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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
CUERTO LOOKS
 GOOD AT START

MOBILE, April 6.-Manuel Cuerto, regular shortstop of the Mobile team, joined his team here today and took his place in the lineup against the Spring Hill college team and hit the ball hard. Cuerto has been playing ball in his native city, Havana, Cuba. all win ter and is in the best of condition. He looks just as fast as ever on the field. Gordon Mcclure, hard-hittIng out fielder from the Rockford team of the Three-Eye league, worked part of the game and in his two trips to the plate walked once and hit a single. The Mo bile team will begin Monday playing practice games daily among themselves until Saturday when they meet the Milwaukee club of the American asso- ciation.
 In Sundays exhibition the collegians gave the Southern association team a big batting practice, a total of 23 hits being obtained off the college pitch CTS. Manager Huhn hit three doubles out of three times up and Marriott, regular third baseman. three singles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
,d Andrevs Hauers And Jimmy Ockenen Golf Mntch
CHAMPIONS FINISH UP
 EVEN BY LATE SPURT
Local Cracks Set Fast Pace And Come Within
 Hair of Beating Titleholders

, stopped behind pine tree. Havers had a wonderful drive for this hole and was on in two. Ockenden was in a trap and executed a beautiful recovery and was enabled to sink in three as did Havers. Hall played a pretty shot to come from behind the tree which had the hole hidden but was unable to go down on his third, while Andrews putt was off by inches.
 Match Is Squared On the fifteenth hole the match was squared Havers drove straight and true down the airway and was down in three on the strength of putt that brought much applause from the gal lery. The best the otheT6 of the quar- tet could do was fours.
 On the. seventeenth hole, however, Bobby Andrews came to the fore for the locals andSsank a three, which put the home professionals one up. Then on the eighteenth the visiting golfers evened the match.
 Though playing on a new course the visitors seemed to get in comparatively little trouble. .Ockenden was in traps several times but came out with with little trouble. On the other hand An drews was in trouble on one or two l occasions. On the thirteenth Andrews pretty drive went into a bunker and his recovery rolled in a ditch. Hall on the same hole was in the ditch with Andrews on his first short. However, both recovered nicely and Hall was able to split the hole with his opponents. Go To Chattanooga Havers and Ockenden go from here to Chattanooga. where they play an exhibition. Three other cities are book ed for the coming week. The cham pions sail during the latter part of the month. -sA.
 Bobby Baugh, who-is on his way back to Alabama, says that Havers did not display the brand of golf here he show ed against Bobby Jones Saturday in Atlanta. Young Baugh, who is a stel- lar member of the University of Ala bama team, which trimmed the team from Georgia Friday in Athens and that of Georgia Tech in Atlanta Saturday, stated the British champ was off on his short game here and his driving as well.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
JAPANESE STAIRS EN ROUTE TO U. s. Harada And OkamotO To Play In Matches
 For Cup

NEW YORK, April e.-Takio Harada and Suneo Okamoto are on their sep arate ways to the United States to make things difficult for the American Davis cup team.
 Harada ranks No. in Japan, and since last November has held the sin gles title of that country. He is a graduate of Keio university and plans to continue his studies here at the end Of the approaching outdoor tennis sea- son. He will arrive in the United States this month.
 Dengue fever cheated Okamoto out of an opportunity to annex three titles in eastern India recently, when he reached one semi-final and two final rounds in the Bengal championships and then was forced to default because of illness.
 okamoto is said to resemble Kurns zee In action and to be on a playing par with that wizard, at his best.
 California tennis fans will see Harada In action before he takes a condition Ing swing around the eastern circle. He Will participate in most of the i'm porta7t tournaments prior to the Amer ican zone Davis cup matches.
 Zeno Shimizu and M. Fukuda. who complete the Japanese entry in the American zone competition, are already in New York. ss ,s.s. ~ -t,.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
CAPITAL LOSES
 FEATURE GAME

MONTGOMERY, Ala. April 6.-(Spe- cial)-The exhibition game scheduled at Crampton Bowl between Birming- ham and Indianapolis for Sunday, April 13, has been called off, it was an- nounced here today by Cliff Green, member of the booking committee for the bowl. Montgomery, however, is hopeful of getting a few exhibition games before the season opens.
 Auburn and Michigan will clash on the local stadium Wednesday, April 16. Two other college games wil be staged here later in the spring. Alabama and Vanderbilt will be the attraction the latter part of the month, while the Tigers from Auburn will meet Missis- sippi A. & M. just before the college season terminates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
CANDIDATES
 KENTUCKY DERBY
 WISELY HANDLED
Trainers Are Not Rushing YOungsters-Field
 Of 25 Likely

