The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-19
From the Angle of the Bug
By ASA RorNTREE. JR.

matter with their hitting or field ing and with the beavers right, the Barons will be ready to get into the thick of the melee.
 All that Is asked of the fans is that they refrain from knocking and give the Barons their whole hearted support while the players are acclimating themselves. Give them a chance to overcome the damages done by old Jupiter Plu- Vius during the spring and then see if they fail. On opening day Hardgrove was not in shape to pitch. but went in only at the i'm sistence of his team mates who wanted him to have the honor of opening the season.
 Friday the fans hooted Grimes for showing such poor control and also Manager Molesworth for let ting the former Lookout go on the mound. Grimes has been sui fering throughout the whole of the spring with an exceedingly sore wing and 1t was until the last week or so that he was even able to throw a ball hard. He asked for a chance to try his arm out and Moley consented. Lack of work told on him and he was unable to locate the plate. Grimes did his best and failed because he was not in condition, and yet the fans have begun growing for his release.
 Favored by fair weather Grimes has gotten down to work and the next time he appears on the firing line there will be no repetition of his performance in the first inning of Fridays game. Manager Moles- worth has much confidence in Grimes and stated Friday night be- fore leaving for New Orleans that he would yet make the Barons winning twirler
 Although local fans may imagine they have grounds to kick over the showing made by the team in this years initial series, a glance over the records of the various
 games will reveal otherwise. The hitting of the Barons has been all that could be asked, while their fielding has also been above par. In the Mobile series the Barons piled up 3S hits an average of over nine per contest, while only five mis- plays were committed On the oth- CT hand the Gulls naked up 40 hits and made eight pebbles, three more than were cTeulleu tO lHe lOCdlS
 Although Briscoe Lord was the
 most conspicuous wielder of war clubs during the past series, Pete
 Knisely surpassed him. Lord got
 nine hits in IS trips to the pan,
 while Knisely got eight in IA trials.
 Lords average was .500 and Knise- ly's .571. Another player who was
 not idle during the series was
 Clyde Mcbride. The Baron center
 fielder slapped out six safeties in. 15 attempts, an average of 400.
 In the first three games with the
 Gulls both Ellam and Covington hit
 at .339 gait, but each fell down
 in the final one and their aver
 ages slumped to .231 and .235 re-
 spectively. Marcan hit .25O in the
 series, getting three bingles in 12
 times up. Magee got a poor start, making only trio of safe taps in 16 trials, but this is not worrying Moley. and he expects from now on that the speedy little left fielder will travel at his true gait The batting averages of the oth CT Barons who participated in the opening series are: Herndon .273. Brown 667, Robinson 800, Dilger .ESO, 0dTIOu .-ou, IIdS tSScT Ot, 4, Bell .O00, Mcdonald 900, Harben .0OO, Johnson .250, Gregory .O0O, Hardgrove 900, Wallace 900, and Grimes .000 Mcdonald, Bell, Harben and Greg ory were at bat only once, while Grimes did not make an appear ance Previous to the opening of the season Pete Knisely asserted that he intended to make things warm for some of the leagues heavy sluggers and he has certainly started off in the right manner. as his average. of .571 for four games testify. ap Charley Carroll is the hard luck member of the Baron squad. While practicing before reporting to Bir mingham Charley was spiked in | the foot and it was not until just l before the season opened that he 1 was able to get down to real work. | He got back into harness in the l opening game, taking McDonald $ 1 place at third and near the con : | clusion he was again forced out of | active competition by being spiked | in the hand. The injured member | is in a plaster cast and Charley l does not know when he will be | able to play.