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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Major Leagues Can't Get
 Insurance on Their Players

their pitching arms "Bonesetter" Reese will be the only beneficiary.
 Tanks Want Insurance
 The New York American league club would be delighted to carry Sl5O,000 on Ruth, if he could be pro- tected against injury on the ball field. It would cost a lot of money. of course. but if he Is responsible for the attendance of a million per sons a season. as is claimed, there is nothing about policy of S150,000 which should cause the club to hesi- tate. In fact, it would be a good in- vestment for the league, because all of the clubs are presumed to bene fit by the fact that he Is an attrac- tion.
 If $fbe,o00 insurance is . good in- vestment on Ruth. 1t is an equally good investment for the National league to carry a policy for that amount on Hornsby. Rogers Is not the drawing card that Ruth is. His personality Is less appealing to the fans. He may prove to be the best drawing card the league ever had for his skill may make the race In the National league the hottest it has had for many seasons.
 If an accident wore to put him out oi Nh edHc ioI udlI season, ana tame raee resulted. s15o,ooo would scarcely recompense either his club or the league
 The same applies in lesser degree to score of other players in the major leagues. whose clubs would insure them against injury if they could. But 1t cannot be done.
 Insurance off the Diamond
 Players, however, can be insured against injury off the diamond and this has been extensively done this year. There arc some high priced players who have not received such insurance, but 1t was usually due to the fact that insurance com panies, after investigation, decided the players drove their S5.o00 cars too fast after dark
 This season nearly every club has taken out a blanket policy to cover its players against accidents in travelling from city to city. policy of that character lasts throughout the season, but ball players are not continuously lucky when 1t comes to railroad travel and few have been victims of serious accidents The usual amount of these blanket policies this year is for s110,0o0. A policy for that sum is considered a good investment. for while $110,000 does not represent the total value of a team as they are put together these days, 1t would give a manager some thing to go on. An accident which would deprive him of five or six players would ruin him unless he was well fixed financially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
SPORTS
Bill GLeason's Hurlers
 Are Shouting Him Much
White Sox Pilot Is Out for Something Better Than Sew enth Place This Season-Ray Schalk Makes
 Catching Staff Seem Invincible

isfied with the rest of his infield. Eddie Collins shows little wear as the result Of l5 strenuous seasons and still ranks as the premier second sacker of the league. The phenome- nal manner in which Sheely does his work around first coupled with his terrific hitting, ranks him close to the best of all other first sackers. Sisler alone. excepted. even though his crip- pied ankle prevents him from gettiu- a quick start on foul balls and slows him up decidedly in running out one-base hit. Several shortstops, notably Gerber. Scott. Peck and Sew ell. can go a trfle farther for hits, and once recovered can throw the ball harder than Ernie Johnson is able to do, but none play the position more intellgently, and he outclasses them all except Sewell in batting and base running. one proof of the eX cellence of the Sox infield is the fact that they turned more double plays last season than any other in the league Red" Ostergard will be the only infield substitute. unless Eddie Mulligan comes into the fold before the season opens.
 The Same Outfield
 The outfield will be the same as last season. Hooper. Mostil, Strunk and Falk will be the mainstays. Ed ward Rafferty. a Chicago youngster who played last year in the Western association, may be retained, and if it is decided that he Is not yet quite ready for fast company he will be released with a string attached. From a fielding viewpoint there is no bet ter outfield in the league. Hooper and Strunk are ball hawks. Falk turned many sensational plays last year and young Mostil shows promise of making good on his association reputation as being one of the best young outfielders that has ever worn spikes in that league. Mostil hits right handed and can go to first basa faster than any other right handler batter in the circuit, and very close to the best efforts Of Sisler, Cobb or Rice.
 schaik a Mainstay
 It Is not necessary to discuss the Chicago catching staff as long as Ray Schalk Is on the job. The Cracker holds all records for work done since baseball began. He has caught 11S6 games in nine years and there are few 10 dispute the statement that in all branches of mechanical skill he is without a superior and in most or them without an equal. Everett Tar. van will relieve Schalk this season in about one-third of the games Cit is hoped), while Graham, Western league recruit. will do the bull pen work and the morning practice.
 The White Sox problem is that Of all other clubs except the Yankees. If the pitching Is as much better than last year-when 1t was truly terri ble-as 1t seems 1t may be, Gleason will move the team up somewhere among the elect. In two or three weeks a better Idea will be gained of the hurling strength than can be had now, for these youngsters will be pitted against the worlds cham pions repeatedly and worlds cham ! pions or not. they like their base hits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Alabama Is Preparing For High School
 Track Meet
By DUKE MERRITT

