The age-herald., 1901-05-06
OF THE PLAYERS
The Locals Are Heavy Htters and Good Flelders = Moss Batting Average in First Three
 Games Is .454.
Southern League Standing.

The Birmingham Baseball team goes to after which it will go to Chattanooga and Nashville. returning home on May Is for six games with Chattanooga and Nash vile.
 The team, as at present constituted. is one of the strongest in the Southern Association and will win enough games to give it position near the top of the per centage column The individual mem hers are good ball players and most of them are heavy batters.
 Tn the three games last week Moss. Get tinger and Leidy bntted over 300 and To Rocque, veitch. Wilhelm and Mauch were but little under that mark. Tn eleven times up Moss Made five hits. with B total of seven bases and had batting average of 454 La Rocque batted .3s4 and Leidy. .3OS.
 Last year the first seven men on the batting list hit over the 2o0 mark aud when they get their eyes on he ball they will keep the ontfeders of opposing teams hustling and make the pitchers weary.
 Culver has been unfortunate in placing the balls not having secured safe hit in eleven times up. He is a hard hitter and in the three games drove several liners into the outfelders' hands When he gets them to break his way his percentages col umn will grow in a way to make the fans heart glad. La Rocque vetch. Mauch and Harlow have all batted the bai hard. but luck landed the sphere into the hands of outfielders
 In fielding their positions. the members of the local team are not exceled by any other team in the association. La Rocqhe. veitch Moss and Match are workable .stonewall while Gettinger, Leidy and Harlow. or Culver. cover the outer gar dens in magnificent style.
 Harlow and Culver the wind pad ar lists, did excellent work in the opening games and the base runner that pliers a bag on either one of them will have to be fleet foofed
 Mills pitching corps is, perhaps. as strong as any in the Southern Associa- tion. Wilhelm and Brandt each won his game from. Selma and pitched great ball Brandt is a little wild yet, but with a few more days of practice he will get control of the ball and make monkeys" Of the sluggers on opposing teams
 Gillen has been a great pitcher but has not yet gotten In condition He will be all right in a few days and il is believed he will then be able to win a majority of his games,
 Manager Mills will sign another pitcher making four that he will carry through lhe season. If Hickman can make good" he will probably be added to Nils stan. otherwise a slab artist of more experience will be secured
 Umpire Cline who oftlciated tp the three games here last week gave satisfaction in the main In Saturdays game, however. he was severe on Hickman. making him split the plate Fender. Frank and two of him after they should have been out on strikes He also gave Birmingham the hot end of two decisions at third. each of which was costly to the locals
 Had the locals gotten an even break iu these decisions Selmas score would have peen much less. These decisions, how ever. did not give Selma the game If was won strictly on merit. the visitors outplaying the locals as badly as they were outplayed by them the day before
 The Selma Journals correspondent In reporting Thursdays game credits Bir- mingham with only three hits. when the