The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-18
THE DOPE SHEET
Birmingham wins, if it does not rain,

Birmingham wins, if it does not rain.
 Rain everywhere yesterday save Little Rock.
 Locally. the fans are very anxious for the game.
 Let us all hope that the weather man sleeps through it all.
 Cleveland and Philadelphia are tied for the lead in the American league.
 Brooklyn lost its fourth straight game yesterday. Thus Montgomery has rival.
 If there is no rain, Clark will work for Birmingham today, and Spade or Rowan for Atlanta
 Randy, the Little Rock twirler, in whom President Kavanaugh has expressed con fidence, is showing up well, after all.
 The St. Louis team lost to Cincinnati because of eight errors. St. Louis should have lost even though it is credited with eleven hits.
 The American association started yes terday and Columbus again took the
 
 raised it's second successive pennant.
 Pittsburg saw it's first game yesterday afternoon. President Pulliam threw the first ball. after which the National Pirates made four errors and lost the game to the Chicago Cubs.
 Each team in the Shreveport-L Rock game made three scores, all of which were earned. This is strange con sdering the fact that in the game eight errors were made.
 Shreveport rallied in the ninth, and the tie was not broken at the end of the eleventh. Shreveport made five errors and Little Rock three. Shreveport got the more hits, however.
 The Atlanta Journal is confident that Atlanta will get Casteman. If Casteman pans out with the goods, and Atlanta's S pitching staff Is materially bettered, At lanta might win the rag.
 Jack Lee formerly with Montgomery and Shreveport. won again yesterday for Jacksonville. He is making good in minor company. He was never very bad in Southern league circles, either.
 The Chicago Cubs have won three games and lost none. standing today at the head of the National league. Won der if they will duplicate their record for 116 games won last year. Hardly.
 Considering the fact that only 5000 fans saw the opening game in Pittsburg yes terday. there Is ground for the belief that Birmingham rivals that city in other respects than iron and steel production.
 New York Amreicans, making three scores in the ninth, won game over Philadelphia that they had practically lost This rivaled Shreveport's stunt in Little Rock, for the Pirates did not win after all
 Bugs Raymond won for Macon yes- terday over Charleston. He scored a shut-out His catcher was Fox, brother to long Jim at present in Birmingham with Atlanta The game was a corker, however for the victory was a 1 to 0 af fair.
 Glaze, Boston American, held Wash ington to three hits and won yesterday. Lindaman, Boston National. held Phila- delphia to three hits and won, too. There's nothing stranger than for one of the Boston teams to win. much less both of them.
 
 In writing to the Atlanta Georgian from Birmingham, Percy Whiting states that the local fans are generous with their applause, 1t matters not whether the brilliance is against them. In another chapter, the same writer says that Bir- mingham fans are hard losers. Both statements are correct, too.
 After pitching the no-hit game for Jackson, Bugs Raymond was sold to Charleston of the South Atlantic. In At lanta, Bugs told Walter Taylor that he was taking care of himself. and would like again to appear in the Southern league. If he was in the Southern, he would rank with the best, as long as he continued to fight shy of the booze.
 John Evans, the well known reporter who started his career in Birmingham, is a warm friend of Johny Dobbs, manager of the Nashville team. Evans writes the sporting editor of The Age-Herald that he is willing to wager that Nashville beats Birmingham out, which goes to show that experience in baseball matters has taught John nothing. He's as bad as Atticus Mullin.