University March 26.=(Special)- The events to be run in the annual interscholastic track meet, to be held at the university on Denny field on April 8, have been announced and everything is being done to have things ready to show the boys a good time and make the track meet a sue cess. Cinders are being hauled and put In the places where there were not enough put at first or where they have settled too low. This meet will officially open this new track, the finest in the south. A large number of entries have been received and are arriving in every mail, and it Is expected that the meet will surpass that held last year. Coaches Bernier and Crisp are certainly making things pick up in the way of things athletic around the capstone, and are the most progressive that Bama has ever had Following is the list of the events to be run.
 1O0-yard dash.
 220-yard dash.
 440-yard dash
 SS0-yard dash.
 One mile run.
 120-yard high hurdles.
 220-yard high hurdies.
 Running high jump.
 Shot put G2-pound).
 Running broad jump.
 Pole vault.
 Javelin throw.
 Discus throw.
 one-mile relay race -four men per team).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
By GEORGE CHADWICK
Special Correspondent of The Age-Hera
 -tGopA rig hi. lg.2. by Tho Age Meraidl

rttopsriRht. 1929. by The e-Heraidl
 New York, March 25.-Large amounts have been invested for ln- surance on ball players this year, for the price of expert flesh on the foot has risen. There is Ruth, the highest paid ball player: Hornsby. who qualities among the highest paid in his own league; OConnell, the high priced sequestered ball player; Hoyt. the highest priced bridegroom; Jim my Glnley the highest salaried bat toy, and Jack GraneN. the highest salaried peanut peddler, and lot Of other baseball notabies, the loss of whose services would be more keen ly felt by their employers this year than ever before.
 Yet, with all this outlay for in surance. not one single honest-to- goodness ball player, real thrower, fielder or batter of the ball has been insured one cents worth against any risk encountered on the playing field.
 Won't Write Policies
 Insurance men announced here to- day that no company insuring against accident or injury would write policy proNldlnS against the risks of the diamond.
 "lf we insured ball club against injuries to it's players on the field,' said one big insurance man today. Wed lose on every policy. Someone would turn up every morning with sprained ankle or a broken thumb. and we would have to settle. Toward the end of the season, if the club had not had good year. I shudder to think hcw many accident claims , might be made against us. If a sion, or the catcher sprained his glove or the first baseman ruined his disposition, the assets of the in surance company might get rude shock. An interruptions club might try to make up deficit by drawing damages for ball players with noth- ing much more the matter with the than the loss of sleep. That might be followed by litigation indefinitely. All in all, the business Is not worth the trouble. Therefore, if Babe Ruth gets his head in the way of fast ''inshoot" this season, he and his em- ployers will have to stand the con- sequences without the aid of a monc- by collides with another fielder, he and the St. Louis club will have to grin and bear it. If Ty Cobb Is spiked in sliding into second. tho doctors will be the only ones to col feet, and if Walter Johnson. Carl Mays or Alexander pull a tendon in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
FIRE DAMAGE AT PARK
 AMOUNTS TO $75,00O

Baltimore, March 25.-Fire of un- determined origin early today de- stroyed the clubhouse. a cottage. Is box stalls and the water tank at the Gentlemen's Driving park, near Pim- lico race track, entailing an estimated loss of s75,000.
 Fifty race horses In training for the spring meet at Pimlico were quartered in stables on the grounds, but as the wind was blowing in the opposite direction 1t was not found necessary to remove them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
By SPARROW MGANN
Special Correspondent of The Age Hera
 (Copyright. 1929. by The Age- -Herald)

