The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-28

1.-THE rule is a good one and should be
enforced in every city. None but visiting
scribes and working reporters should be
allowed in the press box This is the
rule all over tie country and is enforced
except in the benighted village of Stag
town, where it is the custom for every
newspaper man in town to try and push
into the 2x4 coop that they call a press
box. When in there they proceed to make
life miserable for the umpire and play
ers. Last September the scribes of New
Orleans had an experience of one inning
in that so-called press stand. 1t was
enough to last forever. The New Orleans
press gang are still wondering If they
had broken into an insane asylum by
mistake"
The scribe is wrong in one thing. The
Baron management has erected an excel
rent press box now, and all the visiting
newspaper men will. be entertained there
when they come-minus the complaint
made in the above. They can have all of
the dope and the peanuts they want
All the Barons and lords of the manor
with the exception of Cowboy Clarke
and Sc'hiap will leave this morning for
Atlanta, there to try conclusions in four
contests against the present headliners
of the percentage column.
Raglan will pitch the opening game,
| Ginger will probably follow him and
Kirkpatrick will be called on for the
third. Sallee and Pylant will also be
taken along and Manager Vaughan may
send them in to pitch one of the games.
Newt Fisher and his tribe will go to
Montgomery to open series there today.
| His team is no stronger now than it was
when 1t arrived here, and it is about
nip and tuck between it and the Mont
gomery aggregation.
1t was peculiar that both of the teams
with a percentage of 1000 should have
| fallen the same afternoon after running
neck and neck for several days. Atlanta
goes at the Lead of the percentage
column. she has played one more game
than either Memphis or Birmingham,
and lost only one.
| Murdoch showed some of the form at
the bat yesterday for which he was noted
on the coast. In the past two games he
has secured a couple of three baggers and
double, and that's batting some.
Hafford had .he batting goods with him
| again yesterday when hits were needed.
His double to the left field fence brought
| in the two runs
Murdoch made play yesterday that
few understood. He anchored on third on
a triple. and about the second ball
thrown, he started for the plate. He
evidently expected to work the squeeze
but the ball was so wide that Willie
| Clark had no chance to hit 1t. If he could
have touched the ball at all. even for a
| short infield grounder, Murdoch would
| easily have scored.
Umpire Bassett put Clarke out of the
game yesterday for talking to him too
much He claims to have warned the lit
! tie catcher to stop, and Clarke did not.
| If ever a man had right to talk to the
umpire, Clarke did just as that moment,
i
sett had called Clarke out at second when
he was evidently safe.
| During the last half of the fifth yes
4 terday it looked as If it would rain. and
+, that seemed to be the only thing that
| would save the Barons. They prayed for
rain and delayed the game as much as
possible. but the rain passed over.
| The newspaper scribes and the man.
| agement in Memphis are not on the best
| of terms as the management has curtail-
| ed the pass privilege to one for each
paper. The papers are naturally resent
| ing the action.
| President Morrill, of the New Orleans
association paid the way of all the Mem
| phis scribes into the game so as to see
that they were treated with the courtesy
| due them. Manager Frank first invited
| them all in as his guest, then he acted
on the following telegram from Mr.. Nor
| rill:
New Orleans. April 25 1906
| Charles Frank, Manager, Memphis
Tenn:
please tender your good offices and
| fix up newspaper trouble. Any extra
| tickets newspaper men want within the
| limit We give here for games you play
| you pay for. Tell Ewing by all means
to fix this matter up. We ask this moi
i only on account of our friendship fol-
| Memphis. but for the good of entire
| league Baseball has no better friends
| than newspapers. even II they do roam
| once in a while.
FRED B. MORRILL,"
|
| There's nothing like Hoods Sarsaparil-