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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
UNUSUAL BATTING.
 RECORDS MADE MI AMERICAN LEAGUE

A steady rattle of base hits, fre- quently interspersed with the re- sounding echoes of long drives again characterized American league games of the season just closed. The ad- vance guard of new army of extra base sluggers appeared this year and it is largely through the efforts of these new men that the greatly i'm proved pitching made so little im- press on the season averages. While a few familiar and honored names head this list, no less than 16 men in their first or second year are found among the 300 hitters.
 This year, 12,041 safe drives of as- sorted sizes were hammered out of 42,32S times at bat, which is an average of .2S44. This is a decline Of ASA in the number of hits as com pared with 1921 and a decrease in the batting average of about 3-10 points, the grand average last year being just under .2S7. Two-base hits dropped 10S to 2032; three -baggers from 694 last season to 5S5. but home runs increased from AT to 524.
 Browns Lead
 St. Louis, making a valiant bid for the championship, busted Detroit II pill llS 1dNoiito poSitiOu dS batting leader. The Browns, record is .31S as compared with .316 for the Tigers in 1921, while Boston. low club this season with .263, Is II points below the Athletics mark Of .274 for last year.
 There was a slight increase in the use of the sacrifice to advance run ners, 1,5S2 as compared with 1851 last year. but there were 12 fewer ha toll p 0 I against 693. Whether the art of pill fering the runners way from sack to sack is really lost cannot be told, for only the fleetest of players are allowed to match their speed and skill against opposing pitchers and catchers, and then only occasionally and under exceptional circumstances. The policy of playing for a number of runs in a single attack also accounts for the further decline in the use of the sacrifice. the hit and run play having superseded both the stolen base and the sacrifice.
 The base on balls has net been so profoundly affected by the passion for making long hits and getting runs in punches as is the case with stolen bases and sacrificing. Eaters are still permitted to wait 'em out'' with the result that five of the teams accumulated. very respectable totals during the season. Cleveland, with it's smart veterans, worked opposing hurlers for 554 free tickets to first base; Detroit had 53o, the champion New York team 497, Chicago 4S2 and St. Louis 473 passes.
 Home Run Hittcrs
 Exploits of home run hitters oc- cupied the attention of fans through out the country and there was much interest In the home run Trace" be- tween certain Of the leaders. Every team had it's home run hero Kenneth R. Williams of the Browns being the leader with S9, 20 less than the mark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
SALARY LIMIT IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE
 RAISED TO SKIES
Decision of Dixie MoguIs Sub. ject to Approval of the
 Association

Louisville, ky. December 3.-Sub- Jeet to the approval of the National association. the directors of the Southern Baseball association today voted to make the sky the limit" so far as salaries of players are con eerned. Rules of the National as sociation now make $4,500 the maxi mum monthly pay roll for Class A league, seven directors voted in favor of the salary resolution, and one opposed it.
 The directors will meet in Mobile, January 29, to adopt the schedule of games for 1923. The schedule com mittee, composed of A. J., Heinneman, New Orleans; w. D. Smith, Birming- ham, and Robert Allen, Little Rock. will meet in New Orleans within the next few weeks.
 Resolutions of sympathy and regret on the death of Mike Finn, former major leaguer and schedule maker, and Charles Frank, late manager of the Atlanta club, were adopted. The association also voted to pay Mrs. Frank, widow of the former At lanta manager, $100 month for the coming year, beginning December l. It is the intention of the association to make this payment as long as Mrs. Frank lives, but acton VIII De taken at each annual meeting.
 POst-Senson Series
 President John D. Martinsof Mem phis was authorized to make con- tract with the Texas league head for post-season series of games be tween the pennant winners in the two organizations with the stipula- tion that neither team engage in any other series afer the season closes.
 Only one change in the playing rules was made. This provides for the adoption of the present book rule on fly balls, which allows the runner to advance at his peril.
 A Christmas dividend of $1S,000 was distributed among the eight clubs.
 John IT. Farrell. chairman of the national board of arbitration an- nounced that decisions on more than 500 claims which have been unde> consideration will be given out to- morrow night. Members of the board present in addition to MT. Farrell are J. c. Toole. New York: Judge M. Branham. Durham. N. C.; Daniel O'Neill, Holyoke, Mass. and N. P. Cornish, Savannah, Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
Clemson Charges Professionalism
 ToFlorida Stars

