The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-13
WITH. THE SCRIBES

Chattanooga News; We'll, it's here that Pelican slump which We have prophesied must surely come Rirminr hams victory over the tottering Pel jeans yesterday set new precedent for the 1911 season-three consecutive Se feats for the New Orleans club.
 The Pels are in bad way and Frank realizes it more than anyone else. Personally we expect early bus mess relations between Frank and Somers, but it is our hope that the Narg will be unable to aid their pro- teges as the Clevelanders more than fave their hands full looking after their own race. The Pels' fatal weak ness lies in their battery department
 Chattanooga News Accompanied by his wife. blue-eyed Bill. Bartley blew into Chattanooga yesterday afternoon. Bill has arranged quarters here for his family and will probably join the club In N9 9shvile tomorrow. Big Bill stated that 1t would be several days before fe would be in condition to. work be- cause of his long jump and lay off. His delay was caused by the neces- sityl of packing his belongings and settling various business affairs. 2,
 New Orleans Picayune: Asked Sun day If he was not afraid Jesse Tan rehill might prove disorganizer when signed, Secretary Silver Bill' Stick rey of the Billicks responded with a negative shake: "J. Dobbs is a human buzz saw, and Jesse will be more care full in his conversation than when he was under Gladys Molesworth's gentle rule"
 New Orleans Picayune: Doc" Walter Johnston skid brother. Jimmie, was an infant terrible yesterday. and Doc" ought to take him aside and teach him to be better lad. He stole some per fectly good pillows, and had Fraser and Angemeier sweating blood. Walter ana James are both married and have homes in Chattanooga, yet they are forced to earn their daily. bread by pastiming on the New Orleans and Bir- ralngham teams.
 New Orleans Picayune: Oh, yes, lest we forget! Barr is probably going to be purchased by Cincinnati for 'steen thousand plunks. Doe" Johnston will most likely be sold to Detroit for saluhrious sum. Manush may become & Clevlander for something under million and Chick" Fraser's sale to his old team, the Chicago Cubs, will undoubtedly be completed as soon as Murphy's club earns a little more cash with which to pay for him.
 Montgomery Journal: The fBillikens looked at the empty stands at the park. remembering the cheering, enthusiastic thousands that had greeted them in other cities. decided that the snoozing old burg wasn't worth a hoot anyway, and inglori- ously permitted themselves to lose the game to Mobile, one of the trailers in the league race.
 Memphis News-scimitar: Jack Adams is ailing Memphis star catcher has been bothered by corn on the bottom of his foot for some time. but that's not the trouble just now. It's his stomach. Jack Is quite a kid and quite card, and his stomach has led him into trouble.
 The Texas boy is naturally most spar ing eater, and attributes ais splendid phy- sical condition to that fact At home he gets along with one big meal day, rousing big handout about 6:3o in the
 
 it impossible to avoid falling into the ways of the other Chicks, and he is all ways we'll along to the front of the line that parades into the hotel dining rooms and breakfasts and lunches at the clubs expense. And once at the table Adams is such a hearty red-blooded sort of an ani- mai that he goes straight down the menu and enjoys 1t all.
 Chattanooga News: Why Jesse Tanne- hill left the Barons is matter or sup position and probably Molesworth alone knows but the one fact remains patent and undeniable-his acquisition by Mont gomery has strengthened that club tre- mendously and boosted It's penant chances to an appreciable degree. It has been charged that Johnny Dobbs is not good judge of players. but in this one instance at least he has refuted the charge.
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