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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
GONZALES SALE
 CAUSES DEBATE

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 29.--A legal sQuabblel loomed as g. possibility today over the sale of Mike Gonzales, star Cuban catcher. by the St. Paul club of the American association to the ma jors. ..s. t.s '@
 The Saints sold Gonzales several days ago to the Cincinnati Nationals, which club transferred him to Brooklyn. The Dodgers turned Mike back to the Reds, and now the latter team wants to send the catcher back to. St. Paul
 In the meantime, the St. Paul club officials are content to await develop ments. They contend that the deal was legally completed and that the evil dence in the form of telegrams is strong enough to force the Brooklyn club to accept Gonzales and deliver the cash payment agreed upon, variously re- ported at from $15,000 to $30,0o0.
 If Brooklyn refuses to accept Con- zales, the Saints are prepared to take the matter to Baseball Commissioner K. M. Landis and are confident they will win the argument.
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c. tournament, eliminating the Atlanta contenders for championship lhonors. The score was tied at 2T points two minutes before the game ended, and q series of field goals by Auburn captured the game.
 Georgia Teach t2s)--Roane u2). Denicke1 @. forwards; Eckford tD. center; Moore, King t6), guards.
 Auburn (35)--Hahn C0, B. McKin- ney (13), forwards; Harrison C2), cen- ter; W. Mckinney O, Duke O,
 Substitutes: Georgia lTechr Matheson (s1, Wilde. Auburn, Gray.
 e Aiabama. e44)--McGauley.u u5). stabler CD, forwards; Carter (s).i center; Hud- son (D, McCIindock. guards.
 N), E. Johnson dD,s forwards; R. Johnson d4). center; izard. Montgom- :. Substitutes: Alabama. Salmon t0; Propst (9.
 Tulane is0-Msrtin taD. E. Hennican (19), forwards; Morgan (8), center; J.
 Hennfcan O. Lind. guards. South Carolina (29)--Wright, 86), Mill
 lardf!t46). forwards; swink (1o), center; i;
 McSwain, iAbrahams Q6), guards. | Substitutes: Tulane, Sanford 6); Davidson @, O,Kelly. South Carolina. Gasque, Long. Jascewitez. | Lineup: 3ss,ss. Vanderbilt tz2}EBeli {5), Bomar CD,
 forwards; simpson t4), center; Reese | (1Sfs, Ryan, guards. < ]. clemson (is)-Dotterer @, Garrison. forwards; Hagood (s), center; Colbert, Baughan l2), guards. lg Substitutes; Vanderbilt; Foster (D. Kirkes and sygley O., Iiie-up: .ss, = + Mississippi 4. and M. (S5)--Perkins {sl. Norris. ts)., forwards: Capha @.
 center; Stone (2), Gatchell .(6), guards. l University of. Tennessee (18)-Hark- l ness t0, Howe (4), forwards; Hatcher t2),fycenter; Keister @, Johnson (2), guards. s{s
 Substitutes: Mississippi Aggies, Myer | q2), Austin (D. Tennessee, Crittenden, Burdett and Schultz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
ALABAMAAND AUBURN ]
 TO MEET, IN TOURNEY
Ancient Rivals To Meet For First Time In V Years On @ Court In Basketball Meet At Atlanta Saturday s73s Night At o:15 O'Clock --&

