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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
SPORTS
sTECH TAKING SHAPE
 AFTER WEEKS WORK
Tornado Looks Good, Despite Loss Of Albright
 And Davis; Petrels Light ".

I years back, He will have his fling at job on the Tornado, and if he shows | anything like the stuff his brother ex- hibited not so long ago, he will find an opening. Little Red has been fuss ing around Grant field for two years now and can be counted on as a fairly seasoned player.
 Hard At Work
 With these gaping holes in the Tech lineup for 1924, coaches are working their men harder than usual with two practices day, one at 10 o'clock in the morning, and the other at o'clock in the afternoon. Harold Hanson, the boy who came to Tech from the Uni- yersity of Minnesota, has taken mat ters in his own hands and is putting the candidates for the Tornado through the stiffest part of their practice. He has brought several new ideas to Tech, including variations of twisting which look well on the field now. Coach Wood is working the iinemen, while Coach Alexander is directing the whole preparatory campaign.
 One thing is assured this year, Tech will have a uniform reserve game. This is something the Tornado 7 II ises well for the elevents of Georgia Tech during the next two years, but will be of only nominal value to Tech this year unless casualties are heavy. Oglethorpe university that will pro vide Georgia Tech with it's first game this year, will depend on bunch of speed rather than weight this year all around. First practices of the Stormy Petrel candidates this fall under Coaches Harry Robertson and Frank Anderson show that it will be feather weight organization to represent this other Atlanta school on the gridiron. Petrels Lack Beef
 Adrian Maurer, captain of the Petrels. in 1924, is light. Bob Kill gore, fulback de luxe, is one of the heaviest men sure of places with the scales that wouldn't register over ITO pounds.
 Robertson, who is in direct charge of practice sessions at Oglethorpe, has recognized this lack of weight in his organization and is training his men with view to getting away in hurry and then going like double greased lightning.
 Summerous and Redfern have at- tracted more attention this week than any of the other new candidates for the Petrel squad. They are showing go that has put pep in the whole crowd. Redfern may be running mate of Maurer at half. Nutty Campbell, quarterback, with Kilgore at full, will complete the backfield of 0glethorpe.
 There is no heft whatever on the Petrel line so far, although lot of last years letter men of the line are back.
 Scrimmage will also start next week at Oglethorpe. Then more can be told of the prospects of the .elevens for their first games. sfs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
BABE WILL FAIL
 TO BEAT RECORD

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.&The statue of liberty may do hootchee- -kootchee one of these nights in the middle of Times Square.
 Babe Ruth may have rapping fit and rap out enough home runs in the remaining games of the summer to ex- eel his vast record of 59 in one season, established in 1921.
 The one is as likely to happen as the other.
 Which is to say that there is no chance of the Babes equalling much less exceeding his old record this year.
 The Babe whanged out his 43rd homer of the 1924 season in Saturdays game of ball between the Tanks and the Athletics in New York.
 This leaves him deficit of IS homers to tie his old record with only 21 games to go. In order to do it., the Babe will have to rap them out at rate of just a little less than one homer per game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
SEVERAL SQUADS
 AT CLUB SHOOT
Matthews Wins In Two Matches
 At Gun Club

Several squads of shooters took part in the registered club shoot at the Bir- mingham Gun club Saturday after noon. The 50 target match was won by A. ". Matthews with AS dead birds. Matthews broke two PAS. Second place went to A. c. Chesney with the score of A. Dr. I. J. Seliars and J. E. Chandler came in for third place with 43 each. The 100 targets was also won by A. V. Matthews, who scored 92 out of his 100. Second place went to l. M. Crum with 88 breaks. Crum fell in hard luck by breaking his gun in the first event and had to shoot borrow ed gun. Third place went to J. E. Chandler with S7 breaks.
 Dr. Sellars never got right in the singles but was high on the doubles going out with but two down, lading p out of the 24. W. P. Turpin was in second place on the doubles.
 A. V. Matthews is getting right on the little clays, shooting consistently above the 90 per cent mark which ii al- ways counted fine shooting on the lit- tie clays. A. c. Chesney landed 24 out of his first 25, and goint out the 100 above 80. Crum broke two 24s out of his 25s with a borrowed gun.
 Scores made on the 50 targets:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07

