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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
HELEN WILLS MAY PLAY IN OLYMPIC
American Wonen's Cham
 pion Will Be Invited 4S Tn S9u

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-If her par ents will let her go abroad next summer. Miss Helen Wills. the Cali fornia school girl who won the American women's tennis champion ship from Mrs. Molla Mallory last summer, will be a member of the American Olympic tennis team in France.
 Julian s. Myrick, former President of the United States Lawn Tennis as- sociation, still active In tennis af- fairs, said Wednesday that Miss Wills will be invited to go as the she should go, she would be invited to play with the American team in the renewal. of the annual competi- tion for the Hazel Wightman cup. which she helped win for America . few months ago at Forest Hills. She also, would be asked to play in the British national women's, champion ship matches at Wimbledon. In the course of this competition, Miss Wills would be pretty sure to meet Mile. Suzanne Lenglen of France, at present acknowledged to be the su- perior of any other woman In the world at singles play.
 Mrs. Mallory herself is now in . peculiar plight for she Is not eligible either for the American team or the Norwegian team in the olympics. Having played for Norway several years ago, she was not eligible under the rules to play for the United states as olympic players are not al- lowed to participate under more than one allegiance. Now it appears that Mrs. Mallory can't play for Norway either because she is citizen of the United States.
 Myrick said it might be possible to have the rules so amended as to per init Mrs. Mallory to play for her adopted country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Ruling Body Would Set
 Aside Migratory Rule To Make Star Eligible For
 American Team

NEW YORK. Jan. 2-(Hy Asso- biatsd Press.)-Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. former national women's Cor her native country. Norway. in bvsAt she h unable to represent
 es.ioa in the olyApic tennis events. h'Nh . disclosure that international AAFetic authorities still have under ko& e1derAtion the question of her z synf bility to play for the United
 A4vSral days ago Mrs. Mallory tSWuD QEote0 as saying she would eom- : 6eto for Norway if unable to repre-. 66n1 this country. but today the for tne1q champion in effect denied the f}BkaNimAnts attributed to her. At the tnaNie time 1t was learned from an klfloAal Norwegian source that in or ln Nhe 1S1s olympdcs. Mrs. Mallory WeuiN be obliged to renounce the 1 6fist Nnship she aquired by marriage tke Ftanklin I. Mallory, New York Skroker. This. 1t was understood. she A1oee iSot intend to do.
 1txs. Mallory refused to discuss the : Qu6ttiou. asserting she had not con- Sidered the situation. but when DTeioed as to her reported announce hant, she declared:
 sIrhave had nothing to say about 1t III; mower give interviews"
 Julian g. Myrick. former president hE 1Ae United States Lawn Tennis as- 6odAxton. and who is in charge of kn4efics's Olympic representation. 8hH Mrs. Mallory could not compete 6oH Norway because of her Ameri- naa citixenShlp. He added that the Hp1stlon of her representing America 6ixmpic committee. and that there Ma1-a possibility means would be 1ouSd to set aside in her case opera dorS.of the Olympic rule which now 1rs1Ants e performer who had rep Ess4hted one country from ever con rul4 1t was pointed out, was not in- fended to bar such competitors as ndrs3 Mallory, who has become an Amirican by marriage and gained her prin<ipal prestige in tennis here. It may be amended to permit the for fners champion to represent the land of Her adoption.
 Such provision, Mir. Myrick indi- cate1: may not be made until just pe- forssthe Olympic games. but he point ed 6ut that as Mrs. Mallory intends to Accompany the American women,s English women prior to the Olympics. Ehe ewould thus be prepared at the sieyenth hour to compete at Paris.
 We want Mrs. Mallory to represent xhesUnited States in the Olympics." sai6 MT. Myrick. We feel that she is sn American in every sense of the sss.s.. xs5s and that she stands for our
 The international women's teana whfch will compete for the Wight mali cup with English players proba- blygon June 20 and 21, at Wimble-
 a t,,h x1tlY ha NNyannaad n ] RIisx Helen Wills. present national champions; Mrs. Mallory. Miss Eiea- anor@ Goss, and Mrs. George w. WiHhtman, according to MT. Myrick. TheSe four players won the Wight 6aaIf cup at Forest Hills ~last season. making a cleanNsweep of the matches with British women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
MRS. MOLLA MALLORY CANNOT PLAY FOR NOR1Vl
TENNIS ASSOCIATION MAY RI MAKE SPECIAL PROVISIONS
World Of Sports Couered In Brief

