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to center. One of the Mobile in
fielders told Sturdy to go back
to first; he thought the ball had
been caught and Immediately
went into reverse and started
back from whence he came. The
throw from the outfield trapped
him off second to make him look
rather foolish, the play being
one of the most laughable oc-
curing on the Monroe Park play
ing field i'll many a day. How
ever it failed to furnish the Kid
with anything resembling a
laugh. He all but fell over back
ward from his little box out in
front of the dugout."
Dave Evans, matchmaker pro
tenn until the return of Tommy
TOmpktns, stated Saturday TINT
he is trying to secure BATTLING
Fowlkes of Memphis for TO-
round bout with Jimmy Proto of
birmingham at the II. A. C. ON
Monday night. May IS. Claude
Wilson, who was expected to be
PrOto's next foe here, is still up
east, ready to fill another en-
gaEement after wnIlNping Lew
Hurley in sensational 1:-rOund
bout.
More than the usual amount Of
honor has been conferred on Bob
Shelton. Howard college athlete.
Last fall, Bob was elected to
captain the 1928 Bulldog football
eleven, after enjoying one of his
best seasons with the Howard
outfit. And now. s the baseball
year is ushered out, Shelton has
been chosen leader of the 1924
nine by his teammates.
Shelton is a hard working
young chap. and deserves the
double honors placed upon his
shoulders. He is a ccrking good
end on the football team, and q
steady outfielder on the nine.
Ham Stevens, star quarterback,
and ace of the Bulldog pitching
staff, has been accorded a great
honor himself. being awarded the
Porter loving cup for 1928,
significant of Hams being the
best all-around athlete at How
ard during the scholastic year
lust closing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
CITY LEAGUE

Rain broke into the City league
games saturday afternoon, and the
games that We're played were i'm the
main slow affairs with the pitcher
being able to do little in the way Of
actual pitching. The Standard Oil
Alabama Power company game was
one exception. being played ON the
fast wire mills diamond at Fairfield.
The game was "A Well-pla ed contest
until the seventh inning. A drizzle
then made the ball hard To handle.
Announcement was made saturday
night by President James T., Ilarri-
SON that there was vacancy in tho
Anyone wishing to take up the fran
chise Of the defunct club should call
Mir. Harrison and put in an appli-
ca1inn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Jack Starts Training

GREAT FALLS. Mont. May 10
Jack Dempsey started training to-
day for the defense of his title
against Tom Gibbons at Shelby on
July 4.
Accompanied by George Godfrey.
colored sparring partner. Dempsey
logged three miles on the road and
punched the bag for a while.
Dempsey does not intend to start
sparring until the middle of next
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
South Developing Fast
In Track Athletics


MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 19-(By
Associated Press. THAT track ath-
letics in the south is improving fast
and is now On level almost with
my other section of the country was
the opinion commonly expressed by
coaches of the southern college track
and field teams here last week com
peting in the first annual southern
intercolle giate conference track and
field meet.
Tad Gormley. who has been ruling
the destinies of Louisiana State uni
rersity track teams for several years,
spoke his mind in something like this
manner:
The meet just completed was fast.
probably the fastest ever held in the
south. Southern track is growing
better and faster all the time. Ny
team Of Louisiana State university
was the best balanced I've ever put
on the field"
Many other coaches said similar
words to those Of Coach Gormley, all
Of them sincere in their belief that
track is fast taking its rightful
place as one of the major sports of
the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
ClubberS Win 1872

In the Glass 3 division the Boys
club swamped the Pratt CITY team
by score OF t3 to 2. fraadon was
seNt to the showers and Worrall was
substituted in an attempt 10 STOP
tile hitting Of the Cluhners. Thu-
lips, for the Club, struck out II men.
hpNS NluD .,............+l@ II 9
Pratt Guy ..........2 6 q
Batteries-phillips and Dill Bran
don. Morrall and klchardS
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Stevens Beats Sipsey

Ham" Stevens. pitching for Over
ton, allowed Sipsey three hits Satur-
day at Overton and won ? to 0. 1t
was a pretty pitchers duel between
Bocart and Stevens. Bogart pitched
great bail for the Sipsey crew and
was well supported. Stevens was air
tight in the pinches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Texas Wins Net Title

