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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
'Tisn't Quite Fair.

NEXT Saturday in Baltimore
the football eleven repre-
- senting the Third Corps Area
will meet team composed of
navy men attached to the Atlantic
fleet. Aside from the fact that the
army team has been in training
since August, meeting several col
lege opponents, while the Atlantic
fleet team will be engaging in it's
first contest at Baltimore, there
is a question of eligibility.
In the navy the rule is for no
representative team to have more
than two officers. This rule does
not obtain in the army.
The navy says: "We foster
sports of all sorts more especially
for the enlisted man."
The army says: t:We foster
sports for all who want to engage
in them, the enlisted personnel hav-
ing equal opportunity with the
officers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Owing to the death of his father,
Quarterback barley, of st. Johns
football eleven, may be unable to
pIay against Johns Hopkins this
week. Indeed, he may quit for the
season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
NEW YORK U. cRUSHES
FORDHAMTEAM. 20 TO o

NEW YORK, Nov. Z. - Tom
Thorp's New York University eleven
crushed Fordham yesterday, 90 to 0.
The Bronx collegians were unable
to do anything with Thorp's aggres-
sive line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Break Off Relations.

Athletic relations with Western
MARYLAND have been severed by
Tohns Hopkins. The Baltimore
folks say their rivals played four
Ineligible men against Hopkins
protests.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
St. Andrews Challenges.

The st, Andrews A. A. basketball
teams have few open dates and
would Ike to arrange games with
1875 and 145 pound teams. Caii
Frank F.. Conway, jr., North 7719.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Fitzsinrnons Had Hard
Row To Hoe To
Reach Title

It is no cinch working your
way up through the pugilistic
ranks to the point where you
are in a position to fight for a
title.
Sullivan would tell you this
If he were alive, so would Bob
F'itzsimmons, but in their abb
sence let Jimmy De Forest,
trainer of champions, tell you
in his fifteenth story on his
ring career how the various
champions actually worked
their way up to the champion
ship.
De Forest says Fitzsimmons
had the hardest row to hoe,
while Jim Jeffries, in De For
est's opinion, had the easiest.
But the battles Of all of 'em
are discussed here for you to-
day, and if you let this inter-
esting piece of fight history
slip away from you it's your
own fault.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
PIMLICO RACES, Baltimore

October SO TO November IL
First Race, 1870 p. M.
Admission, including tax, SI.65
Special train, b. q o., leaves
Union Station, 11:3O A. Nj.
Frequent trains Pa. II. r.. ana
w. b. & A. Electric Linz.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07


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tended for town wear but for
the country or sporting out
ings, nor are they correct with
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

the field capable Of causing the
Third Corps Area a lot Of trouble.
However, only two officers are
permitted to play. The remainder
of the squad is composed of men
without the football knowledge pos
sessed by many of their officers.
While it is true that the Third
Corps Area eleven consists largely
of former West Pointers, with here
and there some man with college
experience, it is also true that the
enlisted men in the area are per-
mitted to play, if they can make
the grade. That's fair enough.
But the trouble with the army
system as compared with that in
the navy, the more. experienced Of
ficers make the team at the ex-
pense of the enlisted men and are
then, as in Baltimore Saturday,
sent in against enlisted men in the
navy.
The army system is all right.
So is the navy's. Nevertheless, it
does not seem exactly fair to send
raw, inexperienced navy players
against veterans from West Point,
not that it's any Of our business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
JEFFRIES HAD EASIEST
ROAD TO TITLE, WHILE
| FITZ HAD HARDEST
BY JAMES (JINMY) DE FOREST.

The road championship good
Some fighters dd along easily rapidly while
had hard crcutous route before finally
arriving at
grading the championship.
ability the comparative class of
the title, commonly conender
going covered
in management"
believe
the title, while Jefries
che sSauf $
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
WOODEN MUFFLERS.

