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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
Simpson To
 GoToMeet
 This Week
Purple Tornado, Cotton States Champs, After
 State Title

The Purple Tornado of Simpson Tech will leave Thursday afternoon for the Capital City, where they will en- ter the state basketball tournament, which will be held there on the last two days of the week, the Techsters making the journey with the hopes of bringing back a second state cham pionship cup to mate the first, which was won by them at the meet last year.
 Beginning the season in the face of the prophecy of dopesters that the team could not equal it's record of last year in taking state honors. the team, under Coach Dick Webb. made the trip to Auburn last week, returning with the Cotton States cup and with three all- state men of last year elevated to the all-Cotton States mythical team this season. After a season of success, the team Is again facing the state tourney, and it remains to be seen a week from today whether critics are right or whether the team will live up to the mark set earlier in the season.
 Taking Life Easy
 The Purple and Gold cagesters have been taking it easy for the past week in order that any chance of staleness
  their work in earnest Monday after noon, with the possibility of an en- counter to start off the weeks work.
 Regular practices will be continued up through Wednesday, the last day the team will be in Birmingham be- fore entering the tournament; and, un- less something unforeseen happens, the Tornado will enter the contests favorites for state honors.
 The Purple Tornado, however, will meet some stiff opposition in the meet this week, as many of the leading teams in the Cotton States meet will be registered as their opponents. Cham the surprise which kept the Purple years ago; Lee County and other season, will be in the running and working hard against the favorites.
 All Stars
 The Tornado is made up of players of an ability rarely seen together on one combination. "Slick" Vincent, Cur dy Byrd and "Firpo" Ferguson being holders of all-Cotton States honors, and, in addition, Buck" Ellis and Lit tie Johnny Milking, holding the same rank on the mythical district five, Al bert Vincent, Dewey Byrd and James Harris also being players of the first rank.
 The Techsters will not leave Birming- ham with the overconfidence which loses; and, 10 say the least, the team is expected to. make a strong fight again for the honors held lSst season
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
EMS CASE IS
 NOT SERIOUS

PAso RoBLEs, Cal, March L. Jewell. Ems. Pittsburg Pirate, i'll at a hospital in Atascadero with scarlet fever, who is here for the spring train ing season of the club. has only a slight case. and is practically convalescent, according to the physician who is at- tending him. Other players on the club have not been quarantined and en- gagged in two practice workouts today. They will be kept under observation for six days by the county health officer, however, until 1t is certain that none of them has become infected from contact with Ems before his illness be- came known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
Besserner To
 Have Fine Grid Menu
Tigers To Play Nine Games On Football Field Next
 Season

Bessemer High school announced an attractive nine-game schedule for the 1924 gridiron season Saturday after nSon. which is expected to bring the Tigers to the finish with an excellent claim to the state title if the team has successful season.
 The schedule includes fine series of home games, with one trip to Mont gomery, where the Sidney Lanier Poets will be encountered.
 The Bcssemer eleven took on the Poets at ResseIner last season and will visit the team in its own habitat next season. This game should be one of the biggest for the Bessemerites, as Lanier generally turns out a team that has to be beaten before the state cham pi5nsAip Is decided.
 Tuscaloosa Here
 The Tuscaloosa High school Bruins, annually one of the foremost teams in state championship contenders, will be brought tG Bessemer for a game on November q. This also is expected to be feature contest.
 The Thanksgiving Day classic will be played with Hueytown. This team, close neighbor of Bessemer, is one of it's worst foes, and is 8 force that has to be contendcd with in the climb of a team to the top. This game will be played at Bcssemer and should bring out capacity crowd, as all BeSsemer,
  cd in the game.
 The season will be opened with Al liance on October , at Bessemer.
 Ensley On Menu
 Another feature of the Bessemer schedule is the appearance of Ensley High school Yellow Jackets on It's list. Ensley for three or four years, along with the other two city high schools, inactive in state athletics due to their being out of the Alabama High School Athletic association, has again fell in line. The Ensley school has joined the association and will meet Bessemer, sidney Lanier and other member teams of tue organization.
 The schedule complete follows:
 October 3-Alliance at Bessemer.
 October 10-Jones Valley at Besse- mer.
 October 17-Shades- Cahaba at BesSe- mer.
 october 24-Simpson at Bessemer
 November 1-Ensley at Redwood.
 November S-Jefferson County at Redwood.
 November H--sidncy Lanier at Mont gomery.
 November 21-Tuscaloosa at Besse- mer.
 ksgiving-Hueytown at Besse- mer,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
M'GRAW TO GO
 TO GIANT. CAMP

