, 1874. McGin College, of Mon
treal, Canada, having challenged Har-
ward to a match, met the Bostonians
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-19
MERE m ENTION

Temperature of last Sunday ranged
from 81 degrees below zero at Medi-
cine Hat, Manitoba 10 "a degrees
above in Miami, Prince George
youngest son Of the King of England,
was operated on for appendicitis yes
terday........~ Search is being made in
Utah for a lost mail aviator Henry
G.. Boustra. who has been missing
since last Friday. Col. Francis r.
Marshall and Lieutenant Charles l..
Weber, aviators who disappeared near
San Antonio, Texas, recently have not
yet been found Notwithstanding the
country in which they were supposed
to be lost is being secured by air
planes. French newspapers gen.
orally are resentful over the rumored
intention of the United States to help
Germany with her reparations pay
ments-...T Twenty seven persons have
Eeen missing five days since. the tug
Reliance hit rock off Lizard Island.
near Salt ste Marie, Michigan. The
tug, which belonged to the Superior
paper company, also carried q passen-
gers. Seven survivors of the wreck
reached Salt Ste Marie Sunday night.
Terrific weather has hampered efforts
at rescue Col. c. r. Forbes, di-
rector of the veterans bureau at
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-19

Washington, assured joint con-
ference of state executives Of the vet
Grams Of foreign wars at Cincinnati
last Sunday that President Harding is
in favor of a bonus for World War
veterans provided means can be found
to raise the money. The president is
still in favor Of a sales tax on all COM
modities except food stuffs....-.-.---The
American destroyer cambridge on
Saturday rescued 4S2 persons from a
burning French transport in the Sea
Of Marmora and took them to Con-
stantinople. The French Admiral
Dumesil, Mt Constantinople has cabled
the American naval department the
gratitude of the French Navy
There have been a number Of wrecks
and much loss of life on the great lakes
within the past week by reason of the
effort to prolong the season into the
usual closing time. Lake navigation
would have been closed two weeks ago
except for the effort to get supplies of
coal to the cities along the shores.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-19
FOOTBALL ANCIENT SPORT
Mai. Fulp Gives Interesting History Of
Game.

Game.
Major J. D. Fulp tells the history of
football in an interesting talk at a
banquet given at Abbeville Friday
evening of(last week by the sponsors
to the Abbeville Gridiron Kings, at the
close of the season here. Major Fulp
said:
"The name American Rugby may
sound strange to football players in
the United States, but it is the correct
name for their game. Football is play
ed principally in the British Empire
and in the United States. II, slavery
ancient form of exercise and amuse-
mert. The Indians of North America
and the aborigines of many of the Pa
cifc islands played similar game.
and it is not at all improbable that
football. in some form, was known in
the far-Off days when all Europe was
in barbarism. 1t has been accepted by
some skeptical persons as the real rea-
son. for the saving of Capt. Smiths
life 10y Pocahontas, the young Indian
maid mistaking the round head Of the
captain for q football lying on the
block. being punted for a safety by
Pocahontas. The Greeks seem to have
taught it to the Romans, and the lat
ter. through their soldiers, to the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-19

- Spartanburg, December Is: I'VE
had planned to go to Florida but the
first freight train that came along was
going the other way, so we decided TO
go to San Francisco or somewhere
like that" said James Welch, the Is
yeal old leader Of n band Of four
young runaways from Union, who this
morning were found wet and covered
with coal dust in a box car in East
Spartanburg yards. The local corps
of the Salvation Army brought the
boys into the city and got in touch
with their relatives through the super
intendant Of Monarch mills at Union.
The youngsters will be given a bath
and n square meal and some time to-
day they will be returned to their
homes, thus ending. their first adven-
ture in the wide world. The boys are
James Welch, Is: Clyde MCGOWAN, IS;
Joseph Herlong, 1S; and Dewey Mil
wood, II.
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in the first intercollegiate Rugby.m
played in America. McGilrs players
were accustomed to the English rules
of play while Harvard had made
slightly different rules. SO on the day
preceding the game, the two teams
courteously coached each other in tac-
tics. On the 18th a match was played
under Harvard rules, and Harvard
scored three times. The next day, un-
der McGill's rules, neither side was
able to score. Soon all Of the big COL
lcges in America adopted the straight
Rugby style used today.Eand football
has grown in popularity ever since.
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gUages, according to French and Eng
lish statisticians with great deal Of
time and a taste for useless infoma-
tion. In French they estimated that
thirteen out OF every 100 letters and
symbols used arc silent and unneces-
sary. and it costs $2,5OO.OO0 to print
them. Twelve per cent. Of the Eng
lish language is similarly non-esscn-
tial, and the printing bills for that y
per cent. amount to $37. 500, 900 q year.