The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
POINTERS ID RANDOM
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.
,all is a peculiar proposition.

Baseball is peculiar proposition Friday the home teams made clean sweep.
 Yesterday the visiting teams won every | game played.
 It is this same uncertainty, however, that keeps the national game we'll to the fore of all other sports, and for | that reason no one has authority to
 holler.
 'Cholly' Franks Pelican outfit came
 to Birmingham and showed the Barons l deeper in the hole. The Pretzeis failed
 to support Wee Willie Chrystal, and 1 Memphis won with comparative ease. l Walters cleverly outpitched Ford in At l lanta and and Little Rock had no trouble
 in winning the opener. Mobile found no | difficulty in solving the delivery of Kel- l lum in Nashville.
 While no games are scheduled for today, 1 two will be played Frank took his Birds | out of Birmingham last night and will 1 meet the Montgomery Pretzels in the | Crescent City this afternoon. Mobile will step over to Memphis and play Babb' s l men a Sunday game
 Monday hostilities will be resumed The | Pelicans will return to Birmingham on 1 an early morning train. The Pretzels will 1 be again in Montgomery to meet the Memphii returning from Memphis Mobile | will return to Nashville and Little Rock
 and Atlanta will meet for the second | time.
 Franks men should be a trife worn
 out by Monday afternoon, and the Barons ] should drub them with little difficulty. 1 The word "should'' is used advisedly, for 1 1t sometimes happens that the tired men do not lose. At any rate it is the time
 for McNeal to win, and we choose Bir- mingham.
 Inasmuch as the Barons had gained a l lead of two runs, it was hard to lose i yesterdays game.
 l But the Pelicans will have the hard 1 est fight of their lives to win the current l series, in spite of the fact that they have taken the ''opener.' 1 McNeal will work Monday, and his op- l ponent will probably be Jack Ryan. Tues | day Mack Robinson will again go to the l slab, and if the youngster shows the forra | displayed Friday he will defeat the pep pery Ginger Clark. Robertaille or Tur- | ner will pitch Wednesday, and it may be l that Birmingham will be presented with l an opportunity to defeat Blue Eyed' | Billy Bartley.
 | The games next week promise to be | unusually interesting, and if the fans will l turn out and do their share of the work l the majority of them should fall into the column of the Barons.
 The race in the American league con l tinues red hot. Between the leader and
 the tailender but 119 points intervene. 1 The breadth of this statement is easily recognized when it is refembered that l between Lit'' ,k seventh and Birming- ] ham eigl he Southern league IF l points sei
 In the ! herican league it is possible | for the tailender, within the space of two l weeks, to assume the lead and 1t may
 happen that within the near future each
 club will have a percentage of 500. l And the race in the Southern is not without it's interest Montgomery, Mem 1 phis and New Orleans are well punched | in their effort to retain and assume the l leadership.
 Atlanta and Mobile follow within easy striking distance. Nashville Little Rock l and Birmingham certain to remain 1 for some few days in the rear ranks, l but when the leaders get well punched there is always an opportunity for the l tailenders to squeeze in a place. Cincinnati continues to hold the center | of the National league stage. l The Reds for the first time since Harry | Vaughn and Theodore Breitenstein grew | too old for fast company have shown l great form, and while the world stands l with mouth agape, they Sare threatening l Chicago
 Indeed the Cubs are but 50 points to l the good a margin which can be over | taken in four days.
 1 While October is a long way off, and i while many strange things may happen | between this beautiful day in June and a 1 chilly day in that wintry month 1t Is 1 very probable that Cincinnati will make
 a fine finish this season. and it would be l a great treat for Southern league fans , were the Reds to cop the gaudy rag of | victory!
 Two terms is long enough for any of- ficeholder to draw the pay of state, and l Frank Chance should be no exception to l-this excellent rule.
 Among the Pelicans are some well | known names in the world of baseball.
 Two have figured in world champion | ships-Lord and Rohe-and in these great
 games the two did exceptionally fine
 work. Rohe's terrific hitting probably
 won the worlds championship for the
 White Sox over the Cubs, and the one
 game that Philadelphia won from New
 York some seasons ago is attributed to
 the hit of Briscoe Lord.
 Ginger Clark, Harry Matthews and
 Frank Delehanty formerly romped be-
 meath the shadow of the slag. While each
 has his merits, the fans parted with the
 trio without regret. Delehanty was a
 follower of Dusty Miller when that
 malcontent led a strike of the Barons
 some years ago. Frank was subsequently k sold to New York. From the camp of
 the Highlanders he went to Cleveland He
 was never contented, however and as a 1 result has returned to minor company. If
 is now a question as to whether he re-
 mains contented in New Orleans.
 Matthews, immediately after Birming-
 ham won the pennant in 1906, was sold to l New Orleans. His hard work won him
 friends in Birmingham, but his departure
 for other reasons than any personal in
 feriority, elicited no heartfelt tears oi
 regret.
 Clark was with Birmingham for many
 years before his recent sale to New Or
 leans He is a good pitcher, but has
 played in hard luck this season. He may
 work against the Barons this week. ,tt, Nyax O,Iao Toe