COLLEGE STATION. Texas, Nav
19.-The University of Texas tennis
team took the southwestern confer
ence tennis meet here today without
even entering the finals. Teams from
Rice institute. Baylor university and
Texas, a. & NJ college. the other en-
tered were all eliminated before the
4inala =,
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MQUILLAN BESTSI
RXEY In GREAT
MOUND DUEL, 10
GIazner Blanks Braves, While
PhiIs And Dodgers
Also Win

NEW YORK. May 1e.-McQuillan had
the better of Rixey in one OF the most
brilliant pitching duels here this season.
and the New York Nationals took the de-
Gliding game Of the series from Cincinnati,
1 to o. 1t was McQuillan's second success
eive shutout. only five hits having been
made off him in his last IS innings New
York scored the only run of the game in
the seventh inning when Frisch singled,
took third on Meusels single and scored
Youngs sacrifice fly. Score:
CipcinpotI- n A E.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
PhiiS Rally In Sixth

PHILADELPHIA, May 1s.-Philadelphia
won the final game of the series with Chi
caGo today by batting rally in the sixth
inning that netted five runs and broke a
deadlock. The final score was II to T.
OF the home stand of the Phillies. Ring
hit d home run over the right field wall
in the second inning with man on base.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Columbia Beats NJ. TIL.

NEW YORK, May 1s.--Columbia's
varsity and Junior varsity Fights
easily defeated Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology crews over a one
and a half mile course in Harlem
today while the Columbia freshmen
and the $50 pound shells were beat
en- by Pennsylvania over a mile and
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N1FEf{kziS$c

Like the rainbow that comes
after the storm. like the awaken
ing that follows a horrible.
grotesque nightmare-that's all
that can be said of the Barons'
victory over the Lookouts Satur-
day
All week it had stormed, so to
speak, all the week the Barons
had seemed to be laboring as if
in a dream, haunted and harassed
by nightmare that would make
Mister Dante's Inferno seem like
some sweet place of peace and
rest.
And then came the awakening.
the rainbow that promises of
of clearing skies and sunshine to
come later on. Saturday the
Barons in part redeemed them
selves. when they won that up
hill fight against the Lookouts,
5 to 4. and wound their longest
home stay thus far in the man
ner in which they had begun it.
with a victory.
Joe Dunns men have not made
a very impressive showing during
their two weeks of pastiming at
the Wood. They started off
well, when, during the first week
they walloped the Chicks three
out of four, won one from the
Travellers and tied another. Then
came the second week and the
down fail. After losing double
header to Little Rock, the Dun
ners dropped three heart break
ing affairs to the Lookouts,
then copied the final affair Sat
urday.
In all. they won five and lost
six games, and five out of eleven
is not a record to write home
about, especially when the team
that complies that record is
playing on home soil. Fans ex-
pected the boys to break better
than even on the home stay, still
the milk had to be spilled, and
its no use letting the tears fol-
low suit.
1t IL with something akin to
wonder that the BarOns are step
ping from their Pullmans SUN
day morning mt Nashville, ON
their first invasion of the Vol
untecr city this season. Nash
vile has good bnll club this
season, Az its first division
ranking Will testify, and Dunn's
priscs .y;mmy Hamilton ma III.
gauc NAV have i'm store for tbcm
Mt .bc DfJI
Joe Dunn has his team com
plete now, or will have with the
arrival of Stuffy stewart sun
day. The iron is hot, and it's
midseason shane. and strike
while the metal is smouldering.
Positive information was given
out saturday that Stewart will
Join the team sunday. and thar
Dunn will immediately shift his
lineup to make room for Stuffy
in the onener against the Vols.
And that is cause enough for the
litter of comment and specula-
ton that is going around.
What will Dunn do with stew
make room for tho sneedvEfootsd
golirmando
The outfieId seems intact With
the insertion of GoebeI, new Bar
on just arrived from Det.cM.
Neun, Of course. viii stay at
first, but the remainder of the
iniield is in doubt.
N"hhs N'"s'> "''s en- ent're.s
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ans brSc Igix thrn,xi,,. 49,,
loans zoo ,c,,, far ;, ch,,n.. -,
he KEYSTONE.
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'Batted for Osborne in third.
-sBatted for Russell in eighth

summary Two-base hits, StatZ Grant
ham Friberg. Heathcote. Hartnett. Lee,
Henline, Holke. Home run. Ring: Stolen
bases, Grantham, Holke. Sand. Left on
bases. Chicago 10, Philadelphia z. Base
on balls, off Osborne l, off RUSSELL 2. off
Ring S. Struck out, Osborne /, Russell o,
Ring ?. Hits, off Osborne in 2, Russell 10
in 5, Kaufman 1 IN /. Hit by pitcher. by
Osborne (Sand). by Kaufman Williams).
Losing pitcher. RUSSELL Umpires, McCor-
mick and Hart. Time, 2:10.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Dodgers Finish Strong

