The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-28
'LOCnnOUTS COME
WITH MANY CHANGES
IN THE LINEUP
Siever and Graham Have Been
Added to the Fling
ing Staff
M'MAHON AND PERRY
SNAPPED POSITIONS
johnson Has Succeeded Dobbs in the
Outfleld and Manager Now Directs
From the observation-disclosures
Are Playing Strongly

Chattanooga, July Especially
Fans who journey to the Slagrile on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week will see an entirely different team
of Lookouts from the one which was
defeated there in May. If the Barons
make no other record this year they
can lay claim to the honor of putting
at least one team out of the pennaht
running, and that team is Chattanooga
When the Lookouts appeared at Biz
mingham in May the club was leading
the league by seven or eight games and
had made an enviable. record on the
road trip which they were just then
finishing. Four straight defeats were
handed out by the Barons, and then
when Birmingham came here a little
later for a series they added more mis-
cry to that of the fans by taking three
out of four from the Lookouts.
But all that has nothing to do with
the new blood that has been injected
in the Look outs and how, having
caught their second wind" they are
making another fight for a two-three
series which opens In Birmingham
Thursday is going a long way toward
determining whether or not the Look
outs will soon reach the win, show or
place position.
First of all, Catcher HERE Meek, the
former Birmingham favorite, has been
suspended, and in his place Johnny
Dobbs has secured Higgins. paying
$1,000 to Indianapolis for his release.
Higgins is one of the best young re-
ceIvers in the league. and the local
club will consider themselves mighty
lucky If he is not drafted this fall.
The next change of Importance Is at
third base, where Red" McMah on. late
of Augusta is holding forth. Nc
Mahon succeeded Patterson, who was
sold to Nashville. Captain Perry was
shifted over to second and Mac" sent
to third. It Is a new position for him,
but he is covering it well, and has
been doing brilliant work.
Since he was last in Birmin CHA m
Johnny Dobbs has retired as a player
manager and directs the affairs of his
club from the bench. When Dobbs got
out of the game McLaurin was shifted
to centerfield and DOC" Johnston, last
year first a seman on the Chattanooga
club, secured from Cincinnati, and sent
to rightfeld. Johnston was purch ased
by Cincinnati last fall, and after brief
trial sent TO Buffalo, where he played
under Billy Smith until mid-season.
Johnston Is hitting we'll. but he does
hot cover much territory in right
field as a majority of the other league
outer gardeners.
Eddie Siever, star twirler for the De-
troit Tigers three years ago, and since
then in the Pacific Coast and Eastern
league, and Bill Graham, formerly of
Shreveport. but for three years with
the st. Louis Americans, have recently
Joined the Lookouts. Both are good
men but have had considerable hard
luck since coming south. Graham is
just now rounding Into his best form
and is being touted as one of the star
left flanders of the league. In his last
game out he was defeated by Otto Hess
of New Orleans, although he allowed
the Pelicans but two lifts. one of those
being a scratch. An error and a stolen
base. coupled with slow work by the
infield, allowed the Pelicans to get two
men on. and l1anush lined over short.
New Orleans critics said that Yerkes
should have got the ball, but 1t went
for hit and two men scored
Birmin CHAM has won nine games out
of eleven from Chattanooga, but Man
ager Dobbs and the boys say that the
worm will turn, and that they are GO
ing after three straight in the series
which opens Thursday