The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-01

Meanwhile his guests will be given the freedom of the city.-Memphis Conner eial Appeal.
 Little Rocl. and Birmingham arc i both weak and no doubt both of them i will have several changes made in short time. As it stands neither is in ing. Horace Hood has spoken. and the 1 words of such a wise judge, such dis Southern league class.-Montgomery Journal.
 Wake up. ye Baron fans, who, in spite of numerous reVerses still hope and believe that q better day is com passionate judge, such a judge that never errs, must have their effect. It is now time for the local association to demand the resignation of Manager Vaughn and the dismissal of the entire Baron crew. Had any other made the above assertion, we would have smiled. But when Horace speaks the result of his weighty think tank. we, as all the good people of Montgomery must hosd. for Horace is great and great IS Horace.
 Note-For the sake of Horace we will add that the above is not meant seriously In fact, we do not consider him so great after all.
 The main worry now in the local camp IS the outfield question. Two men are badly needed here, as McElveen's pres ence is required around the infeld-Nash- vile Tennessean.
 Percy Whiting and Bill Smith want 10 know who told Dan Pfenninger he could umpire Harry Vaughn is issuing the same query anent Tom Brown. Yes the campaign is really on now beyond a doubt.-Nashvlle Tennessean. lansing again yesterday made two er- TOTS. He also made other dumb plays that could not be marked down as errors. 1 The Swede cannot hope to hold down 1 third if he does not show decided im- 1 provement in the next few games His 1 fielding since the first of the season has l been decidedly off color. and he has done ! practically nothing in the hitting line. The 1 lineup with MeElveen back on the in- l field and Hardy in leftfield is the strong 1 est that can be had with the men who i are at present on the local roster and it 1 is probable that Manager Bernhard will 1 line the Volunteers up this way until an- l other outflelder is landed.-Nashville Ban ner.
 Harry Vaughn is going to set Harry Meek adrift
 There is queer business. Meek is the hardest hitter that the league ever saw.
  the Birmingham team cannot put up wiln him.
 Vaughn has bought Catcher Holmes from Louisville. This undoubtedly means that Bill Douglass will play first and Raub and Holmes do the catching.-At- lanta Georgian.
 Bob Spade is to be let out by Cincinnati, and his career in the National league is soon to draw to a close
 Bill Smith has received a letter from the Cincinnati management, giving him first call on the services of Spade but it is not probable that he will send for him, as he has more pitchers now than he knows what to do with.
 Another pitcher who helped Atlanta win many games has been shelved by big league club. He is Tom Hughes, who has been sent to Newark by Clarke Griffith. = Atlanta Journal.
 Manager Mike J. Finn of the Travel CTS is satisfied with most of his men, al- though he is looking out for shortstop. It is rumored that he has his eye on Starr of Pittsburg, whose services won't be needed now that Ionus Wagner is back in the game. With Starr at short, the chances are that Billy Page will he kept in the outfeld, where his eye has been well skinned during the past few days.-Arkansas Gazette.
 A leading fan yesterday alluded to Jakey Atz, and when Cross failed to stop a roller at third the whole crowd of New Orleans rooters were disappointed. It is a we'll known fact that Manager Frank wants to get Atz back again, although it is ex tremely improbable that Atz will return to the Southern league until, like Cross and a few others, he becomes too old and too slow for the majors.
 Cross plays third very well, but George Rohe can outfield him at the difficult corner. An outfield with Sabrie on first, Dundon on second, Atz at short and Rohe at third would be about the best in the south But Atz was bought by Comiskey for over 5000, along with Manuel, and will stay.-New Orleans Pioayune
 Rube Teller may have pitched his last game of ball.
 The big fellow is now at his home in Beaver Falls, Pa, slowly recovering from an illness Chat his physicians say will keep him out of the game for the remainder of the season, and it is doubtful if he ever performs on the slab again.-Atlanta Jour- ! nal
 In way, Atlanta is up against it right now on the catcher proposition, and ie Meek is let out by Birmingham. and wants to return to his first love of catch ing it is very probable that he will be given an opportunity to show what he can do Meek led the league in hitting last year. and stands chance of doing the same thing this season if he is placed with a club where he feels his work is appre- oiated.-Atlanta Journal.
 Ut seems like slandering the poor unl- pires." declared Mike Finn last night when an uniformed scribe begins charg- ing them with giving Little Rock a shade the best of all decisions, but it is an even greater reflection upon the integrity and sportsmanship of Judge Kayanaugh, the president of the league, who appoints these. officials to referee Southern league ball games without showing favoritism to one side or the other. New Orleans Picayune.
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