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The Washington times., 1923-03-03
Would Play Midgets.

Louis Litman. manager of the Fed.
eral A. c.. wishes to get IN touch
with George Garner, manager Of the
Alovsius. Midgets. Call North $3.50
between and o'clock.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03
ANA
CLEARED BY CHG
u CHARLES sscHICN,,, q avg

The reason for, so much change in golf courses II
lies deep. It is something far down in the roots of
something which, cultivated in moderation Is one 81 al
We have-a certain individual pride in our clubs and
and in our surroundings. 49,
And let not forget the fact that many Courses n
any many clubs afford to do IT. but IL is not chat
question to which Samuel Blythe called our attention.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

~
So far the team hasn't done.
anything except wish that Sunday.
would come. At the present
writing lit looks very much as if'
their wish would be granted
sometime during the next twenty
four hours.
This is the big day Of rest,
when all the players sit around
on the hotel piazza with news
papers in their hands making out
like they can read.
Principal exports Of Florida are
bum ball teams and grapefruit.
You can count the number OF
teams that train there on the
digits of your two hands and still
have q thumb to spare. II
They have aII-the-year-round
steam-heating plants down there
which is something Of an advan-
tage over Washington where the
radiators blossom from April to
October only.
Plant Field. where the Wash
ington team loiters, has been en-
tirely remodeled IN concrete to
suit the purpose of the Griffmen.
"A modern system Of ventilation
covers the outfield and imitation
sea gulls adorn each Flagstaff.
Optional plumbing and excelsior
grassworks are both brand-new
features over which Mike Mar
tins bosom. swells when they are
mentioned in low staccato muir
murs when his back is supposed
to be turned:
Beyond this you'Il have to use
your Imagination.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03
Jeff Had $14,ooo,ooo.

Jim Jeffries, now bankrupt, is
said to have been worth $4,000, 900
at one time.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03
Says SKILLET.
Finn, ESQ:
Nothing Needed to Make
Tampa Training Grounds
Complete Except Some
Good Samples Of Ball
Playing.

nN a field entirely surrounded
by electric fans the Griffmen,
~ are looking another campaign
right in the adenoids They're de-
termined to prove that Yanks won
their last two pennants by acct
dent.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

There Is SLIII considerable NUM-
Der of baseball followers who would
rather see the short, scientific hit
ting than the home-run smuggling.
The game featured by alright
pitching, where a run or two meant
victory, Is sure to come back when
the day Of the home run popular
ity has ran its course.
In due time something will have
to be done to. make the lot of the
pitcher somewhat easier than it is
at present. In this era of free
swinging and heavy cannonading
with the bat and ball, no pitcher
knows just how long he is going to
be able to remain in the box.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Imagination like that ought to
be rewarded with something more
The Washington times., 1923-03-03


