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SPORTS
. BY BOB McOAVID
New Orleans to Enter Many Mat Stars
SPORTS
_LOCAL—HV WIRE
OTZ WALTERS IS
CONGRATULATED ON
BOXING VICTORY
Human “Buzz-Saw” Hon
ored by Commander for
Victory Over French
Ring Champion
AnniMtovt, March 13—(Special.)
Firat-clum Private Angelo Gual
tlpri, supply company of the lllith
4 heavy field artillery, and who i*
known profesMionnlly a** Hit*
Walter*, l»a* been complimented
by Major Gen. Charles G. Morton,
commanding the Blue and Gray di
vision becauNe of his recent feat of
knocking out the champion fighter
of the French forces.
The commanding general’? letter to
the former McClellan star mitt wielder
reads as follows:
"I desire to congratulate you on
four victory In Paris over the best
representative of the French army in
four class. Your clean-cut work, ag
gressiveness and general conduct as
b fighter and a soldier are worthy of
the highest approbation.”
Ritz Walters has long been known
ns the champion ring artist of the
Twenty-ninth division In the heavy
weight class. While stationed at
Camp McClellan he fought many great
battles with men from other southern
camps and won the Dixie championship
in Birmingham last winter when teams
from Camp McClellan won a series of
hard-fought bouts at the Birmingham
Athletic club. lie was one of the
best known enlisted men at Camp Mc
Clellan during the stay of the Blue and
Gray troops on the local cantonment
knd his continued success abroad will
Ge a source of gratification to the
friends he made while stationed in
Dixie land.
Mrs. Gaultier!, who witnessed her
husband’s victories in the south, made
her home with Mrs. Bondurant McGin
nis while in Anniston and will be very
pleasantly remembered here. The
champion enlisted at Atlantic City. N.
J., and went with the Kew Jersey
troops to the border before coming to
Camp McClellan.
Sharpe ta Coach Tals
By Assoelated Press
New Haven, Conn., March 13.—The ap
pointment of A1 Sharpe. Cornell univer
sity athletic coach, to be football coach
of Yale, will be announced in the a. ale
Alumni Weekly tomorrow.
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Bests French Champ
RITZ WALTERS
Birmingham boxing fans will be glad
lo learn that Ritz Walters, the aggres
sive Camp McClellan fighter, who ap
peared here at the Athletic club sever
al times last year, has defeated the
best representative o£ the French army
| in his class. He is now in France with
j the Blue and Gray division.
GEEK LETTER MEN
University, March 13.—(Special.)—About
half of the inter-fraternity basket ball
schedule, lasting from March 3 to March
21, has been played. Much interest is be
[ing manifested in these games, which are
j contested on open air courts in front of
the gymnasium. The fraternities are di
vided up into league “A” and league **B.”
The winners in each of the leagues will
play three games for the championship
among the Greek letter organizations.
The standing of the fraternities up un
til Wednesday afternoon is as follows:
“A” LEAGUE
Fraternity.
Alpha Tau Omega .
Delta Kappa Epsilon .
Phi Kappa Sigma .
Phi Gamma Delta .
Phi Delta Theta .
Sigmu Nu .
•B” LEAGUE
Kappa Sigma ..
Sigma Chi ..
Pi Kappa Phi .
Kappa Alpha ..
Sigma Alpha Epsilon .
Zeta Beta Tau .
Pot.
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Army Team to Play 10
Football Games in 1919
By Associated Press
West Point, N. Y„ March 13.—The
army football schedule, made public
here today, shows clearly the cadets
plan for a restoration of the gridiron
game on a pre-war basis next autumn.
Ten contests are listed with the
opening game set for the last Saturday
! in September, and the schedule will
j close with the struggle against the
navy at the Polo Grounds, New York
j city, on November 29.
Only one intersectional game appears
upon the 1919 schedule, Notre Dame
playing here on November 8. The com
plete list of games follows:
Middlebury, September 27; Holy C^oss,
j October 4; Syracuse university, Octo
ber 11; Maine, October 18; Boston col
! lege, October 25; Tufts, November 1;
Notre Dame, November 8; Villa Nova,
November 15; Springfield, November 22;
\ Navy, November 29.
I
What if You Canft Get a New Car in 1919?
&17j,QQ0 cars wen scrapped** tn 1917
**Mother, the old car certainly deserves
the best we can do for itl**
“Surely our old friend Car ought, to have a new
Eveready battery to carry it through the long year
ahead. It will be little enough for all he has done
for us.
“We can’t any of us afford’to gamble on whether
the car will stand up to the work in 1919, and its
got to. So I move,Mother, that we get an Eveready
right now—it’s guaranteed for a year and a half—
and I’ll bet the whole family will second the motion.
