The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

There is considerable disappointment in Shreveport, or at least there was yes terday, and it is hardly possible that the victory over New Orleans has made it entirely forgotten. The sale of Hess to Little Rock is the cause. It is remem- bered that the man who has held down the third corner for the Pirates for three years, and held it down well, was sold to Little Rock for $1000.
 The Shreveport Times states that the disappointment is great, but that the deal was probably good for all concerned. Still, it is not explained wherein the sale was good for anyone concerned. It is presumed that there was trouble between the manager and the third sacker. If this is true then he should have been sold. If the $1000 was the attraction the Shreveport management should be severe ly censured by the fans of that city. It is probable that baseball is recev- ing more enthusiastic attention right now in Little Rock than in any other city of the south Mique Finn has been com missioned to go into the highways and get team It is believed that he has succeeded. Last night 1t was learned that the capital stock of the club had been increased from $lo,0O0 to $aO,OOO Yester- day, Little Rock, a tailender. handed Memphis, d pennant possibility, a dread
 
 in getting a new third baseman. The odds are that Little Rock will not sleep on the very bottom pillow again this year.
 For all the above the fans of the Arkan- sas city are rejoicing. The paper of that city is now printing about a column and a half daily and things are booming. The Gazette, in fact, predicts that the at tendance this year will surpass that of Montgomery or Shreveport or Nashville.
 According to the Nashville Banner, Manager Dobbs does not boast It seems that just before the game yesterday reporter asked the manager who he thought would win the game Birming- ham or Nashville. The manager did not know which, it seems, was quite natural. He stated. however, that his team was good and that he would let the Cham pions know that there had been an en- gagement.
 Manager Dobbs has gathered together a good team, it seems. He has three ex- cellent pitchers in the two Duggans and SorrelI McElvern played a sensational short yesterday, and Morse is good on the | diamond, as every fan knows. Dobbs and Wiseman are excellent fielders, and in the number mentioned above a fine nucleus is had.
 
 in New Orleans, takes it's pen in hand to hand Frank the Dutch bit of advice. The paper informs Manager Frank that it , matters not how excellently his team might field, no games will be won unless his team wields the willow and hits the ball. All of which is true and doubtless familiar to Manager Frank The percep- tion of Captain F. Duval Armstrong is something marvellous.
 Indeed, it is interesting to watch the sporting writers of the Crescent City. The Items man has been studied. He has a brilliant article in the last issue of his paper It describes the fans of New Orleans as the most foolish in the league He upholds Frank and slaps the fans all over the face because they at tend one game and let another go. As everyone knows, the game depends on just how foolish the fan is. If the fan was not foolish, there would be no one to care whether there was pennant