PETERSBURG, F1a--Pancho Villa, worlds flyweight, easily won 12- round decision from Tony Norman. Pittsburs.
 BROOKLYN-Kid williams, former worlds bantamweight champion. won 12-round decision from Midget Smith. New York.
 COLUMBUS-Lew Bloom, bantam, won the decision over Young Rob- ertA Pan Handle star. Frankie Cal- fahan won from Billie Kimm. when
 PITTSBURG. Pa, Pancho Villa, the referee stopped the fight in the punishment.
 CINCINNATI-K. o. Mars, Cincin. natl lightweight, shaded Tony Zill of Youngstown in . 1o-round bout.
 CANTON. ohio-Georgs Michels of Jamestown. N. '. won from Willie Ames. Akron. in 10 rounds.
 MANSFIELD, Ohio-Baiy Baker of Cleveland. who claims to hold the bantamweiEht championship of Ire. land, was knocked out in the sixth round by Al Dundee of Mansfield Johnny Horvath. junior lightweight, won a newspaper decision from Jack Mclean, Detroit featherweight. in 10 rounds.
 cHICAGo-Champion Ed strangler Lewis. using his powerful headlock. pinned Taro Myaki. Japanese mat star, in two straight falls. Myaki's ttu jitsu tricks caused little trouble for Lewis. {"
 PHILADELPHIA - Lew -Tendler, Philadelphia lightweight, was badly haofAn Su n-r honf hv NatA Goldman. Philadelphia. Tender was down for the count of nine in the first and fifth rounds.
 NEW YoRK-Bud Taylor, Terrs Haute bantamweiEht, won . l2-round decision from Sammy Nabla New York.
 BUFFALO, N. Y. - Although knocked down twice, Rocky Kansas. Buffalo lightweight. finished strong enough to win e 10-round decision from Teddy Myers. ROCHESTER,, N. Y.-wlth . strong finish. Andy chaney. Baltimore light weight, won 12-round decision from Archie Walker. New York.
 AKRON. ohio-Joe Lynch. worlds bantam champion. stopped Jimmy
 
 after flooring him twice in the second.
 CHrCAGO-More than 1000 fans will watch the basket ball game here tomorrow night between Yale and the University of Chicago. :,
 HONOLULU.-The University Of Hawaii football team defeated the University of Oregon ' to 0.
 PORTLAND.-scott High school of Toledo. Ohio. defeated Columbia uni- versity prep school at football, 20 to IT.
 GRAND RAPIDS-Joe Lehman. light" heavyweight of Toledo, and Soldier King of Grand Rapids fought ten rounds to c draw, according to newspaper men. King was substa- tuted for Battling Siki. the Senega- lese. when the state boxing commits sion refused to allow siki to fight Lehman.
 PORTLAND-Fred Fulton of Mn neapclis knocked out George Lamson of Omahx in the second of Q sched- uled ten yound bout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Finland 10 HdDe Strong Olympic
 Tenn For Track

NEW YORK, Jan., 2.--(By tho As sociated Press. .)-Fin1and. second only to the United States in the track and field sports of the 1920 Olympics. is marshallins sturdy band of ath- letes which promises to press Uncle rels in the eighth Olympic at Paris next July. N.
 K Atteation is focused on Tinland's preparations particularly because of the recent decision of Willie Ritola,
 distance running champion, here for the past two years to compete for his native land thia year. Y. Sal- minen. heed of one of the largest Fin nisA athletic clubs is returning to Finland this week in company with Ritoia after . brief visit to the that his country is not overconfiderlt, but believes 1t will make stronger bid than ever for honors 1t Paris,
 Some idea of the formidabflity of the Finnish squad ts gained from the fact that 1t will Include ali Of the 1920 point winners, 21 in nun. Der. among them athletes who ac- counted for nine first places at Ant
 werp. total equal to that collected by America. we see no real chance of beating the United States this year." admitted Salminen in discussing the relative strength of the countries, but I look
 for Finland to be Americas closest | competitor. Perhaps we may gain
 the honor of earning moro first places than America. A good deal of our showing will, depend upon
 how closely. the United States Is
 pressed by other countries in events
 which 1t has heretofore monopolized. look for Great Britain to be the
 third most powerful entry, with
 France, Italy and Sweden entering
 strong teams"
 Finland, he pointed out, will place
 its main reliance. as in 1920, in the distance events, and in . number of
 field specialties. The Films expect
 to score heavily in the running events
 of 1.soo meters and up, and also pie l up many points in the javelin, discus
 shot put and penthalon. They have
 shown improvement in relay racing
 but in the shorter races.S the hurdles
 and such field events as the high
 jump, pole vault and hammer throw | do not expect to score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
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DEATH OF MISKE
 WIDELY MOURNED
Funeral Services For Popular Fighter Will Be Held Fri'
 day Morning

