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1 THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS, BIRMINGHAM. ALA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1913 Barons Get Firmer Hold On Second Place Oorts EDITED BY N. C. VANCE. HOW MOLEYS BATONS AXE HITTING THE BALL it.

ALPHA BRUMAGE CHOSEN AS CLO WS B. A. C. SUCCESSOR himself for a season's run out of New York. Killing boose and white hopes were John L.

specialty back in the palmy days. John L. liquidised his fortune and gulped lt fwn. Seeing the error of his ways, he i now seeking to eke out a fairly profitable existence by warning the youth of the nation against cronyshlp with the drmljohn. 5, 'A 'T'f -at 4-V' r-sr i-: A WEST WOODLAWN COPS FLAG IN PLAYGROUND West Woodlawn won the pennant in the eastern division of the Playground League Tuesday afternoon in a close gam from the East Bhmlngham team at Avondale Park.

3 to 3. East Birmingham made Its only two runs In the third inning. Woodlawn Being the score in the fourth. For the next three innings the two teams bat tied without a score, the winning score coming the eighth. West Woodlawn and Lekeview will meet Friday afternoon in a double-header at Smith's Park to decide the winners of the 130-pound championship.

Tuesdays game was both side putting up a of bU. Score: V1 irl 's fitv ALPHA HEATS TEAM OF. RACES Not a Contest Goes Over Limit on First Day of the Syracuse Meet. 8TRACtT8H. N.

fiept. 16. Straight h.t victories ruled at th Grand Circuit meeting Tuesday, no racs going heyond tha regular limit Blngl scored an easy triumph In th Onondaga 2 07 pace. Carpenter drove Almah to victory In the 2 II tret saalnat eleven others. Id ora Worthy gav Almah a stern chase In the ftrat two heats, but weakened each tlm on tha home stretch.

Cox won handily tn th OS trot, piloting Margaret Prulen acres th line with Joan cloae up. Tha Sleaslna Springs aweepataksa for two-ysar-old trotter waa won by Bun-loch. Revelry finished ahead of the field tn th final heat, but th Judges ruled against him on th ground that he ran part of th distance. Th three-year-old division event was captured by Eudora Bpler, capably handled by- Ernest Whit. Messina Springs Driving Club sweep-stakes for two-year-old trotters, two In three; purse 11,200 (first heat Monday)! Sunloch, (Jones) Ill Roy lllneen (Mitchell) SIS Kevelrv (White) Feter's Pride.

I.or.l Monte and Mono-nm also ran. Time 2 28 1-4, 2 23 t-4. 3 IS 1-4 The Onandaaa. 3 07 pace, three-heat plan, purse 2 000: Blngl a (Uoenell) 1 1 1 Rastua (McDonald) 3 3 3 Major Org (Murphy) 112 Anna Hal and Frank Patch alao ran. Time 3 06 1-3.

3 04 1-4, 3 05 1-4. 3 )4 pace, three tn Jive heats, purse moon Canien. (Cox) 1 1 1 Patrick SI. (Stokes) 3 3 3 Peter (Grady) 3 7 3 Jo Patrhen HI, Fern Hal, Prestollte, Kllsha June Froet and Peter Oakley ateo ran. Time 3 05 1-4.

3 0S 1-4, 2 07 1-4. Messina Springs X'rfvlng Club sweep-stakes fbr flve-year-ohl trotters, purse 1070 Kudnra Bpler. blk (White) 1 1 Masda (I-attimer) 2 3 Deacon Hale I 3 Samoor ajeo ran Time 2 17 1-4. 2 15 1-4. 3 19 trot, three In fhe, purse 11,200.

Almah, hr (Cat center) 1 1 1 Idora Worthy (Rodney) 2 3 3 Audrey Gray (Cox) 13 3 Helena Constantine, King Bellini. Potty, Onward Forties, Adbella, F. C. W. Prlnlelld snd Host Peter also ran.

