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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
TRY-OUTS FOR
 OLYMPIC MEET

LEXINGTON, Ky. Feb. 17.-(spe- ciai0-Announcement has been made by Percy H. Quinlan, V. M. I. wrestling coach, that Olympic try-outs in wrest- ling will be held at Virginia Military institute on March 2s and 29. Compe- tition will be open to all amateurs in Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- lima and eastern Kentucky. Winners in the Lexington try-outs will enter the finals to be held fin June at New York.
 The decision to hold the preliminary elimination matches in Lexington was arrived at as the result of correspond ence between Coach Quinlan and CIV. Streit, Jr., chairman of the American Olympic wrestling committee. The matches will be staged in the V. M. |, gymnasium under the joint auspices of V. M. I. and Washington and Lee uni yersity. The two institutions will also provide local, entertainment for all com petitors.
 A. A. U. rules will govern in all matches, and plans are going forward repidly for the securing of capable of ficials. the quartering of the athletes and the conduct of the meet, Coach Quinlan will furnish upon request entry blanks and detailed information reIa- tive to the try-outs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
Teams Leave For Camps.
 In Florida
Yankees, Giants And Robins All Depart This Week
 For Training Camps

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Metropolitan interest in Father Chadwick's favorite pastime will shift to the Southland this week, when the three New York teams, the Yankees, Giants and Robins de- part on their annual pilgrimages to their spring training camps below the Mason-Dixon line. P
 The Giants batterymen are due for workout at their Sarasota training camp in Florida on Friday; the Yam kee hurlers and backstops will be in Hot Springs by Saturday.
 The Southern delegations will begin assembling in this city Wednesday when small detachment of Giant pitchers, club officials and newspaper men will entrain for Florida. At the same time, the Robins will dispatch a small group they will find Charley Ebbets and Sec retary Dan Comerford awaiting them.
 No Yankees will entrain from New York, but Bullet" Joe Bush, Bob Shaw key, Wally Schang and Herb Pennock will leave Philadelphia, provided they haven't overlooked the formality of signing contracts; Everett Scott will go from Auburn, Ind, and Sad Sam ue" Jones will leave Woodfield, Ohio.
 Pltchera On Way.
 Hugh McQuillan and Jack Bentley of the Giants are already on their way toA Sarasota, and Babe Ruth is taking care of Yankee interests at Hot Springs. Yankee plans for Hot Springs are some what complicated by the fact that most of the athletes on the early squad have overlooked the matter of affixing their signature to the dotted line. And take 1t from Ed Barrow, no player will travel to Hot Springs on Yankee money who has not yet signed a contract.
 The Giants are more fortunate in the matter of holdouts, for all their war riors have signed up with the excep- tion of Frank Snyder, Ross Young, vir- gil Barnes, Ernie Maun and Wayland Dean.
 The Giants army of early birds will be more populous than the bevy of Yankees at Hot Springs. Twenty pitch CTS, four catchers and two rookie in- fielders will be- at Sarasota this week, while the Tanks can muster only eight or nine at Hot Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18