NEW YORK, March 1.-Manager Me- Graw is expected to join the Giants at Sarasota today, according to reports reaching here.
 While Bernie Neis, the Saskatoon flash, entered at the bat and field, the Robin eggs defeated the Hams 16-1o in the Brooklyn inter-strife at Clear water, Fla.
 Eight Yankees left New York today for the camp of. the worlds champions, which will be opened at New Orleans. None of the seven holdouts has yet signed, although two contracts are said to be in the mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
THnRSRx wINS

THoRSBY, Ala, March 1.-(Special.) Thorsby institute closed the most sue cessful season of its history in basket ball here by beating the Buck Creek cotton mills team of Siluria by the score of S5 to II. J 'e : For Thorsby, sensational shooting of Littleton featured. He rang up nine field goals, while Davenport looped four. Turner starred at guard. Ziderboeck was the whole show for Siluria.
 "Thorsby has won every series this sea son and captured 12 out of Is games
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
Frats Start
 Basketball
 AtAlabanaa
Annual Cage Meet At Cap stone To Be Started On
 Monday Afternoon

UNIVERSITY, Ala, March 1.-Inter- fraternity basketball will be inaugu- rated Monday afternoon at the Cap stone when the S. A. E. team will meet the Lambda Chi Alpha team at 4 o'clock. This clash will be followed with the D. K. E.-Kappa Nu game in the afternoon. Every afternoon and night thereafter, until late in the month, two games will be played.
 The F fraternities at the Capstone have been placed into two leagues, the winner in each league to meet in the finals for silver loving cup offered by Pan-Helenic.
 The Kappa Alpha club defeated the s. A. E. team last year in the finals, and both teams, with a fair nucleus of last years team. are again going to make a strong bid for the cup. The A. T. O. quintet, with Hussey, Stakely, Ed and Lindsay Bruce of last years team, and the Kappa Nus are also go- ing to make strong fights for the cup. Other teams who have been showing well in practice arc the Pi Kappa Phi quintet, the Phi Delta Theta club, the Lambda Chi five and the Kappa Sig mas.
 Schedule
 Here's the schedule for the first week: March 3-Lambda Chi vs. S. A. E.; D. K. E. vs. Kappa Nu; Kappa Sigma Vs. Chi Phi: k. A. vs. Tau Phi. March 4-Z. E. T. vs. Pi Kappa Phi; Phi Delts vs. Phi Cams; s. A. M. vs. Sigma Chi; A. T. 0. VIZ. Sigma Nu March 5-Phi Kappa Sigma vs. Lamb da Chi; Kappa Sigma vs. A. T. O.; D. k. F. Ns. z. B. T.; S. A. F. vs. Phi Delts. March 6-S. A. M. vs. Tau Phi; Sigma Nu Vs. Chi Phi; Kappaj Nh vs Pi Kappa Phi; Phi Kappa Sigma vs, k. A. March Sigma Chi vs. Phi Cams; D. K. F.. vs. Pi Kappa Phi; Kappa sigma vs. Sigma Nu; Lambda Chi Vs. Tau Phi, March s--S. A. F. Ns. Phi Kappa sigma; Kappa Nu vs. H R. T.; Chi Phi vs. A. T. O.. Phi Cams vs. s. A. NJ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
MINIATURE MARVEL

Eminent architects, artists and authors have combined to present to Queen Mary of England a miniature dolls house that will be marvel of skill. Its base will be no larger than a billiard table; it will contain real grounds with hedges, trees and gardens i; it's rooms perfectly, furnished and deco rated with real materials and among the furniture pieces will be grand piano seven inches over all in dimen- sions, but perfect in mechanism. 'a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
VIRGINIA LOOP
 MAPS SCHEDULE

