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, 1923-04-11
Ring
TITLES HELD
BY new LIST

BOSTON. Mass, April ia new
list OF national amateur boxing cham
pions is on record today. AS a re-
suit OF the SO bouts the last two
nights in the Boston arena among
the pick Of the amateurs of this
country and Canada. three Boston
men, two from Cleveland. two from
Pittsburgh and one from New York
hold the titles in h various classes
for 1928. The list of champions
1I2 pound class-A Bender, New
York.
11s pound olass-Harry Marcus,
Cleveland.
126 pound claas-Terry Parker.
Boston.
1876 pound class-John TERRY" Nc
AIanus, Boston.
147 pound class~John RIM. cleve-
land.
100 pound class-Homer Robinson.
Pittsburgh
ITS pound class-HArry Fay, Pitts
burgh.
heavyweight lass-Tom Kirby,
Boston.
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VII We Eventually Have Scouts"
In Golf, Too?

In these days OF keen competition
a golf professional as a rule is well
pleased to get a job. and after that
to hold It. Thero's a lea Of shift
ing about. fully Is much II not
more latterly as in the early days
OF the game in this country. Bear
ing this in mind. the case OF Willie
Black stands out prominently by
comparison. Recently It was re-
ported that he was engaged for
both the Aberdeen and Bellingham
greens.
According to W. J. Patterson. OF
the Aberdeen club. Black had signed
for the professional berth at tina
organization, but that word had
been received that he had changed
his mind and gone to Bellingham.
Patterson ven SO far as to put the
matter up to Bob Johnstone, presi-
dent OF the Pacific Northwest Pro-
fessional Golfers association. Black
may have gotten himself into n
jam, but at all events he didn't
have to worry unnecessarily about
n job.
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First IN NeUs
Of All EUents
he had been taught about how ne

he had been taught about o he
should speak to the queen.
Then you shall box for me- h
said. and waved them Into the ring
when the two bigger boys had IL
ished their exhibition. They fought
with grim determination, and at the
conclusion OF their bout stood before
the queen hot and painting like young
knights awaiting royal commenda-
lion. And they got 1t too.
'BravoT' exclaimed the Queen,
you both fought first rate" And
she clapped her hands. The boys
were only sorry they could not fight
longer. one of them remarking that
It was not every day hat boys k
us get n chance to fight for the
queen"
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exhibition series. Although the fact
that Vic Aldridge, Chicago Nationals
pitcher. struck out the first batter
That faced him at Oklahoma City
yesterday might not have had any
Thing to do with the Cubs defeat, u
to s, nevertheless tho Oklahoma CITY
batters got 70 him in tho third
inning for seven runs. Fans said
h s~trfkeout forecast the defeat.
NEW YORK. April 11.-with all
his prlnters-ink titles-Sultan OF Swat,
Behemoth OF Bust. HedJaz of Hit.
Babe OF Baseball-George Herman
Ruth. the rightful king of home run
.hitters. feels uncrowned today.
Somewhere out in the far west the
, 1923-04-11
SISLER NOT
LOST TO GAME

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. April 11.-By
The Associated Press.eThe illness OF
George sisler. great first baseman for
the st. Louis Americans. which has
caused great worry on the part Of
officials OF the club and cast gloom
among the followers of the team, will
not permanently affect his playing
ability. according to physicians at
tending him.
Following announcement that Sis
Ter who was adJudged the most
valuable player in the American
league last year. would oon undergo
an operation of sinus trouble. the
physicians today Expressed tho be
lief that the operation will not do
more than delay Sisters entry in the
lineup this
ssNfeet mo Mt the S~mol<ehouse
, 1923-04-11
World Results
By Leased Wire
THE TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF SPORTING NEWS
BRILLIANT PLAY WINS FOR SOX'
FIZzLE IN CAME At TULSA.