The Eveready Service Station has just the size we
need for the car, and they’re mighty decent people
at testing the battery and keeping it up to the mark.
“Make it unanimous—don’t let the old car think
we are pikers.”
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Bill Streit Returns From
the Pelican City Full of
Enthusiasm and —
Willie Streit, the demure md
petite promoter of all the Athletic
c lull’s important njMirttng events,
stepped off n northbound \labaimt
threat Southern train yesterday
morning; and carefully avoiding
several of “Jawn" Taylor’s blue
coated guardians of public safety,
meandered Into the Magic City,
staggering under the load of a
well-packed suitcase. Be it known
that Sir William had just return
ed from \ew Orleans.
After answering a few questions
about Mr. Kamos and other famous
citizens of the Pelican village. Will
proceeded to wax enthusiastic over the
coming- national wrestlihg champion
ship to be held here Monday and Tues
day at the Athletic club. Will urn
’towed that the approaching “hugging
matches” would be about the fiercest
what had ever been saw in Birming
ham.
While in the gin-fizz burg, BUI
spared enough time to call on Secre
tary Benedetto, who declared that he
would send up several •‘hone-crushers.”
Tulane university also announced that
they would be well represented in the
tournament here.
Judging by the speed with which
seats for the tourney are being sold a
big crowd of lecal bugs will turn out
next week to see the title bouts.
B. A. C. Revolver Team
Makes Fine Showing
The Athletic club revolver team last
night fired two official matches, one
against Chicago and the other against
Columbus. The Columbus match was
won by the locals, while Chicago's score
has not yet been received, but inasmuch
as the B. A. C. team shot remarkably
well a double victory is believed to have
been secured.
The shooting of Lieutenant Moore fea
tured the evening’s firing. Twice last
night he broke four consecutive fens be
fore dropping a point. O. L. Garl, 4no,
showed lots of class. The old head is
shooting a gun as big &s a voung how’t
zer, but he handles it splendidlv.
The scores:
Birmingham vs. Columbus.
Taekhole Lee . 141
Lieut. .1. O. Moore . 135
O. I.. Garl . 130
Dr. O. R. Troje . 125
M. F. Jones . 113
Total . 650
t'olumbus, 044.
This total of 650 for the locals is the !
highest score ever made by the Birming
ham team since its organization foty* ;
years ago.
Birmingham vs. Chicago:
Taekhole Lee ..*. 145
O. L. Garl . 126
Lieut. J. O. Moore . 126
M. F. Jones . 124
Dr. O. R. Troje . 122
Total . 642
Results from Chicago not in.
Failed to make the team: J. G. Weldon
115, 116; Dr. Percy Reid. 103, 105; D. R.
Spragg, 98, 102.
At present Lee has the highest aver
age of any competitor in the country with
10 matches fired and six more to go.
DeFuniak, the local representative of the
U. S. R. A., announced last night that
matches would be fired next Wednesday
against the Manhattan and Spokane
teams.
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All drug stores are now supplied with
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clerk half a dollar for a bottle of As
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water in a glass. With your watch in
your hand, take the drink at one swallow
and rail for your money back in two
minutes if you cannot feel your cold
fading away like a dream, within tlie
time limit. Don’t be Dashful, for all drug
gists invite you and expect you to try
it. Everybody’s doing it.
When your cold or cough is relieved,
take the remainder of the bottle home to
your wife and babies, for Aspironal is
by far the safest and most effective, the
easiest to take and most agreeable cold
and cough remedy for infants and chil
dren. Do not be afraid of the alcoholio
contents, for It contains no more than
any good doctor would prescribe for a
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HERE THE fINEST WOODS
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BARNETT’S
LUMBER SEXTETTE
Dempsey-Willard Fight May
Be Outside of the United
States
By Associated Press
Paris, March 13—Sporting circles here
are keenly aroused over reports tha*
the Dempsey-Willard tight may be
staged in Paris. Promoters have
watched with great interest the diffi
culties encountered by “Tex" Rickard
In America in getting a place for the
bout, and in the prospect that the bout
may not be held in the United States.
Offers will b# made to Rickard soon if
they have not already reached him.
The promoters here argue that Paris,
with its big floating American and
British population at present, would
be a better place than either Juaras
or Havana, if the bout goes outside
America.
Higher prices could be obtained for
seats than before the war. It is fig
ured seats that sold for $50 for the
Johnson-Moran bout would bring $100
now'.
\ high army official Informed the
Associated Press today that the
Dempsey-Willard tight would not
he held in the I nlted States, add
ing:
••There fh one man who can stop
the light la America.**
The officer refused to divulge the
name of the man, hut said Willard
wa« not very popular in the army
owing to his attitude during the
war and his refusal to give his
services to the Bed 4 ross and the
various soldier benefits.