Special Correspondent of The Age Herald
 (Copyright. 182s. by The AEc-Herald)
 New York, March 25.-Jack Kearns Is not announcing his plans concern ing Jack Dempsey's European trip, but one significant fact has develop ed. Prominent fight writers who are close to the Dempsey retinue have been tipped that they would not make a mistake in taking trip to Europe with the champion, and several per sons have already booked to ge across AS the situation now appears. certain persons close to the champion will be surprised if he is not hooked with the winner of the Beckett-Cook fight next Monday. As for Carpenter, something will be heard after the Ted (Kid) Lewis battle.
 While Jack Is gone, there is no telling what will happen in this country. It will be recalled that when Jim Corbstt went abroad after beat ing Charley Mitchell in Florida there was hardly a heavyweight in the United States who impressed the pub lio with any claim to tackle the champion. By the time he returned. the horizon was filled with ominous possibilities. At the head stood Rob- ert Fitzsimmons, who had beaten the nonpariel Jack Dempsey to pieces,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26

Kane's error. Glllis singled to right and took second on the throw in. Cruise grounded out. short. to first, scoring Hall. Fillmore doubled. SCOT ing Gillis. The university boys, with most of Moleys rockies in the field, got two hits and two runs out of this inning.
 Red Bates. who worked five in nings for the Barons. displayed the fact that he was in superb shape. He allowed only three hits and no scores for the time he occupied the slab. In tho sixth Ross went in and gave up six hits for the remainder of the gams. In tho eighth Moley sent in Traynor, Gooch, Williams, Morhman and simon. while Kane took second base. Clarke and Bren- ner were the only regulars left after thls wholesale shift
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26

height he stands six feet three inches and weighs 210 pounds. His chest normal is 43 inches with a four inch expansion. His reach is 7s Inches ana he Is just 24 years old. The ease with which he knocked out Maxted was impressive. for the sailor Is no- body's set up. In fact Maxted in his three fights. prior to the Firpo go. knocked out Eddie West in seven rounds. Tarzan Larkin In ono, and Wolf Larsen in five.
 Aside from Firpo's sensational per formance. the only development in the Heavyweight situation this week is the tentative arrangement of fight between Billy Miske and Harry Greb over in Jersey. The men, 1t is said have received an offer of so5.000 each to appear and have expressed will ingness to consider the proposition The talk over in Newark Is that the fight. if held. will be conducted in the late spring and outdoors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
PENN STATE TO HAVE
 A COACHING SCHOOL

State College, Pa. March 25.-(Spe
 cial. )-The course in athletic coach ing to be given here this summer under Hugo Bezdek. Bill Martin and Dutch Hermann, Penn State varsity coaches. promises to be one of the most popular courses of the summer session which begins June 26. From the number of inquiries already Ire ceived. it Is expected that a great many college and high school coaches will take advantage of the oppor- tunlty to pick up both theoretical and practical training in football. base ball basketball and track. The course will continue for about eight weeks. with about two weeks being devoted to each sport BezdelS will handle football and baseball Martin, track and Herman( basketball. Nu- merous other courses in physical edu- cation. hygiene and playground work are being offered by the department ot physical education this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Schaeffer and Hoppe
 Start Championship
 Match Monday Night

Chicago, March 25.-Jake Schaeffer and Willie Hoppe tonight virtually had completed preparations for the worlds championship 1s.2 balk line billiard match starting Monday night. Hoppe tonight arrived from St. Louis where he has undergone training for his effort to win back the title he lost to Schaeffer last December.
 The two billiard stars have gone through a training which rivals the preliminary work for a champion ship prize fight. Road work, rub downs. special exercises and regular rest periods were included in their programs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Georgia Twirler Holds Oglethorpe
 To q Single Hit

Athens, Ga, March 25.-(speciel)- Georgia shut out oglethorpe here to- day, ' to 0, in game featured by the wonderful twirling of Fred Sale, who yielded only one hit, double by Kemp In the seventh. Eldridge and Thomson each gathered three hiS. Sale Famed eight and Morris six Georgia combined three hits, a walk and an infield error for four runs in the eighth. Score: R. H. E. Oglethorpe ..- 900 900 ooo-O 1 ? Georgia ........ 900 102 04s-7 10 3
 Batteries: Georgia, Sale and Raw son: Oglethorpe. Simpson and Norris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
MOBILE GETS FUHR
 FROM CHICAGO CLUB

