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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
PROS GATHER FOR TITLE GOLF MEET

NEW YORK, Sept 22-Golf stars of the salaried klan will gather Monday at the Pelham Country club, Pelham Manor. New York. for the annual Pro- fessional Golfers association cham pionship. A field of GA players com prising the pick of pros" from all parts of the country, who survived preliminary qualifying tests, will tee up in quest of the title now held by Gene Sarazen of Briar Cliff Manor, former open champion.
 Most of the stars have been seeded" in the draw which was made public today. They are grouped in the quarters in the following order:
 Mike Brady. Birmingham, Mich, and Jock Hutchison, Chicago; Jim Barnes. Pelham. and Gene Sarazen; Fred Me Leod, Washington. D. C., and Walter Hagen, New York; Joe Kirkwood, New York, and George Mclean. Bronx vile, N. Y.
 The tournament is an elimination affair. Thirty-two matches are scheduled on tne opening day. all at S6 holes. 8 departure from previous years when the earlier rounds were limited to IS holes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
HORNSBY HAS SAFE LEAD AT
 TOP OF NATIONAL EATERS; BABE RUTH LEADS AMERICAN
HeiImann Is Just 2 Points Be-
 hind Bambino, While Iris Speaker Replaces SeWeII
 For Third Place Tn Hitting
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Harry Heilmann of Detroit has been coming back to Babe Ruth of the Yankees the last few days, only one point separates the two for the leading position among American league batters.
 Last week there was a difference of ten points. The fact that Ruth has almost exactly the same per centage this week as last proves that slugging Harry has been on the toboggan.
 Speaker of Cleveland, despite his burden as manager, has succeeded in displacing his hired hand, Joe Sewell for third place, Spoke now having an average of .S72. Sewell, who was coming strong for several weeks, seems to have fallen into a slump.
 Another old timer Eddie Collins of Chicago, has found the eastern pitchers to his liking and has hurdled Williams of St. Louis for fifth place among the heavy hitters. Collins has been exceedingly busy all around. having increased his stolen base lead to 43 and his sacrifices to 36 He is not clear of pursuers, however. His fellow player Mostil is right on his heels in stolen bases. while Mcclellan of the same team is nudging up close in sacrifice hits.
 Ruth has tackled on two home runs to his record during the week, now being burened with 37, the same number as his National league rival. Williams of St. Louis added one more circuit drive, and has 28. margin be- tween him and Ruth, which should leave the Yankee swatter feel at ease.
 Ruth also is safe in total runs as there is no, one likely to get up to his 134 tallies before the close of the race. That Speaker of Cleveland will finish at the top of the heap in two bfIe hits is practically certain, Iris having the advantage of nine over the near est.
 Although Cleveland has been play ing sporty ball, the Indians hold a safe lead in team hitting, while the Yankees are plugging along at the top in fielding.
 There has been nothing phenomenal happening among the twirlers, Pen mock of New York leading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
DUNLIN WINNER IN RACE

