The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
ALL ABOUT IT.


 ALL ABOUT IT.
 The Barons are now in perfect con dilon.
 Hausen and Alcock took off the fielding honors.
 The fanatics are crying for more all the time.
 Chicago won a doubleheader from Bos- ton yesterday.
 Yesterdays game was a peach from all standpoints.
 Old man Sizer has never sold baseba1ls in Birmingham.
 It is a cinoh that 500 ball will be played on this road trip.
 The Barons were full of happiness at the station last evening.
 Harry Vaughn thinks that Frank may be out of the salary limit.
 New Orleans is fast crowding upon the leader. Birmingham too is coming fast.
 Shreveport is totter1ng, and within the next few days will be below Birming- ham.
 The victories of the Barons in Sleeper vile have caused baseball stock to go sky high.
 President Baugh of the local club thinks that the rubber ball matter should be inv estigated.
 The Barons were proud again to be in their native city President Baugh led the fans who met them.
 After the Nashville series the Barons are home again for long time. Then the fans will get their share of the sight seeing.
 Hess. third haseman of Shreveport. was struck on the head yesterday in Little Rock by Cy Watt. The blow laid the big fellow out.
 Alcoek was left. This means that Gar win will have to be played this after noon. Thus a piece of carelessness might lose a game
 r would be strange if the Films. after their successive defeats at the hands of Atlanta, should down the Barons. Moth ing, however, is strange in baseball.
 Atlanta had easy rows in Nashville. That burg Is fast crowding Little Rock in the subway. The Films have already lost more games than have the Travellers. special from Meridian is to the effect that Nicksburg has traded Third Baseman Toner for Third Baseman Brown of the White Ribboners. The trade pleases the fans of Meridian.
 Frank can win from Memphis, but if he doesn't drop the majority of the games played with Birmingham, Atlanta and Montgomery then the eastern critics have lost their cunning.
 Wilhelm stated at the station last even ing that he would probably never dupll- cate his record That Is true. He was informed that the city was singing his praises, and he thanked the city.
 Little attendances are what the Barons fear most in Nashville. The fans of that burg are sick. They have a right to be. Birmingham would drop such an aggre- gation in the first river encountered.
 The doctors pronounce Oyler's finger in such a shape that he will not be able to get in the game again within the next week. He might get a whack at the first western team that puts foot in Bir- mingham.
 Keith the college pitcher added to the staff of Little Rock, seems to be there with the goods. He worked exceedingly well against the Pirates yesterday The locals were glad to see Hickman land his game, however.
 Tho east entertains the west next week, beginning Monday Birmingham, by cinch the pennant. If Franks team doesn't play great ball in the east, his chances are up the spout.
 Catcher Powell and Centerfelder Ken nedy have joined the Pirates Brouthers has been enrolled by. Charlie Frank. He failed to set the woods afame yesterday however. Thus, the west strengthens for the coming invasion of the east.
 Montgomery got the only safe hit. It is remembered that Malarkey was ham, mered from the box in Birmingham on tue Fourth. Incidentally. Maxwell who was hammered Monday, was invincible on the Fourth. Pitchers, like ordinary mor- tals have their good and bad days
 Atlanta, by successively handing "23's'' to the Films, and aided by the strange miscues of the Memphii is back again in the first division. There is rejoicing in the Gate City. Really, however, the Bremen deserve to lead the men of Charlie Babb.
 A fan would know from what source Wilhelm derived the name Little Eva " He might ask how Billy Clifford got the name, Single" or how Little Chip came to be called by that unsatisfactory pleasantly. If traditions are to be trusted. however. Howard Williams. a sporting editor of ye olden days in Birmingham derived Little Eva from a contraction of Erwin. However, it is also claimed that B. NJ. Brazeal gave the pitcher his nickname. The matter is all in a stew
 Frank seemed to have quite an easy time in Memphis He took all of the games played in spite of the fact that his pitchers in two of the games yielded more hits than did the twirlers of Memphis. Yesterdays game for instance. was won