The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-23
EDITED BY JACK BETHEA


 American league.
 Silk OLoughlin once chased Fiber field from the park. The clubhouse was in center field. The Kid dressed and, leaving the clubhouse, walked straight for the plate. He came through center field, stepped oa sec ond, walked through the box and strode up to the plate. Under each arm was pane of glass.
 OLoughlin looked at him and roared:
 What do you mean by stopping this gamer
 Thanks for chasing me. I almost forgot I had to put in these panes of glass in the kitchen window. Now I can do it." and with that he strode away with a broad smile.
 Has Boston, Mass, set out to form a monopoly on the no-hit honors for the current season? Already Long Tom Hughes, who blazed the trail for the Hall of Fame performances, has been joined by a fellow townsman in George Foster of the red-hosed faction. The pair of Bostonians jointly swiped the laurels for no-hit affairs in their respective leagues, a feat which no other city in major league ball has turned in so far.
 Back in the musty days of 1882, when Louisville held a major league berth, Mullape and Hecker, members of the Colonel riflemen, produced mo- hit engagements. The Reds and Pi- rates were the respective victims
 Morris and Mountain, pitching for Columbus two years later, repeated this curious trick of one city harbor ing a pair of no-hit slabbers. Seward and Wehring of the old Athletics du- plieated in 1888 against Cincinnati and Kansas City, but since that time no city in the big show has been able to boast of a brace of moundsmen who gained the cherished crown of a hitless and runless tussle, until Dusty Rhoades and Andie Joss collected laurel game for themselves in 19OS- The two famous boXmen were in a Cleveland uniform that season.
 Two seasons ago Jim Scott held the Griffmen to a no-hit affair, yet dropped the decision in the tenth in- ming, 1 to o, on May II, and on May 31 Benz hurled a no-hit affair, to match the work of his teammate.
 Yet, even with such remarkable rec ords, there is no record of boxmen on teams in different leagues in the same city of the majors reporting in the same season with an admission card LO tHo f1dll OI T cIQe
 Charlie Starr and Bob Allen have certainly given their Travellers a bad shake-up. Larue Kirby has been put on the ineligible list, Bill Powell re- leased, Ernie Walker to re-enter the game Benny Myers to play right field.. is the complete doings together with the retirement of Starr. The shake-up comes as no surprise fol- lowing the failure to stick near the top of the second division. The Little Rock Gazette tells of the late moves as follows:
 William Powell Is released.
 Larue Kirby will be benched.
 Benny Meyer will play right field Wednesday.
 Charle Starr will continue at third base
 Ernie Walker will be back in the game Monday
 The return of the Traveller team to Little Rock yesterday afternoon brought this grist of news. Some of which is surprising, while other por- tions had been expected.
 Powell's release has been impending for several weeks. It was only de- layed because there wasn't another fourteenth man available When the Travellers started on their first long southern trip Powell was sent for and has been with the club since then. Bill won a couple of games after return ing, but he hasn't been at all re- liable.
 Powell hasn't decided on his plans. He probably will remain in Little Rock for his five days, after which it is quite probable that he will re- turn to his home at East Liverpool, O. Long William Powell battled hard luck during his entire stay with the Travellers, and because he stuck with it, working whenever called up and never loafing on the job, he made many friends among the Traveller fans They weren't strong for Pow ell as pitcher, but they liked "Old Bill'
 The benching of Kirby is somewhat surprising, although Lue hasn't been showing much recently. During his term on the suspended list he took on weight and since his return to the game he has been unable to get rid of it. Consequently he has slowed up He has been ordered to work off 15 pounds the next 15 days if he hopes to get back on. Kirby is an- other man who is popular with the crowd. He looked good early in the season, and his slipping now brings real regret on the part of the fans. Kirby is not under suspension and will be available if needed.
 This settles temporarily the ques- tion of Meyers position. as he will supplant Kirby in right field. Meyer has worked faithfully since his ar rival here last week, and declares he is perfectly fit. He is as peppery ball player as there is in the league. the one rival for Buggy Wares.