HAVRE DE GRACE. Md, Sept. 22 In stirring finish, J. S. Cosden's Dunlin, splendidly ridden by Chick Lang took Dunlin right to the front handicap star feature of this after ncon's card, by a neck. ". J. Sal mons Vigil was second and Caladi- um third, four lengths away.
 When the barrier was released lang took Dunlin right to the front Vigil was right on his neck and this way they rounded the first turn and ran down the back stretch. On the turn for home Vigil showed in front and it looked like he had the race won. but Dunlin was not beaten. Lang nursed him along and at the sixteenth pole sat down and rode the race of his life, getting up in the last two jumps to win by neck from Vigil. Caladium ran a fine race and threatened seriously at the eighth pole. The Vulcan colt, however, could not get up and had to be con tent with third honors. General Thatcher was fourth. Dunlin's time for the mile and one-sixteenth was 1k9 flat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
Cy Williams Fails To Better His Home Run Mark, But KeIly'S Hitting Is Feature Of Weeks Play
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rogers Hornsby of St. Louis, haV- ing left a fairly fat average when he temporarily retired from the game. is safe at the top among the heVy batters in the National league. Bot tomley of the same team has been un- able to keep up the fast gait he set some time ago. but he is still in third place, not very far below Wheat of Brooklyn, who is getting back on his feet again.
 Roush of Cincinnati and Fournier of Brooklyn are going it neck and neck. Those below these two have not been yielding the stick very effectively of late, although the changes have been few.
 Cy Williams of Philadelphia has en- tered upon a period of light hitting, both in regular and four-ply swats. He is down close to 300, a big drop from where he was q few weeks ago. The Philly slugger has been unable to get the ball over the fences as easily in the west as he did at home, and consequently has not increased his lead in home runs, having the same figure as last week.
 The hitting demon of the week has been George Kelly or New York, who through his feat of slamming out three circuit smashes in successive innings in Chicago, has amassed a total of 16 Meusek his team mate, has reached 19 circuit drives, third to Williams and second to Fournier. Miller of Chicago pounded out his seventeenth homer of the season this week.
 There has not been much stirring in the other departments of the game. Carey of Pittsburg has speeded up to 45 stolen bases, which leaves his nearest rival Grantham of Chicago, quite 8 distance behind.
 Among the pitchers, Luque of Cin- cinnati has hung up his twenty-fifth victory to seven defeats. Ryan and Scott of the Giants are closest with Morrison of Pittsburg in possession of 23 wins, but there are still Il defeats to balance it.
 Pittsburg has a slight lead over New York in team hitting, and New York has an even lesser margin over the Pirates in team fielding.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
Disque High Wins
GADSDEN BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD

Disque High beat the Hearn Academy football team 13 to at Cave Springs, Ga, Friday afternoon, the game being one of the best the rivals have ever played. Disuue made touchdowns in the first and cnird quarters while the Georg.A team made one on the last three minutes of play with a forward pass Gads- den showed up fairly well and the team will be equal with that of last year at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
ERTLE TO REFEREE STRIBLING FIGHT

COLUMBUS, Ga, Sept. 22.-Harry Ertle has been named as the referee for the McTigue- bout here on October 4, in the battle for the worlds light heavyweight champion ship. Ertle was the third man in the ring for the Dempsey Carpenter fight two years ago.
 Mike McTigue, conqueror of Bat ting Ski who won the title from Georges Carpenter, is meeting the challenger, Young Stribling, Macon. Ga, high school lad. Stribling's career has been unchecked with de- feat
 Preparations to care for a crowd of 10000 persons are underway, the advance seat sale having already neted approximately s5,00O. those in charge say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
CLUB TO SELL TICKETS TO
 FIGHT

Through a special agreement with the promoters of the Mike McTigue- Young Stribling, light heavyweight championship bout in Columbus, Ga, on October 1. the Birmingham Ath letic club is handling tickets to the fight
 The tickets go on sale Wednesday, according to an announcement of Secretary J. AL Roberts Saturday, at the office at the club.
 Plans have been made to run special train out of Birmingham to Columbus for the fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
PITCHERS' RFCORDS
Barons Play Mignon

SYLACAUGA, Ala. Sept. 22.-(Spe- cial. )-The people of Sylacauga and Mignon are very much interested in the ball game between the Mignon team and the Birmingham Barons, which will be played here next Mon- day afternoon at o'clock. The business houses will close and every body will turn out to the games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
FINAL MATCH OF TOURNEY
 GOES 38 HOLES BEFORE MAX FINALLY DEFEATS SWEETSER
Champion Admits He Can Be Licked

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Sept. 22.-Jack Dempsey today ad- mitted before a crowd Of 5000 people that there was one person in the world who could lick him.
 When the champion of the world stepped off the train he immediately rushed over to hfs mother, who was standing to one side. As he grabbed her in his arms she said: Jack. you are still my boy. I used to lick you and I still can"
 The eyes of the champion dimmed as he said: "Yes, mother. you always can"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23

Stolen bases Leonard 2, J. Anderson. zeider. Sacrifice Marriott. Double plays, Zeider, Niehoff and Heving 2; Niehoff. Zeider and Hevng; Koval, Leonard and C. Aderson; Leonard, Koval and c. An derson; James and c. Anderson. Bases on balls off B. James 4. Struck out, by B. James 3. Left on bases, Mobile 6. Chat tanooga 3. Empires, Williams and Jorda. Time, 1;35.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
DEFEAT
 BEARS; SCORE, 6-3

