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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10
Donouan's Death
Throws Gloom On
Baseball Meeting.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-W. B. Dono-
van wild BID, as he was called.
killed in the wreck of the Twentieth
Century passenger train, near For
sythe, N. Y, early today, was one of
the best known and most beloved
men in baseball, and in company with
other diamond men was on the way
to Chicago to attend baseball meet
ings opening tomorrow. He had been
a player and major and minor league
manager. . t
The sobriquet came to him for his
instability as a pitcher when a crisis
came. Nevertheless he was ranked
high among moundsmen of the old
school from the time he left the sand
lots of his native Philadelphia and
made his professional debut with the
Hartford club of the Eeastern league
1t was as the manager of the New
Haven club of the same league that
his career ended.
Between the times he served Hart
ford and New Haven, Donovan wrote
his name in the most interesting
chapters of baseball. From Hartford
he went to the Washington club of
the then 12-team National league, and
when that organization broke up he
went to Brooklyn. There he gained
pitching fame.
Donovan was one of the National
league stars to jump to the Ameri-
can league when it was formed. play
ing with Detroit from 1902 till 1913.
when he was Internationally re-
leased In the interim he had figured
in Hugh Jennings captures of three
remnants and had played in some of
the most stirring worlds series
games.
From Detroit he went to Provi-
dence, r. l., managing that team to
one pennant In two years. With the
purchase of the New York Yankees
by Colonel Rupert and Colonel Hus-
ton he became a big league manager,
but not a very successful one. He
managed the Yankees in 10. '16, II
and Is. going to the Jersey City club
when Miller Higgins succeeded him.
His next was the Philadelphia Ma
tional league club.
In 1922 the New Haven club won
the Eastern league pennant under
him. but at the end of the season he
was released. He was unattached and
was going to Chicago presumably to
make a connection.
Word that wild Bill" Donovan
had been killed in the wreck brought
gloom to hotel hobbies, where scores
of baseball men were congregating
for the big baseball meetings which
will start here tomorrow. He was
known to nearly all of them and
many knew him as a friend.
Mr.. Heydler said that shortly be-
fore the wreck, Donovan had been in
his car, fourth in front of the wreck ed
coach, consulting with the National
league president about rules and
other matters to be discussed at the
meeting here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10
TUNNEY TO FIGHT
GREB ON MONDAY
Two BattIers Have Meet
Before In Prize Fight
Ring

NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Gene Tunney
and Harry Greb, who cause more ex
citement than a fire in match
in the same ring at Sthe same time.
will contribute to the general Unrest
of the world when they are shooed
into the ring at Madison Square
Garden Monday night.
In the absence of heavy hitters in
the light heav - eight class, the next
best performers are the plunging,
swatting, whirling fighters who
scorch the carpet with the speed of
their scurrying feet. Greb, the
human tempest, and Tunney, who is
no May-time zephyr, either, have
fought twice before. The feud began
over the lightweight championship
of the United States, which Tunney
won on points from the ancient
Battling Levinsky. Greb wanted the
title, for no comprehensive reason,
as it means nothing. To get it he
gave Tunney an awful thrashing in
their first bout and Gene wobbled
home that night between his hand
lers, stumbling, both eyes closed, his
nose broken and his face bearing a
close resemblance to something the
meatman brought in.
In their next bout, Tunney kept
watch on Greb's flying technique and
every time Greb came whirling
through the air he was met by
smashing drives to the ribs. Tunney
escaped mutilation this time and his
body-punching won back the title.
The same imitation championship
goes with the victory in Monday
nights fight. Although it means
nothing, Greb and Tunney fight for it
as though it was Jack Dempsey S
own heavyweight title and worth
millions.
Roland Todd, the English middle
weight champion, who comes certi-
fled as high grade boxer, will dis
play himself for the first time in the
semi-final scrap with Tommy Lough-
ran of Philadelphia. The last Brit
ish fighter who essayed to display
himself in New York made a display
of himself instead. That was Billy
Wells. who took a sanguinary lesson
from Dave Shade. Todd. however, is
reported to be the best defensive
boxer in the ring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10
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Give Il a trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10
ALABAMA PLACES
FAITH IN HUBERT
Hopes OF Crimsons In
1924 Will Depend Largely
On Big Captain

