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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
Canada And
 'U. s. In Final .IHockeyCame
hampionahip Of, World To
 Be Played For Saturday ! By Great Teams

\ CHAMoNIx. Feb. 1.-The United
 Ftates and Canada will fight for the
 heckey~ championship of the world in
 The final round of the Olympic shillaleh |Fournament Sunday afternoon. They (peth advanced, undefeatsd, to the final |hpd championship round by their con- |uuests Friday: Canada outsped the |expert and daring but rather slow team Emitted States brushed sSawaden asfde, |eq to O. The British skaters were the |kirst to score on the C9nadians, who
 @wpn all their other matches by over
 Rwhelming shut-out scores. ses Il The Americans, although they out 5classed the Swedes, were spent by their Eexertions. and no music sounded sweet ter to them than the final. whistle. Hockey, called "the fastest, game in
 the worid," has revealed something, to nhe Europeans as the Canadians have EplAyed 1t In this tournament. Although
 the team from the United States un- Eaeubtediy is one of the best that ever ew1ldering dash of the Canadians has |nAde their game the most tailked-of Feature of the winter sports.
 In the semi-final game with the }Brftons, Canada's men seemed to im- |pSove in strength and speed as the 'ccntest raced toward the close. The Americans, on the other hand, seemed |w3nded, and, although they played at IA. terrific rate in the third period and |their teamwork was excellent, the spurt |seemed to call for an awful effort.
 Drury scored seven of the United States goals. Abel made four; Small
 9Aree; Mccarthy, two; Synott, two, and Lyons and Wright, one each. : The
 first period closed, 50; the second, 12-0,
 and the other eight came in the third. The championship is to be played off
 Sunday. The Canadianst are the fa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
Simpson Hi
 Runs Wild In
 Lanier Game
Poets Crushed By Tornado In One-Sided Game On The
 B. A. C. Court Friday

The combined attack of the Vincent and Byrd boys, with the assistance of Ellis or Ferguson, during the game, chrried the Purple Tornado of Simp- son Tech to a 56 to 13 victory over the Sidney Lanier Poets Friday night at the B. A. C.. the Poets lowing from the first to the swift passing attack of the Techsters, who took the lead after the first score had been made by the Montgomery boys and playing some of the best basketball seen on that court this season, doubled, tripled and quad rupled the score without giving the visitors a chance for a showing during the entire evening.
 Lanier, coming to Birmingham with the record of having one of the strong est teams of the state and having beat the Tordano on their Montgomery floor fell an easy victim to the Purple and Gold team. which stopped their of fense and broke through their defense at will. "Slick" Vincent, star guard of the Tornado, and Curdy Byrd, center scored 40 points between them during the encounter.
 Byrd and Vincent Star
 The playing of Curdy Byrd and "Slick" Vincent was ably seconded by that of Albert Vincent, Dewey Byrd, Buck" Ellis and "Firpo" Ferguson, either of which would have been on the list of first star of almost any high school encounter, with John Milking and James Harris giving an almost equally good exhibition of cage work during the encounter.
 The vaunted stars, Brunson, Pater- son and Kaminsky, were but flickers. Kaminsky once or twice seemed to get right and dropped seven points into the basket. Burns played the best guard ing game, but the passing play of Vim cent and Byrd drew him from his po- sition many times and allowed open shots.
 Lanier Weakens
 Substitutions failed to bolster the weakening defense and feeble attack of the Poets. Possibly it was the club court. possibly an off night, but all in all Simpson secured glorious revenge for the recent licking suffered in Mont gomery and proved to Birmingham that she has this year the greatest team in her history.
 Lineup and summary.
 Sidney Lanier d3)--Kaminsky CD, forward; Wilson (9, forward; Patter- son @, center; Burns, guard; Brun- son CD, guard.
 Simpson GOA. Vincent (6), for ward Ellis 0), forward; c. Byrd (22), center; c. Vincent qs), guard; Fergu- son CD, guard.
 Substitutions: I4anier-Kirkland for Wilson, Wilson for Kirkland, Turnip- seed for Brunson, Collins for Turnip- seed. Simpson-D. Byrd for Ellis, FL lis for O. Byrd, Harris for c. Byrd, Milking for Ferguson, Ferguson for Milking. {
 Halves, 20 minutes.
 Referee, Bryan CY. M. c. A.-B. A. O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
Girls Teams
 To Play At ].
 "" Saturday
Howard Coed Five To. Meet Strong Peabody Quintet
 At ; O'Clock

