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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
AUBURN ALUMNI
 PLAN BIG MEET
RumOred That Changes In Coaching Staff May
 Result

Auburn alumni are expecting to hold the largest mass meeting in the history of this city in the auditorium of the new Chamber of Commerce building at 8 o'clock Thursday evening. An nouncement has been made that reme- dies for the poor athletic showing made by the Plainsmen in the football season just closed will be suggested and the much vaunted Auburn Spirit" Is ex- pected to bring practically every local graduate to the Fifth avenue home of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Henry T. Debardeleben, president of the Jefferson County alumni associa- tion, will preside and it is rumored that drastic changes in the coaching staff of the Tiger team will be request ed of the college authorities. Alumni from all sections of the state are ex- pected to be on hand to counsel with local graduates as to the course to pur- sue in restoring Auburn to its place ln the lead of southern football.
 Keen disappointment that Auburn failed to win a single one of its more important games is expressed every where by graduates and number of plans seeking the improvement of the team have been suggested and will be put into shape and presented at the meeting.
 President Debardeleben urges that every person who has ever been a stu dent in the Village of the Plains be present at the meeting and promises that their suggestions will have the strongest possible support if accepted by the assembled body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
CLASS FOOTBALL
 AT WOODLAWN
Varsity Men Working Hard With
 Various Teams

The Woodlawn, varsity men are do- ing their stuff with the class football. Several of them are coaching each of the teams.
 Potts" Levvy. Clarke, Rhudy and Knight are seeing the seniors through and are giving them hard workouts every day, hoping that they will be able to show the others up when the time comes in about the next ten days.
 The Juniors and Sophmores each have five coaches and are also getting hard workouts. Nunnally, Chandler, Griffin, Burns and Allen were selected for the juniors, while Wilson, Chap pie, Poe, James and Jones are piloting the Sophs. The Freshmen are not put ting out a team this year.
 Lawrence Fitzpatrick, this years as- sistant manager, has been elected man. ager for the Junior Colonels for next year. For assistant-manager James Hill was selected. Coaches Hood and Kelly seemed we'll pleased with the results.
 Last night the entire Junior Colonel clan turned out to the Alabama Alumni dinner at the Country club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
BAMA HAS BEST DEFENSE RECORD
Nearly Doubles Rest Of Conference In
 Scoring
(By Associated Press)

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 3.-Southern conference football teams scored 90a points in games played in the confer. ence, only one team, the University o1 Mississippi, failing to score.
 Alabama was the leading scorer with 1894 points, followed by Washington and Lee with S3, Tulane with 30 and the University of Georgia with 67, Georgia playing six games and the oth- CTS five each. V. P. l., in seven games is credited with 65 points but the SCOT ing was done in four contests, for the Gobblers played three scoreless ties.
 Alabama also boasts the, best defen. sive record with one touchdown scored against the Crimson, this by Kentucky. V. F. I. has the next best record being charged with IS points. Washington Lee and Dulane each had 21 points scored against them. Florida has only one touchdown on the liability side but has played only two games. Ten teams scored more points than were scored against them.
 V. P. I. won the contest for draw games being the only team in the con- ference to have more than one. With V. F. I. three accounted for no other conference games were participated in by Washington and Lee, Georgia Tech, Auburn, V. M. l. and Florida.
 Points scored with the number of games played as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
FRAT ELEVENS E. WORKING HARD

