The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-30


Montgomery at Birmingham.
Nashville at Atlanta
Shreveport at Memphis.
Little Rock at New Orleans
Again does Dominick MulIaney make
his bow in Birmingham.
The Pretzels return to the slagplle
greatly strengthened as to their pitching
staff, and imbued with tie fanaticism
that they are entering upon the lightning
finish promised their supporters. The
visitors are playing better ball than
heretofore. and unless the yellow
streak of internal dissention, which is
suspicioned between the manager and the
second baseman, breaks out in white heat
they will play the locals to a standstill.
The first game will be called this after
noon, promptly at o'clock. If the rain
god is propltious, there will be an inn
mense audience seated about the field
to see the visitors slaughtered Ginger"
Clark or Wilhelm will open for the locals
and either should succeed in landing his
game. Maxwell will probably be on the
firing line for the visitors. Maxwell has
recently returned to form. and gives
promise of being able to pitch the same
article of ball as before he pegged out
from overwork
The Pretzel Pitchers.
1t is probable that the Pretzels have
the best pitching staff in the league. Six
twirlers are carried at present. Max
well, the young star who will undoubted-
ly become the property of the Philadel-
phia Athletics next season, Malarky,
whose worth is unquestioned. BARLEY.
the old Southern Lacquer, recently at
tached to the staff of Connie Mack;
Breitenstein, formerly of Shreveport. and
who is familiar to local fans, and two
new recruits. Walsh of Texas and Trib-
BILE of the Georgia State league, go to
makeup the slab corps. Both of the lat
ter have shown good form
Some one of the above mentioned pitch
ers will be discarded beyond peradven-
ture. Whether or not Malaney is i'm vio-
latlon of the salary limit. is unknown,
but 1t is certain that he is carrying as
are six pitchers. McAleese and Hansen
are his catchers. Schwartz Is his sec
ond baseman. Perry is playing third, and
Busch is his short. In the outheld are
Apperious, Mccain and Houtz. Mullaney
is on first, and while he is not counted
as regular player when the number
of hired men is enumerated, half of his
salary is included in the moneys boun-
Mull's Popularity.
1t cannot be justly said that Mullaney
daries
is very popular In Birmingham. As long
as the big first baseman remains calm
and collected, which is only as long as
everything runs the way he chooses, his
joviality and good humor, is attractive
But Null has temper which has broken
forth on more than one occasion in Bir-
mingham, thus accounting for the unpop-
ularity of the big Turk" Mullanev
started his career in the Southern league
as Brmngham's first baseman. He was
turned adrift when he struck an umpire
with a bat When he was last In Biz
mingham, he ran into crowd in his eff
fort to field ball, and when he stumbled
over small boy. causing him to lose
the out he lost his temper, and threw
the youths cap far out of reach On the
same day, Chief Wier was compelled To
go upon the field, and enter into CONVEX
sation with Manager Mullaney. The chief
states that Mullaney was Offering to
scrap some fan in the smoker who was
Kidding him.
When the question of ability arises
however. every local fan knows that
First Baseman Mullaney has everything
in the south ''shunt." when the fielding
end of the game is taken into consider
alton. He is unquestionably one of the
best initial sackmen in the league know
Ing what to do and when it should be
done.
Oyler is Ill.
Oyler was reported on the sick list again
yesterday 1t was not learned, however
whether or not he would be able to get
in the game this afternoon. Hope was
held out that he would be, but there was
no certainty With Oyler out, the Barons
will be badly handicapped.
Smith, however. will be able to get
again into harness. The long right fielder,
as is remembered. was injured In the
recent Little Rock series, and has since
been unable to play. 1t is reported that
ne will return to his territory tomorrow.
There will be no other changes in the
lineup.