The fast girls team of Peabody col- lege will be seen in action at the Gen. tral Y. M. c. A. Saturday night at o'clock when it clashes with the Coed team of Howard college. The Nash vile five have been on tour over the state this week and have been sweep ing all teams in the fore. The crack Alabama quint fell before the Peabody attack Thursday night and the Monte- vallo team was played Friday night. The team comes from Montevallo Sat- urday morning for the game here to- night.
 Coach Bob Shelton has taken over the Bulldogettes since the promotion of Coach George Yarbrough to head bas- ketball coach, and Coach Shelton has been working the girls hard for ths game. The Crimson Co-eds have not played but two or three games so far this season. except practice games, but are in good shape for the contest. The team fell before the speedy Jacksonville Normal quintet last week in Jackson vile, but in a practice game with the B. R., L. & P. company office team this week showed a strong offensive.
 The game should be one of the best girls games of the season here, as both teams are strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
JOE JACKSON CASE s IS RESTED FRIDAY

| MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 1.-Close of the firth day of the trial in circuit court here of the case of Joe Jackson, White Sox baseball player sueing the Chicago American league for $1S,500 as salary under an alleged breach of con- tract, brought about the close of the plaintiffs direct testimoney < and he rested his case. .sa
 I The defense will begin taking testi- S1nony tomorrow. Fred Luderus, for iner first baseman for the Philadelphia Nationals and now manager of the Ok iahoma City team of the Western league, was the final witness for Jack son on direct examination, having been called as an expert in the 1919 world series 1t Is alleged was thrown by, a number of White Sox players to the Cincinnati Reds. He testified the play Ing of Jackson was good and later handy stick work sent in Sox runners, or one-third of the runs scored by the
 White Sox during the series.
 John Heydler, president of the Ma tional league, was the only witness dur ing the afternoon. He confirmed the 1estimony of Charles A..CeMiskey that the latter called him into. conference Concerning the rumored throwing of the series.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
QUINTET
 BEATS ELDRIDGE

JASPER, Ala. Feb. 1.-(special)- Walkers Black and Gold proved a stronger combination than Eldridge Baptist academy's Purple and Gold in a hard-fought cage tilt on Viking court Friday afternoon. The score was 22 to 15, favoring the Vikings. Coach Longcrier's proteges. proved themselves a, strong aggregation, but Were no match for the lanky Vikings. s
 J. Hudson, Viking forward, was the outstanding star of the game. shooting from every angle Of the court. Blan- ton, Eldridge forward, appeared in bril- liant form. .i;%
 Lineup: >-~-et g.
 Walker (22)-Forwards: Hudson t1O and Lantrep go; center, Key O; guards, c. Brown and M. Brown (2)
 Eldridge (15)-Forwards: Blanton (6) and Manasco (D; center, Franks CD; guards. Campbell and sims CD.
 Substitutions--Walk Gallagher for M. Brown, Jones for J. Hudson.
 E1dridge: Harbin for Camubell, Cain for Sims. b-''<.l-.Ea.. 4s
 Referee: Legg (Walker0
 Tinekeeper: Cousins (Eldridgeo
 Scorekeeper: Dr. Poe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
Soccer Loop
 Schedule Is
 Announced
New League Would Fill Gap In Local Out-Of-Door
 Athletic Menu

