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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
"Hole-in- One" Biggest
Thrill in Scotch Game

Pitching a nO-hit ball game is the
goal of every pitcher. There is a thrill in
such a performance that goes with
nothing else in baseball.
Playing a hole-in-one in golf Is on
a par with pitching Il no-hit game as
far as thrills are concerned.
Any golfer will tell you that moth
ing compares with getting a long ball
from the tee, and upon reaching the
green discover that the ball has oblig-
ingly rolled into the cup.
Many of the games greatest golf
professionals have " experienced
the thrill of boiling our in me Like
wise many Of the star pitchers of the
majors have failed to break into the
no-hit class.
Perhaps no golfer in the history of
sport has a record that can compare
with that of Sandy Herd, the former
British open champion, in this respect.
on seventeen different occasions dur
ing his long career on the links Herd
has enjoyed the thrill Of holing out
in one.
An accurate ball from the tee plus
plenty of good luck is the way 10 do
it, explains Herd.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

try to outguess the pitcher. But
Hornsby has a different and far sim.
pier system. {
ut may be all right TO try TO out
guess the pitcher" says Hornsby.
But that isn't what | do.
II just go up there and swing at
the ball when it over. 1 don't
try to figure whether he is going to
throw a fast one, a slow one, a curve,
high or low. l just wait and see what
comes up and If l think | can hit it
right, l take a cut at it. That's all
there is to batting, in my opinion.
IF you try to outguess a pitcher
you invariably get the worst of it If
you fail. For instance, if you're al
most sure in your own mind the pitch
er is going to give you a fast one and
you get Il curve, see what happens.
You're set for a speedy n and when
the curve comes you swing too soon
and probably miss it altogether.
ION the other hand, if you have an
open mind you are ready for anything
and o can't get crossed"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
BASEBALL NOTES

Ernest Maun Of the Wichita team is
having d big season.
Babe Ruth is Just getting warmed up
to the home-run habit.
Two hundred and fifty under-gradu-
ates at Williams college are playing
baseball.
The ST. Louis Nationals have trans
ferred Ad Pierotti from the Houston
club to the Syracuse club.
More major league baseball players
come from the Pacific Coast league
than from any minor association.
Tie state Of George Sisters health
has improved TO the extent that his
medical advisers have told him to take
up light exercise.
Jack Dunn. manager Of the Balti-
more Orioles. has refused an offer
from the Chicago White Sox for Joe
BOley. his star shortstop.
The world is full OF gentlemen who
Justify an afternoon lay-off with the
deep-rooted conviction that they alone
bring luck TO the home team.
Hank Luce. ace outfielder Of the
Flint Minters, who quit the game be
cause of illness Of his wife. has re-
turned and hopes for Dan OLeary's
team are higher.
The Rochester and the Detroit clubs
have reached an agreement on the
Cliff Brady case and Rochester has
Withdrawn its case from the hands of
Commissioner Lands.
Not among the least in making this
n big year for baseball In Dallas is
Pitcher Snipe Conley, who is twirling
the sort Of stuff that got him major
league recognition, two or three years
ago.
y. e. Leopold. who has been major
itv holder of the stock Of the Calves
TON club of the Texas league. has dis
posed of part Of his interest and will
retire from an active part in operation
of the eluh.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
Sporting Squibs
of ALI Kinds

