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A' 'k 1 5' aa jf A P4GE 6 2A POST 1 DECEMBER 8 1924 IREWORKS AT MAJ OR SESSION DUE TOMORROW 7 AT Johnson Scheduled Iowa Runner Sets DillonPicked W1IV MORE! Hair Itabbias 40e Hair Cuttlas 40c Sbarlac 20e High lrot Claoo White Barber ta Walt Oldest Eatab 'liabed Shop la the City IC BARBER SHOP 217 North 20th St To Present Alleged Proof Of Gambling Scandal Tn Coast League Ban Claims ROW IS EXPECTED War Between He Am Seems Certain BY HENRY ARRELL NEW YORK Dec When Ban Johnson shows Jus alleged proof of gambling on i's? the Pacific roast to Uommis sioner Landis who will presideaiftover the joint meeting of the major league' magnates tomor row the fireworks will start The American league head a'5 who so earnestly attempted to have the last world series off because of the Dolan affair is still gunning for Judge Landis' while he hopes a stray shot may McGraw or Charley Stone ham owners of the Giants The meeting being presided over by the Chicago jurist will be the battleground Experts who have studied the 1 situation claim that Landis has the strongest backing Most of former followers have trans ferred their allegiance Clark rif Lfith was losfto the Johnson forceswhen Ban peppered away at the fjrst world's series the Washing leader had ever enjojed After lauding Landis as they have the owners of the minor leagues expect in return to hae the judge demand of Johnson the New Record HAROLD'PHELPS piiiiiiiiiiiii I 1 1 1 IP I 4 A' "a illg W'kkz i kkk eihA II proof of his charges It is rumored that the evidence to be produced is but a bunch of newspaper clippings "The small boys have already stated their 4 position by voting an endorsement of Landis at Hartford earlier in the week The talked of trades are still uncertain altho Ty Cobb is still 4 seeking a second baseman whom he hopes to get without trading Lu Blue his first sacker Robinson is lookin for some one to take Dutch Reuther from Mhim since the southpaw is not unpopular with the Brooklyn fans So tomorrow will find the Na tional league probably re electing Heydler as president of the league with a raise in salary while at the same time Ban Johnson will try to show why he should con Atlnue his contract until 1931 star runner Harold Phelps goes down in the books as the lirst athlete to win the Big Ten cross country race two times in succession won in 1923 and repeated in the recent event He is eligible for the run again next year and is considered a sure winner if he starts Cage Practice Under Way Here will soon be thf chief center of attraction for Bir mingham athletic fans Practice has already been start ed by the A Blues and by Birmingham Southern college and California Wallops Syracuse LOS ANGELES Cal' Dec The west today: had drawn first blood in the intersectional football clashes with the east and central west due to the defeat of Syra cuse Saturday byiSoutherni Cali fornia here 16 to 0 'The westerners got the jump in the first: scoring a by several city and county high schools the latter list inscludlng Simpson and University High Practice will be started soon by Phillips and' Woodlawn High schools and soon after the holi days practice will be started by Howard and Ensley High school Prospects are unusually good now for an excellent basketball program for both college and high school quintets touchdown and a field goal Syra cuse then stiffened ancUheld the Californians until the final period when they put over another touch down STAGG TO MEETING Hr I nltrd Leaned Wire Dec 8 Coach Stagg of Chicago university will represent the western conference mentors at the annual meeting of the National Association of oot ball Coaches tobe held in New York Dec 29 4 Chick Evans thinks the golf stroke should be made a part of gymnasium exercises in the public schools As Athletic Director At Howard Jenks Gillem To Remain As Head ootball Coach Basketball 4 Toby Basketball bod Dil Chester Dillon head coach of Howard college 111'1919 Is to return to the Bulldog institution as athletic director according to announcement today Jenks Gil lem who piloted the football team after the death of Harold Cope will be retained as head football coach while Robin Hood this Woodlawn coach has been secured to take charge of the freshman athletics The new plan will go into ef fect at the end of this scholastic year In the meantime Toby Stubbs will have charge of the varsity basketball work while the other phases of the athletic program are being outlined and developed under the now plan Dillon the new director has a splendid list of