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. 9.-Ala-
bama's hopes for gridiron supremacy
of the south in 1924 have been to a
great extent placed in Pooley HUI
bert, native son of Mississippi, who
has been chosen as captain of the
squad for next fall.
The punting fullback from the
Magnolia state for the past two
years has been a tower of strength
on the offense for the Crimson war
riors: in the Penn game of 1922 his
line plunging doing much in carry
ing Alabama to victory.
Hubert will in 1924 play his final
wear on an Alabama team. having
in 1921 starred on the Thin Red
line, only to be called into backfield
service in 1922 when Coach Ken
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10
Texas Cavalry Plays
Golf With Airplanes

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 9.-(By Asso-
ciated Press.)-Aviators of the
Twelfth observation squadron of the
First cavalry division at Fort Bliss
claim to have invented new game
airplane golf. The game is played
with half the members of each con-
testing team on the golf course, and
the other half in airplanes.
Golf balls are dropped from the
airplanes as near as possible to the
holes on the ground below, and their
respective partners hole" them out.
Skill in the game is in the art of
dropping the ball from the plane, in
the pilot guiding the ship, and in the
observer. or player, with the ball
driving" it as close to the hole as
possible.
After the ball is driven" from the
plane, the game becomes regular golf.
arranged completely for this year.
The football season just coming to
a close carried the names of ten
leading institutions as opponents for
the Crimson Tide. Coach Wallace
Wade's declaration that he is trying
to arrange games with the leading
basketball teams of Dixie shows
firmly that Alabama is to meet none
but the bestin athletic circles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10
McGraw Not Dead

LONDON. Dec. e.-John j. McGraw,
r,anaxer of the New York Giants,
VIC has been touring Europe, has
sent TO the Associated Press the FOL
Iowing message as his answer to
vague rumors of his death:
II may be a dead one, but 1 do not
know it, You can tell them all that
am still running the bases. 1 ex-
rect 70 go to ireland the latter part
of the week, when Hughie Jennings
arrives. That dos not look a
thnueht I am dead, does it,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-12-10

Scott needed a husky fullback and
the big lad from Mississippi looked
fit to fill the part. 1t was late in
the 1922 season before Hubert found
himself in the backfield role and
then his battering tactics had effect.
Teams that especially felt his
strength extensively during the past
two seasons were Penn, Sewanee,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana State and
Mississippi A. and M.
Hubert, weighing around the 100
mark, has been declared by many to
be the south's premier fullback;
while lacking in ability as triple
threat man, he is admittedly one OF
the greatest line plunger the south
has produced during the past few
years. Finding holes in the opposi-
TONS line and making holes where
none appeared have been the two
leading points in his success, coaches
say.
Pooley is also a baseball player
of considerable aid to the Crimson,
his pitching last year keeping Ala
bama among the formidable of
southern teams while his hitting was
also declared valuable.
Jack Langshore of Uniontown,
playing his last year on the Ala
bama eleven in 1924 has been elected
alternate captain to Hubert. Jack
this year served his second regular
season on the varsity line, where his
work at tackle was the feature of
the games in which he played.
Langshore began his antics on the
Tides line in 1921.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
CAN'T DO THE WORK

It's too much to try to work every
day against constant, duh backache,
or sudden darling pain in the small OF
the back Be rid of it. Try Doan's
Kidney Pills. Your neighbors recon-
mend them. Ask your neighbor.
Mrs. R. L. Smith, sos w. Ocmulgee
St, Fitzgerald, says: Il was all run
down and my kidneys were disordered
a few years ago. The least work I did
caused tired feeling in the small OF
my back and l wasn't of much account
My kidneys acted frequently and
specks came before my eyes, confus-
ing me. heard about Doan's Kidney
Pills and purchased box. They
promptly helped ME and after l had
used couple of boxes of Doan's I
was cured The pain left my back and
my kidneys acted all right The dizzy
spells disappeared and l felt fine"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't simp-
ly ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills the same that Mrs
Smith had Foster Milburn Co., Mfrs,
Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
Ladies'! Darker
Your Gray Hair
It's Grandmother's Recipe to Bring
Back Color and Lustre to Hair

