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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Many See Pageant
 By Negro Players

The Correctional Young Peoples Congress of the African Methodist church reassembled Friday morning with Bishop w. T. Vernon presiding. A feature of the meeting was the singing led by Prof. E. c. Deas of Chicago, song writer and composer. pr. J. s. Hatcher's solo was enjoyed. The noon hour sermon was delivered by pr. R. A. Grant of Florida and Rev. J. A. Fountain gave lecture on St. Luke.
 A pageant entitled Spirit of AL len" was spectacular and attracted a capacity house to the Jefferson thea tre. o. D. Kennedy directed it. Beau tiful melodies by the Peerless quartet delighted the audience.
 Saturdays session will be devoted to the School of Methods. Ad- dresses will be made by Rev. J. J. Morant, Mississippi; Dr. W. G. Alex ander, Georgia; Dr. D. M. Baxter, Philadelphia, and Rev. L. c. Rickley' Ohio. Sessions will be held in the auditorium of Payne chapel, A. M. B. church and the St. Mark Industrial school building. Both buildings are on Avenue c and Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
GENE CRIQUI TO MAKE GOOD THAT
 PROMISE HE GAVE

PARIS, August 17.-Eugene Criqui. although defeated. and quickly di- vested of the featherweight cham pionship by Johnny Dundee, in New York, remains a hero in the eyes of the sporting public of Paris. He has signed to fight a Belgian feather weight named Hebrans here on Oc- tober 15, 15 rounds to a decision, with fighting gloves, for the benefit of the French laboratories.
 Thus Criqui makes good his prom ise given before he left for the United States to take the title from Johnny Kilbane, that he would fight the best available man on his return to France for the charity that Georges Carpenter and Battling Sild finally turned down after much public dickering. He lost the title before returning but his promise held good.
 Carpenter offered to fight SKI free for the same charity and SilIi agreed, but both subsided in public esteem when they wriggled out of the contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
WAR HORSE HARD PATH TO RING GAME
National Leagues AnSOn Memorial
 Day September 16

NEW YORK, August 17,-CBy Associated Press .)-John A Heyd- Ter, president of the National league, announced tonight that Sunday, September 16, has been designated as Anson Memorial day.
 A Monument to the memory of the famous old ball player, known to fans over the entire country as Pop" Anson, has been erected in Oakwood cemetery, Chicago, and will be unveiled, with impressive ceremonies Tn the presence of many baseball celebrity. Mayor William Dever of Chicago and former Governor Tener of Pennsylvania and Billy Sunday, both of whom played under Pop" Anson's leadership years ago, as well as Commissioner K. M. Landis, owners, and many playerS of both major leagues will attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
CITY LEAGUE
CENTRAL DIVISION

AENItAll Inglenook Construction, company vs. Alabama Power company, game postponed.
 Acipco vs. Woodward Iron com pany, double-header, c. E. Anderson. Southern Bell vs. Standard Oil company, N. F. Thompson, double header. Eastern Division.
 Sloss By-Products vs. All-America Shoe company, double e-header, Ross Fowler.
 East Lake vs. Cudahy Packing company. double-header. w. M. Nell son.
 B. A. c. vs. Avondale Park (game of 6-9-'23), A. R. Redburn. Western Division.
 Eighty one Tire company vs. Ram Ram Grotto, double-header. T. ". Vines.
 AvondaIe Mills vs. Thomas, double header, J. A. McDermott.
 Sayreton vs. Electricians, double header, Joe E. Carter.
 O O o Class II.
 Boys club vs. North Pratt. West End vs Thomas.
 oster-Northington vs. Pratt city Note-Above double headers in- clude games rained out 6-9-2S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

his hair down the bridge of his nose, Although his record even now is not as long as the battle list of many a A preliminary boy.
 There's the victim, the s4 boy. Four dollars is a figure of speech because nowadays they get much more. Some of them get as much as S25.75 at the smaller clubs and Tex Rickard sometimes gives them $500 or S400 when they go on to entertain the customers during the walt for the champions. There are hordes of these $4 kids. Sometimes they get windup bouts in the small clubs but the prices are low and few people go to them anyway. A purse of $500 Is large purse, but 1t has to be split with the manager, the matchmaker, the man who staked the kid to his meals between bouts, and numerous others. The aggregate yearly earn ings of most of the preliminary boys who never do get anywhere probably run well below $5,00O, which is Sl00 keeps one-third of that for himself after paying his expenses. As most Of them quit their good jobs on be- coming prize fighters, it will be un- derstood that 1t isn't all bear and skittles in the prize fight game
 New York has spent about $S, ,O00,- . GOO for prize fights in the last three years, since the business was legal ized again after several years of out lawry. Almost half of the money went to the champions of whom there were only 10, including the holders of those American cham pionships in the flyweight and light heavy classes. The contenders in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
PECLER'S PEGS

