The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-14

Manager Holmes, after short but Itrenuous career in the Southern eague, has drawn his dismissal. At he present time First Baseman swa- ina Is managing the team of Mobile.
 Holmes has always been of a tur ,ulent disposition and the weeks spent ,y him in this company were not pleas int by any means. But for his inherent owe of fight Holmes would probably prove successful as a manager, for, ac- ,ording to the general belief, he knows baseball. Swacina is a good performer spite of his efforts to please the yrandstand-but IL Is very doubtful hat lie possesses those properties of eadership which are absolutely neces- lary for a successful director.
 George Rohe in our mind. would make & frst-rate man. Just why he vas not appointed is not plain.
 Rick Woodward has finally appealed 0 the police to put a stop to the mak- ng of handbooks on baseball games.
 The Age-Herald for six years has ,een working to this end.
 But until yesterday our efforts bore 10 fruit
 It has been an open secret for years hat gamblers have been induging themselves in baseball betting and as remembered it was generally under ltood that a certain player some sea sons ago fell a victim to their gold. lust why the police of their own accord. nave never interfered is not plain, 4
 This season. with renewed zesG the gamblers have been plying tlaeir trade and their operations at .~the ball park 1aye nos only been, Witnessed by mem- .ers of both sey%, but have been oper
 the esteu.it of causing wide com.
 mt. But stf1l nothing was done tc
 sck them.
 is hoped that. following the pe-
 .fon of MT. Woodward the bluecoats
 II make an effort to suppress this in
 action of the law, which, if 1t is
 -nitted to flourish, will have dele rious effect on a sport which is en- yed by everybody.
 -SrEe old Southern league is rocking a1ong at pretty lively gait The race continues to be interesting
 Yesterday, for instance. New Orleans and Montgomery both lost, and the sew eral teams are better punched than be- lore. Should the swatting of the Pels decrease alongSwith the ordinary pitch ing of the fingers of New Orleans and should Montgomery begin it's annual slump on schedule time there will be such miX-up in the next six weeks that, for fear of missing something no one will sleep.
 Manager Frank declares that his pitchers any too StrOnp and is making an effort to land big fellow, Fanwell, who was formerly with Cleveland Should Franks staff be bet tered there will be absolutely no chance of heading him. There is hope now, for the hitting of the Pels will probably undergo slump some of these days
 Birmingham it seems will never have full fledged team in the field again McBride is now out of the fray with badly swollen hand and 1t is difficult to state just when Ellam will be able to return to active work. If we ever do get straight, however. we will make some of them hustle yet.
 The South Atlantic league will hold water, after all. According to the plan, i the first season will come to close June r, and the second will begin Monday In this way, interest, it is hoped, will be maintained.
 l According to the plan a post-season
 iampionship series will be played by l winners of the pennants of the sea
 ms.
 1 While the South Atlantic, incidentally,
 of a higher rank than the Southeastern, ] latter is the better league. The race better, the attendance is better, and i spirit of the fans is better 1 And in the Southeastern there is de-