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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
BERNSTEIN BOXES. J. DUNDEE MONDAY
Many Bouts Slated For YuIe- tide Season In Big
 Rings

NEW YORK, Dec. 16-With the spirit of St. Nicholas adding steam to their punches, Johnny Dundee, last of the Gabribaldis, and Jack Bern stein, the slugging rabbfs son from Yonkers, will entertain fight fans at Madison Square Garden Monday night remarkable feature will be that part of the proceeds will go to Christ mas fund for New Yorks out-of-luck youngsters, and not wholly to John ny and Jack.
 Both Johnny and the Maccabee entry will carry titles into the ring; Dundee the featherwreight Coronet. and Bernstein, the junior lightweight ap- bondage. Johnny, however, is certain of leaving the ring with at least one title left, as only Bernstein's will 127 pounds, three pounds above the be at stake. Dundee will fight at featherweight limit, and Bernstein, 129,
 Bernstein's outburst of Christmas giving thus may force him to wake up without crown on his Christ mas tree or in his stocking. He de- clared Sunday, however, that he will treat Dundee to an evening even more tempestuous than the one a few months ago when he snatched the junior championship wreath from Guissepi's graying locks. That was a royal battle, and Dundee says he is out to get even for the wrong that was done him by the judges. Both men say they will face each other at their favorite weighs.
 In addition, Cannonball Eddie Mar tin, who is about as Irish as Dundee is Scotch, and who became a whirl- wind pugilist when the banana short age forced him to the wall, will do a chin tickling stunt with sonny Smith. Martin has been leaving a lot of bantams prostrate in his wake recently, and fans are consistently amused by his obvious dislike for anyone who faces him in ring. Kid Sullivan and Babe Herman, the na- tive son who is wintering in the east. complete the holiday bill. The main bout will go 15 rounds unless sooner terminated.
 The pre-yule days will be full of other fights. Tuesday night ack Brit ton, recently a welterweight champ, will try to use Knockout Phil Kaplan, the Harlem caveman, as anotheri step in his comeback career. Joe Baker and Joe Kestner will headline a show the same night as the Twenty-seventh division train armory. Italian Joe Cans and Phil Krug, both of them hard hitting middleweights, meet at the rink arena Thursday night, and Ray Newman will attack Joe Borrell Friday night at West Hoboken.
 Friday night will also find Ad stone stepping 12 rounds with Billy Shade in middleweight tilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
ANDALUSIA HIGH WINS GAME 6 TO O
Wonder Team Is Beaten When Jernigan Goes Across
 For A Touchdown

ANDALUSIA. Ala, Dec. 16.-(spe- cial Jon a wet, slippery field, with a brisk gale blowing. the Andalusia Bulldogs won close victory over the wonder" team of Andalusia here yesterday afternoon to o. Hal Jernigan, quarterback of the high school team. went 15 yards with per feet interference around the end for a touchdown in the first quarter for the only score of the game.
 Gibson. quarterback for the 'Won der" team. received the first kickoff returning it to the 20-yard line. An exchange of punts with but few ma terial gains followed until the Bull dogs advanced the ball down the Thomasson, end, O'Neal at center, Spicer at full, and Stephens tackle, all played exceptionally good games for the Bulldogs.
 Doyle for the Wonders" recovered a blocked punt and raced 50 yards down the field toward the Bulldog goal, but was tackled by Hal Ste phens 15 yards short of the goal The city team lacked the punch to pierce the Bulldog line for the remaining IS yards. Within the last few minutes of play the Wonder" team made two first downs and were with in yards of the Bulldog goal line, but failed to put the pig skin across
 Gibson, Doyle, Wood, Peck" eiantt, at end, and Burnelle, the other flank man for the Wonders" played good games. Burnelle intercepted most of the attempted passes of the Bulldog team. Darling, Bulldog for wards, was playing with the Wonder" team today, as was J. Stephens. These men made a majority of the tackles during the first half. Taylor, Duggan and Prof Powell also look ed good in action for the Wonders"
 Some $50 was realized from the gate receipts which will go to pay for varsity sweaters for the Bulldog squad.
 prize fight between halves proved to he rather tame.
 Ball" Spieer, forward at Howard this season and former Bulldog, was in the lineup with the Wonder" team today. On the opposing team, Sam his younger brother, played a great game at fullback. The Stephens brothers also played against each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Gothan, Moguls Pull No Deals OF
 Worth AtC Confab

