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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-06
LIVE STOCK
Horses, Cattle, Vehicles

BULLS yr. old Jersey. very cheap
considering type breeding. and dispo-
sition, or would exchange for good
COW. VIM. Southland, Litchfeld Rd.,
Hallowell. r. IS, Bx. 1873, Gardiner.
HORSE-Wagon, harness, sleigh.
Farming tools and household goods of
all descriptions at private sale. Pc
ter S. Glidden. Cooper's Mills, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-06

WOODSMEN-F'irst class men. Begin
shipping Oct. 1. Augusta Lumber Co.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-06
6uiidine Materials

LUMBER Thoroughly seasoned
spruce. pine and hemlock boards.
planks and studding. Frank e. Mace.
81 Winthrop st. Tel. 5S4-M.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-06

YARN-All wool, from manufacturer.
75c UP per pound. Free samples. H.
A. Bartlett. Harmony, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-06

LUMBER-Dry and sized. ready for
immediate delivery. Will buy Fordor
Ford sedan. Weeks Bros. Coopers
Mills. Tel. No. Whitefeld Sill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-06

O-IUOU CNUIICG 10 IedfII UUSIII6SS.
Western Union, Augusta.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. - Beginners
S150-s250 (Which position?). Rail-
way B-l care Kennebec Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Will Coach Team

NEW YORK, Jam. 17.-To prevent Great Britain from gaining permaneut possession of the British American cup. the trophy competed for by teams of six metre yachts representing the twS countries, ~Old Nat'' Herreshoff, noted yacht designer and builder, has con- scented to postpone bis retirement for one more year and do his best to turn out q capable American boat
 1f the British team wins this years series in Long Island Sound fl will hold the cup. since it won Last year in the Solent- The terms upon which the trophy was presented provided that the country to win twice in succession would hold 1t permanently. In 1922 ths American team won
 -Old Nat" has been building yachts i'm Bristol. R. l., for years He has had great success with large craft for de lending the American cup-the trophy for which Sir Thomas Lipton has cha1- lenged for ages past Among the big crart Herreshoff turned out were De- fender. Columbia. Reliance and Resc- lIte-
 Three orders already have been placed for new yachts. Commodore w. A w Stewart of Seawawhawka-Co- r1nthtan Yacht club, gave his commis- sion to the Herreshoff works. The New inns works at City Island have been given the other two commissions, one for C. Townsend Irwin and H. De- BoardE1an- and the other for Clinton F. Crane and Henry M- Crane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Voice Disapproual

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Jan. IT, Coaches, professors and others con- nected with high schools in this sec- tion of Alabama have voiced their dis approval of the action of the officials of the athletic association in minimiz- ing tho number of basketball teams to participate in the second annual tour- nament here. beginning March z.
 According to Professor T. s. Mo- Cants, principal of Sidney Lanier; Coach Johnston at Cloverdale and others who are interested in the tournament, it has been proposed that are to take part in the annual tour ney. This, the coaches point out, is unfari to scores of other cage outfits over the state. The believs that the tournament should be ans invitation affair, let the bars down, and invite all schools that are members of the association to come in.
 There are six districts in the state, and under the ruling of President Baird and the board only two schools from each district can enter the tour nament. Who can say what teams should come to this tournament mad which should stay at home is the question that local coaches say can not be decided in justice to every team.
 Last year there were 20 or more teams in Montgomery for the tourna- ment. It was a great success, too. The same entrance requirements should exist again, local school authorities be- lieve.
 The tournament Is expected to be held at the city auditorium. Contrac- tors are working hard 10 put the building in shape for the big event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
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NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-A yellow haired kid with . mashed nosc and scalloped lips dipped his fingers in the holy water fount of St. yerome's . church, crossed himself with the fist that killed little Frankie Jerome and went to his knees on the cold marble to pray, when. Frankie's body was Thursday for the funeral mass that preceded the journey to the grave.
 Bud Taylor of Terre Haute, Ind. had been very happy for a moment last Friday night when he realized that he had been the first one to knock out towsled head in . shadowy corner of the big church he wished to God he hadn't been the one to do it.
 .- The church was fun of 1000 people. most of them prixe flghtSrs, managers. bottle-holders and ringSiders, and . lot of them had not been to church in so long time that all they recollected about the procedure wss that . fellow is supposed to take off his boiler and
 John Doherty and MrSsDoherty, the father and mother of Frankie, were in 2 front pew with the 1itae widow and " baby girl. Outside the church the -5lics reserves were handling a crowd of Franume's friends. On the night that Frankie dropped Jack Kid Wolfe seven times in one round at the Velo- drome. equaling the records that Jack Dempsey achieved at the expense of Jess Willard, these friends had raised . roar that drowned the rattle of the "L" and the croupy whoopink of tue tug whistles in the Harlem river, near by. Now they were as silent as they had been noisy, and the stiffness was . tribute to the Spider just as the racket had been on that long-ago sum mer night.
 Nine big open automobiles wheeled into file. burgeoning with flowers as the bearers came down the steps with Frankie on their shoulders. It took a long time to get the procession under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
CLUB PROMISES
 LOTS OF ACTION
National Guardsmen Will Offer Branch And Mo
 Ginty As Headliners