accom pl Isa ments to this credit In 1919 he piloted the Bulldog football team tlru a winning season Since that time Dillon lias turned out championship teams at Oshkosh college Wisconsin in 1920 and winning the state prep championships in 1 9 0 3 and 1 92 I for Coffey i ilie Kan High school During the four years at Cof feyville football teams met defeat only twice The athletic program as out lined by Howard officials is as follows: 1 Varsity cinhhq in charge i esHwau Shelton in charge Spring ootball Trainin i rnirtm in rbarce Varsity Dillon and Shelton in charge Varsity ootball Dillon and Gillem in charge reshman ootball Rohin Hood in charge ollowing is the tentative Bull dog grid schedule for next Oct? 3 Marion at Berry field Oct jo Chattanooga at Bir mingham Oct 17 Jacksonville Normal at Anniston OCt 24 Auburn at Auburn Or1? 31 Mississippi college kt Clinton Nov 7 Millsaps at Birming ham Nov 14 Mercer (pending) at Macon Ga Nov 21 Birmingham Southern at Rickwood Auburn Basketeers ace Tough Schedule Auburn Ala' Dec 8 With plans for the 1925 grid season virtually completed: and with the 1924 season history the Auburn cage "squad is busy preparing for one of the hardest floor schedules ever outlined for a Tigerquintet There will be only three letter men: Capt Wallace McKinney and Earl Banks guards and Bill Mc Kinney forward There are several promising players however from the scrub teams of last year and last frosh squad Key to Greater Profits it ATTENTION MR BUSINESSMAN A Schedule Drive A ord Co rep The A Blues will pay 13 basketball games this season' ac cording to announcement today by Coach Ervin The season will open Dee 26 when the Blues meet Baylor uni verity on the A floor Ollier games are: Birmingham Southern Jan 3 Howard Jan 6 Auburn Jan 10 Vanderbilt Jan 17 Alabama Jan 23 Atlanta Athletic club Jan 31 Sewanee eb 6: Alabama (at Tuscaloosa) eb 12 Auburn (at Auburnl eb 14 Howard eb 17 Bir mingham Southen tentative eb 21 Atlanta Athletic club fat At lanta) eb 25 Games with Centre and Miss A are also being considered The Blues this year have some excellent material and are doped to have one of the strongest quin tets in this section Bld Yourself or Disease oy Quick Safe Scientific Methods Come to see U3 and note the difference In the way a quail fled and experienced special ist will treat you and how soon you can be benefited by the right kind of treatment rnti: examination UNIVERSITY Ala Dec Three full basketball squads resenting floor pros pects for 1925 were to start the initial practice sessions today un der the guidance of Coach Hank Crisp Hudson and McClintock varsity guards last year Stabler forward and Shorty' Propst and Andy Cohen reserves of last year form the nucleus of this squad It is possible that Slim Carter varsity center may be able to gel in the game by eb 1 The first game will be played Dec 17 when the Tide meet? Baylor university five The com plete schedule has not yet been announced but it is thought will include about 15 games Chronic Dr Cowart Specialist Co IO8V2 North 21st St Cor irst Ave The football schedule for next year will likely be as follows: Sept 26 Birmingham Southern at Birmingham Oct 3 Clemson at Clemson Oct 10 I at Au burn Oct 17 Texas at Dallas Oct 24 Howard at Auburn Oct 31 Tulane at Montgomery Nov 7 Georgia at Columbus Ga Nov 145 Vanderbilt at Birmingham and Nov 26 Georgia Tech at At lanta Main Office 1718 2nd Ave Phone 3604 Uptown Branch 1912 4th Ave Ensley Branch 1806 Ave Ensley LANGLEY and DWYER Props iVe rent brand new ord passenger cars or trucks cn a basis of pay miles only furnish gas' oil and road service free protect you with $10000 insurance while using our cars and last but not least we make a special low com mercial rate to business firms salesmen or agents using our cars for business Postively no standing time or other charges 'other than miles traveled We have three convenient locations in Birmingham and will serve you from either place Crimson Has Strong Cage Prospects Cage Games of jQj MEN AND VS 1 Wha A Southern Champion 1 1 rtl IltlHHHIllll SMt ISSIStSHMHH'W 'HHtl til I Mil tHM I II 11 II I 1 0 a Showing Parks the im nhow Vue boys a record that really pion possum hunter of the so'r ai iuo uts to 'something Parks season set a new zVI'm going to get 200 possums course record for this festive sport or he insists in Georgiaby knocking off At last reportsMr Parks was possums going strong and showed no This year he is going out tosymptoms of busting POST MORTEMS i By elix The south may not have the best lootball team in the country The south may