The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-22
WITH THE SCRIBES


 Chattanooga News: Collifower is um- piring another series between the Pel- cans and Lookouts at Andrews field this afternoon and Chattanooga should remove
 the stigma which descended upon her fair
 name upon the last occasion by exem-, plary conduct from the stands. There
 are better umpires in the league than Collihower, but, on the other hand. his work during his present stay has been
 competent in every way. Molesworth should have been fined heavily by the arbitrator for his action in yesterdays game, for while we will not contend that Lister was either out or safe at second, since we are not In position to judge such plays from the press box. we will contend that Molesworth in his position in centerfield, is equally unqualified to do so.
 Knowing that Collihower had experi- enced serious trouble and several com plaints had been registered concerning him, Molesworth took upon himself to question every close decision, which, If rendered by any other arbitrator, would have been accepted without a murmur. So long as he is an official of the league Colif1ower should receive the. respect of the players through virtue of his official capacity at least Kavanaugh has shown beyond the shadow of a doubt that he thinks Collihower competent. and that he intends to support him in his decisions; this being the case the constant nagging
 which has been offered him, and, at many times unjustly, should cease.
 Nashville Banner: The worlds record for consecutive hits is not known, but it cannot be much more than the even
 half dozen safeties in as many times at
 bat by Bill Schwartz in the last two games. Batting against Hess, the best tvrer in the league, Tuesday, Schwartz
 got four hits out of four times up, two
 of them being doubles, and he singled
 twice on Veasey yesterday in the first two times up Over anxiossness was his downfall, however On his seventh
 time at the bat he was so anxious to add another to his record that he wasted two strikes in trying to send a couple of curve balls over the fence. He ended up
 
 ing these six consecutive hits Schwartz
 was batting .276, and he must have boost ed his average somewhat since that time. Chattanooga Times But the rankest
 piece of highways robbery was Perpe- trated by Catcher Yantz, subbing for Moley in the center garden. In the sev- enth he robbed Pete Lister of a homer by one of the best catches of the season. Yantz was playing deep when the ball was hit It was a high drive to deep right center. The sub outfielder nabbed it on the dead run while going back at dizzy pace This bit of work received full recognition from the stands, and the perpetrator of the act was forced to doff his cap repeatedly as he came in from the field.
 | Chattanooga Times: Again in the fifth, the Lookouts seemed on the point of lassoing MT. Proughs goat. but their hopes were quickly blasted. Pedro Lis ter opened the inning with Texas ieaguer. which fell between Marcan and Johnston. Lister turned first while the ball was still in the air and as 1t fell safe he dashed for second. Johnston nabbed the sphere and shot 1t to Ellam the ball and runner arriving at prac- tically the same time, Pete apparently sliding under the throw. Umpire Colli- flower promptly called Lister safe
 which was the signal for a loud outcry from the Baron infeld, reinforced by Manager Molesworth. who came in on the run from center field. Just what
 Moley said to Col1y was not audible to our ears, but it must have been real sassy, as Colliflower pulled off the unexpected and ordered the Birming- \ | ham manager to hie himself to a shady place on the bench. The umpire also seemed on the verge of chasing one or two other Barons, but the way in which he handled Moley had quiet | ing effect, and the game proceeded,
 after Yantz had been sent to center
 field to sub for Molesworth.
 | Chattanooga Times: Bill Foxen, who
 was easy for the locaffs while the south | DEW wore a Cracker uniform, was, if
 anything, less effective yesterday than formerly. While he gave up but one base on balls. a number of others would have promonaded had they walt | ed the left handler out. Young. Nagle,
 the Pelican receiver. had difficult time with Foxen's shoots, but caught
 good game, despite the big handicap
 he was laboring under
 Atlanta Georgian: The hand-book gamblers who have piled their disrep-
 utable and ghoulish trade unmolested l in Atlanta for years, may as well be-
 gin looking around for other fertii. | fields. z
 Representative Walter McEireath or l Fulton county has introduced biil ID the legislature to wipe out hand-pooh
 gambling, andy there is small reason to heljeve that 1t will not pass.
 If is bound to be reported py the
 committee to which it was rererreu'
 and once out for vote 1t ought t'
 go through flying
 Mo,tyomery Journal: When club is
 -oiny finely aid from the fans Is not
 needed to win. but 1t is when the play CTS are in the dumps that encourage ment comes as a tonic to the strained