Proctor Barnett has been elected cap tain of the Alpha Sigma Delta Fra ternity football team. Proctor has been playing all season with the University high school team, but when the high school season ended, he went out strong for his fraternity team.
 Henry Callahan captain of Phi Sigma Tau's sport teams last season, was elected to pilot that fraternity again this year. Ever since the organi- xation of the Phi Sigma Tau, three years ago, Jew" Callahan has been the outstanding man in all sports. Calla- han was a scrub on the Phillips teams this season.
 The other two fraternities compos- ing the inter-fraternities are also get ting ready to participate in the frater- nity sports The Kappa Theta Phi and the Phi Delta Pi are both organizing strong elevens to compete with the other fraternities. The Kappa Theta Phi has "Ox" Taylor and Gus Wingo, who both made fair showing as subs to the Phillips team, and the Phi Delta Pi has Sam Perry and "Juny" Hood, who showed up good in the Philliaps subs.
 The Alpha Sigma Delta and the Phi Sigma Tau are the first of this league to play. They are scheduled to hold their combat Saturday afternoon at Underwood park. The winner of this interesting contest will play the win ner of the encounter between the Kappa Theta Phi and the Phi Delta Pi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
HARDY ELECTED
 ENSLEY CAPTAIN
Ziegler Named Alternate By Championship
 Squad

The Ensley High School Yellow Jack cts have elected Raymond Hardy to lead them into the grid battle for the season of 1925. Hardy has been the faithful center for the Yellow Jackets for three years, and he has played a remarkable prep game during this time. \ Hardy was prominently recommended for all state and made the second team as picked by numerous critics. Louis Ziegler was elected alternate captain. Next season will be Ziegler's third year on the Yellow Jacket eleven.
 noon when the Yellow Jackets met at the Ensley High school. Hardy easily deserves the honor which has been bestowed upon him by his team mates and under him the Yellow Jackets should put out another victorious team like Captain Scott put fourth this sea- son.
 Hardy's work was especially notica- ble on the offense. Many of the local fans say that he played the best of fensive game at center that has been played by any high school center in the state, and this statement don't miss 1t far, He showed himself a consistent player by his continuance of good work fin every game on the Jackets card.
 Coaches Cannon Ball" White of the victorious Jackets believes that i'll Hardy he has a good successor to the victorious Captain Scott. However, while Scott had a veteran team this season, it means that Hardy must face the handicap of fairly green crew next year as so many of the veterans will graduate from ''the old school this spring. Some of the best backs in the state leave Ensley this year to join various college teams, but it is not doubted that with Hardy as their leader onto the great battle fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
|PETEY SARRON
 DEFEATS BURKE
Community Chest Boxing Show Is Big
 Success

Petey Sarron took the decision from Red Burke Wednesday evening in thelr ten round scrap at the Birmingham Attn letic club for the benefit of the Com munity Chest.
 Sarron clearly outpointed his man, using, mainly, a steady stream of hooks which repeatedly had the courageous Irishman in distress. If Burke had as much skill as he has courage and grit, he would be world champion, but his lack of speed, save in willingness for wild infighting, tells too heavily against him.
 Sarron left the fight unmarked, though he had absorbed many volleys of telling blows. Burke will show for some days what he went through.
 In the wrestling bout that opened the bill, Young Harrington threw Tom Lacey, one fall in eight rounds, the sound of the gong at the end of the eighth round preventing Lacey from get ing a draw for he had Harrington thrown and Referee Claude Hendricks s hand was stretched to give him the fall.
 Both wrestlers did world of pretty work, breaking loose time after time when a fan seemed certain. Fate was against Lacey for his work deserved better than the loss marked against him. It was a well applied hammer-lock in the fifth that brought Harrington his win.
 Kelly And Sarron Draw
 Young battling Kelly, back in the ring after many months absence, weathered first round storm furnished by Steve Sarron and won through to draw in their four rounder. Steve landed three wallops as the boys went together that were enough to win for anybody, but Kelly saved himself by good footwork, some clever boxing, ty- ing up his man when they clinched. He got his strength back as the fight pro- pressed and swapping punch for punch and exhibiting some fine infighting earned a draw.
 Big Boy Edwards found the going rough with Jack Phillips, taking two lips had wicked left that landed too often. Edwards has not been in the ring for many months and his lack of condition told against him. Wallace Beery, movie star, refereed the bout, dhu gave the ueclSlon to Inll- | lips before the gong sounded for the fourth, It would have been useless for the fight to continue and the actor was applauded for ending the fight.
 Spark Plug had little trouble in dis. posing of Terry Shaw, knocking his man out in the second round. Shaw put uT good scrap but Sparky had too much reach for him.
 Bogy Saab's opponent failed to show LID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
Georgia Peach Invented
 Several Different Slides
Ty Cobb Always Watched Eyes Of Opposing
 Infielder Rather Than Position