NORFOLK, Va, March 1.-Drectors ot the Virginia league. in session in Portsmouth, adopted by unanimous vote a 13S-game schedule for the forthcoming season, which opens April IT and closes September 20 The schedule calls for So games for each club on the home field and 69 games abroad. Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, each get twelve Saturday games, while the other three clubs will play eleven games on the home field on Saturdays.
 The season will open with the clubs playing as follows: Petersburg in Richmond; Norfolk in Portsmouth, and Wilson in Rocky Mount.
 All clubs of the league were repre- sented at the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
PIRATES STILL WORK

SAN LUIS OBIsPo, Cal, March l. No attempt had been made to quaran- tine members of the Pittsburg Pirates National baseball club early today, al though one of their number was taken to a hospital at Atascadero suffering from scarlet fever. There are no fears for Jewell Ems, the sick player. His condition was described this morning as "Vcry satisfactory"
 Manager McKechnic is planning workouts as usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
PLANS FOR MEET

ATLANTA, Ga, March 1.-Southern conference track committee at a meet ing here this afternoon completed ar engagements for holding the conference track meet at Montgomery May 3 and 10. Entry blanks will be mailed in a few days by W. ". Alexander of Geor- gia Tech, committee chairman. Details of the meet are in the Hands, of F. J. Cramton and ClaYton TulliS Ir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
COURSE CHANGED

HOYLAKE, England, March 1.-The British open golf championship will course, the principal change having been made at s"the Alps" or short eleventh, green. The green-a blind one-is taken forward so that . weak shot will not run down the slope and possibly on to the green. The ball now will have to be driven up to the hole. American amateurs last year played it we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
score was
Out ....... .434-444-4s3. Total 8 In .425-544-434. Total 35

The university golf team Is arranging matches with various southern teams, and there is prospect with game with Yale and Princeton. Plans are under way with contest with Charlie Hall, Bob Andrews and another Birmingham pro, and Fred Lawville of Tuscaloosa, play ing as team of four professionals against four star University of Alabama players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
TEACHERS MN

lIATTIESBURG Miss, March IT. Especial Leased Wire1 1-Today's game between Hillmau college basketball team of Clinton and the State Teachers college resulted in a victory for the teachers, % to IS. In the game yester- day between Hillman and the Missis- sippi Woman's college team, the latter, won, A to 16, making the Woman's college the undefeated champions of the state. This college won last years championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
PASTOR ONCE BALL PLAYER

Rev. Louis Bruce. full-blooded Mo- hawk Indian, is a full-fledged Method ist preacher also, and like Billy Sun day, he made his debut into the soul saving profession by way of the base ball diamond, Besides teaching reli- zion he also has the pride of his race at heart, and before becoming preacher was also dentist. When playing base ball he was on the Toronto team in Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
SAMSON LOSES

SAMSON, Ala. March 1.-(special Leased Wire re)--Stepping off to an eight-point lead in the first quarter. Samson girls reversed form and lost what seemed to be their game to Head land here this afternoon. The score wound up, 25-13. in favor of Head land. Samson was leading at the first quarter. 80. Miss Chance is coach at Samson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
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PASSING OF OPERA GLASSES

Although jewellers still show them, and manufactures still make them, opera glasses as the pride and property of every young woman, are passing out. Opera glasses may still be rented in the theatre lobby, and of course they are still given as gifts, but the customs once so popular in the days of Ada Rehan, Denman Thompson and Clara Morris seems to have died out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
CALIFORNIA ADMITTED

NEW YORK, March 1.-The Univer- sity of Southern California was ad- mitted to membership of the Intercol- legiate Association of Amateur Ath- letics and will send a team to compete in the 1924 championships at Harvard stadium, May 80 and 31, it was an- nounced today after the annual meet ing of the l. c. A. A. A. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
MACKS ARRIYE

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March l. Three veterans of the Philadelphia morning, ready for the opening of the spring training season Monday. Rollie Naylor and. "slim" Harris, pitchers. and Frank Welch, outfielder, composed the advance unit. Manager Mack and the Philadelphia contingent are ex- pected to arrive tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
RULING OUEsTToNrn

CHICAGO, March IA ruling of the National Association of Amateur Bill Hard Players, which held Robert M. Lord of the Illinois A. C., national amateur three-cushion champion, in- eligible from competing in the cham pionship tournament here next week, is to be questioned at the meeting of the executive committee here on Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
PENN STAR TO CUBA.