 -,5 ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 29.--Auburn .s and the ,Uniyerstty: g5 Alabama will
 meet at 9:15 O'caock tomorrow
 hislt in the second round of the E toul nanfent as a result of thef
 yicte~ies today, Alabama defeating
 ''Oie RHiss," and Auburn by eiim-
 heating Georgia Tech. It will be
 tho first meeting between, athletic
 teams of the two schools since they
 broke off athletic relations in 1907.
 Tulane, Maryland, Alabama, Wander bilt, Mississippi Aggies, Auburn, Geor- gia and the University of North Caro- lima, has advanced tonight to the sec cnd round of the third annual southern intercollegiate conference basketball tournament. ,As Tulane walked away from the Uni versity of South Carolina, 60 to B. in the first game of today's eight-game program. Maryland, another unknown quantity. defeated Virginia Military in- stttute, 34 to 19. .s ,:!...sHis, :. -s.i . Vanderbilt easily defeated Clemson, 42 to 13, and .Mississippi A. & M. beat the University of Tennessee, 35-, to IS Alabama beat Mississippi, A to AZ, in the days closest game. Auburn elftn- mated Georgia Tech, 35 to IS, thereby gaining the chance to meet Alabama oldsrivals, in the second round. e-
 sS Georgia Comes Through .g The Auburn-Tech contest was the curtain raiser of the night program. IT the second night game, the University Z of Georgia defeated Washington and Lee, 86 to 24, and North Carolina took the final contest of the evening, witt Kentucky, 41 to 20.,- aNs
 Four games are scheduled ,to% bt played tomorrow in the second rotint of the tournament. Vanderbilt will play North Carolina at 3 o'clock, followed h5 the game between Tulane and the Mis-, sissipN Aggies at 4:15., Maryland will play tAe University of Georgia at { o'clock and Alabama and Auburn will . meet at 9:15 o'clock.
 Winners in tomorrow's game will ! play in the semi-finals on Monday night.
 Auburn defeated Georgia Teach, 35 te %, in the first night game of the s. I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
'Woodlawrl
 Wins Over
 Duval High
Exciting Moments Feature . First Game Of Floridians N In Magic City

The Junior ColoneIs of woodlawn High school defeated the Duval High school .sof Jacksonville, Fla, Friday night at the Phillips High school gym- nasihm. by the score of 30 to 25.
 Irahe first. half the woodlawners had everything their way and the half ended with the score 23 to Il in Wood lawAss favor. Billy Bancroft was the Bancroft made 13 of the Colonels' 23 points in the initial period.
 When the second half opened the Woodlawn team started a defensive game and the lDuvat boys got their of- fensixe going. In good style. The Flor ida five putin eight points before the local team made as score in this half.
 The score, went up to 24-2s and the crowd was holding It's breath for fear the svisitors would get into the lead. Cunningham, who had gone in for Ban- croft then looped a long one from over neaE&the fropt edge Of the floor. The spectators let loose with all their noise and Ahe game became faster.
 x SRlpel Moore made. another goal, giv- ing his team five-point lead. The F1ortdians cut the lead of the locals down to three again a moment after Moore's Ghot, but Cunningham made another sensational shot, which gave the Woodlawners a five-point lead al the finish.
 Captain Bryan played the best all round game for the visitors. Smith led the Cavaliers in points. A
 The lineup: -
 Duvall (25)--Katz (s) and Smith (s), forwards; Captain Bryan (6), center; Moore (5) and Rothstein, guards.
 Woodlawn COR. Moore (6) and Bancroft Q3), forwards; Burns (3). cen. ter; A Moore @ and Cawthorn guards.
 Substitutions: Duvall, FeIson for Smith, Smith for Felson, Felson for Smith.
 Woodlawn, Cunningham for Moore Moore for Cunningham, Cunningham for Bancroft.
 Referee, Bryan (Hampden Sidnaxl.
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WHITE SOX OFF
 TO DIXIE CAMP

CHICAGO, Feb. 2s.-The Chicago White sox started today for their train ing camp at Winter Haven. Fla, eager to get in shape for the coming season.
 They will be joined at Winter Ha- ven by others of the outfit, who are going directly to camp from their homes.
 Coach Johnny Evers, Catchers Ray Schalk and Grouse, Pitchers Douglas rMcWeeny, Dick Falvey and Tony Well ger, Outfielder Joe Rabbit and Scout Pat Flaherty were in the group that pulled away from here.
 Training is expected to get under way March or 8.
 Frank Chance, manager of the Chi cago Americans. who has been i'll, wired Evers that he will be able to report by March 10.
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CANADA HOCKEY ?
 TEAM STRONG

PITTSBURG, Feb. 29.-Canada's s second best hockey players, the men who were only substitutes on the Can adian Olympic team at Chamonix, France, were as good as Americas reg ulars.
 That was the reason why the Canad- ian team defeated the United States in the final match, by the gracious &C., knowledgment of an American who played in the contest and returned home Thursday, praising the victors.
 "The Canadians were not favored by the referee" said Herb Drury, one of the defeated American stars, who re- sides in Pittsburg. "The Canadians were fine sports and wonderful hockey players"
 DFury denied reports that the Can adtans were allowed to shoot goals when they were off-side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
MANY ENTRANTS
 FOR BIG RACE

