The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-06
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

With Birmingham out of the way, Ma larkey's Montgomery array arrives today for a wind-up at Sulphur Springs. This squad seems to have thrown off Its win ming sheet of late, and it will take some tai land lively hustllng to choke them off. In a four-game stand against At lanta they got away with two victories and two drawn battles. The work of their slabmen and Shortstop Ball has been something far above the run. This same Ball, by the way, seems to have dark shade on any other shortstopper in the league today view him from any angle that you wlll.-Nashville Tennessean.
 They boost Ball everywhere.
 'I will be in the lineup totay," said Leewee to the writer last night, and will play my best to win I appreciate the fact that the Pirates are In hole, and no matter what my personal griev- ances may be, I will not leave them. = Shreveport Times:
 Lewee has been relieved of the team captalncy, and Warrender is his success sor.
 Eastern scribes say "Whitey' Gucse displays a streak of yellow on the road, and they say that Is the reason Cholly Frank made him a strictly home pitcher.
 They are dead wrong.
 There is not bit of yellow about Guese. He doesn't quit. He never gives up never has been known to throw up the sponge when base hits were coming In his direction like shot out of a Gatllng gun. "Whitey" will stick just as long as his manager will let him.
 The only trouble with "Whitey' Is that he hasn't the nerve to steady himself when things go wrong.-New Orleans Item.
 Maybe it was a lack of nerve, after all. We knew it was something that kept him at home.
 Ross Helm, who has been pitching star ball for Macon, has been signed by Ma larky, and will report In Nashville, where Montgomery openG tomorrow. Helm IS an Alabama boy, his home being near Florata and he attracted attention by his work with semi-professional teams In that part of the state. He finished up the season with Macon last year and has been one of their stand d-bys this season. Mont gomery Advertiser.
 Some malicious knocker has been spreading the story that all the members of the Little Rock team were in more or less Intoxicated condition Thursday, and that this fact was responsible for their poor showing In that game. The sporting editor of the Gazette Is in position to brand this story as an out-and-out He. There was not a single member of the team who was even slightly under the influence of liquor during the game. The whole team was simply suffering from one of those slumps that affects even the best of teams at times. The story IS rank injustice to the members of the Little Rock team, who nave never been guilty of any ungentlemanly conduct up- on the ball field during the season. The story was doubtless started by the ill., advised attempt of one of the local pa pers to be funny at the expense of one of the most valuable and hard working members of the team. It is this kind of thing that makes ball players get sore on a town and play for their release It IS to be sincerely hoped that no one who has sense enough to appreciate the great article of ball that the team has been putting up during the past week will pay any heed to the scurrilous tales.-Arkan- Gazatte