Yale claims the best track team it
has had in years.
This long-distance endurance thing
is old stuff with the chess bug.
Philadelphia, it is estimated, has
5000 private dwellings with billiard
tables.
Mrs. Caleb Fox, one of the leading
American golf players, is sixty-three
years of age.
Tom Kirby, of Boston, Mass, is the
amateur heavyweight champion of the
United States.
1t costs $4,000 to lay out an 1S-hoie
golf course, to say nothing of the
loss In potatoes.
The velocity of a golf ball as it
leaves the driver of a good player is
1876 miles an hour.
Bill Lerned. eX-tennis champion, has
patented a circular shaped racquet.
1t insures even tension on all strings.
Tilden declares Masanosuke Fuklda,
the latest of the japanese tennis
luminaries, appears better to him than
either Kumagas or Shimizu did when
they first played in this country.
Walter J. Travis in 1904 won the
British amateur golf crown. III turn
Harold Hilton in 1911 stands out as
the only British golfer to win the
American title.
Clarence (Peck) Griffin and BIZ
Johnson will compete in doubles ten
mis- matches this year. They will try
for the national title at Boston Aug
ust 20.
Corinthians of London, a famous
amateur soccer team will not visit
Canada this summer as contemplat-
ed. One of the English first division
teams may come over instead.
The inclusion of lacrosse, Canada's
national game, in future Olympic pro
grams will be urged by officials of the
Canadian Amateur Lacrosse associa-
ton when the Canadian Olympic com.
raittss meera.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Napoleon Bonaparte, in his days as
a struggling lieutenant, augmented his
pay by taking orders for 'L'Histoire
"Still preserved in the Louvre in Paris
is Napoleon's book-canvassing outfit,
and with 1t is a list of 200 subscribers,
whose names were signed on the dot
ted line.
"When Washington was twenty
Blydell's American Savage 1t cost
him 81 a copy and he sold 1t at SO.
His diary shows that he sold more
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Harry Holman is not hitting at the
furious pace he set at the start, but is
still going fairly strong.
Walter Roettger, University of Hi
nois outfelder and pitcher, was elect
ed captain of the 1924 baseball team.
Zach Wheat may not be able to show
the speed of other days. but his bat
ting eye is just as clear as it ever was.
Ty Cobb holds the record for the
longest service with one club. This is
his eighteenth year with the Detroit
Americans.
r. c. Hoblitzel, first baseman with
the Red Sox in championship days, is
making a big success of it in Charlotte,
y. c., where he is manager.
The st. Louis Nationals seem TO
have picked up a real shortstop in
Freigau. a yOungster who has fielded
admirably and slugged the bean over
300.
About the hardest blow that could
be hit any ball club in the Three-I
league befell Terre Haute when Short
stop Nick Urban broke a leg.
Pete Mcmillan, star leftfielder of the
Wofford college team for the past -four
years. has been offered d contract from
the Cleveland club of the American
League.
The Nashville club is still shifting
pitchers. It's latest acquisition is Lew
Kraft, who is obtained from the St
Louis Browns, that club having pur.
chased him from Beaumont last fall.
Frank Brewer and Louis Guisto vii
alternate at first base for the Indian,
from now on. Brewer will play wher
a r%ight-handed pitcher is working ant
Guisto will be sent in against south
paws.
Someone estimates that new pitch
ers and catchers cost the major
leagues about half n million a year, ar
expense which must be borne, how
ever, until someone lnvents a way tt
recharge the old battery.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
STARTED OUT AS BOOK statesmen

books, and delivered them himself on
horseback, according to a paper read
by Il. S. Branch of Chicago. General
Grant sold Washington Irving's Life
of Columbus" the paper added, while
Daniel Webster derived Dartmouth
college tuition fees from the sale of
Weems' Life of Washington" and De
T~ocquevilfe's Democracy In Amer
lea"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
Billiard Expert to
Tour United States

Mile. Schrier of Amsterdam,
Holland. the feminine billiard
artist who has created a sensa-
ton in Paris and who is visiting
the United States. is a capable
culst. lie Billiard Sportif of
Paris credits her with having
made a grand average of II in
5000 points, 1872 balkline. on a
8 by 10 table. The game was
played in 20 sections of 300 each.
Her opponent was a French pro-
fessor named Andre. In particu-
lar sessions she averaged 1920,
1894, 1866, 1873 and Is. Her
best runs we're 1903, 10 and 1872.
Andre made 1,515 points, Il grand
average of 11.63 and RAJ "a.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

than 500 copies, riding long distances
to deliver.
Thomas Bracket Reed helped his
way through law school by book sell
ing. George Peabody, Arthur e. Shell
don and Charles p. Steinmetz sold
books at various times, and Jay Gould
obtained signatures for books before
he learned to judge fortunes in Wall
Street"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
Men Who Became IIlustrious in After
Life Began Their Career IN
Humble Fashion.

