The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-29


 concede by now that Guese can pitch just a little.
 Montgomery Journal: Is it possible that Dr. Thomas has the entire Baron team hypnotized? He has faced them in two games this season and held them down to five hits and no runs. Is there some class to that? We hasten to as- sure you, tn ere is.
 Nashville Tennessean: No slabman in either circuit is pitching any better ball than Frank Smith, the ex-Baron TOW working with Comiskeys White Sox. The old Southern leaguer is work ing in wonderful form for his people. and al present is ranked above even Ed Walsh as the Sox premier on the hill Chattanooga News: The local club has secured the first option on the ser vices of Pitcher Griffith. a soathpaw, now the property of New Bedford, New England league. club. Griffin Is a youngster, and he has been tipped to the local club by several persons He is said to be a conner. The local option expires on August 30.
 Memphis News-Scimitar: Talking to Johnny Dobbs at the Hotel Cordova this morning I asked: What class has this shortstop of yours. Yerkes?"
 Without hesitating an instant he an swered: Hes the class of the league the best infielder in the whole bunch oh, l forgot that man Warmer or yours. Warmer is the best in the league, Yerkes next. Warmer makes Babb S club look mighty good to me-"
 Which is some tribute to MT. Wan ner
 l Chattanooga News: Fred Miller and l Al Demaree, two of Chattanoogas best pitchers. have each changed leagues | for the last three years, but have gone to the same league each year. In 1909 | they were in the Cotton States league: Miller with Jackson, Miss, and Dem- aree with Columbus, Miss. In 1909, in the South Atlantic: Miller with Co., lumbia and Demaree with Savannah, and this year both are in the Southern with Chattanooga, and here's hopin g that their third year together may be the charm and that they may do well and prosper for many moons with the | Look outs.
 Mobile Register: Of all the howls ever sent up by a team the Pelicans took the blue ribbon yesterday when | Fitz said Wagner's drive had gone over the right field fence, struck the street car on the outside and bounded back into the lot. Wagner had stopped al Esecond base, but Fitz notioned to him to finish circling the bases and de- clared 1t was home run. Captain Demont, after much wranglinS, said lie would play the game under pro- test; that the ball struck the top oi the fence and had never seen the out side of the park. There's no occasion for protest now, since the Pels copped Chattanooga News: President An drews this morning received a lette, from Pitcher Charles Keith, in whicf he stated that he would probably bt ready to report to the Lookouts in thf next two weeks.
 | T have been working out for severa weeks" wrote Keith, and in a day ol two l will pitch two or three game. against the college teams. If find tha my arm is right you may depend upor me reporting soon. However, If my arm is not in good shape I will not report as I do not want to play baseball thi. year unless I am in as good shape as
 ever was. If I come to Chattanooga will be prepared to deliver the goods.
 Nashville American: Hugh Fullerton has another one of those scientific psychological baseball studies in the May issue or the American Ma gaZ1nc When 1t comes to ingenious and engag- ing doping" the said Hugh has al other baseball speculators anc thoughtful students of the game" or the bench. In this article he shows just where batters must hit the bal to make safeties. In diagrams he points out the infield grooves" home TUT grooves" safety zones for bunts, etc He tells just how fast balls should travel in making the various kinds ol hits considered in conjunction with the distance eaten up by the base runners and the territory covered by the out felders. The study Is illuminated with alleged personal incidents and expe- riences, the wh ole making very inter- esting and diverting reading.
 Sylacuuga Wins
 Sylacauga, April 28.-(Special )-Good
 water was defeated by Sylacauga to 2 Batteries. Smith and Lane; Penton and