That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by Drew
ing mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
pnur. Your hair is your charm. 1t
fades, turns gray or streaked, just an
application or two of Sage and Sui
phur enhances its appearance a hun
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
ture; you can get this famous old
recipe improved by the addition OF
other ingredients at a small cost, all
ready for use. 1t is called Wyeth' S
Sage and Sulphur Compound. This
can always be depended upon to bring
back the natural color and lustre OF
your hair.
Every body uses "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound now because
it darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied.
You simply dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
the hair, taking one small strand at
time; by morning the gray hair has
disappeared, and after another ap-
plication it becomes beautifully dark
and appears glossy and Iustrous.
Advertisement
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
ASHTON NEWS

Miss Ruth Passmore visited relatives
in town Saturday.
Mr.. Walter Maddox and family
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Lip.
sey Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N Wilbanks oil
Osierfield attended services at Pine
Level Sunday
Mrs. Walker Maddox of Irwinville
visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lon
Peterson Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Bost Cooper and wife were in
Cur midst Sunday. We are glad to see
Mrs. Cooper much improved after six
weeks of severe illness.
The Revival services which were
announced to begin at Pine Level or
the third Sunday have been postponed
by the suggestion of a body of the
members for a more convenient time
in securing the assistance of Rev. Dan.
iels, to our pastor Rev. Garbutt. Miss
May Wilcox was elected as delegate
TO represent Pine Level at Conference
in Cordele. Mr.. w. H. Robitzscl
was lected as secretary.
The chain gang force has put in sew
eral weeks OF good work on our road
here and with a good rain to settl
the dust our roads will soon be ii
good condition Thanks to our efficien
Warden.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. ]. Bishop ant
daughter Mrs. J. D. Bishop ATTENDED
the speaking at the court house Tues
day.
Mrs. H. H. Hooker attended CRANE
mothers day in town Wednesday.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17

PLAYING SAFE .
Eph-What you do, Som, if you ge
a letter from the Ku KluX Khan!
Sam.-I'd read it on the train.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
Tennessee Girl Wins National Health Contest
marguerite Martin of Sheperd Award
ed Title in Boy and Girl Clubs
Contest in Chicago
Written Specially for The Leader
By ROBERT FULLER
Autocaster Service

SHEPERD, Tenn, Nav 17-Ten-
nessee has the honor of being the home
OF the healthiest child in the United
States. Judges at the First National
Boy and Girl Club Congress held At
Chicago recently, awarded the decis-
ion of Americas healthiest pir1 70
Marguerite Martin of Sheperd
She was selected from a large
number of contestants from all paris
OF the country. Her score was 90 $40
out of a possible 100. By divisions
her score was as follows:
Oral and dental examination 5 $40
out of possible E $40.
Eye, ear, nose and throat u $40 out
OF possible IL $40.
Physical examination SO $40 out of
a possible 50 $40
| Measurements II out of a possible
! II $40.
Psychological test out of a possible
10.
Total score-96 $40 out of a possible
100.
A few centuries ago an old master
ottu. beauty Is IlOt tIle possession OF
classical features in so much as it is
the perfect glow of health
Marguerite Martin is an ideal of
perfect health, is ve-v charming and
pretty. She weighs 10 pounds, is
o. $40 inches tall, and has large brown
eyes. She is great outdoors en-
thusiast and spends most of her time,
when she is not in school with her
mother on farm near Sheperd, where
she can romp over the hills, and, as
she says, "enjoy her health"
While Marguerite believes that most
anyone can be healthy and happy if
they desire she admits that it is a
great temptation to forget and partake
OF too many sweets She claims that
the possession of health is worth the
self denial practiced.
Marguerite is ambitious, and after
finishing high school she is planning
to become a physical culture director
and teach other girls to be healthy
and happy.
| When asked for some simple sug-
| gestions or rules for other children to
follow, so that they too might be as
healthy and happy as she is, Marguer-
lite said, Live outdoors as much as
possible, drink milk as beverage
eat wholesome food and not too many
sweets, and She hesitated-' the
girls, they should wear bobbed hair
it is sensible"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
OIL IS PURCHASED
FOR TYBEE ROAD;
TO OPEN JUNE is

