The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-16

playing great game at the present, said Moley and l think before the end of the season he will be rated as one of the best receivers in the cir cult. With Red catching the game he IS at the present, we are well for tihed in that department and change will not be needed
 Cy Barber. the Chicks best finger, will probably be Moriartys choice in todays game against Preacher" Per ryman. Today is ladies day again, and as the fellows usually try to shine on such occasions, it will probably be Baron victory today. If we can even the series with a win today, Dick Rob- ertson will probably be good for a win on Saturday. We've got to win the series, that's a cinch.
 Mir. Wild William Donovan is daily demonstrating that he is not nearly so wild as he is reputed to be. His boss, Colonel Ruppert, sought out the Yan- kee chief when the New Workers were making a bid for the top and spoke thusly:
 How soon will the Tanks reach the top of the American league?'
 About October 5,' snapped MT. Wild William Donovan.
 Which is the day after the Ameri- can league closes.
 Frank Crossin. the backstopper nabbed by Charley Frank from the Colones for his made-over Crackers, deCnnes tn accept the invitation. Ac- coroting to Frank Crossn, the land of cotton is s;cered ir germs of divers ard sundrv deGdIy character.
 It's the same Q d yickly alibi. But be that as it may, Crossin will do nc catching for the Crackers. In- steac, he has gone north, by pernis- sion of ,he Colonels, to work the sore ness cut of his whip oit his Michigan farm.
 Gene Paulette is being hailed around the circuit as a new wizard in foil- ing foxy plays, by reason of his tum bling to the fact that lawn Dobbs was attempting to put one over in the last Pel-Chick game. Two were down in the seventh with Deberry up and Moriarty instructed Bill Robert son to pass the walloping receiver. Then Bob Higgins. swinging a war club hove into view. and MoriartJ reversed his orders, for passing De- berry to get Higgins would be like jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
 But Gene Paulette took hasty slant around the scenery and discovered no slabber warming up to relieve Left Dillinger. He held quick pow-wow with Moriarty, and persuaded him to hand Deberry the intentional pass and get Dillinger. So when Robertson completed the deliberate walk, Bob Higgins loped back to the bench, and Dillinger furnished an easy third out
 But Bill Bernard won flag for the Vols back in 1908 with just such foxy figuring as Gene Paulette cracked for Johnny Dobbs The Vols were down in Atlanta, needing every engagement, and two gents were down in the niffAl and two on the hassocks. Bernhard called Kid Butler and hustled him up close to the platter with his war club, so the Cracker receiver, who sees visions of an easy third out. Jake Daubert preceded Butler in the club ping order, and just as Bernhard doped it, the Atlanta pitcher walked Big Jake to get to Butler. Then the Vol boss drafted Hunter from the bench as pinch hitter, and Hunters hot three -sacker cleaned the cushions an won the tussle for the Vols.
 And since 1t turned out that the Vols only nosed the Pels out by one point in September. the shrewd strategy of Bernhard won the fonfalon.
 "Wahoo Samuel Crawford the Ne braska barber. who for many a year hammered tallies over the dish for Hugh Jennings cage of Tigers, is threatened with service under Clark Griffith. The Washington Fox figured that the bench warming Jungaleer would put his Senators in shape to yank those bad medicine making In- dians back where thy formerly re- posed so quietly
 Up in Detroit when Crawford was barred from regular work, Hugh Jen- nings began to sink in public favor, as fast as T. Roosevelt went down in the estimation of the republican "Old Guard" And should ''Wahoo Sam come to be one of Griff's hired hands, it would be just another repe- tition, no doubt, of the old jinx that has pursued Jennings on every gent he turned adrift.
 Jimmy Archer. who was booted away by the Tiger chief, lived to see him self revenged when he was hailed as the greatest backstopper of the game. Alexander the Great, was an other gent overlooked by Jennings Is Sam Crawford to write another chapter in the mistakes of the Tiger boss? .