The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-03
OF GREAT DAY
 ON CLASSIC RICKWOOD FIELD WHICH THE SPORTING EDITOR
 SOMEHOW FAILED TO NOTE
By DOLLY DALRYMPIK

we "go head of the clas to1ay and
 get the prize.
 And
 Speaking of prizes
 Weren't you that proud of MT. Pas chal G. Shook when he made his
 speech presenting big Judge Kavan- augh to the mighty throng?
 And eloquent!
 Oh. gee
 He fairly reveled in quaint ara beques of verbal felicities and I'll bet that if he wanted to be president of anything else in Birmingham besides the Chamber of Commerce he'd get the vote of all the fans" who heard him yesterday-and that's some vote,
 Even such things as the high cost tof living and sugar at 12 pounds for a dollar was forgotten for the day and the city commission even adjourned and
 enlisted in the baseball army to see that Trophy Day. was gigantic suc- cess
 We had visitors-nice ones. too-from Atlanta. encouraged. no doubt. by the last two victories of their team. but there vas one little person missing and that was the mayor of that de- lectable little "city-ette"
 I suppose he sent wireless messages though to the Crackers every few min utes to beat the stuffing out of us if they could
 l But
 We'll
 l We don't mind little thing like that. 1 Commissioner George Ward strolled in leisurely looking as handsome as a picture and took his seat among the tumultous crowd. He was dressed in a nifty "fall' suit all bound round with a woolen- no, I mean he was up to the minute in style and was an interested onlook- CT throughout the game l MT. James Weatherly, the leading "base runner" of the commission viewed the struggle with deep concern l Commissioner Jim" looked very well satisfied perhaps because the probate judge had declared that his commits sioner's petition meets all requirements and then. too, those "3O00 names" on the last looked good to Commissioner "Jlm'-eh? 1 ' He'd make a good catcher Judge elbow as he motioned toward MT. Weatherly. because nothing ever gets Il by him"
 MT. John Sibley. beaming with de- l light, and MT. Oscar Turner also at- tended with vengeance, but how could ball game take place at Rick wood without these two electric fans?"
 | The elongated MT. John Mcqueen, high and scarce as ever, as to build, nearly leaped out from under his Panama" bonnet every time the Bar ons did anything worth while, which was often, let me tell you In between times when you least expected 1t, the band played the popu- lar airs in a snappy, catchy way, and wonder why a broad. contagious sort of smile. rippled over the countenances of the "grandstanders," as handsome MT. George R. Knox Jr and Mir. Basil Manly Allen with his curly locks and swagger clothes. strolled in just as they struck up Hes a Devil,' l say l wonder why MT. Buster Brown was there with q box full of friends and they proved their loyalty by 'rooting'' as hard as ever they could for the Moleswor,h family.
 MT. Murray Brown and Mr. Erskine | Ramsay didn't try to restrain their enthusiasm when it appeared that the l Barons had q chance Look at that play of Ellam's, said Murray to Erskine, as the agile short stop of the Barons made a phenomenal play.
 Couldn't see it. said Erskine, my hair was in my eyes"
 Which proves that you must have