Time 2 10 1-4, 2 10 1-4, 3 10 1-1. 3 OS trot, 3 In purse Margaret Drulen, tn (Cox) 1 1 1 Jotn, bt iMcDevIttl 3 1 3 Rhyr' btk (Shank) 3 3 3 Time 2 0 1-4. 2 OS 3-4, 3 06 1-f. i BUSY TIME OF IT BIITIAL GW -e Cirofi Captain Slashes Out Single, Two Bagger, Triple and a Home Run. UTTLE HOCK, Sept.

15 pedal A single, double, triple and home run. That waa the work of Roy BUam In Tueadaya game, Barone y. Travelers, which the former won I to The prollfio swatting of the Baronial oaptatn easily featured the first ante of the Baron-Traveler eerie for tbia season. and Roy was crowned the here of the Initial battle. He rounded out the afternoon with a batting aver-, age of 1.00 for the day.

Old Sleuth Hardgrove sought to take la former teammate In tow, but his t. m. failed to fall for the fine of tuff he dished acroa the Plata They Started rather feebly aaginsf the offering of the old fox. but their bludgeons gathered momentum as the afternoon progressed and before the thing wa Over Mr. Hardgrove had been battered 1 Into an unrecognisable Jelly.

The Mo- leys found his delivery for twelve safe swats. Opposing tha grand old octogenarian Of tha diamond waa wee Dickey Robertson. Mr. Robertson pocked an awful punch In that old right wing of hia yesterday and the Travs could do absolutely nothing witn hta fastbreaking epltter upon the arrived of the pinches. Old Master Hardgrove pulled some foxy stuff now snd then and had It not been for his trickery the Barone would have totalled out many more runs than they did.

The affair was a scoreless tie until the fifth frame when Mr. Etlam sent a triple out and later scored. Then, In the sixth the real fireworks began In earnest Lindsay opened with a stealing single through the pitchers box. Clark followed with a hit down the first base line and Lord Cecil Coombs drew a pass. Then Coyle hit a hot one to Starr and the Little Rock manager pulled the bone of trying to fores the man at second.

Lindsay scored on the bone play and Roy Etlam then drove one to deep left and stopped on third, two runners cantering across the plate. In the ninth the Barone added one more for good measure. Arthur Johnson will probably wor for the visitors today and he may be opposed by youngster Rotb. CAPN ROY SHINES Marked Down from $1. If you had Jack Johnston.

Charlie Chaplin and Billy Sunday together, what would you have' asked Charlie Carroll of Bill Lindsav. I give it up." replied Bill. "A chocolate nut sundae," replied Charlie. And still they let him live. Barons Are Not Atone.

Of course, 'it was hard luck for the Mump Tiague to hit the Birmingham ball club this Summer and beat them out of the rag, but Moley is not alone in his sorrow. At Daat two major managers have tales woe sprinkled with Just as many toajtfrops Injuries probably Jipped Stallings out of the rag In the National. Ft ret it was Johnny Evers who was forced to retire from the fray for a continued time on account of an injury. Just as Johnny was getting back in and instilling pep into the Braves, another important cog was laid out This was Rabbit Maranvtlle, the short-smith It might also be mentioned that the clan of old Rojftian Comlskey had a good chance to grab the gonfalon until Jaques Fournier was sent to the repair shop and was forced into idleness for some weeks. President Baugh to Investigate.

Boss Bob Baugh spills the information that a rigid investigation will take place in regard to the riot that occurred on the ball field in Nishvllle Sundav. when pop bottles, fists and profanity clogged up the atmosphere around Sulphur Dell. If the trouble can be located by any one Prexy Baugh will find it, for he has dug down to the root of all trouble in the circuit this season and has seen to it that the guilty parties were punished The chances are that If Mr. Baugh rules long enough in the Southern league that in a few years he have a model basebAl! league and a pattern that the majors woull do well to follow Society Note. Although another baseball season is almost six months away, it is understood that some of the more enthusiastic fans are planning pop bottle showers for several of the popular umps next season, Nashville ami New Orleans papers please copy Billy Changes Jobs.

