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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
GOTHAM HAS BIG
 FIGHT MENU Biggest Week Of Bouts For New York This
 Season

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-In competi- ton with national Apple Week, Write a-letter-home Week, Eat-more-cheese Week and few other similar celebra- tions, the ringmasters in the metro politan area have designated the present seven-day period as See-a-nock-out Week.
 Fight fans are getting their money changed into nickels now so that they will lose no time at subway stations in getting from one bout to another for each and every night, from Monday on, counts if the ring hounds are to make perfect record during the week.
 Never in the history, at least not in the past three or four months, of fight ing business, have there been so many matches of such quality crowded into such short space of time.
 Monday nights scrap between Luis Vincenti and Sammy Vogal was just a start. Tuesday night at the Pioneer club, Al Brown, the gawky negro fly weight, will clash with Tommy Milton for 15 rounds. Brown is said to re- semble Georg, Dixon and before many months have passed is likely to be just as clever as the old chocolate. Milton has been improving steadily since he was dropped by Al in the first round some time ago and they are now said to be well matched.
 Firpo In Action
 Wednesday night the scene shifts to Newark where none other than Luis Angelo Firpo, himself, is matched with Charley Weinert in a 12-round, node cision fight. He knocked out Charley once some time ago in the second round but Charley has not been resting since then and as Firpo has certainly not improved greatly, it shouldn't be so one sided.
 Those who do not wish to cross the Hudson Wednesday night may stay 1n to n and take in the show at the rink wherein sid Ferris is to do battle with Mel Coogan.
 Thursday night is official rest night and fans may catch up on their sleep for on Friday night they will be invited to Madison Square Gardon for the eli max of the week when Paul Berlenbach and Toney Marullo will stage real row Although Berlenbach is not the terror that he once was, he still carries the title of the Astoria assassin" Marullo who created something of sensation III New Orleans, made his debut in the gar den when he took the wind out of the Kansas cyclone, Billy Britton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
By PARKE H. DAVIS, Footballs National Historian

Figures in football, as elsewhere, ire quently are foemen to people with mere impressions. For instance. a common picture in the reveries of a football follower is that of a dashing halfback catching a punt, tucking the ball under his arm, and racing pell-mell up the field around and through all opponents for a touchdown. The falsity of the picture is in its commonality. Such scoring runs are highly uncommon. In fact, with the exception of a scoring run-back of the kickoff, they are the rarest scoring runs in all football. By some magic of coincidences even when these runs score, they seldom win a victory The figures tell us that in 1919, 1920 and 1922, upon all of the intercollegiate gridirons of the country not a single victory in an important game was won by successfully running back a punt. The year of 1921, which is excepted above, presents four victo- ries of this type. Two of these are sufficiently notable to merit to be classi- fled as important. McKenna of Detroit thus dashed 80 yards through Tulane and Webster of Colgate raced 55 yards through Columbia. Last year Almon A. Rockwell of Michigan beat Wisconsin by a 60-yard run-back of punt; Mar tin Tarr of New York university in a flight of 54 yards similarly conquered Rochester, and Andrew c. Kalen of St. Joseph in a run of 50 yards likewise beat Delaware.
 This Years Record Although football this fall possesses the most brilliant galaxy of back field stars in the annals of the sport, the season is proving to be no exception in the rarity of scoring runs with caught punts. A short but gleaming roll repre- sents all who have scored a touchdown in this manner.
 These men, the length of their runs and the games in which they made them are as follows:
 80 Yards-John NJ. Brown, Alabama vs. Union.
 80 Yards-Bolden, New York univer sity vs. Union.
 65 Yards-John J. Slane, Fordhan vs. Manhattan.
 65 Yards-Harold E. Carson, Colby vs. Bowdoin.
 60 Yards-William Baker, Pen1 State vs. North Carolina State.
 60 Yards-Allen, Stevens vs. Ham ilton.
 60 Yards-William J. Glennon, Hol! Cross vs. St. Johns.
 55 Yards-John NJ. Brown, Alabami vs. Union.
 50 Yards-Graham, Minnesota vs Haskell.
 43 Yards-George Pease, Columbii vs. Haveford.
 A cursory glance at the above tabl will not fail to note that the majorit. of this class of runs originate near mid field. Strategists take advantage of thi phenomenon defensively by throwing III an extra protection against a run-bacl when bunting within their own 15-yar line.
 "Reminiscences
 One of the richest legacies bequeathe by football to its followers are its rem iniscences and it's reveries. When ol devotees of the gridiron meet sociall they tell and retell the stirring storie of the game through which they hay passed as spectators or players ant when they doze they dream again tn exploits of by-gone days. No feat re turns to them in fancy more thrilling than the picture of some old hero of tn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
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He had never seen high one pitched quite so fast.
 s'STRIKE TUH," CRIED SILK