The National Guard Athletic clubs show will be staged at the old post office building tonight. Matchmaker Mulrennan announcing Thursday aft ernoon late that 3s rounds or boxing in seven big matches, and one wrest- ling contest, to say nothing of a battle royal, would be crammed into the first show the national guard has staged here. The bouts booked for tonight follow:
 Kid Loots and Hugo Frank in wrest- ling match.
 John McGinty and Chick Branch, 10 rounds boxing.
 Young Battling Kelly and Red Burke, eight-round semi-windup.
 Kid Leonard (colored) and Ray Jackson, Mobile negro scrapper, eight rounds.
 Young Rich and Baby Shields. three rounds.
 Kid Carter and Young Adams, three rounds.
 Spark Plug and Bogie saab. three rounds.
 Young Fluker and John Dee. three rounds.
 Battle royal between five dinges.
 It is stated that 1000 seats have been installed and that the guard is planning to entertain a great crowd, the bout being open to the general public.
 Johnny McGinty got back from At lanta Thursday morning, and while he bore no outstanding marks Of battle he wore a scowl, which tended to show that he was displeased. q went over to Atlanta to show the fans over there something" said Johnny, but Battling Budd objected. I don't see where he ever got that title Battling He fell into clinches with me all during the fight, and I tried every way I knew to shake him loose and paste him a haymaker. I even resorted to efforts to shame him by talking to him as he clinched."
 Much interest has been created in tontght's card, and Captain Harry E. Smith, in charge of the entire show and supervising it, stated that the ad- vance seat sale tended to show that a big crowd would be on hand for the guards initial show. Most of the ring-side seats have already been sold, - said Captain Smith, "and we feel sure that the good sports of Birmingham are going to support our attractions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
CREE TO DEFEND
 WORLDS TITLE
Middleweight Champion Will Give Wilson Cppor-
 tunity To Come Back

NEW YORK; lam Hilary Greb @f Pattshurg wifl defend his worlds nn6BaIewedght title tomorrow night in a Is-HurunA reTurn match with Johnny WHtsum af Boston, who lost the title a@ Greh East summer ait the Polo Grwumt&
 GreA has heem installed . slight fa- vurfre 9rn0ug ring fef1owerss but Will smmTs chances of Eegafnfng the crown hawe heem frightened as a result of mnrrwwea farm he has displayed re- cemdRF-
 GzesA. wh@ dees most of his fighting i'm uhe Etsht-heavyweixht class, declared today he vr9uld have no trouhle mak- img alhe 1G,B- pound limit ait 2 o'clock to- mannww afternaan when the fighters weigh i'm
 HeaxywefEhts will box i'm the semi fhm2nx emntGst. which will bring to- gerher Tiny" linn Hermann of Chi eagw and Jack McAulfff III of Detroit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18

signals is worse than none at all. If a batter wants to signal for the hit and run, simple sign is to rearrange his cap. rub the end of his bat, tap of those will do. As good a signal as any for stealing is simply for the coach at first base to tell the man when to go. Some teams use words instead of signs. We still laugh about the Boston manager who used to give the signal for stealing by yelling. "Red Leary, the bank robber!"
 McGraw and Clarke always used very simple signals. have seen Me Graw merely indicate with his hands while sitting on the bench. what he wanted the runner to do. Above all an amateur team should never have complicated signals. The signs. as we call them, can't be studied in baseball as they are in football-by series of numbers.
 Inside Ball Needed Less
 As to the offensive side having an advantage by the catcher being forced to remain in his box until tho ball is delivered. the result is an open ques- tion. That rule was intended to pre- vent the pitchers purposely passing batters. It certainly has been a fail ure in that respect. It Is no trouble for the catcher to step out of the box after the pitcher has turned loose the ball. He can catch most of the pitch outs without getting out of his box.
 Personally, I do not believe there is as much inside ball used today as in former years-simply because 1t is not necessary. With a lively ball to hit, the batters are inclined to take a sock at 1t. Straight-away hitting is much more in vogue than it ever was.
 I have intended these questions seri- ously. felt that any narrative of baseball as told by me would not be worth while if I could not be of help to the coming players. If by these questions, which have prepared very carefully, have done any good, then I feel somewhat repaid. I want to see baseball develop and improve be- cause I love 1t. I would like to see other young players have an easier time at the start than I did. They can do it by needing the experiences of others. If they are ambitious to be professional ball players, then 1t is their duty to study their profession as a life work. If they don't, they will be bushers to the end of their days And this goes for men in any other profession. There is no secret about 1t. The key to success Is hard. work and application. Unless that work is enjoyable 1t won't count.
 Tomorrow (concluding): How The Game Can Be Strengthened"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Argument Ouer Sisler

