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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
MOBILE PLAYERS ARE
 ON EDGE FOR START
Kelly Looks Good In Niehoffs Place, Infield #6tss Strong And Pitchers Ready

MOBILE, Ala, April 12.-(Special Leased Wire.)-The Mobile Bears are apxiously waiting the opening day of the Southern association to arrive, and Emil Huhn predicts that from the be- ginning of the season to the end the Bears will march their way pennant- ward. The manager of the Bears has his athletes In the pink of condition and the four weeks of training has brought out wonders among the members of the team.
 The Bears and Pels will lineup Tues day as follows:
 Mobile-Marriott, third base: Cueto. shortstop; Mulvey, center field; Hum, first base; Williams, left field; Kelly, second base; Pratt, right field; Devor- mel, catcher; Acosta or Bird, pitcher.
 New Orleans-Bogart, left field; Schick, center field; Henry, first base; Tucker, right field; Hoffman, second base: Ewoldt, third base; Jackson, shortstop; Dowie, catcher; Hollings- worth or Whitaker, pitcher.
 Kelly Replaces .Niehoff
 Only one face will be missing in the Bruin infield, that being Bert Niehoff, who departed from this city to manage hoff was a great help to the team and his playing around the keystone bag always kept pep in the team of 1923, his place will be filled by a youngster that has shown much promise in train ing. Pat Kelly is the new second base man and he possesses a power of speed on, the field, as we'll as being able to sock the apple. Huhn will cover first base. Manuel sCueto, shortstop, and Bill Marriott, third base. This "big three" furnished the pep and punch on last. years team, and they will be in there fighting when the gong brings the Pelicans and Bears on the field in the opening game.
 Arthur Pratt, another new player, will open the game in the outfield, being the only new member. Pratt is attempt ing 10 get the job as the outfielder from Gordon Macguire and Cowboy" Jones. Macguire was at first slated to open me game in right field, but during his winter vacation he injured his optic N4a it will take him some time to rest hp Emmett Mulvey and Rhino Will
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Fisher vastly improves the situation at second. On the other side of the tn- field; the Kid is counting on Frank Philbim and Jakie Hurt, and both seem these fan down, .scrappy" Moore is on hand and able to fill any position on the infield, even having demonstrated as capable first baseman during the absence of Johnston.
 ls Guyon Switched To Left
 Joe Guyon, who started In right ffefds has been switched over to left. The bi9 Indian obtained from Atlanta in . trade for Zoellers looks great this spring, ana apparently will have big season. Fur ner Barber, bought from Brooklyn, has missed most of the spring training be- cause of the illness of his wife, but VIII be on hand for the opening. Turner IS cast for the clean-up position in the batting order. Max West Is scheduled for right field. The youngster has been doing about half of the hitting Tor tho club in the exhibitions, and his fielding : I It is doubtful if any club can show as good a pair of receivers as Lapan and Smith, and both of them kill the - "Rube" To Twirl Opener "
 The veteran "Rube' Robinson is scheduled to pitch the opener with Hal MccaIf second choice, and and Big Jim s,o- KoS- Pelican, by the way, seems to have re- gained all his old stuff and seems to be headed toward a big year. The most promising of the young pitchers is Earl Cash, a husky right-hander who was . big winner in the Western association last year. Richburg, the left-hander, brought into the league last fall from west Texas, >started fine, but developed sore arm which is holding him back right now. A few warm days should fix him. The Kid is looking for tbs youthful Wilson and Ratliff to develop into wonderful pitchers. This pair of tall Texans appear to be pitching genag still very much in the rough. Both are AI sx
 On paper the team looks pretty good and certainly is much stronger team than. represented Little Rock at any time last season.
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teams contemplating coming into the league, but with the opening day draw ing near it is necessary for the teams to get in their application soon. Teams planning upon entering should get in touch with Secretary gCulley at the welfare department, city hall.