ST. PAUL. Mtnn., Jan. z.-(By the Associated Press.)-Death of Billy Miske. St. Paul heavyweight boxer. was mourned today by followers of the fistic game throughout the na- ton. Messages of tribute and con- dolencs came from all parts of the country to the family of the popu- lar fighter, who lost the greatest bat tie of his career--that for life-in a Minneapolis hospital yesterday. after a long illness with Bright's disease
 A desire to have his family well provided for, after he had been warned by physicians to quit the ring because of the disease. hastened his death. his friends said today.
 Four years ago. Miske lost his saw ings in the automobile business, and about the same time was told by doctors that he had chronic Bright's disease. After a brief rest, he con- tinued to fight. and punishment re- ceived in his latest mitt encounters aggravated his condition and grad ually weakened him.
 Funeral services for Misks will be held at 10 C. m. Friday at St. Adelbert's Catholic church. here. Burial will be here. His widow and three children survive.
 Expressions of tribute to Miske came from Jack Reddy of St. Paul, His manager; Tex Rickard, Leo P. Flynn, Jack Kearns, Paddy Mullins, Floyd Fitzsimmons, Tommy Gibbons, Fred Fulton, Mike O'Dowd and others, all connected with the fight game as promoters, managers or boxers. Was Game Ffxkter,
 Billy Miske was one of the gam est fellows who ever put on the gloves" said Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight. who had fought disks five times, winning three newspaper decisions. losing one and gaining a draw.
 "He always was a gentleman in the ring; always fought within the rules and never took advantage of helpless opponents or resorted to l rough tactics.",
 "Misks was the kind of lighter, the game can we'll remember" said Will liam F. Sailor. secretary of the Min- nesota Boxing commission. He was an honest boxer. true sportsman and credit to the profession" The members of the boxing com- mission will attend the funeral in q body.
 Miske. who was 20 years old, started boxing in 1919, and had par ticipated in 114 fights. Of this num- Der he won 84 by knockout route. was awarded the decision in nine af- fairs. fought three draws. took part Tn eS no-decision contests and three exhibitions. was knocked out once and lost one 10-round decision go.
 Jack Dempsey was the only boxsr to knock out Miske. In 1920, Demp- sey put him out in the third round at Benton Harbor, Mich.
 Miske often had attributed his abil- ity to take punches. without takine the count, to a unique exercise This consisted of hitting himself hard ou the jaw about 10 times in his daily training for each bout. He main ,aIneo that these self-inflicted blows loosened up his jaw and at inc sa,ne time made 1t more or less insensibie to smashes landed by his Opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
By HANS WAGNER