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The halters that James Tierney of the New York Giants and President Ruppert of the Yankees carried in their baggage to the Chicago winter trading mart and conversazione. were brought back in the baggage Friday.
 Tierney and Ruppert may have ex- pected to use the halters to lead back new players obtained by purchase or swap during the exciting events in Chicago. They found, however, that every manager with a major or minor league start to sell jumped the price about $10,00o for the New York trade.
 The Yankees will try to make some deals later on in the winter, perhaps at the February meeting, when the other club owners have had a chance to reGonsidertheir prices. The Giants apparently do not intend to do any dealing until John McGraw comes home from Europe. The report per sist In New York that the Giants con- cluded trade-and purchase trans action with the St. Louis Cardinals some time ago by which Rogers Hornsby is to play with the National league champions next season.
 In fact, most of the winter trading remains to be done and there are many deals either in contemplation or negotiation. The Giants will find 1t absolutely necessary to get at least two new reliable pitchers.
 The Yankees might stand pat, hdt Miller Huggins, skipper of the team. recently intimated that Everett Scott, the ancient shortstop, was about to finish as & regular. That would mean an opening for 8 first-class shortstop or second baseman. The Tanks were thinking of Eddie Collins. Collins has been placed on the market hx Efrny r1p n O Nf the White Sox, but he Is not expefted to endure much longer than Scott in the active world of big league base ball. And, anyway, Chance wanted moro for Collins than either the Tanks or the Tigers, who could use Shocker of the St. Louis Browns may yet come to the New York team, or the Boston Red Sox may get him. However, his price was set so high at Chicago that no deal was made.
 The Boston Braves. now owned the- oretical1y by Christy Matthewson. have been the most active trading club since the season closed. They have acquired Casey Stengel and Bill Cunningham. two good hitters and outfielders. from the Giants, and Dave Bancroft, a hitter and a great command tho team on the field. Then, at Chicago they closed in on Cotton Tierney, formerly of the Pi- rates, who served out 1923 with the Phfls.
 However, tho Philadelphia AthIet- ics will make another spring sprint in 1924. They have landed Max Bishop, star second baseman of the Baltimore Orioles, and Paul Strand. the great bush league outfielder and hitter, of the Salt Lake team. Sammy Hale, high-priced recruit of 1923, who did not come through, probably will give way to Bishop. Mack has about 40 players on his reserve list from whom he will try to make a fight for the lead next season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
HANS WAGNER SAYS NIGHT KELLEY AND MGINTY MEET
 BASEBALL IS NOT NEW IDEA ON MONDAY NIGHT AT B. A. C.

Wilson. crack bantam, developed at the local club, as an incentive, will go into the ring Monday night de- termined to win again. Kelley, with his back to the wall, due to his pre- vious loss to McGinty. will put every thing he has into the battle to re- trieve his lost rating and get back into the ranks of the active.
 The bout should be a much better one than either of their two previous battles as both men are in better condition. There was not a great deal of difference in the scoring on McGinty's victory and the men are evenly matched. It will be any mans battle.
 Battling Spark Plug of the Boys club, has contracted fist full In Harry Carter, the lengthy Georgia slugger. This bout will go for six rounds Carter boxed Big Boy Ed wards recently and won a draw. He has a draw with Fearless Ferns of Atlanta to his credit also. His reach will be big advantage to him. The Boys club battler is a fast man but will be at a disadvantage in reach. Whether he will be able to get close enough to land his haymaker right will probably be the deciding prob lem of the bout.
 Max Scholder will take Tom Lacey on for a 10-round wrestling bout. The matches between these two mat artists have come to be classic in local ring circles and both men are anxious to win Monday night to set tie their feud.
 Petey Sarron will meet a good man in Toney Moreno. Both boxers are aggressive and pack mean wallops. Both are built alike and there will be no advantage either way In statue.
 Craddeck and Adams should put up a heftY slugging match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
PLANS MADE FOR MOTOR SPEEDWAY

