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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
From Youth To Manhood,
 Walker Fights Sickness
Gets Glimpse Of Golf. Becomes Caddy And
 Then Starts Playing On Links
poor quality but greatly to be treasured in my undiscriminating mind.
 More Vigorous,

poor quality but greatly to be treasured in my undiscriminating mind.
 More Vigorous,
 Thence ensued a period of complete bliss for me. Practicing in the open space at the school house and caddy- ing of evenings and on Saturday at the Clayton club gave me the exercise l needed-exercise, too, exactly suited to me. Gradually l became more and more vigorous.
 Nature and my earlier accident had decreed that never should be more than little man. At nineteen reached weight of 12S pounds. That was heaviness for me. In recent years have been considerably lighter than that. am. in fact, the smallest man that ever held a national championship in this country or Great Britain.
 But if 1 was small, my health finally had come to be good. It con tinued so until left England to come to the United States.
 As to the strange way in which l happened to come to this country, more later. For the present, let me say that the change soon produced a bad turn in my physical condition.
 The climate had an unfavorable af- feet upon me. But, in addition, l was temperamentally unfitted and my habit opposed to the conditions soon en- countered as professional at an Ameri- can Country club.
 Quick Lunches Handicap. x The American custom of hurry was my undoing. The pressure of my busi | ness proved too much for me. BOlted lunches and crowded days undermined my health. In time developed chronic intestinal inflammation. This condition became so bad that before entering a tournament it wal necessary for me to take medicines tC stop the abnormal processes which dis tressed me and would otherwise have forced me off the course. This was tru' of the national open tournament at thu Inverness club, Toledo, O., in 1920, a the Columbia club, Washington, D C., in 1921, at Skokie, Chicago, in 1922 and at InwoOd, Long Island, in 1923. | Additionally, my stomach dropped down, and all through this period was compelled to wear a tightly lacet belt.
 Gets Worse.
 My weight fell to no pounds, m nerves were shot to pieces and m stamina was decreased. I could pla
 well through the early rounds of tournament, but the final rounds al
 ways caught me fading away. reache point where, upon addressing tn ball, could hardly decide when
 take my club head back. I participate in none but the most important eventl After the 1923 open, when had d' cided that could endure the situatio no longer, it was decided that my tor sils were filling my system with poisol This diagnosis, followed by an opert | tion, proved to be correct. l 500 showed great improvement. D This was six months before the n, t tional open at Detroit. By the time . rolled around 1 was in better cond
 tion than at any time since comin l. to the United States. But when n stepped on the scales just before pla began I tipped the beam at only II t pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
Change Of Sweaters Almost Fatal
By ROBERT BOYD,

Great battles of the prize ring have been won and lost through some su- perstition entertained by the fighters. Nearly every gladiator of the roped enclosure has some lucky charm or good omen that he thinks bring him good fortune and victory when his own ability often fails him.
 It has often been said that the col ored fighters are much more supersti- tious than their white brethren. This has not been proved, as the pale-faced fighter of the ring has trusted to lucky omens down through the ages of pugilism. They have labored under the impression, and still do, that cham pionships change hands through the medium of an omen more than anything else.
 Some champions of the ring in their attempt to appear immaculate cast aside this little characteristic of superstition only to get a rude awakening to the fact that their superstition overwhelms them.
 A soiled cap, a pair of baby shoes, an old wornout pair of elkskin shoes, a bathrobe; these are only a few of the tallsmen that have been Haunted in the eyes of enemy fighters in the hope that Providence and luck would be at their sides in the heat of battle.
 Fighters are not the only category of men who are superstitious. Sea captains, generals from Alexander down to Commander Foch, they have all cherished omens that thoy would not be without.
 Jack Dempsey, the redoubtable "Ma- nassa Mauler," violated the supersti- tious code in his memorial and sensa- tional battle with Luis Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas, at the Polo grounds during the summer of 1922.
 Dempsey had won most of his battles with comparative ease. But always there was a solid maroon coat sweater stretched over his shoulders when he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
WKzM.MyA HORSE SHOE
 egiDVih THE GLOVE sS STILL 4 POTENT TAl,Sn1Ah

