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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Camp Lands
 In City For
 Early Start
Former Chick Outfielder First Baron To Arrive For
 Spring Training

Howard Camp. right fielder obtained from Memphis by the Birmingham Barons in trade fin which Holt Mill ner went to the Chiclks, reported it at. baseball Headquarters Thursday and is ready for the start Monday at Rick wood. Camp is ahe first out-of-tcwn ception of Manager Stuffy Stewart, who has been here two weeks fretttng at the way in which time drags. iStuffy today is over in Augusta. Ga, doing his stuff with Ty Cobb's Tigers. He will return to the city. Saturday.
 During last week and the first half of the present week, Stuffy has had three or four men out at Redwood daily getting in Q little early condi- tioning. Harry Swacinas Doc Silva. Toots Brandon and Lawt0n= =McWhirter have been out with the :snappyF Baroniai sessions on the field. One recruit, whose name was omitted In the above list, however, was Billy West, who certainly should not be overlooked. Billy, along with two ambitious young sters who arrived at the park early and will attempt to oust Stuffy. When not training for keystoner Billy does the secretarying for the club; and Stuffy, with e hint at sarcasm, says he Is q bettef secretary than keystone prospect.
 Possibly, though, Secretary West has come to the conclusion that second base Is the most vulnerable spot in which to break into the infield roster, as the aforementioned two youngsters did. The ambitious pair of prospective fielding phenoms strolled into the park and asked Stuffy if he needed any men. The two inparted the informa- tion that they were offering their serv- ices to any baseball club of good stand ing as infielders. Having served on local sandlots in ball of various classes from somewhere about Class ''H" on down, the two proclaimed their inten- ton of breaking into the Southern league; and, though one was a short stop and the other second baseman, they had both decided to get out for second base, since there was only one man out for the place.
 Monday Is set for reporting day and the first practice will come off Tues day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
By wRSTBROOK PEGLER

By the boxing fought itself the last few and now Benny plausible business Tn for the summer
 A
 the in York there of fighters of Leonards weight but heh hirnsef whipped by another.
 Willie Rtehie when the Frisco boy decided come him cold of He Joe Yelling horough that there was Rtche Mitchell ferocty that good fight aferwrd He stopped
 
 prawd Tend Rocky Kansas knocking out Pal him. but might have been good for he permitted Johnny him all Garden night recently.
 
 There n in who $ O be fair, Sid taking weight and he also has although Benny has out boxed him repeatedly Ptsbu the only lightweight coming up There the Pacc fighters do show we'll rule the 15-round game
 who has cleaned all outstanding work department there's still Wills whom he hasn't convinced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
MACKS TO WAGE
 SOUTHPAW WAR

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March G. Connie Mack's bat bearers are going to wage a mighty warfare on southside pitchers this season, as the batting en- semble is packed with right-hand hit ters. The As will have one of the few all right-hand batting outfields in the American league. Strand, simmons, Miller and Welch all hit from the right hand sector of the plate.
 Of the infielders, First Baseman Joe Hauser and Max Bishop, whe is scrap ping Jimmy Dykes for the keystone cushion, are the only members of the infield who swing their bludgeons from the left side. If Dykes is in the line up instead of Bishop, 1t will be right t-hand hitting infield and out field, with the single exception of Hauser.
 With such an array of right-hand hit ters, 1t would be almost suicidal for manager to use a southpaw against the Macks unless he was 8 finger of ex- ceptional skill.
 Earl Mack, Comics son, has been doing most of the catching this week. It will be no surprise to see the lean tutor send his offspring behind the bat in some of the championship games. The Athletics lost half day today on account of the morning rain, but a stiff practice was held this afternoon. Everybody on the roster took healthy swipes at the ball and the practice was the best of the week.
 Chick Galloway, shortstop, joined the club last night coming here from Ab- beville, s. C.. his home. Paul Strand, the sensational hitter of the Pacific Coast league last year, is the only man left to make his appearance. He Is ex- pected tonight or Friday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
YOUNGSTER, 16,
 IS NET STAR

