The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-17

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 The Barons have played just eight games on their second trip to the west. | The defeats to the team check off exact- ly with the number of games played l Krug Is due to join Vaughan in Shreve- port thls morning, and he will probably get in the game this afternoon. Nothing further has been heard with reference to l the Roy Montgomery deal. He has not yet left Louisville to join the Barons, it Is said
 1 President Baugh of the Birmingham association said last night that he knew nothing of a deal being closed for new shortstop. Harry Vaughan is in com plete control, and I have heard nothing from him since Friday" said President 1 Baugh
 Individual members of the team appear to be weary these days. In yesterdays | New Orleans game Vaughan substituted Matthews on account of the lstless play | ing of Clarke. When the Pelicans made l those four runs in the third inning the 1 Barons showed the yellow streak in them. l Just one more week, and the agony is
 
 over, so far as the second invasion of the west is concerned An enthusiastic fan | who offered to bet three days ago that Birmingham would take at least one game while on the trip, last night asked to be allowed to draw down his wager, but 1t was such a "cinch' the taker would not l grant the request.
 Evidently a word to the wise was suf- fcient in Little Rock yesterday. Jordan | and Gear announced that a game would | he played Sunday afternoon, but the au- thorities told them that 1t would be case of iron bars for them if they did. The game was called off,
 Some one has suggested that perhaps if would be a good Idea for the Barons and the Travellers to pull off game In II5tt,e Rock next Sunday. If the Barons don't make any better showing this week than they did last some of the fans ana .oo+ers here think it might be good | tonic for one or two to be placed unoer bond.
 r-ho retirement of Newt Fisher from the eo,,tbarn league leaves only one originai ,noouI-charlie Frank The present South- ern league was organized through the e,forts of Abner Powell, then of New or- ,aa,s. Charlie Frank, then of Memphis
 ,,a,,,+ E,sher of Nashville Since the | organization there have been many changes in the different local assoo'a tions.
 r,,.ahar Walter Denver was presented
 ,., a nair of crutches by an admirer
 .araav He expects to be In the game
 .ha Jndians return rom their two ,seks road trip early In August. He VIII be out in a day or two and VIII "i'ness the Macon series here. Denver is soou one and every one wants 10 see niii' III harness again.-Savannah News
 ,,o..,,,h,s Julv 16-(Special) )-The Cot ton States League. after Tour years oi eN istence is about to experience Il cohapse' Natchez has recently forfeited us iran cbise and President Wheatiey nao no sooner overcome that handicap by placing the club in Mobile than Hattiespurg oi- roctors announced that the franchise was tho ,eaeue's or anyone else's if they want al if The league decided to carry on the franchise at league expense, and now flne Ruff has hoisted the distress signal. Plne p,,r.. o,,h won the pennant last season and was counted on as stronghoio m at tendance of the circuit, but directors arc tired of footing the bills, which they say amount to more than the receipts ano President Wheatley has been called on 10 assist in patching up the seemingly three leaks in the circuit.
 Little Rock, July 6.-(Special)- )-Atlanta and Little Rock did not play today, as 1t was announced that they would. Ihe members of both teams were told that they would be arrested and locked up 1T they attempted to play. and neither went to the park. The fight against Sunday ball was led by the anti-gamblng associa- ton, one of the objects of which Is the enforcement of the Sunday observation laws About 9ooO people went to the park with the expectation of seeing a game.
 Little Rock has released pitcher Ayre- and he has been signed by Atlanta. Pitch CTS Smith and Jackson or Atlanta were injured in Saturdays game and Ayre was signed because of the accidents to them.
 President Kavanaugh today announced the release of Umpire Black. McLaugh- lin, who has been working at Little ROCK, will go to Memphis. and Prenninger who has also been at Little Rock. will go to New Orleans. Carpenter will come to Lt- tie Rock from New Orleans and Ehret will remain at Shreveport. President Kavanaugh says that the season will be finished with four umpires.
 The Birmingham Travellers. under the management of Scott Chestnut. will leave Wednesday afternoon for trip to points in east Alabama and Georgia. The team is made up of players like Joe Burke, Con Welsh. Stevens. Byram' and other local boys. and Manager Chestnut expects to win majority of the games played on the road. The team will prac- tice at West End park this afternoon