[ entered the roped enclosure for his bat. tie. This torn and tattered sweater nad seen service during the early and harder days of his career. It was tattered Ike the flag of Old Ironsides.
 It was as much part of his ring wardrobe as his fighting shoes and was conspicuous in all his encounters.
 He had won his fight so handily that he decided to cast his old maroon sweater away, and the night he entered the ring at the Polo grounds with Firpo he was attired like Beau Brummeu of, the prize ring-a dude. White satin trunks and a gorgeous white sweater.
 What happened is today puglistic his tory. Dempsey came within one second of losing his heavyweight title. This settled the white sweater and trunks. They were bad omens, for when Jack went through the ropes his title nearly, nearly went with him.
 When Tom Webster, the English cartoonist, sailed for home a few days later he had the white sweater and trunks as souvenirs.
 Jack dug up the old sweater, brushed it up and when he enters the ring in the future look for this tattered old remnant of his early days, his best omen.
 Jabez White, flashy lightweight of few years back from England, never climbed through the ropes .- except he tied pair of his baby's shoes on the ropes over his corner. One night he was outboxing Jimmy Britt, the Pa cific coast favorite, out in California. He was winning.
 "Spidder" Kelly, Britt's trainer, slipped over during the heat of the bat tie and with a knife cut the little tots shoes from the top rope.
 This unnerved the Britisher and he turned around in despair. The tide of battle from that moment on flooded in favor of the native son and he was awarded the decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
FLOWERS MAY
 FIGHT DELANEY

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O-Tiger Flow CTS, Atlanta negro middleweight, who boxes Joe Lehman of Toledo here New Years afternoon, may oppose Jack De- fancy, Bridgeport, Conn.,, battler, who conquered Paul Berlenbach, in a match at Madison Square Garden January 16: Negotiations for the contest were said to be nearly completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
SUES
 / ST. LOUIS CLUB

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.-John B. Trus- colt filed suit today against the St. Louis American League Baseball club for $1O,OOO. A foul ball struck him in the right eye during a game between St. Louis and Boston here July 26 last, he alleges, resulting in injuries to his eye and nose, necessitating large expenditures in doctor apd hospital bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
TONY FUENTE TO
 FIGHT H. SMITH

CHICAGO, Dec. 3O.-Toney Fuente, the Mexican heavyweight whose quick knockout of Fred Fulton stirred up a boxing scandal, in California, will make his next start in the city of Mexico on New Years day. Fuente's opponent will be Homer Smith, a bulky heavy weight of Kalamazoo, Mich. The con- test is scheduled for ten rounds. Smith two years ago gained a reputation by sticking ten rounds with Luis FirpO at Omaha when FiFpo was supposed to be good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
NOT TO APPROVE BOUT

BOSTON, Dec. 3O.-The state box ing commission ruled today 1t would not approve the bout between Sully Mont gomery, Centre college football starr' and Jim Maloney of South Boston. A bout between these heavyweights a week ago ended in the third round with a referees decision that Montgomery had fouled Maloney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
RASKETRALL RESULTS

At GreencastIe, Ind, DepauW zo' Vanderbilt 20
 At South Bend Ind, Notre Dame 36; Northwestern 15.
 At Indianapolis: Butler "A; Illinois 22,
 At Chicago: Navy 20; Chicago 21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31
SWEDEN TO ERECT
 SPORTING PALACE

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 3O.-Another re- suit of the great wave of interest in Swedish athletics is the decision to construct a huge sporting palace at the Sterik bridge, in the heart of Stock holm to be opened for use in 1926. The building will be one of the largest and best equipped of it's kind in Europe. It will contain facilities for all sorts of indoor sports and for many games usually played out of doors, such as tennis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31

articles in which Cyril Walker tells how he fought his way to golf supremacy against handi- caps which would have beaten most of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31

team that fielded well and thak nearly always made lot of runs for him. He won more often when he was hit hard than any pitcher I know of"
 Cobb's mind is set on teams and pitchers, but on other players he has shifted his opinion frequently. Cohb's judgment is a matter of likes and dis likes, rather than ability. His ranking of players is ruled by sentiment chiefly and is open to reversal.
 Paul Berlenbach, who recently de- defeated Larry Estridge, has declined bout with Young Marullo of New Or leans arranged for January 9. Paul says he wants a little more rest between his bouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-31

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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
S. D. Candidates Up
F or Re Election
Petitions Must Be Filed With.
in 80 or 90
Days.
By Associated Press.