Chesbro wound up again and pitched. This time it was curve that Droke over the plate, waist high. CooD did not offer at the ball. Silk OLough- lin, umpiring, called it "Strikc tuh, as only the picturesque OLoushlln could call a second strike.
 Once more Chesbro wound up. He figured he had the batter's number. An other high fast one is what he would expect, Chesbro would cross him up. He would pitch fast one but waist high.
 The ball did not pass the plte. Cobb met it. He "got ahold of it." Out in center field, Hahn took one look at the ball, then turned and ran fenceward. Cobb, streaking to first, turned sharply and without apparently lessening his stride in making the turn, headed for second. He slid into the bag safely. Cobb had successfully launched his major league career.
 That was the only hit he made in his opening game, but it impressed the patrons. The following day this para graph appeared in one of the Detroit newspapers
 "Het his 1926 in the south, leading his league. Of course, he does not ex- pect to hit anything like that up here. If he hits .275 he will be satisfied. Sc will the fans"
 Before the season ended, Cobb was regarded as a regular. He played in Al games He went to bat 15O times, scored 1y runs, made 36 hits, stole two bases and batted for an average of 24O. It was the only season in his major league ca reer that he failed to hit above 300.
 COBB'S ADVANTAGE Cobb was fortunate enough to have an advantage when he joined the De- troit team. Bill Armour, the manager, had selected Cobb over Gcotte and Engle. It was Armour, holding out for Cobb, that had finally swung the vote to the boy. The owners favored Ensle. Bill Byron, the singing" empire, who worked in the South that season, had watched Cobb and come to the conclu- sion that he would make great player. Byron and Leidy convinced Armour. Since the manager had insisted on Cobb, | it was up to him to show that his judg- ment was correct.
 If Cobb had been wished upon Ar mour, chances are that he could not have held his place in the lineup. The manager would have been prejudiced. The situation in Cobb's case was the reverse.
 But managerial favor did not entirely make Cobb's path a smooth one. No player ever found the road rougher than did Cobb; for which his tempera. ment chiefly was to blame. It was diff cult tc get along with him, and he was thrust into situation where disposi tion such as his causes strife.
 (TOmorrow: Chapter XI-The Grid ] dIe |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
Tickets On Sale
 For Big Games

"ICKETS for both the Alabama
 Centre and the Alahama-Geor-
 gia football games, considered the two best gridiron battles of the entire season for the Southland by sport critics, are now on sale at E. M. Chenoweth Sporting Goods com panS in the Brown-Marx building.
 The two games, in which the championship contending Crimson Tide will meet their strongest op- ponents of the year along with Geor- gia Tech, will likely draw larger crowds than any football games ever played in the Magic City. Critics are unanimous in agreeing that Rick wood will be crowded to its capacity in each battle, more grid fans going through the turnstiles than Bir- mingham has ever known for a grid encounter.
 The tickets are being gobbled up fast, and by the end of the week only a very few will be left, according to the Alabama officials who have charge of the sale.
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brilliantly executed one of these runs for a distance of 65 yards through the Navy.
 Another Princeton Run
 Cleaning luminously in the files of later years is the name of Talbott Pen dleton of Princeton who in 1910 won a gruelling battle from Dartmouth by a run of 9S yards. In 1914 M. P. Ghee of Dartmouth struck back at Prince ton with a dash of 70 yards and fur ther immortalized himself in tradition at Hanover with another run of 75 yards through Tufts.
 And now we come to the record long distance scoring run with caught punt, magnificent flight of no yards by Benjamin Boynton of Williams, who in 1920, catching a punt 110 yards from Hamilton's goal line, courageously elect ed to run it out and succeeded so well that he decided to keep on going and thus ran the entire length of the field for a touchdown and football immor- tality,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
DAVID JOYCE SUED
 ON FURNITURE BILL
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CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-The Linder company, furniture dealers, started suit here today against David c. Joyce, Chi cago lumberman and brother of Stanley Joyce, former husband of Peggy Hop kins Joyce Morner, for SPA ,2S9.46 the balance on an account of $1O4.369. .46 which the company contends Joyce ran in 1921 and 1922 in furnishing two homes, one here and one at Miami, Fla, for his prospective bride, the former Mrs. Edward A. Esch. Joyce sent checks for about $S0,000, the bill said, but recently has not made any payments.
 Joyce was divorced from his first wife in 1920, she receiving $50,000 alimony and $15,OO0 attorneys fees and the income from bonds valued at $200,- 900. The same year he was sued for $500,000 by Edward A. Esch who charged Joyce had ailenated the affec- tions of his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
Games This Week
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER II