ship courses out Of fail
tearing them up BY I'll
ing them unplayabIe
the special assessment
creased dues forcing
men and their families
clubs.
acknowledge that Ia
only too frequently, bu
that It Ii my duty I'd
lOw-browed professionals
done nothing else but play
.tice golf all their lives, Or
tering amateurs who have
much else, either, all their
most cases, and couldn't
thing else if they tried,
cases. also, from blame
matter. Iwould like to saJ
too, that am confident that d
of these same 'sglittering anna
ever called one Of these resi-
sustaining golfers who 90 az
in 9O--and er--ssdubs, ana
fers. / think they rive q
names to each other.
If one looks over the meniIb
ship list or almost any club
will find that the personnel o
officers and most Important com
mittees Of club Is made IN MT /
Of the best players, but oR tlss
best payers and the most prOIii-
nent socially. The few best pIay-
ers are quite content 70 take what
/ Is handed out 70 them.
As q rule they have neither the
time-Or inclination for COMMITTEES
work. Inc occasional exception u
the man withsa dual rolea gilt
terfng amateur, and an accident
of wealth.
Therefore it is upon the should
ers OF these leading cIubnaen, who
never go around In less than 80 and
frequently pass the 100 mark that
the blame, or credit, for all changes
should fall 1T may be an inherent
restlessness In the minds Of com
mittees. = burning desire to have
q course as good as the other fell
lows; the natural wish TO keep up
with the procession.
Making over ii course Ii d sort
of outlet for the manifestation Of
pride in ones club. None Of us
likes to be called d back number
and everyone does like 70 think
that he plays on first-eIaSs course,
and sometime he Is going to play
a first class game. OF course there
are q few very difficult COURSES on
which should think very few poor
players could enjoy their game, but
the clever architect, as ia rule, does
not make iiis scientific course be-
yOnd the skill Of the average player.
rana.aa,Y.v e..
the skilled player to cut OF =
shot, or two, at various holes,
{ and take .. good many risks while
doing It, and that Is something
Of the fascination Of the advanced
game. We like the risks, but there
is always q safe, fairly certain
route to the hole for the unskilIed
majority to pursue.
There is a great deal OF expense.
legitimate expense, I'm the upkeep Of
an American course, and Il pays
to keep course in condition. The
turf gives us the most trouble, for
our hot summers burns out the
grass. Them. too, with balls In
creasing in distance, there often
seems nothing to do but to Iengthen
certain holes. hut putting all this
aside there is no doubt that great
deal of money is wasted remaking
golf courses which is hardship for
many people. The. middle path Is
usually best.
/ wonder IL we may not even.
tually find that a few really fine
courses In the different sections of
the country might not better meet
the needs Of the people. Good
courses aplenty, and few super
fine ones wherein those who feel
the need can try out their finest
shots. Democracy and economy are
good watchWords. and whoever can
teach US that win do golf lot OF
good.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Years ago, i'm baseball, there
was an era Of heavy hitting, not
as pronounced as the hitting Of
the past few seasons Of course
the ball was not as lively as
IL is now.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Golf has been
amputated from
all except three
meals a day.
Teacher thinks
the class cant
keep its mind on
baseball with its
stomach full of
hard and soft
boiled gon berri
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Church Beats Wires.
The West Presbyterian five de
feated the Live Wires yesterday, rs
to H.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03
.BUCKY HARRIS UNABLE
TO RESIST CALL OF
BASEBALL
By LOUIS a. BOUCHER.

TAMPA Fa March sonce bitten BY the baseball bug young
Stanley Harris
Living fashionable hotel Falling around with the pro- a.
to till night play goI
this cannot stay away
from the ball park He must bat drive PACK SHARP
of the against
beyond that and keep that same
field after his buns
expected his golf playing until Tuesday
that he
Monday with golf forgotten until the season ends
baseball and his
yesterday drew big laugh from Uncle NICK
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

than two pay en-
velopes a month.
IL the Griffs
don't finish first
they at least ex-
pect to win the
King Tut-Ankh-
Amen scholar
ship.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

The pitchers who were in the
major leagues at the time the
edict was made were permitted to
continue the use of the trick pitch
ing, but the pitchers coming up
from the minors, the colleges and
the semi-pros were not permitted
to resort to trick flinging when
they entered the big show. AS
soon as the pitching became sub.
normal, the pendulum swung the
other way, and the batting became
abnormal.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Harris VIII be out there in uni.
form by Monday" remarked Grill
fifth, and immediately q few small.
wagers were made each way.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

When the ban was placed on
trick ball pitching, and The
emery ball, the moist ball, the
shine ball, the resin ball, and the
taIcum ball were barred, an extra
burden was put on the pitcher.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

During the evening after dinner
he talks to the young pitchers. Civ
ing them. advice and seeking to
correct their mistakes
On the field DOME Bush keeps
driving the players all the time.
The squad is still too small yet to
give him much work along this
line. but next week he should be
in his glory, firing orders at what
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Uncle Nick AltrOck started with
them. but wandered off into q
mule pen i'm left field and spent
half an hour trying to ride .
mule there. He plans another at
tempt today.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

Beyond this you'll have to use
your imagination.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

George Gibson cOddles nobody.
He Is all business from the mo-
ment ne crawls into his uniform
and remains 50 until the days
work Is done.
The Washington times., 1923-03-03

III one looks over the STleIslle
ship list Of almost any club )
viii find tI1at the peFaOnnel .
officers and most Important c01lA
mittees Of 8 club Is made up mt
Of tho best players, but Os tlse
best payers and the most pFOlli-
nent socially. The few best pIay-
ers are quite content to take what
Is handed out 70 them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
35 GRADUATE FROM
 SUMMER NORMAL
Jacksonville School Will Be Closed
 Until September

