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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
 BOUT MATCHED Two Welters To Battle At B. A. c. On OctO.
 Der 6

Heeding the pleas of Young Jack Dillon for a return engagement in Bir- mingham, Birmingham Athletic club of, ficials have matched him with Finley for a ten-round engagement. The battle will take place in the B. A. C.. gym Monday night, October 6.
 The decision of the club officials was reached when it was remembered that Finley and Dillon fought one of the most sensational draws ever staged here with Dillon being the aggressor most of the time. Due to the fact that Dillon handed Johnny McGinty a de, cisive beating when the latter had chalked up victory aver Finley, the officials figured that maybe Dillon could hand Finley the lacing that many Birmingham fans have thought was coming to him for some time.
 Dillon Going Good
 Dillon is going better right now than at any time in his career and is at pres ent getting ready for an invasion of the east, meeting some of the best welters New York can trot forth. Immediately after he knocked out Benny Saloff of Cincinnati in Louisville last Monday night, his contract with Weber Brothers as managers expired. He announced that he had signed a new contract with Frank Carricato, manager and owner of the Kentucky Athletic club gymnasium and Jimmy Luntzel, sports writer on the Louisville Courier Journal, as co-managers.
 With two such established fighters as headliners, and working on fine pre- liminary and semi-windup card the club officials believe that they will play to capacity house Monday night week. Finley and Dillon fought to capacity house on their other other appearance and McGinty and Finley battled to a full attendance. The three cards before the Levy.Wilson attraction had every seat filled in the gymnasium. Give the Birmingham fans quality stuff and they will see to 1t that quantity attendances are rung up. Working on this theory the club officials persuaded Finley to accept Dillon's challenge.
 DiIlon's Letter
 The latter's letter to the club hurling a challenge at Finley, follows:
 Dr. Dave Evans, Birmingham Athletic
 Club, Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir: l am now under the per sonal direction of MT. Frank Carricato. manager and owner of the Kentucky Athletic club gymnasium of this city. and Jimmy Luntsel. sports writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal, and the southern boxer. As you probably know. l formerly was managed by the Weber Brothers.
 I am very anxious to make another showing before the boxing fans of Bir- mingham, and prefer my next engage ment with Jimmy Finley, whom I think I will defeat in another fight. As you will remembery McGinty boxed Finley reason for believing that I will not have much trouble with Finley. Yours truly,
 YONG JACK DILLON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
BULLDOGS MEET
 NORMAL ELEVEN
Howard Gridders Te Stage Week Of Hard
 Practice

The curtains have fallen on the sad dest episode in the career of the Bull dog. With his loyal heart paying hom- age to the dead, he has kept his watch beside the grave of his departed mas- ter. And now the Bulldog stalks forth from his vigil, but held enshrined within his memory is the image of Harris G. Cope, for two years head coach at How ard college.
 It has been a dismal weekend for the Bulldog. While others have fought their battles on Dixie gridirons, he has remained idle, keeping his watch at the bier of Coach Cope. For the first time in several years. Towards football team has been idle after the start of the season. The Bulldog usually open earlier than most elevens and close as late.
 Meet Jacksonville
 Next Saturday will see a resumption of campaigning of the Bulldogs. State Normal of Jacksonville will invade Berry field, and a week of hard prepara. ton for the game faces the Bulldogs. Jacksonville Saturday started it's 1924 season in glowing fashion, trouncing the strong University of Chattanooga outfit, Ii to 13. That does not augur well for the Bulldogs.
 The Bulldogs will again perform on their home gridiron next Saturday, meeting State Normal on Berry field. It will be the return visit of. Normal, as Howard visited that team at Anniston last fall.
 Towards football status remains just about the sames after it's week of in- activity. There are still two varsity teams reporting for practice, with few over, the personnel of which has re- mained unchanged. The first lineup will probably be used against State Normal, barring injuries during the coming week.
 Line-Up
 Here is them which is expected to start for Howard Saturday:
 Lollar and Shepherd or Williams, ends.
 Spicer and Kelly, tackles.
 Stubbs and Brock or L. Brewster, guards.
 c. Brewster, center.
 Stevens, quarterback.
 McCarty and Socket, halves.
 Casey; fullback.
 That is the first team of the Bull dogs. Reserve material is as yet un- proven, and just what additional the Howard coaches are able to muster will not be known until some of the reserves are tried out under heavy fire. In the lineup given above are the letter men, and that constitutes about the entirely of Towards ex- perienced material
 Face Difficult Task
 Coaches Gillem and Sessions face a difficult situation at Howard, and success for the pair will require the highest degree of cooperation. Fol lowing in the footsteps of a man like Harris G, Cope adds difficulty to the task. of anyone, and that's the problem that faces Jenks Gillem.
 The Bulldogs like Gillem thorough ly, and cooperation is pledged fEom the start. Tram Sessions has made an in- stant hit with the Howard gridders, and both coaches are expected to win the respect and help of the squad from the start.
 The football problem at Howard is a difficult one and badly muddled at present. Whether the Bulldogs have the grit and determination to pull through the situation with colors flying remains to be seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
SIDNEY LANIER
 DEFEATS RAINIER