It might be interesTm for local wrestling fans to rote that Billy San-dow. Dock Roller's manager when the wrestling campaign was at its height in Birmingham, has changed jobs B'liy now controls the destinies of Ed "Strangler" Lewis and is making a wrestling marvel out of the Kentucky strangler. Billy and his new protege are now in Omaha. and are seeking a match for that town wlth Hussane, the Terrible Turk. Kayo For "Demon Rum." John Sullivan, the most famous heavyweight prizefighter of all time, is now spending-hi time giving temperance orations at so much per oration.

John L. is now busy booking OF PEACE Filling Clarke's Shoes. It is but a matter of conjecture as to who will succeed Fred Clarke as manager of the Dittsburgh Pirates. Barney Preyfuss refuses to discuss the matter, other than to state that a capable man will be selected to bold down the Job. The guess artist have already taken a fling at the selection Some have asserted that the Teutonic Terror.

Honus Wagner, will get the call. Others seem to think that George Gibson will be called into the throne-room Neither guess may be within thousand miles of the bullseye, however. The Irish magnate may Import some outside citizen into the "Sooty Blttv" and place him in charge of the Corsairs. A Winner st 66. Golf Is not the only oid man's gams In this mans land.

Pop Geers Ups the timetable at the 6S mark and Is still driving winners The grizsled veteran of the turf is counted out by the wise ones after each campaign. Yet, when the gong sounds on another racing campaign and the pony players gather on the Grand Circuit the first thing they see is Pop Geers flashing under the tape with a winner and Hiking in a purse that would choke a gas main Sunday Was Hit Lucky Day. Boys, page a big league ivorv hunter Dave Panforth, the b.g Ixmisviile hurler. has been adverse to pitching Sunday baseball all his life. Ive has alwavs figured that a prayer book was alwavs more appropriate on a Sabbath afternoon than a baseball glove and stuck to his original belief until Manager Midkiff, of the Colon1, got tn the hole on pitchers.

Last Sunday Dave consented to kick in with a little Jsundav stuff He pitched the best game of his vareeg, striking out eighteen Kay See batsmen and yielding but two hits So successful was this seventh-day struggle that Dave has asked M'ddy to work him in the Sunday games for the rest of the season Ellam Has Big Day. Captain Roy Kilaxn mrtainly had a big day with his bludgeon yesterday He lammed out a triple, a double, a single and homer out of four trips to the plate The heavy stlk work of the Capn an i the good pitching of Robertson won the game for the Barons. By the way. Hobby has won ht last two starts is once again among the leading pitchers from the standpoint of wins Lookouts Establish Record. It is believed that the Chattanooga New Man in Birmingham and Beady to Take Up Duties as Physical Director.

Brumage Has Made Wonderful Record. Alpha Brumage, a national figure in physical education, has accepted the position of physical director of the Birmingham Athletic Club and ill take up his duties at once. William Streit, chairman of the athletic commitee, stated Tuesday that Physical Director Brumage would be on the scene Wednesday ready to take up his duties. Tu ANNUALJEETING Drafting of Minor Leaguers to Start Today and Other Business Transacted. CINCINNATI, Sept.

prominent baseball men were present when the National Pusebttli Commission opened its annual meeting here today to consider drafts submitted by major leagues on scattered minor league players This annual drawing for the choice of minor league players atvayj oraws a large attendance. When the commission conned it was believed would follow the aim plan as last year and not make public the names of the players drafted. This plan was adopted to goe tne clubs of the National and American, Leagues opportunity to sign the abutted to them by the commission, so they would not be tempted by Federal League officers. FATS VS. LEANS.