SAVANNAH, Ga, May 15-lt is
announced today that the county COM
missioners have contracted for $780,
GOO worth OF oil with which to oil and
keep oiled the surface of the new Ty-
bee road, over which the county COM
1nissioners will on Thursday of this
week make the first trip.
The first machine to go oveI the
whole % miles was a patrol car for
use by the police of Tybee to round up
speeders and Others The grand jury
committee has just gone over the
whole length of the road most of the
way in cars. The road is to be COM
pleted as to grading and surfacing this
week and opened to the public about
June 18th.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
DECLINE IN EXPORT
TIRE VALUES SHOWN

WASHINGTON, D. c. May Is -
Price increases for automobile tires
in the domestic market, resulting from
higher raw material costs, have been
applied to export sales only in a few
minor classes" E. G. Holt, assistant
chief of the rubber division of the De-
rartment of Commerce declared Mon
day.
While the British restrictive raw
rubber tax was driving costs higher
and higher in the United States
there has been a steady decline in val
ues of automobile tire castings export
ed. In the first quarter of 1922 the
average value per casing was 1904
and in March, 1923 $1059.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
CRUSOE ISLAND DOTS

The farmers are about done chop
ping cotton as the weather is so beat
A large number of people attended
services at Corinth Sunday.
Mrs. Ada Hester of Fitzgerald is
spending few weeks with her mother
Mrs. Nan Dixon.
Misses Mary and Pauline Pridgen
had as their guests Sunday afternoon,
Misses Lillian and Rhonie Horton and
Messrs Ackhord Hays, Dewey Walsh
and w. J. Carter.
Messrs Fred and PEARSON Phillips
and Misses Lillian Dorminey and
Mabel Fusell were out riding Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Ball announce
the arrival of fine baby boy May 8,
who has been named Roger Jackson.
Little Ada Merritt and Wilma Prid-
gen were the guests of Mollie Hutch
ison Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. E. B. Pridgen was in town on
Wednesday on business.
Mrs. c. M. Tucker was the recent
guest of Mrs. w. M. Horton.
Miss Maud Adams is spending the
week with her sister Mrs Annie Ball.
Miss Mary Pridgen was the guest
of Miss Nellie Dorminey Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr.. Alvin Young was at the Holi-
ness Church Sunday.
"Chums ~
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
SPRING WANDERLUST
SEXES AUTO OWNER
Topless Lizzies and Palaces on
Wheels Are Fast Beginning
to Roll Along Georgia
Highways