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 27- Especial. l-Laniel High Poets in their first prep engagement of the season defeated Ramer high here today in Cramton Bowl, 21 to o.
 Banner put up a classy exhibition during the entire contest, but the speed ot the Poets topped anything the visit OTIS had to offer.
 Kirtland, with two touchdowns made on brilliant plays with perfect inter ference, was the star of the game. Reeves, at fullback, scored Lanieris touchdown on 10-yard plunge through tackle after O'Brien. quarter, had tax. en it to within scoring distance on a long end run. Milligan, center, Har. rod, end, Cook, quarter, Dean, half. and Morrell, full, played excellently for Banner.
 Kaminsky, half for Lanier, made all three tries for point after touchdown good.
 Lanier's next game will be with Alex. ander City next Friday.
 The scoring:
 Lanier--0 z ' T-21 Ramer-0 o o O. O
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HIGGENBARTH AND
 CARL TIE N SHOOT

The indoor pistol shooting resulted in q tie between E. Higgenbarth and Carl, each each scoring 90, at the Magic City Rifle and Revolver club. In the shoot off for possession of the button, Carl won out by scoring another 80. l.. Shiflett was a close second with an S6, shooting somewhat below his aver age. Whelden was in third place in this match. D. D. Shiflett and Carnes were close up. P. G. Buchanan shot over the range for the first time and made a very creditable score.
 Starting Wednesday night two ad- ditional matches will be shot, one at rapid fire and one from 20 yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
AGE-HERALD
 MATINEE TO
 BE BIG ONE

1.-TWO of the best announcers in
 the city have been obtained
 for The Age-Herald's World Series matinee have been obtained and plans have been completed for one of the biggest events of its sort ever to be staged in the city. The series will be called from the Twen. ty-first street side of the building from a special scaffold built for the purpose with mammoth score- board erected to depict the progress of the game. Commodore Orcutt and Jack McLane are slated to call the big series play by play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
STRADER WINS !
 WEEKLY SHOOe

Several squads of shooters took part in the trophy shoot at the Birmingham Gun club Saturday afternoon and in spite of the wind which made the tar gets cut all kind of capers, there was some good shooting staged. The 50 target match was a tie between R. 10. Strader and Dr. Frank Nabers with 70 each. Second place went to I. H. Crum with 46 dead birds, while W. P. Fur pin and Dr. I. J. Sellars tied for third place with 45 each The 100 target4 was win for Dr. Nabers who only Tel one target escape him landing e9 ou of the 100. Second place in this matd went to W. P. Turpin who broke of the little clays. Third place wa to l. NJ. Crum with a 90. This trop shoot is staged once each month a this time Dr. Majors carried home trophy on the fine score of 99 whi was mighty fine piece of work for t afternoon,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
WESTERN TEAMS OFF

CHICAGO, Sept. N.-Three of the western conference football teams un- limbered today in practice games to open the 1924 season. The big ten team won easy victories, Purdue being the only squad that needed to put up a fight. The Little Giants travelled over from Wabash to hold the Boilermakers to 21 to count. Wisconsin encoun, tered North Dakota university on slippery field, and won 26 to 0. When Indiana's steam roller finished with Rose Poly the Hoosiers had 65 points and the enemy mona
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s made on the 50 targets
RICHMOND BEATS WATERBURY

