The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-07
GOSSIP OF THE GAME

1 him. The boy needs seasoning a trif1e With another year in this company he will be ripe for the big leagues. and the club that grabs him will be lucky. Pratt is a natural born hitter and uses his head
 | Just what Dobbs will do with Martin il he gets him is not known. Perhaps he will be farmed out to some Southeastern club
 Otto Hess of the Pelicans has called down upon his head the wrath of oui president. Hess has a little trick of 8 quick heaye to the plate that he got from Bert Maxwell. It was an effective trick when it worked, and it worked most of the time for Hess.
 But so many batsmen have been hit by wild throws of this kind of late that President Kavanaugh has in- structed his umpires to require the pitcher to "hestitate moment" before delivering the ball to the plate. ScotS Walker was struck on the head by pitch of this kind several days ago and put out of the game in- definitely.
 l A comparison of the batting aver | ages of the teams of the Southern 1 league is interesting. Including the games played Saturday afternoon the Barons are batting PAS and fielding | 954 The Barons have been hitting finely, and if they improve as much ir the next two weeks as they have ir the past two, they will be pushing | Mont gomery for second place. l The lea gue average in hitting is PAY and in fielding. 952. This shows that | Birmingham is just above the average | The records of the other teams of the | Southern league are as follows: Hit ! ting: New Orleans .275, Montgomery | 263, Memphis .255, Atlanta .245, Chatta- nooga PAP, Nashville .235, Mobile .215
 Fielding: Nashville .964, Atlanta .95S Mobile .954, Chattanooga .954, New Or leans .946, Montgomery .945, Memphis | .939.
 | Sheriff Brooks of Anniston arose al | a baseball game. in that city severa | days ago and warned the tn-horr gamblers that betting on the national -pastime would not be tolerated in An niston. This is a step in the right df- rection. The Southeastern league is 1T l its infancy and could not afford to have it's life sucked out by such vampires. | The SeIma club IS not SaIlsIleu WILT | the standing of the team at all, and < putting forth great efforts to strength en. Selma recently secured Mack Rob
 inson and is after Sexton at present It is hoped that the Virginia twirlel | will be landed He would make then a rattling good man and with Robin
 son, would soon put the Selma club III
 in the race.
 l Cy Young is passing. Cleveland yes | terday asked waivers on the veteran
 Cy has not been right this season ant
 has heen unable to get into condition
 Good luck to 'yqu, cy
 The second International polo matcf was again postponed. yesterday ant
 weather permitting will be played this
 afternoon. The polo players have hat hard luck and J. Pluvius seems to have had 1t in for them. As the British players leave Saturday for the corona
 tion the matches wifi have to be played
 in short order.
 l The Nashville grand jury yesterda, returned 20 indictments against the bal players for violating the Sunday law.
 Nearly 200 golfers are competing il the Southern Golf tournament at Nash
 ville. The qualifying round will b' completed today. J. B. +0thpr Shorts On I 1ast Page