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TY COBB NEEDS ONE
HIT TO SET RECORD

Chicago, October 2S.-One mans
Judgment on a cold blustery day
with rain threatening may cost Ty
Cobb. star of the Detroit Tigers, the
chance of setting a new major league
record this season. One hit sepa-
rates the Georgia peach from being
the first major Lacquer to hit in the
400 clans for three seasons.
The game in question was played
in New York May 10, between the
Yankees and the Tigers. Recalling it
today. the official scorer said Cobb
smashed a grounder in the direction
of second base. Everett Scott. the
Yankee shortstop, went after the ball
and reached 1t, but in the official
scorers judgment he let the ball slip
away when he should have come Up
clean with 1t and made an assist.
Consequently Scott was charged with
an error which appears in the Of
fetal score as sent to President
Johnson's office.
According to the unofficial records,
Cobb had 211 hits, being credited
with two in the May Is game, which
gave him a mark OF 400. The Of
fetal report, however, credit Cobb
with only 210 hits, one less than nee
essary to bring him into the aelect
circle for the third time in his base
ball career.
President johnson is out of ton
and before the records are closed for
the season, it Is possible for the
league official to override the Of
ficial scorer in view of the fact that
a majority of the baseball writers at
the game had credited Cobb with the
needed hit.
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SECOND PLACE TEAMS
GET SERIES CHECKS
BY Associated Press

Chicago, october 23.-Checks total
ing $37,096.46, representing the
amount awarded to the members of
the Cincinnati National and St. Lor's
American league baseball clubs, for
finishing the pennant race in second
place, today were sent out by base
ball Commissioner K. M. Lands. Each
club was given s1S.54s,2s. represent
ing one half of the so per cent bal
ance, after the worlds series conten-
ders had been paid and the 16 per
cent allowed the commissioners Of
fics had been deducted.
The st. Louis clubs share was
SPLIT into 2S shares, 10 of the players
receiving s662.44 each and inc re-
ceiving s662.43.
The Cincinnati clubs share was
divided into 25 full shares of $713.-
Al and 26 share which was split into
four parts in amounts ranging
from S7130 to $427.79.
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MITCHELL DAM A. C..
FIGHT CARD TONIGHT

Verbena, October 23.-(Special.)-
Arrangements are going forward for
the staging of an interesting series
of boxing bouts under the auspices
of the Mitchell Dam Athletic club
Tuesday night at Fraternal hall.
There will be at least one, if not
two, main bouts, and three prelimi-
naries. While it had been planned
to have the Mitchell dam favorite,
Battling Bob Lawson, fight Battling
Norfolk of Nashville, the club has
been advised that Norfolk was Ill and
would not be in condition to fight
Lawson on Monday night. The club
In the meantime is trying to get some
other suitable opponent for Lawson
for Monday night.
But those who anticipate attending
the bouts will be assured of an in
teresting program, as it is definitely
known that Tiger Pinkston of Chile,
Wis, will be here for a 10-round bout
with Kid Lenning of Mitchell dam.
Pinkston weighs 1872 pounds and Len
ming weighs 160 pounds. They are
both fast fighters and evenly
matched as to weight, and there is
much interest being shown in the
forthcoming match.
The three four-round preliminaries
will be as follows: Albert Smith
VS.. lightning, Jerry Turner VS.
George Shy, Turner Williams VS..
Charles Thomas. all of Mitchell dam.
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couple of fullbacks-Rollo and
Rogers-will take on the Mill
saps college bunch from Missis-
sippi.
The Panthers, who suffered a
hard-luck defeat at the hands of
Mercer in the last few minutes
of play, little more than a week
ago, are doped to beat the Mis-
sissipplans, even should Rogers
and Rollo still be among the
absentees, but football dope
counts but little these days. The
time-worn adage that mans
foresight can't hold a candle to
his hindsight, holds good in things
gridironistic as well. Frinstance
who would have ever thought
Howard could hold A. & M to
to 0 tie after being held to
scoreless tie by Marion, a
team that was beaten by Ala
bama ITO to O.?
1t was evidenced by the big
crowd attending the Sewanee-
Alabama tilt that Birmingham is
ravenously hungry for football,
and no doubt good crowd will
answer present when the Mill
sappers and the Panthers go forth
to do battle Saturday.
Sore Threats handicapped Centre
in the game against Harvard
Saturday. Nope, the cheer leader
didn't have tonsilitis, but some
of the members of the team did.
Apparently they don't even
know how to spell eligibility
out west. Johnny Wight, owned
by the New York Yankees. and
playing on the Chattanooga in
field the past summer, is playing
football for Tulsa, Okla, univer-
sit, and getting away with it.
Johnny was in the lineup against
the Texas Aggies and twice re-
ceived forward passes and ran
to a touchdown. One of these
was an S0yard run.
Marks took another drop the
other night. He ran against
Charlie Whites left.
Though he has never won the
championship they say Charities
left is always right.
Holt is Back in Town
Red Holt, apple knocker de
luxe. who formerly pastimed on
the local lots, then went to the
Piedmont league, and who starred
for the Jersey City team at first
base in the International league
the past year, is back home for
the winter. The sorrel-topped
first baseman has always made
his home in Birmingham.
Red continued to pulverize the
pellet last summer, leading the
International in homers. He was
out enjoying the football game
between Sewanee and Alabama
Saturday.
Will Rogers, the western
comedian. who is one of the stars
of the Follies at the New Amster-
dam theatre in New York this
year, takes quite fall out of
the Yankee base runners in the
recent world series. In his droll
way VIII says: THE Giants would
throw the ball around to some
base, knowing that the Yanks
would eventually come stagger-
ing in there and get tagged out"
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Ground Broken For
Baseball College

