The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-04
Barons, Crackers, Travellers
and Chicks Have Good
Chance to Better Stand
ing Before Close
PONDER AND GRIMES
WILL PITCH TODAY
Barons' Defeat at Hands of Crackers,
Chicks Squirt and Travellers Slump
Adds Interest to the Fight for
Third and Fourth Places
Nv FRED BoDEKER

The IowIy Mobile Gulls, the team
that is certain to finish in the last
position of the Southern league race
for the 1916 season, will arrive In Bfr-
mingham early this morning to start
a three-game series with Carlton
MoIesworth's cratic Barons. Two
games will be played to celebrate La
Dor Day, morning and afternoon
game being the programme OF
events at lockwood.
The morning game will start mt 1915
o'clock while the afternoon struggle,
which Is expected to attract the larger
crowd, will start promptly at $3.50
| O'Clock.
The Barons returned early yesterday
morning from Atlanta, where a disas-
trous series was experienced The Bar
ons engaged the Crackers in battle twice
and on both occasions the home guard
was made to wish that the local clan was
safe at Redwood rather than playing the
Dutchman's crew at Ponce De Leon. The
Crackers, however, will be over at Rick
wood this week and maybe can return
some of their i'll treatment.
The double defeat at the hands OF the
Crackers put bad crimp in the Moleys.
The team was going good; in fact, they
had won IS out of the last "a games they
had staged previous to the brief series,
and We're close on the heels of the Trav-
elers, who were making the race warm
for the Pels, holding down second place
by a narrow margin.
The Pels, fattening their mark Off the
Gulls, have now second place practically
cinched unless they should lose almost
all of their remaining games, while the
Travellers, Barons or Crackers were win
ming all of their games. This Is highly
improbable and it now appears that the
Dobb ers will be able to keep the runner
up position. The big scrap now lies, how
ever, between the Barons and Crackers,
with the Chicks as the dark horse in the
fight for the third place.
The Gulls are also the Barons' jonah
and 1t is not probable that the Moleys
will be able to fatten their percentage
off the Gulltown aggregation. Three games
are scheduled with the Mcintyre outfit
and then the final home series of the
season is staged with the Crackers.
PONDER AND GRIMES TODAY
Elmer Ponder and Burleigh Grimes will
be Moley's mound selections today, with,
Karl Black in reserve Ledbetter and AL
lson are slated to do the heaving for
the former Schmidtmen. Moley stated last
night that he did not know whether DAN
ny Clark would be able to play today
| or not 1t is thought, however, that tho
young keystoner will not get into the
game unless as a pinch hitter. Mike
! Hauser is playing good game at the
second station and surprised everyone by
| the manner in which he stepped into Dan
| iels shoes.
Prospects are that the fight for third
place and possibly second, will continue
until the last day of the season. Moley
will make every effort to push the Bar
ons ahead of the Travellers before the
season closes. The entire Baron aggre-
CATION is in fighting toys and fans will
have a good opportunity to witness the
| local club play stellar brand OF ball
during the coming games in supreme
effort to rise In the league standing.
| with but three or possibly four places
| in the standing decided, the Barons. by
losing few games, can sink deep into
the second division. The Vols are certain
| to finish first, the Lookouts are certain
to finish seventh. the Gulls are certain
to finish last and the Pelicans are rea-
| scnably safe in second place. The re-
suits of the remaining games will tell
! the tale.