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 6.-Gus- tave Feuer, 16-year-old lad of Miami Beach, provided, two startling upsets today in the holding of the Florida state championship lawn tennis tour nament.
 Playing in the fourth round of the mems singles, Feuer defeated Robert Leroy of New York, former national intercollegiate champion and a veteran of the game, by score of 1-6, 7-5. GA.
 The lad then went into play in the semi-final round and won from G. B. Pfingst, Philadelphia, by score of GA, GA.
 . Tomorrow FeuAr will face Vincent Richards, national indoor champion, and Davis Carter, for the singles cham pionship. Richards today came through to the final with ease. He defeated Ralph L. Baggs, New York, by 6-1, 6-1 and then took the measure of Earle c. Backe, Bay Shore, l.. l., 60, 60.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

TWE Owent0n EpwOrth League
 team, champions of the Birming-
 ham City Union. will leave the city Friday for Atlanta. where it will clash with an all-star combination The OwentOn team went through the sea son unaefeated and came out with . clean record The Shadyside team was the only one that was able to give the winners a close battle, the score was II to 9 in this contest The team was . smooth passing delegation and pos sessed two sure-shOoting forwards 1t was largely composed of Birmingham Southern college students and several high school stars are in its ranks Hugh Stevenson was a stellar performer dur ing the league season at forward He also subbed on the Birminsham-SOu ern varsity five Leonard ShiverS made a good running mate for Stevenson and is a good floor man. Stevenson IS from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Camera Will
 Film Winner
 IfPlarl Works
Frenchman Has Device
 Which Is Offered For q Olympic: Games

PARIS, March. 6.-No runner in the Olympic games competitions here will have | chance to accuse the judges of giving a wrong decision in a close fin ish if the commit ee adopts the auto photographic device patented by the Paris photographed, Maurice Granger. It registers automatically and cleo trically to one-hundredth of . second, making a picture of q finish more rel liable than that formed in the eye of the judge.
 The apparatus is a development of the device used for several years on the Belgian race tracks, where a picture is taken of the winning horse as his nose passes the post, and four other pictures are taken of the horses which follow, setting at res1 any doubts that might arise about tll order of finishing.
 For the Olympic games, Granger has constructed a device, the principal fea- turc of which is an electro-magnet. This starts the movement of a hand which completes the circumference of Q clock face in exactly one second. The face Is divided into one hundred parts.
 As soon as the starters pistol cracks the hand begins to travel around the circle. At the instant the runner touches the tape at the winning post the electro magnet stops the hand, the winners time is registered to one-hun- dredth of a second, closer than the hu- man eye Is capable of perceiving. At the same time a photograph of the actual arrival is taken by a camera automat- ically registering up to one-five-hun- dredth part of a second.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
IN MEMORIAM
 WILL MEET BEST

NEWPORT, Ky, March e.-In Me moriam, chief coIor-bearer of the racing stable of Carl Weidemann, Newport owner, Is being prepared for what is expected to be his greatest season He will be pitted against the best thorough hreds in this country, and will be a contestant for speed honors with Epin- ard when the French champion comes to Latonia to meet horses of his age
 This gallant son of McGee, which defeated Zev at Latonia and ran the Rancocas star to a nose finish at Churchill Downs, probably will make his first start of the 1924 season in the Clark handicap, opening-da feature at Churchill Downs, according to Bob Gil- more, trainer of the Wiedemann horses If the colt takes to the early training and rounds into form he may be sent to Maryland to start in the big stakes at Havre de Grace and Pimlico- The trainer said also that In Memorlam would not sidestep any race this sea- son, and that he hoped a meeting could be arranged between the Wiedemann horse and Grey Lag before the season ends.
 MT. Wiedemann's string of thorough breds has been increased to nine by the purchase recently of several well-bred youngsters, which already are in train ing. Among these is Bewitching; a bay lilly by Jim y-Enchantress IL, mother of In Memoriam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
kair
 Sets Record
 In Bowling
Chicagoan Scores 732, Beat- ing The Mark Held
 By Lundberg

CHICAGO, March 6.-Frank Kair of Chicago broke the American bowling congress record in the singles today with a score of 732. The previous rec ord of 729 was established by Walter Lundberg of Chicago In the A. 5. C. tournament at Toledo two years ago. Kair rolled games of 246. 276 and 2l1.
 Only one change was made in the doubles standing as the result of to- days rolling. Schubland Butler of Chicago hit a total of ,212 for seventh place.
 In addition to the change in the sim gles standing made by Kair were three others. J. Bamberg of Chicago hit 676 for fourth place, with games 2oS, 216 and 257. Rudy, another local bowl CT, rolled 667 to tie for sixth place with Cook of Janesville. Ranking of Chi cago turned in games of 205, 221 and 234 for total of 660. which placed eighth on the list. s...a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Teams Active In ManyParts
 Of Alabama
Two Big League Clubs Get Busy In State; Colleges
 On Move