Los Angeles, October 23.-Ground
has been broken at Burbank, a sur
burb, for what is said to be the first
baseball school in history. The
school, which will open it's first term
on January 10, will be known as the
National College of Baseball.
The purpose of the school Is to
train young ball players in the fine
points of the game, three months be-
ing required to finish the course.
The instructors will be retired major
and minor league baseball players
and, during the term, the students
will devote regular periods to inten-
sive baseball practice and instruc-
ton.
Active instructors will be Meath
Valley" Jim Scott, Sam Crawford,
Frank (Cap) Dillon, George (RubeD
Ellis, Walter Boles, Jerry Downs,
Jess w. Onderoff and George Wheel
er, Frank l.. Chance, former mana
ger of the Chicago club of the Ma
tionai league. will be connected with
the college in an advisory capacity.
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PantherS Meet the
MiHsaps Majors at
Munger's Saturday
nv HORACE nENrGAR

Munger bowl will be the scene of
gridiron activities again Saturday
afternoon when the Birmingham
Southern Panthers take the field
against Millsaps college, Jackson,
Miss. The Hilltop mentors sent the
outfit through an afternoon of drill
yesterday following their return
from Chattanooga.
Saturdays game against the Mill
saps Majors marks their first APP
pearance against the Panthers in the
Magic City, the Sunshine Slopers hav-
ing met them in Jackson in both of
their previous engagements. The
Panthers have won one and tied one
game with the Mississippians, and
will enter Saturdays game with the
same intentions. although minus sew
eral of the regulars, because of the
one year ruling.
Freshmen Ruled Out
Despite the freshmen ruling, the
Birminghammers will enter the fray
with practically the same defensive
though Williams and Rollo, backfield
men, will be ruled ineligible.
The Majors showing has been fair
for the season, they having defeated
Clarke Memorial college, 81 to 0, and
fell themselves before 30 McMillin's
Centenary team, % to 0.
Chapel exercises at Birmingham
Southern yesterday represented a
warm welcome for the return of the
Panther gridders and brass band,
upon their return from Chattanooga.
Pep seemed very much in evidence,
with several speakers rousing the
Hilltop to its height.
Nat Banks, alumnus of Birming-
ham Southern, was one of the speak,
ers of the occasion, while Coach
Charles Brown also said a few words
to the assembly in praise of the
band.
I'VE got to back that big gang to
the limit this year, and not let an
other game on the wrong side of
our column said Nat, because that
football team will fight its heart out
for this old hill, and we've got TO
back them in their effort"
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ROCKNE GIVES FANS
FOOTBALL BURLESQUE

