The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-16

a right to expect. Birmingham gives first division attendance and Is entitled to first division ball paAsg and in strengthening or at least endeavoring to strengthen, the management Is doing what is right and no more than its duty to the base ball going public.
 All teams with the exception of New Orleans and Little Rock change today, consequently there will be a change of umpires as we'll. The base ball going public looks to the management to work the strings in such a way that the midget may not be sent here. Birmingham does not want such failures as Chic and Pres ident Nicklin will probably not disregard the wishes of a patronage which so lib- erally furnished funds to carry on the league business as has the public of Bir- mingham The old expression Hell is paved with good intentions fits Ghio's case exactly. He probably means all right, but does not give satisfaction.
 Brown has been released to Memphis. There may be good reasons for this, but in this case Manager Haller will find that the average fan is from Missouri and will want to be shown the reason for releasing the man whom the fans here regard one of the best all-round ball players on the team.
 By playing Nashville to a stand still Shreveport climbs up to sixth place and shoves Birmingham within one of "the nine holes.'
 Three straight games lost, and to Mem phis. Surely this Is rubbing it in good and hard.
 In the eleven inning game Friday in New Orleans. the game was won by New Orleans, because Alb Powell had the good judgment to take Frceland out of the box and substitute Stanley. Birming- has won one game this way, but the local management seems to be averse to saving games by changing pitchers.
 Billy Campbell is good pitcher for about five innings. Beyond that he can- not go in his present condition. About every game he has pitched since the opening of the league season has proven about half game. Alter that he should be taken out. This fact seems to be self evident to every one. Other managers are not afraid to relieve a pitcher in the middle of game. Why can't MT. Hall Ter take the same course? Yesterday Meekin pitched a great game for six in- nirgs. He then found he was weakening and was taken out of the box. Campbell was leII Tn to De slaughtered,
 From the New Orleans Picayune A man who knows baseball and knows the leagues throughout the United States, expressed the opinion that the Southern League Is playing faster ball than any other minor league in existence. In the north the salary limits are larger and the leagues supposed to be better, but right down here in the south the men are play ing the ball and playing 1t fast and steady. The line between the big leagues and the Southern Association Is not so remarkably far apart.
 From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal: Memphis bunters had a picnic with Joe Dowie. Dowie has played In two games without accepting ground or fly chance. Many chances have been offered.
 From the Memphis News: The aggrega- tion of ancients who have been playing the national game since the mind of man runneth not to the contrary, and who a. e now sailing under the Birmingham col ors, were easily taken into camp by Mem phis yesterday afternoon.
 From the Chattanooga Times: The American League is after Wilhelm, the Birmingham pitcher. Both the Athletics ana the St LOUIS team want him. and, though Ban Johnson is the man that said he would always respect contracts be- tween player and another team, the American League has been allowed to make him some very tempting offers One of these teams, just which 1t is does not appear. has offered him $250 a month for the season, whether he makes good with the team or not. Wilhelm Is the best twirler on the Coal Barons staff and they cannot afford to lose him. but such offers are not made often. The