"Nicknames were changed and nick names were created during the week at Camp Oliver. Coach Cope gained permanent reputation as Sleepy head" by his unfailing ability to wake up at 5 :45 each morning. The rest of the crew was hauled out at 6 o'clock. Taps were sounded at 9 each night.
 "LaFayette Kelly probably gained the most perpetual of nicknames, 'Pigiron' Kelly is dead, 'Jailbird' Kelly has been born. Long live the Jailbird,' echoes the chorus from the Bulldog camp. Others who gained added distinction were Tell Elm Wrong Horwood, for a joke he failed to explain; Hog Me Carthy, for taking more than mans share of blanket; 'Griper' Casey, for the losing of his share of the same blanket; Fortunes Pet Tinkelpaugh, for unusual luck at pitching horse shoes, and several others, who gained recognition for various virtues and vices.
 Race All Doped Out.
 Saturday, as a grand finale for a week of activity, two man crew race as the boys has the affair all doped out
 
 hold the affair. It was generally con- ceded that Mccarthy and Lent Brew ster would have finished first, Starkey and Little link second, and Hubby Brooks and 'Dumpy' Barton third, their place being somewhat conceded as the Leviathan like Brooks had succeeded in borrowing a motor boat for the occa- sion. Casey and Big link were given Ioc r,lo l,r-f ba
 'McDaniel and Claude Brewster proved to be the champion fishermen, while Preacher Hyde and Toby Stubbs led the midnight battlers Ham Stevens was great at telling jokes. 'Sheik' Wilkerson kept his hair combed at all times, while Slick Lollar distinguished himself with his promptness at meal times. Spike Wells exhibited the best form at the setting up exercises. Preacher Nicholson got in his best work in the dining room, while Man. ager Fred Carter stood ace high with Mrs. Skipper Wayland, who had charge of the meals served the Bulldogs. Harris G. Cope, Jr., little fellow of eight years, won his spurs with the Bulldogs, swimming with the best of them, and going in for anything the older boys suggested. Ransome was called home on account of rising that demanded medical attention.
 Jim Smith and Scoop Abernathy, of Birmingham, spent the weekend at Camp Oliver, and took the whole bunch in tow at pitching horseshoes.'
 The training camp just closed was so successful, stated Coach Cope be- fore his departure for Oartersyille. that in all probability the Bulldog squad of 1925 will be taken on similar outing.
 The Bulldog gridders will be plunged into actual gridiron work on Berry Field Monday afternoon, playing their first game Saturday afternoon, against the Freshmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
GEORGE LOTT IN
 TENNIS FINALS

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. e.-George Lott, national junior tennis champion today won his way into the tri-state championship finals in the singles and doubles when he overcame his adver- saries through his wonderful place. ments and his splendid serving.
 The superior play of the Chicago tennis marvel revealed itself in his singles match with Julius Sagalowsky of Indianapolis in which the Hossier player exerted every effort in futile effort to overcome Lott's brilliant strategy. The score was 6-1, 6-2. 6-3.
 Lott and Jack Harris had difficult experience in whipping the Cincinnati doubles team of R, A. Holden and G. T. Emerson. The match was beauti- fully played, each team contributing a good portion of the sagacity displayed during the match which the Chicago pair won S-6, S-6, 0-8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
FORTY SHOOTERS
 AT TRAPS CLUB
T. K. Lee High Man In 100 Tar
 get Race At B. T. C.

One of the most successful shoots that that has been held in some time took place at the traps of the Birming- ham Trap Shooting club Saturday aft ernoon when forty shooters faced the traps to try their skill at the elusive clays. There was a large number of the club shooters on hand as well as several visitors whom it is always a pleasure to have participate in the weekly shoots.
 Saturdays program was q hundred bird race. T. K. Lee won high gun with 9sx100; B. E. Strader was sec ond high gun with 95x100; Dr. B. M. Prince was third high gun with 94x100 i; T. K. Lee won class A trophy with 9Sx100; Lee Moody won class A trophy with 92x10O: Geo. w. Burt won class c trophy with 93x100; Crawford Johnson, Jr., D trophy with a7x100.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
SP0MSlNEWS AND GOSSPmE ExPERTSSP0d'
BULLDOGS TO MEET
 FRESHMEN SATURDAY
Coach Cope Returns With His Squad From Weeks Training At Camp Oliver

