The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-15
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

Has the New Orleans Memphis doc tored" box squabble been compromised !? No meeting was held at Memphis last night by reason of absence Of quorum. One report says Cholly Frank gave n and agreed to pay the $300 fine. This doesn't sound reasonable, for Cholly un- doubtcdly had a strong case against the Memphis club and he has always shown himself enough of a scrapper to fight for everything he thought he was entitled to-. You can write one thing on your tab let and that Is that if Frank compro- missed that case in such manner he got a bundle of concessions from Memphis or the league, which will do him some good Tn the future.-New Orleans Item.
 Not compromised Frank developed cold feet. He got no concession, either, unless you call stony stare a concession. Cole man even refused to answer his let ters.
 Baseball is as much of a business as it Is a sport. And the fellow who throws down his manager and his club by failing to keep in shape should be soaked with suspension and the heaviest fine on tho map. But it isn't very probable, from the viewpoint of success. that Dobbs will rs- tain over five or six of the present bunch. Nashville American.
 Very good sentiment, that.
 A novel plan will be tried out at Charleston next Saturday. The Charles ton club has a deficit of between 5000 and $200o, and in order to meet 1t. next Satur- day will be known as Directors Day A dollar admission will be charged, ths idea being that the fans will turn out m large numbers to show their loyalty and save the stockholders the loss. Sc far It hasn't been necessary to inaugurate any stunt of the sort In Little Rock. and yet there are some clubs in the Southern league that would like to drop this town and substitute Charleston. - Arkansas Gazette
 We earnestly request that Lattimer and Garvin of the Birmingham team modify their language while they are on the ball grounds. Both players were guilty, during the progress of the game Monday, Of lout mouthed profanity.
 That may be allowable on the slag pile, but not at Ponce DeLeon. Kindly elimi- nate it in future.-Atlanta Georgian.
 If Garvin and Aattimer are guilty. go after them. But please refrain from taking a nasty stab at Birmingham while yoY are doing 1t. The above, were 1t not known differently might be taken for a New Orleans brand so excellently does 1t smack of unfarness.
 Local fans have not forgotten Matthews attack on the Shreveport sporting writer, and when the Pelicans' backstop came to the bat Monday snake whispers were polled at him from various parts of the grandsland and bleachers. The New Or leans catcher seemed to have been brought to his senses by the outburst ol indignation following that performance in Piratetown. and Is less inclined now it appears, to resort to Bowery exhibitions Memphis News Scimitar.
 still singing the harpoon at smut ter"
 Actions speak louder than words, goes the old saying. and Manager Charley Frank of the Pelican ball club will hardly he able to make the baseball public of New Orleans believe the repeated losing of games during the past week was alto gether due to hard luck. The fact of the matter was that Frank, despite his repd- tation of being able to summon legions to his aid at almost all times. fell flat in the pinch. and the weakened team he SCI | against the league leaders here is fair proof of his failure.
 Give the Pelcans anything like an even break of luck" said Frank some days ago, and they will outclass anything in the league, gain first place in short time, and win the pennant for New Or leans The neglect of the manager ia provide good players to take the place of the reereant Sabrie and injured Nadea' was same as to say that he didn't care to win the series from Memphis. Even had he had the even break of luck he couldn't have hoped to take games from the splendidly equipped Memphii. Brett