The Alabama Soccer Football league, a new organization in statei outdoor sports, has drafted a schedulS for the season and regular games will be play ed on each Saturday. Much interest Is being shown in the league by the towns which have teams in the league, and the sport fills a gap in outdoor activ- tiles in athletics long felt in local sports.
 With soccer as a major sport in Bir- mingham the athletic bugs will have a full season on the field instead of the present summer and fall system. The teams competing in the league are fast players on the team. Soccer has been played considerably around the towns which have entered teams, but this is the first time that an organization has been perfected. ''s'
 The games will start at y:15 o'clock and will be played in halves of 45 min utes. The schedule for Saturday after noon Is Ensley at Pratt City and Fair field at Wylam,. The teams are well matched and some good games are an ticipated.
 The schedule follows:
 February 2-Ensley at Pratt City Fairfield at Wylam
 February 9-Wylam at Ensley, Rratt City at Fairfield. ,,.
 February 1e-wylam at Pratt City, Fairfield at Ensley.
 February 23-wylam at Fairfield, Pratt City at ,Ensley.
 March 1-Ensley at wylam, Fairfield st Pratt City. n...s
 March s-Ensley at Fairfield, Pratt City at Wylam. -s4 z a.a
 March 15-Fairfield at Wylam, Ems ley at Pratt City. ft
 March 22-Wylam at Ensiey, Pratt City at Fairfield. si-
 March 2smFairfield at Ensley, wylam
 April 5-Wylam at Fairfield. Pratt
 April 12-Ensley at Wylam, Fairfield at Pratt City. G
 April 19-Ensley at Fairfield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
GIRL POSES AS
 RJJTH'S SECRETARY

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-As though Babe Ruth hadn't been in enough em- barrassment of his own making, young woman, arrested at Brooklyn navy yard for trying to crash the gate past the marine sentries on guard there, caused him further discowfort by claiming to be his correspondence sec retary. This was the first intimation that the Babe had a secretary. real or imaginary, and friends Of the large Bambino even went so far as to say they never even knew he had corre- spondence.
 However, that was the story of the young woman, person not discomfort ing to the eyes, who gave her name as Miss Babe Schein and said she was just q. She stuck to 1t. gamely, not withstanding certain flaws. For in- stance, she said she was preparing to accompany the Babe at Miami. Fla, during his spring training. there. This seemed erroneous in view of the fact at New Orleans and, not Miami. -,,% " sAn Dumb-beIIs
 They're all a lot of dumb-bells," 1" Miss Scheirs observed regarding Ad- miral Plunkett, commandant of the navy yard, and the officers of the ma rine guard, as she spared at her nose with a powder-puff the size of a 16- ounce glove. "PIunkett has been after me ever since we had fight over giv- ing baseballs autographed by Ruth to gobs on the Colorado. He ordered the sentries to keep me out Of the yard, but have slipped by and got in. Dumb-bells!"
 Miss Schein said she was merely mak- ing social call on an officer whose vessel is about to sail, If the officer himself resented the treatment of his eirF frieudi he contained his indigna- ton, for no gold-striper appeared to plead for Babef Schein.
 She was released on suspension of sentence e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
RICHARD AGREES sg- TO MATCH OFFER

a BUENos AIRES, Feb. Luis Firpo has received .cablegram from Tex yRickard saying:
 q "I will equal any genuine offer you have to box Wills, Dempsey or both."
 Firpo said he would inform Rickard in reply that he preferred the offer of S26o.0oo for fight with Harry Wills brought by Hugh Garland from the Raymond syndicate. He has accepted this contract.
 < The boxer added that he expected an agreement on the motion picture rights and other details of the proposed bout would be reached in a few days, after which he and Garland would exchange Raymond. ~ ss ..s,
 1t is understood here that; although Cartland is acting as. Eirpo's trainer, their business relationship is that of narfnarS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
SAINTS DEFEAT s
 ONEONTA QUINT

ST. BERNARD, Feb. 4:Assspecial)- The St. Bernard quintet easily defeated the. Blount County High school here by the score of 60 to. 2O.s The Blount boys were no match for the "saints," who seemed to score at will. After the first few minutes of play a number of the extra men were injected into the lineup in order to save the regulars for the game with the Lafiier "Poets," who play the "Saints'' next Saturday, February 2. A bright feature of the game was the excellent passing game displayed by the locals.
 King was easily the star for the Oneonta boys, scoring half the num- Der of points made by his teafnmates, while Rankin, Gardien and J. Halloran were the scoring aces for the Saints"
 Lineup: ..
 oneonta t2o): Ford, forward (0; King, forward (10); Lee, center; Daily, guard (6); Murray, guard Q.). q
 Substitutions: Miles for King; RoH ertson for Leo; Roebuck for Daily.
 St, Bernard; Garden, forward (1D; Rankin, forward (15); J. Halloran, cen ter Q0; Moore. guards tD; Garland, guard CD ~
 Substitutions: B. Halioran (D for Moore; Kelly (s) for Rankin; Wright for Gardien,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
JACKSONVILLE IS WINNER, 13 TO 8