MOBILE. Ala. Sept. 22.-Chattanooga pounded Wild Bill" James for Is hits today, included in which were home runs by Bates and J. Anderson, and won to 3. Bill James. former Bear pitcher, hurled good ball in the pinches for the visitors. Six double plays were executed in the game the visitors making three of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
Sarazen Beats Hagen

ASBURY PARK, N. J., Sept. 22.-- Gene Sarazen, former American open golf champion, defeated Walter Hagen, former British open golf champion, and broke the course record of the Asbury Park Golf and Country club today when he turned in a card of 70 for the final IS holes of a 36-hole exhibition match. Hagen scored 75..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
GETTING THE PLUMs

"Your wife's dear-you don't ds- serve her"
 "Of course, I don't The least de- serving always secure the plums off the matrimonial ."-"The Book of Benedict" by Duncan Swann.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
PELS' HITS FAIL TO
 BEAT TRAVELLERS

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 22.-Although outhitting their rivals more than 10 l, day by Little Rock 1 to 0. Two bases on balls and single accounted for Little Rocks lone run in the second inning.
 double by Mccall in the eighth the only other hit the visitors obtained Robinson was hurling good ball when he was taken out after the fifth to let Vim gel 9 chance to warm up. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
Totals ; Score by innings.

Little Rock .........,.... 010 900 000-1 New Orleans .............. 900 900 OOO-O
 Summary: Two-base hits, Foss, Mccall. Sacrifice hit Bandrimer Stolen base. Gilbert. Double play, Williams to Hurt to Williams. Struck out, by Robinson 8, by Vim 2. by Mccall l. Bases on balls. off Robinson ?. Wild pitch, Mccall one hit with one run off Robinson in in- nings. Losing pitcher. Robinson. Left on bases. Little Rock 4, New Orleans g.
 ,r>ene l @S. Empires, Brennan and Me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23

A HOLD-UP Willie (with mouse in trap)-I say. Auntie, give up a quarter or I'll let 1t loose.-Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

The four which will go before the
people in November are:
/. Authorizing issue of $50,000.OOO
more State highway bonds.
2. Sanctioning the legislative prac'
tice Of classifying cities, counties,
school districts and townships &C
1ording to population and passing
laws relating o<each class.
8. Permitting free railroad passes
for clergymen.
4. Permitting exemption from tax
alton of property owned, occupied
and used by veterans posts.
The Bureau of Municipal Research
of Philadelphia, in discussing the
other amendments, says:
Zone other amendment has been
passed by the legislatures of 1921
and 1923 and is therefore ready to
be submitted to the people; but, by
the terms Of the resolution propos-
ing it, 1t cannot be submitted until
1924. This is the amendment per-
uniting a 35,000,000 bond issue for
paying a soldiers bonus"
Nine of the amendments passed
by the last legislature must be re-
passed by the 1895 Legislature before
they can be submitted to the voters.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
BAR LABOR|TES
FROM HOUSE Of
COMMONS
Police Prevent Return Of Men,
bers Suspended for Attack
on Government.

LONDON, July 81. Four sus
pended Laborite members of the
House Of Commons were barred by
the police when they attempted Il
enter yesterday to retake. their
seats. They are George Buchanan
John Wheatley, James Maxton, anc
the Rev. Campbell Stephen.
They had given notice Saturda,
they would resume their places this
afternoon despite the suspension
decree issued by Speaker J. H
Whitley.
It is understood Premier Baldwin
will move their reinstatement.
The four were suspended ter
days ago for calling members Of thu
government ''murderers" during de
bate on public health. All are from
Scotland.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
TWO MEN KILLED WHILE
WALKING ALONG TRACK

