The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-15

" thdit Aiiai 1oi iI ~
~ ferred against an umpire IS
that of evening up"
The exceedingly cautious Mont
gomery Adevtiresr, in its issue of
yesterday morning, contained the
following:
after calling a ball a foot on
the outside of the plate a strike
on Breen in the third inning,
Stockdale called a ball that split
the plate a ball and walked Breen.
1t is a bad idea for the umpires
to even up.
And again the paper has the fol-
lowing reference:
"Stockdale was badly off on balls
and strikes and Johnny Dobbs had
a talk with him in the first in
ming
Without attempting to speculate
on the extent of the embarrass-
ment of the umpire that the as
tute manager OF the Billikens
found 1t necessary to have a lit
tie talk with him" we beg to
intimate that there is umpire trou-
BILE in the American circuit also.
Hear the following from the
Washington Post;
Umpire Ferguson is hissed and
booed every time he gives a de-
cision. He lost a decision at sec
ond base yesterday, calling Dam
ny Moeller out when he was clear
ly safe, and the r light fielder
bleacherites followed and yelled
at the new umpire, For the rest of
the game Ferguson was insulted at
every turn. The umpire situat tion
in this league is rapidly reaching
a crux. Rumors are heard on every
side that the officials have been
ordered by Ban Johnson to ban
ish and suspend players on the
slightest provocation. Ban johnson
has built up a wonderful reputation
for banishing rowdyism from the
diamond, and he is going the limit
now. He is driving from the game
every element of earnestness. Man.
ayers and captains are not al
lowed to say word against a
decision on pain of being sent from
the playing field. But Ban is going
to make the fight all along the
line in defense of his umpires,
and here in st. Louis many wise
Judges believe that a riot is in
close proximity"
DO the Crackers or do they not?
We are referring to dissipation.
We have heard the rumors that
some of them look too often on
the wine when 1t is red. The
following from the Atlanta Jour-
nal is intended to be a strong and
able refutation;
Recently when the team was in
Mobile losing it was reported that
Price and Brady had been biting
the wine a bit freely and had been
lined. Now from one who knows
this is utterly untrue. Neither of
the hurlers were in bad shape In
Mobile or any other city on this
road trip and just because they
happened to lose a game is no
reason why they should be accused
of failing to keep in condition"
senator Tom stevens of Mobile
is, in a comparative sense, at any
rate, interested very little in the
announcement of Mr.. Conner that
the governors chair is calling him
again. Senator Tom is thinking
more ardently of the Mobile Sea-
gulls. In Montgomery the other
day he said in the hearing of
the learned scribe of the Jour
nal.
That is the classiest team that
Mobile ever had" he said enthu-
siatically. what Is more, it is the
classiest team that have ever seen
in the Southern league. That team
is not only fine aggregation of
ball players, but it is a fine cohec-
tion of men. 1t is made up of play
ers with brains and courage, and
1t will keep on going like a house
afire."
Fleharty, the most renowned of
all the bean artists" in this or
any other league, is having great
season. The Mobile Register relates
in the following manner one of
his recent exploits:
"Our only consolation and the
sole happy thought in connection
with the contest was the fun fur
nished in the first inning at the
expense of Earl Fleharty. File,
ranked as the best pitcher on the
Vol corps, didn't last an inning. He
pitched just seven balls, and off
these seven the Gulls got a triple.
two-bagger and three singles, all
of which counted four runs. The
big pitcher just couldn't get one
by that somebody didn't swat, and
he listened to the liveliest bonn
bardment he has heard in some
time. Stock singled on the first
ball pitched. SO did Starr. O'Dell
took two wide ones and doubled on
the third ball served him. scoring,
Stock and Starr. big Jake hit
to the center field fence on the first
ball pitched and ODel-scored. Jim
my Clark then shot the next TO
right for a single, scoring Jake
That finished the afternoons work
for File. and the big fellow walked
off the field apparently thinking
these Gulls can certainly hit just
like we've heard tell Of
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