Jacksonville, Fla, December 3. F. H. Duncan and Ray Dickson. stars on the University of Flor ida football team for the past two years, were barred from !. Satur- days game with Clemson on. charges of professionalism by the Clemson authorities.
 Details of the charges are not known. but it is understood that the Clemson authorities set forth that Dickson has coached an eleven somewhere in the west, while Duncan was said to have played professional baseball.
 It is understood a prompt in- vestigation will be made to de- termine whether the charges are true. The Florida officials with held the men from today's game pending such investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
Panthers Start Class Football
 This Afternoon

Class football practice will get fully under way at Birmingham Southern college today, when the Seniors. Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen all hold short workouts, 5, with the class coaches lengthening out the periods of training more as the few days pass before the first game is scheduled on December 9 between the Seniors and Juniors.
 Although no definite date has been set yet for the Sophomore Freshmen battle, it will. likely follow the JInoir- Senior tilt by one or two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
FELL CITY QUINTET
 BEATS EAS0NvILLE

Pell City. Ala. December s.-(Spe- cial. .)--The Gold and Black quintet Of Pefl City High school was an easy victor over the Easonville five, to the tune of 32 to 2. The entire local squad did well. Captain Gray did some great work throughout the game.
 Two moro games were played at the annual Turkey Day celebration at Easonville. Linclon was victorious over Coal City, 54 to o, but the combat between Ragland and Crop we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
Nicholson States Sewanee Needs Best
 Coach Obtainable

Sewanee, Tenn. December B. Special )-In an interview this morning. Coach John P. Nichol- son, speaking as athletic director of the University of the South, declared that in his opinion the time had come when Sewanee should obtain the services of the best football coach that can be found. MT. Nicholson said:
 "The exigencies of the one- year rule, and Sewanee's deter imitation to maintain her rela- tions with the strongest colleges. in spite of her small student body, make 1t absolutely neces- sary to get the fullest value from the football material, which we do not get.
 "This means that we must have a coach of the very highest order"
 Ie further said that he had fully made up his mind to bring, this matter before the athletic authorities of the university im- mediately, so that they might proceed at once to secure the best man that can be found. For the future. MT. Nicholson will devote himself to the general athletic interests of the university, as his position demands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04

Vandy unbcaten
 Not a single team of major im- portance went through the season without being scored upon, and Van derbilt was the only one to escape any defeats, for North Carolina and Georgia Tech lost their intersectional matches. It made the second consec- utive season in which the Vanderbilt Commodores have not been defeated and it was the second consecutive year in which they and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets had stood among the teams not beaten in the south.
 only three teams came through last year with this record, and Centre which completed that trio. was beat en this season by Auburn, which Afterwards lost to Georgia Tech. Nandy and North Carolina State play few opponents in common. making it difficult to compare them. The Tarheels' record of 200 points to 72 for their 10 opponents compares with Vandy's ITS to 16 in nine games and Techs 157 to 59 in the same number of contests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04