\, At Lakeland Fla, Rollins vs. Southern. At Maryville, Tenn, Carson-Newman Vs' Maryville; a ". % At Memphis. Tenn. Tennessee Med. vs. West Tennessee Normal. At Conway, Ark, Hendrix Vs. Soutn- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IA At Richmond. Va, Randolph-Macon Vs- At Birmingham. Ala. Birmingham Southern vs. s. ". Presby:
 SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IS At Birmingham Ala.' Alabama Ns' At Fort Smith, Akr., Arkansas vs. Phil At Boston, Mass Centenary vs. Boston At Jefferson City, Tenn. carsOn-Newman At Chattanooga, Tenn, Chattanooga vs At Anderson. s. C., Clemson vs. Citadel At Davidson. N. C., Davidson vs' North At Greenville. s. C.. Furman vs. Missis- sippi ,. At Lexington. Ky. Kentucky State vs. At Pineville, La. Louisiana College vs, At Big Stone Gap, Va. Kentucky Wes- leyan vs. Emory and Henry.
 
 Louisiana Normal At Louisville Ky. King vs. Louisville. At New Orleans La'' Loyola Vs' For' At College Park. Md, Maryland vs. At Macon, Ga, Mercer vs. Florida. At Starkville, Miss. Mississippi A. and M vs Mississippi College.
 At st. Louis Mo. Oglethorpe vs. St. At Newport News, Va. William and Mary vs Roanoke.
 At Richmond. Va, Richmond vs. Hamp- den Sidney.
 At Columbia, S. C., South Carolina vs. At Lafayette. La. S. W. Louisiana vs At Durham, IN. C.. Trinity vs wofford At New Orleans, La. Tulane vs Ten nessee.
 At Blacksburg. Va, V. P. I. vs Vir- ginia.
 At Charleston. W. Va, Washington and Lee vs. West Virginia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
BY H. G. SALSINGER

BY H. G. SALSINGER
 NIEAR the end of the 1905 season NV Augusta was still asking Detroit < to select a player. The Detroit club still was considering the matter. The club did not want Cicotte. He was too small. Engle looked fairly good, but he was not speedy enough. And then someone suggested Cobb.
 They had quite forgotten about Cobb. Faintly, they recalled the nut" on the Augusta team. Yes, he had a good season, and he seemed to show promise. George Leidy was recommending him strongly. Several other clubs were go- ing to put in a draft for him. Some one was sure to get him.
 After several days of discussion it was decided to take Cobb. He became the property of the Detroit club for S75O. A week later the draft was held. Four clubs were after Cobb. Each club was willing to pay $500 for him, the draft price. But Cobb was in Detroit by that time.
 .ZUU SAW
 Cobb's major league debut was at old Bennett Park, in Detroit, on Aug. 30, 1905. A crowd of about ] 200 saw that game, Detroit opposing New York. Dick Cooley, one of the Detroit regulars, was i'll and Bill Armour, managing the Tigers at that time, used Cobb in center field. He was fifth in the batting order just behind "Wahoo Sam" Crawford one of the greatest natural hitters and sluggers of all time.
 Big Jack Chesbro, at the top of his splendid career, was pitching against Detroit that August day. In the first inning of that game Matty Mcintyre leading off for Detroit, drove out 8 two-bagger. Lindsay, next up, singled scoring Mcintyre. Schaefer sacrificed Lindsay to second. Crawford tapped weakly to the box and Chesbro threw him out, Lindsay going to third. And then walked 10 the plate tall, gaunt almost grawky-looking boy, who ap peared extremely nervous.
 A murmur ran through the crowd Score cards were scanned. A newcomer Who is he? Oh, just filling in fol Dick Cooley.
 Jack Chesbro wound up and sho high fast ball past Cobb. Minor league players ill those days were al regarded as high ball hitters. They would bite on the high ones. Here wa. minor leaguer and Chesbro used tn, orthodox method of minor league pitch CTS. Cobb lunged at the ball. He missed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
MAYNARD [. WINS
 INAUGURAL RACE