CHICAGO, Jam 17---Manager George Sisler of the St- Louas Rruwms is hav- ing a gentaemem"s dEsagree-memt with the Brown owner. Phil Ball. over the desirabiliay of including Urham shock CT in the 1s2a roster
 Sisler wants Shoc&er-
 Fighting Phil doesm7t wamr hHn- but he may mot interfere If his manager insists on retaining Shocker- who he admits, ts one of the greatest pitchers in the game The question has grown out of Sneakers suspension Last sea- son.
 Sisler's attitude towards the pitcher became known following a conference between Ball and Ram Johnson pres5- dent of the American 1eA9we- here wesf- nesday- Ball said Sixger had wrftrem that he wanted to reazim Shocker, and that he thought he cDw8d handle hfrn
 Ball intends to go u0 the hat nm per son when the second Sh0cker hearing takes place in St Lpwfs- Tine @wmsr inttrnabed tha1 so far as he was com cerned, Shocker wouHa be putt cm the market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Chance Pruning Tean,

CHICAGO. Jan. 1z-Fdamk Chance to whom Chicago looks for a. whHre Sox combination thAt cam play conn sistent baseball, is eliminating sprne of his spring worries during the Hnug winter months.
 Failing to add players to his 1fne-wp whom he felt certain would rn8ke am improvement, the Peerless Leader" isn't buying amy material An am Rockies are the aast dhing he wamEs- In fact, five men have been sst Adfr=fa I This has cut the White SDx Mme- -up to s4, and 1t is possible thai Chance will avoid needless spring pruning hy farming out two or three of uh1rn he- fore railway tickets are purchased for Florida. The crew thaH he wiHa take into camp win be the smallest the Smx have had in years.
 Robertson, Faber, Cvergrps RRamk- enshfp, Leverette, ThurstDm and mms or two others from a crew of IA paaeh- CTS will bear the burden of unwumN duty. The remainder of ahe Ene-wp, too, will probably appear just abDuh az it did last season when Chance szImxs his outfit into action
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
TAYLOR KNEELS IN1PRAYER ;.
 DURING MASS FOR VICTIM
Bud Taylor, Conqueror Of Spider Jerome, Has Hap pness Turned Into Grief Following Fatal Clash
 In New York Ring

way because there were 65 carriages u1 the line. It seemed thaa nm the RrDmz was gofux to the end of the JDurmRJ with the Spider, the buy wahD f@mgha in the great war before he was n and fought tin his body was worm 0ut i'm
 Father Ryan goa euH of his vest ments sand into his. clerical blaeik iu time te get aboard the Hast hack i'm ths procession and lunch eVer the humpy roads of the Bronx to the eemerxny. where he dribbled a handful of 1uanr over the brink of the unfanhgmaR1x abyss. Ii thumped on the box uhan eum- tained the spindling kid.
 Franks Early Tmxsr
 Father Ryan didn't blame himse1n at all. He was the one who han faHsd taught Frankie Doherty to auun his thumbs out and his knnekles uD and to hit straight with aM the Erdve cd his body and character behind eExny blow. Frankie had been -one of ahs kids who fooled around the hasznemz Of St. Jeromeis" about eight yezrS aEn and Father Ryan hAd tieA the fiHsa laces about the body wrists of uha belltcose acolyte tor a Elam-hamg bwut in the cellar Of the churgh, where ths altar boys stiH maui pne amprher fDu the fun of fighting.
 Being bit of handy man in n fighh hfmself, Father Ryan taEghn Franks how to ron with a punch, hDw uD upHes right swing with a left stab to uhs shoulders, and how to sWinS i'm wina a right cross to the nnbhin of the chin while his man wns off Rtea. Ms taught Frankie the rndimenrs af uha business, and Billy Gibson, waen he took hold of the boy as n prDfess5gnal had Benny Leonard teach him the rest
 The boy is dead,- Father Evan s;aia when the carriages had n7uznbaed baea A1 h.A unrr He married a good wife and he waz as good as his marriage vDws wisH all men were as good as Frankie ge- rome was. Theres be mo meed of preachers then. Green be his meznarv, A square-shoDter was Frankie D1h-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
tDade' Grabs Fight