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 6.-(By As sociated Press.) )-Not more than 20 or 25 of the 152 three-year- nominated for the fifteenth renewal of the Ken lucky Derby at mile and a quarter, for a purse carrying $50,000 in added money, will go to the post In May, in the opinion of turf experts here. Most of the colts, fillies and geld ings nominated for the golden anni- versary of the classic, already have started training tor are being seasoned at winter tracks. Many of the candi- dates of strictly Derby class have had careful preliminary training and are either ready now. or will be shortly, to do a half mile at about :50 without danger. Profiting by the experience of last year, however, when many of the colts had gone a bit stale, trainers are not rushing the youngsters.
 Record Number Competed
 Last year the record number of q runners faced the barrier. The field $500 starting fee and the class of ami mals entered.
 A field of even 25 starters would not be too large. The track is at least 120 feet wide at the starting point and the field has quarter of a mile to run be- fore making the first turn, which also is very wide.
 In this connection followers of the Derby point to the number of times the pacemaker has won, or been de- feated by a slight margin. Zev. led the entire route last year. Norwich did likewise the year before, while in 1921 Behave Yourself nosed out his stable mate, Black Servant, after the latter had led all the way. Exterminator, Paul Jones, Sir Barton and Old Rose bud, holder of the record for the race, all set the pace or were within striking distance. Regret the only lilly that ever won the Derby, romped down the field in front in 1915. Thus, turfmen point out, jockeyship, while always a factor, seems to. have been of most value at the barrier.
 Favorites Often Beaten
 Western owners have won the Derby but twice in the 49 times it has been run; Old Rosebud in 1914, when he set the record of/2:03 2-5 for the mile and a quarter, and Es R. Bradley's Behave Yourself. Favorites won in fewer than half the races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
SLIDIN' IN

him to win three games. Also, he had excellent control, and most left flanders lack control. Whitehall now looks like the best young pitching prospect in the American league. He has plenty of confidence and also quite enough boise. Pitchers with these two qualities gen. erally go long way.
 We'll, "Pa" StribIinE has changed his mind, too, it seems. "Pa" hasn't forgiven the New York commission for barring his boy from 12-FOund bouts because he is only 19 years old, and he will not let him fight any professional fights under tho regular limit, but he has consented to let Willie box for the Olympic fund and Strsb and Mike Burke will box In the benefit show on April go, providing Atlanta promoters win release Strib from a bout there on that date.
 Reports from Atlanta say that the Cracker promoter is out of the city and "Pa" will have his answer later. "Pa" made it clear to those New York fel- lows that he has not changed his op- position to the commissions decision, and was not setting a precedent. He emphasized that he agreed solely to aid the Olympic fund. Stribling, "Pa" SAPAoAhCuI UOCS nut SnOW dL HIS pest m short bouts.
 Though the sights are high and and the aim is true the bullet may fall short. Then it Is that the rule may be applied for accurate meas ure between day-dreamers and fools and those who go after the best mark possible, and, if failing in the highest. then go after the IOwer
 So from the Windy City, of the bright lights and strange sights for the first timer, the Purple Tornado will wend its way back from the Chicago national high school basketball tournament-not king of all nor even runner-up, but proud possessor of fourth place medal in the consolation tournament Though set back in the first round, the Simpson five went out for the next best prize and strove gallantly to win.
 
 Of course there Is much to say IF, but the Tornado made a repu- which vii be one of the high spots of its history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
DEMPSEY'S TIME
 TO BE UP SOON