reckon I set myself up to be of my baseball! days. So guess I've got to take my medicine. You know how 1t is.
 So many odd questions have been popped at me through the mails that they've got me winging. An old friend of mine out here in Carnegie. I guess, called the turn.
 "Honus," he said, you want to re- member that when you took up that writin' business they had two strikes on you before you started" On top of the pile, as write, is one from MT. Hawley in Portland, Ore., who. asks: How was it you struck at so many bad balls in your time and still managed to hit them? You tell young players to pick out good ones."
 Mir. Hawley has got me right, at that. I reckon I did hit at more bad balls than any man in the business. I had my own system about that one that I would not advise others to follow. /
 Whenever 6 pitcher made me look foolish on a pitch, whether 1t was high, low, outside or inside, I figured mo another just like 1t. If I made a sucker out of a batter on a cer- tain ball I certainly would hand him another. So that's the way I figured they would do.
 And sure enough would call the turn nine times out of 10. Having set myself for Q ball high over my be ready if the pitcher tried to re- peat. Being set for a certain ball l could sock 1t. If he shifted I would wait. I knew he would try to make me look foolish again, sooner or later. It would be just the same as if I was looking for one over the ing for a certain kind of ball and I.gets 1t, he can plaster 1t whether 1t Is high, low, inside or outside, That, hope. explains why had the reputation of going after all kinds of wild pitches.
 The next writer, . MT. Ironton. of New Orleans. wants to know what I considered my greatest batting ac- complishment, the one that gave me the most satisfaction.
 The Fan Chirped, Then- My greatest accomplishment. l be- lieve, was in the game between Louisville and Pittsburg when got two home runs and two singles just when the fans were giving me the
 razz and begging Pittsburg to take me back home. The one that gave me the great est satisfaction, though, was in the deciding game. of the worlds series between the Detroit Tigers and the Pirates. This game was played al Detroit in 1909.
 In the sixth inning we got two men on base and I was next up The Detroit fans and players had been giving me Q terrible razz. Ii seems that they had never seen me play out there and, I reckon, were sort of disappointed. You know how it is-it's mighty tough on a ball
 player who has hit so well that fans expect him to plaster one every time
 he comes to bat. It's harder on hin I than on a player who hasn't beer I boosted so much in the newspapers Well, I came up and on the sec | ond ball pitched got 1t squarely on l the nose and slammed 1t to the fence l for three bases, scoring the runners am sure that wallop gave me a
 better feeling than any one I evel
 hit. biar who sat just back'of the Detroit
 bench.
 "It's all right" he yelled to the
 pitcher, "that Dutchman has got
 yellow streak. Let's go!"
 Just then smacked the old onion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Yankees May Pay Big Price For Two Plavers

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Eari comns outf1elder, and WayIand Dean, pitch CT, of the Louisville American asso- citation club may yet come to the New York Yankees st g price of Slbo'ooO. which would be the highest ever paid for a single parcel of bush league material.
 scout Bob Connery of the Yankees las been dispatched to Louisville to buy the players. In view of the fact that tho Tanks baked at the joint price of $16o,o00 several weeks ago. there may have been a reduction in the figures on the price tag. How ever, the New York team has failed again tho attempt to buy Jakie May, Coast league, and in these circum- stances may have decided to get Combs and Dean before the price went even higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Champ Offered Camp

TAMPA, Fla. Jan. 2.-Jack Demp- sey. worlds heavyweight boxing has been invited to locate lery field by national guard officers here and a committee of business men has been formed to- meet him at Jacksonville to extend a personal it was learned here today. Advices from New York stated that Dempsey was en route to Florida to select a site for a training place where he will get into condition for 8 match next spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Joie Ray To Compete

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.-Joie Ray. Cnicago distance running star, will make his, initial 1924 appearance in the east in special I.500 meter event at the Wilco A A. games on January
 Ray was slated to oppose Willie Ritoia in a 5000 meter race at this meet, but the event was cancelled be- cause of the Finnish runners decision pare for the Olympic The doughty Chtcagoan, however, expressed a de- sire to meet all corners at any dis tance and the shorter event was ar- ranged as result. Several eastern stars, including Jimmy Connolly. for mer Georgetown runner, will be in- vited to compete against Ray. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Lewis Throws Myaki

CHICAGO, Jan. 9-rhs tiu-titsu style of wrestling employed by TarO Myaki, Japanese titleholder. was in- effective against Ed C'Strangler') Lewis, worlds heavyweight cham pion, who threw his Oriental op- ponent in two straight falls here last night.
 Myaki tossed his heavier oppon- ent about the ring for 20 minutes after the bout started. and oncs had him in danger. Lewis took both falls with haadlocka.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Herzog Is Manager

NEWARK. N. J.. Jan. 3.-.Chsrlie Herzog. former major league base ball star, has signed contract to manage the Newark club of the In- ternational leagte. it was announced by Michael McTighe, member of the syndicate of Newark mon who TO- gently purchased the club. Herzog begins active duty today, MT. Mo- Tighe said.
 The terms of the contract have not yet been made public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
SPEEDY SKATERS
 OFF TO OLYMPICS

