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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16

Johnny McGinty has the chance of his lifetime Monday night at the Bir- mingham Athletic clubs big sport show. If he decisively wins over Billy Brown. the Memphis welter, 1t means another bout for him here in the near future against Dick Adams, the boy who re- gently defeated him in New Orleans- and a chance to go with Billy Gibson of New York, manager of Benny Leon- ard. Gibson has already promised Mo Ginty the chance. but 1t Is not thought he will want him to report if beaten by Brown. Still, if he comes through against the Memphis boy and proves his contention that Adams beat him with a lucky punch in the New Or leans engagement, 1t looks like Johnny Is all set for a chance at the big show.
 Brown, however, is looked upon to prove a pretty big obstacle in tho path of McGinty toward Gotham. The Ten nessee terror went down to New Or leans and cleaned up with Adams, con- queror of McGinty. Thus, on paper, he seems to be the better man.
 Monday night. however, will tell the tale, and there's no use in making con- lectures and surmises. Anyway the fan sport card, with thirty-six rounds of sports on the program in addition to the McGinty- Brown so.
 Kelly vs. Burke
 An affair that is creating almost as much interest and gossip as the head liner Is the eight-round bout between Young Battling Kelly and Red Burke. These two boys staged a sensational six-round draw when Herring and Dill lon fought here, and ever since then the fans have been clamoring for a re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
BARONS TOPREPARE TO
 TAKE ON BUFFALO NINE
Steward Plan Putting In All Time Possible Get
 ting In Shape For Exhibition Games Battery Men Get Work Saturday

drones in the Stewart clan. The can didates and veterans seem anxious to get into good shape for the opening encounters. Let's cop the early ones" says Red Bates, they're the ones that count big" and with this end in view Stuffy has been giving his cohorts plenty of action.
 No new players have arrived during the weekend. There are yet Pete Brausen, veteran thirdsacker; Frank Kane, highly touted recruit third base Hartford, regular shortstop; David Cochin, catcher; Arthur Olsen, pitcher, and Tom Daniels. pitcher, along with several others, who have not reported in. The majority of these men are ex- pected in during the early part of the week.
 Practice Games
 If weather permits, practice games will probably be staged during the first part of this week. The Barons have a game scheduled with Buffalo, Internationals, here next Friday and Saturday. This will open a series of exhibition games to be played here, which will bring some of the leading teams of the country to Birmingham, including the Yankees and Giants. The versity of Alabama and possibly one with the local colleges. The Wilson Dam team is seeking a couple of games with the Barons, and it is prob able that they will take on the Flor ence crew on their own lot some time during the latter part of the month.
 Work will be pushed during the com ing week to get the team ready for the visit of the Buffalo nine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16

The Barons will get down to work aKain Monday morning at Redwood park after one day of idleness and an other day of light work. The snow that covered the field Friday made practice impossible, but with the ap- pcarance of Old Sol Saturday morning Manager Stuffy Stewart had his squad at the club house and twirlers out shooting them across to an equal num- Der of catchers. All rookie pitchers and catchers were given plenty of ac- their share of the work. The field wHs stffl too wet to work on and the battery men were sent outside the park.
 The local squad is getting more heavy work this year than probably any team has here for so early in the year. The Earons' manager has ordered men to report every day, regardless of weather, and when there was any chance whatsoever the team was sent cut for practice. Icy winds, wet field and snow have failed to halt the Harons for long. Only the falling of huge snow flakes drove the Barons to cover Thursday. Monday and Tues day, with the temperature we'll down tpward freezing, the Barons worked away in a near blizzard. Wednesday, weather, the squad redoubled their ef- forts. Thursday morning a good one hour and half of work was put in, but Friday the going was impossible. Saturday morning the work was re- sumed.
 Plenty Of Work
 ,E If 1t takes work and willingness to make a good ball club, Birmingham should have a good one. There are no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
VETERAN TRAILS j
 IN SHOOT HERE

