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Peg1er' s Pegs

was met by Rickard after the
 bouts with generous Have one
 of my belts."
 Panama Joe Cans, Kid Norfolk, Joe Lynch, Johnny Dundee, Leonard and Johnny Wilson, who may be remem- bered as the middleweight champion, all received belts with the understanding that they were to defend them twice under his auspices. This was a droll jest of MT. Riekard be- cause, naturally, he knew that once he bestowed a $2,500 belt on a prize fight ter, that belt was gone. Joe Lynch was defeated in his next bout and refused to relinquish his belt, whereupon Mir. Rickard deducted $1 500 from his purse It seemed that the $2,500 belt had de- preciated $1,000 worth in safety de- posit box, in six months. At this rate, all of those belts must be worthless or worth even less than that by now, and it will be readily seen that Benny Leonard owes the thief $2,5OO.
 Que who is no expert in the mat
 ter of diamonds, but who has
 handled many kinds of bottles in
 the course of a varied social career,
 is able to state that the diamonds
 in Benny's belt, as it passed around
 the pro row on the night he won it,
 were very bright gems. They were I of much finer quality than the
 ordinary pop-bottle. In fact, they
 NEW YORK, July 5.-Bar silver,
 shone with the pure ray of a $15
 King William pinch bottle.
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ward his shoulder struck the bar and it barely toppled off the upright.
 America qualified all four of her starters in the semi-finals of the S00- metre run for the finals tomorrow and nlso landed two of the nine qualifying places in the 3,000-nietre steeplechase finals which will take place Wednes- day.
 Ray Dodge, Oregon Aggies, the only American to win an S00-metre heat, ran the last half of the race with his left foot bleeding from the effects of being spiked as the pack rounded the turn. The injury, however, is not believed to be serious enough to af- feet his chances tomorrow in the race. in which the two Britons, Stallard and Lowe, the victors in the other heats today, are regarded as favorites.
 Summaries:
 S,00O-metre steeplechase, three to qualify for finals: Katz, Finland, first :. Bontampe, France, second; Montague, Great Britain, third. Time, nine min ,utes .43.4 seconds.
 3,000-metre steeplechase, second heat Isola, France, first; Michael A. Dev. ahey, Millrose A. A, of New York. second Ebb, Finland, third. Time, nine minutes 57 4-5 seconds. k 100 metres, first semi-6nal, heat: three to. qualify Jackson V. Scholz. New York A. C., first A. Porritt, New Iealsnd,s second; Loren Murchison, Newark A. C., third. Time, 10s4-5 seconds. ,se,t $ Second semi-fnal: Abrahams. Great Britain, first; Charles Paddock, Los Angeles 4, O., second; Chester Bow man, Syracse university, third. Time, 10 3-5 seconds.
 Final 100-metre dash Harold .Abra. hams. Great Britaina first; Jackson V. Seholz, Newark A. o., second A. Por- ritt, New Zealand, third; Chester Bow man Syracuse, fourth; Charles w. Paddock, Los Angeles, fifth; Loren ,Murchison, Newark A. c, sixth. Time, 10 3-5 seconds.
 Taylor, Grinnell college, Iowa, first; Vilon, Finland, second: Ivan Fl. Riley Illinois. A, C., third; Georges Andre, France, fourth.
 Charles Brookine, University of Iowa. was disqualified for fault at one hurdle. ,Blackett, Great Britain, also was disqualified. :, Running high jump final: Harold Osborn, Illinois A. C., 6 feet 4A inches
 Lewden, France, third, 6 feet Sh inches; Tom Poor, Kansas university, fourth, 6 feet 2 inches; Gaspar,. Hun gary, fifth, 6 feet 2 inches Jansson. Sweden, sixth, 6 feet finch. Poor won from Gaspar on the jump off after ty. ing for fourth place. ,.
 Penathlon, Lehlonen, Finland, first, 16 points; Sonfay, Hungary, second, IS points; Robert Legendre, New York A. O., third 20 points; Unger, Sweden. fourth, 24 points Leine, Finland. fifth. p points,; Morton Kaer, University of Southern California, sixth % points,.
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GULL BEATS. F. ,.
 HUNTSVILLE, 5.2
stathan'S Pitching Too Good For Nighthawks In Fast
 v Game Tuesday