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March S. By Associated Press)-Basebal holds sway in Alabama. Sunshine Monday started the week with diamonds of col leges and professionals over the state active and the program will be con- tinuous now for the future months
 Alabama Is the scene of two big league training camps-the Philadelphia Americans doched here, and the St. Louis Browns of the same loop down in Mobile.
 Both of these squads took to work in earnest this week, and morning and afternoon drills are now the order of the day.
 Birmingham and Mobile also sees the reporting of the Southern league squads of the two cities, respectively, early next week, according to announcement from officials.
 Colleges of Alabama are also off to an early season of work and reports from the various institutions say that they will be In first class condition by the time the regular playing season opens April 1.
 Auburn Alabama University, Bir- mingham-Southern and Howard have each begun work already, with the schedules completed with the single ex- ception Of Birmingham-South
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
RENAULT DIARIES
 FIRPO TO FIGHT

NEW YORK, March e--J&ek Renault. Canadian heavyweight champion. has a chip on his shoulder and double dares" Luis Angel FiEpo to knock it off
 Jack boxes Cliff Kramer Friday night at Minneapolis and then will come here to issue the Argentine giant challenge more formal He has been adding heavily to Canadian bank de positz and boosting his string of knock outs
 I'm on the dead square about this challenge" Renacn wires -I know I can beat the big fellow and you can bank on me turning the trick Feeling fine, putting on weight and I'm rartn' to go"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
BABE TO LEAVE
 HOTEL SUNDAY

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March G. Babe" Ruth, mighty baseball slugger, winner in a fight against his "jinx' ailment, influenza, will leave Hot Springs Sunday to report to the Yam kees' training camp in New Orleans to resume his spring limbering-up Mon day, it was announced today.
 Ruth still shows weakness from his illness, according to, T. c. Wootton, his physician, but will be able to re- sume training when he reports at the Yankees camp Monday. "I have ad- vised him to begin with only light workouts" Dr. Wooten said today, land to increase his daily training routine gradually"
 Ruth lefth is hotel yesterday for the first time in O week for a walk in the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
SOUTHERN JUMP
 HIRED FOR TRIP

WASHINGTON, March GA long es- tablished custom has been broken by baseball's youngest manager, Stanley Harris, who has announced that the Washington ball club will not have an American league umpire to officiate over exhibition games during the train ing season.
 Harris, who has a group of veterans boiling out at Hot Springs, believes that when an umpire Is taken south by a club during the training season, his anxiety to give other teams in the league no cause for criticism will lead him to make hairline decisions in favor of its opponents during the official sea- son.. The boy manager has engaged Jim Walsh, Southern association um- pire, to handle Washington's exhibition games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
NEW FEATURES TO BEGIN SOON
 NV AGE-HERALD

Little Lessons In Big Sports" is the title of new sporting feature which will begin its appearance in The Age-Herald Monday, March 10. The lessors are written by cham pions in s.eir respective fields or sport, and are, therefore, the last word in advice to good players as we'll as beginners.
 The first series of lessons will be on golf. The series begins March 10 and will end April 10.
 Baseball As Big Leaguefs Play It" will follow immediately upon conclusion of the golf series. Like golf, the baseball articles will be written by the best players in the major leagues.
 The lessons are we'll worth clipping from The Age-Herald and saving for future reference and study. They cannot be duplicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
CRIQUI AGAIN
 IS AFTER TITLE

CHICAGO, March 6.-Local bowlers qui, the French featherweight, whose brief career as a champion in America was terminated by Johnny Dundee, can have another crack at the title any time he wants 1t, according to Dundee.
 "I promised CriQui he could have a return bout for the title if I won, and I am going to be as good as my word, :" said Johnny, who grabbed the title from the little Frenchman in the first fight the latter engaged in after winning 1t away from Johnny Kilbane.
 Criqui, aNer recently announcing his retirement, came back later with a statement that his hand had healed and that he was going to return to America and try 10 get another chance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
HARVARD TO LEFT TIP