ficult at first. Like everything else he mastered the art of sliding by long and constant practice.
 Did It Mechanically
 q worked at it until sliding came as second nature to me. l would al- ways slide in a game, slide when there was no occasion for it. l did thls so I would slide naturally. Nearing a base I would hit the dirt without thinking about it. I knew I would not nave time to think about it. I learned to slide past fielders just as would dodge around pedestrians if running in the street. would dodge around them without pausing to make up my mlnd what to do. I wanted to slide the same way, and I learned it. slid automatic ally, naturally. I first learned the ordinary, orthodox slide into base. Then I decided l would have to i'm prove on that to get bigger percent age in running bases. I learned to slide on the outside and hook my toe in the corner of the bag as I passed. It took me long time to learn it, for this slide required judgment of distance. Your take-off has to be right and your direction accurate. It means quick ac- tion. I learned to slide on the inside of the bag and on the outside, always away from the spot where the fielder would take the throw"
 He perfected other slides later on, his fadeway and other variations. Couldn't Outguess Him
 Infielders became acquainted with Cobb's slides, but to outguess him on them in order to tag him was like outguessing Christy Mathewson's de- livery to hit him. And then, one day, Cobb made a slide several feet out side the infielder. He slid past t1s bag. The infielder lunged after him. Suddenly Cobb threw his body on the outside. away from the pursuing fielder and touched the bag with his hand. He had invented another slide:
 Few men have been as supple as Cobb. He seemed like Rudyard Kiplnig's "Injia rubber ball." He was quick as a cat" Few infielders have ever hand led him successfully as a base runner. There never was another man as diff ficult to tag.
 Cobb introduced the method of slid ing to first. He started doing this on close plays. That was another one of Cobb's innovations that seemed foolish to his profession at first but Cobb had his own intelligent reason for it.
 With a runner crossing first in an upright position, the umpire has the runner and the ball in the same line of vision. If the runner slides what's the result? If the ball is coming to the first baseman waisthigh, as it generally is, or higher, the umpire has to look at the ball and then change his line of vision and look down at the runner. He loses either the runner or the ball; he can't see both at the same instant. And if the throw is low the runner sliding will raise a cloud of dust that prevents the umpire seeing the ball."
 The majority of players now slide into first on close plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
AMATEURS LOSE
 TO BRITISH PROS
Duncan And Mitchell Barely Beat Jones And
 Ouimet

,ASHEVILLE, N. C., Dec. B. George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, Brit ish professional golfers, defeated Bobby Jones, national amateur champion, and Francis Oumit, Boston amateur, here today 2 and 1 in a 36 hole exhibition golf match.
 The professionals led four up at the end of IS holes due largely to US by Duncan but lost ground in the after noon. Oumit at the 10th hole this afternoon trimmed the margin to a sin gle hole with sensational putt. The match on the 17th, but Ouimet's putt ended the play.
 This afternoon on the fifteenth hole Jones and Mitchell both drove over a road 330 yards from the tee.
 Ouimet got a birdie two on the second hole this morning and the anna teurs held their own through the first nine holes, but on the second nine the professionals broke loose, taking the 18th, 14th, 18th and 16th holes. Dun can got two birdies and two pars on these holes.
 Outdistanced from the tee, Jones and Ouimet were much surer on their pitch-and run shots than were the Britishers with their high pitches, which refused to bite into the hard greens. Ouimet showed his command of butter in the afternoon when a half dozen dropped from the edge of the green and gave him 71, the low score of the second round. Mitchell was in a putting slump and struggled in vain to make even the short ones drop. Jones showed flashes of his brilliance, but was not playing his usual golf.
 The best ball of the Britishers for the 36 was 6G-69; for the amateurs, 6S-6S; for the foursome 63-65. Indi- vioual cards for the match:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04