BROOKLYN May 1s.-Brooklyn won
the third and last game of the series from
St. Louis today by to 8. st. Louis took
the lead in the ninth by scoring two
runs two singles. Wheat,s tumble and
McCarens huff. Ruether singled in tho
him. Neis double. Both runners scored
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Navy Wins

ANNAPOLIS. May 19.-Navy and
GEORGETOWN Were the contestants in
the finest field and track meet ever
staged at Annapolis. the Middies
Winning by the close score of 60
to 60 points.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Oilers Win Fast One

The Standard Oil team won hard
fought game from Alabama Power
by a score ot 3 to . Lewis
pitched great ball during the early
part Of the game for Standard oil,
and allowed no hits until the fifth
inning. In addition he and Lock
hart led the Oilers in hittinS. Bur
ney and Hammil were the leading
hitters for the Powermen Score:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20

Summary: Two-base hits. Jsmieson
Brewer. Myatt. Galloway, Matthews
Three-base hit, Rommel. Double plays
Galloway to Dykes to Hauser; Dykes to
Galloway to Houser; Stephenson TO Sew
ell 10 Brewer. stolen base. Matthews
Sacrifices. Hale Rommel, Perkins. Mat
.hews, Lutzke. Bases on balls. off Rom
nell 4. Metevier 2. Struck out. by Rom
mel 3, Metevier 2. Hit by pitcher, by
Mtevier tHouser).. Umpires. Naliin and
Dineen. Time. AZ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
Macks Win Their Fourth

CLEVELAND, May 1o.-Philadelphia
made il four straight from Cleveland, win
ming TO in 10 innings. 1t was Rom
nells second start. Errors brought about
the winning rally. Score:
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Totals ........ 81 0 3
IRAN for Hargrave in ninth.
eeBatted for RlxeY in ninth.

Summary: Two-base hit. Kelly. Sacri
flee. Young. Double plays. Fonseca to
Caveney to Daubert 2: Frisch to Bancroft
to Kelly. Left on bases Cincinnati 2. New
York T. Base on balls. off McQuilian |.
Struck out. by McQullan 2 by Rixey 2.
Umpires. QuigIey and Pfirman. Time.
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ters with two hits as well. Score;
Knights of Columbus 10 u 3
/ raft City ........... . 4
Batterlcs-Price and OBrien:
Smith, Washington, Mason and
simon. Mason
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-20
s'Ran for Freigau in ninth.
s-Batted for Pfeffer in ninth.
s"'.Ran for Clemens in ninth.

Hornsby:;. Neis Johnston. Three base hit
Hish. Home runs. Wheat. Mann. Sacri-
fees. Johnston 2. Ainsmith. Double plays
High 20 johnson to Fournier (2); High tc
Fournier; Johnston to High to Fourier
Left en- bases st. Louis g. Brooklyn g.
Base on balls. off Prefer 2. Ruether 4
Struck out. by Pfeffer 2, Ruether 4. Hits
In 20. Winning pitcher. Ruether. Losins
,itcher. North. Empires. Klein and VIII
ION Time. :45.
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Standard Oil ........... 3
Alabama Power .........2 .
Batteries-Lewis and Franklia;
Cunningham and NammiI.
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Hope five up and four to play. Card
ner had desperate battle against
Harris, but managed to CLEAN a one
hole margin which was enough to
win
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
Business
Today
Security markets opened steady
Tt,4$ov 1,,o,oJ l,trt,cv

Security markets opened steady.
Cotton opened higher.
Chicago grain opened higher.
Administration forces in Senate
abandon ship subsidy bill
Texas Company followed gasoline
advances.
Federal reserve ratio advanced from
1913 to 1913 per cent
New York Stock Exchange invcsti-
eating put and call business done by
its members.
Interstate commerce commission
holds unreasonable rates on wool
from points in Iowa to Boston.
Week-en mercantile reviews again
point strongly to expanding business
throughout the country.
Dun'S reports 1886 failures in the
United States this week, against 361
for the previous week.
Pennsylvania Railroad stockholders
Increased 1.116 to 138.5 .545 on Feb. 26.
Loaded freight cars handled by Penn
sylvania Railroad this year to date
run about 25 per cent ahead Of similar
period last year
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
Mule Drops at
Operating
Table

