The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-29

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 Johnny Dobbs again forgot to check the Boosters bats to Nashville last night, but there wasn't a player or hanger-on who blamed him in the least. The boys will hti with the old sticks this afternoon and if there Is any hot talk it won't be about the manager. The reason is that he fills three mems jobs. Here they are; As player he plays center field as fast and as well as any outfielder in the league and gets a goodly number of bingles. l As a manager he directs the team in 1 it's every move on the field and off of 1t. He keeps his eye on every other team in the country, always looking for recruits. As his own secretary he handles the transportation. takes charge of the many details incident to taking care of care free bunch of ball players. collects the money from the visiting club All the other teams of the league have secre- taries who are worried to death by this work.
 The first two jobs he fills so well that 1t would never enter any ones head to sug- gest a change, but the third and last, that of secretary, seems very much too much. It pays the club, of course, not to carry a secretary-that is, it pays in the short run. But how about the long run? Nashville Banner.
 They are making an idol of that fellow Dobbs.
 It must be a backhanded sort of dis appointment to the people who built the park
 They planned it to meet all demands for the next ten years. And then the first day the crowd splits it wide open.
 Of course some of the crowd was ''pa- per'-came in an passes and invitations but there was not any "paper' down Tn the bleachers, and onlY, a comparatively small amount anywhere.-Atlanta Geor- gian.
 If you win the people will go out, won't they?
 Sam Apperious was out at the game yesterday and said that he is feeling in pretty good shape and thinks he will be able to get back in center by next week-Montgomery Advertiser. l Pretty daring base running to try and l score from third on an inheld hy-but that is just what Baxter succeeded in doing and the nervy chap deserved all the glad hands that he got.-Montgomery | Advertiser
 The work done by the Little Rock l pitchers in the last three games would ] indicate that they are getting right 1 Buchanan made a shutout Of his game, l blanking Montgomery with six hits; By Ter held Birmingham to two hits; and now Hart comes along and in the nine regulation innings allows but four hits.
 In two of the last three games, though, ! the few hits made by the Colts oppo- 1 nents have been punched at the wrong time and as result Little Rock has been unable to do better than win one, lose one and tie one although outhitting the opponents in two out of the three games. i Arkansas Gazette
 Nashville won again yesterday and fairly stood the Crescent City team on | it's head.
 Hurrah for Nashvile-and the east!
 And everlastingly Down with the Dutchman Atlanta Georgian.
 Same here.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Don't you fellows know that you can't beat the Dutch. Wake up.-New Orleans States.
 Montgomery did it. right alone, all right enough.
 Johnny Dobbs announced that he had talked today with Gary Hermann over the long distance phone and that the l Cincinnati owner would put a price upon Pitcher Hall today. If the amount asked is anything in reason, Dobbs will come 1 across as he figures Hall would stack up with any of them in this league. He pitched great ball on the coast last year, but no saDman has a chance 10 win With l Cincinnati. Mathewson in Red uniform wouldn't get away with half his games | Nashville Tennesseean.
 obbs Is determined to have a good pitching staff.
 Manager Charles Frank of the New Orleans baseball club. Is sick in bed at his home with a sever attack of malaria fever. He was i'll when the team left home Thursday night for the Montgom- cry series. but managed to stay with the boys until they returned Sunday morn ing The club left again last night to play two games at Montgomery today and tomorrow, and four in Nashville. Frank Gatins will have field charge of the club until Manager Frank is able
 to rejoin the team while Breitenstein will look after the box office end of the round tour.-New Orleans Picayune.