Baronial moguls, camping at present within the confines of Hartford, Conn. where the minor leaguers are holding their annual confabs, are turning loose kale and raking in ball players with more or less reckless abandon according to information received here Wednesday night. The Barons will real. ly be a strong contender next season.
 Besides three players purchased from the Rochester club of the International League, the local magnates bought Charlie Hall, right handed twirler, from Sacramento, of the Pacific Coast league, and High, outfielder from Co lumbus, of the American association, Wednesday night.
 The trio of stars coming from Roch- ester of the International, were Johnny Jenkins, third sacker, Alvin Crowder, right handed pitcher, and Berney Grlf- fin, outfielder.
 Five New Ones
 This gives the Barons at least five new and tried baseball stars to start their rejuvenation work on, and the start seems to auger well for the com ing season. But they are not through as yet. The deals with Sacramento and Columbus, in which they obtained Hall and High, were not completed until late Wednesday.
 Hall has been one of Sacramento s best for several seasons, and should easily make good with rush in the Southern. The right-hander was with St. Paul, of the American association for several years, and hence has been in fast company for quite few sea sons. High was bought to play one off the regular outfield positions for the Barons next spring, and Carlton Moles- worth, former local manager, recOm- mended the outfielder very highly to the Baronial moguls. Moley stated that High would be star in Dixie's major during the coming season.
 Columbus To Play Here
 It was also announced that, alo}g with the already promising spring ex- hibition menu mapped out for Rick wood, as announced Tuesday morning, the Barons would play Columbus in a series of games as the association team starts northward next spring. Four games will be played and will take place on April 8, 9, 10 and Il, immed- lately following the game between the championship New York and Washing ton clubs.
 The trio purchased by the Barons from Rochester will certainly bolster the local club, and fill the vacancies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
By H. G. SALSINGER

By H. G. SALSINGER
 A N infielder can stand in a wrong A position, He can fool base run
 ner by his attitude. But the ln- fielder's eyes can not deceive.
 Ty Cobb knew, of course, that to catch a ball a man has to have h1s eye on the ball and, therefore, while the infielder may not be standing in the path of the ball and while his hands may not be in position to make the catch. his eyes will be following the ball and by watching the mans eyes the rupner not alone can tell what direction the ball is taking, but he can also discover how near the ball IS to the infielder.
 Cobb decided to concentrate his at tention on the eyes and pay no at tention to the position of the infielder This he did. By watching the eyes of the man covering the base, Cobb dis covered the direction of the ball and then he changed his course so that .he( came in the direct line of the ball. He ran so that he would come between the ball and the man waiting to catch it.
 This plan had a double advantage. There was the chance of Cobb hiding the ball momentarily from the infield- CT and thus making possible a tumble or misjudgment, and there was the chance of the ball hitting Cobb. As Cobb was in the direct line of vision the infielder had to watch Cobb as well as the ball, providing he could see the ball.
 None Hit As Often
 Often during his career has Cobb been hit by thrown ball. There was never 6 player hit as often and the reason Is given in the preceding paragraphs. Cobb travelled ahead of the ball, and if the play was close the chance was all ways that Cobb and the ball met.
 Several times Cobb has reached a base, or scored, by kicking ball. Five times in one season Cobb scored on a play like this. One time. in a game be- tween Detroit and Philadelphia, with J. Franklin Baker playing third base, Cobb got in the line of the ball. The throw was bit faster than Cobb and he slid the ball struck the ground just ahead of him and bounded up. As the ball arose Cobb kicked. His spikes struck the ball and it rolled into the Detroit dugout. Cobb got up and walked home. Baker protested. The umpires said it was an accident, as it was i'm possible for Cobb to deliberately kick the ball while sliding. Baker lost his argument, but he was not convinced. He knew-so did Cobb.
 By watching the infielder's eyes Cobb also judged his sliding. If he thought the ball would beat him to the bag he slid in the opposite direction from the |one in which the irfielder's gaze was focused.
 Cobb had developed nine different slides. This thing of sliding came diff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
Baron Mogrls Purchase
 Five Experienced Players
Charlie Hall, Pitcher, and High, Outfielder.
 Latest Buys Of Local Magnates