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-Dr. Al win c. Kraenzlein,1 former University of Pennsylvania star, and the only ath- lete who ever won four events in the history of the Olympic games, leaves today for Havana, Cuba, where he will become athletic director of. the Vedago Athletic club. Dr. Kraenzlein took. first place in four track and field events in the Olympic games at Paris in 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
RACING BETS 50 MILLIONS

IA' HIai9 oT Maryland has four rae. iH1 courses and during 1925 there were bets cf $49.125,bS2 made on the out come of horse races on these tracks. which are located a IIavrc de Grace Bowie. I-nrrel and Pimlico. Tho total amount paid to the state by the rac- GGo1SIn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
GOoDwATEK IS BEATEN

GooDWATER. Ala, March .1.-(spe- cial.) .)-G oodwater High school boys basketball team was decisively beaten in q game with Weogufka Consoli- dated school on the court of the latter, The score was 2S to 10. The local team in a previous game defeated weogufka on the local diamond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
LOST FOLKLORE BFING sOuGHT

An effort to find and reclaim evi- dence of folklore in Belgium is being made by an organizatio of history and folklore service in the Province of Bra bant. The study of Brussels dialect, fast dying out, is receiving attention, and moving pictures and popular songs to preserve characteristic conventions of the country will be attempted. e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
nEAIpsEY RrCnNERINA

NEW YORK. March 1.--Jsck Demp- sey. worlds heavyweight champion. is ,e covering rapidly from the effects of minor opera ton performed laat Wednesday and will leave the Poly clinic hospital next Monday o" Tues day. his manager declared today in denying reports that his illness had taken turn for tue worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
DECATUR EVENs SCORE

ALBANY -DECATUR, March 1.-- Especial Leased Wire )-The Central High school basketball teams have re- turned from Huntsville, where they broke even with the high school of that city Friday evening in a double head CT The local girls club lost to Hunts vile in a scrappy game. The Central boys team romped over the Huntsville boys, however, A to 15. Pepper was the big star in 'he local offensive, all though Lannon's and Hurst showne also. Practically the entire Central squad wss sent into tlie game after face lead had been r ing up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
EVANS RELEAAED

ST LOUIS, March I.-Joe Evans, third cker and outfielder. recently re- ceased internationally by the Washing ten Senators, has been signed by the 5t. Louis Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02

The properties peculiar to N-rays may be contained in the light emitted by glowworms is the opinion of some scientists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-02
BOBBY BAUGH
 SETS RECORD

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. March H. Especial Leased Wire. .)-Bobbie Baugh of Birmingham, star golfer of Univer- sity of Alabama team, broke the course record Friday at the Country club. The score
Evening star., 1924-07-02
GIBBONS GETS BOUT
SOUGHT BY MADDEN
BY FAIR PLAY.

NEW YORK, July e.-How did
Tommy Gibbons steal the Jack
Bloomfield fight in London from Bart
ley Madden? Looks as if it was done
when Eddie Kane was abroad dick
ering with Carpenter for the Michi-
gan City battle.
Madden, when he was training for
Wills. had an idea he had cinched
the London engagement against the
British light-heavy champion. but it
looks now as though he was mis-
taken. If it is true Gibbons is to re-
ceive $4,000 plus travelling expenses
for fighting Bloomfield, he is getting
mighty good pay for what sizes up
as an easy job.
The last time Bobby Barrett and
Lew Tender met, the former was
slowed away with body punches. He
claimed they were low. and since
every fighter who succumbs to a body
wallop says that, the customers did
not take him too seriously.
But Barrett never did change his
story. You could get a fight with
him any time by denying that Lew
did not keep ,em up that night
show that he is better man than
Tender If he does, the lightweight
situation is going to assume a highly
luminous appearance, even granting
that in defeating Tender. Bobby will
not be defeating any lightweight.
There have been few more per-
picking up-and-downers than Bar
rett. Some fair to middling boxers
will smack him good and just when
the fans are placing him well down
in the minors he will bob up and
beat some one like Sailor Friedman
or Nate Goldman.
Goldman, by the way, was dicker-
ing with Lew Tender for another
match and merely took on Barrett as
q sort Of workout bout for the more
important affair. Barrett, as will be
recalled. put him to sleep in three
rounds.
Evening star., 1924-07-02
is RACKETERS
IN WESTERN TENNIS
By the Associated Press.

