The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14

will move over to Atlanta.
 Next week the Barons will spend in Birmingham.
 The Barons won two of the series from the westerners and dropped two Mobile and Little Rock wefe defeated with com parative east New Orleans and Memphis had little trouble in winning.
 There has been some improvement in the playing of the locals. The team, as a whole, has been going well, and every game lost may be traced to inferior work of local pitchers.
 Had Turner and McNeal been half way effective Birmingham would have made clean sweep of the Memphis game.
 Turner lost the first New Orleans game when he went into the air and allowed the Pelicans to make six runs in one in- mng.
 After McNeal was retired from the second New Orleans games Turner threw 1t away by walking three men in the eleventh inning.
 The third battle Robinson won, and the fourth Robertaille and Fritz fought to a draw
 Meek is catching a star game.
 His good work has surprised everyone about the circuit, and we cannot thank Billy Smith too much for declining to buy him.
 Molesworth wouldn't trade Meek for 14
  boot.
 Raub is also doing nice work behini the bat and hitting exceedingly well.
 Douglass is playing a magnificent game in the field, though his batting has been off color to a certain extent.
 Downey is fielding finely, though his hit thing is very weak. Demont is playing his usual game at short. Walters is fast becoming accustomed to the third sack and his sacrifice of his personal choice for the good of the team should be praised.
 Lew is hitting better than ever before in his career.
 He made VOW at the beginning of the season not to bite at out curves" and this resolution has stood him in good stead.
 The outfield is well cared for in Moes . worth, Henline and Manning, and from this trio many timely swats come.
 But Robinson is the only winning pitch er Robertaille, at the present time, Is doing nice work. During the western in- vasion he defeated Mobile and Little Rock, and fought out 12-inning tie with New Orleans. It is hoped that McNeal will again hit hls stride, and that Turner will improve.
 Molesworth has entered the market for new twirlers, but has met with no suc- cess as yet. Connie Mack and others notified him yesterday that good pitchers were exceedingly hard to find. However, Molesworth is still working, and has sev- eral men on the string.
 Manager Molesworth is straining every nerve in an endeavor to get the Barons off the bottom.
 He is lying awake at nights and dreams of holes, gulleys and air castles.
 He is scheming, planning and hoping.
 In addition, he is playing a marvellous game.
 He is not letting managerial troubles interfere with his personal performances.
 He is fielding excellently, stinging the ball in all directions, running bases fine ly and making runs.
 His work is a fine example for his men to follow.
 Molesworth is confident of being able to wriggle off the bottom some of these days.
 T know we need pitchers" he says, "and we are going to get them. Tho team is working hard, as everyone knows, and some day we're going to hit streak of luck and go higher"
 Molesworth announced last night that Robertaille would open in Memphis Mon- day. "I believe he will win, too," declared the stocky manager.
 It is noticeable fact that the players support some pitchers better than they do others.
 The Barons give Robinson brilliant sup port, while behind McNeal and Turner errors occur too frequently.
 This fact is not due to any desire on the part of the players to throw Turner or McNeal down.
 The players perform better for that pitcher who is full of ginger himself, who works himself and is always cheerful.
 When Robinson, overflowing with pep per- jumps around like a rubber ball, 1t is impossible for the players to restrain their enthusiasm.
 When he fields brilliantly the players are inspired to do likewise. When an error is made and Robinson continues grinding away with a cheerful smile and a determined expression, the players au- tomatically plan to do that thing which will render the error of no consequence.
 Who ever saw the team gingery behind Ginger" Clark?
 It was because Ginger Clark was never gingery himself.
 When the pitcher works as if he doesn't care whether it rains or not, the play CTS will perform equally as listless.
 When an error causes a pitcher to frown and fret and fume, the players be- come indifferent and are ready for an as tension into the higher regions.
 In all of this there is lesson.
 We still believe baseball is in danger of becoming contaminated by the book making gambler, driven pell-mell from the race track
 Louisiana has put auietus on the race track gambler
 New York has done likewise.
 Tennessee and Kentucky will follow suit and then the west will get busy
 Baseball will then become the prey for the tooth of the sharper, and baseball will hardly escape the fate of prize fight ing wrestling and racing.
 The Age-Herald has received much en- couragement in its efforts to call the at tenton of the powers that be to the dan gerous situation. The following letter shows the general feeling in this matte.1:
 Please accept my hearty congratuia- tions on the stand you have taken Tn re- gard to betting on the game Of baseball.
 This evil is already doing much to discredit the standing of those who play,' and who otherwise take an active interest in the great game.
 This evil is even affecting our school games.