The weekly shoot of the Magic City Rifle and Pistol club was the scene of many surprises when O.. L.. Carl, vet eran rifle and pistol shot and president of the club, fell before the straight shooting of younger marksmen. Tn the sitting and kneeling matchess w., D. Smith, Jr., took, the honor positions with excellent scores, while in the prone match he fought Mr. Carl to a draw, both turning in perfect scores. The pistol match went to a new shooter and a visitor E. l.. Hollums. who turned in a 79, which easily won for him the honors. -.,..,-
 F. Heggenbarth did the impossible by making higher score in the sitting DO sitton than in the prone. something that Is rarely done. Considering that hs used a hunting rifle, his score in the sitting position was remarkable.
 w, E. Henderson and T. l.. McDade members of the National Guard, were out for the first time to try the 20 Both of these shooters made good scores for the first time with the small bore. J. T. Moser, a veteran of the old revolver days, was out to try the pistol game for the first time and turned in very good score. W. B. Estes also turned in good score for his first attempt at gallery shooting.
 The schedule for the next shoot calls for an offhand match. where the menl+ bers will stand on their hind legs aud shoot like a man." a prone match and fire.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
'BAMA TOPLAYOHTOON ,
 DENNY FIELD MONDAY
Herb Steed Will Start Game On Mound For Christmas With Pooley Hubert Behind The
 Plate-Many Changes Will Be Made.

baseball bugs some during the two afternoons. V
 ' The much-mooted question relative to Cohen and salmon breaking into Pitts be decided later in the year, as both veterans will occupy their same sector in the infield against the Ohio .Staters. The two youngsters have not indulged in enough practice upeto date to allow Coach Wade ample time to judge their wares. Both have been going good, especially Salmon. However. Coach Monday would probably be the ones who were in the best condition at this time of the year, and that this opening club was by no means the one to be used regularly during the season.
 Guessing on at probably starters. one will likely find Red" Barnes and Country" Oliver parked in two sectors of the distant pastures. Both men donned their uniforms the first. day of practice and have missed few Of them. Barnes covers his territory like the snow covered the Capstone Thursday, and is hitting 'em right oft the nose. Oliver is not quite as fast as Barnes, but is also meeting the apple square on the beak. The third spot in 'Bama's outfield will go to Winslett, Can't, Propst, Hudson or some other gardener. Propst and winslett are leading candi- dates, although some one else may start. -N
 .. Hubert To Catch
 Steed's curves will plunk into the mitt of Pooley Hubert, with Pat Cruise and. "Possum" Lewis held alongside the sidelines for future relief,
 How this crew will hit Is hard to say. Pitts. will probably start the fracas off. as he is e very patient waiter and has a keen eye. He gets on most of the time,. by some means, and is fast on the bases. Captain Gil lis,, Hubert and Connaster plaster 'em to the far corners of the lot, and either of the three could hit fourth. Giilis and Hubert hit consistently, so could hit third. Barnes and Green know the art of laying the spheroid down and could hit second. 7,
 Everything is set for the opening clash at the Capstone, with the excep- ton that the diamond Is still wet and siushy from the snow flakes of Thurs day. That phase of the thing should not worry the Capstoners Monday-so bring on the curtain-raiser.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
CALHOUN TITLE
 TO BE DECIDED

ANNISToN. Ala. March 15.-(Spe- cial.)-BasketbaIl players and fans of Calhoun county are in the midst of en- thusiastic plans for the county wide championship tournament, to be held on Friday and Saturday, at the Friend ship court, about five miles from OK ford.
 Coach Meigs of the Calhoun County High school at Oxford has been ap- pointed as referee between the teams representing the junior high schools. The tournament will open at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, the preliminary con test to be played on the first day. The finals will be played off the following morning.
 The visitors and players who expect to attend the tournament will have the pleasure of witnessing the school play, "A Woman's Honor" a four-act drama, which will be put on by the Friendship people on Friday evening. ...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
Simpson To
 Play " On
 Local Court
Proceeds Will Be Used To Help Send Purple Five
 To Chicago