NEW YORK, Feb. 2e.-Entries for the twenty-two fixtures of the spring summer meeting at Aqueduct total 1,s47. as against 1909 last year.
 Great interest was shown in the Brooklyn handicap for three 3-year-olds and upwards, and the Dwyer stakes for Swear -olds, both high lights on the Aqueduct program. Zev, In Memoriam, Exterminator, Mad Halter, St. James and Diognes are a few of the better known entries in these two events.
 The Gazette stakes for 3-year-olds will bring together Nellie Morse, Anna Marone II, and many others. Entries for the steeple chases show falling off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
PROMOTERs LOsE

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 29.-The pro- motors of the fight between Luis Angelo Firpo and Farmer Lodge, the American, learned Thursday that they had a de- ficit of about $26, ,0OO for their trouble.
 There were 25,96s paid admissions, totaling about S45.0OO. As this was the biggest fight ever held in the ring on the lower continent, the prospect prob ably will deter Tex Rickard, who draws more money than that at his ordinary fights inHfMadison Square Garden. Postponements figured heavily In the cost of promoting the bout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
ROuSCH sIaNs

CINCINNATI, Feb. 29.-President August Hermann of the Cincinnati National league club announced receipt of a letter from Eddie Rousch, crack outfielder, stating that the three-year contract sent him was entirely satis- tactory. The contract was not return ed, but Rousch said he would sign it and bring it in personally when he comes to Cincinnati next week for a few days visit before leaving for the south with the other regulars on March 8.
 The first squad of Reds will leave Cincinnatis tomorrow for Orlando, Fla, headed by Manager Pat Moran and Coach Jack Hendricks. All of the bat terymen will be at Orlando on Sunday, ready to start training the following day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
PHILLIPS HIGH
 TO PLAY. DUVAL

The Phillips High school basketball team will meet the fast Duval High quintet at the Phillips gymnasium Sat- urday night at o'clock. This will be the Crimsons' last game with high school teams for the 1924 season, and they will probably put up the best fight Florida.
 The Duval five, under the direction of Coach Marshall, formerly of Howard college, have been playing, very fast ball all season, and are at the height of their training at this time. They should put up an excellent display of good high school basketball. 9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
REFORM GIRLS WIN

REFORM, Ala, Feb. 29.-(Special) The girls of the Pickens County High scnool Journeyed to Carrollton this aiterncCn, meeting the seXtet of that place In one of the hottest games for the feminine style of the cage game or this season. The CarroIlton lassies put up strong defense, but were poor at goal shooting The county high girls were at their best on the offensive game. ringing up il to victory. The 9lrls have shown remarkable improve ment within the past 10 days in putting more snap and accuracy in the gam,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
REICH TO GIVE
 FIRPO BATTLE

RIO JANEIRO, Feb. 29.-Al Reich. the American heavyweight, is not going to Buenos Aires with any idea of being an easy victim of Luis Firpo's power full right.
 This chance at Firpo means every thing to me-" said Reich, on board the steamer American Legion today, en route to Buenos Aires, where he has contracted to fight 15 rounds with the Argentine star at a charity boxing fes- tival, March 15.
 q saw Firpo fight twice, including his fight with Dempsey. recognize his power and aggressiveness, but dc not believe Dempsey Is the only one able to defeat him."
 Reich expects to weigh in at 21C pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
KEEN TRACK MEET

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-An unusually keen contest for intercollegiate cham pionship laurels is expected tomorrow night when track and field stars of 24 eastern colleges and universities meet in the third annual indoor games at the Twenty second regiment armory. . Yale's formidable array of athletes are favorltes among many close follow CTS of the sport to capture the crown now held by Pennsylvania, which con quered Cornell, the 1923 winner, in a close contest last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
BERG REPORTS

