The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-15

enstein was never a first baseman, and any sane man with as much baseball ex- pcrience as the Pelican boss could easily see that Beecher was in no condition to chase around the outfield with the fire } abandon which is so necessary In this oo- sition. There is no use crying over lost lacteal fluid, however Sabrie has returned to the team and Nadeau Is filling his old position nicely, so that the club should give a good account of itself during the remainder of the season, not losing De- cause any single position was weak.-New Orleans Pcayune.
 They want a new manager in New Or leans Frank, In the above, is charged with lncapacity and infidelity.
 The attempt to whitewash the attack on Umpire Flynn by Captain Gatins of the New Orleans team and the bat-throwing escapade of Phillips at Suggs, which hap pened during the last engagement of the Memphii in New Orleans will not stand the probe if President kavanaugh's state ment goes That official saiy yesterday that he had all reports in and would an- nounce his decision at once. As matters stand now Shutter Matthews has slugged newspaper man in Shreveport on the Southern league precincts, Phillips has slung a hickory at Suggs' shins and Cat lns has smashed an umpire, making d plain attack in view of players and spec tators, for which he was banished from the game. Yet no Pelican has been put- ished to date.-Memphis Commercial Ap- peal
 Baseball fans who are wondering whefe the Pelican club got the money to build $75.0C0 park on Carrollton avenue, says Will R. Hamilton. in The New Or leans Item, after winning legal conten- tions over Colonel Sullivan. the city council and a few property holders who objected to a park in that part of the city. won't have to go very far to find the answer
 New parks, Third Baseman Crosses and other luxuries that come very h'sn are being purchased solely on the savings of Secretary Heinemann. This Is the straight dope and 1t exemplifies the axi- om that it's not what you make, but what you save that makes you rich. And everybody knows that the Pelicans couldn't buy many parks with the slim crowds they're drawing at this stage of tLe game.
 Since Heinemann has been secretary of the ball club he has saved, accord ing to Lee Garrigan, the gatekeeper, exactly twenty-three million dollars and twenty-three cents. There might have been a few mills, but Lee says the sec tary spent these for peanuts for the crowd. trading of course, at his own peanut stand.
 This marvellous sum was saved by the secretary in many ways, some of which l follows:
 Not hiring brass bands on the Fourth of July and other holidays. | Not providing the press stand with chairs, nor even soap boxes | Not renting flags of the different na- | tions on holidays.
 | Keeping the bands of cigars. l Letting Henry, the monkey, live off the | peanuts fed him by curious spectators | bought from the secretary himself | Inasmuch as the secretary is a good natured fellow we might name many other ways, but space forblds Besides there's no use putting the short-welght | committee on Helnemann's track. The above facetious articles illustrates the fact that the papers are roasting ev- erybody in New Orleans. It illustrates. too, that smart Alexs accuse people of being short" in every old community, Birmingham and New Orleans included.