CHICAGO, Ill, April 11.-Brilliant play, marked by a
home run by Willie Kamm, the Chicago Americans $780,
GOO beauty, three double plays and a fast triple carried the
White Sox to victory in their game with the New York Ma
tonals at Knoxville, Tenn, yesterday by a scorer of A to 8
and placed them one game behind the Giants in the spring
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DOES sARAzEN OFFER TO TEACH HOLE IN ONE SHOT?
SCOUTS AS ADJUNCT OF GOLF GAME ALSO DISCUSSED

It's getting to be a great age
when golfers can improve their
game through the medium of n
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O'ROURkE BIDS
FOR BIC FIGHT
Dempsey and Gibbons Can
Make More Money in New
York Battle.

NEW YORK. April IL Tom
O'Rourke. Polo Grounds match maker
has entered a bid for a heavyweight
boxing championship match between
Jack Dempsey n Tom Gibbons of
St. Paul.
Details were not revealed but 40
cording to Dan McKetrick. partner
of Jack Kearns. the champions man
ager. the offer was in excess of the
5000 900 proposition made be Shelby.
Montana, promoters for a Dempsey
Gibbons bout on July 4.
O'Rourke said he would like to
stage the bout some timo in July at
the Polo Grounds.
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SPORT BRIEFS

PARIS.-French boxing fans ac-
corded Georges Carpenter n tremend-
Gus reception while hoots and jeers
greeted Battling" Sikh when they APP
peared In separate exhibition bouts
for the American Legion benefit.
NEW YOR k New basketball
rules. prescribe that when a personal
foul is called against a player the
man against whom the foul is made
must shoot the free throw.
PHHADELPHIA.-The race be-
tween Walter Hoover. Duluth, Mimi,
and Paul Costello. Philadelphia, for
the worlds single SOULS champion
ship will be held at Duluth on Lake
Superior, June 8.
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NEW YORK.-Benny Gould. Cana
Ian fe~atherweight. was taken to a
hospital with a broken jaw after he
had lost on a technical knockout to
Mike Dundee of Chicago. Gould's
seconds tossed in n towel at the be-
ginning OF the ninth round. in a IL
round match Each weighed 125h
pounds.
PORTLAND, MAine.-Joe Lynch,
bantamweight champion. scored y
, Newspaper verdict over Joe ODonnell
of Philadelphia In IL rounds Of rugged
milling here
DETROrT-Eight hundred base
ball fans stood in line In a snow storm
to get their choice of seats for the
American league opener here April
26. One Tiger booster took up the
stand at IL o'clock at night and
waited beside a bonfire for the honor
of purchasing the first ticket The
advance sale was approximately 5000
tickets
Los ANGELES. - Bert Collins,
middlweight Of Whittier, Calf. gave
away 10 or 10 pounds and won a de-
cision over Billy Shade, San Fran
cisco light heavyweight, in no main
event at Vernon arena They met at
catch weights. Gameness kept Shade
on his feet until the final gong.
Meet me at the Smokehouse."
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Meet me at the SmokehOuse."
Rockers are priced low at Graham
SHIELDS Furniture Co. Why pay
more7
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meet me at the smokehousc."
, 1923-04-11

.Mcet me at the smol.ehouse."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
THE COMMUNITY CHEST

The decision in Birmingham to sadopt the Community Chest plan or Enhancing public charities and bena- Fractions is to apply commonsense and Isystem to what has hitherto been Every haphazard concern. To care for sthe homeless, the fatherless, the sick hand the needy is not merely a matter fpf sentiment it is matter of economic necessity. When contributions to pub lie charity are severally applied for fthere is the added expense of collec- ttions, the public annoyance at ire auent solicitation, the growing cal tlousness to all charitable appeals no matter how worthy, the likelihood of imposition upon the charitable spirit by those unworthy of charity, and the overlapping of fields of endeavor by .eg ,eies not co-ordinated.
 Under the Community Chest plan, ,All worthy charitable enterprises and agencies are represented. A budget covering the community's financial needs for these charities is made up, and each is allotted it's share in pro portion to it's requirements. Thus those charities that in the past have suffered through lack of forceful pre- sentation to the public will be more amply endowed. If there are so-called charitable agencies that have been im- posing on the people, they will be de- tected and exposed.
 One of the commendable features 'n the plan is that the citizens are ap- pealed to only once year. They are shown. the extent of the need and the individual responsibility is indicated. One may make his contribution in a lump sum, or one may make periodic payments. At any rate each person knows that he will not be bothered with a multitude of appeals, but that he may discharge his humanitarian obligation in lump sum, so to speak.
 In accepting the Community Chest idea Birmingham is not making an un- tried experiment. The plan has been tried elsewhere with good results, and to the general satisfaction. Some cities may have abandoned it, but if so there has been some fault in its administration not inherent in the plan itself. Most cities that have tried it are irrevocably committed b it, and would not return to the old in- efficient, haphazard, unsatisfactory way. The most effective charity is dispensed in businesslike way. Bir- mingham, having many charities to en- dow,iwant to be businesslike in order that every dollar may perform it's ut most humanitarian service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
sYMPToMs-NoT DISEASES