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Moe Berg, today for Clearwater, Fla, with his signed Brooklyn contract in his pocket. Berg, a shortstop, has just returned from abroad. He studied at the Uni versity of Paris and received his Brook lyn contract at Rome, Italy. He joined the Dodgers after his graduation from Princeton last season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
TURKEY ENTERS MEET

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Turkey has appropriated 50,000 Turkish pounds to train and to send athletes to the Olym- pic games, 1t was reported today by the Olympic committee. This is the first move of sany importance on the part of the Turkish government to en- courage athletics.
 Officials are now seeking competent European coaches to train the Turkish
 athletes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
PLAYER III

PASO ROBLES, Cal, Feb. 29.--Jewel Ems, a member of the Plttsburg Ma tional league baseball squad, which is practicing here. was taken to a hospital here today, believed to be i'll with scar let feveE Other members of the party 4 have not been quarantined, awaiting filrther Investigation by physicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
COOK BEATS sPALLA

BERLIN, Feb. 29.-(By Associated Press.)-George Cook, the Australian heavyweight, defeated Giuseppe spalia, Italian heavyweight, in the sixth round tonight. Giuseppe is @ brother Of Err mimic Spalla, the European heavy weight champion. who is to fight Luis Firpo next month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
PLAYERS RELEASED

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. 2s.-R. G. Allen, president of the Little Rock southern association club, today an Tmounced m the release of Storey and pitcher. to the Muskogee club of the Western association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01

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Palisadian., 1924-10-17

VAST CROWD SEE
CONTEST REPLETE
WITH THRILLS.
Polo Grounds packed
with $1,000 people at
the fifth game of the
worlds series, when,
with Walter Johnson
and Jack Bentley as op-
posing twirlers, the
Giants downed the Sen
ators by a score of 6
to 2.
Wide World Photos
Palisadian., 1924-10-17
MOST POWERFUL
OFFICIAL ARM IN
THE TI0N

The MA AIION-
President Coolidg g
standing at left OF
Mrs. Coolidge an d
throwing out the first
ball at the opening of
the worlds series al
Washington, with Stan
ley Harris of the Sena
tors. youngest manager
in the major leagues. al
right.
Wide World Photos
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may yet find itself to be nothing more
nor less than new instrument in the
hands of Big Capital for maintaining
and perpetuating capitalist rule in the
United States.
This menace Of LaFolletteism is not
only genuine but grave and immediate
as well. Such state of affairs, which
confronted us with a united petty
bourgeois front extending from LaFol-
lette to Eugene v. Debs, calls for the
most resolute and uncompromising ac-
ton on the part of every worker and
exploited farmer who is loyal to the
interests of his class. Where the issue
is: either working class political in
dependence or the subsection of labor
to the leadership of the petty bour-
geoisie, the slogans must be: No COM
promise! A clear-cut fight for indie
pendent political action by labor! A
merciless struggle against all and
every betrayer of this vital principle
of the proletarian class struggle.
The Workers Party and the Election
Campaign.
The betrayal at Cleveland removes
the possibility of United Front on
the political field. And without such a
united front as a basis there can be
no farmer-labor election campaign.
Which means that the Workers Party
of America must take the field alone
and lead the battle against capitalism,
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even succeed in getting few minor
concessions for small section of the
railroad unions, again at the expense Of
the large masses of the rank and file.
The bankrupt politicians of the So
cialist party will also profit by the
deal. Having lost their party and their
influence, they are now compelled to
look for new fields of conquest" They
have sold their souls to the beureau-
Gratis of the c. P. P. A. and expect
to be rewarded for it at some future
date.
Thus it can be seen that the treach-
erous deal in Cleveland is of mutual
benefit to all the parties concerned.
All but the one party that lends real
power to the generals of the C. P. p.
A.-the workers and exploited farm
ers. These are the only losses as a re-
suit of the Cleveland alliance with La
Toilette.
The United Front Becomes Impossible.
The July meeting of the c. P. P. A.
has had it in it's power to make pos
sible a united front of labor in the
coming presidential elections. They
could have declared themselves in
favor of independent class political ac-
ton, Joined hands with the farmer
labor center formed in st. Paul on
June 18th, thus launching a United
Front political campaign of all the op-
pressed and exploited masses in the
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The Betrayal at Cleveland By AIssand. :
By Alexander Bittelman

