The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-10
SLAGPILE NOTES.


man in town who had the real dope on
Mayer, the new inhelder obtained by the
Barons from the st. Louis Cardinals.
From some unknown source this en-
thusiast dug up records of the youngster
from places where no one thought rec
ords existed, and he finds that Mayer
has played several games with the Car
diras and made a good showing each
time.
In one game at short he accepted nine
chances without an error and secured a
nice hit out of three times at the bat
In other games he played at short and
at third, and f1elded in great shape He
has secured several hits in the various
games.
The question came up yesterday how
Miller could make two runs in a game
when he was only credited with one time
at the bat. The solution was easy
enough. He drew one base on balls and
the pitcher hit him the other time,
neither of which count as a time "at
bat"
The Atlanta News prints the following
are having trouble with big league
TEAMS and theirs Is not half as bad an
experience as Birmingham has had.
Clarke Griffith and his New York
americans have as much chance of get
ting the training privilege here In At
lanta next spring as the Brooklyns of
romping home first in the National
league race. Griff and his stars left here
under something of a cloud last night
at least that Is the way many Atlanta
rams look at it, and the clouds won't
have rolled by next spring
"A game was scheduled between the
Yankees and the Atlantas out at Pied
mont yesterday afternoon. The weather
man had reached up to a corner of a
high back shelf and handed down a class
of goods which a Bostonian might have
called anachronisms-which means
among other things, hail 1t raineu
hailed, showed and did everything else in
five minutes The sun finally won out
but the air was chill and snappy and II
was just the kind OF weather to injure
a mans arm
However, 1t was as bad for the Atlanta
players as for Griff and hAs crew. JOY
hef ana Jordan are no more anxious than
the Old Fox to have pitchers wear lame
wings The Atlantas journeyed out to
the park and warmed up for the game
Ihey waited for the Yankees to appear
there any notice from Griffith that he
was not going to play the game.
When the team reached town again. it
was discovered that Grinith had planned
for his men to take a train for New
York at noon. The train happened to
beat out the throw and Griff decided to
wait until midnight Bat. bag and bag
gage. tn team rubbea the SCOT of soft
smoke from its common face to its COM
mon sleeve and went to the sleeper car
ly in the evening. By this time the
men are well on their way to New York.
The Paducah X. I. T. league team de-
feated the Pittsburg National league
team by score of 3 to ,, in hard
fought game Friday afternoon.
Nashville took two games from Nike
Firms Toledo Mud Hens in Fishorsowa
Smith--yes Carlos Smith-rlppai lif three
hits. out of as many times at the bat
In the last game.
George Tebeau of the Louisville base
ball club gave out the following state
ment to the Courier-Journal in reply to
the charge made by Newt Fisher, man
ager of the Nashville club. about not
living up to his promise in regard to
sending the regular Louisville team to
play at Nashville on April and 6:
When Newt Fisher makes the state
ment that | agree to send my regular
team to Nashville, he declares something
that is not true. At several different
periods during the past three months he
has written for dates in Louisville My
replies showed that we were scheduled
at home on April 8 and g. and Fisher
knew this fact very well. The fact of
the matter is that Fisher is on the
cheap He has the poorest paid team
in his league each year. and this year
is no exception to the rule. His team
is slow and very wear. and his PLAYERS
are not an attraction in their own city,
and because he is not drawing he had
better not try to lay the blame on the
visiting teams.
Ills people are getting on to him, and
won't stand for his cheap methods. Or
dinarily Nashville is good ball town.
but Fisher is killing it. When he says
that Louisville will never play at Nash
Vile as long as l am at the head of the
Louisville club. he makes statement
which l heartily lndorse.
II had no desire to send any team to
Nashville this spring, as l knew it would
not pay but did 1t simply to accommo-
date him In filling up a few open dates
he could not otherwise have filed
This same Fisher is the man who, a
year ago. sent out a circular letter to
the Glass A league managers tipping off
the good players of the other clubs in
his league and suggesting that they sign
them. His object was very plain. l. e.
not caring to give his patrons the fast
article of ball by paying enough money.
and being outclassed by the other teams
in his leauge. he took this means to
weaken the other clubs and the PLAYING
strength of his league and lower the
standard of baseball. in order that he
might save a few dollars"
Louisville has traded Catcher O'Nein
who was secured from Cincinnati, to
Kansas City for Hugh Hill
Since the American league was respon-
sible for the beginning of the now ia
nous baseball war that transformed that
organization from sectional minor
league to major organization of the
first class. the large salaries which were
paid to the various star payers of the
country have attracted a great deal of
attention from the press and the baseball
fans of the country Much has been writ
ten in this connection about the enor-
nous salary this or that player was get
ting After all has been said. however,
strict attention to truth and facts COM
Lajoie of the Cleveland club as the high
est-priced ball player the game has ever
known.
ioie will have drawn soc In SALARY for
four years services on the diamond. In
1902 Laioe drew $500 in salary from the
Philadelphia Americans before he was
by the Pennsylvania courts from
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