JACKSONVILLE, Ala, August 15.- (special)-The summer term of the state normal scho came to a close this morning with appropriate exer- cises, S5 students receiving diplomas making them eligible to teach in any public school in the state.
 It was the intention to close the exercises with a flag raising, 8 staff and a flag having been presented to the school by the senior class, but a heavy rain prevented the carrying out of this feature of the program The raising will probably take place September IT, the date of the open ing of the fall term.
 The graduates are%fla Mae Beaver, Ina Blair, Louise Box, J.. H. Emmett Walter Green John W. Hawes, Cora Lee Hickman, c. Wade Hyatt, Mrs Ethelyn Jackson, Annie Jones, Lewis Lumpkin, Ruth Mccormick, Eunice Malone, Mrs. Pearl Morris, Name Nickerson, Allie Mae Pitts, Annie Lou Pruett, Clara. F. Pruett, Vona Pruett, Lydia Rothrock, Nell Ruffin E. G. Samuels, Carl G. smith Emily Tumlin, Betty Kate Williams, Estelle Wharton, Preston s. Bailey, Robbie Barnard, Stella Farrell, Nettie Lou Graham, Lois Haralson, Lucille Me- daris, Louis Nash, Mildred Nicholson, Frank Wadsworth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
HEAVY LICENSES WILL BE IMPOSED
 ON LABOR AGENTS

MONTGOMERY, Ala, ,@Angust 15.-- (By Associated Press Law en- forcement officers will watch labor agents and a reward will be offered by Governor Brandon for the arrest and conviction of agents found vio- lating the new state law levying liz cense of those operating in thes tate. A decision to such effect was am nounced today by Governor Brandon, following q conference with num- Der of ia rner members of the @legis lature.
 During the meeting it was declared that labor agents are going upon the farms and disorganizing the labor by telling untrue stories of the reward to be gained by migrating to other states.
 Representative Alfred M. Tunstan, who called the conference, said the labor agents are not giving the fuli facts to the negroes and are not tell ing them of the unpleasant condi- tions which they will face when the winter season comes and industries reduce labor.
 The bill, which will become a law within the next few days, requires every labor agent to pay an annual license of $5.000 in every county in which he does business, ands in every county through which he transports labor. It also require the making of a bond for the protec- tion of laborers against being misled by stories regarding conditions in the industrial centers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
MOVIE MAN BEATEN
Brother Of Anita stewart In Serious
 Condition

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-George Stewart, brother and business man ager of Anita Stewart, motion pie ture actress, today Is in a serious condition at New York hospital with injuries reported to have been received ina fight on the Albany post road early last Wednesday.
 Stating that he had been engaged merely as spokesman for the Stew art family, and that no legal steps were in prospect. Moses L. Male vinsky accused Well-known motion picture director of having attacked Stewart while riding with him in his sis ter's car with some friends. The cause of the fight Malevnsky said, was unknown to the family.
 Stewart was alleged to have been dragged from the car and beaten. Then he was said to have been talk en in the automobile to a New York theatrical club and later to a hos pital where it was found his skull had been fractured.
 Malevinsky said the Stewart family felt no animus and that nothing would have been said about the af- fair if the newspapers had not learned of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
PROCEEDS
 TO ERECT WATER PLANT
Engineer Of Alabama Water Com pany Is Now On Job
 TENNESSEE VALLEY BUBEAu
MI n T4hALU HmpfEViIlo AIu .., FE

Huntsville, Ala, Aug. I5
 The city council of Hartselle now is at liberty 10 proceed with plans for the construction of the new water works plant for the town, fol- lowing the granting last week by the state public service commission of a permit for the erection of the plant in accordance with the pro- posals made by the Alabama Water company through John B. WeakIey of Birmingham. An engineer represent Ing the company has been-in Hart selle several days looking over the situation.
 Several sites for the sourse of the water supply have been considered, one from Shoals creek, nearby stream that cmpties into Flint creek The other source of water supply is a number of clear springs just out from Hartselle. It is explained that if some blasting is done about the springs and suitable basin formed by the erection of tumbling dam the spring supply of water will be ampie to meet all needs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
97 BODIES TAKEN. FROM MINE AFTER. FATAL EXPLOSION.
One Worker Is Still Missing In Wyoming Coal
 Tragedy