Many of the i.lustrious men IN
American history at one time in their
lives were house-to-house book sales
men. This was revealed at a meeting
Of subscription book publishers at
Chicago.
George Washington took orders Tor
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Somebody is always pulling some
thing new in the baseball world. Riggs
Stephenson, the clouting Cleveland in
fielder, is trying TO convert himself
from a ~right-handed to a left-handed
thrower. It's fairly easy to turn over
in batting. but throwing is something
else again. The investigating COM
mittee reports progress in Stephen
sons case.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
ROGERS HORNSBY HAS
OWN HITTING SYSTEM
Does Not Try to 0utguess 0ppos-
ing Pitcher on Balls.

Rogers Hornsby, of the st. Louis
Cardinals, leading batsman and rum
getter of the National league, differs
from most of the great ~present-day
hitters in his method of attack.
The majority Of players, particular
ly those who are in the major circuits,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

According to Roger ~reckinpaugh Of
the Washington Nationals Osee
Bluege, the rookie third baseman, is
one Of the greatest ielders in the
game and is destined to become Il
star.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Tracing migratory birds by attach
ing bands to their legs has been prac-
ticed since ITO.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
Seating Capacity of
Stadium Is Limited

The French Olympic commit
tee is concerned over the lin
tied seating capacity of the Co.
lombes stadium, In which the
1924 Olympics are to be held be-
cause of disorders at the great
Wembley Hill stadium near Lon
don. The Colonies stadium
when completed will seat 10000.
The French Olympic committee
failed in an effort to obtain
money for a stadium to seat
100000.
Australia and New Zealand
have officially accepted the com
mittee's invitation to participate
in the games. Australia will be
represented by 40 athletes and
New Zealand by so; these are
the largest teams either country
has sent to any Olympic games
since the modern series was
started at Athens in 1896.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Someone estimates that new pitch
ers and catchers % the major
leagues about half n million a year, an
expense which must be borne, how
ever, until omeene lnvents a way TO
recharge the old battery.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Frank Brewer and Louis Guisto will
alternate at first base for the Indians
from now on. Brewer will play when
a right-handed pitcher is working and
Guisto will be sent in against south
DaWS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

The inclusion of lacrosse, Canada's
national game, in future Olympic pro-
grams will be urged by officials of the
Canadian Amateur Lacrosse %associa-
ton when the Canadian Olympic COM
raittpa meepA
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04
Bv JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

INDEPENDENCE day will be ceie-
brated in every nook and Granny
of the United States of America.
How it will be celebrated Is an
other story, since just now the OBJ
servance of this American holiday
is in a transition stage. The fash
ion of celebrating will depend upon
the spirit of the celebrating COM
munity. OF course only works OF
necessity will be done. And, with
pleasant weather, most of our citi-
zens will celebrate in the open
air
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

This Republic needs today. as it never did be-
fore, men and women of character, purity. vigor.
and unselfsh judgment. 1t needs men to stand In
the hard places and fight the hard battles. 1t
needs women to answer its questions and to solve
its problems.-Guy D.. Golf.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Not among the least in making this
a big year for baseball in Dallas Is
Pitcher Snipe Conley, who is twirling
the sort Of stuff that got him major
league recognition, two or three years
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

Corinthians of London, a famous
amateur soccer team will not visit
Canada this summer as contemplat-
ed. one of the English first division
teams may come over instead.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-04

The Nashville club is still shifting
pitchers. It's latest acquisition is Lew
who is obtained from the St.
Louis Browns, that club having pur-
chased him from Beaumont last fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
FOUR WORLD GUN RECORDS BROKEN

CAMP PERRY, Ohio Sept. 19.- Four worlds records were broken at the national rifle association tour nament here yesterday. Three went in the international rifle match on the 300 meter range and the other in the Herrick Trophy match on the 1000 yard range.
 Sergeant Norris Fisher, United States Marie Corps, Washington, D. C.. member of the United States in ternational teams established two world records when he scored 10sO on the 300 meter range and another when he piled up Ss5 at the prone position. He also won the title of worlds international free rifle cham pion which formerly was held by Staheli of Switzerland who set the previous record of 1878 in 1912.
 The United States international team which won the match with a score of 5,301, broke the former rec ord of 5,172 established by the Swiss team in 1912. The United States team won the match without com petition.
 By winning the Herrlck trophy matches by 8 score of 17S9 the Unit ed States infantry team broke by two points the worlds record 1t es- tablished last year. The United States marines were second with 1S0, and the Massachusetts national guard third with 175S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
BENNYLEONARDTO' TRAVEL WEST TO SEEK BIG PURSES
Lightweight Champion Finds Business Slow Around
 New. York