 Plans have. been completed, prac- tically, for a mammouth parade on opening day, Saturday. April 26, which will be staged through the downtown streets. Trucks, cars and other parad- .sss CENTRAL DIVISION
 April s6
 East Lake at Sayreton.
 Alabama Power at Acipco ~" Yellow Cab at Southern Bell.
 May 3
 Sayreton at Yellow Cab. sAcipco ''Y" at East Lake. Southern Bell at Alabama Power. a Acipco "" at Sayreton. [, East Lake at Southern Bell. Alabama Power at Yellow Cab.
 May 17
 Sayreton at Alabama Power. Southern Bell at Acipco "Y." Yellow Cab at East Lake.
 Southern Bell at Sayreton.
 Yellow Cab at Acipco "Y." AlAbama Power at East Lake. s May S1
 Sayreton at East Lake. Sl lAcipco "Y' at Alabama Power. Southern Bell at Yellow Cab. Mellow Cab at sayreton. East Lake at Acipco "Y."
 Alabama Power at Southern Bell 's t=-t June '14 .s sayreton at Acipco ~"
 Southern Bell at East Lake. Yellow Cab at Alabama Power. sAiabama Power at sayreton. 3 1Aeipco "Y" at Southern Bell. f1sast Lake at Yellow Cab. sffbS June 28 ,,SaYreton at Southern Bell. .Acipco "Y" at Yellow Cab. East Lake at Alabama Power. East Lake at sayreton.. Aiabama Power4at ,Acipco "Y." Mellow Cab at Southern Bell. cT July I2 sSayreton at Yellow Cab. : Acipco ~" at. East Lake. Southern Bell at Alabama Power. Acipco 'Y'' at sayreton. East Lake at Southern Bell. sAlabama Power at Yellow Cab. ss July 26 i iSayreton at Alabama Power. Southern Bell at Acipco "Y." Yellow Cab at East Lake. z August sSouthern Bell at Sayreton. Yellow Cab at Acipco "Y." ! Alabama Power at East Lake. fs63r August Q
 Sayreton at East Lake. Acipco ~" at Alabama Power. Southern Bell at Yellow Cab. s~ l August 16 Yellow Cab at Sayreton. East Lake at Acipco "Y.Y Alabama Power at Southern Bell. s.srf. August 2S .Sayreton at Acipcos "Y." Southern Bell at, East Lake. Yellow Cab at Alabama Power. August 30 Alabama Power at Sayreton. rAoipco ''Y" at Southern Bell. ,,s East Lake at Yellow Cab.
 E v September c
 Sayreton at Southern Bell. Acipco ~" at Yellow Cab East Lake at Alabama Power.
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able vehicles will get into the proces ,ion and all city league baseball teams iressed out in their new uniforms, will ride in the parade in trucks. A special gar for city commissioners and possi ply a truckload of Birmingham Barons will also be in line. P. Y. Whitman Is secretary-,of the parade committed and is working out big plans for the occasion, including the making of mo tion pictures of the parade to be shown in local theatres.
 WESTERN DIVISION
 s April 26 Fairfield at Boys Club. Jordan Park at Woodward. McDonald Chapel at Kam Ram.
 May Boys Club at Mcdonald Chapel. Woodward at Fairfield. Kam Ram at Jordan Park.
 May 10 Woodward at Boys Club. Fairfield at Ram Ram. Jordan Park at Mcdonald Chapel.
 May. IF Boys Club at Jordan Park. Kam Ram at Woodward. McDonald Chapel at Fairfield. May 24 Ram Ram at Boys Club. Mcdonald Chapel at Woodward. Jordan Park at Fairfield. May 31 Boys Club at Fairfield. Woodward at Jordan Park. Kam Ram at Mcdonald Chapel.
 June 2 McDonald Chapel at Boys' Club. Fairfield at Woodward. Jordan Park at Kam Ram.
 June 1a Boys Club at Woodward. Ram Ram at Fairfield. Mcdonald Chapel at Jordan Park. Jordan Park at Boys Club. Woodward at Ram Ram. Fairfield at Mcdonald Chapel. June % Boys Club at Ram Ram. ;. Woodward at McDouald Chapel. < Fairfield at Jordan, Park.
 July 5 Fairfield at Boys Club. Jordan Park at Woodward. Mcdonald Chapel at Ram Ram.
 July 13 Boys Club at McDonald Chapel. Woodward at Fairfield. Ram Ram at Jordan Park. Woodward at Boys Club. Fairfield at Ram Ram. Jordan Park at McDonald Chapel.
 July &6 Boys Club at Jordan Park. Kam Ram at Woodward. Mcdonald Chapel at Fairfield.
 August 2 Kam Ram at Boys Club. McDonald Chapel at Woodward. Jordan Park at Fairfield.
 August Q Boys Club at Fairfield. woodward at Jordan Park. Ram Ram at McDonald, Chapel.
 August I6 Mcdonald Chapel at Boys Club. Fairfield at Woodward. Jordan Park at Kam Ram.
 August z3 Boys Club at Woodward. Ram Ram at Fairfield. MeDonald Chapel at Jordan Park.
 August 30 Jordan Park at Boys Club. Woodward at Ram Ram. Fairfield 1t Mcdonald Chapel.
 September Boys Club at Ram Ram. Woodward at McDonald Chapel. Fairfield at Jordan Park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
DUNDEE DOESN'T
 WANT SO MUCH