Defensive leadership went to Van derbilt, whose Commodores per- mitted their nine opponents to reg ister but IS points throughout the season, and the fact that consistent play, rather than the piling Up of touchdowns at times, determines the winners, is shown by a recapitulation of records.
 Neither Alabama nor Virginia Milf tary institute was among the teams which came through without defeat by southern rival. and North Caro- lima was the only one of the trium- phant three which ranks within the 10 highest scoring machines.
 Leaders Low Scorers
 The Tarheels scored tenth, while Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt, the other two victorious teams, were rather far down the list
 More than three hundred games were played during the season and in 300 of which records were avail able tonight a total Of S.795 points were made, winners averaging 2627 points per game and the losers 3.4 points. The average of tho winning teams was raised high by the num- Der of big score games early in the season and by King colleges 206 points in one game.
 Centres quarterback, Herbert Gov ington, set a world record on October 2S by booting six dropkicks for field goals in the game with Louisville university, his performance standing out among many individual feats of the season. The seasons record for high scores WAS King colleges 208 to 0 victory over Lenoir college, and, I-I eleven to top all teams with 4e8 points fer the season. The team. re- cruited from among the 93 students at King college. won all its games but two.
 Aside from King colleges record, the standing of the first 10 major Dixie teams in games, total points and nnnouepfSi fLtalS followS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
Jimmy Murphy Wins
 25O Mile Auto Race

Los Angeles. December s.-Jimmy Murphy won the 250-mile champion ship automobile race held today at the Beverly Hills speedway, complet- ing 200 laps of the l A mile oval in hours, 10 minutes and 51.10 seconds Earl Cooper took second place and Harry Hartz finished third.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04

set by Ruth in 1921. c. W. Walker of Philadelphia was second with S7, while Babe" Ruth. in 110 games. cracked out 35 circuit smashes. Sev- eral other "fly ball hitters" made home run records that would have won them much attention in former years.
 The leading batter of the year was George IT. Sisler Of St. Louis, while the incomparable veteran, Manager Cobb of Detroit, was second. Cobb reached mark of 400 for the third time. feat no other player has ever achieved. Many truly remarkable per formances in batting were recorded during the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
TWO BADLY HURT
 IN AUTOCRASH

Los Angeles. December 3.-Herschel Mckee, automobile race driver, and his mechanician, Hugh Curley. were injured, the latter probably fatally, when their car crashed into the rear of Joe Thomas machine while tuning up today before the start of the 250- mile championship race at the Beverly Hills speedway. near here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
PhilIy Girls Win

Philadelphia. December ..-The Philadelphia girls field hockey ream won the championship of the United States here yesterday by defeating Boston 9-1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
Tenner and Barnett Meet n Ten Rounder Athletic Club Sou
SMILES AND LACEY TO
 MEET FOR MAT TITLE

Battling Barnett sail into each other tonight will settle back what promises to be southern the Charleston flash fresh Boode Birmingham favote while Barnett overcoming such Lew Silver and Rab lit Palr,a in tencaIn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
THIN RED LINE LED
 N SCORING FORl922

University Alabama points, football during 
 Alabama, points with 32 80 for the Crimson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
The Ballot

Here is the way the vote resulted, only those players who were men tioned more than once, or received as many as two votes, being considered: In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
When the Dry Wash Bundle
 Comes Home
Better call your lucky number and settle the family lOashing
 problem, for the uOirter
The American

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 Many of our Dry Wash GUS toners tell us no ironing is really needed, as the clothes are so soft and clean they may be worn right out of the bundle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-04
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and as Preventive. take Laxative PROMO sQUININE Tablets. The box bears the signature of E. W. Grove.
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Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
PAID $500 FINE FOR
 LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION


 There was lengthy session of the city court Monday morning. Judge A. F. Libby disposing of the cases.
 Four men charged with sleeping in a barn at the Falls were freed as some kind of permission had been given them and they believed themselves in the right. The court informed them to. use the station house in the future. s,
 : Four men charged with irtoxication paid fines and costs to. Clerk Bailey and were allowed to depart. ss
 A non-support case came up and as for several times previous was contin. ued.
 E. Matsock,. of Mansfield paid s2 fol breach of the peace Another case oi breach of the peace against woman was continued. The. case of state vs. Joseph Catald for violating the liquor law, was called up and a demurrer was entered by Judge Kelley It was oyerruled and 's fine of s2OO and costs was imposed, witt a jail sentence of thirty days. being suspended. The accused paid his bill.
 William IT.. Purcell of Colchester, al legged proprietor of the place at s-1t Market street where Cataldi was ar rested, was also in court but hIs cas, was nolled there. It Is intimated how ever, that it may como up before the U S. court later.
 The case of state vs. Michael Sabolef 1 ski of 24 Elizabeth street went over un 1 til this Tuesday, morning for a hear | ing. He is accused of violation of tn 1 prohibition, law in having a still and i supply of alleged moonshine whiskey 1 at his house.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
KALEIDOSCOPE
Texas contains 245 counties.

