The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-19

to the first game. Since whipping the Bar ons so decisively, they have commenced
 to sit up and take notice. Nashville American.
 Nashville does not seem as strong as before Dobbs went to Montgomery.
 Of course he laughs best who laughs last but 1t is better to laugh first than
 never to laugh at all, and that is the
 way Atlanta should feel today, for the
 ball club is leading the league. While 1t is yet very early in the season, and there
 are many things to take place between now and the close, Atlanta is in the lead stands first, and that is cheerful news.
 It has been many long days-seems long er perhaps, than it really is-since At lanta has stood alone at the head of the league, and it is good to be there.
 A flag raising would look mighty fine at that new park at Ponce de Leon.-At- lanta Journal
 The sentimental sporting writer of the
 league, Walter Taylor. He's regular spring poet.
 Capt. w. T. Crawford, president of the
 Shreveport Baseball association, is not
 in the least discouraged over the poor start the Pirates have made in the race.
 In discussing the situation yesterday he
 said that the locals had played uniformly
 good baseball, with the exception Of one
 game in New Orleans, when Becker blew
 up. Any pitcher is liable to have the
 same thing happen to him. said the cap
 tain, and Becker may go in and pitch phe-
 nomenal ball the next time he is sent
 upon the firing line.
 'As to the team hitting ability, one mas only to look back over the records for the past five seasons to see that Warren der. Leewe and Carr all batted around .2T5 each year. which Is an excellent showing. It does not stand to reason that because they have taken slump at commence ment of the season they will continue in the rut"-Shreveport Times. Moreover, Nashville is not claiming that the Boosters outplayed the Pretzels and the result of the game was 1uck-as did the Birmingham scribes.-Nashville Ban ner.
 If you don't figure lucks work in Mont gomery, your man Dobbs is a failure. The ball players say Umpire Rinn is a "homer" However, that is a common failing with umpires and Rim seems to be a good one in every other line. The Birmingham papers are giving loud calls to the Barons to get out and hump themselves. And doubtless they have a hump coming.-Atlanta Georgian Too bad about Rim. He did very well here, too. Locally. the fans still like Rim.
 Umpire Rudderham got to telling Arlie Latham stories the other night. '1 remem- Der one game" said Buddy" when Arlie made three or four of the worst errors you ever saw. Chris Von Der Ahe was sitting up in the stand watching the game and roasting Arlie for every kind of lobster that ever played. base ball.
 Somebody soaked high liner over third base and Arlie went up after 1t. When he fell back he went down and began grooming and rolling around on the ground. Chris watched him minute, and then
 he started down on the diamond, tearing
 his hair and yelling, 'Ach, Got! They've kilt my Arlie and he vas the best ball player I ever hat.
 "When he got down and leaned over the fallen clown. Arlie jumped up like d flash. took off his hat, smiled, grabbed Chris hand and said, How are you, Chris, old sport 9 '-Atlanta Georgian. The Latham stories will never give out it seems. True. the one above is a chest
 nut but Whiting did the best he could.