The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-21
THE DOPE SHEET.

The game today will begin at s:aO o'clock
 Yesterdays battle was corking good
 one in spite of several rough places. Robertaille will probably work this aft
 eanoon. z Viebahn will be Smiths seleo- tion.
 Clark has pitched two excellent games
 but has managed to get away with neither.
 The Atlanta bunch is not fond of Dannie l, Pfenninger, and few of his decisions yes
 terday met with their favor. Atlanta may work Ed Hurlburt this aft
 ernoon. McMurray is a little fellow but filled to the brim with pepper. Columbus still wins in the Cotton States Who knows but that Manager Toft may
 put pennant in Columbus yet? Raub's arm is not in good working order as yet, but everyone says it will be there when the sun gets little warmer. Smith is still carrying little Wilkes. He
 is fine shortstop, too, though his weight
 handicaps him in this fast company.
 . Manager Vaughn should hang out his pennant. True. we won it some years
 ago, but pennants a pennant just the same
 Johns will never pitch better game than he did yesterday. The new member
 of Smiths staff seems to have plenty of
 goods
 No member of the locals played a bet
 ter game yesterday than Lew Walters.
 It's pity every ball hit by opposing teams can't take Lew's direction. Gene Demont starred yesterday after
 noon. When Gene gets to going about the bases the entire infiield goes into the
 air, and carries the catcher with it.
 Molesworth's error of yesterday was due
 to his desire to complete a double play. It is very seldom that the hefty center fielder lets one get out of his fingers. Castro played a rattlng good game yes i terday. The comedian Is nothing if not spectacular. His good nature and opti-
 mistic spirit make him indispensable. Steve Reagan got his first hit yester- day. The right gardener has been slow about getting his eye on the ball, but it
  goods.
 1 Jacksonville is walking away with 1 things in the South Atlantic Poor old Charleston, without the guiding hand of Wilson Matthews, is shooting the chutes right along.
 Outfelder Moran is still with Smith. He is described as a spectacular and valuable performer, and in case George Winters drops out he will be able to fill the veterans shoes. l It looked like Molesworth was safe in the first inning. Had he been so declared Birmingham would certainly have talied in the beginning for Meek and Raub followed with singles. There is no team more familiar to local fans than the Atlanta Crackers. The in- field is the same that won the pennant last season, and Winters and Becker are old heads in the gardens Two former Baron pitchers won yester- day. Frank Smith walked away with Rube Waddell and the St. Louis Amer jeans, and Billy Campbell of Cincinnati
 let Pittsburg down with three hits. Mobile still wins. Gordon Hickman got
 
 the veteran Billy Hart. Fishers men are going at 240 clip, and everyone is now
 asking the question: Can they keep it up?
 That was a great battle between the Pretzels and the Volunteers. Those Pret- gels go around with horseshoes strung all over them. Yesterday they got but six hits off Hunter but made as many runs as Nashville did on IA Bill Bartley got his first game all right, but he worked in poor shape. In addi- ton to yielding five hits he walked half a dozen men. That curiousy named pitching staff of Charles Babbs seems to have the goods all right enough. Talk about your hard luck. Bugs"
 Raymond had it yesterday! He yielded but one hit to Chicago and lost the
 game to O. The St. Louis Nationals are jokes, and could not finish in the, first division of the Southern league Pitcher Viebahn who will work this afternoon for Atlanta, was for two years physical director at Dickinson college He is also an old football player having performed for several seasons in the Cornell backfield. He is a big, husky fellow, physically powerful and it is in- | dicated that he will develop into a rat I ting good pitcher. Manager Smith and the Atlanta fans are very much pleased with the early work of Viebahn, and the Atlanta contingent declares that he will noon.