Mobile. March 25 = Special. J. President R. M. weinacker of the Mobile Southern association team has announced that he has purchased. Pitcher Fuhr from the Chicago Cubs, and that he would report to the local club in a short time. Fuhr was with the Kansas City club last season. be-, ing farmed out by the major league club. Previous to that he was with the Joplin, Mo, club of the Western league
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Yankees Turn Six
 Recruits Aloose

New York March 25.-The jingle of the tin can is resounding at the Yankee training camp at New Or- leans today. Six recruits were re- leased by Manager Huggins to minor league clubs. Bernie Culp, pitcher, going to the Charleston S. A. L.; Camp Skinner to New Orleans of the South ern association; D. O. Griggsby, out fielder. and Gomez Wilson, pitcher. to Soiux City of the Western league: Ed Meusel. outfielder. to Waterbury ot the Eeastern league. and Glenn Kill finger of Jersey City International league. Huggns kept string on the Penn State football star. who will be given return enga gagement n the big show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
 TY COBB SPENDS DAY WITH 0LD-TIME BOSS

Raleigh, N. C.. March 25--Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit American league club. here yesterday for the game between Detroit and Rochester Internationals spent much of the day with George W. (King) Kelly. who claims to have given Cobb his firsS job as professional baseball player at Augusta, Ga. in 1904. while man aging a club in the South Atlantic league. Cobb's first contract, accord ing to Kelly. called for s60 per month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
s.-------------------- CUBS PURCHASE KRUG
 FROM SEATTLE CLUB

Chicago. March 25.--Manager Killi- fer's worries were greatly relieved today following the purchase of Marty krug from the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast league. krug will be sent to the keystone sack to bolster up the Cubs infield, which has been weak at that position. The Cubs edged out Vernon. 6 to 5. in ninth inning rally at Los Angeles yester- day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Ruth's Home Run Proues Deciding
 Factor in Battle

New Orleans, March 25.-Babe Ruth smashed out circuit hit in the sixth inning with two men on and proved the deciding factor In the victory of the New York Yankees over the Brooklyn Dodgers in an exhibition game here today.
 Score: R H E. New York (A) .....-.......7 13 | Brooklyn (N.) .............4 13 5
 Batteries: Jones, Mays and Schang Smith, Gordinier and Deberry. Taylor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
FIRST ROUND OF NET
 MEET AT NEW YORK

New York, March 25.-Rapid prog ress was made in the opening round of the mems national Indoor tennis championship tournament today. The first round was completed and the second partly finished early in the afternoon.
 The play was without special fea- tuTe or upset, Vincent Richards, who wa sentered. but who had announced that he would not compete for sev- eral weeks owing to recent illness, defaulted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
 SPORTING EDITOR WINS HANDBALL SINGLES

Milwaukee. March 25.-Art Skinner local sporting editor. captured the championship title in the singles of the national championship A. A. U. handbal1 tournament today by de- featine William Sackman. New York, two out of three sets. The scores: 10-e1: 21-1S; 2-19.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26

Alabams ................ 900 900 oza- Barons ................. 900 252 1I'-i1
 SUMMARY Thrss-bass Hits--Burkett. Gooch. Two-bass HitsERoSs Elmore. Sacrifice Hits-Elmors. AcMillan, Tay- Tor, Clarke.
 Stolen Bases--BYennsr, Tics. Loft on Basee-AlabamA g. Barons [. Double Plays-Elmore to Hubert. Cruise to Hubert Ross to Brennsr to Brandon. Pitching Rscord-7 hits and runs off Hinton Ia { 1-3 innings; ( hits and runs off McRas in 7-2; hits and no runs off Bates in E. hits and runs off Ross in {.
 Bases on Balls-Hinton 2, McRas 2. Bates l, Ross 2.
 Struck out-Hnton 2. McMilian l. Wild Pitch--Hinton.
 Umpire-Harry Swacina.
 Time of Game-1:bT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
CORNELL WINS BIG
 WRESTLING TOURNEY

Bethlehem, Pa, March 25.-Cornell won first honors in the intercollegiate Wrestling association meet at Lehigh university today. The Ithacans also won three championships.
 The final score Cornell. 19; State, a2: Yale. II; Lehigh. 2: Columbia. &; Pennsylvania. 3 Princeton, 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-26
Red Bates TlUirZs Fine Baseball While in Box
Bv HENRY C. VANCE