SHENANDOAH, Pa, July 81
Adam Everhart, thirty-eight, and
Frank Yeager, forty-three years old.
residents of Gordon, were instantly
killed while walking on the railroad
to their homes.
The men had spent the evening
in Ashland and started for their
homes walking along the Reading
tracks. They had not gone far
when the Philadelphia express came
along, and, becoming confused, both
men stepped in front of the engine
Their bodies were hurled fifty feet
and both were dead when the train
WAS stopped.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
upon the Continent clinched my

upon the Continent clinched my
opinion.
81 am preparing bill for Con
gress, but do not want to outnne
it now. I may make a speech upon
immigration while in England.
"Most of the protests against con-
[ditions at the Ellis Island immlgrar
ton depot are sheer propaganda.
The United States could leave most
Of the deportees aboard ships IN the
storage, but compared with the
Storage facilities. Ellis Island is a
palace. The only ones who are sent
to Ellis Island are those who do not
comply with the law"
Secretary Davis said he did not
believe a coal strike would develop
in the United States. He hoped the
difficulties would be settled. Score
tary Davis refused to discuss the
Ruhr or his conversation with Mus
solini. He spent Saturday and Sun
day at his old home, Tredegar'
Wales.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
DAVIS HAS PLAN
TO END ALIEN
FLOODS.
Secretary, in London, Con.
vinced by Europe's Condition
That Restriction Is Vital.

LONDON, July S1.-American Sec.
rotary Of Labor James Davis, who
has just arrived from the Continent,
revealed today that he will have a
bill introduced in the next session
of Congress dealing with immigra-
ton. He refused to give the con-
tents of. the proposed measure. but
indicated it will tighten immigra-
ton restrictions.
II have always had a strong con.
viction we should have seIective i'm
migration or none," said Secretary
Davis. The things 1 have seen
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
SUMMER TRADE
IN TOYSHERE
CROWS
Children, Playing in Stores,
Serve as Best Auxiliary
Statesmen, Claim.

Washington children have become
great auxiliary selling force de-
pended upon by toy department
! managers to swell the sales in their
departments. Summer toys trade in
the department stores is declared
to be establishing a new record.
Compared TO that of two years ago,
it shows a net increase of approx
mately $50 per cent in sales.
Toy department managers credit
the increase to the policy adopted
| by the progressive stores of the
city permitting children visiting the
departments to experiment with
| toys catching their fancy.
How 1t works out was illustrated
yesterday in the department of one
Of the leading + street stores. More
than fifty children were in the de.
partment, some exercising the slid
ing boards, others the swings and
few trying out veIocipedes. A
little girl entered. She selected q
dininutivel chair and dragged it to
one of the sand tables. No sooner
had she seated herself than two
women who had been watching tie
children called salesman and pur-
chased the chair.
I'VE were just waiting to see how
little girls took to these chairs"
said the elder Of the women. "She
sold it by the satisfied way in which
she took 1t and handled it. We
are buying it for a little girl about
her age and size"
Commenting on the occurrence
after the departure Of the buyers
the manager said:
"The best way to advertise and
sell toys is OF open the department
70 tho children and let them try
out whatever they want to. A few
toys will be broken or married, but
the increase ir sales will more than
make up for such losses. Had 1t
not been for the little grl feeling
free to take that chair and occupy
1t just as If she owned it, the buy
ers would have stood around for
another half hour, undecided and
then gone away, intending to return
tomorrow and make a choice We
would have been out one sale to-
day while taking "a. gamble on the
customer going somewhere else to
select and buy.
Children, we have found. are our
great auxiliary selling force, and ]
guess other stores are having the
same experience"
Approximately 400 children spend
several hours daily in the toy de-
partments Of the various stores.
The theory that experience with
toys would DESTROY the novelty and
curtail the sales, it is said, has been
exploded by the Washington toy de-
partnIent managers. The summer
trade, IT is declared, will not cut
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
SUPERLIFEBOAT TO
RESEMBLE CRUISER

LONDON, July 31.-England will
shortly possess the most powerful
motor lifeboat in the world
Sixty feet long, possessing two
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. engines and hav-
ing as many water-tight bulkheads
as a battleship, the new craft will
be practically unsuitable. Her en-
gines, it is thought, will be proof
CINE room.
Her radius of action will be
about $50 miles, and she will be
able to accommodate fifty people in
two cabins.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
SToWANAY LOVERS ARE
RETURNED TO AUSTRIA

NEW YORK, July 31.-Their
dreams of a honeymoon in America
shattered, Miss Wilhelmina Strieg-
litz and Gustav Schmith arrived as
stowaways on the German steam-
ship Crete from Hamburg only to
be turned over to immigration
authorities at Ellis Island for return
to their homes in Austria.
For the first three days out the
pair hid in the Grete's coal bunkers,
and they were griny from head to
foot when ships officers dug them
out, gave them a chance to wash
up and put them to work for the
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
|BEcCAR'S HUGE AUTO
COSTS HIM SYMPATHY

