The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-05
Games Today Rome at LaGrange. Griffin at NSAlnan. W Anniston at Talladega.

Games I0day
 Rome at LaGrange.
 Griffin at NSAlnan. 4.
 Anniston at Talladega.
 Anniston, June 4.-(Secial. )-Good pitching featured the past week in the Georgia Alabama league. The initial no-hit game was pitched by Lowery of the Newman club against Talladega in Newman Friday. In the
 same game, Krapp, who was on the
 mound for Talladega, held the Newman club to three hits. South, of the Rome club, held Talladega to one hit in Rome during the earlier part of the week and won his game with ease. Two good games were pitched by Big Jim Morrison of the Anniston club, when he held Newman, the best hitting club in the league, to four hits and yester- day held LaGrange to three clean hits. Sigmon of Anniston, pitched a beau tiful game against LaGrange when he
 held them to five hits, two of which were of the fluke style, and held them
 to one run.
 The week has been a great one for
 the two league leaders, Rome and Newman, as each tea mhas won five and lost only one out of six games played. Rome won five straight games
 by winning a complete series Of four games from Talladega and one game
 from Griffin. The continued win
 ming of the Rome club is due to the good management of Manush, as the
 Rome team is not the strongest field
 ing team in the league, or the best
 hitting club, nor are their pitchers
 the best in the league, as Gates and
 Wiley are the only ones that can be depended on Yet the latter has made a great record for himself this year by winning eight straight games. The
 Rome manager has every player un- der his thumb and has his club work
 ing hard all the time. He works ms men by praising them.
 Matty Mathews, manager of the Newman club, works his team by kick ing at his players from the beginning of the game until the end and what he calls his pitchers when they are in the box is unprintable. Yet ne gets everything out of his club that is in it. However, it Is thought that New nan has a stronger team than Rome.
 Flynn, Boyd and Christenberry will
 easily out hit Shaw, Tolbert and Han
 na and in the games played here. the
 Newman outfielders covered more
 ground than the Romans did and they
 are faster the paths than any
 other three outfielders in the leauge.
 In Griffin, Mackey, Gondolfi and Bow
 den. Matty has a stronger inteld
 than Manush has in himself, Donaldson,
 Werner and Pond. In the catching de-
 partment, things are about even.
 Mathews knows how to work the
 pitchers better than Pierre, but the
 Rome catcher is by far younger and
 has easily the best arm. Their pat
 ting averages will be of little dlr-
 ference. The pitching staffs Of the | ak on Griffin had an even break this week.
 They lost one game to LaGrange and two to Rome; won one from Rome and two from Bowen's team Regans team has been a puzzle to the fans or the Georgia Alabama league, as Griffin has good players on their team and two good pitchers in Robertson and Ander- son. Then they surprise the league by flashes of amazing strength, only
 to take a slump and lose the ground they have gained Anderson. all or
 the players who have faced him say, he appears to be an easy pltcner, but his deceptive delivery enables him to win the majority of his games. LaGrange also had an even break this week. They lost two to Griffln in a double header in Griffin, and won one game from Griffin and two from the Moulders. This club has two good pitchers in Livingston and Nolley and one of the best catcners in the league in Chalker, but Shey are an exceptionally weak hitting team, as most of the hitting of the entire team is being done by Bowen, Wal dren and Smith. In Leonard they have about the best fielding second baseman in the league, with the possible excep- tion of Mackey, with Newman. Un- less this team is strengthened, It Will be surprising to see them get out or the second division.
 Anniston, by losing two games to both Newman and LaGrangeL ended the week yesterday with two wins ana four loses. Dring the first part of the week, the local club was disorgan- ized by their short stop being out of the game and during the latter part they played in hard luck However Anniston is going to strengthen thelr team by getting a good catcher ana a good outfielder, who can also Work behind the plate. Then they are also which, if they succeed, they will have one of the best in the league Tne club has been hitting well. but fail ing in the pinches and poor base | running has cost them many run. The Moulders are very much pleased with their pitching staff, as in MOTIF
 son. Sigmon, Russell and Stone, the l as will be found in the league. Then In iWade Reynolds they have an excel | lent manager, whom they have world l of confidence in and who is proving | a good man despite the fact that
 Anniston holds the cellar position. | The week has been sad one for the
 Tige Garrett and his Talladega team | The Tigers have played six games this week and have succeeded in losing | every one of them, They lost two games by one score and one game by | two runs. Garrett has been on the road
 all the week and from the games he has Host by close scores and bad breaks the l fans in Talladega have a right to
 believe that the jinx is on his roll l Monday will see AnnistOn playing in Talladega, Rome in LaGrange and Griffin in Newman.
 being hit on the head by pitched ball Score: R. H. E