The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-23
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

rom F1SnerS statement or the carr Hurlburt fight:
 You know, of course, that there are always two sides to every story No doubt the Memphis management and fans will uphold MT. IIurlburt. Naturally, every rooter is prejudced to a. certain extent in favor of their own players, and I can't see why they shouldn't be.
 "The trouble yesterday started ip the third inning. Carr had run towards the grandstand after a foul fly. Hurlburt and some of the other members of the Mem phs team, who were sitting on the play CTS bench, rolled bats under :he Pirate third baseman's feet. I called Umpire zimmer's attention to it but he said notih- ing. Then in the seventh inning anoeher foul went over in that direction and Carr went after it also, capturing it nicely. Hurlburt bumped into nim. and. after returning the ball, Carr said something to the Memphis catcher, who Swung his right at Johnny's head but missed. Um- pire Zimmer and others separated the two men and they were both ordered out of the game Shreveport Times.
 The "squeeze' Is a good thing in it's place, but Captain Page isn't quite fast enough for the entire infield of the Pel- cans. In the first inning 1t was worked successfully by Gilbert and Douglas, thanks to Brouthers soaking the main squeeze In the back, but Page was fairly caught between third and the plate and Cristall finally tagged him out.-New Or leans Picayune.
 Since Birmingham made the play fam ous. everything would use 1t.
 The Big Three" Sorrell. J. Duggan and Purdue, are having all the slab work, these men having pitched every game to date. Barring accidents, Manager Dobbs will probably keep them at 1t cntil 1he team returns. when Elmer Duggan, Jack Ely and Mills will have to buckle down to business in their efforts to make good. It Is up to the last three, ss tho others are certain of a berth.-Nashviie Ameri- can.
 The Big Three" is good. all right. 
 Smiling John Malarky showed his good judgment when he called Walsh to the box In the sixth, after Atlanta had tied the score. It Is not every manager who would send himself to the bench, and that too, in his home town. Malarky knew his own condition better than any one else, and wanted the game bad enough to retire and let another man who was fresh take up the work.-Atlanta Journal.
 The best thing malarky has done so far.
 
 Punk team, it's rotten" 'why, We tumpka could beat them.' never intend going to another game.' why can't we get a ball team?"
 These are some of the expressions we have heard, and 1t makes one feel sick and blue. But what can we say? We tell them just to wait but they won't wait. They don't believe that we will have good team. We tell them that Montgom- cry Is going to land in the first division. They laugh We tell them the associa- ton Is doing everything in its power to land new players. They wink. We tell them that we are going to win today. They give us the hal ha!-Montgomery Journal.
 This same spiel is heard most every where.
 Ball players. as rule. have very little sense of humor. Two exceptions are on the Birmingham and Atlanta teams. The other day. while 1t rained, the Barons and Crackers spun yarns and cracked jokes. Meek wanted to know why the Birmingham negroes grabbed for Sid Smiths line drive into the bleachers the day before.
 That's simple.' said Rowan, the big Atlanta pitcher Because 1t was foul"
 It wasn't long before Meek got back.
 ''I know why Vaughn favors the sacrl- flee game he said.
 Why? Why?' asked his audience. breathlessly.
 Because to hit and run is cowardly." returned the victorious Meek.-New Or leans Item.
 Thus it still goes the rounds.
 Sorrell Is booked for the slab today, with Clark or Wilhelm opposing him. If Bill will get right down to business and use his noodle a bit he can pitch the Boosters to victory. Sorrell is every inch a star at the slab. but at times io in- clined to be stubborn Ameri- can.
 Doesn't Sorrell ever use his noodle?
 Malarkys men have four hard games ahead of them this week, Monday and Tuesday with Atlanta and the remainder of the week with Birmingham. The local fans are banking high on them-Mont- gomery Advertiser
 It seems that six hard games confronted the Pretzels.