CUL1MAN, Ala.,s July. 7.-(Spe- ial. 1--The .Ouhman Independents de- Steatedf the tfast Huntsville Nighthawks shere this afternoon in one of the fastest games of baseball played on the Gull man diamond this season, to 2. The pitching of Wild Bill' Statham was more than the visitors were able to cope with, striking out nine men and only giving up four scattered hits. Out side the good pitching of Statham, the features of the game were the heavy sluging of Bradley of the CullmaR team, securing two two-baggers and home run, the homerun by Oldacre of the Independents was also a feature. Gull man secured eight hits off Wiley, the twirler of the Nighthaws, who. is a veteran in the business.
 The lineup:
 Cullman-Bradley, third base; Grif- fin, w., second base; Brindley, right field; Halloran, leftfield; Levy, short stop; Oldacre, first base; Fink, center field; Griffin, L., catch; Statham, pitch.
 Huntsyille-Walsh, leftfieId; Chaney, second base; Mcdonald, short stop ; Brenough, first base; Clements, third base; Warren, rightfield; Hambrick, centerfield; Tipton. catch; Wiley, pitch.
 Score R. H. E. Cullman ,.....s...... ,.5' Z hunCsVine .6.......... 4
 Summary :: Two base hits, Walsh, Brenaueh, Warren and Bradley. Three base hits, Ststham. Homeruns, Bradley and Oldaere. Double plays, Bradley, un- assisted. Sacrifice, HaIloran, (1). Base on balls, off Statham, 2; off Wiley, 1. Empires, Kelley and Bowling. Time B I hour 30 minutes.
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KANSAS CITY
 UCKS LOCALS
 - e Big Boy Joseph Clouts Terrific Homer At
 Redwood

Big Boy Joseph, home run king of the Negro National league. showed the Bir- mingham fans how it was done Monday afternoon and parked two circuit smashes over the palings with man aboard the sacks each time. Joseph's great hitting with Johnson's perfect day, aided the Kansas m City Monarchs tS, marsh to an the first game of the series Monday.
 Birmingham opened up in fine style ;nicking Monarch Bell for three runs but when Morrison took the hillock in the sec ond the Black Barons scoring was over forsthe. afternoon. The fans were forced to sit. Calmly by while the iomelinss were fghtins brave but losing battle.
 Fl sStreeter,. found the going rough. The second, third fourth, sixth and seventh innings, netted the visitors. two runs each session: for the grand total of eight. John sons threesbagger and home runs by Mo Near and Joseph upset the local twirier's eqnnibrium. He gave up 14 safeties and would have been showed under q deeper snow had It not been for the great work of fhe Black Barons afield.
 q lMcAllister and Sellers led the locals in hitting, a
 The teams clash again on Tuesday at { o'clock. The score:
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By TOM KEANE Crack Coach of Syracuse University
 And COach)

Written for The Age-Herald. Copy
 right, 19241
 COLOMBES STADIUM, Paris. July 7.-The end of the second day of the 1924 Olympic track and field games found the United States in first place. Finland; which swept everything on the opening day, was second, eight points behind the Americans.
 There were disappointments, however, which cast a certain amount of gloom un the American encampment, as the full strength of the stalwart. Films was disclosed by their performances. The feats of Monday included the broad jumping of Bob Legendre, formerly of Georgetown university, now u member of the Newark A. C.. in the panthalon. the sprinting of the Eng lishman, H. NJ. Abrahams, who beat our best in the 100-metres, the record break ing running of Lowe, the Briton, in one of the heats of the 800 and Le- Roy Browns Jumping despite his bad leg.
 Legendre Sets Record
 Although Legendre disappointed us yb failing to win the penthalon, he broke the worlds record for the broad jump, clearing a span of 25 feet six inches.
 The feature event of the day was the 100-metre dash, which we had l.oped Jackson V. Scholz of the New York A. C., would win. Four Amer jeans. Scholz, Charlie Paddock, Loren Murchison and Chet Bowman, were in the final with Abrahams and Porrit of New Zealand.
 Abrnhams, who loomed up tall and bony beside the blocky Americans, all of whom are built low to the track, ap- peared confident as the men went to their marks. The Englishman was ob viously at tke top of his form. A dramatic silence fell over the great sta diumh, and spectators spoke only in whispers until the tension was snapped by the crack of the starters gun. No un- toward incident marred the dash. Ab- Iahams was first off the mark and the Tanks simply couldn't catch him. He was yard ahead of Scholz and going away at the tape. Even more surpIis- ing than Abrahams' victory was the showing of Porrit who took third place, with Chet Bowman fourth, Paddock fifth and Murchison sixth.
 Gets Ovation
 The Englishman, who is not parti- culaly popular, was given a tremendous ovation. Old-timers described it as the greatest sprint ever seen. The loss of the hundred meters was q serious set back for us. Abrahams great form now puts first place in the 200 meters in danger.
 Harold Osborne our decathlon cham pion did some remarkable pumping in winning the high-jump and scoring ten points for the United States. He did not dislodge the bar once until it was
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Next is Coach Wilbur Hutsell, athletic director at Auburn, while on the right end is Bill Streit, who was signally honored by the Olympic committee by his appointment as chairman of the wrestling committee.
 In the second row, reading from left to right. are: Dave Whelchel of Geor- gia-Tech, crack iayelin hurler, next is Commodore Cochran of Mississippi A. and M., fleet middle distance runner. Next to Cochran is Mrs. c. w. Strict, Jr., who is making the trip with MT. Streit. Don Scott of Mississippi A. and NJ, comes next, who is a pentathlon man. On the right end is Lee Priester, javelin hurler from Mississippi A. and M.
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SPORTS 
KEANE WRITES OF OLYMPIC CHANGES
Coach Of Distance Runners Gives Intimate De-
 tails Of America Competition
placed at a world record height after he had won the event.

