The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-03


 Arkansas Gazette.
 Jack Ely, on whom waivers have been asked by Nashville, will probably make his 1907 appearance at the slab this aft
 ernoon. Manager Dobbs has decided to retain Ely, believing that he still has the proper article and he does not de- sire to let him go without first giving him a thorough trial. If 1t should turn
 warm and Sol puts in his appearance Jack will doubtless hold his own, as he is known as a warm weather twirler.- Memphis -Scimitar.
 Ely has been a dead one for a long, long while.
 Tom Hughes, late of the New York Highlanders, won his first game for the
 Montreal club against Buffalo. The best the Bsons could do was to get two hits
 off Tom. He won his game to 2. This was due to the excellent exhibition of Rip Ragan, who was about due to hand | the Crackers something for the terrific pumping they administered to him on
 former occasion. Rip was the real thing yesterday, and the quartette of safeties happened so far apart that they did not endanger him for a minute. Then he
 got away with only one pass, and whiffed fve-all of which makes clever record. -Atlanta Constitution.
 Why not let Baxter play first? The fast second-sacker Nye will join the Legsla- tors in Birmingham.-Mo Jour nal
 Look like you have picked out a
 healthy profession for yourself" laugh ingly remarked Secretary William H. Taft yesterday morning. upon being in- o,,Iy tha ah ar,d
 hustling manager of the Chicago Cubs. Very much that way responded Chance
 without showing any signs of embarrass-
 ment at being in the presence of a presi- dential candidate. Baseball is a nice | game" continued the man of war, 'but | how about the man who umpires? I
 would imagine that he has more than
 his share of trouble" "Yes, indeed" re-
 piled Chance. q don't think that I would | fancy the job" Then the two great men | who are continually in the limelight of
 publicity, shook hands and went on their
 way.-Cincnnati Enquirer.
 A large and resounding wash boiler
 was affixed to Jimmy Sheckard in the | first round. He bunted to Ewing and l was thrown out step. In fact, he was | so sure that he was out that he started
 without hesitation to walk back to the | bench when some one yelled to him to | get on the bag. "Get off of there; yer l out" said Mir. O'Day q wasn't out. It's
 cinch I wasn't out, and you know | it." remarked Jimmy, who is not hit
 ting any this spring and is pretty peev- l ish. "Ill tell you how far out yer are" | tersely replied MT. O'Day. Yer out of | the game" Jimmy carelessly let fall
 in leavinP that, in his opinion, MT. O'Day
 was thickslSull and would be driving a
 dray ir he knew enough to turn to the l T..A
 Hank really had the better of the argu-
 ment.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 There will be a packing of grips and i bat bags at Piedmont Thursday and the | club will start for trip which ends at 1 New Orleans on May 23. after every | club in the western division has been
 visited. When the last game is over with l the Barons on Thursday there will be
 adieux said to old Piedmont and its gates 1 will pc closed-Atlanta Journal.
 Umpire Rim was not at Piedmont Tues. 1 day and his absence was due to a jaw
 that came in contact with a foul ball tipped off bat in the ninth inning on
 Monday. The speeding globe curved ! around his mask and caught the umps
 almost on the point of the jaw. The in i jury was very painful and the gent in : the smokers who in derision yelled: "Oh. l look at the blood.' did not know the pain Rim was really suffering. He went l on with the game 1t did not last but
 few minutes after the accident lit-
 tie later the jaw began to swell and
 before Rim left the park it looked like
 a nice fat pork chop. An hour later It | passed the chop stage and had taken
 on the proportions of a roas. just a | little too rare.
 That Is the reason Umpire Rim was l not on duty. He made three different ! efforts to reach the park but failed
 First he was refused admission on a l trolley car.
 Cant carry that thing on this car." | said the conductor.
 | You'll have to wait for the express" l Then Rim tried to hire cab but his | jaw was swollen so he could not get in | the door. Next he tried to walk. but the | jaw was too heavy. Finally he gave up
 when he realized that even should he | reach the park he would be unable to
 don mask.-Atlanta Journal Louis Heilbroner. representing the Gin i cinnati Baseball club, was a spectator. | He is scouting for the Reds and kept . | close eye on the playing of the men "It | is too early to get line on players. - | said the visitor. Furthermore, bad ! weather has prevented the men from