NEW YORK, April 6.-Within a rela- lively short time now, Jack Dempsey will have to relinquish the heavyweight championship. Age and physical de- terioration always have as much to do with the transfer of the topmost title as the force of the challenger's rap. The law of averages reads that Dempsey has now served more than half of his term as champion, and the situation only waits for some lusty young officer to come along and en- force the statute.
 Dempsey won the championship in 1919 from fat, pompous, conceited and widely unpopular defender, who had held 1t four years. Probably Dempsey that day was better fighter than Jess Willard had been on his best day, the day he outlasted Jack Johnson in Havana, to win by Johnson's collapse in the tWenty-siXth round. However. the circumstances were such that Will lard contributed as much as Dempsev did to his own defeat.
 Willard, then, was a four-year man. Jack Johnson served almost twice as long; the reign of Jeffries was of tn- definite duration as he retired once and then returned, as an old crotchety and brittle athlete to peddle the title to the black man. Jim Corbett took the championship from a bullying braggart, who had wasted himself in swift pursuit of life in the high spots, and held it five years. Bob Fitzsin- mons was champion only half as long and was an old fellow when he lost it, with brittle knuckles and no strength to withstand the continued rushes of a fighter who was very much like Dempsey.
 When Willard was champion if seemed that no man could whip him, And no man did whip him until he had aged and become soft. Dempsey also seems invincible, especially after his return to the ring whence Firpo had sent him spinning to stop the drug store vaquero in the second round of the greatest bout ever fought. But it may be Firpo or Ad Stone or Ro. nero Rojas-who will stop him one of these days, because the title is bound to pass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
TINY MIDGET NOW ALWAYS ON HAND
 AT BIG FIGHTS
Pegler Writes About John Kelly And
 Others
av wrsTeRooK PEeLER

NEW YORK, April 6.-Honest John Kelly, forbidden to roll his roulette hoop on or about Broadway, has settled in the tropic Bahamas, where every prospect pleases and the sky is the limit. Honest John was one of the old school of gamblers, one of the kind who said they would rather pay losses than collect winnings because they loved to see, the customers go out wear ing happy smiles.
 John was always a fight man, but after Police Commissioner Enright made him quit business in New York and there was no other convenient the fights in the Garden. John could have used a season ticket if there had been such things. Now he will be missing and missed.
 Charley Thorfey, the Fifth avenue florist, formerly a member Of the box ing commission, who died during the winter was another prize attendant. resin and liniment near the corners, but he was always bland and well con- tained in the hottest moments of bat tie.
 Tex Rickard moves restlessly around the plant during the preliminaries, but comes down to the ring for the finale and sits beside John Ringing, his packer, chewing a dead cigar and grip ping the handle of his malacca stick.
 Another never-miss ringsider Is a tiny midget with a dizened puckered countenance, who sits on a friends lap and doesn't need a ticket of his own. We never heard his name. but we have seen him there night after night for years, clenching his little fists and yelling in that squeaky voice of his.
 But the most regular ringsider of them all is Joe Humphries, the an- nouncer, who once managed Terry Mo Govern. Joe sees little merit in the fighters of today and pretends to be bored with 1t all. But he'd break down if they should ever bar him out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
HIS CUP OF JOY
 FILLED TO BRIM

CHICAGO, April 6.-It took a little high school with a total enrolment of 12O students, of whom 62 were girls, to turn out the team which won the na- tional interscholastic basketball cham pionship at the Chicago tournament.
 The Windsor, Colo, high school five won the title by beating the Yankton, s. D., team in the finals. A few min utes after the game was over, Coach Joseph D. Ryans joy was increased when he received a message telling him that he was the father of a baby girl, born Saturday.
 Windsor has a population of 1900 persons. The little town lies 70 miles northwest of Denver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

All but beaten in their match with Bobby Andrews and Charlie Hall at the Roebuck Country club Sunday, Ar thur Havers and Jimmie Ockenden barely emerged with a draw at the end of the eighteenth hole by taking the home cup when Ockenden sank putt for a four.
 The match was a close one and was all in favor of the local golfers until the finish. Both Havers and Ockenden, with pretty drives, were on the home green In two. Andrews and Hall fell short but were on in three with fair ly good lies. The French and British champions were close up with their thifd and Ockenden sank his fouth, a Andrews were unable to get their fourth down. due to the wide stretch of green between the ball and hole.
 Stage Driving Duel
 Havers. a tall, typical Britisher. is a well-built golfers and powerful drive. Hall and the champion staged a hot driving duel, with the honors about even. However, the foreigner often dis tanced Hall for the Country club pro- fessional was not hitting at his best gait. Nevertheless he sent some beau tifuI balls down the fairway. Havers and Ockenden hit low, terrific drive that sailed straight against the wind. Many of Havers' drives brought ap- plause from the gallery, as did many of Halls.
 At the short game, however, Hall was master. Both of the distinguished visi- tors were poor on their putting. Many of Ockenden's short butts trimmed the cup, while on two or three occasions when they had a chance to cut down the Magic City golfers lead by holding short putt they both missed. Once Ockenden missed a six-inch putt and the hole was split.
 Sinks Beautiful Puts
 Hall, on the other hand, sank several beautiful butts. On the fourth green Hall saved the local team from going one down by sinking a sensational 25-foot putt. Again on the seventh hole the Country club professional dropped an 1S-foot put into the cup for a birdie three on the strength of which the home team went one up. On the ninth Ock- enden's putt of three feet all but fell in but rimmed the hole and passed on, while Hall sank his putt for a five and put the Birmingham team two up.
 On the tenth hole the British French team regained one hole when Halls second drive, a beauty, hit child and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
HOPPE DEFENDS
 GROWN TUESDAY