Neither the Fats nor L.ans having gained a decision In the Labor Day game of ball at Avondale Hark the two teams of Avondale's business men will meet again Thursday afternoon at Avondale Park to try an3 settle the matter. Game will be called at 3 30. All of the Avondale business houses will close Thursday afternoon to attend the game and a largre crowd will be on the firing line to puii for Us favorite species. Both sides are claiming vlrton the Fats on their virtue to smother the Leans and the Leans on thielr virtue to slide over the hefty ones. OLD DOLLAR BILL.

SAYS: Nothin' makes a man maddern strainin' every nerve to do his best and then have some guy slag him on th back an' say: "Well, old man, you did purty good Ts better to have loved an lost than won an got stung THE PIPE GavrocAt by Th Aacrleu Tnhm Cmbwbt. Ill GOLDBERG The club, out of a list of 150 applicant for the position, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. A. W. Clow, chose Brumage, who comes to the A.

C. with the strongest list of recommendations from noted men In athletics that has ever been chosen to lead the B. A. C. Club members are delighted over having obtained such a national figure in physical education as their new physical director and expect to see the Blue and White flying over the field of Southern athletics the club once reigned supreme in.

Mr. Brumage is a native of Beloit, Kaa, having been educated at the Beloit High School and the University of Kansas. He is a graduate of the Chautauqua School of Physical Education and a member of the faculty now. He Is a physical giant, standing six feet and weighing around the two hundred mark. He played on all of the high school teams, gaining the honor of the best all-around athlete of Northwest Kansas in 1901.

He was member of tne varsity football team for three years at the University of Kansas, captaining the team in 1905. Placed on the varsity basketball team for two years and ran the hurdles In 1902-03. Physical Director Brumage has had a wide range of experience and has made an enviable reputation as a phs-ical director and coach of athletics. He has coached the following schools and colleges Beloit High School, Ottawa University, William Jewell College, Nebraska State Virginia Military Institute and was physical director and coach of the University of Kentucky for two years, before accepting the present position. Turns Out Winners, While coach of the mentioned schools and ccheges he has won over two-thirds of ail games, having lost fourteen gamo of football in the last ten years.

His teams have won over three-fourths of all basketball games, half of the baseball games, losing only one track meet. He is the only coach to have ever coached a team at Ottawa that won over the Haskel Indians and at the Virginia Military Institute that won from the University of Virginia. His teams have won games from the following schools: Kansas University, Kansas Agricultural College, Haskej Indians, Missouri University, University LEAGuilsTANDmo' fc V- I BRUMAGE. of North Carolina. Virginia, Kentucky.

Alabama, b'ewanee, Tennessee, Georgia. West Virginia. South Carolina. Western Maryland. Johns Hopkins, North Carolina A.

Louisville, Rutgers, University of Illinois. Ohio, Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical, and Cincinnati. Probably Brumage's greatest point is being able to teach physical education. Being a member of the Chautauqua faculty for three years has fitted him to teach folk dancing, gymnasium and outdoor athletics. He has spent a great deal of his time in Y.

M. C. A. and Sunday school athletics, being well acquainted with the workhere, having looked the work over before accepting the position. He is familiar with every phase of physical training, having taught German and Swedish gymnastics, swimming.

playground work and methods of medical gy mnastics. Member of College Frat. He is a member of college fraternity, having lectured before Nebraska State Teachers Association, Southwest Virginia1 Teachers Association, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas Teachers Associations on the subjects of athletics and playground work. Jay D. Seaver, M.

President of the Chautauqur. School of Physical Education, has the following to say of Bru mago in a letter of recommendation: He is well-poised in his tual appreciation of conditions and people and readily adapts himself to them whhout friction and with an enthusi esm that holds not only the pup.ls but the other members of the teaching staff. He Is a thoroughly reliable man. and I heartily recommend him to any institution that Is seeking a first-class director for physical training for young men. President Henry Barker, of the State Unverslty of Kentucky, has the following to say of him: I take pleas ure in saying that Professor Brumage Is a Christian gentleman whose life is moral and high-toned in every way, and whose influence on youth is excellent He Is a splendid coach, and we have made great progress under his administration." Physical Director Brumage arrived In Birmingham Tuesday evening ready for work, and will be at the club all day Wednesoay to meet the club members.