Moworh who has been absent from town blew Saturday, and the Barons who
 fighting they had better show him something busy and waoped the university while gathering of Barona fans who had out to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
The Cross Of Jesus Christ VIII Never PERISH Declares Billy Sunday Sermon

II / could prove that this was your
last day on earth and that tomorrow
afternoon you would be in the coffin,
! know what you would do. You'd
spend the intervening time getting
ready to meet the God that some of
you have spurned, and you'd prepare
to stand before the God you know
you'd have to meet in "a hours.
Nobody else can substitute for you
when it comes to standing before God
in judgment.
Next to life the most universal
thing is death-dead cities, dead ma
tons, dead republics, dead ambitions,
dead consciences, dead loved ones
oh, how short is life.
Religion is not product Of emo
ton. Religion is obedience to a COM
mand of God. Don't put religion on
low basis Of feeling alone, the feel
ing is the result Of your faith.
A man believes to be saved.
God holds you responsible for your
will, not your feelings, exercising your
will upon Christ through faith
Infidelity laughs at believing and
applauds dogma l challenge all the
combined forces of unbelief, for their
achievements have utterly and eter-
nally failed to bring relief. They
have never gladdened one waste spot
in the desert of doubt in the world and
lifted any one to noble life.
There are multitudes in hell. They
regret the opportunities they let go
by. They'd give worlds to have one
more, but it isn't theirs.
Your conscience is that sense with
which you distinguish right from
wrong and white from black. Much
of what is called modern doubt is
simply the neglect of fine feeling.
Some people spend lot of dough
to have their lives written before they
die. Don't waste it. God is writing a
better book than you will ever write
and when God gets through, 1t will be
no work Of fiction.
Some plunge into pleasures trying
to drown memories.
Sin is the bar that prevents sin
ners from entering the harbor of sal
walton.
God offers you the way Of escape
now.
God alone has the power Of pardon
and that is only through your faitt
in the Lord Jesus Christ
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22
TODAY'S BEST STORY
IN BILLY'S SERMON

Your memory is immortal. Ev-
cry county has a recorders office,
where papers are made out If
you want to know who owns
piece of property, if there is any,
thing against it go down to the re-
corder's office-that's the last
word.
God makes every mind keep its
own records. How will he do il ex-
cept through your memory? Ba.
con had a marvellous memory. b.
con says the human intellect never
forgets thing. This is a wonder
full statement.
Sometime in your life all you
have ever known will come back
to you and you will recall it. King
Cyrus could call by name $4,000
men in his army. That gave him
a wonderful power over men.
They say of Horace Greedy that
he could read column after column
of the New York Tribune and then
repeat it word for word from mem
DRY.
They say Of DR.. ]. M. Buckley,
New York Christian Advocate, that
he could repeat from memory COL
umn after column of that paper.
Moody said he met a Scotchman
in Glasgow that could repeat the
Bible from Genesis to Revelations
from memory. saw, Japanese
student in the Armour institute in
Chicago that. could repeat from
memory the first five books Of the
Old Testament, Psalms and every
book in the New Testament word
for word.
There was man in Elkhart, In
diana, who worked for the railroad
He could stand on the platform and
let freight train of so cars 90 by
and he'd look at the numbers and
he'd turn around and put those
numbers down accurately and ehro-
noIogicalIy as the cars went by. Let
train go by at 1oo miles an hour
and he'd stand there and look at
them and put these numbers down
accurately You couldn't repeat
three of them!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

The Knights Templar, Sunday morn
ing, pledged their faith in Jesus Christ,
when at the tabernacle, the whole del
egation, with all their plumes and re-
gala, led the way for the trail hitters,
and took Mr.. Sundays hand in token
of their vow.
Nearly $50 persons came forward at
the invitation, and 131 persons signed
cards as trail hitters," following the
close of sermon on the Three Cross
es,'' which Mr.. Sunday has delivered
but once before, and then not a part
of his regular services.
The Knights marched to the taber.
nacle in body, preceded by their ban.
ners, and were greeted with applause
Behind them came the wives of the
members.
At the request of visitors, Mr. Rode
HEAVIER sang open the Gates of the
Temple" while on request of the