The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-27

| The Barons' infield is now playing
splendidly. Marcan Is shining espe-
cially. He covers a great deal of ter
ritory and his hitting in the Chatta-
nooga series was all that could be de-
sired. ELAN is one of the fastest
infelders in the south and Emery is
very rapid, too. Big Bill plays the first
sack as if he was born there.
For the ensuing month fans will
have to content themselves with WIS.,
iting Commodore CIRCUITS matinee back
| of the American Trust in the after
moons and reading The Age Herald in
the mornings.
| We have always contended that Biz
mingham Is the best baseball town in
the league. Atlanta got more money
here as a result of the first days play
than during the entire series in Mont
gomery We have the word of At
lantas secretary to that effect And
Chattanooga got more money here than
in any two of the other cities of the
The paid admissions yesterday were
| 3497.
| Mobile rallied yesterday afternoon,
and in spite of miserable playing de-
feated Memphis in 10 innings. 1t was
| the first victory of the >Gulls in many
months and there was rejoicing in
that city last night. New Orleans man
aged to defeat Atlanta in a pretty
game and Frank entered no protest.
Montgomery IN a fast game defeat
ed Nashville, JUL twirling in old-time
style.
| Coincidentslly, on the day of Mo-
biles victory, Savannah got out of the
hole in the South Atlantic and Vicks-
burg won in the Cotton states. The
day of wonders is not passed with Hal
ley's comet.
| "How's the game?" has supplanted
Have you seen the comet?"
The Cubs cinched their hold on first
place in the National yesterday by de-
feating Philadelphia and Pittsburg got
another bump. It looks favorable for
the Cubs since the return OF King
u cop duOtler penHdut. 10 udte there
has been nothing to the American save
Philadelphia. Detroit, after losing to
Washington on consecutive afternoons.
defeated the Senators yesterday but
the Tigers have not shown the class
| of New York. Chicago Is out of 1T
| and Cleveland is not holding its own.
Henry Meek played a very poor game
yesterday in spite of the fact that
| he got two of the visitors total of
| four swats, one of them driving in
the only run of Chattanooga. But he
was guilty of a passed ball on which
a batter had famed, this letting in
run, and showed no agility at all
| In glowing the fouls which fell around
him. There was no excuse, of course
for his failing to reach first on the
| fly muffed by Wordsworth in center
| The invasion of the clubs of the
north of the territory of the clubs
of the south is over. 1t has not
shown that the class of the league
| is in the, northern half, as has been
| claimed. But 1t tends to show that
| the league. with the exception of Mo-
bile, is fairly well balanced. The north :
ern clubs acquitted themselves we'll,
true, but the boutherners were not
outclassed by any means. Exclude the
games played in Mobile and every Wis
| itor lost more games than 1t won
Figure 1T out to suit yourself. Bir-
mingham broke even with Atlanta
Memphis and Nashville, and then took
four straights from Chattanooga-four
defeats. eight victories, percentage of
1857. That's not bad at all.
BILL