not get a man on tho Ail America teams being corn piled by experts now But the southern eleven' more than held their own in the intersectional clashes with the Yankees this OUISIANA STATE UNIVER JLi SITY under the coaching of Mike Donahue former? Auburn mentor landed the first blow on the north when they vanquished Indiana university in the Big Ten 'L won by a sub stantial score too a S'V 4 defeat of Georgia A Bulldogs 7 to 6 much glory for Old Eli It was far more for Georgia and the south that the champions of the should barely squeeze out a win over the southerners: because the latter failed to kick goal after touchdown i That was one of the two games the south lost to the northern elevens The other was the defeat of Georgia Tech by Notre Dame That isn't so iniiih in the bonnets of tho northerners either be cause there wasn't any jiorth ern team that beat Notre Dame so you could notice it GEORGIA TECH however al ready had paid for the Notre Dame loss before the was played The powerful State eleven invaded Atlanta cocksure of winning but was turned back by Wycoff Co 15 to 13 It was a brilliant ictory for the south But ttic greatest triumph the south scored over the ft north was the surprising and sensational defeat of Minne sota by Vanderbilt Tho Sat unlay before Minnesota stopfictl Bed Grange cold and High Schools to Give ootball Banquets 'ootball squads of University Jefferson County and Simpson High schools will be honored this week at banquets to be given by the student bodies a The Simpson banquet is to be held Wednesday evening at the school 5 Banquets of Jeffcohi and Uni versity High will be held riday evening the Gamecock banquef being scheduled for the Tutwiler hotel and the Wildcat banquet at the school in Boyles Captains of the teams for next year wilL be announced at these banquets Unless his handlers change their mind Epinard rench horse will be retired from the turf and placed in stud this winter Jim Corbett writes that in his opinion Peter Jackson was the greatest heavyweight of all time not barring Dempsey sepluege is being groomed' to succeed Peckinpaugh at short for Washington when the veteran re tires beat Illinois 20 to They ev pected Vanderbilt to lie easy Tho Commodores went thru a' Minnesota like water thru: a a and won 16 tn 0 showing sur prised leading footballcritics of the nation They understand it I either to tell the truth because the fol lowing week Vanderbilt permitted Sewanee to beat them foot ball for you tho rnHE fnial triumph for the south A came when the Drake Bull dogs who missed winning the Missouri Valley championship by the skin of their teeth came down to play lorida' The per mitted Mercer to beat them but not Drake The Gators won 10 to 0 So it wasn't such a bad year for the south after all The Divio elevens played six import a nt intersectional a clashes and won four tliein Ono game went to Notre Dame champions of the entire nation and the other went to Vaio titleholder of the by a single point Pretty good I calls it All American Timber ft st 'L A ERNIE of the greatest football players I have ever coached He doesn't seem to have a weak That is the compliment Glenn Warner head conch at Stanford pays Ernie Nevers his star full back Warner who has developed some of the greatest football play ers in the history of the game is enthusiastic over the work of Nev ers 1 'The west looks for Nevers to NEVERS win a place on the mjthical All America team this year if He plays up to expectations Nevers is a triple threat man punting consistently 50 yards gets off long and accurate passes and hits the line hard Nevers is a junior He was th outstanding star of the team last year He weighs 205 pounds is 22 years old and stands six feet Aside from his football duties he pitches for the varsity team axid stars In the track Ann ual Cross Country Run Saturday Strong Teams Entered In A Event Irons i Vs Richter The cream of the distance racers of the south will fight for supremacy Saturday afternoon when the Referee's gun starts more than 50 runners off in the annual cross country race spon sored bv the Birmingham Ath letic club The winning team will be rec ognized as the champion of the Southeastern Amateur Athletic union teams eight cf them from southern colleges have al ready been entered Besides the the following colleges are sending representatives: Ala bama Georgia Tech Miss Mississippi college Auburn Georgia University of Mississippi and Birmingham Southern One of the particular features will be the fight of George Irons ofr Alabama last year's winner andd Ellsworth Richter