South Bend, Ind, October "a
Knute Rockne, University of Eotre
Dame football mentor, would make
good as a theatrical producer, the
football fans here declare.
Rockne gave the spectators at the
Notre Dame-DePau game last Satur-
day some entertainment from the
kickoff until the final play. He
filled in the intermission between
halves with a burlesuue entitled
Football in 1880" The opposing
teams were the cake-eaters. dressed
In clown suits and the tea hounds
attired in frock coats. derby hats,
athletic underwear, pink shoulder
pads and striped hose. A slap IN the
wrist was the equivalent of diving
tackle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24

OLYMPIC BODY is
CALLED TO MEET
ON NOVEMBER q

New York, October "a call for
the quadrennial meeting of the
American Olympic association to be
held at Washington November %,
was issued by Its president. Col.
Robert NJ. Thompson.
Four proposed amendments to the
constitution. three approved by the
executive committee and the fourth
submitted without recommendation,
will be passed on. The amendments
provide for bringing into the or
ganization nearly 10 national sport
governing bodies. All forms OF
amateur sport, recreation and SEMI
recreation welfare work are included.
Under the original plan of for
nation, the Amateur Athletic union
was awarded three votes for each
of the five Olympic program com
petitions over which the A. A. U.
had jurisdiction in the United States.
and in addition one vote was ac-
corded to each district subdivision
of the A. A. u, giving a total of 80
votes. To meet the objections raised
to this large vote, one amendment
provides that the A. A. u. major or
ganization shall have three votes and
an additional vote for each of its
subdivision.
President's Power
The President of the United States
also will be empowered to appoint
one representative from each of the
twelve federal reserve districts with
one vote each. The United States
army and the navy also will have
three votes each as service sport
representatives IN the American
Olympic association.
The . Nj. C. A. and the national
collegiat A. A. do not appear IN the
list of organizations entitled to vote
under the proposed amendment, due,
it is said, to prior designations or
withdrawal from the American
Olympic association.
They may be elected to membership
at the Washington meeting.
The second amendment calls Tor
increasing the executive committee
to II members and the third provides
for a minor change In the honorary
Officers. The fourth, submitted With
ont recommendation would eliminate
from the present article relating 10
the system of voting the clause which
nermits the delegate present at any
meeting to cast all of the votes 70
which his organization is entltieo.
At the coming conference tne
personnel of the American Olympic
committee will be appointed.
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WILSON AND KATE FIGHT ORA " AT B. A. c. = SPORTS
CENTRE COLONIES USEDNEW
LOCK-STEP SHIFT SATURDAY

New York, October 23.-Foot-
ball experts of the east stin
were studying today the puzzling
lock-step shift employed by
the doughty eleven from Centre
college, Danville. KY, which lost
to Harvard at Cambridge Satur-
day "a to 10. Should 1t be taken
up and employed widely, critics
are wondering how the rules
would be affected by such shifts.
AS used by the southerns 1t
was in conformity with estab-
lished regulations, including the
newly clarified rule on shift plays,
which has been made sufficiently
clear by the rules committee of
the Intercollegiate Football assoc
citation as to be universally
Interpreted to prevent all but one
man on an attacking team being
in motion before the ball is
passed.
Lock-Step Shift Worked
Those who saw the Harvard
Centre game Saturday know that
the lock-step shift is effective.
even If they aren't quite clear
why 1t should be more democrat
izing to team on the defense
than the more common shift
plays are.
Being new 1t had the element
of surprise, not only to the spec
tators but to the Harvard team.
which required a number of plays
to accustom itself to the strange
sight OF whole team marching
hand on shoulder and in the ap-
proved Sing Sing style and then
trooping back before the ball was
snapped.
The one objection raised
against the lock-step shift seems
to be the time 1t requires, par
ticularly when the quarterback
adds an extra figure to his
signals and the whole team
fronts" and right abouts" with
the precision of a troop of circus
zouaves.
Now that the play has been
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peppery exhibition. and Finlay was
Justify applauded.
Preliminarics

