The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

K Tow, MT. Fan. what have you
 M to say for the Barons? ] What think ye of Man aeer Molesworth and the tossers he has gathered together to represent the Magic City this year? You be- came impatient at the very begin- ming of the campaign because the Rarons did not show the class Of a world beater and some of you howled piquantly for the scalps or several players who have earnest lv toiled to place the local colors at the top of the heap for several years past. Of late things nave been reversed. The Barons have begun to win consistently and have worked their way into the first division. They are now proving dangerous factor in the race ana giving trouble to all of seven or their rivals The form shown dur ing the past two weeks IS not flash to last for a short while. The Barons have hit their stride and results, good ones, are being reaped.
 Every team in the league but that of Atlanta has performed at Redwood and none of them appear as evenly balanced as the Barons. The Barons have but one flashy batter but the others, although of mediocre ability, nearly always Ia ph A. ly bingles when needed and are putting their shoulder to the wheel in an endeavor to boost Birming- ham toward the top. It is not our desire to proclaim the Barons as premier to the other clubs in the league; neither is it our desire to belittle their achievements of the past several weeks. The Barons are hitting and fielding just as well as others in the league; the local hurlers are working nicely, while in individual performances they are also faring we'll The Barons are leading in base steal ing and are we'll up in run get ting, extra base swats and hit
 ting.
 The prediction made by a Chat
 tanooga scribe some while back that the local team had found it.
 self and from then on would prove strong pennant contender has come true. From a position deep in the second division they have crossed the .5OO mark and are close on the heels of the Gulls. The Pelicans and Lookouts seem to have shot their bolt. They have played phenomenal form; have hugged the top with consistent reg ularity, but a new rival looms up in the local team and ere the cur tain drops in September the band of tossers managed by Carleton Molesworth will have cut some figure in the fight. We are not claiming the pennant for the Bar ons at this stage of the game. Far be 1t from us to do such, as many, many things will transpire before the winner is officially proclaimed in September. But the work of the Barons demand more than passing notice, more than a mere com ment. They first broke the stride of the New Orleans club. then that of Chattanooga and now they have l started sweeping upward at gait | that is placing them in close touch with the affairs of the first divi- sion and causing respect from their opponents All honor to Carleton Molesworth, all honor to his plucKy minions and may they continue to l do as we'll in the hot days of June l and July as they haze been doing
 during the past three weeks. | Efs
 Floyd Kroh, the eccentric south l paw late of the Lookout staff, has
 been claimed by the Nashville clut at the waiver price of $400. Severa days ago when his team departed
 from Montgomery for Mobile Krof decided that it did not suit his
 fancy to make the jump and so in
 formed Moose" Mccormick. This also did not suit the fancy of ths
 Lookout leader and he rose up 1T
 wrath and attached a suspension tt the eccentric one, later asking waivers. Schwartz states that hs needs good southpaw worse thai anything else. But 1t seems as i he has plenty to worry about try
 ing to pull losing team out of th' rut without acting as keeper ant
 nurse for one who follows the lin' of least resistance
 Jack Coombs has taken his plac
 in the ranks of the healthy again
 He has donned a uniform and is in
 dulging in light practices, ant
 spends time on the coaching line
 The Iron Man" has not attempte'
 to test out his arm yet, and is stil
 uncertain as whether or not his i'll
 ness has impaired his pitching
 Silent and taciturn, griSzled Con
 nie Mack is watching over Coomb
 with one eye, hopeful that he will
 be round back into his old form
 while with the other he is castin
 an envious glance at the Tiger
 and Senators, who have so ia
 succeeded in ha1ting the progres
 of the Athletics. Mack realizes tha
 this season he will have no cine and that to set a new precedence 1