The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
FOOD FOR RANDOM
By FRED BoDEKER

King Jupiter Pluvius stepped in at the wrong time. If old Jupe had known that B. H. Grimes. the star finger and ready to step into the big show, was on the hill 1t is believed that he would not have acted in this manner. There's noth- ing else to it but that the crew of Charlie Starr was saved. A decree of life saver should be conferred on Jupe by the Travellers.
 Consequently, since we didn't get to register a win yesterday about the best thing to do and make up for lost time is to win that swin bill today. Moley and Starr agreed to stage the double offering today and give the faithful feminine fans a treat The last double header that the. Barons staged was very suc- cessful and Moley went to bed last night with prayers of "re- peatance" upon his lips.
 If the Barons do register q dou- ble win today, it means that the Moley crew walks off with the series from the Sarrlings. The final game will be played tomorrow with weather permitting, and ai- though the weather man insists that rain is on the card for the remainder of the week, Moiey has nigh hopes of being able to win all three contests. The Travellers are playing jam-up ball at the present and the Barons will certainly have to hustle to take a couple of bat ties in one afternoon.
 The Baron mound selections for the day are not announced as yet but it is thought that Mo1ey will dispatch Preacher Perryman to the front to open the hostilities. Omar Hardgrove, in no way connected with Omar the Tentmaker, will start the double bill for Starr, with George Baumgardner, late of the Browns, in reserve for the second engagement Either Karl Black, Dick Robertson or Elmer Ponder will be on the mound for the Bar rons. Indications are that Ponder Will draw the work.
 The first game will start at 2:15 o'clock, which means that if every thing is run off smoothly, the sec- ond engagement will start some- where around 4 o'clock. The fans had their first chance yesterday of witnessing Cy Morgan, the new umpire, in action. Cy didn't pull down any applause in large amounts, but he did get away fair ly creditable. His decisions brought protests from the players on both teams, however, but that's perfectly natural, whether the umps is in the right or not.
 The deal of Burleigh Grimes to the Pittsburg Nationals has de- veloped none further than an- nounced in Sundays Age-Herald. The deal has been closed with the exception of paying the money over, it Is thought. Moley still sticks to his statement that mo deal has been completed as yet" An announcement is expected with in the next few days from the local club. The purchase price will never be made public, however.
 The more Burleigh pitches. the more he looks like finished South ern leaguer. Burleigh's certainly ripe for the big show if a pitcher ever was. He fields his position ex- cellently, to say nothing of his pitching ability. It is not thought that Burleigh will join the Pirates until after the close of the South ern league season, which is on September 9. He will then have time to show the big leaguers just why he's rated as the best twirler in Dixie.
 The rain yesterday at Redwood lasted for exactly 30 minutes, the time required for old Jupe to reign before the battle is ended Dan Prenninger gave the grounds no in spection, but hastily called the game off and announced double bill for today. But very few fans were remaining in the stands when Honest Dan rendered his decision, the majority of them breaking for the cars when the rain showed a tendency to slack.
 As we understand it, Jonathan Evers, that raditor of good cheer, is too busily engaged in writing apologies and shaking hands with former fued folks, to club any hard CT for the Braves than .216. Still gent whose time is as much taken up as Is MT. Evers with smelling out fines for loose conversation, can hardly be called on for an excess siye amount of shelling the oppos- ing boxmen.
 Still there remains that garden gate gap at short which has gone along unplugged since the Dodgers failed