The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-31
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WHAT OTHERS SAY.


of the Southern league. Since leaving
Atlanta one week ago from last Saturday,
the Crackers have played ten games.
OF the ten, eight have been victories.
The two that were lost. one to Memphis
and one to Little Rock, each went the
other way by narrow margin of one
run. The first game on the trip was drop
ped to Memphis by the score of to 3,
Sparks, who was pitching against Lieb-
hardt having one bad inning The other
defeat was the final contest at Little Rock
Saturday, in which Doc Chldls got the
small end of a / to 0 battle.
Can that record be beaten?
1t was, and is crippled team too.
AS to why Atlanta has been winning
Superb pitching backed y heavy and
sequential hitting, has turned the trick.
In the ten games, Atlanta has made
lightweight hits, an average of S.S per
game.
Opponents have made ffty-four, an
average of ga per game
Atlanta's team batting average for the
trip, .25S.
Opponents team batting average, .175.
Atlanta has stolen two bases to every
one by opponents.
And the fielding has been on a parity.
Hughes, Harley and Zeller have won all
the games they have pitched, two each.
Childs and Sparks have each won one
and lost one.-Atlanta Georgian.
THE Atlanta Baseball association has
offered the Flrecrackers $1,000 to be dis
tributed equally among them If they fin
ish the season as high as second place.
This Is in addition to the offer made
at the beginning of the season when the
local association offered the Atlanta team
$1,000 should it win the pennant.
The Firecrackers are now right on the
heels of the Memphii and should they win
a majority Of the games from New Or
leans in the series which commences to-
morrow and take the series from the
Babblers which begins with a double
header on Labor Day. it is more than
likely that the $1,000 cash bonus will go to
the local players.
The money will be distributed equally
between Manager Smith and fourteen
players Each man would receive slightly
over $66.-Atlanta News.
Yesterday morning Manager McCloskey
of Louisville who is manager of the st.
Louis Nationals, reached the city from
Shreveport and witnessed the game be-
tween the Pelcans and Nashville.
McCloskey is on a tour of the Southern
cities looking over the material in this
league which might hake good recruits
for his club of next season He heard of
Crawford whom Philadelphia secured
from Houston, and took trip over to
Texas to see if there were any more men
like him in that district, and then stopped
over at Shreveport and came on down to
Now Orleans.
Last night he left this city quietly, and
II is supposed that he will turn up this
morning in Memphis and be a member of
the crowd In the stand for the wind up
game of the Birmingham Memphis series.
In Shreveport it is understood that Nc
Closkey. paid special attention to Byrne,
the fast shortstop and King, the out
fielder. and also gave Abstein a looking
over. He would not express his opinion
of the men he saw. He also had nothing
to say of the men who played yesterdays
game.
Manager Finn of Nashville was with Nc
Closkey during the game at Athletic park
but Finn stated later that he did not
talk deal once.
It is pretty well known that st. Louis
wanted Breitensten last season to play
the outfed and pitch occasionally, but
McCloskey did not reach after the Peli-
can southpaw yesterday.
McCloskey wanted to see the men of this
section at work when they were in their
best form He could tell more of their
real ability then than in the spring when
they were out of shape. He is simply
around getting a line and making a few
notes on what he has seen. Later on he
will begin to negotiate for those who took
his fancy.-New Orleans Picayune.
1t looks as If Clark Griffith has landed
one of the finds of the season in Joe
Doyle, the young twirler he bought from
the Wheeling club for $500.
DOYLE donned a uniform Saturday morn
ing and tossed up some of his fast and
slow curves to Griffith. After Doyle had
dealt out his assortment or benders Crit
fifth said:
"That will do, Doyle. Be at the grounds
at o clock and get on uniform"
Doyle warmed up well. and when the
bell rang he walked out on the diamond,
cheered on by some 1900 fans. For the
first two innings he was rather nervous,
and Kleinow and Elberfield had to keep
talking to him to steady him. After that
he settled down. accomplishing the re-
markable feat of striking out Larry
Lajoie.
Doyle has everything that pitcher
needs to be successful twirling. He has
plenty of speed, good control, and great
drop ball and a high inshoot, which bat
ters usually go after. He mixed his curves
up very we'll For a pitcher he swings
well at ball. On his showing of Satur-
day he ought to develop into a great
pitcher.
Only six games separates Grffith's crowd
from first place. and there is still chance
of overtakng Comiskey's White Sox.-
| New York Sun.
Mike Mowery looked mighty good to the
thousands who filled every inch of seating
space for the doube-header Sunday at
League park. and his debut at the bat was
auspicious In response to the great burst
of applause that greeted him. he poked a
single through the Giants infield. scoring
the Reds first two runs. He also made
another bingle before the first game end
ed. and though he didn't get hit in next
game, 1t was his long fly that scored the
Reds winning run in the second game
Afeld he didn't have much to do, but he
did all he had a chance to.-Cincinnah
Post.
The two former Atlantians with St
Louis clubs, Ben Koehler with the Amer
leans and Pug Bennett with the Nationals
are playing excellent baseball. Koehler
is considered the greatest ground-coverer
among American league outfelders. and is
now hitting .247. Bennett is playing
steady game at second base, hitting .25S
Another old Atlanta player that has
come straight to the front, is Mig Clarke
of the Clevelands. Mig holds second
place in the batting average in the Amer
lean league. George Stone is still in the
lead. with $40, and Mig has an average of
.365.-Atlanta Journal.
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