This rush to the resin Is very much like a gold rush. You hear and read about Willie Jackson's having made a quarter of a million in about fke prosperous years as a good but very much disliked performer among the lightweights. You are familiar with Dempsey's takings which have gone above $600,000 in four bouts. Someone doubtless has mentioned to you that Benny Leonard drew an ag- gregate of s2,00o,0 900 in the last few years and took down for himself more th one-third of the money. Of course, you are aware that Luis Angelo Flrpo has made almost a quarter of a million, because he Is big and fuzzy and mighty and parts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Dreyfuss Claims He Isn't Against Boxing

PITTSBURG. August 17-Barney Dreyfus, Pirate proxy. hotly denied Friday the report published in New York that he was against boxing bouts in baseball parks and would ''call the attention of the National league to the matter at the next meeting"
 Its a lie!" said Dreyfus. T have no such Intentions, and never will have. There Is only one feature of the boxing game so far as 1t concerns baseball that interests me, and that Is the scheme of any major league clubs operating fight clubs, or back ing them, which amounts to the same thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
CHAIRSELL EARNS
 FIRST PRIZE FOR B. 4. (. MEMBERS
Good Athletic Show Staged At Smoker In Gym On
 Friday Night

Ed Chairsell was awarded the white gold watch, first prize in the Birmingham Athletic club drive for membership, Friday night at the smoker staged in the B. A. c. gym. MT Chairsell led the field by a wide margin, having obtained S5 new members, while his nearest competi- tor, Hub Hahn, got 24 and the sec ond prize, a gold watch. Grady Nor row won the third prize, Shriner's pin.
 In addition to the prize MT. Chair sell was voted life membership by the members of the B. A. c. in recog- nation for his enthusiastic work as a member of the club.
 A good athletic show was staged by Dave Evans. Max Sholder and Tom Lacey opened the bill with an eight round wrestling match, that went for a draw Neither man was able to pin the others shoulders during the eight rounds.
 Edgar Strauss then offered some rare music on the guitar and several excellent vocal solos which drew a big response from the audience. He was encored several times and bou- quets tossed into the ring for him.
 Young Saab and Young Battling Spark Plug put up a fast three- round exhibition match.
 Paul McGinty and Larry Brodericl1 went four rounds in an exhibition match that brought out some clever sparring.
 In the feature number of the athletic program, Battling Spark Plug won a close decision over Bogie Saab for the 135-pound championship of the Boys club. Both boxers went into the ring intent on a knockout and in the last four rounds staged some heavy slugging.
 Spark Plug finished strong, all though he could not get away from Saab's jabbing left. With his victory Spark Plug won the right to box in the 135-pound class on Monday nights preliminary card to the Roper Berry fight at the B. A. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
TANKS WIN AGAIN FROM BROWNS ON RUTH'S BATTING
Athletics Beat Out Tigers ' To 6 And Senators Win
 In Tenth

ST. LOUIS, Mo, August 17.-New York made 1t two out of three by defeating St. Louis today to {. The visitors punched their hits and the needed tally was scored by Pip pon scotts sacrifice. In the first Inning Ruth clouted his thirty first home run of the season, scoring behind Dugsn who had singled Ruth also hit a two-bagger In the eighth and scored on Pipp's slngle. scoret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
WingfeId Out Of Game

MOBILE, Ala. August 17.-Fred Wlngfield, pitcher and utility player of the Chattanooga baseball club. left here early today for his home in Chattanooga on account of illness or his baby, according to announcement made here by Manager Les Nuna- maker. The Chattanooga club plays two games here starting tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Three WOrIdChamps Begins Training On Shores Of Saratoga

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. SARATOGA LAKE, N. r, August 17.-Three world champions were in training or about to begin here today-Jack Demsey, heavy and Joe Lynch, bantamweight. Dempsey went through light workouts today with Jack Burke and George Godfrey, after tear ing up the dust of a few miles of mountain road on his daily run and taking his usual long swim in the lake. Bag punching and shadow boxing occupied the aft ernoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Senators Win In Tenth

weakened In the tenth inning today and Washington pounded out e-to-4 victory over Chicago in the final game of the series. Both Walter Johnson and Gorham Leverette. who started the game. were forced to retire in the early innings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Tigers Use Four Pitchers