BOXING FLOURISHES
Boxing: is flourishing- in Paris at pres
ent and the Knights of Columbus and
the Y. M. C. A. are holding weekly
shows in which American boxers meet
British and French. The superiorlty
of the Americans, which might he ex
pected. if not over the English and
the colonials, at least over the French
to whom boxing is a comparatively new
sport, is not in evidence.
The American boxers are drawn from
the army for the most part and gener
ally are overweight and lack training
and underestimate their opponents. The
result has been that the American
showing has caused some criticisms. The
Fr>n<h boxers as a rule train faithful
ly, keep in good condition and give a
good account of themselves.
At a boxing show Tuesday night a
captain of the 319th American infantry
expressed fear that the French oppo
nents chosen for his two boys would
not be able to stand up and provide a
good tight. His fears were ground
less. Michaud of Paris, with a stiff
leg. caused by three machine gun bul
lets. gave Harold Fitzpatrick of Mead
villc. Pa., as good as lie received. Trick
er, the other Frenchman, earned a de
cision by a large margin over Charles
Morgan of Pittsburg. Both Americans
were fat and shortwinded.
"The Americans should train on red
wine.'* was the comment of A1 Badoud,
a French welterweight, well known
In the United Htates.
ALABAMA TO PUT
OUT CLASSY TEAM
Crimson Campus Swarms
With Embryo Stars Try
ing to Make Team
Hj (iEORtiE H. WATSON
University, Mach 13.—(Special.)—That
Alabama will be represented by quite a
form i lab le baseball team the com ins sea
son is evident from the early spring
practice. Coach Noojln is putting his
hopefuls through stiff workouts every
day. It is not long now until the an
nual game with the Birmingham Barons.
During the last part of this week several
scrappy games have been played between
varsity and the scrubs, giving Coach
Noojln a chance to look over all new
material, of which there is a dearth.
Of the new men. Hinton, a graduate of
the Tuscaloosa High school, is showing
some stellar work both in the outfield
and at bat. Other outfielders include Gas
ton Brown and Graham Bickley of last
year/s team, and Graham and Clemmons,
both of Scottsboro. Coach Noojin has
several applicants for the initial sack.
Among whom is “Charlie” Carglle, who
performed in the outfield some last year.
Luke Sewell and Doc Willis also look
good at first. Others trying out for first
base are John Cochrane, I^ewey Robin
son and Jacoby.
“Big” Boone is the sole first string
pitcher, but there are several out for the
box, including Payne of Gurley, who is
showing plenty of steam; McGowan,
Pritchard and Farris. At second base
Joe Sewell, varsity man of last year, has
been a sticker from the first and has
very little opposition. “Stevie" at short
stop is the best all round athlete on the
team, and in addition never fails to shine
at bat.
Again at third base there is a battle
royal for a job. Mullie Lenoir has been
moved in from centerfleld and is showing
up well at the hot corner, but it is a
question whether he can perform here
better than In the outfield. Doc Williams
held down third last year and if he does
not make first will fight, for his old job.
In addition to these Frierson is also dis
playing class.
Capt. I^ena Stiles, the “natural born"
player from the ball town of Gurley, will
perform as catcher for the third con
secutive year. Captain Lena is Coach
Noojin's right hand man. An under
study and assistant of Lena’s is “Catts"
Nathan.
BOXING TEAM WILL
TOUR SCANDINAVIA
Trio of Mitt Artists to Leave Gotham
for Long Jaunt Around the
Sphere
By AuMilM PrlM
New York, March 13.—A team of Ameri
can amateur boxer* will tour Scandinavia
during the coming spring, taking part
1several international boxing tourna
ments which are being planned for Nor
way and Sweden. This was decided upon
at a meeting of the amateur athletic
union held here today.
The invitation to compete in these tour
naments abroad was extended by the
Tdraetsforeningen Sparta of Copenhagen
and the communication requested that a
middleweight, lightweight, featherweight
or bantam be sent. It was decided to i
send the winners of the 115, 1:15 arid loft
pound classes at tlie national amateur
boxing championships to be held at Bos
ton on April 7 and 8.
The trio of boxers in charge of a train
er and probably a team manager will
aall from this country before the middle
pf April and the tour and contests are
expected to extend over a period of sev
eral month*. A similar trip was mad* .
In MIC when the .American amateur*
mad* an axc«llent ihowlng.
Corbett's Daily Letter
On Great Sport Topics
Hr JAMES J. CORBETT
“The White Sox Will be 100 per cent
stronger this year than ever before,”
asserted a Chicago fan.