Atlanta, Ga, May 16.-The great
American summer exodus into the
Cut-of- doors is on,
Mother has been shaving and raw
ing tor weeks to get the spring house
cleaning finished before vacation time.
and dad could not see the sense of
beating rugs and juggling pianos in
the spring when nobody is going to
use them until fall.
But now that the rugs are beaten
and the marks on the piano are re-
vanished, mother is Worrying over
timetables, road maps or camping
sites, dad is worrying over what it
is going to cost and the kids worry
for want of something to worry about.
The spring wanderlust which seizes
upon every man, woman and child in
Atlanta, in Georgia and the South, as
well as the rest of the country, is said
tc be the outcropping of the Pilgrim,
Daniel Boone and Forty-niner in every
one of them. When summer brcezes
blow they must CO.
Some residents of Atlanta this year
are going to the seashore, others to the
mountains, more to the country but
the motorists take the open road to
pitch their tents like the Arabs every
evening in some free camping ground.
State of Georgia on Wheels
And they are automobile cumming
in everything and anything from top
less lizzies to palaces on wheels, with
and without chauffeurs, maids and kids.
bSome few thede are who scorn tents
and camp fires as discomforts but to
! coast, rich or poor, camping along
the road is reversion to the nomadic
life, which the subconsci' us mind in
sists they descended to and from the
romance of boyhood. But the fun of
auto camping is not monopolized by
dad and the boys. To the contrary, it
IS rumored that mother and sister Of
fered tahe suggestion as la change
fl ON the sea shore cottage
Sporting good dealers of Atlanta,
especially those in the Peachtree Ar
cade, where summer accourtments of
every variety are displayed, divulge
that most tents now sold are the types
quick pitching along the road. They
especially adapted to motor trips and
also report increased demands for food
storage equipment, folding cots and
other equipment for automobile gyp-
sying.
License plates from many states now
seen on the streets here confirm state
ments of stationers in the Arcade that
summer has precipitated strong de-
rnand for road maps for other states
and transcontinental tours.
For these nomads on pneumatic tires
every town is a commissary station,
every grove is a camping ground and
the open road their destination. To
those who fix the length of their own
vacations it is generally "across and
back" but where the proverbial two
weeks with pay dictates it is zone
week and one week back"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
-S-4nS--
MRS. MOLLIE ALLEN

The many friends of Mrs. Mollie
Allen were shocked Sunday morning
to find that she had passed away some
time during the night of Saturday, the
18th. Mrs. Hungate, who has been
looking after her, assisted by Mrs
Orena Dixon, took charge of affairs
and Immediately called the coroner
and Dr's. w. D. Dorlniney and T. E.
White. The verdict was death from
natural causes. Mrs. Hungate tele-
graphed to Mrs. Aliens nephew, Mr.
H. L. Miller of Kankakee, ILL.,, who
reached here Tuesday afternoon and
the services were held at the late
home, according to her request.
Mrs. Allen was 70 years old the End
day of January, last, and had often
talked of how she would like to be put
away when she should pass on and
everything was done as she had re.
quested.
Kew. Bruce Nay had charge OF the
services and Mr. Littlefeld directed
the funeral. She leaves four sisters, one
at Logan, Ohio, one at Union City, O..
che at NATION, ILL.,, one at Sacramen.
to, Cal. Two brothers, one at La:
Vegas, Nevada, the other at Fairlant
Indiana.
Mrs. Allen came to Fitzgerald x
years ago from Alabama She was {
widow for 80 years, her husband hav.
ing passed on at their old home in the
Forth.
There were great many floral offei
ings sent by her neighbors and friends
Neiphhor
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-17
Sulphur Is Best
To Clear Up Ugly
Broken Out Skin

Any breaking out or skin irritation
on face, neck or body is overcome
quickest by applying Mentho- Sulphur,
says a noted skin specialist. Because
of its germ destroying properties,
nothing has ever been found to take
he ptlace of this sulphur preparation
that instantly brings ease from the
itching, burning and irritation.
Mentho-Sulphur heals eczema right
up, leaving the skin clear and smooth.
1t seldom fails to relieve the torment
or Disagreement. A little jar of Men
tho-Sulphur may be obtained at any
drug store. 1t is used like cold cream.
advertisement.
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Is PER CENT RAISE GIVEN
ADMISSION MOLDERS

ADMISSION, Ala, May 10 The
second voluntary wage increase for
Aolders and foundry hepers became
effective in Admission Monday, the
first one for the year having been
inaugurated about two months ago.
The wage increase for the local
mechanics was decided upon by An
niston foundry managers last week,
the increase having been made sinful
taneously in all of the pipe shops and
fcundries in the city. The pay rolls of
the city will be increased IS per
cent by the latest action of the man
ufacturers i'll compensating their
mechanics and helpers.