Texas contains 245 counties.
 Came,s sometimes i've to the age O 100 years.
 Arabians salute each other by placing. cheek against cheek.
 Images were introduced into various churches about 300 A. D.
 The devilfsh varies in length from one inch to 50 feet.
 The invention ce typewriter for music is reported from Prague.
 Discarded billiacd balls are now made into electric push buttons.
 Beethoven composed some of his great est works when he was deaf.
 The worlds poultry congress was held in Holland at The Hague in 1921.
 The earliest mention of shoes Is on Egyptian paoyrus written about 22oo B
 The cost of carrying goods from Lon- don to Birmingham in 1885 was about S30 a ton.
 The oldest known bank notes were is- sued in China 2s37 years before the Christian era.
 The average maple tree yields enough sap to produce between five and ten pounds of sugar. Japanese soldiers are said to have in- creased two inches in heiSht since mea- has been added to their diet.
 The energy required to /lb to the top of the Washington monument would be supplied by eating half a doughnut. The harp is believed to have originated from the hunting bow. the tightly stretched string of which will emit q musical note.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25

Wells, printer of New York. and Will liam Leavenworth of Allentown, New Jersey used groover patterns. Aliens patterns are said to have been less ex- pensive to make and easier to use.
 Even after this failure Aliens mind still worked in tine same direction, for while his first invention of wood-type cutting machines was developed in the late sos we find patent issued to him in 1854 and also one in 1862.
 Mir. Nesbitt. knew Mir. Allen as an in genious mechanic who had been working on machines for feeding blank paper, and as feeding the enevelope blanks to the envelope folding machines was one of Nesbitt Co.'S problems in connec- tion with carrying out the stamped enve- lope contract which they were wrestling with and were using some very crude en- velope machinery entirely inadequate to meet the demands of of their fast grow ing business they called upon MT. Al fen for help and engaged him to build flor them an envelope-folding machiue MT. Allen went to Newark, N.4 J., and in the shop of Ezro Gould he built the first stamped envelope machinery for George F. Nesbitt & Go.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
HUMoR OF THE DAY

"Jobson Is a social aspirant. isn't .hs-" "Weil. you might leave of the last two syllables es"-Boston Transcript.
 Harriett-why are you at such pains to exclude folks from your social 'ciccies Agatha-So they won't find out how little they miss.-Judge.
 "'Ave you any reasons to doubt my word. Maria?'
 "Yes. ave"
 And wot are they. may I ask- S "I don't believe yer"-Punch.
 First Actress-wouldn't it be awful f the earth stopped revolving and threw us into space?
 Second Actress-I wouldn't care if 1t threw us into newspaper space.-New York Sun.
 Ned-I proposed to Hope. but she re- fused me
 Ted-what's the situation noE7
 Ned-wel.. she still allows me to hope against Hope ,-wayside Tales.
 Fciend-oh. when Gld you get that beautiful dish?
 Hostess Cpondering)-I t,ink 1t ras three. cooks ago-New York Sun
 "Our new minister is lust wonderful. He brings thi - home to you that you never saw before.
 Huh I've got launorymzn who does that very same thing -"-Anericaa Legion Weekly.
 Hub tsampling wite's purchasel- These oranges are sour. wife-That's strange The grocer told me they wece sunkist oranges from Call fornia.
 Hub-I guess the movie censors must have limited the length of the kiss Boston Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25