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 16.-An- nouncement of the purchase of 1,244 acres of land at Seven Pines. near here, on which will be constructed a motor speedway, with stadium which will seat 100000 persons, has been made by D. B. Hill and L. w. Gillespie of Indianapolis. Ind, who declared they represented the corpo- ration behind the project. The prop erty, used by the federal government during the World war as a powder plant, was purchased from the Vir- ginia Iron and Metal company, which took it over some time ago at auc- tion.
 Four hundred acres of the tract, 1t was declared, will be used for speed way purposes. Construction will be started as soon as plans can be com- pleted.
 The tract, the promoters declared, will be at least one and one-half miles around and probably more, and will be so constructed that quali- flying speed of 100 miles an hour for 10 miles will be required of all en- trants in major events. The corpo- ration behind the project has made application to the speedway man. agers' association to hold meets here on July 4 next and on Labor Day. Action on the application will be taken at the associations meeting in Los Angeles in February
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17

equipment in tennis. whereas any kind at all or no kind whatever will do for golf.
 Gate Receipts s7O,ooO.
 The gate receipts of the season nave not yet been counted. The Davis cup events at Forest Hills brought s7o.o0o. and so did the na- tional championship in Philadelphia. The women's cham picnship at Forest Hills brought slightly less, and the womens international matches were | financial mishap. However, there were $50 sanctioned tournaments in various parts of the country, all of which drew further thousands through the gates. The dues of 65.000 club members, MT Moss thought, would average about s25 and aggre- gate S1,625,000.
 The prize fight business, for all its vulgar talk of money, was the mo- tion counter of sport this year. Tex Richards 37 shows thus far in 1928 have drawn onfy s2,9s7,0Ss, of which almost $2,000,000 was taken In at three riots-the Dempsey -Firpo, Will lard -Firpo and Willard Johnson oc- casions.
 Two plug fighters who draw we'll in New York but stand far from the championship of their division, en-
  In three fights Charlie White of Chi cago participated in total takes" of S103, ,000, receiving around 30 per cent of that for himself. In four fights, Jack Bernstein, also lightweight. played to gross receipts of $149, 900. of which he, also, received about a third.
 Dempsey and Firpo played to house of s1,1SS,525; Firpo and Willard to s4S0, ,939 and Willard and Johnson to sS50,oS7. Then Dempsey got more than $200. 900 out of the Shelby fight with Tom Gibbons.
 Richards promotions. the Shelby bout, the miscellaneous small cham pionship bouts at the Polo Grounds. drew s350. 900, come to s3.707.0S9. Perhaps all the other fights in the country would aggregate a couple of million more. Fight receipts are not large In other cities, and the big shows are far apart.
 This years world series brought more than s1,0O0,0 900 for the first time. During the season there were eight ball games a day for 154 days, total of 1.232 games, at whicfi the average attendance probably ran about 7,50o. That would be $9,240. 900 at, say 15 cents head. There $ 6,930000, and a cheap figure for the aggregate gate receipts or oaSepall most prosperous season.
 Race tracks in the metfopo1itan district charged s3.S5 admission. That was the lowest price. Racing ran along all summer and the crowds varied between 1,500 and 15,000. In Maryland and Kentucky the mini mum price is s1.50.
 Footballs receipts can only be | hinted at. Harvard gives a clue with total attendance of 240.00 at homo games. Average, s2 & head. Penn sylvania drew 331, 900, and the re- ceipts were $670,00G.
 Multiply these returns by 50 and you may come within furlong of the national aggregate football gate. Is there an unemployed quarter in the house until pay day?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
GIRLS WILL HAVE ACTIVE CAGE YEAR

The coaches of the giriS basket ball teams of the Jefferson county district are making plans for ten tative division of the district Into two parts. the first including War rior, Mortimer Jordan, Jefferson County, Jones Valley, Simpson and Ensley and the second including Minor. Alliance. Quinton. Johns. Oak Grove and McAdory.
 The teams of each district will play for the championship of their section, the winners to meet to decide the championship of the district. The winner of each district will go to Montevallo where they will take part in the state high school girls basket ball tournament to decide the championship of the state.
 In case the recommended change is made a chairman of each group will be selected to preside over the meetings of the coaches of each RrOuD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Hoppe And CochranIn
 Chicago For Play-Of


 CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-Wlllie Hoppe, worlds professional 1S.2 balkline bill Hard champion, and Welker Cochran, cue wizard of Hollywood, Cal are here tonight. awaiting their opening cushion battle tomorrow to end the tie match which has existed since the third annual international tourna- ment in New York last month.
 The present match will be for 1,500 points, 500 points to be played each night. Sixty days after the present battle they will meet again in a C allenge match for the title, for urGer the provision of the rules gov erning the championship trophy, the player finishing second in the tour rey is privileged to challenge for the crown, This next match is expected to be played In Boston.
 According lo officials. virtually every seat in Orchestra hall has been sold for the three nights of the match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Wash-Jeff Schedule Shows A Few Changes

WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 16.- Grove City replaces Washington and Lee in the 1924 football schedule of Washington and Jefferson college. which was announced tonight. At the same time 1t was announced that the President would have yearling team in the field. the freshman rule going Into effect at w. & J. next year. Few other changes were made in the schedule, which follows:
 September 27, Geneva at Washing ton; October 4, Betany at Wheeling, w. Va: October II, Grove City at Washington: October IS, Carnegie Tech at Washington; October 20. La
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
ANDALUSIA HI "A MEN FORM CLUB

ANDALUSIA, Ala, Dec. 16.-(Spe- cial)-"Bennie" O'Neal. veteran cen ter and pivot man. around whom two great bulldog machines have been built was chosen president of the "A" club organized this week, charter members of which, are the men who have made letters in football here in past seasons. Harold Stephens was elected vice president and Don Darl- ing was elected secretary and treas urer.
 Members, other than those are, Hal Jernigan, Sam Spicer, Carroll Manuel, Turner and Clinton Thomas son.
 These men will draw up a consti- tuition and set bylaws for the or ganization, and in the near future they will initiate the new members who win their letters in football this year. Letter men in basketball and baseball this year will be admitted at the close of the seasons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Shooters Seeking Site

DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 18.-Directors of the Amateur Trapshooters' Asso- citation of America adjourned their annual meeting here with designa- tion of the place of the next years grand American tournament held up during the consideration of Dayton as permanent headquarters of the annual classic.
 President G. S. McCarty announced that Dayton's offer of a site is being so favorably considered by the board that only details of finance prevents it's acceptance now.
 Dayton offers 63-acre tract worth $15.5O0. and $4,500 in cash, it is understood. while the association is to put up $2o500 by February 1 for development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Huntsville High Loses

HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Dec. 16.- Especially - The Huntsville High school basketball team. which is be- ing trained by Skinny Hutchinson, for a full program this season, played a practice game Saturday night with the West Huntsville team, Hutchin- sons squad losing 14 to 8.
 Estimated consumption of sugar for this year is over 350,000 tons more than in 1922. or 725,000 tons larger than production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Pels Get Pitcher

BEAUMONT, Tex. Dec. 16.--Bob Tarleton, business manager of the Beaumont Texas league club, report ed the sale of Eugene Caldera, south paw hurler, to New Orleans of the Southern association for Pitcher Abe Bailey, right handler, and cash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17

The union printers home at Colo rado Springs, received $245,321 from the unions finances in the last year. The home was established In 1S90 and since that time s2,S53,35S has been expended on It's upkeep and inn provement. At the present time a new hospital is being constructed at the home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17

Fayette at New York; November 1, Detroit at Detroit; November s, Waynesboro at Washington; Novem- Der IS, Pittsburg at Pittsburg! Mo- vember 27, West Virginia at Morgan town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Diamond Star Tells Of First Night Game In Which He Hit A Ball Loaded By The Pitcher With A Torpedo As A Prank

Copyright. 1923. in United States and Great Britain, Cuba, Japan and South America by North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reserved.)
 Hans Wagner's name appears every All-American all-star baseball team for all time. and what the old time star doesn't know about baseball doesn' { amount to much. In this. the story of his career, told by himself, he tells you what he knows-the skill of men and teams, and plays, the development of the Ameri- can national game, all the ins and outs that the baseball fan of today wants to know about. He gives pointers to the youngsters and the college player and he tells the old hand where he can look for new delights by watching for fine points that most of us overlook. Hans Wagner s story is more than this. however: to 1t he has brought his sound philosophy and knowledge of men, that the diamond. he talks of 1t, becomes broad as the whole world. And with a simplicity that makes absorbing reading, he has &C., complished what many skilled writers fail to achieve; he has given a living, full length portrait of a man-himsef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17
Dothan High Makes A
 Good Football Record