Hardened and tanned, a score of blood thirsty Bulldogs returned to Bir- mingham Saturday afternoon. A week in training at Camp Oliver has whetted their appetites, and the forces of Cope and Gillem are snarling for battle, a week before their first football engage nent of the 1924 season.
 On Saturday afternoon, September 13, the Howard College varsity will meet the Freshmen, ushering in the 1924 season on Berry Field. On the Hollow ing Saturday, the varsity meets Mar ion, in the first intercollegiate clash of the year.
 Coaches Harris Cope and Jenks Gil lem spent the past week at Camp Oliver with almost two dozen varsity foot ball candidates. Aside from persist ent toothache that eventually hastened Coach Gillem's footsteps homeward there were no casualties on the trip.
 Freshman Coach Bob Shelton will whip his yearling squad into shape dur ing the coming week, and genuine sridiron struggle is promised for Berry Field on Saturday afternoon.
 Separate Freshman Team.
 The freshman and varsity football departments at Howard have been separated, and during the coming sea son two separate schedules will be gone through. Aside from the pre-intercol- legiate season game Saturday, there will probably be no connection between the varsity and freshmen teams during the coming season.
 Coach Cope. before leaving for a weekend trip to his home at Carters- vile, Ga, Saturday afternoon, expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with the outcome of the camp. Training rules were observed throughout, with con- ditioning schedule, and Coach Cope state that practically every man showed improvement in condition at the end of she week.
 I've gained ten pounds" one Bull aog gridder remarked upon his return Saturday afternoon.
 Wonder what I'll do when I wake up at 6 o'clock tomorrow" another added.
 Football ought to be pie after that week." grumbled another.
 Five Hours Work Daily.
 The daily schedule called for almost Five hours of conditioning each day. Sorty minutes were spent in setting up exercises and swimming between 6 o'clock morning bugle call and z o'clock breakfast gong. From 9 to 10 o'clock m the morning, general conditioning took place, with two added hours of the medicine ball and football from ? until 4. After short settling up exer- else period, swimming came from un- ul 6, winding up the days scheduled conditioning. In between time, the Bulldogs were almost continually on the river, swimming, fishing, or paddling their boats. In addition, Coaches Cone and Gillem slipped in little skull practice, with an hours study of the sootDall rules each day. The camp. as covered" by the camp scribe was re- ported as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07