"A $1,000 - WOSAO4A 1AASAA44SS 49,
a useful partner at q foot
ball game and comes into its
own after Christmas for winter
sports. For a really heavy and
warm muffler Shetland wool is
to be recommended, cashmere
making upIinto a lighter variety
and especially favorable with
ladies. Gan advance Christmas
gift note!) IS
For the most part these muf-
fers are of solid colors with a
striped pattern just above the
fringed ends, but some styles
are striped all through. The
former are more popular, how
ever. A white Shetland with
blue stripe seems a popular
combination, though it must be
borne in mind the white will
soil quickly and preference
perhaps should be shown for
brown backgrounds with gray
or red stripes, or vice versa, or
a green body with a broad blue
stripe traversed by one thin
white one.
A smart way to wear a muf-
fer is to tie it in an ordinary
knot and fold one end over the
other, Strengthening out the
end on the top from the knot
down SO that the two ends lie
one on the other down the
body beneath the overcoat.
But If a heavy wool is used.
this is not practical and the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

a matter OF ring history how John.
SON battered the big Willard Cor
twenty-six rounds, and then praci-
caIly collapsed in the ring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
How It Works Ont.

IF the Atlantic fleet could use
all available men with expert
ence at Annapolis, it would
quite probably put an eleven on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Hickey FASTENED to deny that
Hornsby would be sold or traded.
Sam Breadon, boss of the Card
mails, Joined the chorus.
Hickey coughed up his side of
the affair to friends on st. Louis
newspapers, and pretty soon
Hickey and Hornsby were battling
again, though not with their fists.
The season suddenly came to an
end. The world series occupied
the attention of the fans for q
few weeks; but now, with only a
long winter facing them, the fans
are beginning to spread more ru-
mors about Hornsby.
Not long ago the Chicago Cubs
were said to have failed in an cf-
fort to obtain Hornsby. Now the
Giants are being mentioned as
angling to land him.
None really knows yet what
will become of Hornsby, though it
seems a foregone conclusion that
he will NOT be with the Cardi-
nails next spring.
Giants Have Money.
F John McGraw wants Horns
by, he will get him. The New
= York club has as much money
as Hickey will demand, whether
that money be in the form of a
certified check or players. If the
needed players are not now on
the Giants roster, they soon will
be by means of the aforesaid GER
titled check.
McGraw never hesitates to scrap
a losing team, and he may be ex-
pected to tear things loose with
out delay, once he is convinced
that the right time has arrived.
He has done this before, and will
do it as long as he is. in baseball.
McGraw does not believe in
halfway measures, arranging deals
for one or two players and seek
ing to fit them into an old ma
chine. No, by cripes, he trades
coed players for other good ones
and the eventual result is another
pennant for New York.
Already McGraw has begun be-
lifting Hornsby as an asset to
the New York club. That means
for the fans to watch closely, for
the shift will come as from the
clear skies when it does come.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Play at BrookIand.

II N the absence Of all other games
in this section, Washington
football fans can do much
worse than to journey out to
Brookland and see the team being
coached by Tom Gormley and Jack
Hegarty, two former star tackles
at Georgetown.
Catholic University rather prides
itself upon its new stadium, just
yet in process Of completion. It
won't do any of you boys any harm
if you go out to Brookland Satur-
day and take a peel at this
stadium for yourselves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
FIGHT SINNERS
TO TWO ELEVENS
By 4. 10. THOMAS.

Despite galore the battle the sandlot football
championship Mercury
Mohawk ss4s s
As the
and stronger obvious that the Mohawk
Mercury will sandot classic
Mohawk fans have stopped worrying They the Indians
ter down the Reina Mercedes sailor, who had the
neat trimming IN their opening The victory Reina Mer
cede last Sunday in the second meeting balm
wound inflicted the Interior eleven which had the
but with victory occupy
unique Mohawk ecnrd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