Things went from bad to worse for
Carl Hoffman. 1887 W. Thirtieth st.
Pumper Company No. from fire
headquarters was answering an alarm
from st. Clair and Belt Railroad. At
Massachusetts Ave. and Michigan St.
Hoffman walked in front of the truck.
Earl Shea. 1914 \. La Sale St, took
Hoffman to the city hospital in his
automobile. The police emergency
squad reached the hospital as the
man was being placed on the operat-
ing table. AS Hoffman's coat was be-
ing removed bottle of white mule
fell from a pocket and broke, police
said.
Physicians said Hoffman's right leg
was broken above the knee and his
head severely bruised.
p. S.-Hoffman is charged with
operating a blind tiger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
EMBEzzLER GIVEN
TIME TO PREPARE
FOR PRISON TERM
7, Dale Spahr Former Teller,
Out on Bond-To Serve
Two Years,

Released under $4,000 bond, 7. Dale
Spahr. confessed embezzler of $13.259
from the Continental National Bank,
today was putting his affairs in order
preparatory to beginning a two-year
sentence in Federal prison at Atlanta,
Ga.
The bond was signed by his father,
Charles E. Spahr, and an uncle, Ralph
E. Root.
! Spahr, who surrendered late Wednes.
day at the district attorneys office
after an eight months disappearance,
said he would turn over property he
i had acquired in Arizona to the surety
company which made good his de-
fault.
| Spahr, who lived with his parents
at $50 Middle Drive. Woodruff Pl.,
was receiving teller at the Continental
! National Bank On June 10 he dis
appeared with S13.259.10 of the bank $
funds He obtained this money by
Withholding a customers deposit slip
| for check to the amount and replacing
cash with the checks.
Left on Vacation
His disappearance attracted no at
| tention as he supposedly had left on
vacation and the shortage was not
| discovered until July /.
Spahr wandered about the West,
friends say. his route including Cali
fornia, Arizona and New Mexico He
| conducted a tailor shop at Williams,
Ariz At one time, he told Homer
Elliott, United States district attorney,
he considered going into Mexico, but
after looking at the country and its
inhabitants he decided he would
rather take his chances in the United
States.
Finally, at Los Angeles, he met an
Indianapolis man. This brought
homesickness. and, cOnscience-stric
en-, he decided to return and face the
music" it is said.
Spahr was determined that he would
surrender voluntarily and would not
be taken into custody His plans he
told friends. almost failed on the very
last lap Of the trip.
Has Narrow Escape
lie boarded car at Terpe Haute
and in nearby seats saw detective
and a merchant, both Of whom knew
him They did not glance his way
aud he arrived safely.
Wednesday afternoon. accompanied
by his father, ne went to the Office of
the district attorney, gave himself up.
and was taken before Judge Anderson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS EUROPE
Showed EXTREME STUPIDITY
TURNING DOWN i. S. OFFER
Approach Made by Secretary of State Hughes May Be Final
Move of This Country ex-Premier Fears
Ruhr Invasion Called Failure,
Another Opportunity Lost

Here is of the high spots in David Lloyd Georges
article
Another lost opportunity and Europe once
numbered along its dreary way to seek another. 1t
with Mr.. Hughes famous speech 1t clearly the
result of prolonged consideration.
For weeks there had been of much consultation
in Washington on the state of Europe, and we
couaged hope America business The result
lr Secretary Hughes offer 1t made four days be
fore the Paris conference and obviously intended to be
discussed by the allies there
An endeavor has been made minimize the Importance
of this American approach Europe. But it ncompre
hensble to how momentos has been
treated if it merely the casual utterance of polite
ian who had find topic of less interest with
which to illuminate a discourse.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY LOST-PERHAPS THE
GREATEST PERHAPS THE LAST. NEVER HAS LUCK
STRIVEN so HARD TO SAVE STUPIDITY. BUT LUCK
LOSES IT'S TEMPER EASILY AND THEN TT IS APT
TO HIT HARD
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
(Former British Premierl