Pierre. S. d.. Jan. S.-Petitions
which must bear a total OF s.51e
signatures each, are being circulated
over the state on behalf OF at least
four avowed candidates for the three
supreme court positions, terms of
which expire this year.
All three are candidates TO succeed
themselves. They are Iugde How
ard Gates, who has held the posi-
ton since 1913: Judge Samuel c.
Policy, also in office since 1913, and
Judge Carl G. Sherwood. appointed
during the last term on the death OF
Judge Whiting. James Brown, at
torney OF Chamberlain. Is the fourth
so far as has become
known. He has announced the in
tention of opposing the reelection
of Judge Gates.
According to legal provision, the
supreme court judge petitions must
be filed within 80 and not more than
60 days before the primary election.
which this year comes on March
%. The provision further requires
that petitions include signers equal
to certain small percentage of
the vote cast for governor in each
of the five judicial districts at the
last preceding election. A maximum
also Is set This year the minimum
number is 3.512, and the maximum
I7541
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09

Crop Growers and Breeders Hear
Plea for Tax on Exempt Securities
Speakers Lincoln Meeting Cite Danger Of Rich Escaping
Taxation by Investing in City, State and Federal
Bonds-Amendment Is Urged

Lincoln, Jan. S.-More than 250
farmers and farm experts today at
tended a joint meeting Of the I'm
proved Livestock Breeders associa-
ton and the Crop Growers association
held in connection with Organized
Agriculture at which taxes and the
methods employed in levying them
were discussed.
The speakers. who included II. L.
Keefe, president of the Nebraska
Farm Bureau federation; G.. o. Virtue,
Harold Hedges and II. G. Fil1ey of
the university of Nebraska, laid en-
phasis on the danger of tax exempt
securities and the opportunity they
give to persons who have large in
comes to escape progressive taxation.
The total of all tax free securities,
federal, state and local. ranges be-
tween 80 200, 900 600 and $33, 900 ,000, 900
and will remain at this amount until
1926 when the limitations of the later
issues of the liberty loan will expire,
Hedges said.
Harm Seen i'm Investments.
Persons subject to a high rate of
taxation, under a progressive tax,
have an incentive to avoid payment OF
taxes by purchasing the tax exempt
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
Peace Plan.|
'Elihu III: +. * *.
AreAss~.ltd|
Senator Mccormick of Illinois
Severely Criticizes Box Of
fer and Chairman of Com
mittee of Awards.
Sure to Fail, Says Ashurst

Washington, Jan. S.-The Box
peace plan and Elihu Root, chairman
of the committee of award, was as
sailed today in the senate by Senator
Mccormick of Illinois, one of the re-
publican irreconcilables.
Il havee arisen" Senator McCor-
mick said, mot to consider the Box
plan in detail, but to point out first
that those who acclaim its publica-
ton to the world are those who have
been the most unqualified and imnaod-
crate supporters of American adher-
ence to the covenant of the league Of
nations.
II have arisen also to call the at
tention of the senate to the circum-
stances under which the Box plan
was awarded prize by packed jury,
for those who passed upon the many
plans submitted were almost without
exception adherents of American ad-
herence to the league of nations. Il
was presided over by one of the great
est lawyers in the country, who first
became conspicuous at the bar as the
defender of the notorious Tweed and
whose last appearance at the bar was
to seek to undo what congress and the
legislatures did in passing the eigh-
teenth amendment"
Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona.
declared there was no need to discuss
the Box plan because 1t will fall OF
it's own weakness. it's weak back, it's
weak knees and its weak joints gen
orally"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
Sterilization of Prices
L. Urged by lie Rossignol

