The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-13
Notes of the Game.

Atlanta should have been satisfied in breaking It's long losing streak. The league directors will hear Smiths pro- test at the December meeting to be held, probably, in Nashville.
 Castro, practically "all in' as an &C., tive ball player, is depending solely on his wits
 It is the case of Gene Demont over and over again. Both men have plenty of wit, too.
 Downey had an off day in the field but hit like a fiend
 During the series the Crackers made IS runs and the Barons B. Still the Barons won two of three games, which is an illustration of the "strangeness' of base ball.
 They say that Atlanta can't hit, and that the Barons can. Still, Atlanta got about ten more hits than did the men who defeated them.
 Dyer made the sensational play of the afternoon. taking a liner off Walters bat with a single hand.
 Why is it that every sensational play robs poor old Lew Walters? Lew should have all he gets for he doesn't get as many as Speaker, Clayton, Lord or Molesworth.
 Castro in yesterdays game showed the effects of a weeks absence from the fight.
 Clayton, too, on more than one occa- sion, illustrated the fact that he and the keystone are strangers.
 Otto Jordan reported i'll yesterday and this explains his absence from the game.
 Tuesday when the Crackers won, they yelled all over the field like a bunch of Indians Yesterday after the Barons got lead until the end of the game the dropping of pin would have boomed like a cannon.
 i,. which he has worked since returning to the land of sunshine. Still, he has every thing, apparently, and more speed than any other man in the league.
 Maxwelrs defeat surprised many local fans. for Bert has always been a jonah to Birmingham. He always defeated the Barons even when they had pennant winning team.
 Strange Is baseball Maxwell for in- stance, had everything, and was ham, mered from the box. Radabaugh had slow curve and good control, and held the Barons without run. The Crackers left last night for At lanta where they tie up today with Nash vile The Barons will leave this morn ing for Montgomery, where four games will be played.
 The Barons and the Crackers meet again in Atlanta next week. Smith says that there will be different tale. Moles- worth admitted doubt as to that propo- sition.
 How Atlanta misses George Winters! Not that Wilkes Is bad, but that Win ters was one of the best players and most dangerous opponents in the game.
 Not a base was stolen yesterday. The Crackers made no attempts and Me Murray's wonderful little whip killed the three fast Barons who attempted to pilfer The decision on Raub was exceedingly l close, but he went out just the same. Herbert Smith is a big, husky, finc- | looking chap, and impressed local fans | with an idea that he knows how the game should be played Becker hit three balls in yesterdays s 1 game and all went to Walters. It is per- haps superfluous to state that he went out three times.
 I Raub and McMurray each dropped a ! foul. Both chances were comparatively 1 easy, too, but the catchers, in each case, | were taken by surprise. 1 There were three miserable attempts at l bunting yesterday. popped out to I Fox. Fox popped out to Bauer. Mo- | Murray popped out to Bauer 1 Bauer, after losing five straights, has won his fourth straight game. He gives I promises of doing better than break even on the seasons record. He was recom- 1 mended to Birmingham by Umpire Dad" Laroque, the Birmingham fireman who Is I doing fine work in the Cotton States, | as the best pitcher in that circuit