MARION, Ala, Feb. 1.-(Special)- The Jacksonville State Normal basket ball team defeated Marion institute here Friday night by the score oI I3 to g. It was a thrilling contest, fea- tured by good team play on the nart or both contenders. The teams were fast and played a good defensive game. Few free shot swere obtained at the goal,
 McNeese starred for Jacksonville. looping five points. while Captain Eitson played good game at guard, shooting one long field goal in addition to his defensive game. Burnham also played we'll The Gilbert twins and Wolf were the outstanding Cadets in the game.
 Lineup:
 Jacksonville: McNeese (D and Burn ham (D, forwards; Puckett, center: Sims @ and Eitson (2), guards. Sub stitutes; Payne for Burnham.
 Marion: Wolf () and Solnick m, forwards; Olson (2), center; S. Gilbert Q2 and E. Gilbert, guards.
 Referee: Creel (AuburnD
 Time of halves: 20 noinutas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
GreenyiIIe iii Wins

eialJ--Fighting through a stubborn defense offered by the Brewton High guintet, Butler High forged her way to a good lead and won the hard fought game by a 2s to IA score here.
 Brewton: featured with it's superb de- Tense, which, with unlucky shooting. held the locals to 2s points. Hand and Holiday made a number of spectac- ular long shots, earning the only field goals made by Brewton. Those of Hand were thrillers,
 E For Butler High, Kendrick was the main point gainer, and in this work he was ably assisted by the spectacular drtbbling of Qesley and Stabler. New ton played his usual good game as guard.
 { University High of Anniston come to Greenville Friday and Saturday nights for two games with the locals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
VINCENT RICHARDS
 CUPID'S VICTIM

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-"Vinnie" Rich ards, boy wonder of the tennis courts and one of Americas greatest inter- national players, has entered the mixed doubles' preliminary. Last Wednesday, it was disclosed today, he eloped to Greenwich, Conn, and was married to Miss Claremont Gushee, daughter of the proprietor of the fa- nous Claremont Inn on Riverside drive.
 "Vinniep and his bride leave today for Palm Beach and Bermuda on their honeymoon, and will go to Paris next summer, where Richards will be one of the American representatives in the Olympic games. s7%
 Elopement of the young couple was made necessary by the objection of the brides parents, who though they were too young. J ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
By TEX RICHARD

Copyright. 1924, in United States and Great Britain. Cuba, Japan and South America by North American Newspaper Alliance for The Age-Herald. All rights resersed.)
 It was in the Reno fight between Jeffries and Johnson that I began to learn the basic principles of promoting, of making a big affair like that sue cessful.
 ' An editor in the west has written to ask me if ever knew of real grudge fight. Frankly, never did. Moreover, don't believe there ever was one.
 In the old days it used to be accept ed as the proper form for one fighter to refuse to speak to his opponent while training There were stories, probably encouraged by some booster, about the two fighters meeting acci- dentally while doing road work and all most coming to blows. This was sup posed to convince the public that they were bitter enemies and, consequently, would put up harder fight. Lot of Bosh
 That, to me, is g. lot of bosh. ! never believed in it and the more l see of the fight game the less I believe in it. The public likes to look on a fight as sporting event. No man ever showed poor sportsmanship by being friendly to his opponent before and after the fight. That was my theory and I put 1t into practice with Jeffries and John son.
 I used to make A point oftgoing fish ing or hunting with Jeffries and of vis- iting him at his headquarters. On other occasions I would get in Jack Johnson's big racing car and ride with him. never tried to keep anybody from see ing me do it, either. N
 You ought to have heard the busy bodies warning me about this.
 Why the. Fighters Hobnob
 "Its bad dope for YOU to be seen out with these fighters" they would tell me. "There'll be a lot of under ground talk. Don't forget you are the promoter and the referee"
 Maybe you are right" I told one adviser, but I'm going out fishing with Jeffries tomorrow. I like to talk
 Often, Jeffries would ask me about Johnson.
 What kind of shape is he in, Tex?"
 Fine" told him. Hell give you quite a fight"
 Then Johnson would ask about Jeff fries. I would tell him the same thing. l would never try to flatter one of them by telling him he had a. cinch. That would be foolish.
 In later years I have zone further in this line. I have made special ar- arrangements for the two fighters to be seen, together before the fight The fans like that, and so do the fighters. for that matter.
 Fighters Friendly
 took particular pains, for instance, to see that1s Dempsey and Carpenter met each other in a friendly way be- iore tneir Tight. even. arranged for them to play golf together. To me that looks like sportsmanship.
 While we were getting ready in Reno there was much whispered talk to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
CLOSE GAMES IN
 CITY CAGE LOOP