which will be left when several of the Birmingham players are sold.
 Griffin Is Tech Star
 Berney Griffin, the outfielder of the group, starred with Georgia Tech a few seasons back, and then played in south Alabama. He should make good and be a popular member of the local club. Griffin hit .29O in 476 times at bat in the International, and sand wiched in quite few extra vase hits. He is a speed merchant.
 Jenkins, prospective third-sacker, has been with Rochester for two years, ana clouted ,298 in S2 games last season. He should be worthy successor to Pete Brausen at the hot corner. The right handed twirled, Alvin Crowder, is youngster with considerable promise. He was with Waterbury, Conn.,, during the past season, having gone there from Winston -Salem, N. C., where he won seven out of 10 games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
LACK BRITTON WINS
By Ripley

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3.-Attempt- ing a comeback, Jack Britton, veteran former welterweight champion, outboxed Sailor Billy Vincent, claimant to the all-navs title, and took the decision in the main event at Vernon, Arnea, last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04

Points scored aga;nst: Alabama, z; V.P. l., IS; Washington and Lee, 21 {; Sewanee, 21; North Carolina, 23; Vir- ginia, 27; V. M. l., %; Georgia Tech, 31; Maryland, 31; Georgia, 3S; South Carolina, 35; Vanderbilt, 40; Auburn, 40; Tulane, 40; Louisiana State A ; Mississippi A. and M., 53; Clemson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
FINLEY BEATS
 JACK SHEPPARD

LEXINGTON, Ky, Dec. 3.-(Spe- riai: ,,aiaG. :1IJimmy h flniey, southern weiterc q slashing ten round bout against Jack Sheppard here last night. FinAey scored a knockdown in the ninth round but Sheppard weathered the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04

66; Kentucky, 6S; North Carolina State, "A; Tennessee, 93; University of Mississippi, TOP.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
MGRAW WOULD
 CHOOSE HORNSBY
Says St. Louis Star More Valu-
 able Than Vance

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-John J. Me Graw, manager of the Giants cham pions of the National league, returned from Europe on the Leviathan yester- day in time to disagree with the verdict of the newspaper committee that Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the most valuable National league basel ball player in 1924.
 T regard Rogers Hornsby as far more valuable player than Vance," said McGraw. Il would pick Hornsby first if l had the job of making up team of National 1eaguers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
BABY NAMED CAPTAIN

FAYETTE, Ark, Dec. 3.-Herman Bagby, half back of the University of Arkansas football team, was elected cap- tain of the Razorbacks eleven for 1925.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-23

democatic committees New York head
quarters filed with the secretary of
state today, showed contributions of
$74S, 535 and expenditures of $S41, 1O3.
The committee borrowed $4,000 and
received in bad checks $442.
On November 20, the committee had
bank balance of $62,99O, and the
statement listed liabilities of S2O4, 1927
T'sfsSzfz 20 ssuUCu Inc pIkU,UUU IN
loans, bringing the total liabilities to
1924 1927. Deducting che bank balance
from their amount revealed the total
apparent liabilities as 1921, 1897.
The John w. Davis headquarters in
New York City reported receipts of
$3,7S4 and expenditures of $2,9S2. The
balance was turned over to the national
committee.