NEW YORK, April 6.-The worlds 1892 billiard championship will again be staked here this week when Willie Hoppe, the present title-holder de- fends his laurels in a 1,500-point match with Eduard Horemans, a Belgian. The match is to be played in three blocks of 800 points each, beginning Tuesday night.
 Horemans, billiard artist of unusual tact and skill, is expected to make con- siderable trouble for Hoppe. He won the championship of Europe three years ago and since then has been a partici' pant in many exhibition matches iI the United States, His supremacy 1T Europe is still unquestioned.
 Hoppe has taken precautionary meas uers in meeting his Belgian rival. He recently returned from a trip through the middle west. where he gave ex. hibition matches with Jake Schaeffer the former champion. as a workout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
RACER IS KILLED
 AS AUTO SKIDS

LOS ANGELES. Cal, April 6.-Carl Wilson, who raced under the name of Rocky" Kansas, died at the General hospital here Sunday afternoon, from injuries received when the car which he was driving at the Ascot speedway races crashed into the bank railing of the track.
 Kansas was riding too high on the bank turn and, as the track was slip pery from a shower, his car skidded into the railing. He was tossed out of the machine, but managed to catch hold of the rear end. Dangling from the back of the car, he was badly hurt as his body bounced against the track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
COACHES FAVOR
 NEW LOCATION

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 6.-(Spe- ciaL)-It became known here this week that a number of the high school coaches of Alabama, as well as some of the principals, are in favor of hold ing the annual Alabama high school basketball tournament at the Univer- sity of Alabama and Auburn so as to give the teams more accommodations stay in the barracks, which would greatly reduce expenses. It Is proposed to alternate between the University and Auburn.
 Nothing was done regarding this mat ter. It was the sense of the Alabama High School Athletic association that the central board should consider the proposition at a later date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
FANS, I2,O0O, SEE
 BABE IN ACTION

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 6.-Twelve thousand persons, the largest crowd ever to attend a baseball game in this city packed the Nashville baseball park today to see Babe Ruth and the cham pion Yankees perform against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The game ended in and 8 and deadlock, being called at the end of the ninth.
 It was @ sad day for the fans. They had gone to the park expecting the Bambino to pole out a home run, But the best the Babe could do was e. hit. a single off Dutch Reuther's shins in the second inning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
TILDEN BEATS
 TWO PLAYERS

AUGUSTA, Ga, April 6.-Using every variety of service and return known in the tennis world, William T. Tnden, II, international tennis champion, de- feated Cedric Major and Allen Behr, single-handed on the Country club courts here this morning, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, in an exhibition match which came as a grand finale to the South Atlantic States tennis tournament just ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
FRED TONEY IS RELEASED

ST. LOUIS, April 6.-That Branch Hickey feels the St. Louis National league club Is we'll fortified with pitch CTS was shown today when the Cardi- nal manager announced the uncondi- tional release of Fred Toney, veteran pitcher. The squad leaves Bradentown, Fla, tonight, meeting Syracuse in Jacksonville, Fla, tomorrow, and Ro- chester, N. Y, at Savannah;. Atlanta, at Atlanta, Ga., and Memphis at Mem phis on the days following, arriving in St. Louis Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
DIAZ SCORES KNOCKOUT

HAVANA, April 6.-Angel Diaz, for mer Cuban featherweight champion, won the judges decision over Jose Ma ria Lombardo, featherweight champion of Central and South America, in a hard-fouGht 12-round bout here. To- ward the finish it appeared as if Lom- bardo might knockout his man but ap- parently he could not land the blow,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
BASEBALL RESULTS
MOBILE, Ala, April G.