StabiIi2ation of prices NJ an econ
omic remedy was urged by Dean J.
l.. Rossignol of the college OF bush
ness administration OF the University
ut Nebraska, when he addressed his
class I'm economies at the chamber of
commerce Monday night. III anything
they should he on slightly rising
market he added 1t is not good
To do business on a falling market"
Dean Le Rossignol traced the rise
Of prices since 1896. I'VE are using
a 3s cent dollar considering the prices
OF that day he said Since 1876.
prices have increased eco per cent.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
Probe of Wheat
Trading Demand
of L. S. Senate
Senator Ladd of North Dakota
Charges Professional Specu-
laiors Have Depressed
Market.

Washington. Jan. S.-The senate to-
day adopted a resolution by Senator
Ladd Of North Dakota calling upon
the secretary of agriculture to as
certain immediately the position
taken by well known professional
Spectators on the wheat market to
learn the effect OF their trading upon
the market
In preamble to the resolution d.
recting the secretary for ascertain
irg these facts. Senator Ladd
charges:
Since the grain future act was de-
clared constitutional on April l6.
1928. members of the Chicago Board
II trade and other grain exchange.
with few exceptions. by means OF
heir daily market reports and pub
ished opinions in daily papers. and
also market press reports written IN
Chicago and give nwide publicity. to-
gether With syndicated articles which
there is reason to believe had their in
spiration in the board OF trade. have
systematically opposed tho price Of
wheat, or. in trade terms, tried to
bear the market"
Because Of this condition. there
is reason to believe that the market
was. except during brief intervals. de-
pressed by short selling by profes
slonal traders or spectators, and
that the price has been depressed and
held materially below level war
ranted by legitimate supply and de.
mand conditions"
Continuing. it Is pointed out that
no information has been published by
the department OF agriculture re
garding activities of these specula.
tors. and the demand for the position
on the market of these spectators is
made upon the secretary Of sgrioul.
ture.
1T seems strange 10 me that the
market should have been so depressed
since the passage OF the grain futures
act and the supreme court ruling and
SO many persons interested in the
erain trade should have written ms
saying tho low price was but a ma
;ural sequence OF this act" Senator
l.add said. Il don't know. as yet
how much further | shall go into this
matter First. ! want the senate tC
sean the information We have de
manded from tha secretary Of sgri
culture"
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
Fair
Weather Forecast
Border Cities in Canada Use
Snow Shovel While Amer
lean Cities Escape.

Continuation of Omaha's mild
weather was predicted yesterday by
NJ. V. Robins, government meteor
ologist. Partly cloudy. not much
change IN temperature, was the Of
ffcial forecast for wednesday given
out at the weather bureau.
Melting SHOWS made It uncom-
Portable for pedestrians. while motor
vehicles shared their muddy bath
with unwilling bystanders.
Unusual was the distribution of
show from coast to coast along the
Canadian border. Residents OF Ed
monitor. Prince Albert. 500 st. Marie.
Montreal and Winnipeg frolicked in
the snow, while their American
neighbors slipped on melting ice.
Temperatures In Florida and the
south approached normal, after their
sudden drop the day before. At OBJ
servation time the mercury at Jack
sonville registered SO degrees. as
compared with % of the previous day.
Other temperatures were AZ at New
Orleans, II degrees higher.
Clear weather throughout Nebras-
ka was recorded. Temperatures We're
20 at Omaha, 22 at Valentine and Is
at North Platte There was little
precipitation in the United States ex-
cept along the north Pacific coast.
where rain fell moderately. Clear
weather, with temperatures similar
to Omaha's, were reported from Chi
cago and surrounding territory. Tenn
perature in Omaha at $3.50 was "A de-
greeS
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
Contracts Of Mabel,
Edna Not Cancelled