NEW YORK. Jam 1T-Ioe Benjamin, the h@xing dude of Hollywood. Cal, utsznalIly t@ De found trailing Jack Dempsey around the world, may be ErvwafBe1. upam to chuck his walking ztSr,k and beI1-hottom pants and step Hnn@ hifs ring tHunRs fer q scrap with Pal Margam i'm Madison Square Gar den @n the evening of January 2s
 Two years ago. Benjamin was one of the hessn nighrweights in the world. a hHrner as well as a boxer.
 The truwhle with Joe fs that he's gED@9-l9oRfng and some fool had to 20 am6 tslm hfam ahout it." Dempsey once ewrmneznted on Benfamfn's failure to stay wfth the fight profession "The gurIs go daffE about him and he's Rffab@ Sazneane will nzrasa up his face inn tine rfug- He eGuld be champion Ht heG flight hwt that isn't his busf- nessS- His business is just dancing armGrn1n '"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Federation To Meet

BALTIMORE, Jan. 17.-Amateur, in dustrial and semi-pro baseball leaders representing . dozen states and well over a score of cities were gathering In Baltimore tonight for the ninth an nual convention of the National base ball federation. the governing sandlot organization. The meeting will con- tinue over Friday and Saturday and Is expected to be the largest and most important ever held by the fedora tion.
 The meeting is expected to result in complete reorganization of the federation. Among the plans to this end is one which would revise certain rules, objection to which has caused many cities to decline to join the or Ranization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Skating Marks Cut

PFTTsFIELD, Mass, Jan. 1.-Two worlds records were broken on Oneota lake today by Everet McGowan of St Paul, Minn., and Miss Gladys Robins of Toronto, who set new marks for skating 100 yards. McGowan, paced, covered the distance in 5la seconds. He was able to keep up with the auto- mobile which paced him and which, the timers said, attained a maximum speed of 52 miles an hour.
 The amateur women's record for 100 yards was broken when Miss Robins, skating unpaced from a standing start, established a mark of 10 2-5 seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Snead Ks. Besser,,er

The Bessemer High cagers are pre- pairing for a hard scrap when they tackle the undefeated Snead seminary team on the B. A. c. court at o'clock Friday night. The Bessemer quintet ia playing a good game this season and the clash Friday promises to be one of the best.
 The mountaineers are out for the state championship. Last year they missed by a narrow margin. With the game only having be-1 developed at that school during the past five years, they have posted a very enviable rec ord. Additional interest in the game is developed by the fact that the Besse- naer coach is a former Snead player. Bessemer has lost one game this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Watkins Ne.u Idea

MEMPHIS Temn-, Jan 1T.-Thomas D- @2fRnnS president of the Memphis clmb of the Southern association. will Ask &Bgw@ direetars to adopt a rule ntsquHrdng th2f baseball players on the fSeI8 be numbered as is customary in nG@1AAm g@nnesA Watkins has au- m~wmee@ thAt he will submit the pro- posnA at the schedule meeting to be he8d hm New Orleans January 2S.
 The Raam te be proposed provides than each player wear a number on h1s Heft sleeve. the number to cor rwsgam@ with his name on the score cAra- Thhzs it fs pointed out, would e5nah1e sEeeSafers to quickly identify ahe nmdfvtduAl players on the field, eaVee1al1B when changes are made in the Mma-up
 nhe plan was suggested last year, @ur Birmingham was the only club to RG8@pG the EMea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
DEMPSEY TO DEFEND TITLE
 AGAINST TOMMY IN JUNE
Rckard Plans Elimination Contest Between Aspirants For Worlds Heavyweight Title After First Big
 Fight Held In New York z

tfon test between Harry Wills, negro eoatender, and Luis Angel Firpo, "Wtid Bull of the Pampas."
 The winner of this match Rtck- ards plans materialize, will fight Dempsey i'm September, providing the champion succeeds in disposing of Gibbons in June.
 Rbckard, who was a member of ths cftfzeus' coramittee that worked to bring the democratic national conven- tbon here, declared he wanted to make it plain that there will be no bouts held here under his auspices during the political conclave or any effort on his part tocommercialize the event.F
 In this connection the promoter pointed out that the $55, 900 guaranteed the convention for concessions at Madison Square Garden was fined merely as minimum return from this source Any and all profit over that amount will so to the conven- tion, he said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Crackers Get Players