b Brla London
O n
ONDON, Feb 24-The French government having conspc
- uously failed win its anticipated coup is doubling the
stakes each time IT loses When VIII
1t is still gambling with human passions.
They all engaged in this wild OF
the table, 1.
Fe, greed Fanly ob>tnacy temper combatvenes racial
anagonism; but also patriotism Justice wrong
and high Each side draws from the treasury fiery
human emotions Unless steps induce
the result viii be devastating.
France has abandoned all hope being run
the mines railways and workshops of the by military
agencies.
In these days not shoot every worker who fails
excavate many nredweghs of per refuses
fill drive locomotive by whomsoever he
Is told TO do
France provide necessary complement of miners
and rawamen from outside to fill the vacancies created by sy
workers And she could many months ere
they become sufficiently accustomed their conditions TO
work without peril o themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
M'CRAY BACKERS
SET OUT TO SAVE
FINANCE PROGRAM
Bitter Feeling in Republican
Ranks BaIkS Leaders
in Rescue

Friends of the administration in the
House today were setting about to
mend the broken structure of the ad-
ministrations financial program. The
efforts followed a plea of Governor
McCray that the Republican mem
bers. many of whom deserted him,
save something from the wreckage.
The first step was expected to be
an effort TO amend the automobile ii
cense bill again. The bill was amend
ed Thursday to provide that new Ii
censes be only slightly higher than al
present ana that half the proceeds be
turned over to the counties. The
Governor had depended on high Ii
censes and all the proceeds to help
finance the highway department.
Feeling Bitter
\ caucus of Republican House mem
bers. open for the first time during
the session to newspaper men. re
vealed a bitterness of feeling and
strong opposition to the administra-
ton program.
Members of the House today were
discussing with some uncertainty a
statement made by the Governor in
the caucus that the members should
not listen to the folks back home"
because their constituents did not have
the facts.
Information should flow from you
to your constituents. not from your
constituents to you the Governor
said DO things and then tell them
what YOU have done"
Gas Tax in Doubt
Members We're willing TO admit their
opposition to the administration pro
gram was based largely on instruc-
tions from home
Whether the effort to pass the pro
posed gasoline tax bill Will be pushed
appeared doubtful. Considerable at
tention was being turned to creating
sentiment in favor of the Senate
amendments to the appropriations bill.
by which more than $2.000.000 was
added.
1t was reported after a meeting Of
the dirt farmer" portion of the farm
bloc that no definite stand would be
taken on the gasoline tax. 1t is un-
derstood leaders could not bring about
an agreement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
N|CKY ARNSTE|N IS HELD
IN $5,OOO,OOO BOND PLOT

Edward NJ Fuller 50. awaiting
trial on bucketing charges following
failure of the firm of r. NJ Fuller &
Company for $4,000, 600.
Albert Wilson. 40. Martinique Ho-
tel Cleveland. Ohio, a broker.
Albert E. Cleveland, a broker. also
known, police said, as Weber and
Taylor Lewis
Samuel Milton Small. %, New
York. known as the boy broker"
Harry S. Sykes. 81, New York,
said by police to have been a stock
salesman for NJ Stielitz & Company
which failed for more than 100000
and whose head. Stielitz, killed him
self while awaiting trial
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
National Pride Fortihes Germans to Resist
Decision to Starve Them Into Submission

SO new policy has been mprovsed. 1t nothing less than
siege OF Germany Sixty millions Germans are TO be starved
INTO surrender That long business, every who
mas been engaged ON the difficult operations of strike breaking
We have often witnessed workers. support or vn-
paty from the rest OF the community hold after
their funds have been exhausted
IN eany all GLASSES united in resistance national
PRIDE IoeS endurance and ince sacrifice are
To Page3
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-02-24
ONE CONVICTED;
COMP ANON FREED
Man Found Guilty of Moving
Stolen Car,

\ Federal Court jury today found
Floyd l.. Foster not guilty and Carl
Robinson guilty of transporting a sto-
leu automobile in interstate traffic.
Both reside at Muncie.
Foster and Robinson We're indicted
together. Robinson admitted he had
ridden in the automobile from Chi
cago to Muncie and later had pur-
chased it. He denied knowing that it
was stolen.
Foster rode in the car from Muncie
to Elwood. but insisted he did not
know the car had been stolen. He is
the son-in-law of Orville Harold. not
ed tenor.