Deason (Pell City), J. Vines (Allt. ance), guards.
 It was largely Roberts shooting fol Alliance that pulled his team through several of the early games. He has a sure eye for the basket and is a good floor man. Ingram, for Lineville, was high scorer for single game when he shot 30 points. He has fine build for a forward and a good eye. Aders Leeds captain, is the logical man for center, but in the game against Tusca- loosa Captain Snyder, of Oak Grove played the greatest game of any in- dividual in the tournament. He also shone brilliantly against Warrior, but was badly off in general playing against simpson. Deason, a husky guard from Pell City, has the size and stamina to stay with the best of for Vines is a steady back guard and a good shot at long range.
 | Honorable Mention. There are many who deserve honor able mention, as Watson, Talladega | county forward; Nickerson, Leeds for ward; M. Vines, Alliance center; liar ris, Simpson reserve center; Moore, ter; Haley, Warrior forward; Patton, Oak Grove forward McNeil, Bessemer center; Mize, St. Clair guard; Payne, Lineville guard; c. Vines, Alliance for ward, and A. Vincent, Simpson for ward.
 The wealth of star centers was amaz- ing. Very few teams came to the tour nament but what brought star play ing the pivot position. In many in stances the center was the handspring of this team and always, with few exceptions, the center was very inn portant figure in the attack. Often the entire offensive of the team was built around the center.
 The Outlook.
 But now that 1t is all over one feels Inclined to look into the future. What big thing it would be for Birming- ham annually not only to stage the district tournament, but the state tour nament as well. Birmingham is the basketball center of the state and the logical place for the tournament. It would mean more to the teams to make the trip to Birmingham for the state meet and Birmingham is better equipped than any other city in the state for holding such a tournament. With an annual state meet here and a district meet as a nucleus around which to build, Birmingham would soon become a basketball center for Dixie prep schools.
 Tournament Big Success.
 The smoothness with which the dis
 
 very highly of the Alabama High School Athletic association and the officials of the Central Y. M. c. A. The plan was worked out to the finest detail and carried out to the minute in playing off the tournament. No hitch held up the play and nothing but compliments were heard for the off cials and those in charge. The plan of elimination and runner-ups in the dis tricts in so far as this district is con- cerned seems to be an ideal way to decide the state championship. It ele- yates the play for the title in the championship tournament and mediocre teams to say nothing of giving the fans over the state a chance to see tourney play, if not at the state meet, then at the district tournament
 The new system of elimination worked out with all the leading high schools of the state listed on the entry book would give Alabama high schools an ideal method of determining a state basketball champion each year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
PHILLIPS PLAYS
 WOODLAWN HIGH

The Phillips high and Woodlawn high basketball teams will not only stage the great game between each other during the present week but each school will put on a game with the University of Alabama freshmen. These games will be played at the Birming- ham Athletic club. The Woodlawn team will play the Alabama rats, Fri day afternoon at four o'clock at the B. A. c. and the Phillips team will meet the freshmen at the same hour Satur- day afternoon at the B. A. c.
 These two games ought to be two of the best games of the season in local prep circles as the Woodlawn and Phillips teams have both been very successful in their games both in the Birmingham basketball ossaciation league and in their games with other high schools.
 The Woodlawn team which meets the freshmen from the 1Capstone, Friday at o'clock has not lost game during the entire season on the local court although the teams that they have been meeting have been composed, in many instances, of much older and more ex- perienced men and not only men of greater age and experience but men who are classed. as very good basket ball players.
 Lost One Game
 The Phillips team has lost only one game on the local court this season, the one they lost to the Woodlawners, and they have, like Woodlawn, been meeting first class teams made up of some of the best basketball men in the Magic City. Phillips will meet the freshmen on Saturday afternoon.
 The freshmen of Alabama have one of the best aggregations of last year high school stars in the south to select their team from and their team has been going strong. They will come to Birmingham expecting to take home two victories over the local teams. These games will give local Alabama men a good opportunity to see what kind of material their Alma Mater has to make future Crimson machines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18

The Bessemer grid teams. under the direction of Coach Red" Harris, have always been very successful. Some of the leading teams of the state have come from Bessemer high. The team last year was again q fast ono and made a perfect record on seasons play. The team boasted of several scintillat- ing stars. In McNeil it had a center that was one of the best in the state and in the Granger brothers, backfield and end, were two men of unusual abil- ity as was Gowdin. Prof. Felton Col Her, athletic director, is now busy ar ranging a good schedule for the 1924 Bessemer eleven and they will make a strong bid for state honors next year.
 In the picture above, reading from left to right, are: Ottis Anthony, man ager; Captain John Granger, Wtndell Gowdin, Paul Jones, Captain-elect How ard Parsons, Kenneth McNeil, William Cunningham, Frank Moses, I. Smith, Bill Granger, K. Salmon and Prof. Felton Collier, athletic director. Let ter men who are not in the picture are: Lester Armstrong, Robert Kirkpatrick, Pettus Lowery and Lewis Jacobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
NO TOURNEY TO
 BE HELDN BUTLER