DETROIT, August 17-Pilletts wild ness gave the Athletics three-run lead In the first five innings and Cole, Fran cs and Holloway. who followed him, fared little better. Philadelphia winning from Detroit. 2 to 6. Heilmann hit his fifteenth home run in the sixth. with Cobb on base. Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

big bouts took a couple of millions, the politicians, match makers and promoters got away with a great portion of the remainder and what little was left has been divided be- tween the thousands of kids who are having their noses broken in the pre- llminaries and in the small star bouts at the outlying swatteries.
 Let's see, now, who's the wrestling champion? Isn't it Strangler Lewis or did the papers carry the news that he had been flung for a fall some little time ago. No, that was some family trouble. The Strangler Is still champion. We'll, well. And where and whom Is he wrestling nowadays and what does he get for so doing, Taking up the question systematl- cally, one might say that he Is wrest- ling in the far places with anyone big enough to survive the weight of the Stranglers 200 and some odd pounds, for any little purse the pub lie is willing to give him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Australians Face
 American Stars For DGUiis Cup

BROOKLINE, Mass, August IT, (By Associated Press. )-Australia will meet the United States this year. as last, in the challenge round of competition for the Davis cup, the emblems of supremacy in lawn tennis, as the result of the feat of two of the stars from the land down un- der" in vanquishing the representa- tives of France in two singles and one doubles match yesterday and to- day.
 Struggling gamely to keep the Tri- color flying in the international series, the French school boy cham pion, Rene Lacoste, and the veteran Jacques Brugnon forced the strong and steady Australian combination of James o. Anderson and John B. Hawkes. to five sets before they were subdued by the score of 6-S, 6-3, 6-S, 9-7.
 Although the Australians now have won the series, the two singles matches will be played, when it is expected Anderson will meet Brugnon and Hawkes. will play Lacoste. The same players, with opponents re- versed, took part in the singles yes- terday.
 Thrilling Moments.
 The match today was replete with thrilling and critical moments with the final outcome much in doubt until the last point a whizzing placement from the racquet of Hawkes. which passed between Brugnons feet, was earned. The French veteran was the most striking figure of the match and he appeared to much better ad- vantage than in his singles contest yesterday.
 Anderson, the tall and lanby leader of his team, did not keep to his best play throughout the match, steady down. His eight double faults in the match aided the Frenchman' s chances but he also led the four competitors in placements.
 Hawkes. probably was the steadiest man oll the courts and he, like Brug- non, appeared to much better advant- age in the doubles match. When An deraon was cratic the cool Melbourne lefthander would be slipping over his best shots. His rlay is reflected in the fact that he scored but 20 outs and 23 nets.
 Tho French youth showed that those who have forseen for him a great tennis future had not misplaced their faith when, although starting wildly and unsteadily, he soon set tied down to a brilliant game.
 The players played through their five sets without rest period, al- though a ten minute intervale is al- lowed under the rules. During the second and third sets the sun beat down fiercely into the courts. Both Lacoste and Brugnon seemed to slacken their pace and the Austra- Hans overwhelmed them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

summary IWo-Dase nlt, NcManus, HoI-
 mann, Severeid, Ruth. Three base hit, Bush. Home run, Ruth. Sacrifice, Smith, Scott. Double play, Gerber Schliebner to Ezzell; Gerber, McManus and Schlleb-
 ner Left on base, New York 2, St. Louis IL Base on balls, off Rush 4, Vangilder ?. Struck out, by Bush 5, Shocker 1. Hits off Vangilder, Il in 8; Shocker,
 in 1. Losing pitcher Vangilder. Time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Feraci Beats Brandt

NEW ORLEANS, August IT, chalie Feraci of New Orleans wcr the decision over Dutch Brandt Of Brooklyn in a 15-round bout here tonight. Feraei weighed 130 pounds Brandt 128.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
)MEETEXPERIENCED VETERANFOR WODHENS NET TITLE

of be able down Miss Helen Wills hhy Hyeo California s0 girl the finals o Wills has
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

iins, Hooper Sacrifice, Peck CD. Double play, Judge, Peck, Johnson; Peck to liar rs to Judge. Left on base, Washington Is, Chicago 10. Base on balls. off Lever cite 8. Johnson 5, Blankenship 8, Zach ary 1. Stolen base, Leverette 1, Blanken. ship 1, Johnson l, Zachary 1. Hits, off Leverette, in 2-s; Blankenship 6 in 1-3; Johnson, 8 in 8; Zachary. in q Hit by pitcher, by Blankenship (Bluege), Balk, Leverette. Winning pitcher Zach ary Losing pitcher, Blankenship. Um- pires, owens and Nallin. Time, 2;32.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
Veteran Player Dies