SUNBURY, Pa. July 31.-A beg.
gar with hat in hand seate1 himself
at a local theater and begged aims.
The manager saw people falling
over themselves to give him money,
and feeling they were being dupcd,
ordered the beggar away. He re-
fused, but an officer quickly moved
him. Great sympathy was expressed
for the stranger because OF his ap-
parent crippled condition.
He appeared later on one Of the
fashionable streets Of the city IN q
even-passenger automobile with a
New York State license. He soon
quit the city.
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pennsylvania
To VOTE ON
CHANGES
Four Constitutional Amend
ments Before Electorate.
Approved by Legislature.
BY international News Service.

HARRISBURG, Pa, July 81. -
-Four proposed amendments to the
State constitution will be voted upon
at the fall elections. Ten other
amendments will come before the
voters for approval within the next
two years, according to George D.
Thorn, deputy secretary of the COM
monwealth and head Of the elections
bureau.
The 1928 legislature considered
thiFty-six constitutional amendments.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
BOY, ARRESTED, HAS MAN
TAKEN ON LIQUOR CHARGE

ELIZABETH CITY, N. c.. July
31.-A few days ago r. ]. Brite
had Henry Spruill, negro boy.
arrested for burglary. The latter
retaliated by accusing Brite and
another white man. Mark Wharton,
of operating a still.
Late yesterday Brite and Whar-
ton were sentenced to three months
on the county roads. They aD-
nealed under $500 bond.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

We have arranged a plan Of
convenient payments. Pay as low
as IS and the machine will be de-
hvered to your home. $50 win be
charged ON payments deferred
over period longer than 80 days.
Records may be selected to the
amount Of the original payment
down and charged to your &C.
count.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
Railway Plans Note Issue.

The Kansas City Terminal Rail-
way applied to the Interstate Com
merce Commission today for au-
thority to issue not less than
$3.50, 900 or more than $10.500, 900
of notes and to pledge $13,783.O00
CT first mortgage per cent gold
bonds maturing January /, 1850.
as security. The purpose Of the
issue is to retire $9,85O,0 900 Of per
cent notes due November Is, 1923.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
In Every Naborhood

1Uon1an 1Uho enjoys The service Of reliable grocer
let her SERVANTS go shopping. Saving couple cent
dollar BY sending maid to the grocery is certainly not
saving In D. G. S. you don't hoUe
line at the cashiers desk TO haze basket searched
for the privilege of waiting yourself.
Phone your prompt
serDice, uOeH better quality merchandise
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
ACTION ON APPEAL OF
MAJ. MAKER POSTPONED

Action on the appeal Of Major
Thacker ". Walker, deposed com
n1ander of the George Washington
Post, was postponed last night by
the executive committee Of the
sion from julius Peyser. judge adj
vocate, as to the propriety Of hear
ing Major Walkers appeal.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31
Lawn Fete at ST. AIMS.

st. AIMS Orphan Asylum, 1900
K street northwest, will give a lawn
fete this evening at .7:30, continu-
ing until Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1923-07-31

rest Of the voyage.
Papers found among the girls
effects included the name of Will
lam Hartning, of Philadelphia, who,
Miss Strieglitz said, is a relative.
, 1923-08-12

In Berlin the United Socialists
group, after heated debate. decided
to Join the communists in voting lack
of confidence in the Cuno cabinet.
Later the communists filed a reso.
luton in the Reichstag demanding
that the Cuno cabinet be tried before
the supreme court on charges of
completely in high treason, in con-
nection with d%evaluation of the mark
This was considered tantamount to
eventual resignation of the cabinet,
although 1t was pointed out President
Ebert may hold Cuno in office until
after receipt of the reply from Eng
land to the last German communica-
ton.
In political circles there was much
discussion as to Cuno's uccess or.
with Indications that DR.. Gustave
Stresemann. leader of the Deutsche
Woke partei popular party was the
man most likely to be charged with
forming a new government.
The widespread misery and d.s-
peration of the population was re-
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