The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-01
OF THE BARONS
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OF THE BARONS
| At the rate Birmingham and Memphis
| are consuming time, 1t might be a good
| idea for the league directors to pass
| rule calling for seven innings in single
| contests as well as in double-headers.-
Memphis Scimitar.
| Going to the bat in the seventh. Nc
| Gilvray picked up a wounded sparrow
and petted it for luck. He then singled
and Elliott perched the bird on his hand
and carried it to the bench for a mascot.
memphis Commercial Appeal
The Barons and Volunteers are right
close to each other in--the percentage
column and the coming series should be
! extraordinarily interesting in view of
| the fact that 1t will probably give one
or the other a decided lead.-Nashville
American.
| Birmingham seems TO have made a
wise move in getting Shortstop ELAN
| back You never can tell about those
| youngsters at that Bill Lindsay's re-
entry into the Pelican lineup Friday
didn't help our heroes much.--New Or
| leans Picayune.
| The Birmingham club expects to have
/ it's new park ready for use by August 1,
and the players are promised something
| If they are up with the leaders by that
time. Montgomery will likely be granted
the favor of helping open the new park.
Mobile Register:
| This fellow Wagner. who pitched yes
terday, lie a natural batter. He worked
| in 80 gpmes last year as an infelder in
| the New York State league, and swatted
| 325. In five times at the bat here he
| has grabbed four safeties, and all clean
| drives.--Memphis News Scimitar.
After Birminghams defeat Friday the
bugs wondered how that club ever
trimmed the Chattanooga bunch four
straight. And after the way the Barons
sloughed the ball Saturday the other
bugs wondered how the Turtles. ever won
the day before.-Memphis News-Scimitar.
With Montgomery out of the way,
| Carlton Molesworths speedy Barons
| land today for a three-game series. The
Barons have been travelling a fiashy pace
of late and look to be one of the hard
est clubs in the league to handle. Moles-
worth in the main has a bunch of young
sters, but they are playing the ball that
| wins. Nashville Tennessean.
With Montgomery out of the way this
afternoon. Tuesday brings in the hus-
Ting Barons for three-game stay.
These are the people that put the first
crimp to Chattanooga's squirt and the in
dications are that the series will be
peppery one, loaded to the gunwhale
with action and incidents of note. The
Barons look to be stouter than any Bir
ming club Of recent years.-Nashville
Tennessean.
However, speaking of Alabama, Bir-
mingham will arrive today FORE series
of three battles. The Barons have been
playing better ball and-it will be remem
bered that they put it all over the lead
ers recently, as we'll. The leaders put
it over the Vols.-now watch the dope
break funny and the Vols. cop the series.
Bill is going to make these home games
his If 1t is among the possibilities
Nashville American.
The last surprise party of the day came
in when the wires licked off the news
that Birmingham, the team that has been
making a great record out on the Stag
pile, was badly beaten by Memphis to the
ture of 10 to l. 1t was not SO much
the Mehphs fault that Moley's men
lost thar game as 1t was that the Bar
ons punched up a choice assortment of
errors, the official scorer recording nine
OF them, while the Turtles made but
Montgomery Journal.
Last season the Turtles practiced and
occa siopaly worked a play that meant
either punner scoring from third or the
batter safe at first. The play was this:
With a man on third and one out, or no
outs, TIE batter would floor a slow
grornder down the third base line, the
come in and field the ball The runner
and Il the peg was made to first he had a
he held the ball to keep the runner from
scoring there was the chance for a double
steal, t. say nothing of having the next
batter drive out a long fly Yesterday the
same thing came up accidentally and
Baerwald knew how to put it through.
The Cat was on third with none out.
Crandall swung his hardest but brought
forth only slow grounder along -
!. left field foul line Emory rushed in to
field the ball and Baerwald was right
after him. The Cat following along plain
~ worrie'. Emory and he finally made a
heave to right field which scored the Cat
and put Crandal on third. Had Baer-
valid Rugged third base on Crandalrs
tap. chances are Emory would have made
a perfect peg to first, and only one run
would have been scored that inning
Memphis News-Scimitar.