The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-10
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

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 WHAT OTHERS SAY.
 In many respects the Southern league season now fading over the h horizon of autumn has been notable one, All eight clubs have been pretty well nes- tied into one bunch, while two of them are even now furnishing beautiful sprint down the stretah, nose to nose.
 In other respects, however. the sea son has been sadly mottled The um- piring, with one or maybe two excep- tions. has been a joke-only 1t hasn't been a very funny joke. The 1907 staff has been the most hopelessly incom- potent and diabolically farclcal that any first-class minor league has ever drawn in the annals of the game. Moth eaten umpiring has spoiled many good ball game all around the circuit with people like Eldridge, Hackett. Flynn, Rim and others In charge. Rrdder- ham was far and away the best of the lot Dan Pfenninger probably came next. The rest resembled bum -pires' or yam -pires" more than they did "umpires," They drew on an average about $50 per week and delivered about 27 cents worth of goods. Nashville Tennessean.
 
 Memphis again loses and Atlanta once more pulls off a victory, the later once more copping the lead. Four meas ly points now separate the two. Just who will win 1t Is impossible to tell, but If looks just a shade like the Crackers with the finish at home, and that's big advantage in Atlanta or anywhere else. for that matter. The race Is surely a warm one, and 1t looks a wee h wi talr ia MafDnhis Al lanta series to decide 1t. However, Billy Smith will not find himself pen nant- wipner until that flag Is finally laid away and tagged for if there ever was hustler 1t Is Charlie Babb, and he is going to put up fearrully stin argument to hold the place he has held so gallantly throughout the summer. But it looks exceedingly doubtful that he will win 1t by that protest filed on those two Labor Day games Johnny Duggan was suspended Puzzle-Find the fifteenth Nashville American.
 We have to slip 1t to our old friend, Little Eva" Wilhel After he hand cd that luscious lemon to us at Ponce DeLeon awhile back we wanted to garrote him. But he evened up by handing some fruit of the same variety to Memphis, and he Is now square with the game-Atlanta Georgian.
 Perry Lipe has reached Atlanta, but Manager Smith has decided not to sign the Macon manager.
 Louis Castro worked out Thursday and appeared to be all right, so he will retain Castro as utility man and not take on Lipe.
 There will be no change In the line up.
 You don't catch me eaking win ming combination" says Bill.-Atlsnta Georgian.
 According to the Sporting News. Tom Fisher has been purchased by the St. Louis Americans and Massing goes to the White Sox Benson to the St. Louis Americans and Graham 10 the same team. That puts Shreveport up against Il loss of four men, but the greatr of All will be Fisher. The Pirates will have to seek a new manager Atlanta Journal.
 The latest gent to receive a call from higher league is none other than Per " Lipe. Billy smith has been watch ing the movements of Lipe the entire season and believes that he will make fl good man for the Atlanta lnfeld, eith- CT at third base or shortstop. When Smith says that man Is good you can generally take tie lip as straight one. as smith has picked but mighty few lemons. Ills selection of lslpe can hardly be regarded as any great sur prise for the local manager has been timber for a higher league some time when you find A steadier athlete than inc if will take q warld of money to nay the expenses Of the scouts. And one more thing in Lpe's favor that you seldom find. Provided no accident nap mems to him between now and Wednes- dav night he will have completed his tffb successive season without missing an inning of play.-Macon News.
 Added to the discontinue of local fans in regard 10 prospects for win ming a pennant information reached 1are that the heretofore strong ldtlie Pock team. which was depended on 10 check Atlanta's winning streak. VIII meet the Georgians in the coming series minus the services or Pltchef heih' walters and Hughes their looked-on strongest slabmen. Keith leaves Mon dav SO Manager Finn wires. To start on bls trip to England, where he Wlll take up his studies at oNiofd. haNihe won in competitive examination Rhodes scholarship. Walters ieaNes = bts North Carolina home. and Hughes is suffering from A sore alil- Riu Douglass has already left the team snr inc Memphis Commercial
 ipioht now Is a period of awful sus- ,Anse in baseball circles.
 Atlanta has the lead. The question is can sh hold IF -
 IT is too much to expect of Birming ham that the Barons will win agaln caturdav. They have certainly done their fair share toward keeping tbe ra, in the east. And there will be no baTd feelings if they lose today.-At- Ianta Georgian.
 Leo Walsh has been suspended From the Montgomery baseball team for the remalnder of the season This action on the part af the management of the 1ocaf club was taken after the game yesterday afternoon.
 Wals hhas done some good work for the Montgomery team this season, though his record in the last six or