The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
sLAe PILE SETTINGS.

he had wired Pitcher Wilhelm to come to Birmingham in time to pitch Wednes- days game against Little Rock. Satisfac- tory terms have been arranged with Will helm, and if he can arrive from Wooster, O., in time the fans will see him in the game tomorrow O'Brien refused absolute ly to let Finn have Wilhelm to finish out the season with Little Rock He says that he can use Wilhelm handily, and though the salary will probably be the highest paid any Southern league pitcher. it will be well worth the money.
 Duffy and Vaughan played a great scientific batting game by themselves yesterday, and with the assistance of Me Andrews, landed the runs which tied the score.
 Ginger Clark had the laugh on the fel- lows who say he can't hit With Kanz- Ter on second he cracked out drive that sent the Dutchman home and closed the meeting for the afternoon.
 Jack Dolan pitched good ball yesterday and ordinarily would have wor his game, but Clark kept his followers guessing, and there was no chance for old Jack to pull out. By the way, Jack Dolan is
 
 the best fellows in the business.
 A gentleman writes the Age-H Herald from Cullman to know if Tom Fisher of Shreve- port is right-handed pitcher. He says the answer will settle a bet Well, the man who bet that Tom alias Red Fish CT is left handed loses his money. Tom Fisher of Shreveport is a rght-handed twirler and one of the best in the busi- ness. In fact he is almost the whole works-if you havnt seen Smitty.
 That was pretty bluff on the part of Gilbert when he ran to third after he was out for the purpose of drawing the throw. It's a good play, and when player has that much head the fine ought to be taken off. Any player who can bamboozle a club like that deserves to get off with it.
 Pat Millerick probably saved yester- days game by his throw to second which caught Gilbert off in the first inning. It was beautiful throw and saved a run.
 The east all pulled for Atlanta yester- day but she couldn't turn over the goods and Shreveport broke up that continuous tie for third place. This morning Bir- mingham is just 15 points behind Atlanta.
 In the ninth inning yesterday every body crossed their fingers and pulled Clark out of bad hole. Many games can be saved in this way and the rooters should never fail to resort to the plan in a close pinch
 Secretary Jackson and others were tell ing about the nerve of some fellows who try to steal in the park without paying, when Tom OBrien came out with one He says while standing on the gate at Rochester one day he saw a man climb the fence and take a bicycle and dog with him. He first climbed to the top of the fence then reached over and pulled up the bicycle. The dog was in a small cage on the front of the wheel. Tom insists that that is stealing some.
 O'Brien tells another good story about a trained dog which belonged to one of the kids around the park at Albany. This educated canine would stand on the out side of the park and when a foul came over the fence he was after it like shot. He would prick up his ears whenever the foul he would watch intently for the coming ball. The minute it hit the ground he was there waiting and invaria- bly, rushed to the gate with the ball in his mouth. On account of his fine work the dog was given a season pass into the grounds.