WILMINGTON, Del, August IT, William Day, veteran baseball player, died yesterday in his sixtieth year. He pitched for the New York and Philadelphia Nationals and the old Wilmington team.
 PIEDMONT LEAGUE
 At Winston Salem l. Raleigh o. At Danville g. Durham 2 (s in- nings, darkness.)
 At Greensboro 8, High Point 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

Totals .......S5 10 27 10 l
 'Batted for Holloway in seventh
 F'Batted for Francis in ninth.
 Score by innings:
 Philadelphia ....!....... O20 O12 l1O-7 Detroit .................. 900 003 012-6
 Summary: Two-base hits. Blue, welch. gill Three-base hits, Welch Home runs. Heilmann. Stolen bases, McGowan, Scheer, Miller. Sacrifice. Perkins Ma hush, Scheer CD. Double plays, Scheer to Galloway. Hauser Francis to Bassler to Blue. Left on base, Philadelphia II, Detroit l. Bases on balls, off Pillette S. Rommell 3. Francis 2, Harris l. Struck out by Pillette ?, Ron,mell l. Cole l. liar ris l. Hits, off Pillette 3 in 4, Holloway none in 2-3, Rommell 10 in 8, Harris none in 1, Cole in 1-3, Francis 3 in 2. Wild pitch. Rommell Winning pitcher, Har- ris Losing pitcher, Pllette. Umpires, Holmes, Ormsby Iand Connolly, Time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

grounds both Roper and Berry, who will give Birmingham it's first big boxing match in years and one of the first matches pe- tween heavyweight battlers or repute to ever be staged in Ala bama.
 Though showed under with tickets, reservations and tele- phone calls for Monday nights Roper-Berry fight, boxing offi- cials of the B. A. C. are looking past the most important scrap on the local menu at present. Said one important official Friday: If the Roper Berry fight goes over as 1t should, then the club a- tends to bring in two corklns good lightweights from up east. They are the boys who give you the action
 WHAT MATTER GARMENTS
 What matter the garments, if the man is there beneath? That ancient adage might be changed about. to read something like this: "What matter the condi- lions. the players, anything, If the old jinx is there beneath?
 And so it is, where the Chicks and Rarons are concerned. The Southern league in the season of 1928 has been a veritable happy hunting ground for jinxes, and the Barons have proven leading characters in the great play, A jinxs a jinx, for all of that"
 First, AtInntn has the BarOns iinxcd, no doubt of that Thens
 
 Chattanooga iinXed. And then, amidst all the other jinxes of having to bat from the right side Of the plate against a pitcher who's crOss-eyed on his left side, being the victim of some particu- Iar blade of grass thnt makes babif of defIecting easy rollers, having a standing engagement with erOsse-eyed umpires, and what hOt-theress that One-run 5inx the Chicks have over the BarOns.
 If Johnny Dobbs was to send a team of grammar school boys on the field, he would stand chance of winning by a one-run margin. Friday, with lineup that was more shot up than clay pigeon after an assault by 'eTackhole" Lee, the Dobbmen managed to win, to 4. What matter the players, if the jinx is there beneath.
 Random is beginning to won der if Johnny Dobbs carries an extra run around in his hip pock-- ct to chuck up on the score board when playing the Barons, and whether it's always the same run that beats Stuffy Stewards men. .au1s.Ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18

Totals ..........3s [ 10 30 10 ] sBatted for Graham in tenth. Score by innings:
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sCOre by InnIngB

Totals .........5s 12 27 'Batted for Vangilder in eighth.
The Washington times., 1923-05-10
PAIR IN -DoRY BATTLE
SEAS FOR THREE DAYS

YARMOUTH, n. S.. May TO-
LendaI McComiskey and Joseph
Rose pulled weakly into Clarks
Harbor with q thrilling story OF
three days and nights spent amid
mountainous seas in a dory, after
they had lost the Gloucssterman
Grand Marshall, on which they had
shipped. a.f
Tortured by the pangs Of hunger
and thirst, and drenched time after
time by waves which all but
swamped their little craft, the sail.
ors' four times. saw deliverance at
hand. only. to be plunged in despair
as the four ships they sighted
passed on without observing their
frantic signals.
One schooner, they said, passed
so close they could see the helms
man. and could hear the activities
on deck, but they were unable to
attract the vessels attention.
At the outset Of their long strug-
gle for life, their oars and com.
pass were swept overheard by
a wave which lifted Rose from his
place in the bow, carried him over
his companion, and deposited him
in the stern. They recovered oars
and compass, however, and used
the latter to steer their way TO
land
The Washington times., 1923-05-10
BAY STATES DRY LAW
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

