The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
POINTERS ID RANDOM
MEEK.
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

| II we IelI certain IndI lne l would put an end to their error mak- !! ing, we would dare to predict an i'm mediate climb into higher circles. The tabulation of the number of errors made by the Barons in a week requires the skill of an expert account ant, and when this fact is seriously f considered, it is remarkable that we i ever land d battle. 1 In Thursdays game. when McNeal i gave two hits and lost the Barons piled up six gigantic miscues, many of them costly. Yesterday, four errors and a wild pitch marred the victory, and made dangerous an attempted Sea Gull rally in the ninth inning.
 These errors must be cut out. The pitchers, as soon as they can rely on their support, will become steadier. Yesterday morning The Age-Herald , predicted that Robertaile would win his game if the infield did it's share of | the work.
 | Robertaille did win. alth tough the in- | field failed to deliver the goods as 1t should have done.
 1 Four of the five runs scored by Mo- bile are traceable to errors and wild pitch, this being true in spite of the | fact that the Gulls hit Robertaille ex- ceedingly hard.
 In the fourth. McIver, first up, was safe on Demont's error. James singled, McIver going to third from which bag he scored on Benson's double. Massing famed, and Gaskill walked filling the bases. Thornton hit to Robertaille and James was forced at the plate. Meek. attempting double, hit Sentell in the i back and Benson scored Daily hit to {, Demont and Demont juggled, allowing GaslSill to score
 Had Demont thrown McIver out at 1 the plate, there would probably have been no scoring in that inning. l In the ninth, a wild pitch scored a | runner from third. Following this per- formance, in playing for the runner and allowing Massing to score, Walters was using his head.
 The Barons and the Sea Gulls are even to date, each having won d game and tied another
 The Mobile scribe, therefore, who predicted four-straight walk-away, was trifie off color.
 Mobile will have to hustle to take the series.
 Ginger" Clark will work for Bir- mingham today, and Ginger" will | twirl his arm off or get away with a victory. It all depends on how well the infield supports him. | Stockdale, who has reported to Fish l CT, will be his opponent, and that the battle will be a hard one is a certain | ty. The gray fox" hasn't worked this year. and will do his best to land his first battle for the Gulls. i After the game today the Barons move on to New Orleans, where to- morrow they open with the Pelicans, Turner or Fleharty working. | Where is the man who declared the strength of the league was in the. west?
 So far in the western invasion the eastern clubs have shown up" their 1 opponents.
 The honors of the first day were | divided.
 Thursday the east won two and lost one game.
 Yesterday the east won three and 1 lost one Atlanta being the only in- vader to lower it's colors before tho westerners.
 It is true that Memphis has several men on the sick list. But inasmuch as Nashville, since the acquisition of Harry Bay, is 20 per cent stronger for all it is worth, Babb's men might have been trounced had all been in l shape
 But perhaps we are growing too soon 1 The invasion is only begun.
 Meek is doing nicely behind the batf.
 His one error of yesterday was costly, but the best will sometimes hit run ner when the throw must be fast and &C., 1 curate
 While we have not seen the hefty son of swat working with the mask and init. from the reports gathered, we are led to believe that as season proposition, | Meek will do.
 Downey is improving on third. His mis- cuses of the season were made in the
 majority of cases in the Montgomery
 series. Since then he has settled down.
 Yesterday Gene Demont's fielding was
 the sore spot. In one inning he made two errors. and each fathered a Mobile
 run We are surprised. too, that Lew Walters walks up every day and regis | tors miscue.
 ] But. perhaps, today every one will do better work.
 | If no errors, no costly errors, are made in this afternoons battle, we be- | ieve "Ginger" will walk away with the
 Fishermen, as Mobile calls it's players
 Joe Rickert's home run drives are be- | coming famous Two in succession were his position Wednesday, and Friday he 1 made the only Pelican run on a four sack l swat.
 That New Orleans Montgomery battle
 is noticeable for another feature. Harry | Matthews did his old stunt of throwing I to second with a man on third with the invariable result. That piece of nonsense on the part of Matthews has cost the | Barons innumerable games. The other players in theimelight yes-
 terday was Harry Bay. He appeared | twice at the bat. got two hits scored l three runs, and stole three bases He | is fast becoming the entire Nashville l team.
 And while we are speaking of Nash | vile. we might as well state that which l we firmly believe. The Volunteers are bound to make a fine showing this year. Bernhard has the team and the pitchers.
 In the American league six teams are | as good as .500 In the National, five are at and above the 500 mark This goes to show that two teams in the American, and three in the National are | already down and out. | In the American league there was but one game yesterday, Detroit defeating Boston. There were several battles of