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March 6.-Cur- tailment of athletic activities at liar yard was indicated as a possibility in brief statement issued yesterday by J. W. D. Seymour, secretary for infor- nation at the university. The state ment said:
 There is a feeling at Harvard that too much attention Is being paid to intercollegiate athletic contests and that the schedules of athletic teams are excessive.
 Some notifications are contemplat ed, but as yet no final action has been taken by the committee on the reRula- tton of athletic sports at Harvard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07

Roanoke. while Shfvers is from Grace ville high school. Another Gracevilie high school performer played on the Owenton quint in the person of John Tate, center. He is a good all-round performer on the court. Owen Nelson k q guard who has been playing a good game consistently. He was an out standing defensive man in the league. He halls from Hartselle. Clay Kelley, a guard, whose home is at Repton, per formed beside Nelson. Ferman Richey, from Albertville, and Pegram Me Creary, of Monroeville, were reserve for wards who did good work when called on. In the picture above, reading from left to right. back row: Pat Dennely, manager; Rice, Richer, McCreary and
 Pat McClendon. chairmen of the league.
 Front row: Kelley, Captain, Nelson, Tate. Shivers and Stevenson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
AKAHOSW IEADING

PTNEHURST N C. March G. RohurO AkahOshi. a Japanese golfer of Princeton E- J. again today played spectacular golf to advance in the first flight of the tWentieth annual spring tournament for golfers. the second round of which was played to- day After defeating Larry Patton of Bellevue. N T.. yesterday by winning an extra hole match. he went two extra holes today to defeat F. C. BealI of UniOntoWn-
 As a result of today's matches, Aka hOshi tomorrow will play in the semi finals against William F. MsPhatl of Boston. while John D. Chapman of Greenwich. Conn low meda1izt of the tournament, will match against Donald ParsOn of Youngstown. who won the event in 1SZ3-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
EXPECT TEX TO
 CLEAR HIMSELF

NEW YORK, March s.-The results, by the New York boxing commission into charges of ticket scalping brought against Tex Rickard by Tom O'Rourke probably will be made known some time this week.
 The boxing commission is expected to find that there is no evidence to support O'Rourke's charges that Rickard work ed with the speculators in disposing of tickets for the Dempsey -Firpo fight.
 Chairman George Brewer of the com mission said Wednesday that the inves- tigation had practically been completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
SAB TO MEET
 MACK IN BOUT

Bogie Saab and Kid Mack. alias Spark Plug, have been matched to meet before the American Legion at Flor ence, Ala in a 10-round, bout Thursday night, March IS. Saab1 is training at the athletic club and Mack Is whipping himself in shape at the Boys club. They are both taking daily workouts and getting in shape to show the fans of Florence the best fistic argument they have ever seen.
 Mack will ship for Columbus today, where he is to appear on the big boxing card staged over there by Major Pau Jones.
 The last time Mack and Saab met was at the athletic club, when the fans their feud at Florence Thursday, Marcf 13, and each has asserted that it wi certainly not wind up as g draw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
Pat Moran's Condition Is
 Very Grave
Wife Hurries To. Florida As Reds Manager Is
 Stricken

ORLANDO, Fla, March 6.--The con- dition of Pat Moran, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, who Is ill in a hospi- tai here, was reported tonight in a statement from his bedside as very grave.
 While Moran lay in hospital here suffering from kidney and heart trou- ble, other members of the team con- tinued their workouts at Tinker field today.
 According to attending physicians, Moran Is very sick.
 MRS. MORAN HURRIEs SOUTH
 CINCINNATI, O., March 6.-Mrs. Patrick Moran, wife of the manager of the Cincinnati National league base ball club, left Cincinnati today for Or lando, Fla, to be at the bedside of her husband, who Is reported seriously Ill at a hospital there.
 According to word from the train- ing camp, Moran has been failing in health all winter, and on Monday broke down completely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
RAY AND HAHN
 IN SPECIAL RACE

NEW YORK, March 6.-Joie Ray, whose spectacular running featured the national indoor A A. U. championships last night, will meet Lloyd Hahn of Boston, in a special three-quarter-mile race at the Manhattan college games Friday night. Hahn defeated Ray at the same distance early in the season after Ray had won the mile run earlier In the eNenlnR
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
GRID STARINDICTED