MOBILE, Ala, April 6.- Spring Hill College ............ U Batteries: Bird, Adkins and Devorm- CT, Lorry; H. McEvoy, Grill, Foster ana D. McEvoy.
 CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April g. Chicago CNO .................. l IS l Chattanooga (sA) ............8 14 6 Batteries: Moore, cvengros and schalk, Cross; Morris, Yowell. Camp and Kress.
 MEMPHIS. Tenn. April G. Memphis, (sA) .............. 10 4 New York (N) ................ l Batteries: Nehf. Baldwin and Ain smith, Snyder; Mitchell. Kelly and Yar- van.
 NE" 0NAA1NNS' A'f'' R R. H. E. Cleveland (A) ................. IS 2 New Orleans (SO) ............. 13 2 Batteries: Edwards and Myatt; Whitaker, Dent and Dowie.
 LOUISVILLE, ky, April G. New Orleans (sA) ............ 6--13 2 Louisville (AA) .............. 8 10 5 odLLcLASS. V GNCAA anu Mackey; Holley, Koob and Meyer, Brottem. DALLAS, Texas. April G. st. Louis. (A ...........'...' II IA Batteries: Shocker, Voigt and Collins; Morris, Schumann and Wheat.
 KANSAS CITY, April G. Pittsburg CNo ............... z 12 l Batteries: Morrison and Gooch; Thor mahlen, Dawson and Mccarthy.
 WICHITA FALLS, Tex. April G. R. H. D. Chicago CN) ................... 1S o Batteries: Alexander, Dumovich, Os- borne and Hartnett, Churry; Cheeves, Freeman and Jonnard.
 NASHVILLE, Tenn, April G.
 R. H. E. New York (A) ................ g Brooklyn CN) ................. 8 16 Batteries: Bush and Schang, Hoff- man; Reuther. Dickerman and Con- zales, Deberry.
 R.H. E, SHREVEPORT. La. April G. Boston (A .........-.......... Il 8 Shreveport (Tex) ............. 1 Batteries: Ehmke and Picinich f; Foreman, Taylor and Rowlands, Hale. and triple. "Red" Bird, old timer in this circuit, showed greatly improved form over previous exhibition games l he worked in for the Bears, allowing one hit in five innings.
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ed Northwestern University and was with the Giants as first baseman in 1902. After this he was with Colum- bus, Spokane and Washington. He managed the Springfield. O., team in 1905-06-07. In 190S-09 he handled Fort Wayne. He managed Denver in 1910- 11-12-13. Beginning with 1914 and end ing with 1917 he bossed the Indianapolis club of the American Association. He was at the helm of the Cards in the war year: From 1919 to 1923 he again handled the Indianapolis club. He was appointed coach of the Reds in Febru- ary this year and succeeded Moran in March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07


 JOHN BLACK
 "The Carpenter of TrooH," whose great game ness and mastery of soif make him feared at all tournaments. Particularly competent on approach shots.
 You can just bet there is such a thing as playing too much golf! If a player does play too much his muscles lose their snap and he can't concentrate decently on the game-in fact, the thing is not a game when you are over golfed-it is unpleasant hard work. A schedule which I find beneficial in getting ready for tournaments, while avoiding over-golfing, Is this: I am on the links every day. Three days a week I practice one hour in the morn ing and one hour in the afternoon and mean practice, not playing around the course. On the other four days I play a round or so, but not enough to tire me very much or to make me want to stop. I always rest the day before match and won't even look at a club of talk golf during that day.
 Copyright. 1924, Associated Editors,
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Jake Daubert, crack first baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, and Jack Hend- ricks, who took up the job of manag- ing the aspiring champions after Pat Moran passed away, will be in Birm- ingham Tuesday for a game with Ty Cobb's Tigers. Daubert is a veteran first sacker and has been one of the mainstays for several years. Hendricks, although he won pennants with minor league clubs, is handling his first real major league contender.
 Hendricks will be 4S years old We'd nesday of this week. He was born April 9, 1876 at Joliet, III. He attend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

and a triple. Red" Bird, old timer in this circuit, showed greatly improved form over previous exhibition games he worked in for the Bears, allowing one hit in five innings.