NEW YORK. Jan. 2-six men and one woman, comprising Americas champion group of speed and fancy ice skaters. sailed today on the President Monroe on the first lap or their~j journey to Chamonix. in tho French Alps, to represent this coun- try in the Olympic competition which will open on January 2S.
 The speed team. accompanied by William Taylor as coach. consisted of Charles Jewtraw of Boston. Joe Moore of New York. William Stein- metz and Harry Kaskey of Chicago. ''Duke'' Donovan of Lake Placid, N. T., and Valentine Bialis of Minne- apolis.
 Miss Beatrix Laughlin of New York will compete in fancy skEting events.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
ISprinter Turns Singer

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Bob McAl1is- Ger. the sprinter, formerly New Fork policeman. has decided to try singing for a living. He called at She offtces of the A. A. U. and an mounced that he wanted to cancel s,is entry for the silk A. A. games on Tsnuary 1e, in which he was to have @printed against Jackson Sfholz' Lo, ren Murchison, Boots Lever and bthsr crack sprinters. He will keep Sn enragement in the Fordham Eames on January 1s, and then will furn in his card and quit tho track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03

Who'll wina :. In two years 395.000 people have paid $4.l75.oo0 to watch five championship ring contests. :. .. Years ago trainloads of men went into the desert and paid $270.000 to sec Jeffries fight Johnson. .. Every cent in all those dollars stands for
 Who'll win2''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Giants Start March ]

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Spring train ing for the New York Giants will get into full swing on March at the National league champions new camp, Sarasota, Fla, according to an an- nouncement of the clubs plans.
 The main body of recruits and regu- lars has been ordered by Manager John McGraw to report at New York February 2S, but a squad of battery men will go4 south probably a week earlier under the direction of Coach Cozy Dolan.
 McGraw will leave for the south within a week to look over the train ing site and complete preparations for the teams stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03

getting. tired myself. Old Kanty's delivery was about as odd as any of them. Al Demaree delivered a ball to the batter exactly as if he was putting the shot It was mighty hard to figure what he was doing.
 Carl Mays, I think, has the oldest delivery of them all. Often his arm Is sos low that his knuckles graze the ground. c
 (Tomorrow; Picking the Greatest Players of All Time.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Monouitz Suspended

CHICAGO. Jan. 2-Because he competed in a municipal swimming meet under an assumed name. Paul MonovitZ, Chicago swimmer, has been suspended from all competition Tor one year by the Amateur Athletic Federation of America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Lodge Meets Firpo

BUENos AIRES, Jan. a-Luis Angel Firpo announced that Farmer Lodge, Minneapolis, Minn., boxer. had agreed to come to Buenos Aires to meet him in 15-round bout on Feb ruary 10, for the Woman's Charity association, $S,0oo. and his travelling expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Headley Is Morried

CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 2.-Hal Price v4eadley, Lexington. Ky. well-known n racing circles in America, ana ~wnar of Chacolot. winner of the Sesa Sko. 900 Latoia Special, was mar ried here today to Miss Genevieve Gorran Molloy, also of Lexington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Butler Vs. Centenary

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. 2--Butler college will play Centenary college, coached by Bo McMillan, former Gen. tre college star, in the homecoming Page, Butler athletic director, ana nounced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
How To Pick A Winner TEX RICHARD
 i. going to tell
is going to tell

Champions and Chance" ---his own story---an epic of the fight game---win appear exclusively in this city in The Age-Herald.
 A chapter day. The first of them January 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
Hans Wagner Hit At More Bad Balls Than Any Man, He Says, But Advises Youngsters Different

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03


 Rickard. greatest of fight promoters, the man who knows more of the pugilis- tic low-down than anyone else in the world. who has staged more big contests, has hobnobbed with more insiders-Tex Rickard at last has written the account of his own life and work. It's a romance: Cowboys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
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 gambling hells. Alaska in the gold days. bandits. But, more than that-it's s a close up history of the sport. The ir,side track on things that go back to the time the fel- low said to Corbett:
 Why, you remember me; l was the man in the brown derby" And the inside on matters that carry on to the next big fight ahead of Us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03

Champions of Chance is the greatest story that could be written about the greatest the ring has known Watch for the start-January 20 Tex Rickard
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