NEW YORK, April 12.-Charlie John son. manager of Johnny Dundee, for mer American junior lightweight cham pion, confirmed reports from Paris to- day that he had demanded $50,000 as training expenses and three round-trip tickets to Paris for a match with Eu- gene Criqui, French featherweight, at the Paris Velodrome in June. In mak- ing these demands, Johnson said he was only repeating the terms made by Criqui, immediately after the French
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
ALABAMA WINS FROM PAINTERS
 IN TRACK MEET
Hill And. Kirby Only Bir- mingham- Southern
 Men In First

UNIVERSITY, Ala, April -12.-(Spe- ctal.)-on a muddy field and slow track, Alabama defeated Birmingham Southern, .95s to S1, here this afternoon. winning 12 out of 14 events. Hill and Kirby were the only Panther entrants who finished first in any events, they | getting five points to their credit in the broad jump and 22O-yard dash. Two Alabama men finished first in two events. Grayson won both the pole vault and javelin throw, while George Irons trotted home ahead of the field also finished second in the SS0-yard dash. #4 Clayton wins 40 1 McCIintock and Waldihe hhcth showed pretty form in winning the 120 high and 220 low hurdle. Grayson came within a few inches Of breaking the school record in the jatelin throw, while Soule, who wonSthe high jump, did not find 1t necessary to go beyond his mark. Alabama used several traclxsterss in the meet who should develop into capable men with consistent training. McClintock, Hussey, Clayton, tWald- ing, Buciler, Irons, Compton and Cot tie were other first-place winners, who should go better in future meets.
 Summary
 Als Kirby (Birmingham-Southern), Brown (Alabama.f Time:. 10 3-5.
 Pole vault: Grayson (Alabama), !, Malloy and Beatty (Birmi6g gham- -SoutA- ern) Height: g feet inches.
 MileN run:s Irons (Alabama); Cottle (Alabana),. Wilson (Birmingham- Southern) Time: 4:47.
 Shot put: Buckler (Alabama), strassburger (Alabama). Paget GAIA bama9 Distance: ss feet inches.
 220-yard dash: Kirby (Birmingham- Southern), Hussey (Alabana), Walker (Alabama.) Time: 2:32,
 High jump: Soule (Alabama), Hamil- ton (Alabama), Kirby (Birmingham- Southernl Height: feet 8 inches.
 12o high hurdles: McClintock Ala bamal, Beatty (Brming ngham-Southern) , Walding (Alabama.) Time: 1893.
 Discus throw: Compton (Alabama), |, Grayson> (AlabamaJ, Paget (AIabama.) Distance: 118 feet 5M inches.
 440-yard dash: Clayton (AIabama), i, Machado (Blrmingham-Southern), Lip . ssy (Birmingham-soutAffn3 Time:
 Broad jump: Hill (BirminEham- Southern), Salmon (Alabama), Richard 1 son Birmingham-southern.) Distance: IS feet sA inches.
 SS0-yard run: CottIe (Alabama). Irons (Alabama). Wilson Birmingham Southern) Time: 2:s.
 JaveIin throw: Grayson (Alabama), i, Propst (Aiabama), Richardson (Bir- ming Distance: 143f feet inches.
 22o low hurdles: Walding (Alabana), Brown iAlabama), Beatty (Birming- ham-Southern.) Time: 28 seconds, Two-mile run: Irons (Alabarna) . Kooner (Alabama), Wilson (Birming- ham-Southern.) Time: 10:55. Officials: Field judge, Wade (Brown.) Timer: Crisp GU. P.nI) V :. Starter: Coston (Alabama.) Announcer Carter (Alabafna.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
MISSOURI STAR TO HELP PITTS
 COACH AUBURN
Four-Letter Man, Three
 Years All-Western, ! Is Signed