KEMMERER, Wyo. August 15.-. Kemerer resigned itself to it's grief Wednesday night, the last hope gone of wives sweethearts and sisters that their men might not be among the scores of charred bodies brought from the explosion torn Mine No of the Kemmerer Coal company.
 Ninety-seven men are known to have perishsa in the explosion early Tuesday, and one is still missing.
 As the bodies lay in silent morgues. representatives of the greatest trag- edy ever visited upon this little min ing town of 2,000 souls, the survivors planned in the heavy pail of sadness to bury their dead.
 Efforts of relief organizations to assist in caring for the bereaved and homeless were steadfastly thwarted by word from the citizens of Kem- merer that they had sufficient with which to bury the victims and to care for their living dependents. Town Faces Future.
 As the first hour of grief passed. eyes were dried of their tears and the little town again faced the fu- ture. The crowd of mourning rela- tives which Tuesday night plunged through the cordon of guards seek ing to identify the dead, prepared Wednesday night for a community burial, at which all the charred bodies will be laid at rest in com mon grave.
 During the day came mute and spoken evidence of heroic sacrifices made by some of these men deep underground, in which some gave up their lives by going out into the un- known spaces of the shaft follow ng the explosion, to protect com rades awaiting in safety the results of their explorations.
 Many who came out alive from tho death trap attributed their safe eturn from the shaft to such sacri- ficial trips from zones of safety by those seeking a safe exit from the shaft.
 o o o
 Gave ID own Life.
 One man, for example, leaving a small group of his fellow workmen in a room" ventured into the main shaft to test the air His inciner ated body now lies in the morgue. His companions, remaining until rescued because he failed to return, are now, safe among the living.
 The accident may never be ex- plained in full, although officials are investigatioug in an attempt to determine the exact cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
40 GET DIPLOMAS
Dr. DOster Speaks Before Troy Grad
 uatinE Class

TROY, Ala, August 15.-Forty young women and men received di- plomas Tuesday at the graduating exercises of the summer school. The exercises were held in the open-air pavilion, which was filled with in- terested spectators.
 The address to the graduates was given by Dr. J. H. Doster, dean of education in the University of Ala bama. pr. Doster is a graduate of the Troy Normal. His talk was on problems of modern education, and he discussed rural school problems school finances, the value of normal training for teachers and told of the high standing of the graduates of the university and elsewhere. This class brings the total up to 105. grad uates this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
GREENWOOD MAY GET PAID FOR PATRIOTISM
Fed Guardsmen Free Of Charge Be. fore They Left For Border
 STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD !
MontgomerY. AIn.. Ang. Ik


 When the late Pancho Villa was cutting up around the Mexican bor- der and Uncle sam decided to take a hand in it. Arthur. Greenwood, one of the pfoprietors of Greenwood cafe, Birmingham, fed number of Ala bama National Guardsmen at his own expense.
 Arthur did not think of pay at the time he was a good American, and the boys were hungry-so he fed them. They went off to the border and returned, but still Greenwood did not receive cent for the food.
 Now comes Senator Walter Brewer and the 1923 Alabama senate. At Tuesdays session Senator Brewer ln- troduced bill providing for the pay ment of S90S.96 to Arthur Greenwood for food given Alabama soldiers when they had not been formally sworn in. If the bill becomes a law, Greenwood's patriotism will be re- warded after a wait of many years.
 Greenwood Is an ex-service man and president of the Birmdng gham post, No. 1, American Legion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
REVENUE BILL IS ON WAY FOR ITS PASSAGE
New Clause Exempts Property Of American Legion From Taxation
 STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD

After the regular order of business has been transacted, the administra- tion revenue bill will be faced by the senate when 1t meets at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. The bill was scheduled for a continuous order of business at the Tuesdays session but was postponed on motion by Senator J. Manley Foster.
 Another change was made in the revenue bill at a meeting of the senate finance and taxation com mittee Wednesday morning. A clause was inserted exempting all property Of the American Legion and it's vari- ous posts in the state from taxation.
 Methods by which foreign corpora tions and national banks in the state could be taxed eonstitutionally was discussed and ub-committee of Senators Brewer. Ellis, Teasley and Foster was appointed go over the matter. All members of the com mittee agree that some method should be had to tax them the same as local corporations. but method to do so that would be constitutional has not been found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
ARMY WORRY AT WORK IN MANY PARTS OF STATE