AUSTIN. Texas. Sept. 6.-Texas A. & M,, first, Bayor, second, Southern Methodist university a strong con- tender, Texas and Arkansas, an out side chance. That's the way they line up right now in the southewestern con ference, but there never was year upset than during tn football season which opens the latter part of Septem. Der. rI
 The southwestern group presents this year a wierd hodge-podge of veteran teams and new coaches, of green ma terial and old coaches. s. M. U., win. ner of the title in 1923, sems likely to be upset by Texas A. & M., which did not win a conference game last fall Texas, conqueror Of Vanderbilt, Okls. homa and Tulane last year, has one man left of tue eleven who started her biggest game. Baylor, the only team able even to tie Texas in 1923, re- turns complete lineup of veterans, kansas, on the outside in 1923, may threaten the chances of the contenders Rice, with no old Lnen to speak of has imported an entire coaching staff
 Aside from conference games, which are scheduled in greater number than formerly the eight teams have several interesting tits with outsiders. The Texas-Floria, Texas A. & M.-Sewanee, Oklahoma A. & M.-Kansas and Arkan. sas-Mississippi games are the head liners of the non-conference schedule. But the bitterest competition will be in the conference itself, where the SUI premeacy of Texas and Texas A. & M., complete until two years ago, is now destroyed.
 Texas A. & M.. Strongest.
 Texas A. & M., with powerful team left over almost intact from last year, should wipe out the stains of her many defeats, most of them unac- countable, and add few new laurels Miller, Allison, Dansby, Waugh, For gason, Irwin, Wilson and Pinson are the ight men about whom Dana Bible can fit his wealth of new material Tn the attempt to return to the days of I922, when the Farmers toppled Centre. 22 to 14. The Aggie schedule calls for ID games, five of them with conference teams-Rice, Baylor, s. NJ. U.. T. q, U,, and Texas, the latter being the Thanksgiving battle, the continuation of a bitter teud extending over 30 years. In addition there are the Sewanee and Arkansas Aggie games, the first be- ing the most interesting of all the in. tersectional tests, and three set-uns with smaller colleges.
 $. NJ. U., just recovering from the effects of winning its first conference championship, is not departing from its policy of playing only conferencs teams. It plays every conference team except Rice, and the absence of Rice IS more than offset by the presence of Austin college, strongest of Texas small schools, on the schedule. Stollenwerck. all-American mention, Bedford, Reisor Walling and Henry are back. all Inf them players of merit. But Brooks King, Stewart and Payne, a powerful quartet, are gone, and $. NJ. U. is weak on reserve strength.
 Texas Wants Revenge
 Texas, with only Gentleman Jim' Marley and Dayvault left of the first. string players, goes into the season with one blessing ambition: to beat S M. U. Last year the championshiu was awarded to the Mustangs over Texas, also undefeated, and the Long. horns have never forgiven the slight That one victory would do more tO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 6.--with coaches at Georgia Tech peeling their eyes until they burn in search of ma terial that will stand the attack this year on the center of the line of the Golden Tornado, the first week of practice at Grant field has produced lttel assurance that real stellar cen ter and invulnerable guards will be found.
 While Coaches Alexander and Han son, the latter 1924 acquisition in the Georgia school, have been looking for this non-apparent material for the center of the line they have been hit right between the eyes twice in the backfield in little more than week. It was known before practice started that Jerry Albright, star halfback last year, would not be back in school Now it has developed that Albert (Redl Da- wis, quarter and fullback, who was counted on as regular for this year, will be lost to the 1924 Tornado.
 Albright has gone into business, but Davis, back at school, must keep off the gridiron because of recent opera tion. The only thing that kept him little trouble he was experiencing from fractured vertebrae, sustained during his prep school football career.
 The first week practice has been lim- ited to tackling dummies, track work, line smashing, shifting and bit of signal running. Scrimmage will start in about a week. Until it is under way there will be little indication of how the different places will be filled.
 Line We'll Defined
 There are certain places where the very lack of brilliant material makes the likely selection of regulars appar- ent. Captain George Gardner and Monk Nabelle are sure ends. Merkle and Usry are sure to be regular tackles. Goodwin is sure of one of the guard jobs. Beyond that the line is uncertain.
 In the backfield Wilton promises to be the star of the year. He iss a sure regular at quarterback, with Red Da- wis out of the running. There is only one man for the regular place at full back. He is Doug Wycoff, young giant, who proved the value of his wares in 1923. Ivan Williams and Bob Reeves shine as the most brilliant prospects for halfbacks.
 Practice this week has improved the chances of Murray for center. There is no question as to his ability to stand up in defense. Poole, young Owen Poole, is a better offensive center, this weeks practice has demonstrated, even without scrimmage. There are others to be considered for the place, though, including Johnny Glenn and Connally.
 Fair, Thorpe, Williamson and Hol- land stand out now as the prospects who will give Hall and Goodwin a race for the guard positions. All are work ing hard for chance to win their let ters.
 One of the most interesting men out this year is Carter Barron, Little Red, brother of Big Red Barron, the illustrious leader of the Tornado two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
JACK JOHNSON
 DODGES NO. I3

AURORA, H., Sept. 6.-Jack John son, negro, former heavyweight cham pion, today asked Judge Oliver Strubler of Napersville to increase his fine and costs for speeding from $13.90 to $14. Johnson admitted he was doing 6 miles an hour" when taken. but said 'it was because of the weather"
 ''On damp day" he said, Hike to- day, you cant hold automobiles in. Just like giving a man shot in the arm to let damp air into corburetors. {"
 Johnson was on his way from Chica- go to the Aurora races when arrested
 by motorcycle police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
WINTER FINISHES
 STRONG TO WIN

BUFFALO, N. T., Sept. e.-CharIes Winter of New York and William Hone. man of Newark, N. J. were crowned national road bicycle champions for 1924 in the amateur title races here today. Winter, by virtue of break. neck finish in the ten-miIe race, took the senior division title with a margin of five points over hes nearest competi, tor, lggy Gronkowski, of Buffalo American olympic team member. Win, ters point score was fourteen.
 In the junior division, Honeman piled up total point score of 15. Roy Ulrich of St. Louis and Charles Penny of Miami, Fla, tied with six points each. Ulrich won the race-off, and took sectnd place for the meet, Penny going
 third.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
LAST RITES FOR
 GEERS ARE HELD