Spark Plug, Dave Evans, Boys
club battler, scored an easy victory
over Young Battling Kelly in three
rounds last night. Spark Plug used
his longer reach and greater height
TO advantage, and scored a knock
down with clean right as the first
round was closing.
Kelly, who is smaller than Spark
Plug, fought defensive fight
throughout.
Brodus Jacques and Jack Hoppi.
the two little IS Founders who have
put UP such splendid little scraps at
previous B. A. C. athletic shows.
boxed fast three-rouNd exhibition.
The old saying, Children will play
with fire." was brought to mind last
night. when the 1877 pound Max
Scholder again entered the ring
against the 155-round Tom Lacey,
one of the most scientific wrestlers
in the Birmingham district. OF
course, Lacey won easily. and Schold-
er was usually on the defensive.
Every time Max would attempt to
work on Lacey witholds. Ten
would come back with another and
more deadly grip. and Scholder
would run for the ropes.
Lacey won one fall out of the
eight rounds of wrestling.
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Centre Eleven May
Haze Gotham Date

New York. october 23.-Centre col
lege. which ended a three year en-
gagement with Harvard Saturday by
losing by a gallantly made fight
against the Crimson. may play either
Cornell or Columbia in New York
next fall.
Negotiations are understood to be
under way for such contest which
probobly would be held in the new
Yankee Stadium.
Several colleges in New England
also have shown a desire to book
Centre since Harvard's agreement
with Princeton and Yale to ban in
tersectional contests hfs prevented
the Crimson from again signing up
the Kentucky Collegians.
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iris Speaker Will
Again Pilot Tribe

Cleveland, O.. October 2s.-Tris
Speaker will continue to manage the
Cleveland American team next season
e. S. Barnard, president of the Cleve-
land team, announced today.
Speaker took charge of the Indians
during the latter part of 1918 and
the team finished in second place.
The following year the Indians won
the American league pennant and
the worlds championship. The team
finished second in 1921 and fourth
this season. one game from third
place
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The b0ne-breakfng fever In with
MS. According to those who fol-
low the scampering dominoes the
bone-rolling fever has been prev
alent for some time.
Auburn;s Big Chance
1t looks like the Auburn Tiger,
with Trainer Mike Donahue as
chief forager, isn't going to quit
the campaign as hungry and as
lean as in years agone. AS
matter of fact it is beginning to
look like the Tiger will go into
winter quarters with an EN- bon
point this year, due to excessive
feeding.
AT the present time, Auburn,
though conquered by the Army at
West Point. is leading the world
in scoring.
The Tigers foot slipped up at
West Point and his claws didn't
sink as deeply into the flesh as
Is necessary to vanquish. But,
regardless of an unsuccessful
eastern invasion it appears that
the Tiger is the states one best
bet to bring the college football
championship of the south to
Alabama.
The Beast from the Plains has
some pretty tough assignments
before they put the 1922 football
season into the erstwhile class,
but those who have lamped the
work of the Donahue machine
feel that it has the best chance
in years to come through for the
rest of the campaign with its
utcheon-whatever that is
unblemished. The Tiger meets
Georgia Tech, University of Geor-
gia and Centre. 1t looks like
Auburn will be betting favorite
to beat the Red and Black, an
even money proposition against
the Golden Tornado, which seems
to have an abundance of alloy in
its makeup this year, and while
there were those at the start of
the season who fiugred that Cen
ire would administer the same
crushing defeat of last year, when
the two teams meet here No
vember IL, these dopesters have
come down off their high perch
since the Harvard-Centre game,
and are, now admitting that there
is even a possibility that the
Tiger might claw its way to VIC
tory against the Boless aggrega-
cation of Praying Colonies from
Danville.
Babe Ruth suffered from
stomach trouble all during the
past summer. The two New York
ColOnels-Ruppert and Huston
say that BambinO must white
his girth before the next cam
paign rolls around.
1t would seem at least that all
of Babes fat In not in his head,
ms many had been wont to be-
Iieve.
Saturdays Local Game
Although the production may
not be as spectacular or as elab-
crate as on the past Saturday,
Birmingham is going to have an
other helping of it's favorite dish
--football-the coming Saturday.
The Birmingham-So Southern Pan
theirs, who have undergone a
curbing of their viciousness to
some extent, due to the loss of
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SELMA "" ELEVEN
MEETS CADETS NEXT

