The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-19

I fielder, is the proud father Of a baby | girl, the stork having visited his nome Monday night Becker was busy rece1V- ing congratulations from his many friends Tuesday morning. Despite the fact that he has baby cooing for him at home. Becker will be in the game | Tuesday.
 Becker is the second Atlanta player | that has been visited by the stork dur | ing the playing season in many years, Morse having received a visit during the latter part of last season.-Atlanta Journal.
 Bill Nye, Montgomery's second base man, has been sold to Jacksonville Fla. For the present Baxter will play second and Bill Hausen T--- hold down | the initial bag. nile Nye has lots | to learn and Is by no means finished | player mark the prediction, no matter who is secured to play his place per manently. Nye will be sadly missed. There is n good big rope tied to him. | Nye reports to Mullaney Thursday In Macon.-Montgomery State.
 Nye pleased when last in Birming- ham.
 The New Orleans manager promises | trouble for Memphis when his protest against paying the famous $500 fine Is l heard.
 Charley maintains that the game over l in Memphis, the day he protested against the wet batters box, was ac- tually in charge of the umpire and tlfat | the umps did not do his duty. His side Is that -hen the umpire came out and said Play ball." or Bat | ter up" that he had taken charge and l that the game, in effect, had begun. l He holds that Pfenninger should have | ordered the wet box filled up with dirt, | and he does not believe that the league directors will make him pay the $500.
 Also he is so sore on Charley Babb and Tom Mccullough that it hurts him | to talk about it.-Atlanta Georgian. Babb didn't talk about it.
 Billy Hoffer attracted much attention yesterday by playing his position with
 out a glove. Local sporting writers agreed that he was the first pitcher thaN
 they had seen in ten years who played
 without a glove. Billy made his debut
 into the game in the good old days
 when gloves were considered eliminate
 and he cant quite get over the iden.-
 Arkansas Gazette.
 Harry Vaughn Is after men if money
 will land them, and 1t does not make
 any difference what they may cost
 Cant Shreveport get a move on just
 as an oddity and buy a real good man
 What is "hoot mon" if he can't fielo
 or hit?-Shreveport Times. That old cry is heard wherever {
 knocker is.
 If this isn't Charley Franks last sea
 son as Southern league manager
 don't hazard any more guesses. Hi policy of practicing shady tricks or opposing ball teams, openly disregard
 ing the leagues laws and affrontinf
 the baseball public at every turn, hal
 given New Orleans Us fill of the leu ton, and the Pelican games do not draw even as well in the Crescent City al the settos in Montgomery. New Orleans will patronize the spor
 if the fans are given real baseball, an' ] the Crescent City Is too strong prol i of the Southern league to be butte, down by the bull-heaoed tactics of foolhardy manager.-Memphis New
 Scimitar.
 Talking about you, Charlie.
 It was some credit to beat New Or
 leans, too for Charley Frank certainl.
 has a baseball team.
 For the first time this season he real Iy has all the holes patched up an,
 all his cripples on the field And tn
 result is aH ass Vfa'ioh NHab pidS
 baseball from the jump. , His pitchers are strong. Manuel ha been doing wonderful work, and tn veterans = Phillips. Breitenstein am
 Guese-are good. Fritz is also a goo reliable man to fall back on.
 Franks infield is not to be sneeze at. Sabrie is good first baseman, Cat
 ns is a handy man at sec/nd, Jake
 Atz Is brilliant infielder-and Lav : Cross at third-well, what's the use O
 talking about Lave. Everybody know
 what he can do.
 Rickert Gaston and Nadeau ar
 strong men and form a good outfielC 1. Nadeau Is not doing well as he di : last year, but he IS all there yet , Behind the bat Stratton and Matthew 1, make a steady pair of performers.-At . lanta Georgian.
 , You see what stands before us thi
 week.