AUBURN, Ala, April 12.-(Special.)- Herbert Bunker. football star and all- around athlete at the University of Mis- souri, has been selected by Auburn au- thorities as the successor to Coach Hugh "Gob" Wilson, who leaves for L. s. U. this fall. Bunker is at present coach of all Freshman teams at Missouri, and comes to Auburn highly recommended. He was selected from a list of appli- cants from some of the largest univer- sitfes in the country, including Penn State, Illinois, Princeton, Michigan, Ne- braska and others.
 -The new Auburn coach has a splen- did athletic and scholastic record at his university, and was one of the greatest, if not the greatest. athlete de- veloped in the middle west in the past decade. He, was a four-letter man, serving in football, baseball. basketball and track. In football he played center an@ tackle, serving as captain in his third year, and making the all-confer- ence team three years running. Dur ing these three years Missouri had one of the strongest teams in the confer ence.
 Star On Court
 Bunker was also a star basketball player, holding down the position of center and guard, and having the dis tinctton of making all-conference in that sport for three years. The Missouri court team was especially strong in those three years, winning 47 games and losing only four. In baseball he worked behind the bat, and he handled the weights in track, being a consistent fva Ea ghAt rNnnx T,a tdon to this remarkable athletic record he led his class in scholarship and made Phi Beta Kappa, the highest academic honorary fraternity in the country.
 Bunker comes to Auburn as varsity coach in basketball, taking the place of Coach Wilbur Hutsell, who will devote his time to track in addition to his du- ties as athletic director. Beside coach ing basketball, Bunker will be line coach in football and will be an assistant in physical education. As freshman coach at Missouri he had great success, turn ing out the best football and basketball teams that institution has had in years. So great was his success in his maiden attempt at coaching that he was unan- imously selected by the athletic commit / tee upon the recommendation of Coaches Hutsell and Pitts. His person. ality and sportsmanship have Been often commented upon and 1t is believed that 4AobAAA nAo AOuA0 AAS S0SSSSSOA AOA the popular "Gob" Wilson.
 Strong Staff Completed
 The selection of Bunker will give Au- burn one of the best Founded-out- coach Ing staffs in the south for the coming year. The staff will be as follows: Wilbur Hutsell, director of athletics head track coach and assistant football coach; J. E. Pitts, head football coach Fl. R. Cole, head baseball coach and as. sistant in football and basketball, and Herbert Bunker, head basketball coach line football coach and assistant in physical education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
PEBBLES LOOK, GOOD
 AND PROMISE FIGHT
'Rube' Robinson Will Pitch Opening Game Of
 Season With Memphis Chicks

4 / 4n
 LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 11.-Kid Elberfeld hasn't definitely decided the matter himself, but when the Travellers go out to meet the Memphis Chicks at Kavanaugh field Tuesday afternoon they will lineup something like this:
 Joe Guyon, left field.
 Wheeler ("Doc'o Johnston, first base.
 Robert ("Bob'D Fisher, second base.
 Turner Barber, center field.
 Max West, right field.
 Pete Lapan, catcher.
 Frank Philbfh. third base.
 Jalkie Hurt, shortstop.
 John cRube"o Robinson, pitcher.
 In addition to these, the following are due to start with the Travellers:
 Herbert ('Doc''l Smith, catcher.
 Herbert Mccall, Jim Roberts, Lefty" RichburT, Earl Cash, Herbert Wilson and Leo Ratliff, pitchers.
 Run Into Poor Weather
 The Travellers can be in little better than fair shape for the opening because of the adverse conditions encountered during the training season. The team pitched camp at Sherman, Tex, early in March and on the few days while the boys were down there that it didn't ram 1t showed, As a result when the time to start the transforming arrived neither the pitchers, catchers, infielders nor outfieioers were ready, and the club has left trail of defeats behind 1t in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. How ever, the weather conditions were bet ter on the road than they were in camp, and except for quite a few sore arms most of the players are in just fair con- dition.
 With the addition of two veteran in- fielders, two experienced and hard-hit- ting outfielders, and with Pete. .Lapan hoA hah hA ha HTaft1A club looks like formidable entry, and Is expected to put up good fight for first division berth.
 The purchase of Doe" Johnston gives Little Rock the best first baseman it has had since 1919. The veteran is as full of pepper as ever, and he has been playing a neat game at first. The Doe" also can hit lem and gives the
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fence to them. They leave the ball. players and the ball games strictly alone. It is hard to understand their apathy, too, because the south produces a great many ballplayers and it would appear that the game is in the blood of the growing generation down there, 4
 Such cities as SaratOsta, Jackson.
 vile, Lakeland and BradentOwn give
 the box office men very little to do
 and the treasurer's report after a
 game in those places reads like the payroll of an abandoned quarry.
 Tampa and St. Petersburg are more
 liberal. Or perhaps they are less dis
 terminating, for the article of base.
 ball that is offered for the price of
 admission in the training, cities is
 very poor and certainly not worth the $2.2O that the Giants wished to col.
 lect for their exhibition games in
 Sarasota, nor even half of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
MR. MUTT SETS <
 FASTEST PACE