COLUMBIA, Tenn, Sept. 6.-With a burial service conducted by the Rev. Edward c. McCown of Pittsburg, Ed. ward F. (Pop) Geers, the grand old man of harness racing was laid to rest In Rose Hill cemetery here this morning the lnterment taking place directly after the arrival of the train bring. ing his remains from Memphis, where funeral services were held Friday.
 The burial of the great driver at- tracted widespread interest in this, Maury county, the home of the Hals and Directs, the scene of Geers' early victories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
FOrgetful Mother

Horace was sent to his room as a punishment for taking forbidden cake from the cupboard. His mother, think. ing to make his punishment ore i'm. pressive, went to his room and, after all was forgiven, said: Now, Horace what did I punish you fcr?"
 Horace looked at her n amazcment and his face wore pained expression
 Well, mummie," he replied, ''I like that! Here l have been kept in bed all the afternoon and no-y you don't know what you did it for r-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
PETER BREWER sOLD

CHICAGO, Cept. 0.---ne great trot- ting stallion, Peter the Brewer, has been purchased by w. Nj. Wright of Chicago, whose horses race in the name of the Calumet stable. The price was $25,000. Wright will end the horse to his Calumet farm near Lexington, Ky, for breeding purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
STXTY.FOUR ENTER MEET

. FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Inl., Sept. 6.-Sixty-four of the nation S leading professional golfers today en- tered the professional golfers tourna. ment, which opens here Monday. Sep tember 1b, to compete for prizes az Eregating $5,000 Thomas D. Taggartis the donor of the prizes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-07
N HARTLEY TO GIANTS

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 6.-Catcher Grover Hartley of the Columbus-Amer- ican Association club has been sold to the New York Giants, it was an nounced here today. Only cash was in cluded in the deal. Hartley who has been the Giants and the Cardinals will leave for New York tomorrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-08
lifted.

lifted.
 But he never is to receive any part of the S10,00O. That is the sore spot with the ball player. He can not see why, if he was worth so much money to his original owner he should not have received part of the sum when he was passed along like crate of raspberries.
 There have been instances where ball players who thus transferred baked flat on the arrangement and refused to go. The owners, as rule have given in but they have giv- en in reluctantly and more times than one, the purchaser has had to pay the player cash to get him to sign a contract, even after paying the minor league owner a large sum for the players release. It is this condition which has made misery in the ranks of the major league own CTS and which undoubtedly has had much to do with the suggestion by Mack that the players receive, in all cases, certain percentage of the sale place.
 It is held that if a player knows he will obtain some part of his purchase money he will play that much better baseball. He will be able to show what he can do. Pessi- mistic folks, however, say the play CTS will make dickers unknown to their minor league bosses and play to get their releases, figuring where they are going and that they will receive a share of purchase price which will be larger than ordinary.
 Connie Mack feels confident that his plan, if adopted, would please the ball player at large the United States over and he is passing his con- fidence on the fact that he is an old player himself and believes that he knows the sentiment of the players.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-08
ByAlice Langelier

PARIS, Dec. 8.-The women should fight the next war, declares Clement Vautel, in Cyrano, weekly review which has just made it's appearance in Paris.
 If I were a delegate to the League of Nations, I would make handsome speech proposing this very thing" continues the writer. Nothing is more just and nothing more neces- sary. Since the world was born it has always been the men who have done the fighting. Your turn now, fair ladies. From the ramparts we will sit back and watch you at war in the plains, reserving our rewards when you return"
 That there is more truth than fic- tion in this idea no one will deny. Everyone agrees there are too many women. In every country in the. Old World, it is the same cry, there are not enough husbands to go around. and most women go begging. Sta tistics show that in all of Europe there are twenty or thirty millions of women in excess France alone has two millions more than she needs. Re- suit: The women are disgusting their sex more, and taking on mas culine characteristics. They have cut their long lock, taken to smoking and voting, and aping mere man in every detail.
 But these tricks are not going to help out much," says Monsieur Vau- tel. Tn fact, in the end they will only turn the old world topsy turvy. A so- ciety in which a woman is no longer an object to merit and conquer is a society in danger The struggle for