The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-06
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

WHAT OTHERS SAY.
 Ii was said yesterday that Manager La joie was contemplating leaving Hess, one of his southpaw pitchers, here. Hess would make a valuable adjunct to the local pitching corps if he would work. The big fellow can be olassed with the best sidewheelers in the business, but he Is wild. Hess has been with Cleveland for a number of seasons. He is a cracking good hitter and has all the steam in the worid.-New Orleans World.
 Birmingham is again to the front Um- pire Charles Harris. who alleges that he was roughly handled by Del Howard and Harry Steinfeldt two of the Chicago play CTS, has brought suit against them for s5000 for assault and battery What do you think of that? In hmingham you mustn't touch an umpire unless you want to be sued.-Montgomery Journal
 No one knows that better than you. The local fans and newspapers have hereto fore had trouble with Montgomery row dies, especially Dominick Mullaney and Ike Durrett.
 
 As an opening guess, based solely on the dope, our tip for the first and second squads In Dixie would hove along these lines. First division: Atlanta, New Or leans, Memphis and Nashville. Second division: Mobile. Little Rock, Montgom- cry and Birmingham.-Nash Tennes- sean.
 That's the poorest guess of all we've heard. If the fans paste the above in their hats they'll have a laugh on Grant land Rice in about month
 Ginger Winters doesn't seem to be any the worse for the time spent in St. Louis during the cold months and, although Ginger is not rated among the spring chickens, he is the only man this spring who has gone into a game the day after arriving in Atlanta. Ginger made his ap- pearanee in the park on Saturday, and Monday was in the lineup, making phe- nomenal catches in center field Ginger has many years in the game before him, and it will take a lot of young and fast blood to beat him out.-Atlanta Constitu- ton.
 In George Suggs and Edgar Willett the Tigers have two pitchers who hold unique worlds records in baseball. September S. 1906. Suggs prevented Nashville mak- ing a hit in il innings, winning on shut out then turned around and pitched second game, winning by shutting them out with single hit and no runs. Thus he pitched 20 innings with no runs and one hit. At Wichita, Kan. April 8, 1906, Willett allowed but five hits and struck out 30 men during IS innings, but lost by the score of 5 to 1.-Arkansas Gazette.
 
 That Bartley case is more mysterious than that of any of the other pitchers. The Pelican people still claim that Bart ley went home to get domestic affairs strengthened out, but if that is true it IS taking Bartley long time on that job. Manager Frank said a week ago he ex- pected Bartley by every train. Bartley wasn't in at late hour this morning, or if he was he hadn't made his presence known.-New Orleans Item.
 Bartley will eventually turn up. He's simply worrying the fat Dutchman be- cause the aforesaid F. D. is in hole.
 Manager Charlie Frank last night veri- fled the report that he had purchased Burkett. but did not make known the con- sideration. The Pelican manager seems to finally realize that his pitching staff IS perhaps the weakest in the league. and that it is time for him to get busy. While there is but little doubt but that Fritz. Molly and Bartley will come around, still he can hardly afford to wait on them until the season opens and then have them report unfit to work.
 If Burkett is as good as Montgomery reports say he is. he will be a valuable addition to the Birds twirling staff. He will probably arrive in this city todaF. possibly in time to work in this after noons game-New Orleans Times-Demo- crat
 It must be humilating to the New Or leans fans to have to swallow a Montgom- cry castoff However. 1t is believed that if Frank wanted the whole Montgomery team, Chambers would cry, Aye, aye, sirr'