placed at a world record height after he had won the event.
 Brookins Disqualified
 A piece of bad luck for the Americans was the disqualification of Charlie Brookins in the 400-meter hurdles which was won by G. c. Taylor in time only one-fifth of a second be- hind his own world record. The judges ruled Brookins out, saying that on the turn he had dragged his foot over the hurdle in the next lane. This Brookins emphatically denied.
 It looks as if Willie Ritola, the an- moving little Finn who walked off with victory in the 10000 meters run Sun day, would certainly take first in the 5000 meters steeplechase. We have those husky Iirish-Americans, Mike Devanney and Marvin Rick among the nine qualifiers for the final but they were hard pressed to place in hteir heats.
 All our men in the S00-meters qual- flied for the final but we are beginning to figure that the Englishmen, Lowe and Stallard, are perhaps, the best of the field. Enck of Pennsylvania state looks about the best of the Americans but may go no better than third.
 Americans FaIter
 So far our team is not doing as well as it did at Antwerp four years ago. We failed to get fifth place in the high jump, second in the 4O0-meter hurdles and first in the 100-meter, which we had counted on. On Monday l saw the best high jumping I have ever seen. Had Obsorne been pressed I think he would easily have broken the world record and cleared six feet eight inches. Le Rol Brown has syif- fered from a bad leg since we left New York and no one ever expected to see him go on 50 gamely and take second place.
 We certainly made a mistake when we didn't enter legendre in the broad jump. We figured he would win the pentathlon but never thought him capable of a world record in the other. Of course, 1t is too late now to enter him.
 LehIOnen Cops
 Lehlonen of Finland popped up to win the pentathlon and take away ten points on which we had counted. What is worse, the Films are our most dangerous rivals. A former enemy na- tion won second in the pentathlon when it was discovered that Sonfay of Hun gary had scored IS points in this event, two more than Lehlonen. Legendre was third with 20 in the pentathlon, it must be borne in mind, the one who scores the fewest points wins.
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WELCOMES
 ETHIOPIAN PRINCE
African POtentate Is Greeted By
 Duke Of York

LONDON, July 7.-Clad in a mag nificent white robe, strangely at vari- ance with the ordinary felt hat which graced his head, Ras 'Tafarri, Prince Regent of Ethiopia, burst upon a sur prised London Monday.
 The African pOtentate was greeted by the Duke of York when he arrived at ,s the station. A gorgeous retinue of ehieftans, robbed in emerald and red, accompanied Ras Tafarri.
 The party drove in the royal carriage to a private residence which has been leased for use of the prince during his visit to London.
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RATES SUSPENDED

WASHINGTON, July 7.-Proposed new schedules devising rates on lum. Der from Missouri, Arkansas and Louis jana point to Burlington and West Bur llngton, Iowa, were ordered suspended from July IS to August 17 by the in. terstate commerce commission today. The suspended schedules were ordered cancelled without prejudice to the pub hcation of new schedules in conformity with the commission findings,
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MARMADUKE IS WINNER OF RACE
Valentine Drives Horse To Victory In Grand
 Circuit :.