GREENvILLE, Ala. Feb. 17-(spe- ciai.)-Tt is reported in Greenvile that officials of the district in which Green vile is located have announced that a district tournament to decide the two teams to represent the district at the state meet at Montgomery early next month will not be held. According to the reports, certain of the officials claim that the only two teams that have made record that will justify entrance into the state tournament are Butler High of GreenviiIe and Spring Hill of Mobile. <
 With brilliant passing and fast floor work with a good eye for the basket the Butler High basketball five de, feated Dothan High here last night by a score of 2S to 20. The visitors made the first count in the game when IT. Brown looped goal after a fonl Wesley soon afterwards repeated and from then on through the first period it was Butler leading with one or two points until the close of the half, when the score was Il to 10 in favor of the locals. The second half was a repe- tition of the first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
PROBABLE LINEUP.

Panthers-Caldwell, Stevenson, for wards; s. Kimbrough, center; Teague, Levie, guards. BuIldogs-Steyens, scokeI, forwards; Stubbs, center; Wells, Murchison, guards.
 The Howard college basketball five will take on the Birmingham Southern Partners Monday night at s:30 o'clock in the Birmingham Athletic club gym nasium in another Bulldog Panther bat tls.' The two teams have clashed in every sport common to Dixie colleges and in none has there ever resulted a listiess game and in but few has there ever been victory with ease. No dope will work on these battles and the best or worst is all the same when they meet.
 However, the battle Monday night promises to be one of the hottest. This time the two teams are as evenly matched in figures as is about pos- sible to have them and the game should be a nlp-and-tuck affair. Much will players on each team, while the team play will be a big factor.
 Dope Even.
 On recent tour the two teams played practically the same opponents and the results tallied closely. Neither will have the odds on the other at the first whistle.
 The Partners will depend much on the shooting of one man-"Skeebie" Caldwell. Skeebie is the basket shooter in-chief for the Gold and Black com bination and is high point man for the team. When right he has deadly aim for the netting and an accurate pass on the floor. He Is a graduate of Coach George Reynolds state champion Simpson Tornado five of two seasons ago and was the principal cog in the Tornado offensive.
 Over in the Bulldog camp its packers will rest their faith in a pair of aces for victory. Ham" Stevens, scintil- latipg forward, and Toby Stubs, crack center, are the two principal scorers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
PAINTERS AND BULLDOGS
 PLAY AT B. A. C. AT 8:3O
Howard And Birming gham-Southern Basketball Teams Well Matched For First Game Of City College
 Championship Monday Night

of the Crimson outfit. 1t was these two men who dealt the B. A. c. Blues big slabs of misery in the last game and gave Coach Erwin big scare. That was the game in which the Bulldogs all but beat the Blues. Leading them until the last the Bulldogs lost only in the final minutes by two points. With such shooting against the Partners Monday night the Bulldogs will be a vicious animal and a hard one to hold in leash.
 Stevenson Good.
 But on the Panther five there is an- other man who may give the opposing displayed much ability against the Clubbers and Is a neat little floor man. He too has true eye for goal shooting and plays fast brand of ball.
 To match him the Bulldogs have a long-range shooter in Polly Scokel, who is as we'll good on short shots. Scokel makes Stevens a good running mate and takes care of his points by good shooting from near the center.
 Levie Big Star. At guard the Partners have a man that won much praise on the recent trip into Georgia. Columbus papers said that Hoyt Levie was one of the best back guards ever to appear there and with reputation as a great fight well qualify as guard. He will be the main obstacle in the way of short shots Monday night and the Panthers' packers think he will be one that can stop Stevens.
 In the Bulldog defensive department Is to be found Wells, a player who shows much ability at running the floor as well as at guarding the oppon- ent from the goal. He is a good shot as well and a reliable player.
 Both teams have several good reserves and the other positions are doubtful on each team. The line-up of both teams has been shifted often this wear and the starting lineup Monday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
B. A. C. Blues
 Cunning For
 Atlanta A. C.
Biggest Game Of Season For Locals Slated For
 Saturday Night