Students of the economic situation well understand that present sporadic disturbances in prices and markets are mot ~themselves diseases, but are merely the symptoms of some funda- mental disorder chat will disappear under proper administration of public affairs, national and International. If there were a steady outflow of whe It to foreign markets, for example, there would, be none of this hue and cry C behalf of the wheat farmer, for the demand for his product would auto n.atieally enhance the market value of his offerings, just as lack of a foreign demand creates surplus which. depresses the market. If the textile mills of foreign lands were turning at normal capacity the cotton of the United States would attain a price proportionate to the actual shortage based on normal conditions. In other ways the opening up of for eignlemarkets, even though that ia- clude the expansion of foreign produc- ton, would stimulate industry, busi- ness and commerce in this country to a degree far surpassing the present gratifying activity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08

utter disregard of the public interests and from the mania for destruction. Friends of conservation were finally aroused to a realization of the great damage because of absence of pro- tection to wild life. The conservation movement has enlisted the sympa- thetic cooperation of thousands of citizens for game protection, and the good results are already manifest, IS Commissioner Quinn points out. Ala bama wild life now has a chance for increase. In few years under the influence and operation of the pro tective laws there is no reason why Alabama should not become again Q sportsmans paradise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
WHAT IS BEAUTY?

The recent statement by an eminent scientist that the beautiful American woman will soon be thing of the past again suggests a question which has been interesting to all ages and stages of men-what is beauty? Pos sible advantages of exceptional come Illness, and possible disadvantages in volved in slavery to the pursuit of the ideal do not enter into the subject, as some would contend. The ideal is a relative term. There is no fixed standard such as would have to be dependent upon a uniform taste. What may be an ideal to one person might reveal glaring faults and weak nesses to another. We are not all constituted alike. Our tastes and types are different, else there would be no variety which is the spice of life. The Venus de Milo is no longer regarded as either comedy or. sym metrical, although commonly regarded as representing the ancient Greek ideal.
 Yet there is one type of beauty which may be accepted in general way as standard-the beauty of ex- pression. While comeliness of face and symmetry of figure are not to be despaired, the lasting beauty, the beauty that is universally admired, the beauty that inspires better thoughts, purer motives and higher purposes, is the beauty of character, which is re- vealed mainly through expression. A perfectly molded dolls face reveals no character because there is no expres- sion. Beauty of character is often found in plain features. No abso- lutely frivolous woman who never stopped in her feverish career to give serious thought to the God-given faculties with which she should be en- dowed, no woman who never nursed sympathetic thought for human suf- fering, who never dreamed of forming some aim, purpose or end in life, no woman who never asked herself, "what am I here for?" will be regarded as beautiful.
 Thoughtless people may argue that beauty can be acquired by dieting, ex- ercise, cosmetics and regular hours, all of which have been recommended to lcontrihute to beauty, grace and long
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of Jules Massenet

