The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-05
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

Concerning the report emanatinS from Boston that Ty Cobb of Detroit would be barred from the Boston grounds for one year as result or ms difficulties there, as was Delahanty or Washington for improper language on the Cleveland diamond, President Ban Johnson of the American league stated that no formal complaint had been made against Cobb by the Boston club and unless such complaint was made no official action would be taken. How ever, as result of several informal complaints of verbal fireworks between Cobb and spectators in various cities, President Johnson recently sent let ter warning the Detroit management that Cobb's tongue should be curbed or that young player would draw d punish hment.-Chicago Tribune.
 Several members of the Detroit club have brothers whose baseball work they are watching closely. There are a cou- pie of shortstopping OLearys besides the one with Detroit, but these two are experienced players, and the major leaguers have ceased to follow the box scores closely Ty Cobb, also, isn't reading Western association dope so closely since St. Louis went across with s3000 for Paul Cobb leading hit ter of the league mentioned. and for merly right fielder for Kalamazoo. Wade Killifer is satisfied now that his brother Is in a strong league and on the way to the top. George Mullin is con vinced that the family luck is with his brother, who for a time was with the Jackson, Mich., 1907 team, and who Is now in the South Atlantic. Mullin, Jr., the other day struck out 10 men, passed but one allowed a few hits and still was beaten. Charlie Schmidt has brother in the Arkansas league. This, Schmidt, too, is a catcher. In his last game out he had nine put outs and three assists, got three hits and stole base. The Detroit Schmidt says that the family Is one of base stealers. He himself has dazzled the east this trip getting three pliers in seven games and losing another on a technicality, an error coming in without which he un- doubtedly would have been given credit for theft.-Washington Star.
 The announcement that Al Orth had been released by the New York Ameri- cans to the Lynchburg, Va, club marked the passing of another star who was with the Phillies when the war between the National and American leagues broke out Nearly all of the great bunch of players who jumped the Phillies for American league clubs have now passed out of the major league swim. Ed Delahanty was the first to go in 1903, after struggle on bridge at midnight near Buffalo. and his body was found below the Niagara Falls. Frank Donahue, the heady nervy twirler, who while with the Quakers shut out Boston without hit. quit the game at the end of 1905 because he wasn't made manager of the Washington club. Donahue is now a hotelkeeper in this city. Monte Cross is manager of the Kansas City club Pitcher Bill Duggleby, who jumped the Phillies and then jumped back again is now with the Rochester Eastern league team. Bill Bernhard is trying to capture a pennant In tn south as man. ager of a club. Elmer Flick has been i'll all season with stomach trouble and his return to the diamond Is a question. The men who are still in the major league ranks are Lajoie, manager oc Cleveland, and as good player as he was when he was with the Quakers Chick" Fraser, with the Chicago Ma tionals, taking life easy as usual, and Harry White, with the Chicago Amer jeans. All were star players in 1900 and now only three of them are with big teams. Surely the life of a big