HICHMUND, Va, Sept 21,--The Richmond Virginia league champions broke the post-season winning streak of the Waterbury Eastern league pen nant winners here today when they won the second game of the two-same series between the clubs, 1 to 0 h 1l innings. Frank Dodson. who reports to the Gaints' training camp next season. held the conquerors of the BaltimorS Orioles to five scattered hits, walked one man and struck out five. Hd forced the Brasseoa tospOp up In crde in five innings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
STRIBLING WINS
 FROM M'LOUGHLIN

RALEIGH. N. C., Sept. 27-Young Stribling of Macon, Ga, outpointed Vic Mclaughlin of New York by a small margin in 10-round bout here tonight, according to the decision of majority of the newspapermen. The bout was marred by series of clinches, Tor which both fighters were declared to be equally guilty.
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scoring t0uchdoWns, BrOWn, FTour- noy. Place kick after touchdown, Brown. Substitutes, Tulane, Lam. precht for J. Henican, Mclean for V. Robinson, Tourney for Morgan, Mo Lean for Bergeret. Southwestern, Lewis for Dugas, Meaux for Stafford, Croker for Smith, Theriot for Cambre, Crawford for Barr, Barr for Crawford, Cambre for Policeman, Adams for Ia for Lewis. Penalties, Southwestern 20 yards; Tulane 5. Officials, Ernest (Warren Easton); Referee, Coles (Clemson); Umpire, Neale (Massaehu- setts Tech) Head Linesman, Flana- gan (P. S. A. A); Timer, First downs Tulane 12; Southewestern 8.
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Foot Ball Results

Southern Methodist university ', Den, ton Normal 8.
 Sewanee z, Southwestern Presby- terian university O.
 Kentucky Weslyan university 6, Uni. sarsity of Cincinnati 6.
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CLASSY HORSES"
GIRRONS XS. RIIRKE

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27,- Frankie Edwards, local fight promo ter, announced tonight he had signed Tommy Gibbons of St, Paul and Mar, tin Burke of New Orleans for a 15- round bout here October 1o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
'NOOGA BEATEN
 BY JACKSONVILLE
Normal Team TrOunces Moccasins By Score
 Of IA To 13

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 27- Special Normal's foot ball team proved far from the expected setup by defeating the University of Chattanooga eleven by a score of 14 to 1S here today. The visiting team held the locals time after time within their 20-yard line and were on the defense most of the game. McNeer, Jackson vile half, was the chief ground gainer for the visitors, penetrating the Chat. tanooea line for many gains. Quarter back Lewis, Fullback Ditto and Half. back Cannon divided the hOnors with McNes in carrying the ball.
 Both teams fought for every inch of ground, showing excellent spirit. Quar- terback Yarnell Barnes was the star in Chattanooga's offensive play, returning punts. carrying the ball and receiving as well as throwing passes in an effec- tive manner. Rogers made the first touchdown of the game, intercepting forward pass and running S5 yards to a touchdown with several Chattanooga plays at heels. Lewis kicked goal.
 'Nooga Scores
 By use of forward passes and line plunges, Chattanooga scored its first touchdown shortly before the close of the first half, Wallace carrying the ball for the counter. Hale kicked goal, as result 155, 20 and z yards gains in quick succession by Barnes, Chatta- nooga scored it's second and last touch down in the third quarter. Williams missed goal.
 McNees shattered the Chattanooga line in the last quarter and put the ball in scoring distance, Cannon carried 1t over. Lewis won the game by kicking goal for the extra point
 Wig Viers and Wallace were the mainstays of the Chattanooga line and the Jacksonville line.
 Chattanooga (13) Jacksonville {14)
 Lineup AAub '''''s'. Rogers
 Left End / ANoItOn Sherrer
 Left Tackle NalhlSen '....,., .,.,............ Wick
 Left Guard w. Nlers ......,,.......... Alverson
 Center ~NNNS '''' . . GulSOu
 Right Guard wallace ....,............. Phillips
 Right Tackle wyatt ''',.......,..... McNees
 Right End Barnes .................. Lewis
 Quarterback A. Smith .....:......,.. Cannon
 Left Half " 'iii"ns ''':::,' :,'...'...,... Powell
 Right Half
 Fullback
 Subs: Chattanooga. Hale for Barnes. Barnes for Hale, Hale for Barnes Jacksonville, Broome for McNees. Me. Nees for Cannon, Cannon for Powell. means for Alverson, Burman for Wick, Lawrence for Burman, Kinds for Sherrer, Gibbs for Rogers. Scores. touchdowns, Rogers, Cannon( both of Jacksonville) Barnes and Wallace both of Chattanooga. Points after .ouchdowns, Hale Chattanooga; Lewis (Jacksonville). officials, Nicholson Tennessee) referee, Dobbs; umpire. Bales (ChattanoO1a) ]. head linesman
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TULANE OPENS
 WITH I4-O WIN
Captain Brown Leads Greenies
 To Victory Over Southwestern

NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 27.- Especial. )-Tulane university opened the season here today with 14 to o victory over Southwestern of La Fay cite, La. The visitors put up a stiff fight but their forward passing game failed them at critical times. Captain Brown led the Tulane team to victory with his sweeping end runs. He scored the first touchdown of the game in the second period with a 9 yard run around right end.
 Captain Brown made the second touchdown possible in the last period when he ran sixty yards through a broken field. The touchdown came just at the final whistle. Lautenschlaeger shot a 15 yard pass to Flournoy who caught the hall behind Southwesterns s goal line. The ball was in the air at the whistle. Brown scored the other points on place kicks.
 Uses Many Substitutes Coach Shaughnessy used many sub stitutes in his line. Tulane did very little passing, depending mostly upon line plays and end runs for her gains. Captain Cagle, of Southwestern, re- lied chiefly upon passing but Tulane showed defense against the open style. Bujard was the chief ground gainer for Southwestern, making re- peated gains through center.
 Tulane scored twelve first down against Southwestern's eight.
 Lineups and summary: Southwestern O.. Position Tulane IA StaIIQru ......,1..,,,.. Morgan
 Left End
 Left tackle
 Tabor ...,,',,.,,,.,,, Robinson
 Leftguard M. Landry ........,....... Phillips
 Center Barr ..,............. Goldsmith
 Right Guard VI eteu .... IdlOOt
 Right Tackle smith wilson
 Right End Cagls Gel sszs~.sss. Lautenschlaeger
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Substitutes For s. P. U.: Custer for Clements; Clements for Custer; Custer for Darden; Glaceran for Adams: Anderson for Redhead.
 Sewanee: Sanders for Aucoin.
 Referee, Bagley; umpire. Bates; head hnesman, Clark.
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NWANEE BEATS
 S.P.U. BY 7 TOO
Barker And Harris Chief Ground Gathers For
 Tigers