COLUMBUS, O., July T-(By As- sociated Press. )--Marmaduke, driven by c. A, Valentine of Columbus today won the Neil House 5000 stake for 2 :OS trotters, the feature event of the opening of the days card of the Colum- bus midsummer grand circuit meeting.
 Trumpet, the favorite in this event. won the second heat and the third was so close between Trumpet and Marma- duke that the result was in doubt until the judges announced their decision.
 Tommy Murphy, who was back of Trumpet, had still another favorite beaten. His Dixie. Direct was made first choice in the 2:11 pace but the best she could do was to finish second twice and third once, while the race was going straight heats to Miss Bel win.
 There were small fields in the other two races on the card. Murphy's Czar Worthy won the 2 :03 trot in straight trot had only three starters. Sam Williams won the first heat but was outstepped in the next two by Lightning Flash, the original favorite. Breaking put Hot Toddy out of the running in the first two heats.
 2:oa trot three heats. purse S1,2oo: czar Worthy, blk. g.. by czar Peter. EthsiinGa HnGa.l D. m. by Peter the Great cupids Albingsn. b. D. g.. B. by Aibinsen
 In1sa's Time. s.6sA. a:osh. a:os4. 7
 2:14 trot for s-year-Oids, three heats. lightning Flash. Dr. f. by Peter ... sam Williams. ,. C., by Peter Scott Hot c2ts Toddy. by Guy Xawotthy tMar
 Tha; Tims, s:Is:. a::iiNi. a:1iA ''''' /
 2:iI pace, three heats, purse. s1OOO: Miss Belwin. b. m, by Belwin. Disis Direct b m. by Napoleon ;;l Daa RlrSi1 Slnoh. GEPAgo G5. 7. by silver Finch Lam6ettO. b.. g. by Kentucky Todd Brasil; ns pix k g. by Maioom Forb:' @ Dillon Re9ppear, b. g.. by sidney .
 Pime iI1Sn s:os SSSito' s:osH. a.Os4. ais. heats. purse. &s,Ooo:
 Marmaduke, br. g., by Belwin Wal rrSmpst snSiSs S. s. by Etawa6 tMar. Prince & 96ndsman. Dr. g., by the
 Don0SmAn Nt1aluefNhanJ '.'"s.-'.S , Emma Harvester. b, m, by the
 Harvester (Cox) ........4 3 Todd Hart, blg. g., by Kentucky
 Todd (Putnam) ................s 6 Sster Ruth, b. m., by Ortolan Ak
 worthy (McDonRld) ............5 Belmar. b. m., by Belwin (Taylorl.6 6 Steyendon, br. g., by the Bondsman
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COOK ASKS RELIEF. ~ FROM APPEAL COST

:. ATLANTA, July 7.-Attorneys for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, presented mo- tlon to three United States circuit judges here today, asking that he be re- lieved of the costs of an appeal from the sentence imposed upon him in Fort Worth, Tex, last fall after con- viction of using the mails to defraud in the sale of oil stock. The motion was taken under advisement.
 Dr. Cook is under sentence to serve 14 years in the federal .penitentiary and pay fine of $12,000. He is now lodged in the Tarran county, Texas, jail, pend- ing the result of his motion.
 Attorneys for the petitioner said that Dr. Cook is now pauper and lacks funds to prosecute the appeal. This is set forth in an affidavit from Dr. Cook through his attorneys, former United States Senator Joe w. Bailey of Texas, and Henry Greenhouse.
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HOLD SCHOOL PICNIC
Several Hundred Dollars Raised For
 Institution

HANCEVILLE, Ala, July 7.-(Spe- cial. )-The annual school picnic at Hanceville, Ala, was a great success. The net profits were several hundred dollars. There were around four thou sand people attending this great, an-
 -@8 nual get-to-gether meeting. A number of prizes awarded in the various con- tests, but the biggest feature of the day was the popularity contest" between Miss Bulah Caudell and Miss Mar guerite Cook, both of twelve summers. The contest closed at 12 o'clock with Miss Caudell leading. Miss Caudell was presented with a box, which was donated by Dr. Yielding of this city.
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Here is d groupe of Dixie's own pro ducts who are now in Paris competing for America against an international field of athletes. The pictures above was taken especially for The Age Herald on board the America which carried the American Olympic team across and was mailed to the sporting editor by c. w. Streit, Jr., of Bir- mingham, chairman of the American Olympic wrestling committee. The groupe is comprised of stars from southern universities and athletic clubs. On the back row, reading from left, to right, are, Coach Billy Hayes of Mississippi A. and M track team, whom the students sent over with their stars by making donations for expenses.
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POLICE FIND BODY
 : AND $3,855 CASH

