The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-18
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WHAT OTHERS SAY.

If Rip Ragan can loose his weekly brainstorm the Barons. too should stick up with the rest, as Wilhelm and Ginger Clarke are always troublesome people to beat, and Ragan in shape isn't any soft mark by a long shot. Unless there's an awful upheaval Vaughn's team as now lined up will never get within hailing dis tance of the flag again, but at least they look better than a tail-end crow-Nash- vile Tennesseean.
 For every little bit we are thankful. Johnny Dobbs stated tonight that he had not broken any rules by keeping four teen men on the regular pay roll and still holding contracts with Elmer Dug gan and Jack Ely. He says both men were indefinitely discharged because they were not in good enough condition to play ball.-New Orleans Picayune. Manager Dobbs has fourteeni men. He has Duggan suspended. It is necessary to have some sway before one man can punish another. Duggan, even suspended, is Dobbs' man, and there's no use In arguing further. If anyone attempted to sign Duggan, Dobbs would instantly claim him, and in doing so make plain the fact that he has fifteen men in violation of the rules of the league.
 Devlins drive past third was the last act of the afternoon obsequies. The little consolation to be derived from the game Is that Ed Minahan looked like a real pitcher Had he given himself good field ing support and received the same from his team he would have had little trouble in shutting out the Giants. If Minahan and the team behind him will only behave In the future, on and off the field, there will be many a victory recorded for the tall blonde from East Orange.-Cincinnau I1mes-Star.
 Mlnahan, it seems, is still fond of the bottle.
 '"This league standing see-saw business of the Barons and Legislators" said fan yesterday, 'is certainly remarkable. Learn the score of one game, then the other is easy to dope out" Possibly the switching of the two teams, the Barons to Little Rock and the locals to Mem- phis, will break this up. Here's hoping that it won't break the wrong way Montgomery Journal.
 Over the Barons for the last time, you have leaped.
 Another thing don't you think that the Barons are going to stay down near the bottom always.
 Dt ttdI1 WHICH NOH ln0 league pennant isn't quite good enough to repeat" but anybody who has bet that the Barons will finish last had better hedge.-Atlanta Georgian.
 Hal Chase has surely got his last years gait. It was feared for a time that he would not play ball like he did in the sea son of 1906, but all that has now passed. What he did to them in Boston yesterday forced phparg from tha RnGtOni fans who sometimes consider an exhibition of emotion as improper. With the score tied in the eighth inning Chase won the game. The story of that inning reads like some of the stories of innings where the great first baseman did things last year. Clark son fouled to Parent, and there was one out. Hoffman then singled. Keeler did the same. Then Ebberfed stepped up and was thrown out. With two out and two men on bases there was a chance for chase to make himself unpopular with the Boston fans and he succeeded. He hit out Il single. hot one, far enough to bring i'm Hoffman and Keeler Although he got only as far as first he had other moves up his sleeve. Before the Boston fans awoke he speeding down to second. It was one of the best steals seen on the Boston grounds, and the Boston audience thought it was about as far as he would go. But Chase counted on that satisfaction. He suddenly started for third, and Boston agap watched him steal that base too. That's where the stoiclsm of the Puritans gave way, and they eheered as if the trick had been turned by one of their own men, In few mo- ments he went home on the single by Laporte.-New York Globe
 Mobile is to be congratulated upon se- curing Bruner and can boast of the best pitching staff in the Cotton States league Ray and Molly continue to do good work and when Phillips reports we will have a quartette of real live ones.-Ex.
 In the early days of the Southern league Shreveport exhibited Frank Huelsman banner offer of his day Then followed Abstein and now Massing is a candidate for heavy swat honors.-Memphis News Scimitar.
 Seahaugh. the new backstop addition, who has joined the Legislators since the western trip was started, is showing up in great shape. Baxter is another man who has joined the locals since their in- Vasion of the west began. and a 1am-up first haseman with opportune binges be- ing delivered by this initial saeker. We are very anxious to see these new men work out.-Montgomery Journal.
 Both are good.
 Arndts arm could not stand the strain of the long throw from third and Me Closkey sent Bobby Byrne back to the difficult corner and stationed Crawford at shortstop. The Cardinals manager has always claimed that the Texas is a better fielder and batsman than his show ing at League park would indicate. He played grand ball for me on the road, but fell down at home" said McCloskey I'll break him in this year on one of our trips and have him steadied down when l exhibit him at home. Sporting News.
 The ex-Shreveport Pirate makes good with a rush.
 Niles has steadied down at second base and has so far batted over .5O0. He Is beating out every infleld grounder that is fumbled, Is bunting In grand style and is making one base more on long drive than the ordinary runner can Sporting News.
 They admit now that Niles is faster than Bay.
 If Parson Irving Wilhelm can curve himself through the pearly gates as ef- fectlvely as he curved the ball over the plate for eight innings yesterday he de- serves wings, a robe and a crown shreveport Times.
 The Philadelphia sporting writers. who have achieved distinction in the past for pulling off many big stunts as body . fY, @tI.