The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22
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WITH THE SCRIBES
Mobile Item: Probably you think Flee
Powder Cor Fleharty) cannot hit. ASK
Liz Torrey.
Mobile Item Fleharty certainly had
Frank Rhoton's goat-four times up
and three times dying in the init, the
strike coming one after another.
Atlanta Georgian: Our own Atlanta
team may present some problems 10
the men who pay the salaries. The
local association feels in honor bound
to keep down to the salary limit and
will do so, whatever happens. But may
be a high priced man will have to go
to make the thing possible.
Mobile Register: Manager Wordsworth
said yesterday that he was anxious
to see that New Orleans team When
he does see them he will be remind
ed of last year-another over-touted
team at Pelicanville. The Dutchman
has not fooled New Orleans fans, eth
era glimpse at the attendance shows
that.
Mobile Register: The Birmingham
team and a miserable norther yester-
day afternoon, after the game, sent
large crowd of local fans back to
the city with chills running down their
spines Mobile was defeated, thanks
to Fleharty's effective pitching, but sew
eral opportunities came to the locals
to break up the contest; they failed
because there was too much File
harty.
Mobile Register: Torrey's perform
ance yesterday shows that a pitcher
has everything one day and nothing
| the next. The Barons went right after
the big fellow in the first inning, scor-
ing two runs on three hits. After that,
however, Torrey settled down and
pitched excellent ball until the Barons
began to pound him in the eighth.
Liz" apparently cannot go far on
cold day, preferring that good old sun.
Chattanooga News: Manager Babb Sc
cured Allen from the Seattle team,
champions of the Northwestern league.
He led the Northwestern in percentage
of games won, coming Oft victor In
20 of the IS contests in which he
pitched He demonstrated that control
was his long suit" by giving but 81
bases on balls in the 26 games-less
than a base on balls to each game.
Only two wild pitches were made by
him during the season.
Mobile Register: The same teams
meet this afternoon. So far the games
have been of more interest than base
ball games usually are, for the con-
tests have been featured through out
with sensational fielding stunts. Wag-
ner, Neal, Darringer and Huelsman yes
terday were the stars, Darringer max
| ing a doubce play at critical mo-
ment in the ninth inning, unassisted.
| Swacina was out of the game because
of his injured knee and Jules Watson
played first base like a veteran.
Mobile Register: Baseball is a funny
proposition. Shortstop Newton of the
Barons, while lightning fielder, has
never been accused of being a stick
artist, yet yesterday and Monday his
wallops scored men. Huelsman. real
hitter, comes to the bat and soaks
| the horsehide a terrific wallop when
Fleharty accidentally knocks 1t down
with his glove. Captain Kerwin was
on second at the time and would have
bet about 10 to l he would score,
but he didn't. Talk about luck, Huls
| is minus 1t.
Chattanooga News: One enthusiastic
fan who had a bleacber seat and who
carried a good sized package came
on the playing field twice and had to
be removed by the police. Once he
became involved in an argument with
the umpires, the other time he mere
| ~ came in to root
Another boy carried his load into tn e
grandstand and made the empty seats
resound with his whoops until the
Lookouts made their inth-inning rail-
ly. Then he hushed up and shortly
after left the stand.
There was still another package"
carried in the stand. He slept through
the entire proceedings, including the
ninth-inning rally.
Nashville Banner: Manager Jordan
has already run into the first gully
along the baseball roadside which may
or may not prove bad permanent
handicap depending upon the serious
noon while chasing down Harry Bav
between second and third Sid Smith
was capsized by the little outfielder
while trying to duck under him and
struck the ground with his left should
err. This morning Sid was feeling so bad
in his injured member that he was Of
the opinion that something was
broken. So strong was his suspicion
that he HE'D to an X-ray machine ana
was looked over carefully. AS the ply
sician's diagnosis was not learned at
the time of going to press 1t cannot
be said at this time Just what the
J extent of the injury may be- Should
1t be serious. however, Manager Jor-
, dan will be up against a very serious
situation as not only will he be with
out the services of one of the best
, allround men in the league and his
| lead catcher, but operating on a
13-man basis will encounter large adj
: ditional difficulty. t,f
, Mobile Item: If you keep your ear
close to the rail for the next 80 DAYS
, you will hear one big squeal on the
animal Southern league hoodoo, the
salary limit.
The Southern league magnates made
: up their minds at the Memphis meet
, ing that they would simply stick tc
! the limit and quit hollering about it
but as sure as smoke somebody Is GO
ing to say some thing worth quoting
when the presidents, managers and fans
' thoroughly digest the line-ups of the
) eight squads.
Look at that New Orleans club
they will say How can that Dutch
man play such men as Jackson, Butch