The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-25
POINTERS ID RANDOM
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

Since Manager Molesworth assumed
 charge of the Barons the team has broken
 even. 1. e., played 800 baseball.
 Molesworth took the reins after Harry
 Vaughn had won the first Little Rock
 game. Molesworth won two others and
 lost one to the same team. Molesworth
 won three and lost one to Mobile Moles-
 worth lost two and won one from New
 Orleans. Moesworth lost one and won
 one from Memphis. Molesworth lost two
 and won one from Nashville, and in At
 lanta lost two and won one. Returning
 home he won one and lost one to Mont
 gomery.
 His record, therefore, is 10 victories, 10
 defeats and two draws. Breaking even is
 not always so bad, and were Birmingham
 higher in the standing the fans would
 not care very much. However, in spite
 of the fact that the playing of the team
 has improved since the promotion Of
 Moles sworth, If the Barons plan to go
 higher In the standing it must do better
 than win only half its games.
 Manager Molesworth believes that after
 he gets his new lineup going more vic
 tories will be won.
 Good pitchers are hard to acquire at
 this time.
 There is no disputing this fact.
 Molesworth realizes that he needs good
 pitchers, and having failed to land them,
 he is planning to do the next best thing. He is arranging his team for the pur- pose of making runs. In this way he hopes to overcome the
 weakness of the pitching staff. Because Molesworth desired to improve the hitting of the team he found it neces- sary to part with Jack Manning. He found it necessary to keep Raub always in the game.
 As soon as Raub's finger will permit he will go to the outfield as regular gardener. Molesworth will head the bat ting order with Demont second. Then will follow Meek Douglass and Raub. It will be a fortunate pitcher who turns | this quintet to the bench without hav- I ing allowed a hit. It will require left handler to turn the trick and a mighty ! good one at that.
 According to we'll defined rumor, Con- nie Mack Is preparing to recall Biscoe Lord from his New Orleans farm. And he might also recall Bartley. al though Bartley is not strong enough for American league company. Another interesting news item Is that
 Frank will in all probability land NH from Cleveland in exchange for Pitcher
 Ryan.
 In the above is interesting food for | thought.
 Connie Mack is hard up. His team | is In sixth place. He Is securing the country for new material. He has his | agent, Al Maui, In the south at the pres | ent time looking for men. He is prepar- | ing, as stated above, to recall Lord from i New Orleans, and probably Bartley, too. He purchased yesterday Frank Manush 1 from Columbus Miss, for $1000 and l Pitcher Barre from the Carolina league. 1 On the other hand, is Frank willing | ly allowing his team to be torn to pieces in order that he might not walk away with the pennant? | He has disposed of Sabrie and em- ployed Baxter. trade which does not I impress local fans as one or great wis l dom. Philadelphia recalls its Harmed hands. and Frank will let Jack Ryan ro-and Frank cannot afford, with his present pitching staff, to part with Ryan,
 | It is all very interesting. If Frank desires to part with Ryan, | we all should be willing enough. But with Birmingham, Montgomery, Atlanta, Mobile and probably others in | the market for good pitchers, we would l ike to kDOW Dy Wbdt iooh Oi SiOOiN 1 Frank will be able to get Ryan out of 1 the league?
 | Birmingham would take him tomor- row, and pay well for him. too. l Have you heard the news? l Rip Ragan delivered yesterday. After Augusta had lost the first | game of a double -header to Columbia, | the mighty roaring" was called upon. What did the mighty "roaring?" ! Shut Columia out with two hits, that is what the mighty roaring" did