WHERlTTi SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Atlanta at Nashville, clear. New Orleans at Memphis, cloudy. Mobile at Chattanooga, two games; clear Birmingham at Little Rock; clear. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, clear. Boston at Chicago; cloudy. No other games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Detroit at New York; clear.

Cleveland at Washington, clear. Chicago at Boston; clear No other games srheduled. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Newark at Kansas City; cloudy. Brooklyn at fct Louis; rain.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, dear. No other games scheduled. SPALDING'S WILiTfILED SAN DIEGO, gept. 15 The will of A. G.

Spalding, who died here last Thursday, was filed Tuesday for probate. Mrs. Elizabeth Churehlll Spalding, the widow, is named as executrix. She estimated the estate to be worth $600, urn) Benefictaries are Keith Spalding, son of Chicago; Durant Churchill, a stepson of San Diego; Albert Spalding, an adopted son of London, and the widow, who resides here. GOTHIC THE NEW ARROW 2 for 25c COLLAR IT FITS THE CRAVAT CUICTT.

FIABOOY too- Haasae made. fm yers, Levvy 2 Black, Askew. Left on baej. Fust Birmingham 6. Woodlawn 7 Struck out.

by Askew 5 bv Cox 5. Time of game, 1 hour and 55 minutes Vhtplrea. tlnsf and Mmitehara. Attendance, 500 Sum fnary. era, Levvy club has established a worlds record for consecutive shutouts The rejuvenated clan of Kid Elberfeld has met and defeated seven teams by the shut-out mark, consecutively, the past seven days.

If any club ha ever equalled this mark in applying the whitewash brush it has not been called to our attention. and Cigarette By A whiff of Tuxedos mellow goodness will sweeten your disposition and make you feel c-a-l-m and peaceful, like a young man listening to his best girl play the piano. Birmingham. AB. Bloan, rf 6 0 Mage, If 8 0 lifhdsay.

8b 4 1 Clark, 2b 4 Coombs, cf 8 0 Coyle, lb 4 1 EUam, a 4 8 Wallace, 4 0 1 Robertson, 4 0 Totals 86 Little Hock. AB. R. Jantten, cf 4 0 Btarr, 2b 8 0 Messenger, rf 0 Baker, 3h 4 1 Murray, If 4 1 Gibson, 8 0 Downey, ss 4 0 Covington, lb 8 0 Hardgrove, 8 0 Totals 32 3 Score by Innings: Summary. Three-Base Hite Covington, EUam, Murray.

Home Run Ellam. Stolen Bases Starr, Coombs, Gibson. Sacrifice Hit Magee. Sacrifice Fly Gibson. Struck Out By Robertson 2, Hardgrove 3.

Base on Balls Off Hardgrove 1. Hit Batsman Starr. Left on Bases Birmingham 6, Little Rock 6. Time of Game 43. tTmptres Breitenstein and Pfen-ninger.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS 80UTHERN LEAGUE. Clubs. R. H. E.

At Little Rock, Hardgrove 2 6 2 Birmingham. Robertson 6 13 0 At Chattanooga, 14 3 Mobile, Poole 0 6 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clubs At Chicago, Lavender, Stand- ridge Boston, Rudolph At Pittsburgh, Adams, Hil R. H. E.

Brooklyn, Marquard, Cheney Dell At Cincinnati, Wendell, New York, Shauer, Mathew-son, Ritter AMERICAN LEAGUE. Clubs. At New York, Mogrldge At Philadelphia, Wyckoff, Ancke 8t. FEDERAL LEAGUE. Clubs At Chicago, Brown, Baltimore, Suggs, At 8L Louis, Plank, Crandall, Newark, Seaton, Moran, Kais- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

At Indianapolis Minneapolis 4. At Louisville Kansas City 1. Only two scheduled. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. At Toronto 6-5; Richmond 0-2.

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