PHOENIX, Ariz.,s No. 10.-Maynard L. last years two year old champion of the Phoenix track, captured the in- augurated stake by two lengths from Recruit over six furlongs and broke the track record for the distance at the op- ening of the 24-day horse race meet here today. The time was :13 2-5. May nard LIS performance clipped three fifths of second off the record he set last year against western sprinters. The race was worth $1,000 to the winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
VINCTNTINI WINS
 BY KNOCKOUT

NEW YORK, Nov. 1O.-Louis Vicin- tini, Chile lightweight, knocked out Sammy Vogel of New York in the ninth round of their 12-round bout tonight. A right and left to the jaw finished VOgel two minutes and ten sec onds after the ninth round started. Each boxer weighed 136 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11

All weather road, Gadsden to Kelly ton and Waverly to Opelika, part of remainder is rough country road. In wet weather construction points will be bad, but passable except for possible wash outs. If wet use chains from Kellyton to Columbus. Best road from Birmingham to Leeds, Sylacauga to Co- lumbus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
REDS WANT NO COASTERS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 10-The Cincinnati Nationals VI ill not purchase any Pacific Coast leaguH baseball stars, August Hermann, pres( (dent of the club, announced today, following a conference StnGtintI Rstwesn the directors nd Manager Jack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
GRID PLAYERS DIES

TOWANDA, Pa, Nov. 10.-Seward J. Flee, member of an amateur foot ball team in Athens, near here, died from injuries received in a game few hours previously. He was kicked in the head while attempting to make tack as uAAak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
TUNNEY KAYOS
 BUDDY MPHAIL

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 1O.-Gene Tunney, American light-heavyweight champion, knocked out Buddy McPhail of St. Louis in the second round of scheduled eight-round bout here to- night. McPhail was hopelessly out classed and had Tunney chosen the end would have come in the first round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
Motor Routes To
 Auburn-Georgia Go

Prepared by Southern Trails and Trips. Distributed by Chattahoochee Valley Motor club, of Columbus, Ga, November 10, 1924. Birmingham and Gadsden to Columbus, Florida Short route. Follow FSR signs.
 Center figures are state route num- bers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11

A total of 102 more home runs in the National than in the American does not necessarily prove that National league hitters are better nor does it prove that National league pitchers are inferior. It is probably jus: proof that the Ma tional leagues gross playing space is smaller than the Americans.
 In the National league the Giants, finishing first, totaled 90 home runs. The Phillies, finishing last, totaled 94 home runs. In 1923 the Phillies led the National in home runs with 112 and New York made S5.
 Nearly 40 per cent of the National league home runs this year were made by Giants and Phillies, leaders and tail enders. This does not prove that Giants and Phillies had the best sluggers in their league; it proves rather that Giants and Phillies played on ball parks where it was comparatively easy to make home runs. Their home parks, particularly the home grounds of the Phillies, have such short fields that many flies, easily caught on fair-sized playing field, drop into pavilion CT bleacher sections for home runs.
 Remnants are not won by home runs. The Philadelphia teams proved that. The two major league parks in Philadelphia made home-run hitting simple thing. The two Philadelphia teams continued first in home runs and last in the league races. This year Connie Mack built up his left field bleacher fence and made home run hitting more difficult. His team did not finish last.
 There is but one genuine home run hitter in the major leagues and that is Ruth. Besides him fade all oth, so- called 'home run kings" or "princes. '' There are several hard hitters in the big leagues who manage to pile up fairly good home run totals in band box parks but the only man that is ever considered seriously by the public as home run hitter is Ruth. He would have gotten his home runs had he been swinging a bat during any other period of baseball history. He is the only home-run gette, of today whose accomplishments are not chiefly due to the lively ball.
 Considering the value of home runs in winning pennants, any pro-argumeni . ia knocked out by the record of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
Makes Major League De but With Two
 Bagger

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
SP0RT 0RTSlF00TBALLGOLF TENNIS B0xINGE

WI HEN the offical averages are an- w nounced in a month or so, it will
 w be discovered that less home runs were hit in 1924 than in lyzs' ann dne National league, with total of 49e, shows a decrease of 39, and the Ameri- can league, with total of S97, displays decline of A.
 It is not much of a decrease, but to those who have been asking for better pitching in recent years it will indicate that the twirling in the two majors nm nroved last season. They will take consolation out of the figures.
 American leaguers will point to- the fact that 1O2 more home runs were hit in the National than in the American, as proof that the. pitching in the Ma tional is much weaker than i'll the Amer, ican. National league ,adherents Will reply that it merely proves the Ma tional has, better batters than the American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11

brilliantly executed one of these runs for a distance of 65 yards through the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11

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(TOmorrOw: Chapter XI-The Grid dle.)
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