ATLANTA Ga-r Jan 1.-Two new players hnVe Reem added to the. list of nnem u@ try 0ut with the Atlanta S@Vunherm association baseball club. ac- ecr1um'G t@ announcement by President Jack Carhert- The men are E. Ban ks1nes a yuFnng catcher, who played Mnm MaEyVHHRe college last year, and Lay PrUAaa. a first hasennau. ebtaine5 Grr@ uhe Washington Americans.
 M1zhHmgtam gut him from the Cotton s12Hes ssagues where he hit .a3o last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Where Luis Succeeded

NEW YORK, Jam Iz-Lm6s Angel Firpo might have won the worlds heavyweight championship srucm Jack Dempsey If he had treatea the tStle- holder Es roughly ms he did her fwrmt- ture. Mrs. Mildred Swar1zaam6er as serted today after Seimg awarded $500 damages in n municipal cowrt suHt against the pugiIsx1-
 According to Mrs. SwzrTzaa m@er, the "Wild Rsll of the Pampas" leased her West Ninety-fourdh street apartment for six months, durimg whhch uHme she charges chair and ra~ae legs were broken, upholstery rwine1 am1 other articles badly marred-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18

NEW YORK yan-s17--sBy the Asscp- ciated Press9-gack Dempsey will de- fend his worlds heRryweSght title against Tommy Gibbons inn 4 15-rnumd decision match i'm New York probably at the Polo Grounds the first week in June, Tex Rickard amm1wmeed to- day.
 The promoter who announced sew eral days ago tha1 he had arranged the return match between these rIvals@ revealed further details il denying re ports that he planned to eGnmdue1 the bout during the 0em@GTa1ic national convention which opens hers Jwme @l- in Madison Square Garden
 At the same uIrne- Rnckard disclosed that, after the empsey-G5hhoms flight, contracts for which he expects to have signed within a fortnight his next fistic venture wlil mol take pBaee be fore the middle of 1uly- when he hopes to stage a heavyweight enimfna-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
MendeIsohn To Fisllt

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jam 1z.-J@hm- n.y. Mendelsohn, Milwankse Mghn- weight. today was matched to haIx Herb Brodie of Brooklyn in New Ygrk January 31.
 During the past month MEnaeEsnhm has had two tentative dates with Ral Moran of New Orleans, but both bnuas were. postponed. If MendeFsnhn unessas Moran this season it will be after the Pinkey' Mitchell-Lew Tendler bDu1 hern February H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Nesu York Lands Meet

NEW YORK; Jam 1z-The 1924 na- tSmman semhor indoor track and field championships of the Amateur Ath- Derfc wmham wfl1 he held i'm the Twenty secnmd Regiment armory here March 8, Hr was announced today. Because 9f preparations for the Olympic gamez- Qme of the most imposing fields i'm the history of rhe event is sched- mHem-
 Twelve ewents are on the title pro- grann, as fallaws- Sixty, 300, 500 and 1tDE@ yar1 running events. two-mile ryum- one-unfIe wa1k- Zo-yard high hur- dBsss standing high and broad jump, rummhmg high Inmps 1s-pound shot put, unsaAeT relay at one mile and seven eighnhS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Southern Umpires

MEMPHIS. Tenn- Jan 17-Seven ~WEdGr1uH'" and two uewcor1erx- Mumee Pfgme of Nashville and sDfck' CAmDPhem of KnaxvffI@-wf1l make up the nSGA xfnff of Southern association unuphres- Compilation of roster of fhel@ 0ffHedAEs far the coming season wRs amn@wneed today by John D. Mar uhmu kagwe president
 Dam Phemmfger. BiEl Brennan, Harry Johnson BdIm MeGowau- Hadley Will RHanns- LaUrs Iorda and Tim DooIan Rre the seNem of last years staff who wrna re1urm- Pfenniger has been an uumMdre i'm the Southern association for lb yeMrS and aIH of the others have st9ves -tm~ the snGue several years.
 CampheInr Inst season was with the Pissfinnamr heague- Pfgue Is a former player and has had considerable ex- Rernenee ss am umpire of independent ERunRE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-18
Landis Optimistic

CINCINNATI, O., Jan INK M
 Landis, baseball commissioner, whu spoke at the Ben Franklin bdrshaay dinner of the Franklin TypDfhsta hsrl tonight, said the interest i'm baseball is more than keeping pace wIah theN growth of population in Amerara. Last year, he said, saw n hamasusna increase in the attenaance in xaabuu league games, and the prospects, ara that 1924 win be n great year, Rrp- vided that the two leagues ~,islfiVer"