“How soT*’
"Because Kid Gleason Is the team
leader," was t'ne come-back. "He’s one
of the smarest baseball men that ever
lived. Unfortunately, he has never had
a chance to display his managerial abil
ity in an unhampered way. In all other
years with the White Sox he has been
a lieutenant and has had to work under
the orders of a manager. But now that
his chance has come Gleason certainly
can be counted upon to perform mlr
"Clarence Rowland has been given
much credit for having led the Sox a
world's series triumph over the Giants
in 1917. But it was the nimble brain of
Gleason that worked havoc with the
chances of the New Yorkers. On vari
ous occasions during that series Glea
son almost had a clash with Rowland in
his efforts to have his ideas carried out
during the game. Fortunately for the
White Sox. Gleason triumphed in his
arguments—and the Sox pounded their
way through to victory.
"The fifth game of the big series will
never be forgotten by those who wit
nessed it in Chicago and to Gleason’s
strategy belongs the re*l credit for the
Chicagoans’ success. The teams went
into the struggle with the series tied
at two games each. Harry Sallee, on
the firing line for the Giants, was
breezing along nicely until the seventh.
He was toying with the sluggers from
the Illinois metropolis, and it looked
like a cinch victory for the National
leaguers.
“.Just as all hope of victory was dis
appearing from the breasts of the
White Sox rooters. Gleason rushed to
Rowland and said:
' Get the boys to hammer the first
pitch. Sallee is putting the first ball
in the groove every time. Tell the boys
to smash the first pitch and keep on
smashing it.’
“Rowland didn’t favor the idea, be
cause he didn't know the eccentricities
of Sallee as did Gleason. But a man
ager in a hole usually is glad to accept
any suggestions. and Rowland, al
though reluctatlv. issued instructions at
the beginning, of the seventh that the
Sox batters should hit the first ball
pitched.
‘‘Eddie Collins, first man up. flied out
on the first pitch. Then Jackson sin
gled. Immediately afterward Felsch
singled on the first ball and GandU fol
lowed with a two-bagger on another
first offering of Sallee. Weaver banged
the first ball for an infield out, ad
vancing Gandil to third. Sallee devel
oper! a little streak of wildness and
couldn’t get them over for Schalk, who
was given a base on balls. Under the
frantic signalling of Gleason, who kpew
that Sallee was ballooning, Schalk
started on a steal to second. Rariden's
throw was a pit poor and it got a wav
from Herzog, whereupon Gandil reached
home with the run that put the Sox in
the lead.
In the eighth it wag the same thing.
John Collins, the first batter, banged
I
the first ball for a single. After Me*
Mullin sacrificed on the first pitch, Ed
die Collins singled and then Jackson
singled on the first pitch. Sallee was
derricked and Perritt was substituted.
But too late The strategy of Gleason
had won a game for the White Sox
which seemed hopelessly lost.
“It was the goat getting tactics of
Gleason that was largely responsible
for the final victory of the Sox and
brought about one of the funniest plays
in baseball history. Gleason, who knew
the weakness of Helnie Zimmerman,
the Giant third sacker. played upon it.
Standing on third base coaching lines,
Gleason kidded Zimmerman unmerci
fully. Before many innings had passed
Helnie was up in the air. He showed
the effects of Gleason’s riding In the
fourth by making a wild heave of Ed
die Collins’ grounder. When Robertson
muffed a fly by Jackson, Collins went
to third. And then came one of the
most peculiar plays in baseball his
tory.
“Felsch hit a grounder to Renton,
who saw* that Collins was off third,
whereupon lie threw' the ball to Zim
merman. Helnie, instead of attempting
to trap Collins between third and home,
elected to run a footrace with one of
the fleetest men In the American league.
The kidding of Gleason undoubtedly
inspired him. The kid had been jeering
Helnie all along about slowing up. and
Zimmerman wanted to show' up Gleason
by outfooting Collins. Instead of ac
complishing his purpose, Zimmerman,
lumbering after the speedy Collins,
chased Eddie across the plate with the
first run of the game, which led to a
rally that gave the Sox enough runs to
win the game, and the series."
Driver to Coach
Newport News. Va., March 13.- “Capt.
Jimmy Driver, at various times coach at
southern colleges, has arrived to take
charge of athletics In Camps Stuart, ITill
and Alexander. He was transferred from
Camp Jackson. S. C. _
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New London Club
/ Quits Eastern League
New London, Conn., March 11—It la
officially anonuneed her# today that tha
New London baseball club will not take
part In the Kaatem league activities thla
summer.
To Cere a Cal4 la Oaa Day
Take IJiXATIVE BROMO QUINTUS
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Careful mothers o’er the land
Always keep Cascarets at hand.
Children think them dandy—
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Cascarets sell for a dim*;
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Mothers! VThen a <;hild has • ooo^od
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