The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-10

Stewart.
 Chief Jirels has been working hard on
 the case of Little Nemo," as the first baby was termed by Mayor Wikle and
 his efforts will be equally strenuous in
 running down the mother of the second
 baby, though the clews in this case are
 even slighter than they were in the other one.
 The United States court-of the North eastern division of Alabama will convene In Anniston Monday morning for the spring session. Judge Oscar R. Hund- ley will preside. The appointment of Will liam l. Grubb as successor to Judge Hundley seems to have given universal | satisfaction in this city. where the ut most interest has been manifested in the 1 fight for the position on account of the prominent parts taken in the hearings before the congressional subcommittee 1 by two prominent Anniston attorneys. But while the appointment of Judge Grubb will give satisfaction, there will 1 be many who will regret to see Judge 1 Hundley leave the bench. Whether the 1 charges brought against Judge Hundley 1 be true or untrue, he undoubtely pos l sesses the faculty of making strong 1 friendships, and his friends in Anniston
 were numerous, he having been enter
 tained in several of the first homes of | this city on the occasion of his visits
 here in the discharge of his professional 1 duties.
 The third of a series of pipe shipments was made from the plant of the United 1 States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry com 1 pany yesterday afternoon when 1000 tons l left the local yards over the Louisville
 and Nashville for Cienfuegos, Cuba, via
 Mobile.
 There seems to be no depression what | ever In this line of activity in Annis-
 ton. Besides the order of 15 GOO tons which
 the big shop mentioned above has re- l ceived for shipment to Cuba they have begun and will soon be shipping on the 45,000-ton shipment to San Francisco, and in addition to this the Central Foundry
 company and the Union Foundry company
 are now working on full time, both plants
 having recently been enlarged, the latter
 by threefold
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 by a Texas steer and then kicked by a | Georgia mule.
 A man who goes through with those l two narrowing experiences feels sore. you l bet
 Any gent who doubts it should have a 1 try
 Naturally the suggestion is made only
 to the gent fans Small boys and others 1
 Atlanta Journal.
 Gremingers purchase of Osteen is ex- l pected to aid somewhat in a reconstruc-
 ton of the team. With Jud Daley back l in the game, George Whiteman can be l played on third thus finishing the cir
 cuit Manush has not shown the form l that warranted Philadelphia in purchas- l ing him. He has not batted, nor has his
 fielding been of the consistent variety.
 Pope at times is the best player in i the world. On most occasions he gives l exhibitions of daredevil sort of playing l that fairly astounds every grandstand
 that confronts him. He's fast, quick
 and capable. Yet Pope has been some
 what off in the past three weeks. He has
 not played consistently.-Mon
 Journal.
 No, gentle reader the Atlanta Ball club
 is not headed for the cellar
 It is not making a bid for the place now
 held by Memphis in the Southern league ! hall of fame. Three games in a string. i all linked together like sausage, don't look
 good.
 No, that is true but remember Detroit
 won the flag in the American league last l year.
 Yes of course, you remember that. l Well, at the start of the season those 1 cruel Tigers were at the bottom, the
 very bottom of the league standing. But l they went out after the other fellows. l They did notsintend to stick to the bot
 tom like a bee on a sheet of fly paper.- l Atlanta Journal.
 l Tech is trothing at the mouth over the l action of Mercer in presenting an affi- l davit to Pitcher Mayer, which that l twirler did not care to sign. Evidently Tech has a little kick com 1 ing though not at Mercer | According to Techs testimony, the game
 in which Mayer played was a scrub game l at a Sunday school picnic. It Is said l that neither team wore uniforms; that l neither had a manager or captain and
 that no admission was charged All this being true. it would hardly seem fair to knock out Mayer At worst,
 he was guilty only of technical violation 1 of the summer baseball rule. He was I not charged with professionalism or any | of the big sins of the athletic calendar, | and certainly he should not be ruled out of college baseball for playing at a Sun | day school picnic.-Atlanta Georgian.
 Quite a gathering was on deck to wit 1 ness the return of the sun-kissed Champs, | and incidentally to see them lift the vis- | itors' fetlocks. Nothing doing in the l last part of the bet As the lowly worm | and the barrel hoop turn when trodden
 upon, the Barons wheeled on the league | leaders and walloped the sassafras out | of their systems in jig time As long as | they act like they did Friday, they will | be hard people for any club to handle, | for the work of the team as q whole was I something better than anything either At 1 lanta or Montgomery had to offer while | here Dickson was steadier than Duggan and his support was better and more bril- | liant all the way. Elam's work at short | was the dazzling feature of the afternoon. | The visiting shortstopper romped all over | the field and yanked down swats that l looked to be plckled for the Basehit fac | tory until his long, wiry talons Jagged them en route. MT Ellam is either some | shortstopper or is able to make a noise | like one on stated occasions He was