Two of the closest games of the sea- son were played on the Central Y. M. c. A. court Friday night when the Fifth Avenue Preds won from the First Methodist and the Handley Me morial beat the Southside Baptist. The score in the Preds-First Methodist game was 12 to Il and in the Handley- Southside game was 15 to 13. The North Highland Methodist forfeited their game to the St. Johns team on &C., count of their not having a full team on hand to play the game.
 In the first half of the game between the Preds and the First Methodist, Rawls got two field goals for the Methodist and Jones got one foul shot, while Trent and Thomas got one field goal each and Florence Cunningham and Thomas got one foul shot each for half to 5 for the Preds.
 In the last half the play was very close, Cunningham getting two field goals and Thomas one foul shot for the Preds, while Rawls was putting in three field goals for the Methodist.
 Good Guarding
 The Handley Memorial-Southside contest was featured by close guard ing under the goals and no one was able to put them in from a distance. Sanford and Holder, for Southside, and Thompson and Shepard, for Handley, ulu Sood Work on the oe1ense ana neiu the score down well. Perrine and Bar clay managed to get field goal each for Handley in the first half. Sanford made foul shot and Gilliard looped one from the field in the first frame for the Southside, making the score 3 to at the close of the first half.
 The last half was a thrilling affair, with much cheering by the supporters of both teams. There was a great deal of team work on the part of both of these teams at times, and a lack of it at other times, as someone tried to get in a little individual work. Perrine and Grabin put in two each from the field and Shepherd added another for the Handley team. Ray got one foul shot. Anderson, Holder, Nelson and Billiard found the hoop for one each for the Southsiders, and Holder put in two from the free throw line. The final score WAS 16 to 12 IT,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
Athletes Ineligible

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Three classes a' the University of Chicago are without presidents and the athletes who held those offices are barred from compe- tition in sports because of scholastic deficiencies.
 John Thomas, former senior class president, 1922, all-American in 1928, all Western gridiron star, has resigned be- cause he failed in course last semes- ter. Frier McCollister, one Of the uni versity's foremost swordsmen last fall, resigned the presidency of. the junior class. "Chuck" Duval, president of the freshman class, captain of the yearling football squad last year, relinquished his. office last night because of defi- ciency in a course. Hl4,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
Lehman Beats Ski

' MINNEAPOLIS, Mlnn., Feb. l. Failure to follow up a number of ad- difference as to the outcome, resulted in the defeat of Battling Ski, light Heavyweight Senagelese boxer, by Joe Lohman of Toledo. in their ten-round fight here last night, according to newspapermen.
 Siki dased Lehman several times with right-hand punches, but was con tent to stand back without pressing his lead. Twice Lehman fouled the Sene- gaiese, but the latter enly smiled and waved away the referee, continuing to light. . ..... -tfe
 Siki weakened as the bout progressed and Lohman's aggressiveness won him the sport writer's decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
" Defeats Whorton

GADSDEN, Ala, Feb, 1.-(Special Leased wire)-By the narrow margin of r to 16 the Steel Plant Y. M. c. A. five defeated the Whorton Ben basket ball team at the "" court Thursday night. At the end of the first period the locals led by a margin of IS to 6. but in the second half the rural school boys came back with a wonderful re- versal of form and soon had the lead. In the last few minutes of play Mo Caghren of the steel men shot two goals and saved the game. Street and Herring were stars for the visitors.