BY me ASSorlAed Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, July Sixteen
players remained in the running for
the western tennis singles champion
ship when third-round play opened
here today. The eight seeded play
ers who have swept lightly through
the preliminary rounds were expected
to find the going more difficult in to-
days matches, and upsets were re-
garded as highly probable.
With boys and juniors play start
ing today, the tourney was to swing
into full blast Second-round matches
in mems doubles and the third round
Of the woman's singles also were sched-
uled.
A. c. Chaplin of Hyannis. Mass,
picked by many to give Tilden an
interesting fight for the title, was to
get his first real test today when he
met Alex Craven of Chicago. An
other match that the fans were look
ing forward to was that between
julius Sagalowsky, the Butler Col
lege star. who yesterday eliminated
Ed Wilson, Western conference cham
pion, and Louis kuhler of Cincinnati
one Of the eight stars seeded in the
draw. TiIden, Patterson and Schles-
niger, the Australian pair, and Nor.
ton of South Africa, the tourney ia
vorites, were scheduled for compar-
atively easy matches today.
Evening star., 1924-07-02
TENNIS STARS CLASH
IN D. c. SEMI-FINALS

Two tennis champions and two
afternoon on the Dumbarton Club
courts in the semi-final matches Of
the annual District of Columbia title
net tournament
In the upper bracket match, Fritz
Mercur of Lehigh University, who
won the District laurels last year,
was to oppose Tom Mangan, present
Middle Atlantic Iitleholder
In the lower bracket tilt, Clarence
Charest, 1922 District champion, will
be opposed to John T. Graves, jr.,
1928 middle Atlantic winner. Both
matches were to begin at $3.50 o'clock.
Three of these men were pressed
Tending champion, had to play hard
to defeat l.. A. Cox. 6-3, 6-4. w. NJ.
Robinson made Charest battle to win.
80. 81, and AL Gore gave Graves
triumphed, s-6, Ga. Mangan van
quished J. D. Elliott, 60, 6-3.
At 4 o'clock today, play will be re-
sumed in the womens singles and
mems and mixed Doubles. Results OF
| matches other than in mems singles
played yesterday follow:
Miss 'qsa fsa.isr is, SIS. S; Mss ''1sise W.es
ford defestsd Miss Graves. 80, 50; Ma,
KrucoF defe.ted Miss Hall. ezz1. -.
fe..sd % roviss and oimqui.s, st. G. 81. ~
Mixed doubles-Hiss Kelly and Gore do
fe.ted Miss Pyke and Carroll. s-2; 81;
Mis- ss:z saa ns.
and Burren defeated Mrs. Fleming and Dorst
SO. Ga. ea: Miss w.keford and Johnsor
Miss De souza and Adams defeated Miss Kru
cof and Ballenger, e3, 63.
Evening star., 1924-07-02

that. despite the fact that Nurmi
made sensational time recently in the
S00-meter event. he is not likely to
start at this distance. the Finnish
officials indicating their belief that
he had better conserve his strength
principally for the 1000 and 5000
meter race finals, which come the
same afternoon.
Nurmi has set his heart on win
ming these races. which, as result
OF a special request. have been sep
arated by nearly three hours from
the program, but he also expects to
start in the team race at 10000 me-
terS fiat. If conditions warrant he
will bid for his fifth victory. in the
cross-country race. The Americans
took advantage of their last oppor-
tunity to test the stadium track, the
entire team being put through its
PAGES, with the exception of a few
cripples, including Leroy T Brown,
n. y. \. G., and Fl. NJ. Osborne, Illi-
nois a. c., high jumpers, who are not
taking any chances of risking any
further injuries.
Coaches found considerable fault
with the Colon bes track which they
described slow and "cupny. .
Coach Lawson Robertson EXPRESSED
the opinion, however, that it would
tend more to slow up the sprinters
than the long distance runners.
Members of the Olympic committee
were received formally by President
Doumergue at the Elysee Palace.