BOLIGEE, Alao August 15.-(spe- ctaL)-Don QuiXote, as he challenged the windmill, was no more ridiculous looking than the aspect presented negroes who have been Jogging up and down the cotton rows in this section with their heads tied up in flour sacks for suspended from each end of a six-foot pole across their mules backs are porous sack of cal cium arsenate which rises in a cloud of white dust about them at each jolt to fall on the hordes of army worms infesting the fields.
 The farmers are earnestly conRat- ing the army worms, many are ap- plying the poison al night in an at tempt to get better results.
 Boligee shipped s50O,O0O worth of cotton and cotton seed last season, and with the recent organization of another ginning and cotton company here bids fair to become a center for this product.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
Nashville Negro Women Ask Coolidge To Act

NASHVILLE, Tenn. August l5.-In a telegram to President Calvin Cbol- idge today, the Nashville Moderation of Colorcd Women's clubs urged the President 10 carry out the wishes of President Harding to appoint negro physicians and nurses to operate the United States Veterans hospital al Tuskegee, institute, Ala. The wire follows:
 The City Federation of Colored Women's clubs lof Nashville, an or ganization of 40 clubs, representing 1000 women, urge that you carry out the wise and just determination of our late lamented President Harding to appoint colored physicians and nurses to operate the United States Veterans hospital at Tuskegeo.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
HINES ASSIGN s
 6 NEGRO DOCTORS FOR TUSKEGEE
White Personnel will Remain For The Time Be-
 ing

Washington, August 15c-After sew eral conferences with white citizens of Tuskegee, Ala, who have protest ed against the installation of negro personnel at the negro veterans. bu- reau, Director Hines or the veterans reau has elected six negro physl- cians for duty in the Institution and expects them 10 leave for their posts within the next week or o days.
 The present white commanding of- ficer will remain for the time beinG, but MT. Hines said today the original policy of installing a complete negro personnel had not been changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
COTToN Is sHIppEn

AKRON, Ala August 15.-(Sue- eial.l-The merchants and farmers in Hale county certainly have cause to feel blue over the cotton situation. for in addition to the great damage done by the boil weevil. the army worm, which recently made it's ap- pearance, has about completed the Job. In many cotton fields the leaf has been stripped entirely from the stalk and the young bolls when ex- posed to the sun do not have an oppor- tunity to mature. The result is thev wither and decay and the cotton is destroyed in it's infancy. Many of the farmers who are able have re- sorted to spraying and the difference can readily be seen while viewing the different crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
KILLS WIPES MOTHER; !; TAXES HIS OWN LIFE
Columbus, Ga, Man Shoots Mother
 In-Law And Himself

COLUMBUS, Ga, August 15.-Mrs. Alex Harris, 75, was shot and in- stantly killed here early tonight by Charles Wilder, AZ, her son-in-law, who, according to the police, later committed suicide Wllder's wife witnessed the double tragedy
 Mrs. Harris was shot as she stepped to the front door of her home, Wilder firing pointblank at her, the police said, the bullet enter ing below the right collar bone. Wilder then made his way through the house, entered a back room and fired a bullet into his head
 Wilder and his wife were sep arated, it was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
FEAR MOB VIOLENCE
Aged Man Held for Kidnapping Taken
 From Little Rock

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, August 15.- William Burke, 65 years old. arrested in connection With the disappearancc of 4-year-old J, R. Higgins from his home Monday and said to have been Identified by the child as the man who Kidnapped him and kept him locked in a deserted shack until his cries attracted a passerby and he was liberated today, was hurriedly taken out of the city late this afternoon by, officers when a crowd began to gather about the city jail, where he was being held.
 Burke is said by the police to have been arrested on several occasions. but in each instance he was charged with only petty offenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-16
TO AID LEAGUE WORKERS
Jackson Heads Chamber Of Com
 merce Committee

R. I. Ingalls, president of the Bir- mingham Chamber of Commerce, has appointed a committee to cooper ate with the Alabama Anti- Saloon league in making arrangements for the national convention of the league in Birmingham Decembepe IS to 20. Members arc: F. MS Jackson, chair- man; W. A. Currie. R. A. Porter, w. C. Radcliff and John H, Frye.
 This committee will obtain places for meetings, arrange housing .facili- ties and disseminate general boosting propaganda.