In 8 room in France some years ago a charming young woman sat beside a very small boy who was making his first attempt to play on the piano. Teh boys name was Jules Massenet. At that time that name meant nothing to any one except to the boys immediate family. Some years later the name of Jules Massenet was known in every civilized land, in fact, wherever music was played; for Jules Massenet became one of the most noted of modern com posers of music.
 His great operas, "Thais," "Manon' and 'Le Jongleur de Notre Dame,'' have been played again and again in all the great opera houses of the world. Yet there that day sat Jules Massenet, only little boy, not yet knowing how to touch the keys of the piano, not yet able to produce the simplest chords.
 Now Jules," said the mother, "let me show you how. See" and shee played a note or two, and then guided the boys hands over the keys. q like it, mother," cried little Jules. Show me againw
 The mother was very patient and very kindly. Her heart went out in sympathy to the little boy. and she and he had great times day after day there at the piano. The youngster had a natural ear for music and he very quickly picked up the art of playing. "Wonderful! Jules! Wonderful" cried the mother, kissing him. She was his first audience, his first critic.
 In reality she was his inspira- tion. As the years went on the boy improved marvelously. The mother delighted, saw that he was getting beyond her power. There fore. when he was eleven years old she sent him away to the conservatory, where he continued to advance. This good mother, whose name had been Adelaide Rover, had been educated by the Duchess of Angouleme. but in spite of that fact she and her husband lived with scant means of support. Imagine, then, her delight to see her son advance so rapidly in an art that she her self loved. To that mother the great French composer, Jules Massenet, certainly owed much of his greatness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS By Frederick Houk Law
Girolamo Genga

To live in the Middle Ages, and to be poor, ignorant and unknown, meant usually that one would re- main a humble toiler all his life. In those days the doors of oppor- tunity were not open wide as they are today. Anyone who rose from obscurity must be a genius indeed. In these days it is com paratively easy for person of small ability to rise very high if he will only work persistently; in those days it was almost im possible for a genius ito succeed unless he was of high birth or unless he gained some powerful support. Thus it speaks high for the great genius of Girolamo Genga, who lived in the latter part of the fifteenth century and the first part of the sixteenth, that he lifed himself from the hard work of dealing in wool to leading position as painter, sculptor. musician and architect.
 When he was set to work as a very small boy he was thoroughly lthdDlc. I1o C5 tiio a handsome face. He was full of laughter and smiles, and chat tered away in small-boy fashion to anyone who would listen to him. He was put to work in a place where wool was made over into cloth, and he was to learn the art of weaving, the various quail ties of cloth and the methods of selling. Like all others he was given the hard work ito do, with the idea that he should pick up what knowledge he could--or go without. What doest thou?" the master said one day when he found the ten-year-old boy neg lecting his work and bending over a table. We'll" the man cried, when he saw what the. boy had drawn, thou hast done well--but is it working in wool?" The child had drawn a picture so real that it was startling. Many times after this the master found him drawing. Indeed, the lad will never know wool when there ,s picture to be drawn," he said. Send him to an artist and not to a merchant"
 That kindly advice was the making of Girolamo Genga-as kindly appreciation has been the making of many great man. The boy learned from a profess sional artist how to draw. In his new work, which he began at thirteen, he found himself in the seventh heaven of happiness. From grinding and preparing col ors he began to use the brush in rough work. and then in finer work. He gained proficiency in painting, and turned also to sculp- ture and architecture. He beauti- fled palaces and churches, painted great pictures, associated with the immortal Raphael, erected the front of a cathedral. and in many ways made himself useful and famous-and all through the early kindness of a discerning and appreciative wool merchant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
NO FOUNDATION IN FACT

In the following paragraph from the Anniston Star is food for thought for the people of Alabama: Nobody in Alabama wants the tax rate raised, but all sound thinkers do insist that they be capitalized without fear or favor; and when the sixty per cent. valuation is enforced to the letter, all of our schools and eleemosynary in- stitutions can be supported as they should be, and it will no longer be necessary for vast majority of the people to gain support through the misery of small per cent. who have been leased out in ignominious servi- tude."
 So far as concerns the contention that the state needs the money de- rived from the leasing of convicts % private interests, to which the Star refers, it has no foundation in fact. The matter of tax equalization recalls that scarcely more than thirty per cent. of the taxable property in Ala bama is bearing the public burdens. If taxes were collected on a sixty per cent. basis according to law, not only would there be ample revenue to meet all legitimate requirements of the state government, but the needs of public education would be abundantly supplied, and returns from this poten- tial field of development would be heavily increased. sIt is within the power of the state and of the gov ernor to do this. The sooner the bet ter for every worthy interest in Ala bama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
BENEFITS OF CAME PROTECTION