The Simpson Purple Tornado Is hold ing daily rehearsals in preparation to making it's appearance as the State Athletic association champlons. the birds on the "" court Wednesday eve- ming in an exhibition game. the pro. ceeds of which will be used for. the pur. pose of sending the team as the Bir. mingham and Alabama representative in the national tournament. which will be held in Chicago during the first week. of April. s. e s-Fs ,>r
 The game with the Redbirds should prove one of the most interesting of the latter part of the basketball season. for althoug the Techters are the fa- vorites for the encounter. the Central "" will put up some stiff opposition to the advance of the Tornado and ample :. opportunity to exhibit ell its ability In defeating the team which was winner of its loop in the city cage work. a s. gs..s win Be Treat For Fans
 (. The Purple Tornado has not made . Birmingham appearance since the early. part of the season, playing no local games since the district tournament, in which it met little opposition, and this will be the first time followers of the cage sport in Birmingham will be able to see in action the team which won Cotton states and state hanors in two weeks, with the greater portion of the team picked for ali-star honors.
 "Slick" Vincent, Curdy Byrd, "FYrpo" Ferguson, Little Johnny" Wilkirg. "Buck" Ellis, Albert Vincent, < Dewey Byrd and Jimmy Harris, the eight men who compose the Simpson. squad, man aged to down all state and southern op- position, placing first in the two lead ing tournaments and gaining the rank of being the outstanding team of the south. "SIick" Vincent, Curdy Byrd and Ferguson were all-Cotton States men and state tournament pick, Little Johnny Wilking rating sll-state tour nament and ali-district, while Ellis was . member of the all-district mythical five, thus giving each of the Simpson first five men some pick on one or more all-stari team, Curdyf Byrd and slick" Vincent also rating all-distrfct pick.
 H Has Outstamding Record
 The team has made one of the out standing records of the south in bring ing in more honors than any other team in. this section of the country, and should be the team to represent the state in the. national tournament, the invitation to which has already been received. The question of finance is the only thing keeping the, team from the possible trip; and the game with the Y. M. c. A. Is part of the effort to obtain the funds necessary for the trip, and, this coupled with the fact that 1t is certain to be one of the best exhi- bitions of basketball to be seem on local court, is expected to pack the Central sY' to capacity for the encoun- ter Wednesday evening. A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
NEW RECORD IS '
 SET BY HAGEN

B7II7AIR HEIGHTS, Fla. March IS. Although Johnny Farrell, of Quaker Ridge. ran away with the West Coast open championship here today, there was plenty of excitement for the large gallery. who saw Walter Hagen make one of his famous finishes, breaking the Clearwater course record with 65 and out distancing the others players. who were punched at noon and fighting for second place. Farrell finished with 2S3 and Hagen with 290.
 Farrell began to slip a little in the last round but just when 1t was figured that smoe one might catch him, he made the short eight hole in one stroke. and with this encouragement held his place securely from all assaults. Hagen covered the first nine ih S3, his great stand was made on the last five boles, which he accomplished in sixteen strokes. Alex Smith played brilliant golf today registering 73 and 6s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
Blues Look
 For,Classy
 Track Team
Old Men Are Out. Newcom- CTS Show Up Well And
 Prospects Bright

The Birmingham Athletic club having practically all of last years men and several promising new men out for the track team expects to have the best team that 1t has produced in several years. The increasing interests that is being taken in this form of sport will receive some impetus this spring from the opening of the new dharter mile track at Munger bowl. This track will make the putting on of meet much more easy and satisfactory and the prospects for this being Birming hams greatest track season in several years are good.
 Promising Lot Of Meu
 The Clubbers expect. to participate in the S.. I. A. A. meet which takes place here In May, and in the Southeastern A. A r. meet in Atlanta. There is also a probability of dual meets with Auburn and with the University of Alabama. The heightened interest in track athletics has brought out prom tsfng lot of men for the team.
 Among the old men of the Clubbers track team the following have reported 20 far: Richter, Beatty, Thomas, Cook, Hosl<ins and McRoberts. Ellsworth Richter, one of the most widely known dfstanee men in the south. and one, who has done much for the Blues in track in the past, was not able to run with I on account of an attack of appendicitis. Richter has recovered and is as strong as ever due to steady work on the Basketball floor.
 Beatty Is In @ood shape
 Henry Beatty, former Alabama track supporters of this form of athletics In Birmingham, has. as usual, kept himself in good shape the year round and will ne ready, ss soon as the weather per mits, 10, get out on the turf with the aspiration of surpassing his old marks in the, hurdles and the pole vault.
 Thomas, a former Georga Tech man, and Cook, an old standby from Au- burn, are also in good shape. Thomas will probably go in for the 440 yard dash. while Cook will be used in the hurdles and tho middle distances. The new men who are expected to prove valuable to the Blues during the pres ent season include the following: Pratt Rather, hurdler from Georgia Tech Stallings, an Auburn weight man Fred Streit, dash man. who has been one of the outstanding high school men Tn the dashes in Alabama; McGough, sprinter, formerly with St. Bernard and Chancey. half miller.
 Glasses Prove Popular
 The spring gym classes at the B. A. c, opened up during the past week and are proving unusually popular Coach Erwin, with D. G. Thomas and Henry Beatty as assistants, has been giving those who have entered the noon and the 5:45 o'clock classes an inter estings as well as healthful and pleasant time of it..
 The members of these classes have varied with work with the medicine b9lls and some games of volley ball aud Indoor baseball thrown in for the sake Of the fun of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
How Come?
 Ask Prison
 Chess Kings
Compliance Will Have To Don Stripes Before Title
 Safe, Claim