 LOTHIAN. Ala. Dec. 16.-(SpeciaL) With team that only averaged 139 pounds in weight and 18 years in age. and with only five letter men to start the season. the Dothan High eleven finished the season as tho runner-up team for the southeast Alabama championship.
 The Dothan team boasts of the highest scoring backfield in south east Alabama and one of the highest in the state, rolling up 355 to their opponents 25.
 This is a record the Dothan foot ball fans are proud of:
 Dothan 67. Midland City High .. Dothan 54, Newton college 2.
 Dothan 6s, Dale County High ..
 Dothan O. Andalusia High T.
 Dothan 51, Eufaula High o.
 Dothan 19, Newton Institute ..
 Dothan IS, Geneva County High 6. Dothan 0. Coffee County High 10. Dothan 65. Troy High O.
 Dothan IS. Covington County High 0.
 Dothan s55. opponents 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17

Tomorrow. Batting 1875 Without the
 Lively Ball.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-24
DESERT RAILROAD IS MADE TO
 ORDER FOR PRESIDENT HARDING

SALT LAKE CITY, July 24. = A forty-mile railroad over the desert between Lund and Cedar City. rushed to completion in ST days at cost of s1.049.000, was one of the incl dentals in the recent reception by the State of Utah to President Hard ing.
 On April 2, last. the right of way men. acting for the Union Pacific railroad, secured possession of the needed ground for the construction of the railway from the Salt Lake route main line at Lund to the en- trance of Zion National Park. and on the same day the first scraperful of earth was turned on the grade.
 The contractor strung his men out in sections and as fast as a section was completed. the track-lay. ing crew took possession and the ties and rails were set in place. Crowding upon their heels was the
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-24
TURKEY SIGNS PEACE TREATY
 AT LAUSANNE
Eastern Trace Is Regained by Turkey-Forms Bridge,
 East and West.
CREEKS AND TURKS TO
 BURY GRIEVANCES NOW
Turks to Quit Greece Greeks to Leave Turkey
 Armenian Case Unsettled.

LAUSANNE, July "A. = The : Lausanne peace treaty formally es- tabishing peace between the Euro pean Powers and Turkey, was signed today by Turkey.
 Turkey regains Eastern Thrace which becomes a bridge between the East and West and Turkey also join the League of Nations on footing of ed dality.
 Constantinople goes definitely to Turkey and all foreign troops are to be withdrawn.
 | The treaty makes peace between Greece and Turkey and permits the Patriarch Greek Orthodox Church to remain in Constantinople.
 The treaty launches one of the most stupcndous and in some ways one of the most cruel human move ments in history as the population of Greeks in Turkey are to return to Greece and the Turkish popula- tiun in Greece returns to Turkey.
 The treaty fails to solve the Ar- menian problem. Armenians being obliged to find a new haven.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-24
PRINCESS IS
 CONVICTED OF
 HIGH TREASON
Daughter of Late Prince Max imilian Must Co to Pris-
 on for 6 Months.

LEIPSIC, July 24.-Prineess Mar guerite, 29 year old daughter of thu late Prince Maximilian of Hohen- lohe-Oehringep, was convicted today of complicity of high treason and perjury for the part she played in the escape of Captain Erhardt, com mander of the Iron Brigade dur ing the Kapp Putsch of 1920. She was sentenced to six months.
 Captain Erhardt escaped last week from the Leipsic prison.
 The princess is alleged to have given refuge for two years to Er hardt while the authorities were huDting him. Her declaration that she did not know him was made the basis for a charge of perjury on which she was tried, beginning yes terday, the date fixed for the trial of Erhardt, who is still at large.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-24
Last of Man Eaters Has 3%3 * <
 Been Captured in Samoa

PAGO PAGO. American Samoa, uly 24.-The capture of the last of four wild man-eating savages who escaped from the Island of New Hebrides in 1890 and landed on the Island of Tutuila on a raft, ends the thirty-year dread of the island natives here for the man-eaters. The wild man was captured by an escaped prisoner who. being filled with remorse for his criminal record and being ashamed again to face his fellow man, said he, took to the hills of Pago Pago where he had planned to commit suicide.
 While the escaped prisoner was making preparations to carry out his suicidal intent, he was confront ed by the black savage The con vict "got the drop" on the wild man bound him, and held him prisoner over night The next day the pris- onef brought his savage captive to the IstgIlA GAyAl Station here, where