After several days observation of game conditions in Jefferson county, Commissioner Quinn stated that there is considerable increase in the game of this county, especially quail and duck. He added that during the last twelve months Jefferson has had the best protection of any county in the state, That accounts for the increase. The laws for the protection of game and wild life in Alabama are reason able, easily observed and decidedly beneficial. Before the enactment of these flaws, which, among other things, restrict the hunting season and limit the sizes of bags, there was indis- crin1inate and destructive slaughtering of game to such extent that quail, duck and other fine game birds were becoming scarce throughout Alabama. Not only trapping, netting, seining and other defenseless methods were practiced, but hunters who were SUD- posed to have some sporting instinct slaughtered game far beyond reason able flood needs or sportsmanship Limitations, with the result that game was threatened with extinction in most of the states.
 While much of this was due 10 ignorRnce, some G t came from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
THE PRESIDENT CAN MAKE OWN RECORD
(Louisville Courier-Journal


 Senator Moses, who, before the death of MT. Harding, had declared for Hiram Johnson for the presi- dency, put himself on record when the vice president became presi- dent, in favor of MT. Coolidge succeeding himself. Senator Moses appeared confident that the new president would have a walk over" in 1924.
 Now, however, he seems dis posed to hedge. MT. Coolidge, re- ports the New Hampshire senator, will have several competitors for the nomination. He will not get 1t in a walkover, and whether he gets it at all depends on the rec ord he makes with the first ses- sion of the Sixty eighth congress.
 But MT. Moses does not offer much encouragement in that di- rection. At this session, he fore casts, there will be lots of talk but no action. There will be no tax revision, no railroad legisla- tion, and perhaps no bonus. This situation will develop from the fact that there will be no anal gamation between the groups. The insurgent Republicans will not join with the Democrats and, therefore, neither group will be strong enough to pass any con- !structive legislation. About all that will be done is the passage of appropriation bills"
 Mir. Moses view is rather one sided. Granted that President Coolidge merely drifts with such a congress, he will make no record that will promote his nomination next summer. But is Mir. Coolidge going to be that sort of presi- dent? Will he drift instead of seek to lead? Will he insulate himself in his office and allow an inefficient congress to go It's way while he makes no effort to put 1t in the right way? Will he for mulate, propose and push no con- structive program of his own in the absence of such a program in congress?'
 The president can make his own record, without depending on con gress to make a record for him If he does his best to have con gress make a good record he will make for himself a good record In that case he will not be held responsible for the sins of con gress.
 MT. Coolidges competitors for the nomination no doubt would prefer to see him drift with con gress instead of try to lead if They know that in such circum- stances he would have to carry a bad record of his own. But it is bad record of congress as a too early yet to assume that Mr Coolidge is not going to be presi- dent, instead of a mere camp-fol- lower of congress. It is too early for his rivals to take comfort In the hope that he will not make a record that will strengthen his claims on the nomination of his party, even though he must mak e it against an incompetent and in tractable congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-08
Fat. Ones and Labor
(Demopolis Tim esl

s sfr ' (Demopolis TimeS)
 Speaking of road building. It has been matter of curiosity Rs to how some of the enterprises are put over. We occasionally read of some great rally, where town and county are to get together and put in hard labor on road building. This naturally sets the imagination to work as to how 1t would work in Demopolis, or any other town of it's size or enter prise. Now, when it comes to the contribution of money and mate rial the problem is simple. but hard labor, just think of certain fat ones who are useful members of society, and draw good salaries, working alongside of two dollar laborer,ssHow much would hes be worth, and what would be sthe cost to him of the sacrifice?
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