The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-06
POINTERS ID RANDOM
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS.

The Barons have performed the high ly creditable feat of breaking even with the Nashville Volunteers in their own Sulphur Dell.
 A visiting team that wins half it's games on the road is playing excellent ball and setting pace that is followed with difficulty.
 Few expected the Barons to break even with shville, and no one could have desired more. Even the perpetual sorehead Is compelled to do them jus tice.
 The series was an exceptional one. In the first place, the Barons started with sterling victory over Nashville's pet, Hub Perdue. In the second place, the Barons were overwhelmingly crushed, the victors piling up big score, and making a superabundance Of hits. In the third place, the Volunteers won by big margan, driving Ford to the tall timbers and scoring with aban- don. In the fourth place. there was ! nip-and-tuck affair, which the Barons won-for reasons as yet unaccounted for.
 The fans at home are perfectly satis- fled with the showing made in Nash vile.
 
 Turner won yesterday afternoon aft CT having received terrific lombard ment.
 He profited not so much from his own endeavor as from the imperfection of his opponent
 Duggan's bases on balls gave the battle to Birmingham.
 But, in spite of this fact, Turner was at the helm, and as the Barons won, Turner deserves full credit.
 The rejuvenated Montgomery Pretzels will face the Barons this afternoon at West End.
 The Sleepers are playing magnificent ly just at the present time, having won the great majority of their last dozen games.
 Since Ed Greminger succeeded James Ryan as manager the entire Montgom- cry team has taken on new life. and Is putting up that article which wins. Atlanta has just suffered from the new form of the Climbers, and as a result is two games lower than when the series opened.
 Montgomery has practically a new team. The majority of the brush lea guers brought south at the begin ming of the season have been disposed of and today the Sleepers are playing the best ball in the south. Manager Molesworth will have his hands full this afternoon. The Pret- gels have always been a thorn in the Barons' side, and the locals have won but one series from them. This after noon Manager Molesworth will en- deaver to begin the administering Of another series of defeats. | For some time the race in the Southern | league has been the most spectacular in | the baseball world. 1 And 1t promises to continue equally as ] sensational, if not more so, until the 1 very end.
 After the recovery from the surprise i that Montgomery occasioned during the first few weeks of the season, New Or leans, Memphis, Nashville, Mobile and Atlanta settled down into a gruelling ] pace.
 Then New Orleans and Nashville sprung into the lead and remained the center | of attraction for a month
 But today with Nashville, New Orleans, l Mobile and Memphis in the lead, Little Rock and Montgomery are beginning to assume threatening proportions.
 It is a fact that the best ball played In the league at this time Is that dished over the counter by Montgomery, Mo- bile and Little Rock.
 With Atlanta strengthening every day,
 With Mobile drawing in endorsements rom every section, with Montgomery ana | Llttle Rock setting the world on f1re py their spectacular efforts, and with Nash Vile, New Orleans and Memphis grlmiy
 swinging to positions in the first divis- ion' the fans are destined to witness some rare old sport before the falling or the
 nag In the balmy days of September.
 It Is yet too early to predict the Wips
 Ter There are. scarcely more than oV percentage points between Nashville al