NEW YORK. Sept. 19.-Finding his product unmarketable, except at very low price. in this part of the country. Benny Leonard will set out presently and follow his fists m d general westerly directions clutchlng small purses here and there as ne passes through the smaller cilles on the way to the Pacific coast.
 His fight with Johnny Dundee featherweight champion, has been cancelled because the promoters were unable to revive interest in an open-air lightweight scrap so soon after the Dempsey Firpo transac [ tion A sluggish box office busi- ness had first caused the determehI of the bout from September to September 2S.
 Leonard has an engagement to elevate the drama on Broadway for several weeks before setting out on his cross-country tour along Ine trail of the old wagon shows. lie still vearns for a fight with Mickey Walker for the latter's welterweight championshir but Walker, it is sald, demands a guarantee Of S2OO,OOV. Noted aiicnists voice the opinion that Walker will recover if given rest and quiet for a long time.
 The Cromwell A. S., when made s4G.OuO on the Leonard Tender fipht. mav d.sband soon as some of the employees are said to have worn o,,, .he ITO sale" key of the cash register. tauch:ng the. till for unre- corded personal loans between shows. The packers of the club net familiar with the more obscure kinks of the prizefight business lave been abie to produce only one bip show although they have had inc ! Ysn.e,, stadium on thier hands for many weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
ZEV AND NY OWN MAY RUN A MATCH. RACE FOR $2O,OOO

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The two horses which stand at the head of the three-year-old class in Ameri- ca, Harry Sinclair's Kentucky derby winner, ZeN, and Admiral Cary Grayson's My Own, will meet in a s2O,0OO match race at the Aqueduct track, Long Island, on September 29. if they meet at all. [.
 Sinclair Wednesday turned down the offer Of a s5o,0O0 purse for a match race between his horse and My Own at the Laurel, Md, track on October 12. He sad that, if he decided to enter Zev in any match race with My own, he would prefer the opportunity at AGueduct on the twenty-ninth. although the purse of fered IS SG0.000 smaller than the Maryland prize.
 Grayson apparently cares less for money than fer the sport of racing and therefore IS expected to agree to the new osfer unless there is some ether objection.
 Both owners are rich men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
0NE WEEK STANDS FOR LOE VIC B|JOU
Five Big Acts Booked For First Week Under New
 Policy

When the new policy inauguarted at Loew's Biiou on Monday October l, giving whole week bill of high class vaudeville and super-feature pictures, in place of a twice-a week bill, an unusual treat is promised the thousands of patrons and friends of this popular playhouse.
 Not only will Loew's Bijou have undergone a complete change in dec orations, carpets, draperies and other interior improvements, but there will also be many pleasant surprises in store in addition to better pictures and better vaudeville.
 Leona La Marr, "the girl with T thousand eyes" will feature the vaudeville bill, in conjunction with four other big acts and on the screen the initial photoplay will be David Belasco's play, "The Gold Diggers," featuring Hope Hampton, Wyndham Standing and Louise Fazenda
 The new policy to become effec- tive October 1 was announced by E. A Schiller, general representative of Loew's, Incorporated, when he vis- ited Birmingham a few weeks ago, and at that time in a statement is sued by Mir Schiller in behalf Of MT. Lowe, it was pointed out that Birmingham is now considered q large and important enough city for all-week high-class vaudeville and pictures.
 It is also pointed out that by ob- taining 260 acts during the year in- stead of having to provide 520, as under the twice week system, much better class of acts can be ob . tained, thus making the best material available for the patrons of Loew's theatres in the south, and especially in Birmingham, and promising real ly high class entertainment the year around, uninterrupted by any acts of any other but the best variety
 At any rate. Monday, October 1. promises to mark the beginning of a new era in the theatrical spheres of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
VARIETY OF MIRTH
 ON BILL AT LYRIC
Five Biz Time Keith Acts And Feature Picture Last Half
 Of The Week