BOSTON. May 10s-Govarnor Cox
has signed the State prohibition en-.
forcement act. commonly known IS
the .'baby voIstead act, prohibiting
the manufacturing and transportation
of Intoxicating liquors in Massa-
chusetts.
The measure was recommended By
the legislature, By the attorney gen.
eraI and district attorneys. and the
Anti.saIoon League petitioned for it.
At the same time the governor
sent To the clerk OF the house OF
representatives what Is believed to
be a veto OF the measure that pro-
vides for q referendum in 1924 on
whether the electors favor asking
the Massachusetts, Congressional
delegation to urge the repeal or
modification Of the Volstead act.
The Washington times., 1923-05-10
CATHAR1IC DRUGS
NEVER CURE
Says Physician
NEW Observation-Disclosures
Acts on Cause 0verComes
Worst Cases, often in a
Few Days Time.
NEW DIScOVERY---MIS0MA

studied the susiset. WIssly p both , this
and sraSs st ths pre.enes Of
poisonous acids in the tntestines
ssksn ana partially HTsra asS o.S the
intsstin snI tr s ana When these ACID
poisons are absorbed through the in
festival walls into the blood stream.
they also often cause severe headaches
irrItability, general weakness, high
blood pressure: rheumatism. kidney
trouble and other DANGEROUS diseases
to move By Irritating the intestinaf
walls, but they do not remove the
cause of the trouble. and their too fire.
the bowels and other intestinal mala-
dies, which may be worse than the
constipation. Eminent scientists in
these poisonous intestinal acids, acci-
IDENTIFY discovered most remarkable
product, which to their utter. amaze
ment Overcame worst cases of consti-
patton, often in few days time. 1t
is made by combining milk soda and
magnesia in proper, proportions under
1t is called Misoma, It 10 entirely DIFF
ferent in its action from any Of it's in
gradients and ie great surprise to the
1t shows what marvellous products can
be made by chemistry from the ap-
parently simple things right around US
Mlsoma produces an easy, normal bowel
movement hitherto unknown from any
drug, medicine or other product. It has
absolutely no weakening effect. On the
contrary, you Immediately feel stronger
and better. Misoma also quickly neu-
traIizes excess acid in every part Of the
body. 1t is extremely valuable in cases
OF acid stomach trouble, pimples.
acid conditions. BY getting rid of the
poisons in your system. it also often
gives most astonishing new life energy
people.
Note:-The remarkable New Scientific
discovery called MISOMA which is
may be obtained from all leading drug
gfsfs in this City, including Peoples
Drug Stores. 13 stores. and O'DonneITs
Drug Stores, stores.
The Washington times., 1923-05-10
TREE CLIMBING
!, KANGAR0OS
ARRIVE J. !.
t"@as 8IHHBBB1Hq s2sza tssi
sgts tsta 81 q
These Strange Animals Keep
Hours Of Owls and Snooze
In Air.

ny OOBHm0WoAABAm News 0oESAe0s
NEW YORK, May 10.-Kangareos
that climb trees Hike squirrels and
keep the hours sof owls have just
arrived here from North Queensland,
Australia, .chaperoned by Harry C.
Raven OF The Americaft Museum of
Natural History These strange ami
mails, which assert their freedom
from convention by living high
above ground. sleeping all day and
having tails that are light colored
on top instead of beneath, are very
rare and difficult to obtain. When
snoozing peacefully among the thick
branches of tropical tree, their
bodies blend SO perfectly with the
bark Of limbs and trunk that 1t is
almost impossible to see them from
the ground below.
''It probably was because their
ancestors preferred budding leaves
to all other food that these kanga-
first came to live in trees"
Raven explained. "As result they
are developing different characteris-
tics. Their tails are more slender,
their front legs more muscular and
they have inch-IOng nails to help
them in climbing. They are some
what smaller than. other kapgaroos,
standing only about three feet In
height.
After making themselves COM
Portable on branches padded with
bird nest ferns, they sleep through
out the day. The baby kangaroo is
kept in the mothers pouch and is
thus not in danger OF falling out.
At night the family comes down for
a little stroll. Tree climbing kanga-
roos are by no means. az fleet as
their land lubber brothers, as lack
Of practice prevents them from
making good time on the ground"