The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-01
POINTERS ID RANDOM
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

The cry for some weeks emanating from Birmingham has been:-
 New pitchers, new pitchers, new pitchersm
 Finally new twirler was acquired.
 Bauer was this recruit.
 He works in two games and in neither does the team give him enough support to bring about a victory.
 In both Bauer has shown certain abil- ity and he might have won both had no errors been made behind him.
 Is 1t fact that after crying for new pitchers for so long the team will con tinue to withhold its aid?
 The situation is unfortunate, indeed. Once upon a time Birmingham pitcher brilliantly supported was unable to land a game
 The fans, noting the fine work of the infield and outfeld, and the hitting of the Barons cried out that the twirlers were to blame.
 Then came the new pitcher.
 Then that fine support was missing quantity.
 Now the fan knows not what to think.
 He will soon reach the conclusion that neither the pitchers nor the support is more to blame than the other, and that Birmingham simply attempted to pry open the season with the wrong combination. While we regret the defeat of Bauer the defeat of the Barons yesterday caused no surprise.
 All teams lose more games on the road | than they do at home, and the Barons had landed the first. Two more games remain and the Barons have a fine opportunity to win one of them, and in doing divide the series. Unless Molesworth uses Pitcher Robin son and considering his weak ankle we hardly think 1t advisable, or probable, Turner and McNeal will work today and tomorrow. One of them should land, and the odds are that one of them will.
 Turner has won the last games in which he appeared and won them with pear with his spitball working well, and backed up with great deal of steam.
 On the other hand McNeal has lost his last several games and he is "due,' as Bozeman Bulger was wont to say.
 There is no game scheduled to occur between the Barons and the Pretzes to- morrow.
 In spite of that fact Manager Ryan has announced that a game will be played and Manager Moesworth has given the announcement no denial.
 The game to be played tomorrow is the game postponed from the opening day of the season. As is remembered. with the score standing to 0 in favor of Montgomery, heavy rain fell and saved the locals
 Montgomery won the second day and now boasts that it took the first battle in which it was engaged.
 Should Birmingham win tomorrow on the other hand, cannot the Barons boast that they won the first game of the season?
 Mique Finn latched on to Pitcher Neuer Sunday and Pitcher Neuer worked yesterday. He figured after Mobile had gained a start. and was unable to check the winners who made two additional runs after his entrance.
 Neuer was a South Atlantic star last season, and during the conclusion of the American league race figured in several games for New York. | He should prove a valuable man for Finn, and his acquisition is but an other indication that Finn will make l the penant winners hustle to land the rag.
 Nothing comes from Manager Moles- worth, and perhaps the new inheldet has not shown up a S yet. | Mister Reagan landed again yester- day.
 | Since entering the South Atlantic. Rip has worked in three games. Two | of them were victories for the individ- ual with roaring" characteristic. l The Cubs have fallen. Their defeat at the hands of the Gin cinnati Redlegs yesterday pulled them from their perch at the head of the 1 National league column. | The surrender of the leading position to Pittsburg, in view of the fact that for so long the Cubs have been at the | head, is almost an epoch marking incl l dent.
 Pittsburg is but few points better than the Cubs, however, and will have 1 to hustle to keep the great machine formulated by Selee out of it's old po- | sition.
 Johnny McGraw, leader of the New York Giants, has predicted the down. fall of the Cubs. and it is now a ques- tion as to whether or not his predic- tion will pan out | There seems to prevail a spirit of restIessness among all the teams of the league, and especially among those wno have a chance to land the rag. And 'all save the Barons have a pretty good chance. Every man is making changes, with purpose, there is no doubt, of strength ening.
 Frank makes a number of changes every day.
 Mobile has recently acquired Sabrie, New Orleans cast-off and Is after new pitchers.
 Nashville has recently acquired sec-