The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-15

| Birmingham will have to hustle if she
 wants to win the trophy. Heinemann intends to "kop the kup," as the slo- gan reads, and, suspicious of Brming-
 ham. refused to announce the attend : ance. The park was crowded, how ever, with a circle of people extendin g all around the fence "The attendance
 is considerably less than last year,
 said the foxy Pel magnate, when asked about the exact figures. Little
 credence is given this statement, which
 was made for the purpose of throw | ing Birmingham people off their
 guard. Let the fans live up to the
 maxim proposed by the Chamber of Commerce and insure the cup by see | ing that 10000 are at Redwood next Wednesday.
 Conservative estimates place the at tendance today at 11,500, or slightly in excess of that figure Birmingham
 must hustle. Already the spectre of hard luck, which in past seasons has never failed to dog the steps of Moley's Barons, has made it's appearance and 1, ere the umpire had called for the first time the stentorian shout of play ball." had laid low one of the regu- liars upon whom Moley had depended for yeoman work.
 During practice this afternoon Char lie Carroll broke the first finger on his left hand and will probably be out of the game for two weeks Moley sent O'Rourke into the breach this alt ernoon and the youngster performed very creditably, indeed considering the fact that he is a shortstop and not an outfielder.
 Tn the fourth he probably saved a tally by his wonderful running stop of Sylyester's vicious drive to rlght, which was tagged for at least two bags.
 CATION SHOWS UP WELL
 Caton. too, appeared very nicely m centerfield. True, he is no MolesWor.n'
 but for a youngster he shoWs lnucn promise. He was naturally nervous thls afternoon but let him settle down ana
 he will make good man. He made a hit which drove in run thls alter noon. and while it is true that his nun of Weaver's fly cost the Barons cou ple of runs, the error was very eA cusable one, for which censure should not be too severe. Caton is nara
 worker and a difficult man 10 pltch to on account of his size.
 You fans in Birmingham don make any mistake about the Barons They are going to be there this season de- spite the fact that there are nahul- caps which must be overcome. Moley subjected two of his youngsters to an acid test this afternoon in putting them up before a record crowd and letting them go to it, and they stood lit without showing green. The injury to Carroll means that he's going to be in sore need of an outfielder and that if Tex does not get a job in the snort field he may in the garden. The prime requisite of the Baronial machine at present is hitters, and if he can slam the horsehide at 300 gait he can have almost anything on the team he wants. It looks as if the Barons are to have another stonewaH infield. Bill Lindsay may be year older, as one of the New Orleans scribes somewhat sneeringly remarked when sizing up the team, but he is not a year slower and was all over the field this afternoon continu- ling his sensational work of last year. Lindsay took some hard bounders in deep short and his throws to Derrick were perfect. His right arm has lost none of it's power. As matter of fact he outshone the veteran Mcdonald at third and really played better game.
 Lindsay was at bat five times, was safe on fielder's choice once, doubled
 to left once, singled to right and flew out the other times. He handled three putouts and three assists cleanly.
 Ellam was good, but Lindsay looked every bit as good this afternoon Me
 Donald was at bat five times, made a nit, struck out twice and had five chances
 with one error, which, after all, is by no means sowse. The two old horles should and probably will do great work.
 New Orleans, despite the fact that it lis third again as large as Brming-
 ham, has not nearly so pretty ball park as has Birmingham, nor the facili- ties for seating the crowds.
 There are but scant provision for over- flow from the stands and what there is is poor
 The rooters here are the most remark able of my knowledge. With 11,O00 or more people sitting in Heinemann Field block away you could not have told there was a ball game, so quiet was the crowd. There was little demonstration and only faint cheer when O'Rourke >truck out and ended the session, com pared to which the full-throated song of
 victory of the Birmingham fans is as a
 siren to penny whistle.
 Johnny Dobbs is a foxy young per
 son. A glance at the box score will re- veal the fact that there were seven
 the majority were made by the Pels.
 While his boys were swatting these at the risk of life and limb of the spec
 tators, Johnny smiled sweetly, and said
 nothing, but in the ninth, when it looked for a moment as if the Barons might stage a comeback and give some trouble, Johnny gathered all the cops in sight and forced the crowd back of the lines, so
 that it required much longer hit to