The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-26

as a ball player. tle COuiuH hOVP up with Uncle Lewis in a sprint, and his throwing is something decidedly humorous He can catch pop fouls, though, and that helps some.-Nash- vile American.
 With the sales of Bill Bartley, Ed Hohnhorst, Hugh Sweeney announced, the Champs are down to 15 men now. Two more will have to be let off by May IA. Erskine Mayer is one, that is certainty while the other will bo chosen from Roy Moran, Charlie Seitz and Arista De Haven,-Atlanta Con stitution.
 Pete Lister looks mighty good at his old place. Pete has all the elements of a great player in this company. His old stick Is as handy as ever He il was that started all the trouble against his old teammates in the second, when Floods first circus effort produced double and prevented at least a half dozen runs being scored in this round instead of two.-Nashville American. Paul Sentell doesn't like the story started that he hurt his arm In spring practice trying to stick with Brook lyn. They had me on third, and in making the overland throw I hurt my wing." he explains. I'm glad l didn't have to stay with that bunch. I'd sooner be with a winner in the South ern than a tail-ender in the big bush."-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 The Volunteers have dropped five games since the campaign began, and of this number at least four were boot ed away by the quartet on guard around the inner works of battle. With even fair support offered the slabmen In this series of defeats, the Volun- teers would have won seven or eight games played in place of three, as the total stands at present.-Nashvill Tennessean.
 Savannah is insisting that First Base- man Sweeney be turned over to them Meantime, Sweeney Is here waiting to find out what Is to become of him. A player of Sweeneys ability is always in demand, and the club that gets him will be lucky. wheth CT 1t be Savannah or Bridgeport, Conn. It would be pity to see Sweeney go to the Indians just at present, however, when that loyal" community is giving Magoon's men all the roasting that they can administer Atlanta Constitution.
 As for the Billy Smith matter" there is but one sane way to look at it, whether you believed in the deposed manager or not. It has ceased to be an issue. So let's drop 1t. A man might as well take up some such ques- 1 ton as the treatment of Napoleon by | his captors or of J. Caesar by his | friends a to hash over this Billy Smith matter. It Is a dead issue and all in the past Anybody who digs it up shows an unnatural longing for buried | bones.-Atlanta Georgian.
 | A mighty howl has ascended from the throats of the Dell frequenters who have recently discovered that they are denied the privilege of going out be- tween the acts. as it were. In the case of a double header, such as the affair pulled off when Atlanta was here, the majority of the male fans at the park want to go outside between the | first and second games but there is nothing doing. This is the first ex- perience Nashville has had of this char acter and 1t looks as if some other arrangement will have to be made on account of the great and general dis satisfaction resultant from the exist | ing conditions 'n this regard Let the l fans go out and cool off-even the theatres give them that privilege, and they need it at the ball park as well. The man on the gate no longer has a pleasant occupation, since every fel- low who starts out returns uttering maledictions on the head of the poor
 fellow who Is merely following in- structions. Come on-loosen up.-Nash- vile American.