The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-15
SLAGPILE NOTES.

SLAGPILE NOTES. ]
 An umpire. like player, has to get into condition in order to deliver the goods and it seems about time that His Umpship Joe Calliope Burke were get ting into his seasons stride.
 Burke Is a Birmingham product, and naturally everyone wishes him success but he cannot attain that success at his present rate. In every exhibition game here this season he has made one. tive. three or four bad decisions, and yester- day was no exception.
 If Burke would make good he must improve. or otherwise his life will be miserable as long as he holds his job. which will not be long if that improve ment is not shown mighty quick after the season opens.
 Yesterday he called Delehanty and Mur- dock out at second bag, and it was clnch at least that one of them was safe and the odds were three to one that the other was not out. These two decisions were In the same inning.
 Again Clarke and Hafford worked a clever trick and caught Gamble off third in the eleventh inning. It was clearly an out. but Joe did not see 1t that way The base he gave Noblett in the ninth which resulted in run, was nothing but q gracious gift.
 Delehanty, who is playing such star ball for the Barons. received a telegram from his brother Jim yesterday, stating that he had broken his ankle in game Thurs day. letter is expected tomorrow giv. {,,er fofI TN.Ia outfeld for Boston Nationals, and was considered one of their strongest men. He was formerly third baseman for Little Rock in the Southern league and was a very popular player
 He seems to have had bad streak of luck. Every spring for four years he has suffered an accident of some kind. Last year he had fever several weeks and was out of the game. The two years previous he suffered a broken shoulder and broken knee, and the latter kept him out of the game an entire season. Nevertheless he is as game as they are made, and his injuries do not keep him from going right back in the game.
 Sox Sorber was covering ground yes- terday like Sorber of old He robbed more than one player of a hit. It seem ed to make no difference to him where the ball went, he was there waiting for it. He reminds people of the day Sox went through the right field fence and nailed runner at third when the ball had gone over the fence.
 Thomas Parrott, who formerly had a reputation for hitting a ball, showed some of his old time strength at the bat yesterday, scoring a couple of runners with hits
 Wilkie Clarke made a beautiful catch of a foul fly yesterday afternoon. The ball did not go over twelve feet from the ground, and it was an exceedingly hard chance. but Clarke pulled it down.
 Manager Vaughan's finger was in con dition again yesterday and allowed him to go into the game, He took care of 1t though and did not take any risks of getting it hurt again.
 Sis Hopkins will pitch for Meridian today, and Ragan and Ginger" Clark for Birmingham. Ragan will be in the box five innings and Ginger the remain ing four This is done in order to give the two pitchers some work to keep them Just right to pitch two of the games against Montgomery.
 Fitzpatrick has pitched three games this season, and three scalps hang at his belt. Birmingham was his first victim. when he pitched for the White Sox. He pitched eleven innings against the Gin einnat regulars on the last day of March and won by a score of to ?. Yesterday made his third victory, and 1t was a thirteen-inning event. He is one of the most promising youngsters in the South ern league, and seems to have everything needed.
 On Monday the Barons will divide into Two sections and play an exhibition game for the Odd Fellows and Knights of fythias. The lodges of these two orders are selling tickets for the game, and Indi- cations are that a large crowd will be present.
 The team will be as evenly divided as possible and they will play for keens All the proceeds will go to the lodges John B, Bethea, representing the Knights of Pythias, and Byron DozIer. represent- ing the Odd Fellows. were at the grounds yesterday making the arrangements with Vaughan.
 Ladies will be admitted free when ac- comparing gentleman with a ticket.
 Harlow had his willow greased vester- uay morning, and the result was evident Tn the afternoon game Three hits in live times at the bat
 Clarke is credited with fourteen put- outs in yesterdays game. a very, up,,s ual number for a catcher Eleven of these were strike outs.
 Hennessy took Dusty Millers place in center yesterday afternoon in the seventh inning and his timely bunt in the thir- teehth resulted in the winning run.
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