winner 1919 1920 1921 1922 for first place honors The team winning the race three times wins permanent pos session of the cup emblematic of the championship Georgia Tech and Mississippi both have two legs on the cup and both have strong teams this year This angle also should provide a strong feature The race will start at 3 o'clock and will be three miles in length The course will start at Sixth av and 2 0th st go south to ifth av thence east to 26th st north to Eighth av west to 16th st south to ifth av east to 2 6th st north to Sixth avj and finishing at Sixth av and 20th st THIS ONE? Left end McGongle Ensley Left tackle Malloy Simpson Left guard ajettc Ensley Center Hardy Ensley Bight guard lones Woodlawn Riglit tackle Smith Bight end McNally University Quarter Lowry (c) Ensley Left half Walker Ensley Hight half Lewy Woodlawn ullback Marston Ensley Submited by Simpson 104 14th st city Do you agree with your All Birmtug ham High school team and mail it in to elix Yankee Professionals Beat Britishers By United ream Kenned Alre TAMPA la Dec 8 Johnny arrell and Cruikshank American professionals gave the veteran British team of George Duncan and George Mitchell their first defeat in their present in vasion The American won 3 and i homd run hitting in the world series should make him a good attraction in 1925 Walker Meets Malone Tomorrow Night By L'nltrd Preu Lraard Wlra MILWAUKEE Dec 8 Mickev Walker world welterweight cham pion and Jock Malone St Paul middleweight have completed training for their 10 round no decision bout here tomorrow night 4 Gators rim Colonels In Last Game JACKSONVILLE la Dee 8 The lorida brought their 1924 season to a fitting cloe here Saturday when they smashed thru the Washington and Lee Colonels 16 to 6 It was the first and only defeat of the season for the Colonels I lorida got a field goal in the first period and a touchdown in the second The Colonels also got a touchdown in the second The 'Gators scored their final touch down in the last quarter Noted innish Runner Arrives In By Vnlird Lrnard Wire NEW IORK Dec 8 Paavo Nurmi who captured four titles in last Olympics will ar rive here tomorrow Local innish societies have prepared an elabor ate welcome for their famed com patriot Keeler gifted golf writer changed Bobby Jones' diet at Merion and it helped the south erner win the national golf SPARRING i PARTNER IS SEEN AS COMING IGHTER Has Already Scored Two Impressive Knockouts YORK Dec Another South American is climbing up the jf fistic hill at the same moment' Luis irpo the badly gored Wild null is out of the picture Singularly enough the newcom er got his start as a sparring part 1 ner in irpo's camp His name is Miguel errera and he is like I irpo a heavyweight errera has scored two impres sive victories in recent weeks both by knockouts errera is an all round athlete and is much mores active and ambitious than He seems to be able to hit and is game errera was knocked down twice by Jack Showers and took at terrific lacing but kept coming back for more all the time and in1 the end stopped his man cold The last 2 0 round fight of im i portance on the Pacific coast' was between Dundee and Rivers or the first time in more than five years Sandy Herd noted golf professional went thru the sea son without making in one Vol 22 Birmingham Ala Dec 8 1924 No 27 Speaking ot Values 'VT'ALUES in business property are made by the number of people who pass by it Values in residence prop erty are created by the kind of people who live on it Association with cultured people is as sured to those who buy a lot and build a 'home in orest Park Norwood or Chestnut Hill Birmingham Realty Co 2118 irst Avenue 1 r' A iHn Ni Mm NORWOOD I Hl I '4 Table dtorva Cwlbaj Iron Coffee PerccUtar 1 XWllHIHIHl Grecian Urn Percolator Set Give Like You Want to and Take a Year to Electrical Appliances Are Ideal Christmas Gifts Electric appliances mean last ing joy and service Select your gifts from these Afakc your selections while you have time to study your requirements Let us help you solve the gift question and make this a liannv CHRISTMAS sec the beautiful gifts Each appliance intended for a gift yiir be wrapped in a beautiful Christmas package tied withribbon and scaled with Christmas seals Tho package will be delivered in Birmingham or by parcel post anywhere just before Christ mas RT A Come in and Deposit a small payment down on each and beginning in January pay for them with your light bill BIRMINGHAM ELECTRIC COMPANY SERVICE" Buy Our Preferred Stock Hu iliilllroa Ttomw TiBMtar Cgcjt Glow Heatsr WaOakM.