The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-02
THE DOPE SHEET.

Walsh looks good
 Mclaughlin was not bad,
 May they all be victories
 
 Another victory was good.
 Minahan is safe in Toledo.
 The Babbites are coming fast
 Finn is strengthening all the time.
 
 Errors and bum plays did the work
 An off day for New Orleans and Little Rock.
 The Pretzels did US one to the bad for keeps, sure.
 Another kind of game at West End this afternoon. The Indians have come.
 Molesworth, strange to relate. got no safe hit in the Montgomery series.
 Wilhelm was never in danger of defeat. He has wonderful head on his shoulders.
 As whole. the series was on the bum The Barons did not play in the old style
 Memphis is now second in the race. having passed Atlanta yesterday by point.
 Birmingham in Nashville today. sallee will open up one of the Duggans being his opponent.
 Bartley is in Cincinnati. If he doesn't play with me-" said Mullaney, "he will not play at all.'
 Mcintyre pitched a wonderful game yes- terday and lost Birmingham could have done better than Brooklyn
 Boston is out of the cellar. Hurray! Hurrayi Little Rock will soon come out, too St. Louis Is now in the mire.
 Garvin was the star of the game from sentimental standpoint. He played ex- ceedingly well from any standpoint
 Sparks of Philadelphia handed keen defeat to Detroit yesterday. The career of the southerner Is watched with inter- est.
 I.lebhardt won his first game all right enough but Becker should have had the second The Pirates are easy for the big German.
 Miller got a hit in Atlanta yesterday Buchanan gave three hits to zeller's five, but lost just a'e same. He was guilty of having made a balk
 The Philadelphia Nationals according to a story in one of the Atlanta papers, have made a big offer for James Fox, first baseman. The offer has been refused.
 It Is said that Mique Finn went to Day. 11ro | ont af ha club into selling him Elmer Duggan He thus got ahead of Atlanta, who was sleeping at the post
 Paul Stevenson, who played with the University of Alabama baseball team last spring, and who has been working with Meridian, passed through Birmingham last evening en route for Nashville, declaring that Finn had purchased his release, and would give him a try-out.
 The New Orleans Item Is authority for the statement that several players about the circuit are preparing an affidavit to the effect that Buckley is a bad" um- pire. President Kavanaugh has said that he would make an investigation.
 A special from Indianapolis states that Cy Young, an infelder is the property of Birmingham The local management knows nothing of that fact. The special did not say whether or not this Cy Young was a relative of the Immortal Cy.
 A Decatur fan writes the sporting edi- tor of The Herald concerning an all- southern team that he has chosen With the single exception of Hughes substi- tuition by Maxwell the lineup of this fan is similar to that of The Age Herald's choice last Sunday. He suggests that Vaughn be manager of this team. The suggestion Is good
 Umpire O'Day has been suspended in the National league for failing to report for duty Umpire Clarence Owens of the American association has been cleared of the charges that he placed bets on certain teams. John Ward of the Philadelphia club has been suspended for violation of con tract McGinnity has received a fine for his recent scrap with Player Pietz.
 Mullaney was never in better spirits He wired the Advertiser day before yes terday that he had won again and, never theless, was still sleeper. He did little wiring yesterday, however. Sport ing Editor Screws wired Mullaney before the game yesterday that the town was his if he made it three straights. Mulla- ney stated to the sporting editor of The Age-Herald that he thought he had done fairly well 1t was.
 The official scores of the three games of the Montgomery series show that Will helm, Montgomery and Montgomery and Garvin are the winners of the three hats offered by R. J. Kiefe. of 'The Hat Box" Wilhelm allowed seven hits, while Clark and Ragan allowed nine each. Wilhelm Is therefore the winner Montgomery got three hits in the three games, while Gear. Walters, Garvin. Meeks and Matthews got two each. while Smith. Wilhelm and Clark got only one each. Montgomery is therefore the winner. In the matter of stolen bases. the official scores show that but four were stolen in the series. Of this number Montgomery got two and Garvin two.