ond avenue spent Sunday at Pine Grove. Mantle.
 Mir and Mrs Earle NJ Wood and son, and Miss Frances O'Copnell of Hartford. are at Camp Moma-Binna, Gardner's Lake. for the week.
 Harold Linderson of North Grosvenor- dale spent the weekend with relatives in town. .
 Victor Caron of New London spent the weekend with his mother. Mrs. Mathi;- da Caron of North B street.
 Mrs. Albert s. Ferris. who has been spending several days with her parents, Mir and Mrs Joseph Wood of North B street, is motoring to her home in De- troit, accompanied by Mrs. Wilbur Sid dall of Attleboro. Mass
 Mir. and Mrs. John D. Sharples of North Second avenue spent the week. end at their summer home, Ponemah, at Groton Long Point
 Arthur Lucier. who has been spending week at the Ponemah House, has re- turned to his home in Moosup
 Mrs, Hattie Tillinghast has returned from visit of two weeks with friends in Jewett City.
 Lewis A. Tfilinghast of North Third avenue has returned from spending two weeks with his son and daughter-in-law MT. and Mrs. George Courtland Filling hast of Nyack, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
sKIDDING CAR SMASHED
 WHEELS IN THAMEsyTTIE

While driving to Norwich Saturday evening about 8 D. m. Nelson Burgess of Latham street. skidded in the car which he was driving, and landing up against a curbstone in Thamesville both of the wheels on the left side of the car were smashed to bits The accident uc- cured on account of the wetness of the road. The car had just gone down a slight grade and although not going al high rate of speed the front wheels struck a patch of mud causing the ve- hlcle to skid. None Of the occupants six in number. were thrown from thS machine. At the side of the road there was an embankment of about 20 feet and had not the curbing prevented if the party would have probably gon. over the bank. Besides the injuries tC the wheels the front axle was badly bent and the car was slightly damaged otherwise. The party proceeded to then destination by trolley.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
OCEAN BEACH PETITIONERS
 PROPOSE A COMPROMISE

Counsel for the committee which is protesting against the bathing ordi- nance at Ocean Beach said Monday in New London that if the city council would only grant the committee of peti- tioners a hearing. and possibly eliminate the word stores" from the second sec tion that they would not follow up their intention of filing the petition an9 com polling referendum on the matter,
 Otherwise the petitioners propose. op the advice of their counsel. to. proceed with their original plan and see it through to finish.
 The New London city clerk has not yet notified the committee that. the petition as filed is illegal, and until he does SC there will be no effort on the commit tees nart to procure the additional neces- sary signatures. Ten days are allowed after such notice is received from the city clerk to obtain the extra names and this can probably be done without much difficulty.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25

Mss Loretta Gadie of Central avenue spent the weekend with Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Cummings at Pleasant View.
 Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton of Central avenue have returned home from Texas where they spent about two months.
 Alr. and Mrs. Louis Mason and ch.l- dren of Wethersfield are visiting Mrs. Mzsons mother, Mrs. Mary Matthews and other relatives in town
 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gronko have moved from North Main street into their new home on St~Regis avenue.
 William Simpson of Prospect street is visiting friends in Durham.
 MT and Mrs. Edward Risley and daughter spent the weekend in Taun- ton. Miss Elsie Slatery returned with them for a visit.
 Mrs. John Sheehy and Miss Sheehy are visiting relatives in Taunton.
 Mrs William Matthews of Thirteenth street. who has been on a motoring trip to San Francisco with her daughter, has returned home.
 William Andrews of Prospect street went on Friday with the Grotto. to Bridgeport. staying over Sunday to wis it his brother.
 Miss Helen Kramer of Rockland Mass. Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Upton on Thirteenth street.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-25
LAKE STREET FAIRGROUNDS
 ARE OPENED FOR sUMArE

The Lake street playgrounds were opened Monday for the remainder of the summer will be in charge of Miss Me Intyre, one of the public school teachers. The grounds have now been thoroughly cleared of all refuse and provide a fine playground for the children of the cen tral district of the city Miss Mcintyre has already put everything in order and equipment Is in use by the t\ildren. This is the second playground to be opened in Norwich this summer, the Falls play ground having been in operation for over a month.