NEW YORK. March I5.-Master minds of chess, gathered from at least three corners of the world, will stage a chess armageddon here Sunday. when the international chess tournament opens at the Hotel Alamac-but sem sational rumors have it that the vic- tory of the winner will at best be a hollow sham.
 Jose Capablanca, the Cuban Tor nado" and holder of the worlds cham pionship. Is in fighting trim. He has been here for several days getting ac- climated and learning to eat American food. Betting Is heavily in his favor.
 Say They Are Fit
 Dr. Emanuel Lasker, PHI. D.. of the University of Erlanger, Germany, will be there. He is trained to the finger tips and will put up terrible fight to regain his former title. Eldfin Bogol- jubow of Kiev, Russia, and Geza Maroczy of Budapest, are favorites with many fans. Savielly Tartakower of Vienna, who can do things with a queen that no other player would at- tempt, says he has not felt more fit in years. All are confident of victory.
 But, alas, the victory apparently will be futile.
 Word has been received here that the strong undergraduate chess team at Sing Sing prison, which claims to hold the worlds championship In prison chess, considers that the winner ought to be banned from playing in New York unless he breaks a window, gets into Sing Sing and defeats their own champ.
 Rockview penitcntiary in Pennsyl- vania feels the same way about it. The boys there also claim the world s prison chess championship. Word from Rockview that the chess team would just laugh and laugh at anyone assum- ing the world championship without meeting them has brought consternation to the experts here.
 Atlanta. Too
 Adding 10 the complications of the situation, it Is learned that the chess enthusiasts in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga, also claim the world s chamDionship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16

 Finished For s. l. A. A. Meet
Final Leveling Under Way And Concrete Bleachers
 Are Being Built

The work of grading in Munger bowl has been practically completed and the final leveling of the field and work on the track will begin during the next week, according to an announce ly of Birmingham-Souther college.
 Wul Be Ready For Meet
 The practical completion of the field gives definite assurance that the track will be ready for the annual S. I. A. A. meet, which will be held in May, the meet coming to Birmingham due to the fact that Birmingham Southern, in Munger bowl, has the only standard quarter-mile cinder track in the south, the track being offered for the S. I. A. A. gathering at the last meeting of the association, when plans for the annual meet were discussed.
 Work has also been going on for some time on the concrete bleachers, which will take up the entire west side of the bowl, having seating capacity of $500, the bleachers being the first unit of a stadium which will be built at Munger bowl. Forms have been completed for approximately one-fourth of total seating arrangements, and the stands are expected to be in the latter stages of completion by the close of the next month. as the committee in charge of the work has been making frequent investigation of it's progress during the past few weeks and is declared to be well pleased with the work done during that time.
 Expenditure of $5O.OOO
 The improved Munger bowl repre- sents an expenditure of approximately S50.000 by the Munger family after inc first construction of the athletic field. which. when completed, will be one of the best and most modern in the south. The fact that Birmingham will have a standard track should make a number of additional track meets pos sible during the year, bringing some of the leading exhibitions of cinder athletics in tho south to the Magic City, which will offer the outstandins field for that branch of sport in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
STRIBLING ON
 WAY TO BOUT

