The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Skipper MoleSWortH IS eNceeulngly optimistic.
 l He spent several hours in Birming- ham yesterday. Give up the ship? Not Molesworfh. "We have just begun to fight" said he.
 seriously speaking,p declared the pilot, "the situation is most peculiar one There is no doubt but that we have a better team than any other l have seen this season And yet, every one of them, have jumped on our necks. and hammered us half to death. But I wouldn't swap the Barons as they are today for any other club in the South crn league.
 Smith Makes Good
 "we have three good pitchers, Foxen, Boyd and Smith, and several excellent hitters and several men who are ex- ceedlngly fast on their pins. But the pitchers are not pitching, the hitters are not hitting and the fast men are apparently a little slow at the present writing.
 "However, I am optimistic. Let no man believe that I am not optimistic"
 The cherubic individual having spok- en crossed his legs and thought a mo- ment.
 Chaput in Danger
 "of course, it will be necessary for us to bolster up the pitching staff,' he added. T am certain of FoXen ana Boyd, and smith is going to De as good as Trough. l have wanted nm for two seasons-Smith, of course, and now l am confident that he will do' After these three, 1 am partial to Hard grove. He looks pretty sood' aoes Hardrrove. Green is fair. but 1t IS prop able that he needs a little more hnlsh, Chaput is easily rattled, 1t would see,u, In the pnches he loses cohtroi ol 'ii9 hall Many men would be star ringers 5 if all the games were pet"eeh e lars and yannigans. ~ ,.,..
 The manager after eHlteihs '"'9 epigram, thought again. ,ss
 "The infield is all right he audeu' "rhere is B. McGilvray on first. lie is fielding well, but that Famous Wallop o' his Is not doing the work that u shou,u @ He Is stingng them on the nose, pus into the hands Of heioers' ~ Ma' ~a going we'll at second Berghamilei
 All About Berghammer
 Ntalesworth hesitated a moment, ana then continued
 "Rerphammer-what duce ol name to pronounce-is stiil a IeW u1 syrees behind Lajoie it would seem TIC Sa, aayer given us a promise He can 6eld in inc class of Marcan, ana as fhr that alleged Prince Albert or nls' hitunfr he evidently left IL al noun. ,couId not make a prediction, but tns are that Berghamiler VII VII. not beat Marcan out of hls Jop. chapu. cp win hardly oust B. FoXen' elther' oi ant oe inc others. But of course. am not oi,,,iging inside information recklessiy. 5rhe outfielders are playing we'll pu, are not hitting. However, as sta'eu hefore, 1 am exceedingly optimistic, Bagby Is Desired
 NOW we need some pitchers, anu we are going to get some MI co, ward and | will make stab TOT pro,,pb in Cincinnati and there IS vouna Bagby, last season With Mo'i' romerv on whom I would like to gel bv tentacles With these two felloWs, wa should have d pretty nifty team TOT the pennant, If we fall In olhciiiiias, o ~, we will go elsewhere mere ans pitchers in the United S'a'es "''0 are going after them sat
 @pnt right here, I want to repeat ,h.t the Barons as they are tooay are netter than the Billikens or the sea oulls or the Pelicans. some or tnese days there might be good .eain ,, New orleans. but at the present tiino there is not
 ElIam in Charge Molesworth is evidently optimistic. lie left with MT. Woodward last hlsht l.for Cincinnati During his absence the Barons will be under the command oi R, Eliam, shortstop and manager pro- ltempore.