Senator LaFollette, the national con-
vention Of the Farmer-Labor Party,
held in st. Paul on June II, Is and 10,
succeeded in laying the basis for an
independent political party of the
workers and exploited farmers, thus
paving the way for united front cam
paign in the coming presidential cleo
ton. The convention also instructed
the National Executive Committee to
engotiate with other groups favoring
farmer-labor campaign in order to
make the united front as wide and all
inclusive as possible, and if necessary
even to withdraw the presidential can
didates nominated by the convention.
The next step was to be made by
the Conference for Progressive Po-
litical Action. To these men and
women claiming to represent the in
terests of labor on the political field,
belonged the final word as to whether
there should be a united front cam
paign Of workers and exploited farm
ers in the coming presidential cleo
ton. We have been anxiously awaiting
the results of the Cleveland Confer
ence."
"The betrayal at Cleveland makes
impossible any united front farmer
labor campaign. 1t delivers into the
hands of LaFollette and the propertied
middle classes whom he represents,
large sections Of American labor 1t
shows the complete surrender of the
labor bureaucracy and the bankrupt
socialist politicians, which dominate
the c. P. P. A., to LaFollette and La
Folletteism. The united front in the
coming campaign, therefore, becomes
impossible"
Such being the case, the Workers
Party must by itself unfurl the ban
ner of the class struggle and mobilize
in the battle as many class conscious
workers as there are at present in
the United States.
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against LaFolletteism and for the idea
of independent political action by the
workers and exploited farmers.
In announcing the withdrawal of its
candidates in favor of those of the
Workers Party of America, the Ma
tional Executive Committee of the
Farmer-Labor Party formed at the
June 18th Convention in st. Paul de-
clares:
1--WE have been pursuing the aim of
bringing about a united front of the
oppressed masses of the country for
a common political struggle against
the rule of capitalism in the United
States. For this purpose we have been
carrying on widespread campaign of
agitation and organization in favor of
"a Farmer-Labor Party as the only
means of establishing this united front
Of the oppressed against the ex-
ploiters. In this we were successful to
a very large extent.
In spite of the treacherous attack of
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country. 1t was in their hands to make
July 4th red-letter day in the life of
the American labor movement.
But they willed differently. For the
sake of personal advancement and the
advancement of the interests of an in
significant group of labor aristocrats
in the railroad unions, the leaders of
the G. P. P. A. have seen fit to betray
and sacrifice the life-interests of the
whole working class. This they have
done, and in doing so have removed
the last chance for a United Front
Farmer-Labor campaign in the coming
presidential elections. Instead of a
united front of, for and by labor, we
shall have, by grace of the G. P. P. A.,
a united front against labor by labor
bureaucrats, labor aristocrats, socialist
politicians (from Berger to Debs), all
these united with merchants, bankers
and manufacturers.
The Menace of LaFolletteism.
This petty bourgeois sweep in the
ranks of labor is genuine menace to
the welfare of the American working
masses. It threatens, unless it is
seriously resisted, to destroy all but
completely every vestige Of working
class political independence. It may
succeed, unless all class conscious ele-
ments in the American labor move
ment unite in combating it, in estab-
fishing the theological hegemony of
the petty bourgeoisie over the op-
pressed masses even more completely
than the old capitalist parties ever
succeeded in imposing upon the mas
SEES their theology. And since the pet
ty bourgeoisie, whom LaFollette rep
resents and serves, has never been
able, for any considerable length OF
time, to lead political movement OF
its own, this LaFollette movement
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PROTEST.

All day fill bottles.
/ sit on an appended box,
Turn a little spigot,
And fill bottles.
A reach, twist, reach,
And a bottle is filed.
dare not think.
If think may forget
And spill the liquid.
A song is singing in my head
The words go like this:
Hey there you, cries the foreman,
You gotta keep your mind
On what you're dom.
God! think of It!
Filling bottles all day.
And the sun on the grass,
And the wind in the trees.
Filling bottles, endless bottles.
And the robin is singing,
Come out and play! come out and
play!
And me filling damn fool bottles.
All day, filing bottles.
Hey you there, cries the foreman,
You gotta keep your mind
On what you're dom!
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