The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-21
RAIN PUTS GAMES
OUT OF SCHEDULE
IN ALL CIRCUITS
BILL SAYS RUMOR OF DROPPING
MONTGOMERY AND CHATTA-
NOOGA IS ROT PURE AND SIMPLE.
BILL SMITH IN TROUBLE

Rain cut quite a swath in baseball cir
cles yesterday.
Two games were postponed in the
Southern league.
Two games were postponed in the Ma
tional league. -
Rain stopped the Westinghouse Louis
game Of the American league in the sixth
inning, leaving the score tied.
Rain and wet grounds caused the post
ponement of every game scheduled in the
Cotton States circuit.
Two games in the American association
could not be played on account OF in
clement weather
All games in the Eastern league were
postponed yesterday afternoon In honor
of the late King Edward VII of Eng
land.
But one other time has the death of a
European monarch caused the postpone
ment of American baseball games. The
Eastern league failed to play it's sched-
uled games on the day of the interment
of Queen Victoria.
The reason for the action of the East
ern league in these instances is found in
the fact that two of the teams of the
circuit are located in Canada. which
country is a member of the British en-
pire. The cities are Toronto and Mon
treal.
With nothing to write about, evidently.
some scribe of New Orleans has sent
abroad a story to the effect that the
heads of the league are planning to drop
| Chattanooga and Montgomery, and op-
| crate on the six-club idea.
There is no truth in the report.
Were the question put to a vote, hard
ly a director would cast his ballot In
favor of the proposition
At the present time, Montgomery.
though going splendidly, is drawing poor
ly. Chattanooga, on the other hand,
while going finely, is drawing full houses.
The s. r. o. sign continually hangs out.
Montgomery has ever been the joke
butt of the circuit. and is now especially
on account of the fact that Little Rock
has gone. But If 1t ever comes to a
question of Montgomery or Little Rock.
our vote will go for Montgomery. The
home of the Climbers is not an ideal base
ball town. true enough, but has Little
Rock beaten to a punkerino pulp AS long
as Chattanooga wins Chattanooga will
patronize baseball. And as the Look
outs are doing considerable winning at
this time, it is unwise to holler. The blue
spot of the circuit, as has been pointed
out is Mobile. and from the standing Of
the clubs in recent years Birmingham
might come in for censure. 1t would,
were the fact not well eSta blished that
Birmingham patronizes winner and a
loser better than any other city of the
circuit would patronize a winner and
loser.
If the author of the story referred to
above intended to convey serious infor-
ma ton, he scored a fluke. But IL he SIM
ply desired to start an interest string of
conversation all around the circuit he
succeeded admirably.
Bill Smith is in trouble. The erstwhile
Southern league manager and double
barrelled pennant winner, had a dispute
recently with Umpire Byron of the east
ern circuit. Bill expostuated over a bad
decision, then argued with gesticulations
and then used muscular effort to gain his
point. All failed and Bill, In addition to
$50 fine. drew an indefinite suspension.
Bill has his bad points. He's hard
loser and loves to win And these, after
all, are admirable trait man with tai
ent who dislikes to lose. will win most of
the time.
Yesterday we boosted the ST. Louis Car
dinals for their magnificent squirt, and
yesterday afternoon they lost. though
their defeat was brought about only In
the eleventh inning.
And we commented freely on the fact
that the Philadelphia Athletics. after win
ming IA straights. had been beaten. And
yesterday afternoon they (the Athletics)
turned around and beat the wadding out
of Detroit.
But we forgive everyone concerned 1t
is all in the game. BILL.