SEwANEE, Tenn, Sept. 27.- Especial. )--Ih a drizzling rain which fell throughout the game, Sewanee de- fsated Southwestern Presbyterian uni versity, [ to O, here today, by register ing a lone touchdown and goal in the third quarter, when Barker took an s-yard pass from Harris and ran across the line. Mahoney kicked goal. The Tigers threatened several times, but ragged work at critical moments kept the ball from across the goal. During the first two quarters only one first down was registered and that by the Tigers when Barker slipped through right guard for 15 yards. The Tigers started. off with a rush in the third quarter after Barker re- turned a s. P. U. punt 10 yards to the enemy 46-yard line. Gibbons tore off five over left tackle, Harris four over right tackle and Mahohy four through center for first down. Gibbons then went around left end for eight, and Mahony again delivered through center for three and first down. Har- ris went around right end for six, Gib- bons' around the opposite end for two, and Harris five over left tackle for an- other first down. Mahony and Harris both failed, but Harris tossed pass to Barker for eight yards, who went ftHross the line,
 Complete Five Passes
 The Tigers completed five passes out of fifteen attempts for gain of 6S yards, while S. P. U. tried five and failed on every attempt Mahony out kicked Wilson, averaging 31 yards in seven tries to Wilson's ? yards in Il punts. Sewanee registered eight first downs, while the best s. ?. U. could do was one, when Glaceran went over right guard for five yards after his teammates had made six on two tries. Barker's return of punts was very good, he seldom being stopped without substantial gain. Gene Harris tore off several off tackle and end runs for good gains, while Mahony hit the line like a battering ram on a number of occasions when few yards was needed. 4 lone try for drop kick from the 30-yard line by Mahony failed. Oar den and Adams played the best game for the visitors.
 Summary:
 Sewanee Position s. P. U. EeFfy OAeIuculS
 Left End
 Willard (Capt) ...,........... Elan
 Left Tackle Stanseu .................. J. DAVIS
 Left Guard beHtOu D. 0aNts
 Center
 AucIOu 's'''' s''' s''' zee AootAA
 Right Guard V Young ............ Flemister Capt.
 Right Tackle Gooch .................. Darden
 Right I
 Quarter
 Harris ........,....,,.,. wilson
 Left Half Gibbons .,......,,.....'.. Moore
 Right Half Mahony ..........''',.''' hedhead
 Forward
 Substitutes: For S. P. U.: Custer for Clements; Clements for Custer Custer for Darden; Glaceran for Adams: Anderson for Redhead.
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|OGLETHORPE IS
 HARD TO BEAT
Tech Downs PetreIs 19 To 0 On Wet Field
 At Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 27.-(Special) As solid defense as one wants to ses in the middle of the season, and . sketchy offense that centered in just ons man, Doug Wycoff, fullback, seut the Golden Tornado of Georgia Tech to its first victory of the "A season at Grant field today, when Oglethorpe was beaten, 19 to o. ef
 The offensive was between Wyeoft and Adrian Maurer, speedy captain and halfback of the Stormy Petrels. As they were able to gain, so was the score sure to be. Wycoff hammered, plunged, pounded and battered the Oglethorpe line for three, four, five, ten yard gains and punted to Oglethorp's 10 and 20-yard lines time after time. Maurer tried his hand at the same kind of work, but where Wycoff had pushed through fairly good offense, Maurer failed against II yellow jackets set and ready for him. Both teams were fighting an uphill battle, with the mud and water on the field giving them insecure foot ing and keeping the ball slippery as an eel.
 Petrels Outplayed
 The Petrels were unable to make . first down, while Tech made six. Dur ing the first half Tech wasn't able to get away for a touchdown, but did snatch five points from the Peaehtrea road outfit by a safety and placement, kick goal from the S2-yard line. Teel( was always threatening the Ogleth1op goal line, but didn't have the steam v push it over, especially on the wet fieldt The safety came in the first qusrterS with the placement kick in the second. N1av Dc hndtv Maurer, who was ready to punt from Oglethorpe's 10-yard line, and Maurer was tackled by Poole, center, and Joe Usry, guard, behind the posts for the first two points. Dan Williams kicked the placement goal in the second guar. ter.
 Tech went scoreless in the third quarter, but in the final period broke loose for two touchdowns, adding . point after each. The first touchdown went over on straight football. Seady driving, with Wycoff doing most of 1t, from Oglethorpe's 18-yard line carried the ball to Oglethorpe's 5-yard line for first down. Wilton, quarterback, smashed through left tackle for two yards. Bob Reeves failed to gain, and Wycoff, the player responsible for the, first down, was sent up to score. He did He hit left tackle and when thg pile of yellow and black persies
 separated the ball was over. Willi gained the extra point after touchdd by a placement kick. Tech scored second touchdown just before the
 of the game. Oglethorpe had the b on its own 20-yard line, one yard gaines by Maurer and Kilgore weren't taking the ball out of dangerous territory and pass was signalled. Carroll, 0gle- thorpe end, took it. but lost Is to Con. nally, Techs substitute fullback, bafore it touched the ground, and Connally sped across 20 yards for the touchdown. Angley kicked for the extra point.
 The Lineup and Summary
 Tech (19) oglethorpe (0l
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Touchdowns-Wycoff, Connally (sub- stituting for Williams). Goals from placement, Williams; goals after touch- downs, Williams, Angley .(substitutiral for Willians): Referee, Elcock (D9.y Umpire, Tildmenor (A). Head linesmen, |, Powell (Wis.) Substitutes: Teehx Thorpe for Gardner, Hall for Carpen ter, Connally for Wycoff, Angley fo' Williams Maurray for Wilton, Irwi for Reeves, Barron for Irwin, Mar% shall for Nabelle, King for Msrkle1 Nixon for Ursy. Oglethorpe, HambricR for Hardin, Justus for Grove.