The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-30
M'GILVRAY CLEANS
UP WITH THE BASES
FULL-FOUR SCORE
IRRESPECTIVE of whether. or not
the Pelicans are as tired as they

IRRESPECTIVE of whether. or not
the Pelicans are as tired as they
look, or whether or not every
body is as happy as we that Bill Nc
.Gilvray has his eye again centered
on the heart of the ball, it is interest
ing to speculate on to what heights
of fame ]. Dobbs might rise had he
the opportunity.
BY opportunity we mean this-to
manage ball club in town the fans
of which are wild over the game, the
papers of which are enthusiastic in
their support, and the management
not only has money to spend. but is
willing to spend it for good play
ers.
Dobbs. himself. admits that he
doesn't know whether or not he could
make good. But that he has starred
in managing clubs of little and COM
paratively poor cities is beyond all
question true And when manager
gets on the sidelines and works his
head off it matters not what the score
might be. he deserves to win. Dobbs
is certainly the Hughey Jennings of
the. south.
At the present time. Dobbs has a
pretty fair team, and one which will
grow stronger as the summer ad-
vances. But the collection of his play
ers cost comparatively little money.
Tie grabbed Manning, a pitcher, from
Auburn. He has grabbed Mcdowell,
an outfielder. from the University of
Alabama. He found Sloan in the
mountains of Tennessee. Walker, a
Birmingham boy. incidentally, played
last season in the Southeastern league.
His other players came from st. Louis
which city is still endeavoring to re-
pay the peppery Billiken manager for
the stars he had found and sent up.
AS is known, former Billikens are
making the team of the st. Louis
Browns. Dobbs sent up Pratt. a dis
tinct star. whom he found at the Uni
versity of Alabama; McAllister, the
second Brown catcher; Williams and
Johnson, both excellent players. ST.
Louis will do Montgomery many other
good turns before 1t has completely
discharged its obligation. Another star
found and sent up by Dobbs is MAX
ing the Brooklyn club one of the
strongest In the National. He is
Stengel, whose fine work has been
the cause of big league gossip for
several weeks.
Sloan. as stated, was last season
with Bristol. Dobbs saw him work
and liked him. For Montgomery the
player was drafted and turned back
by st. Louis. When he reached Dobbs
he was the greenest man in the busi-
ness. At the present time, he is a
good fielder, fine hitter. and des-
tined to grow better in each depart
ment. Dobbs declares that he will
eventually become a greater star than
Stengel.
Sloan was green. One afternoon
Montgomery had men on first and
second with none out. Dobbs told
Sloan, whose turn at bat was to fol-
low, to put them down Sloan took
an awful swing and flied out. The
inning passed without Montgomery
scoring.
Didn't they teach you anything
last season." Dobbs asked the player
VERY little,' Sloan answered. Our
manager always let the little fellows
do the bunting
what were his instructions to the
big fellows?" queried Dobbs.
"Oh, whenever / went up to hit with
men on bases, l was told to bust it,
The Pelicans look tired and indif-
ferent and listless They have been
beaten so often and so badly, and
have been followed so relentlessly by
misfortune that 1t would be unnatural
were they to be otherwise than
hacked.
When the Pelicans were scheduled
to report to the field, we made up our
minds to laugh heartily after the
Baron victory. But how we cannot.
Their play was pitiable. We are too
sorry for laughter. We begin to ap-
preciate how Cholly, 30 accustomed to
victory, must feel.
Bill Stickney, however, Is keeping a
stiff upper lip. He was asked yester-
day how 1t felt to follow tall
ender." Quick as a flash came Bill's
reply:
Naturally" he said. "You remen-
ber I was formerly with Montgom-
cry
Bill McGilvray, for many years a
popular favorite. and for whom many
people have this season made direful
predictions, found his batting eye
Wednesday afternoon. Yesterday, first