It was no fault OF Jack johnson
that he had an easy path to the title.
Jack himself was so capable, and the
contemporary crop Of white heavy
weights was, so poor that 1t was
only a matter of getting them into
ring with him. Burns was too
small for him, and yet Tommy
actually gave Johnson hts hardest
real battle.
For Jeffries, while he had gotten
himself into unbelievably good phy-
steal condition, had forgotten all he
ever knew about boxing when he
met Johnson, and it was like q pro-
fessional boxing champion trying out
a raw novice when Jack beat him.
This leaves Dempsey and Fitz-
simmons to account for. Dempsey
had no leadpipe cinch reaching the
top. He had to beat Gunboat Smith,
when the Gunner was good; Carl
Morris, when Carl had a good fight
in him; Battling Levinsky, clever
and a fairly hard hitter; X. o. Bill
Brennan, a rather tough trial
horse" Billy Miske, a tough one.
But then Dempsey won most Of his
fiThts in short order. He got little
re-, opposition. Witness the Fulton
fiP '.
But Fitz! An, Fitiz had the
hard, circuitOus road to the cham
piOnsIlip! Bob had to lick the
hard-hitting Peter Maher; Jim
Hall, Dan CreedOn, Joe Godfrey,
all when they were at their best.
OF course, BOb's battles not in the
heavyweight class must be
counted, for It must be remem-
bered that Bob was little more
than middleweigI1t at his heaviest
and ne had to go to the top
through practically three classes.
He had to fight his way clean
through one before he could clamcr
for recognition in the class above,
whereas the other heavyweights
suffered no such handicap.
And when F1tzsimmons finally
did get his big fight he had to beat
real worlds champion who was
at the very peak OF his fighting
career, Jim Corbett. Gentleman
Jim" was no burned-out champion
when he faced Fitz. Nay, nor was
he for long time afterward.
And so, in my opinion, Fitz trav.
eied the hardest road to the cham.
pionship.
] Poor old Fitz, by the way, never
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Next TO Jeffries, jess Willard
had the easiest path to the heavy
weight throne. Willard was
managed into it, pil0ted into it, II
you win. by Jack Curley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
BRANDON ON PROGRAM OF VETERANS BENEFIT.

Gov. William W. Br nucn Friday will make his first official visit to Birmingham. He will make 10- minute talk Friday night the bene- fit for Woodrow Wilson Post, Ma tional Disabled Soldiers league, at th- Jefferson theatre. Four ac's of professional vaude vile and num- Der of Birmingham talent acts are also on the program. Two of the professional acts will be furnished by the management of the Lyric theatre and two by Loew's Bijou. Among Bir- mingham ts'ont features are the T. c. l. male chorus, Percy Rosenberger. Violet Nappi and Amy Fox.
 J. H. Settle, district passenger agent for the Louisvilla and Nash vile Railroad company, will escort Governor Brandon to Birmingham and entertain him during his stay. The governor will be accompanied by Col. Hartley Moon, adjutant general and Col. W. P. Screws.
 Tickets are on sale at ,he Jeffer- son theatre. Posters announcing the show will be distributed by the Boy Scouts during the week. Proceeds will be used to aid disabled soldiers whose government compensation claims have not been adjusted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
BAPTIST COMMISSION TO DISCUSS SEMINARY AT MARCH MEETING

Propriety of establishing another Baptist Theological seminary in the south will be discussed at a meet ing in Birmingham next month of a commission composed of one mem Der from each of the southern states and the District of Columbia, ac- cording to Rev. James F. Dillard of Birmingham, the Alabama member.
 This commission was appointed last May by the Southern Baptist convention at Jacksonville, Fla, with Dr. James M. Shelburne of Danville, Va, former president of Howard col lege, as chairman. Each member is obtaining data on church sentiment regarding establishing the seminary. The commission will report to the Baptist convention at Kansas City in May.
 Expenditure of from s2.500,000 to $5,000,000 will be necessary to build the seminary and endow it, should the commission decide that it shall be erected. pr. billiard said No def mite announcement is ready now, according to Dr. billiard. He said Birmingham, Macon and Richmond asked favorable action on their pe- titions for location of the seminary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
FINCHER AGAIN TELLS OF ENCOUNTERING GIRL