If variety is the spice of life it is certainly the main thing in a vaude- vile program and the program open possessed of that main thing. Variety is the kiddle, last and first name of the new program, which includes five acts of real big time Keith vaude- vile, set off by a screen comedy and news reel.
 One of the most pretentious acts in vaudeville is what the critics say of the headliner, presented by Bezalian and White Assisting this duo is Peggy Stewart, soloist of the Metro politan Ballet Torcom Bezalian is a grand opera baritone. He was lead ing baritone at Brindise, Venise, Mar seilles and Nancy Opera company His voice has been most frequently heard in America in concerts. He has made 175 records for Edison, Victor and Columbia. Miss Edna White, his present vaudeville partner. is a solo trumpeter She was soloist with Pryors band and like MT. Bezalian has made irnumerable phonograph records. Their present offering is a combination of solos and duets and the effect of voice and trumpet is most unusual.
 The added attraction is one of those things built for entertainment pur- poses only, and reports say it achieves the aims of it's constructors. Bits of Personality" is the title under which Ethel Parker and Talbot Ken ny. assisted by Joe Mann at the piano, offer an arrangement of a number of diverting things,
 The special feature brings a pair of well known vaudeville entertain CTS, Fred Whitfield and Marie Ire land. who present this year a rural satire, "Umphs- Vile" sequel to "The Belle of Bingville," said to be funnier than that rural riot.
 To round out the bill Fid Gordon has number. Don't Take Me Seri- ous," while Ted ad Frankie Burns in "Astrology' have a skit that m a lSes for lanRhfhr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20

brand new D. W, Griffith photo play is announced as the principal at traction to be presented at the Tria- non next week.
 With this announcement comes the statement that "One Exciting Night" differs in almost every respect from former Griffith productions. It does not present any great historical period, does not picturize any enorm- ous spectacle; has no tremendous mob scenes, but MT. Griffith has departed from the heavy and spectacular to tell a modern and strictly up-to- date mystery story.
 The mystery picture is new to the screen, and critics point out, naturally follows the increasing popularity in the last two Or three years of the mystery stage play.
 The action in "One Exciting Night moves swift and straight, for in this picture MT. Griffith has endeavored to follow the old Greek unity with the events and action all taking place within F hours, $ nearly as possible in the exact time it ordinarily would take for these events to happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
WELL DIVE RSIF FED.
 OFFERING AT B|JOU
Spectacular Song And Dance Novelty Heads High-CIaSS
 Attractions

Featured by a spectacular song and dance novelty by six jolly pirates and maid, as headliner, the vaudeville offering at Loew's Bijou, for the second Ralf of this week, beginning Thursday afternoon, is said to be chuck(fuIl of diversity. with comedy Aand music galore, and as an addition al Attraction there is also a big Afetro feature picture Her Fatal Millions" star-ring Viola Dana.
 Anna Belle is the star of the head line offering. and with her company promises a brilliant revue of songs and dances, embracing popular spe- cial and semi classical selections, in an act which is declared by ciAtics to be the superlative in that field seen in many months.
 Something new by way of come dy playlet is to be offered by &or gan and Gray in "A Bungalow Love- while Joe and Ernie Van will com bine much of comedy chatter, songs and music in their Bright Ideas, and the musical touch is given to the bill by Bertie and Beth Stanley with their harmony songs. rendering spe- cial and popular numbers. Rounding ,out this bill the Kitamura Japs two sons of Nippon, and termed sensa- tiona1 gymnasts, will offer some nov e1 oriental eccentricities.
 In her newest Metro starring Ne- hicle, "IIer Fatal Milions," which is the added attraction at Loew's for the second half of this week Viola Dana plays the role of girl posed as a millionaire to prove to an old sweetheart that fortune had smiled on her too But she went bit too far when she told him she was the wife of the wealthiest man in town, because when her borrowed" limou- sine was wrecked and her "bor rowed" finery lost. Fred took her to her "husbands" home. And then there was complications galore.
 Here is a role that fits versatile, vivacious little Miss Dana like a glove. It provides her with a rare opportunity 60 display her distinctive charm and youthful vigor. The story provides plenty of laughs and thrills faud the dainty little star races through the whole range of enter taining situations in her best style. She is a cOmedienne par excellence