NEW YORK, July 7.-Dozens of times in a year the harbor police of New York report unidentified man found dead in the river"
 They made that report Monday. They added to it: ''There was SS.S55 Tn the mans pockets. He wore A khaki shirt and trousers, signet ring and a longshOreman's union button"
 Unidentified men found dead in the river. rN usually are not important. But SS'eo0 make a difference. Unusual ef- forts, are being made to learn who he
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OoI.OMREs sTADI1JN. Paris,

,July 7.-At the end of the sec.
 ond days fighting in the world war for athletic supremacy on track and field, the United States held at least a temporary advantage over the universe with a total of 55 points. Finland was second with 47; England and Sweden each had 141a; France and her old enemy, Hungary, had 71a apiece; Poland and New Zealand had four each and Norway had one.
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Slidin' In

"HE CHICKASAWS were on the
 trail of a goat Monday afternoon
 which led them into the wilderness. This goat, a peculiar type of animal, ia dissimilar from other goats in that it is a by-ped. It has adapted the use of one of it's appendages to hurling a baseball and in that capacity has found il to be very efficient. The goat, chris tened Roy Walker by his parents, EGott;" by his friends, is Birmingham latest addition to her pitching staff.
 
 When Walker broke into South
 ern league competition last week
 against the Bears by twirling
 six hit shutOut game, some skeptieS
 figured that he had a lucky day,
 as the BaronS backed him up sem
 sationalIy. However, Tuesday
 afternoon when he hurled the Bar
 Ons to victory over Memphis in his
 second start some of the dubious
 switched horses. Goat allowed the league leaders a to- tai of four hits. They garnered two runs off him. One of the runs was from the hat of Roy Carlyle, while the same player scored the other tally. Waler evidently did not get his hooker in the proper place to fool the smash ing Mir. Carlyle for he drove one of the offerings of the pride of Troy out of the park, via ozone over right field wall.
 Nor did Mir. Walker consider
 his task accomplished after holding
 the Chicks to four hits. He wal
 IOped out a double and two singles
 and added two runs himself to the
 Baron total. All of which seems
 to comprise good days work.
 The BarOns won, 9 to 2.
 The Chattanooga clan gave New Orleans a terrific beating in Chatta- nooga, winning 16 to 4. Though the Lookouts obtained but one more hit than the Pelicans it was more timely batting and three home runs which made up the difference. Johnny An derson smashed a homer while George Cunningham, to make sure he won his contest, drove out pair of homers himself. Buzzer Bill Whitaker was the first Pel twirler to flee under the rain of Chattanooga hits, while CaldeFa and Schick, an Outfielder, followed him.
 Over the state line in Tennes-
 see an Alabama invader was less
 successful than the conquering
 Barons. The Mobile Bears were
 HOsed out in the final inning by the Nashville Vols, 8 to ?. Big
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In the front row, from left. to right, are Ollie Spencer, mile and two-mile pacer, also of Mississippi A. and M. In the. center, holding the life buoy, is Birmingham's own Petey Sarron, crack little flyweight boxer developed at the Boys club. Sarraon made good show ing in, losing fight in New York in the semi-finals of the tryouts that the committee nominated him for place. He lost to the boy who won the title. On the right end, front, is Lefkowich, boxer, of the University of Virginia.
 The picture was taken on board the ship in mid-oceaH. The athletes trained On the ship going across. Mats were prepared for the boxers and wrestlers and make shift tracks were provided for the track men.
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Dan ISOOne was still running in hard luck and took the count. kee- nan, after forcing in two mon in the first inning, shut out the Bears for the rest of the way.
 Atlanta gave Doc Newton and the Travellers a walloping. 6 to 5. Though Newton held the Crackers to seven hits he allowed his opponents to bunch them on him in the sixth and lost.
 te
 The White Elephants. which are trained and handled by Connie Mack and play under the title of Athletics, though not very good athletes, pulled a surprise, in part, Monday by twice taking the meas urement of the Boston Crimson Stockings. The Macks won the opening encounter to 2 and scored a half dozen again in the second game to win, to 3.
 The Tigers and Indians were idle on account, of rain, while other teams were not scheduled.
 
 In the National loop the Pirates OvoIran Brooklyn and captured the Dodgers, who failed to dodge, The booty was 8 to victory, in which Mir. Yde, who must have omitted some of the letters in his name at some time in the family history, led ithe attack.
 The Cardinals rapped out an even score of hits and cashed them in at the gate for 15 runs to defeat Chi cago, 15 to 3.
 Other teams rested.
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Over the state line in Tennes- see an Alabama invader was less successful than the conquering Barons. The Mobile Bears were nOsed out in the final inning by the Nashville Vols, 8 to ?. Big