The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-05
SLAG PILE SETTINGS.

Yesterday was presentation day at Slagtown and the two happy young men were Johnnie Duffy and Joseph Keenan. Duffy received a handsome cluster of carnations from some of his lady admir- CTS and responded by landing on second Keenans prize was not so beautiful but appreciated just the same by the hand some little Pelican. It consisted of ff- teen cents worth of cloth flowers and five cents worth of red ribbon. On the hand some bouquet was a card which said From your many admirers among the ladies. With a profound bow he re- moved his cap and looked sweetly in the stand, which was filled with ladies. He then hit high fly and waltzed to the bench, both happy and disappointed.
 Triton again showed a tendency to wildness and was taken out in the second inning. He must not be discouraged by this for it is the best thing that could have happened. Cheer up old boy and try 1t again. The fans are with you.
 Today's game will conclude the season in Birmingham and the largest crowd of the year is expected to see the last per formance of the Iron Makers for 1903.
 smtty and his big bat "Bfferv were very much in evidence yesterday and added materially in breaking up the game.
 Rickert has the world beaten when it comes to chunl1lng the ball. He can throw them where other players can hardly see.
 During the season Birmingham has won thirty-seven games at home and lost twenty-three. Had it not been for the early misfortunes on the western circuit Birmingham would have been in a fair position to have won the pennant. The games lost by Keenan and Partridge rob bed the Barons of the victory Taking the games won and lost by the other pitchers Birmingham would now have a percentag> of 605. That would easily have puiied down the rag.
 Not pitcher on the Birmingham team. as 1t now stands, has lost more games than he has won. Smitty has won eigh- teen and lost eleven; Clark has won elev- en and lost six; Campbell has won fifteen and lost eleven; Crabeli has won three and lost two; Triton has won two and lost TWO. Now that is pitching a little In the first fifteen games pitched by Campbell only thirty-two runs were SCOT ed by his opponents. Out of these fifteen games he won eleven.
 
 Campbell had on a uniform yesterday for the first time in week. He is ran idly recovering from his recent attack of illness.
 On account of his playing in the field so long Brown was a little off in his throwing in the first inning yesterday. After that he settled down and caught a beautiful game.
 Brouthers' daring steal of homa ves- terday was undoubtedly the star plav of the season.
 From the Nashville News: Satur days game between Memphis and blrmlngham was perhaps the most bril- naht or the season. Frank Smith was m the box for Birmingham and he aI- lowed only two hits, and only one of the Memphis runners reached second pase In the nine innings only twenty nine men faced Wilson. If he had struck out every man on the team twenty-seyen patters would have faced him. Another pitching feat of the season was that of Melntyre of the Memphis team who, on April 26 struck out sixteen of the Shreve- port batters and yielded only three hits
 Last week was a strenuous one in inc Southern league. There was a free-for- all light in Nashville between Catcher efathus and Pitcher Swann of the Shreye- port team; Al Miller assaulted IJmpire heeie Tn Birmingham and was put out of the game and arrested. Perry Werden was fined for "sassing" the judge at Bir mingham; Law of the Pelican bunch was put out of the game twice, and at At lanta the fans threw coco cola bottles and other missiles at Umpire Ebrisht causing the latter to quit the diamond in the last inning of Thursdays game with Little Rock.
 And by the way. just think of Al Mill Ter ieft fielder for Memphis, assaulting an umpire. Hes the last in the business one would nave expected to raise fuss But then Dummy Taylor was recently nenched In the east for kicking against the umpire's decisions, and he can't talk. From the New Orleans Picavune.
 Tn all my experience as a minor league manager l have never seen such crowds attend games at this time of the year. such as have come out of three eastern towns" was Manager Powelrs comment as regards attendance on the last eastern venture. We drew 1900 paid in Montgom- cry last Sunday, fine crowd. consjder- ing the fact that the home team lost nine out of the eleven last games. Then. in Nashville we drew 1900 to o4oO every game Then in Nashville we drew 1900 to 24Oo every game. In Birmingham we drew 1900 the first day and 36o0 paid Saturday. These are d-breaking figures for teams in the second division in August battles. All of which goes to show that the league Is in better shape today than 1t has ever been in the history of the