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 12.-Mr. Mutt and Altawood,. Kentucky derby candidates, today ran a mile in 1:4S s-5. the fastest trial for the distance for the spring training season at Louisville race tracks. MT. Mutt Is the Bud Fish, or string and Altawood Is in the C, Bruce Head stable. Alaawood, word from the track said, finished without showing any sign of distress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
HAVE NOTHING S s TO. SAY, LANDS
 4s. TELLS SCRIBES

s CHICAGO, April 12.-K. M. Lam edis. who gets. $50, 900 a year as the supreme dictator of baseball, to- ,ntght issued the shortest statement on the opening of the season of any executive connected with the game.
 He said:
 "I have nothing to say. These pre- season statements are the bunk. Good-by."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13

'alu, ana two teams are needed to take heir places in the loop and fill out the East Birmingham has just entered a team in class B.. after al 'eady having pne in class A, and this cam will take up the franchise of West End. It is understood that there are several
 CLASS R
 April 26 Fairmont at A. B. I. Central Park at Pratt City. East Birmingham at North Pratt.
 May 8 A. B. I. at East Birmingham. Pratt City at Fairmont. North Pratt at Central Park.
 May. 10 Pratt City at A. B. l.. Fairmont at North Pratt. Central Park at East Birmingham. A. B. I. at Central Park. North Pratt at Pratt City. East Birmingham at Fairmont.
 May 24 North Pratt at A. B. I. East Birmingham at Pratt City. Central Park at Fairmont. A. B. I. at Fairmont. Pratt City at Central Park. North Pratt at East Birmingham.
 June East Birmingham at A. B. I. Fairmont at Pratt City. Central Park at North Pratt.
 June IA A. B. I. at Pratt City. | North Pratt at Fairmont. East Birmingham at Central Park.
 June 2l : Central Park at A. B. I. Pratt City at North Pratt. Fatrmont at East Birmingham.
 June 2S A. B. I. at North Pratt. Pratt City at East Birmingham. Fairmont at Central Park.
 July 5 Fairmont at A. B. I. Central Park at Pratt City. East Birmingham at North Pratt.
 July 12 A. B. l: at East Birmingham. Pratt City at Fairmont. North Pratt at Central Park.
 July 1S I Pratt City at A. B. I. Fairmont at North Pratt. . Central Park at East Birmingham. - July 26 A. B. I. at Central Park. North Pratt at Pratt, City. ~@Ss7S @%AA AAAA8A0AA 4I F
 > August 2 North Pratt at A. B. I. East Birmingham at Pratt City. Central Park at Fairmont.
 August 2 t A. B. I. at Fairmont. Pratt City at Central Park. North Pratt at East Birmingham.
 August 16 East Birmingham at A. B. I. Fairmont at Pratt City. Central Park at North Pratt. August 23 - A. B. I. at Pratt City. North Pratt at Fairmont. East Birmingham at Central Park.
 August 80 Central Park at A. ,B.I. Pratt City at North Pratt. Fatrmont at East Birmingham. September A. B. I. at North Pratt. Pratt City at East Birmingham. Fairmont at Central Park
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15 Men To Make Trip
SERVICE

ORANGE, N. J., April 12.-rIf the golfers won't come to church, bring the church to the golfers, is the policy of the Essex County Country club, which will hold it's first spiritual serv- ices at the club house Sunday after noon,
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man won the title from Johnny KiI- bane, to meet Dundee
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berths that need filling in the league, it is understood. Ram Ram Grotto and Jordan Park have withdrawn, it is said, and two teams are needed to take their places in the loop and fill out the schedule. East Birmingham has just entered team in class B.. after al ready having pne in class A, and this team will take up the franchise of WesA End. -t
 It is understood that there are several
Putnam patriot., 1924-05-02
CITY NEWS NOTES

Mrs. II. A. Psrinehief of Brooklyn was the guest of her husband Fl 1. Perinchiof on Monday
 Mr. and Mrs. Omer Desautels and Armand Trahan of Hartford visited relatives in Putnam Sunday.
 Mitchell Beauregard. Water street. was in New Bedford sTuesday, mt tending the funeral of a relative
 Mir. and Mrs. Leon E. Dix and MT. and Mrs. Eldon $. Johnson motored to Providence Wednesday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs Daniel Cahill of Hart ford were the guests of Mir and Mrs. David Beausoieil and family Sunday.
 Pete Trainor. formerly owner of the American Eagle lunch wagon here. now of Worcester, spent Mon day in town with friends.
 Mir. and Mrs. David Besusoleil, and daughters. Iaure, Maryange and Der tha motored to Oxford last Sunday to visit Mir and Mrs Thomas Levesque.
 Miss Annie Weaver. South Main street. entertained recently her niece. Mrs Thomas Grosvenor, and son, Thomas Jr. of Molden, Mass.
 Owen White. World War veteran, and principal of the Israel Putnam school, k among those who are mani. festing interest in the headquarter, company, 3Srd division, being orga uized here.