Faced in his cell at the county jail by his relatives and relatives of May Bell McCullougfih, 16 years old, of Lincoln, Ala, Gordon Flncner, Talla- degaf county farmer. charged with killing the girl, late Friday night re- peated his weird tale of Wednesday night of his connection with her weath. He reasserted that he passed death. He reasserted that he passed was killed.
 Fncher's statement Friday night was made after he had sent for off cers and told them he would tell all de knew of the case if his relatives were present. His father A. E. Fincher his brother. J. D. Fineher, and z. k. Bum, the girls stepfather. arrived in Birmingham Friday night in response to a call from State Law Enforcement Officer Walter K. Me- Adory. Fincher then made a state- ment similar to the one made on Wednesday night The statement was incoherent and irrational, off cers say, and contained nothing other than a repetition of what he said Wednesday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
WUxTRY! PRISONER LIKES
 WEGREA AND GOES BACK
Prisoners. attentlon!

Prisoners. attentionl
 Hear ye-if ye contemplate serv- ing a term for the state, either of your own free will to save board bills or at the behest of some learned jurist, hearken unto Jim Poole, negro.
 Jim just finished 15 months at Wegrea and he likes it so well he's going back. Oh, no, not as a prison CT this time--but as a cook. Jim is highly pleased with Wegrea and rec ommends it to all considering do ing a stretch"
 Jim stated that he was especially pleased with the way he was treated by w. A. Gibson, warden. Jim S service consisted of four months for violating the liquor laws and the remainder for shooting a watchman at Opelika.
 Jim is seriously considering ..dver- Using Wegrea as a place for tourists and an exceptionally delightful place in which to spend cold days Jim cooked most of the time he was in prison which may account for his complete satisfaction with his re- cent abode.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
CIVIL SERVICE BODY WILL PLUNGE INTO.
 DUTIES ON MONDAY.
Organization, Appointment of Department Committees and Hearing of Charges
 on Program

Birmingham's civil service com mission will begin work without de- lay Monday night following organ ization, hearing charges preferred by Fire Chief J. L. Akin against two firemen, alleging neglect of duty. Election of chairman and secretary is expected to result in naming of John W. Altman, senior member of the commission, as chairman, with Joe L. Lacy of Pratt City, two-year member, sec retary. Promotion and ~demotion committees of the police and fire departments are also to be named Monday night.
 Burruss New Member
 Henry Page Burruss, former city commissioner, has been asked to at tend the meeting Monday night in anticipation of being named tlR four year member Tuesday morning at the city commission meeting. He will succeed Albert L. Reese, who resigned Saturday because of conflicting night work and other personal reasons. Members of the commission commit ted themselves to his election Sat urday.
 Mir, Burruss has been connected with the county and city school sys- tems for more than twenty five years. having been the independent superintendent of the West End school from 1907 until 1910, when West End was annexed to Birming- ham. He continued as principal of the school until elected an associate city mmissioner in 1917. Entering the race for the presidency of the comlniss ssion in the fall of 1921, he was defeated in a three-cornered race between D. E. McLendon, present commission head. and pr. N. A. Bar rett. formerly president of the board.
 NJ. c. Tucker and R. M. Bernell, the two firemen to be given a hearing before the board Monday night, are charged by Chief Akin with having reported for duty Sunday morning while intoxicated. They were dis charged Monday morning, but the or der was changed to suspension Fri day afternoon when Chief Akin learned he had acted in conflict with the civil service act.
 Speculation was rife Saturday among police and fire department personnel on probable appointments to promotion and demotion commit tees. No announcement as to make up of these bodies will be made un- til Monday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
.PRESBYTERIANS PLAN
 TO ATTEND MEETING. SET FOR FLORIDA CITY.