MACON. Ga, March 15.-youns stribling and party plan to leave Ma con tomorrow afternoon for Newark, where the Macon youngster meets Mike McTigue in a boxing match for the light-heavyweight championship of the world on March S1. The Stribiings will make the trip to the east by auto mobile. Atlanta will be the first stop. The young challenger will put on ex- hibition workouts in GreenVille, S. C.; Greensboro, N. G.; Richmond, Va; Washington, D, C., and Baltimore, en route to Newark.
 dition to the 19-year-old boxer will be his mother. @Pa" Stribling, father and manager. and Hove Stribling, an uncle of the contender, who serves as assistant. trainer f.- e .,;-. ! s.,.=-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
TWO PRINCES
 HIGH SCORERS

It seems 10 be impossible for any one to stop the winning of trap-shooting honors by the Prince family-as usual, they led the field of 19 shooters who were present at the Saturday shoot of the Birmingham Trapshooting club all though tied by B. E. Strader. Hubert Norwood, an old-time shooter, was second. with Basil Clark third. There were a number of men out who had never shot at the elusive clay pigeon, and several made nice scores, especially Tom Benners, IT,, and Gus Jordan. The wind was unusually high and the scores very high considering.
 All present were very enthusiastic in their praise of the new club and felt very optimistic over its future. A very cordial invitation is extended to the trapshooting fraternity to attend the shoots, held on Wednesday and Satur- day of each week. The scores follow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16

UNIVERSITY, Ala, March 15.-tSpe- cial.)-weather permitting, baseball fans will get their initial taste of nine innings of thrills, peanut-munching and side-line chatter here Monday after noon, when Alabama meets Ohio State in the premier of .. two-game series.
 Herb steed will do the pitching in the opener, with Pooley Hubert doing the backstopping. The infield of Pitts Gillis- Green will be strengthened with >slugging first-sacker named Connaster. Barnes, Oliver and Wins lett or Propst will probably cavort around the distant pastures. So that's that, as could be learned between snow meits Friday from Coach. Wade. <
 Ohio States ball club should detrain Monday noon, and should be ready for the fray. What sort of condition they are in is hard to say. As c usual rule. northern college teams down south this time of the year have been forced to be satisfied with gym practice. and such may be all they have had: #
 Coach Wade said Saturday that Herb Steed, right-handed knuckle-ball artist and winner last year of many games for the Crimsons, would shoot his benders at Ohio State for the first few innings. Steed Is quite willing. He is not expected to travel the whole route. as five other ambitious hurIers are listed on the Crimson chunking staff, and all are desirous of twisting a few over the outer edges of the plate. And 1t Is. pretty early in the year for anyone to bend and twist lem over the little plate for nine innings.
 Although the Crimsons did not in- dulge in much hitting or fielding prac- tice this past week, the hurlers donned tennis shoes and worked many sweats up on the gym floor. Tubbs was talk ing a few lessons from Coach Wade in the art of mixing 'em up. and from the way he slices the edges off tate corner it can be easily seen that his control Is working good again this year. Wharton and Clay, the two soph aspirants for the chunking divi- sion, are holding things along the way pretty good and may work part of the time in the Ohio State series. The other two experienced boxmen. Cum ningham and McMillan, will probably display their wares to the Capstone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
BERLENBACH IS NOT PUT OUT BY
 HIS RING LOSS

NEW YORK. March 15.-Unmark- ed and undiscouraged by his four round knockout at the hands of Jack Delaney at Madison Square Garden last night, Paul Berienbach, New York middleweight, announced today plans for a comeback and is- sued challenge to Delaney for a return match.
 Far from viewing his setback after he had run up a spectacular string of g knockouts as fatal to his fu- ture, Merlenbach and his veteran mentor, Dan Hickey, declared they believed the defeat would give re- newed stimulus to the former anna teur's ring career. However, De- laney's decisive victory gained after a spectacular fight and before a record breaking garden crowd, whose enthusiasm has not been matched since the historic Firpo- Dempsey encounter, has convinced Hickey that his protege needs much sea- soning before tackling topnotch op- position.
 All plans for a match early in the summer between Berlenbach and Harry Greb, holder of the mid dleweight title, have been abandoned for the present.