The B. A. c. basketball team will start tonight on their last week of training for the present season. The game with the Atlanta Athletic club to be played at the B. A. c. next Satur- day night, February 23, will finish the 1923-24 season for the Blues. (This final round of practices will be the most strenuous of the season for the Club bers as this will be in preparation for the game of games for the B. A. c. The Birmingham fans would rather see the local team beat Atlanta than any team m the world and the players feel that way more than the fans do. The spirit that prevails among Birmingham play CTS when it comes to game here with the Atlanta team came to light in it's greatest brilliance in 1922 when the Atlanta team came here so sure of winning that the Atlanta Constitution printed a story about the A. A. c. beat ing the slag Town five without wait ing for a wire from the game. The B. A. c. won that game by the score of 34 to 16.
 The winning of a game that every one, except the players, the coach and a very few close friends of these, had already conceded to the A. A. c. by virtue of the showing of the two teams for that season was due not only to careful training and coaching previous to that game but to a wonderful fighting spirit that had developed among the players and their coach.
 Determined to Win
 There was a grim determination in the minds of the men who turned de- feat into victory in 1922 to win that game from their greatest rivals. The Blues worked with such a determina- tion all during their practices of the week previous to the coming of the Atlantans and by the night of the game this determination had reached such a stage that it was almost an athletic delirium, as such feverish fighting spir- 1t has been termed by some of the great coaches, and the Blues put up a fight that was entirely too much for their rivals and swept them off their feet. scoring ten points before the Atlantans were able to make a basket.
 Coach Erwin who prepared the 1922 team for the Atlanta game is giving the 1924 team their training and he has lost none of his fighting spirit, none of his great coaching ability and none of his love of victory over the greatest rival the B. A. c. has, and has not onlv lost none of the qualities that were factors in bringing about victory for his team two seasons ago, but has added to these much knowledge of the science of coaching and of strategy. Erwin will have his proteges ready for a great fight when they meet the Al lanta team at the B. A. C., Saturday night at S:30 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
C. .Corniskey ToHold Job For Chance
White Sox Owner Says Chance Is Best Man For
 Position He Could Get

CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Charles Comis- key, owner of the Chicago American league baseball club, announced to- night he would hold the club man. agership open for Frank Chance until Chance has had time to recover from his present illness.
 Until he is able to assume direction of the club, Chances place will be filled by Johnny Evers, former manager of the Chicago Cubs, and Big Ed" Walsh, who were signed this season as assist ants to Chance, Comiskey said.
 Comiskey declared he would not ac- cept Chances resignation until it is definitely known that he will not be able to join the club. Chance had sent in his resignation yesterday from Los Angeles after physicians informed him his present health would not permit him leaving with the club for spring training camp and possibly might keep him inactive until after the start of the season.
 Chance was the best man for the job we could get," Comiskey declared, land I don't want to lose him. It will make little difference if he is late at the spring training. Evers and Walsh can take care of that"
 The White Sox will leave for Winter Haven, Fla, the scene of the pre-sea- son training period, on February %.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
Entry List
 For Tourney
 ToBeLarge
Many Strong Teams Enter Cotton States Tourna-
 ment At Auburn

