The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-13
RACE GETTING CLOSE AS END APPROACHES With Little More Than d Month Left Teams Are
 Becoming Bunched
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STAN DING
No games scheduled.

Anniston, July 12,-(Special.) .)-With just little more than a month to play, the race in the Georgia Alabama between the clubs is getting very close. with the ex- ception of Talladega and Gadsden. Selma, LaGrange, Rome, Opelika and Newman are very closely punched and Annston is getting in striking distance of the lead CTS and is drawing away from the two tail-enders.
 Two series played this week has been the feature of the week. Newman and Orelika. the two leading clubs in the league. had a battle royal in Opelila, while Anniston and Rome had a hard fight in the Model City. Newman won two and lost two in the Opelika series, with the result that the winning club would be the leading club in the league and the loser would be second When this series was over the two clubs moved the battle ground to Newman and there Newman won the first and lost the second. Two games are to be played between them Monday and Tuesday.
 Rome came to Anniston the first of the season and lost three games to the local club. little latter the Anniston club vent to Rome ana the Romans served the same dose to the Model City team. Manager Proctor, who was responsible for Annistons winninf spurt, has been out of the game all of the week with the humps. Rome was also absent of one of their best players, smith their lead ing batter, broke his leg in Mondays game in Anniston sliding in home after hitting a home run. One bone was broken and smother fractured. Manager Mills, whom the Anniston fans have dubbed Sun set because he protested a game played here July because it was not started two hours before sunset, is also out of the game with bad leg. as is Sheppard, Ann.ston's catcher.
 Gadsden and Talladega have fared very poorly this week, the latter winning only one game during the week and Gadsden lost every game they played. Every game that Talladega lost was lost by less than three scores, and most of them were lost by one run. However, the Indians are game, and have a good fighting spirit and may be heard from before the sea- son IS over. In Camp, Baker. Wilson and Davis they have four valuable players Pitchers are their main troubles, as Davis is the only reliable hurler on the staff.
 Odt-SQtl lldS IlOl as BOOu cluD as ldl- la6cSa, but has a good pitching staff in King, Vanderver, Wood and Abbott They have fared in hard lucK this season They made a mistake in electing a manager who could not report until aftr the season started, and in that way they have not had well organized club. Last week Sigmon, their best pitcher, and Leaman, one of the best hitters and shortstop, jumped the club to play semi professional bail in South Carolina. Boote of Rome, pitcher, has also jumped his club
 There has been rumor that Gadsden was going to drop out of the league, but 1t is doubted. as they have a good deal Of money subscribed by the merchants there to keep the club going this season. How ever, they have given out the report that Gadsden will not have league ball have been mentioned as wanting to take have ben mentioned as wanting to take their place in the fast little circuit. There is no doubt that Talladega will stay in the league.
 Another manager was fired last week and q new one elected, when Artie Riggs atss let out as manager of the Selma club and Kimbrell elected to succeed him.