The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

Shreveport Times.
 Hugh Roberts, the sporting scribe for The Birmingham Age-Herald, is inclined to poke fun at Billy Smith and at Presl- dent Chambers of the Montgomery club. for their performance on Friday and Sat urday, when, after passing blood-curdling defies, they settled the matter by ex- changing written statements, each man presenting his with a bow that would have done credit to D'Artagnan.
 While naturally there was something ridiculous in this Alphonse-Gaston per formance after such dire threats had been made, Atlanta patrons of the game are inclined to feel very well satisfied over the peaceful settlement of the row which, to say the least, was starting such tactics a little early in the season. There are two sides to everything. and just who is to blame in this little affair will probab ply never be known in Atlanta. Smith must have had some provocation for his alleged explosion, but local fans are too we'll ac- quainted with his peppery nature to un- dertake to prove the Montgomery people entirely in the wrong. No wthat it is over it is hoped that this will be the last af- fair of the season in which the Atlanta team is involved.-Atlanta Constitution.
 The above seems excellent. Smiths dis position is a trife "peppery."
 Under the caption, Some Forgotten Records" an exchange has the following:
 In 1899 Buck Freeman of Washington got twenty-five home runs during the season, something never done before or since.
 In 1902 Irwin Wilhelm of the Birming ham Club of the Southern league pitched both games of a double header against Nashville. He gave Nashville but one hit in each game
 In 1904 Pitcher Baxter Sparks of the Yazoo City team of the Delta league pitched twenty-one straight victories. He pitched in three double-headers in which three of the games were shut-outs. He pitched a no-run, no-hit game and had seven shut-outS.
 In 1905 Oliver Faulker of the Washing ton Athletic club team pitched seventy seven consecutive innings without a run being made against him. That is almost equivalent to pitching nine straight shut out games. The best previous record was made by Wiggs, who pitched forty-four innings without being scored on. Ches- bro pitched thirty-nine innings.
 What seemed impossible has been ac- complished. The good ball playing of the Boosters has forced the Birmingham pa pers to admit that Nashville has base ball team or else that the Barons are one of the poorest aggregations in the league. They chose the former.
 Of Saturdays game The Age-Herald says:
 Excellence in three departments of the game, pitching, fielding and hitting, won for Nashville.-Nashville Banner.
 It is a compliment To admit that one is worthy sometimes requires nerve.
 There was one thing to admire about that game, however, from the standpoint of Birmingham. That was the support given the team by the fans. Birmingham has been losing day after cay and her percentage falling all the time The slag pile fans come out just the same and root and do their best to put ginger into the game. That's the sort of thing that helps. It will show in the Baron's playing, too. Nashville Banner.
 Birmingham fans are the best about this little circuit.