CONVECTION, Ky, March 6.-Edgar ("Blondy') Wallace, former University of Pennsylvania football player, and resident of Atlantic City. N. J., who was arrested at Harrison, N. J., Monday, was indicted by the federal grand jury in Covington April 6, 1923, together with five other men, on the charge of con- spiracy to transport liquor.
 The indictment charged them with transporting 4S barrels of whiskey from the D. L. Moore distillery at Vanardall, Ky. June 1. 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
PENNOCK SIGNS
 AFTER WRANGLE

NEW YORK, March s--HeTb Pen mock, southpaw star of the New York Yankees pitching staff. who has been a holdout, today signed his 1S24 con tract
 PennOck's salary was mot made pub lie, but ia is understood that a conn promise was effected on the pitchers reported demand of SIP @00 and the clubs salary offer of $S.000- PennOck will leave for New Orleans tomorrow in company with --Whitey~ Witt and Joe Dugan-
 Colonel Jacob RuPpert announced that all members of the worlds cham pions now are signed to 1894 contracts except Bob Meusel. Aaron Ward and ROh ShaWkeY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
NAVY STARS TO
 TRY FOR HONORS

ANNAPOLIS, March 6.-The navy's Olympic champions of 1920 are going into training again to try out for this years classic at Paris. The navy posal that club crew be organized by former navy oarsmen for an at tempt to repeat their last victory.
 Several members of the championship 1920 crew are stationed here as ensigns and several other members of the in- tercollegiate crews of 1920 and 1921 have been ordered here on special duty to start training.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
FRENCH PEEYED,
 SO HE RESIGNS

PARIS, March e.-Major. General Henry T. Allen, U. s. A., retired, ex- eeutive officer of the American Olympic committee. has withdrawn as one of the principal American delegates to the forthcoming Paris Olympic games. according to a private message received here today. /
 It is presumed that his, action was due to comments here on his recently published diary regarding French poli- cies toward Germany. .a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
B.
 YEAR-OLD, DIES

NEW ORLEANS, La, March G. Firebrand, Jeff Livingston's highly re- garded racer, for which he paid $40 ,00O as a 3-year-old, died at the Fair Grounds track here last night. The horse had been under the care of veterinarian more than a month. Fire brand, by McGee, out of Subdue, won the $15,000 Independent handicap twice in succession and had several other big stakes to his credit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
COOLIDGE FOR TENNIS

NEW YORK, March 6.-President Coolidge has formally recognized the game of tennis as an international sport in suggesting that the drawing for this summers Davis cup contests be held in the White House. The Presidents sug- gestion is contained in a letter to Dwight F. Davis, president of the United States lawn tennis association.
 In extending the invitation, MT. Cool idge said:
 'Whatever tends to promote interest in clean, vigorous athletics is altogether to the advancement of public morals. Good health, straight thinking, clean morals are all sure to be gathers through the arousal of interest in the right kind of sport"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
PEP YOUNG TO
 DRAW $l5,OOO

NEW YORK, March 6.-"Pep" Young has signed a two-year contract at fig year, although the amount was not dt- vuiged. Irish" Meusel is now the only unsigned Giant, and 1t is understood he will sign within a few days. Giant pitchers, generally recognized as the keynote of team success or failure in the coming campaign, are reported to be In excellent condition. Sam Jones left for camp Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
MODEST BALL
 PLAYER FOUND

NEW ORLEANS, La, March G. Modesty has been discovered in a base ball player!
 Fred Clarke, the former manager of the Pittsburg Pirates-may laurels adorn his dome-has declined an of fer from Miller Huggins to become coach and assistant manager of the New York Yankees. Clarke is visiting at the Yankee training camp.
 Clarke actually said that he would not be worth the money that was of fered him, or the confidence Huggins reposed in him, because he had been SO long out of touch with baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
MASON LOSES ROuT

NEW YORK, March 6.-Harry Mason of England, former European light weight champion, lost his. first bout in this country tonight when Johnny Clinton, New York, easily won a 12- round decision. Mason had won his first two bouts The men met at catch weights. Clinton tipping 1411a and Ma son 143h
 Herman Silvers, New York, won a 12-round decision from Joe Sousa of California, brother of Babe Herman.