The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

For the guidance of baseball managers
 the following rules are given
 When desiring to protest to the umpire
 remove the cap and hold it between the
 thumb and forefinger of the left hand,
 and as you approach within six feet of | the judge of play salute with the right hand, holding the fingers at an. angle | of 45 degrees from the northwest corner of the eye, until the umpire recognizes you. After this you may proceed accord 1 ing to the language guides mentioned above.-Atlanta Journal. This is another echo from the Smith Chambers row of last week. | The dope scribe on The Age-Herald. in his Pointers to Fandom," tells them that | ball players are human beings. and to | be careful in throwing cushions, coca cola | bottles and bad language. This looks bad for Birming'ham.-Mo Journal.
 When rain breaks up every game in the league. what other than advice can
 one write?
 This winning streak doesn't look like down town proposition Just wait till the slagpile Barons blow in. There something coming to 'em.-Montgomery Journal.
 The new weather man, in picturesque | language, would thus conjure up cloud. Age Herald.
 Now, Doe" we never could pull off one of your ''soft zephyers that from yon trees are wafted' If we have infringed
 upon your copyright, we beg your par l dOu-MOnt Iournal | Joe Bills and Ottis Stockdale who have
 pitched the victpries that enable the
 Memphii to- stand on top of the race,
 tied with others, are each of the modest
 opinion that they have been lucky in | landing their games. Bills beat Little | Rock, so did Stock. Stock disposed of l Shreveport. so did Bills. "With such
 weather we have had, it's anybodys
 game" said Bills. That's right" said
 Stockdale. Its a case of get 'em over
 and trust to luck. The pitcher that lets
 out all the stiffening this kind of weather
 is to be pitied when the warm season
 sets in."-Memphis News -scmitar.
 Ragan of Birmingham and Cristal of | New Orleans showed up in better form
 than any other pitchers of the two 1 squads, but are disappontments since l
 Picayune.
 Ragan will "come" yet, and cristall l too, maybe. +
 Birmingham fans are mourning the lack
 of form of their pitching pride, Rip 1 Ragan. It appears that Rip hasn't
 pitched a good ball game this spring. The 1 Age-Herald drops a hint that he Is not l taking care of himself Scribe Roberts
 will not go far enough to say that he is
 ''all in."
 If Ragan is to the bad, the Barons are 1 pretty sure to hit the toboggan. Down l this way we regard Rip the best pitcher
 on Vaughn's staff. Wilhelm Is good semi
 occasionally and Clark Is a reliable slab man. but neither compares with Ragan,
 when he is right. Turner, the new mem l Der of the Birmingham slab corps looks pretty good.-New Orleans Item. 1 It is amusing to hear others sizing us up isn't it?
 Joe Wall, looking as fresh as rose, l stepped from the Cincinnati train last night. He came through from Newark. Wall is big husky chap. weighs about 1 190 pounds and looks every inch ball
 player.-Nashville American.
 Dobbs gets a new outfielder. He might 1 be played in center.
 For a fact, now, wouldn't that remind
 you of the western Arkansas-lndian Ter
 ritory league or something equally bushy? | Has the time arrived when writer can
 not ropine" from Birmingham that the l people in that section thought Montgom- cry was likely to drop out of the league?
 No?
 l As for being afraid--well please pardon l us for large smile. l ontgomery was the laughing stock of
 the league last year, on account of the | weakness of the team. We hope that l this will not be the case this year. But 1 by her anti-cussing crusade and her at | tacks on various sporting writers she is | doing her best to make herself ridiculous. Atlanta Georgian.
 l The Montgomery Journal declared that ! Whiting was afraid to visit Montgomery. 1 This occasioned the rebuke mad tirade l mentioned above.