The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-09

Stock dale, Thornton Neighbors, Hill, Sentell and McCay (when he signs up) have all reach ed the stage when they must take life serious. Jule Watson. according to rumor, Is trying to get serious too-Mobile Register.
 Jake Atz, once of New Orleans. but now a White sox, is not having an easy time in the Windy City.
 Atz has never been strong man with the bat, and when he popped out last week with the bases full in close game, the fans went after him like he had been a train robber.
 They hooted Jakey and it hurt his ! feelings. He says the Chicago fans are fckle. He says they cheer him one day and call for his scalp the next-Atlanta Journal.
 Speaking of umpiring, O'Brien is cer- tainly getting his bumps all around tho circuit New Orleans scribes started the complaint when they were frank enough to state that his work gave the home team a game over Montgomery that the Climbers should have had In Mo bile popular and newspaper criticism continued, his work during the Nash vile series being generally objected ! to, the papers being of the opinion that had not Mobile won the game there would have been much trouble.
 Saturday in Birmingham police had to escort him from the grounds, "every- body in Birmingham claiming that his bad work was responsible for the home team losing to New Orleans. And so 1t goes. Umpiring, according to Rudderham, is much more pleasing an occupation than formerly. Per haps o'Brien and maybe others would like to tint debate" the matter with him-Nashville Banner.
 Whatever else you have to say about the game, there's nothing to it but to | hand it to stockdale Grizzled Reynard was all there in a lump We got to him for three scattered bingles. and | outside of this there were not a half l dozen balls belted on the nose. We l could bang 'em this or that side of the seam, but never on the | trade mark between. This may have been because the eminent Otis per- sisted in chewing off the trade mark and a good portion of the seams. He fed on the ball all the afternoon, and by the time he got through there wasn't very much left of 1t to see with the naked eye-much less paste with the paddle Whatever the reason he pitched about the swellest game seen in the dell this year, and from the way things looked If he had been pushing one of those Indianapolis balloone over the plate the Volunteers wouldn't have punctured 1t in any vital spot.-Nash- vile Tennessean.
 That husky son of Erin, O'Brien, um- pire by the grace of William Kava- naugh, president, was again in our midst, aided and abetted by one Pfen- ninger. also an umpire by profession. Aforesaid OBrien was as bad yesterday as he was upon his former visit here, which is going some" to say the least. His umpiring caused a near riot in Birmingham Saturday, whe ere he was escorted from the grounds by bluecoats. While there was no riot at Pelican park yesterday, still the in- dignation against him was so great that his exit from the grounds was shielded by the ue-coated arm of the law His work was just naturally punk" neither side getting the worst of it. O'Brien seemed to be in a pug nacious mood yesterday, he trying to get into arguments with all the play CTS. In the ninth inning Dexter went up to llm to exanine the ball. and 'Dext" was benched and tf en sent to the clubhouse for talking too much.
 Umpire O'Brien's work has caused dis satisfaction all over the league. The other umpires hate to be assigned to duty with him, and every manager in the league has registered kicks against him. So much for the umpire.-New Or leans Times Democrat.
 Nothing has been heard from Chick" Fraser, secured by New Orleans from the Chicago Nationals, but 1t is ru- mored that the veteran major leaguer will pitch for "a Chicago semiprof. team this summer.-New Orleans Pica- yune
 Hess was hooted by the heartily dis guested fans, but he had allowed only one safe hit. Poor support had seem- ingly sewed up the contest for the wis itors. Hess had opened each inning by walking the first man, however, and there was really some occasion for the liberal use of the hardware by the fuming fans.-New Orleans Pica- yune.
 Newt did not always confine himself to mere abuse and knew more tricks than one to cause an opposing pitcher