Selma, October 23.-(Special. 1.-THE
"Y" Tigers, with two scalps already
on their belt, Plantersville and
Greensboro Vocational, will journey
down to Marion next Saturday for
one of the hardest games of the sea-
son, when they will meet with Ma
rion Military institute. The "Y' team
this week will work overtime on
some new trick plays, and with the
almost perfect passing of Paul Grist.
Marion will be pushed to the limit
in this game. A return game with
the military school will be staged in
this city, November 8.
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CARDS WILL TRAIN AT
BREAD0NTOWN IN 1929

st. Louis, October 23.-President
Sam Breadon and Manager Branch
Hickey of the st. Louis Nationals,
are en- route to Breadontown. Fla, to
arrange training camp details. The
team, is was announced, will depart
about March for the Florida camp
to get into condition for the 1923
campaign.
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WILCOX THINKS GAME
DANGER0US-RETIRES

Owosso, Mich, October 90
Bob" Wilcox, widely known auto
mobile race driver, has retired
from the speed game, owing to the
dangers that have developed from
the use of high power motors in
light racing machines. he an
nounced today. Wilcox recalled
that five dirt track pilots had
been killed in one season.
"A limit should be placed upon
the power Of small machines"
he said.
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WILL URGE SEAPORT

Gadsden, October 23.-(Special.)-
Mrs. G. H. Mathis. who is chairman
OF the port amendment fight for the
women in Etowah county. announces
that an educational rally will be held
simultaneously throughout the coun-
ty next week in order to acquaint all
the people of the county with the
purport of the amendment.
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Finlay Will Meet
Dugan Here NoU. 6

Jimmy Finlay of Louisville,
who showed speed and punching
ability in his three-round exhibit
ton bout with Red Herring at
last nights B. A. c. athletic show,
will meet Kid Dugan of Memphis
in a 10-round engagement at the
local club two weeks from last
night, or on November 6, it was
announced last night.
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ALABAMA MAY SHOW YET

While the work of the Crimson Tide the Sewanee
Saturday Alabama
while the Crimson held tie by very high
for this there that stand that the
Purple Tiger much moderated The other that
try Oliver and Papa Hubert.
With these back the there will be different
story from The pity of it all is that they had to be absent
of injuries in the that Alabama like
could From the sailing be extremely shoay
those who the schedule didn't
that children would enjoy wading through.
The coming Saturday Scott and his journey out Texas
battle the Texas
taxes in putting fellow bad frame of mind Vanderbilt with
truly team, through
teeth And from that would indicate the
Lone Star aters annhlate the follow
they Philadelphia
is conceded that Heisman defeated Then
the tilt with the University Georgia Verify
only of light Alabama look forward to with of
satisfaction her annual tilt in Birmingham
Agges Howard held the Farmers scoreess you
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10000 EXPECTED TO
SEE YALE-ARMY GAME

New Haven, Conn. October 23.-It
Is expected that 10000 persons will
be packed into the Yale bowl to wit
ness the Yale-Army game Saturday.
The last 10000 tickets have been sold,
it was announced today.
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MRS. COMISKEY DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Chicago. October 2s.-Mrs Nan
Comiskey, IS years old, wife Of
Charles Comiskey. owner of the Chi
cago White Sox baseball club, died
here today. She had been in Ill
health two years.
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Claude Shows Courage
When Katz Opens Up
By MARVIN MCCARTHY

Claude Wilson, Brmingham feaherwght batter showed
1Oound bout with Jimmy Katz Of Cincinnati Wilson fought his
satisfied that the Dixie feateweigh
the pugsm Claude
heady Cincinnati
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OLD DOLLAR BILL. ST

Lots foxes didn't make
sweehearts; may they