The age-herald., 1901-07-04
BIRMINGHAM GETS TWO GAMES TODAY The RooterS Need a Few Fresh
 ScaIpS MILLS ACTION C0MMEN NDED Baseball Public as Rule Endorse His Action in Taking His Team From the Field Under the Cir
 cumstances.
MILLS ACTION COMMENDED

Park today. the first this morning and the second in the afternoon. The locals will have as their opponents Charley Franks aggregation of ball tossers from Memphis The first game will be called at 1O:S0 a. m.. and the second at p. m.
 Manager Frank has added several new men to his pay roll since he was here two weeks ago and the team Is much stronger than at that time. Tho new men who will be seen here for the first time are Gleason second base; McGrow, shortstop, and Lau- zon, right field.
 The batting order of the two teams will be as follows:
 Birmingham-Moss, shortstop; Martin, leH field; Vfetch, second base; Leidy, cen ter field; LaRocque, first base; Niles, third base; Culver. right field; Kalkhoff, catcher; Brandt and Wilhelm, pitchers.
 Memphis center field; Mo Grow, shortstop; Lauzon. right field; Mo Kevitt, left field; Handiboe, third base Bussey first base; Gleason, second base; Armstrong or Swacina, catcher; Shields, Rhoades. Kern or Robb. pitcher.
 Although Leidys name Is down as play iny center field he will not be able to take part in the games today. A pitched ball struck him on the right forearm in the Chattanooga game last Friday and broke the small bone. It probably will be a week or ten days before he can get in the game again.
 Manager Mills is doing all in his power to strengthen his team and has accepted the terms of pitcher and an outfielder, both of whom he is expecting today. If the fielder arrives In time he will play in the games today.
 Brandt will pitch in the morning game and Wilhelm in the afternoon.
 Mills Action Approved.
 The action of Manager Mills in bring ing his team home from Nashville yes- terday morning is generally commended by the baseball lovers of this city Those who dissented from this general view were in decided minority.
 That the local team has suffered from poor umpiring cn the home grounds was generally commented upon by the spec tators at the games played here last month. Whether the bad umpiring was due to incapacity or wilfulness on the part of the indicator handlers Is of no concern here since it Is all over now, but that the Birminghams have lost sev- eral games from this cause is known to all who have attender the games.
 In speaking of York's work at Nash vile Monday the Birmingham players state that Kennedy was called safe when he had been touched several feet from the base Culver, who was behind the bat, threw to second to catch Kennedy who attempted to steal. Moss received the ball and took to steps towards first touching Kennedy fully four feet from the base, yet York called him safe. This was but one of several equally raw" de- cisions and Mills decided to ferfet the next two games rather than play and be robbed
 Monday night Mills wired President Kent that he would not play another game with York umpiring. Kent made no reply Tuesday Mills sent three or four other telegrams relative to the mat ter to Kent but the latter has not yet saw fit to respond to any of them.
 Rents staff of umpires has been a dis nal failure so far. Of the four that be- gan the season two are still on the as- sociation's pay roll. Cline, who started the season here and who will be here today, has been the cause of more or less complaint in several cities, but he probably Is the best umpire in the league Ebright staid here two weeks, much lon- ger than he was wanted, and his work good at times, in the first two or three series, was decidely off color the last few days of his stay.
 The local team has made but few kicks on umpires decisions either at home or abroad and to this fact may be attributed to some extent the "raw' deals they get. If they would kick a little more, not to the extent of becom- ing "rowdies." but kick at the right time