Birmingham Presbyterians Sunday will send delegation to Jackson vile, Fla. to attend the eighth bi- ennial convention of tho laymen's missionary movement of the Southern Presbyterian church to be held Tues day and Wednesday. Among those who will attend from Birmingham are w. L. Sibley, J. R. Dreher. M. l.. McAllister. Miss Mary Bryan, Miss Ashcraft. Mrs. Moran and Leslie Dee.
 This meeting is one of six regional conferences which have supplanted one large convention. according to NJ. L.. McAllister of the Third Presby- terian church, member of the com mittee arranging for Birmingham persons to attend. Other members are Harry T. McBroom, South High land church, and Clyde P. Loranz, Vine Street church.
 Birmingham holds the honor of having entertained the first conven- tion in 1907, when the movement was started. Until last summer it had no official connection with the Southern Presbyterian church. which then rec ognized the work of the movement as the department of inspiration" of the permanent committee on men 5 work.
 Those going to Jacksonville can ar range for accommodations in a spe- cial Pullman car over the Southern railway, MT. McAllister said Satur- day.
 Dr. William Ray Dobyns, pastor of South Highland Presbyterian church. returned to the city Saturday from Houston and Little Rock, where he delivered addresses before regional conferences. He is scheduled to speak at another conference March l, 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18
PRIZE SLOGAN STRESSES
 CIVIC PRIDE AND SERVICE IN STREET CAR CONTEST

For civic prids. safety, service and saving" won first prize in the slogan contest inaugurated early in January by the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company to deter mine the best reasons for riding street cars in preference to auto mobiles. Names of prize winners are published elsewhere in this issue Of The Age-Herald
 More than 7,500 slogans were sub mitted, company officials said. Six teen persons won prizes, ranging from s1O0, $50. s25. $15. S10. s5 and ten of S1. Judges were Eugene l.. Brown. J. Frank Rushton and w. J. Adams.
 Noticeable increase in passenger traffic has resulted from the contest. it is stated, since attention has been called to various ways in which it is regarded as advantageous to pat roniZe the street cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18

Broadcasting station WSY of the Alabama Power company and Love man, Joseph &s Loeb will broadcast the speeches of Col. Paul Henderson, Second Assistant Postmaster Gen eral and W. Irving Glover, Third As sistant Postmaster General at the postal conference convention of Ala bama at the First Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, ac- cording to Postmaster R. B. smyer
 Gov. W. W. Brandon will welcome the 2,o00 delegates expected to at tend on behalf of the state. and D. D.. McLendon. president of the city com mission, will welcome them for the city.
 The convention will last one day, The principal session will be held during the afternoon. when the visit ing assistant postmasters general will address the assembly on Postal Transportation" and Your Business and My Business" respectively. Other speakers will be J. b. Moore, presi- dent of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and w. F. Black, secre- tary or the Montgomery chamber Of commerce. R. B. Smyer, Birmingham postmaster, will preside. Dr. George R. Stuart will pronounce the invoca- tion. The program will be concluded with the singing of Swing Low. Sweet Chariot" by quartet of negro postal workers.
 NThe morning session will be de- voted to group meetings of the vari- ous departments of the service. In vitations to attend this convention have been sent to business men, civic organizations. public officials and large mailers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-18

State Senator Walter s. McNeil of Fayette spent Saturday in Bir- mingham. As a member of the legislatures recess committee on education, he is keenl. interested in the important work tha tfaces this body. Other senate members of the committee include Senator Inzer of Etowah, Senator Adams of Chiffon and Senator Hudgins of Coffee.
 "The committee has not yet de- cided definitely upon a date for meeting," said Senator McNeil, "but before we left Montgomery there was tentative decision to as semble at th, capital April to be- gin to outline plans. The ccommit- tee members expect to T-isit the various educational institutions of the state in order to make a gen
 sral survey of their needs and make recommendati1 to the leg islature accordingly.
 "There is no question but what the committee has a very impor-
 ant work before it and its selec- tion by the legislature was un- doubtedly a wise act. It is not right that the representatives of the various schools should have to spend SC much time at the capital during sessions of the legislature in order to convince members of their needs. It would be much bet ter to have a general survey of the needs made after careful study by specialu committee and then carry through the program without interference.
 "As to the textbook question, that, of course, has not been gone into In fact, there has been noth- ing definite done and the policy of the committee will probably not begin to shape itself definitely until after the members get to- gether for their work"