Los Angeles, Jan. s.-The employ
ment OF Edna Purivance and Mabel
Normand as motion picture contract
players has in no way been affected
by the case involving the shooting
New Years night here OF Courtland
s. Dimes. wealthy Denver oil man. 1t
was announced here today by the
Charles Chaplin productions and the
Mack Sennett productions.
Reports that Edna Purcivaneo's
contract was Cancelled probably grew
out OF distortion of information that
sh would not be cast for the next
Charles Cphalin production. an Alas.
kan story. 1t was sail by Charles
Riesner. Chaplin associate. She Is
not in this picture because the lead
Ing role calls for a slim, young girl,
Riesner said. Another production is
being arranged for her. Rlesner said
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
Concrete Engineering Firm
Holds Convention Here

\ dinner at the Brandeis restaurant
last night ClimaNed the annual meet
ing OF the Concrete Engineering com,
panv which has been held here the
last TIVE DAYS.
The meeting was attended by the
managers from all the company's
branch offices. Managers attending
are John T. Klein. Detroit. II. $.
Chaplin. Milwaukee. +. q. Walker.
Chicago. \. {. Linostrum. pcs Moincs.
q. l.. Davis. Kansas City. and Il. I.
jolley. Dallas. Tex.
President e, Louis MSer addressed
the convention.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09
:: SUNNY SIDE UP ::

Steadily the l Knew Him When
Club is growing. Meet Judge George
Corcoran of the York-Seward dis
trict. Judge Corcoran, who is one OF
the oldest district Judges in point
of service, has filed for reelection.
a lust Judge who believes In ex-
pediting business, citizen who gets
behind every movement for the pub
lie good. and courteous gentleman
whose geniality has made friends OF
all who have had .he pleasure OF
knowing him, Judge Ccrcoran really
ought to be elected unanimously. As
my old friend. ex.Speaker Marsh
Elder would say. "unimously without
no opposition and by BY acclamiza-
ton
\ joyful opportunity quickly
grasped when asked to say a few
words to a class OF stalwart young
fellows born across the ocean who
were jumping at the chance to learn
American languages and customs In
one of Omaha's night schools. Uncle
Sam has nothing to fear from young
fellows like them. Suggest that a
lot Of American born young fellows
of same age could attend tho same
school with great profit TO themselves
and great advantage to Uncle Sam.
And IL you want to hear real sing
ing go down TO Brown Park night
school and hear those young Bohem-
ian born men and women sing, first
the national air of their own country
and then America.
Fellow who diyed GO feet from Via
duct and lives to tell the tale. isn't
much-a.much. Several motion pic
ture actresses and feminine novelties
have dlved further than that recently
and are still talking about 1t. How
ever without much avail,
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-01-09

Indulging in some "reminiscences
with Bob Manley. who like myself.
wants TO know what has become of
divers and sundry things. Frinstance.
those wooden Indians that once dec
Grated the fronts OF every cigar store.
And the welcome arch that once
spanned Farnam at Eighteenth. And
the speaking trumpets that all the
old fire chiefs used TO convey their
sulphurous orders. And the old.time
temperance revivalist who took up
collection every night.
Jazz music composers have been
overlooking a good bet. A tune rum
ming the gamut of the mercury's re-
cent gyrations would make n caco-
phony calculated to make the voodoo-
istlc originators of jazz fairly frantic
with envy. And to witness some Of
our modern exponents OF terpsichore
dancing II would be Indeed. a Great
Spectacle.
Governor Kendall OF Iowa refuses
to intervene In the supreme courts
affirmation Of the sentence that Roy
Maupin must hang on January Is.
Must look into the matter. Lynched
one of us down In Missouri few
years ago. Mortality list threatens
to grow too rapidly.
Every once In while Dame Nature
pulls stunt TO further convince
nero man that he has a lot to learn
about decorations. The recent cold
snap caused the frost To penetrate
deep into the columns and other dec
orations of the citys stone buildings.
Then the warm weather brought out
the frost In mural decorations that
no artist can ever hope TO equal.
The huge granite columns In front
OF the courthouse were beautiful be
yond compare when Jack Frost dee
Grated them. w. Nj. NJ.