The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
THE DOPE SHEET.

pire, Buckley
THE DOPE SHEET.
Revenge today.
Still In the lead.
Wilhelm had one bad inning.
Little Rock seems the jonah
New Orleans is close behind.
Atlanta is pushing Shreveport.
Wish it had rained in the sixth.
Keith performed marvelously we'll
Wilhelm felded his position nicely.
Those three runs-how fast they came.
Gsa1vin had his first off-day of the sea-
son..
Douglass got two hits. He continues to
lead the league.
Meeks is still leading the local swat
ters. He has an average of .2S6.
Birmingham, Atlanta and Shreveport
have lost forty-seven games each.
Hughes is bead and shoulders above
any other pitcher on the Atlanta team.
Bird felded his position as we'll yester-
day as he ever did with the Pelicans.
1t seems hard for Birmingham to get
good lead. Something always happens.
The meeting between Kavanaugh and
Lowery Arnold will be sheepish, you bet.
The Barons will win the two games that
remain from the Little Rock aggrega
ton
A storm came up during the game. but
play was ncS stopped. 1t rsined after all
was over
The way Johnson plays short is only
rivalled by the manner in which he plays
every other position.
Rain ended the Montgomery NJ emphis
game in the fourth inning, when the
score was tied, 1 to l.
President Kavanaugh is coming to in
after this term of office
It Is probable that Minahan will even
tually show up as did Watt In spite of
the denias that were hoated.
IT is reported that Joe Burke has lost
his position with the Cotton States league.
No confirmation is had as yet.
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the ball that Smith returned to the field,
the day would have been saved.
Ten games when next the Memphi and
the Pelicans visit Birmingham Each will
do much towards telling the story
Brooklyn defeated Chicago yesterday on
account of the magnificent fielding of
Lumley. who cut down hits that meant
runs,
Little Rock is fast gaining on Nash
vile. The Firms have won two games
more than have the Travellers and have
lost two more
Meridian and Mobile are fighting it out
for the leadership in the Cotton States.
Both have won forty-seven games. and
lost thrty-three.
Birmingham sacredly regards the salary
limit. Birmingham is all alone. il seems.
Memphis says that Memphis is all alone.
So does New Orleans.
The Montgomery and Atlanta papers are
waging a war right al present as to
which city is the greatest umpire batter.
Both are black enough.
taif ~.
of the FIVE leaders will land the rag That
is really a hard proposition. Montgomery
may be counted in too.
Perhaps Kavanaugh will tell something
about the rubber BALI deal when he
gets to Birmingham. The date of that in
vestigation has not been fixed.
Washington and St. Louis went for thir-
teen innings yesterday. II that pace is
kept up. the Southern league will have
a rival for extra inning affairs.
Meeks worked exceedingly fast yester-
day. He is improving day by day. In
cidentally. he heat out an infeld hit. but
was aided in so doing by nix-up be-
tween Keith and Hickey.
You can put it in your pipe and smoke
il. Bartleys enrolment by Mulaney will
bring about another winning streak such
as that one which got for the Pretzels
the name of Climbers"
In the summary of the Atlanta-Shreve-
port game will be seen where Fisher Is
charged with a balk. This makes three
of the season. Ssllee and Herman hav-
ing made the other two.
Rilliard won another Game vesferdav
In addition to excellent pitching, he hit
for three bags. and brought home three
men. Gardner. the old Southern Lacquer,
is also right there will the goods
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal is
sick and tired Of the easy manner in
which the Memphii lose TO Charlie Frank.
That paper is at last waking up to what
is happening. The writer declares that
Hurlburt should b. subjected to severe
punishment for his rotten throwing to