AUBURN, Ala, Feb. 17.-(Special.)- With the time narrowed from weeks to days for the staging of the third an- nual Cotton States basketball tourney to be held at Auburn, beginning Feb ruary 27, final details are being com pleted.
 Ten strong contenders appearing on the invitation list have already filed the necessary credentials and are awaiting the opening whistle of the cage classics to show their athletic prowess on the court. Tennessee is entering two strong contenders which has opened new terri tory for the oncoming competition From Chattanooga will come Chattanooga High with a record that bear out her intentions of coming to Auburn for high honors. The other representatives from the Volunteer State is Montgom- cry Bell academy of Nashville, who will represent another section of Tennessee. This year marks the first tournament in which Tennessee schools have been represented
 Strong Georgia Teams
 With Georgia Military academy of Atlanta and Berry School for Boys of Rome for Georgia already entered and interesting possibilities of other enter ents from the Cracker State Georgia is well represented.
 The entry of Sidney Lanier of Mont gomery, Alliance High of Bessemer. Simpson High of Birmingham, Lee County High of Auburn, Chambers County High of Milltown, Macon Coun- ty High of Notasulga, the list of signed contestants is running true to form. The complete list of acceptances, among which Is expected teams from Mississippi ond Florida will in all prob ability, be in the athletic association of- fices Monday morning at which time drawings will be made and the teams bracketed as they will appear on the court when the preliminaries start Thursday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
No Changes
 In Til11eOf
 Ball Games
Rule To Use Scratched Balls Is first To Speed Up
 ZCame In Years

E CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Arhe decision of the major leagues this winter to keep using slightly 1narred baseballs is el- most the only change adopted to speed up the game in the past 20 years, ac- cording to President Ban Johnson of the American league.
 Since "Pongo Joe" Cantillion, in 1900, then an American league umpire, sug- gested the foul strike rule, and moving the catcher up behind the batter, the average time limits of the major league games have remained almost un- changed, ranging from an hour and q half to an hour and forty-five minutes. Besides the savings in baseballs, Presi- dent Johnson figures, the continued use of balls which have only trivial scratches, will make the pitchers bur den easier, and thus cut a few minutes off the time average.
 Caught Ball On Hop
 In the late nineties, when the catcher caught the ball on the first bounce and there was no limit on fouls, the game average was nearly three hours. and when the American league was organiz- ing Johnson assembled his umpires for suggestions on speeding up the game from the spectators viewpoint.
 Cantillion's proposals to call the first two fouls as strikes, and move the catcher up behind the batter were at once adopted and next year the Ma tional league followed suit. Substitute Ball
 A year or two later, Johnson himself adopted the plan of throwing out a new ball quickly when a fly or foul was knocked into the stands or other inac- cessible places, saving further delays. The Nationals also adopted this plan. The first year of the foul strike rule with the catcher up close to home plate, Johnson said, the players took to the system so heartily that most games were finished in an hour an ten min- utes. a : The American league was then fight ing the National for foothold, and spectators at American leagues games could watch the finish and then hustle over to the Chicago National park and see the last few innings there, but next year the National league park fell In line. Since then major league umpires have instructions not to rush the pitch CTS too much, as the magnates feel that results will be better and games closer approach the hour and forty-fivs average.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
SEEKS MONEY
 FOR OLYMPICS

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Gen. Henry T Allen, executive officers of the Amer ican Olympic committee, is going after the "big money" in a vigorous effort to complete the $s5O, ,O0O fund which is necessary to finance the athletes who will represent the United States at the games in Paris this summer.
 Urging they set a patriotic example to those less able to contribute, Gen. eral Allen has written to several hun dred of the most prominent men of the country, asking them to make as lib- >eral a donation as possible" to the Olympic fund.
 General Allen points out in his ap- peal that the psychological effect of a few wealthy contributions would great ly stimulate the Olympic campaign. Some of the European governments are substituting their Olympic teams, but in this country the entire fund is being collected by popular subscription.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-18
PLAY FOR TITLE

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 17.-Johnny Clinton, Pittsburgh billiard ace, who is a contender for the title of Percy N. Collins. of Chicago, present champion, will meet Emil Renner, of Youngstown, Ohio, Ohio state champion, tomorrow in the opening round of the national amateur 1892 balkline billiard champion ship. Others who will participate in the playing, which will extend through out the week, are Edgar T. Appleby, international premier, who lost his title last year to Collins; Dr. Richard Roscow Baltimore; Julius Klinger, ranking Southern Europe bilIiardist, and Collins, the title holder.