The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-26

driven from the box in the sixth inning of yesterdays affray at Nashville. Grimes went in to pitch the remainder of four innings and held the Vols to one run.
 Two home runs featured the bat tie yesterday Danny Clark got one and Street the other. The latter was the more disastrous, as it cleaned the bases and gave the Vols a lead Moley's crew was never able to overcome.
 Strange to say, the Barons played yesterday without committing an error. The pitching was not there, however, and the boys were counted out. Such has been the sad, sad story for a good many games
 On account of the prevalence of double headers lately and the fre-' quent necessity of sending in relief pitcher Moley is forced to work his staff overtime. Tomorrow he will be forced to send in either Ponder or Black. Both worked Friday.
 We believe the southpaw has the stuff to hold the Ellamites today Ponder, too, has shown mighty well in his last three starts and he might add much-needed victory to the string. He is younger, too, and stands a better show of com ing through after two days rest than Black, although Karl is re- puted to be an iron man and never seems to get enough work.
 Birmingham kindly donation did not help the Vols any a S New Orleans had little trouble in de- feating Little Rock. The relative position of the two teams therefore stand unchanged.
 We'll, never say die. Better luck today, maybe.
 Chattanooga was certainly marvel ously perked up over the double vic tory of Tuesday. The Chattanooga Times is already claiming the pen nant on the strength of the compound defeat.
 NO use in arguing now, folks" w. G. Foster exults, the pennant is won.
 When Chattanooga wins a double header in Birmingham the first trip south, it's time to call off the dogs.
 For years and years, the Bir- mingham park has been the lrresist- ible jonah of the Lookouts. It was there that the memorable spurt of the Lookouts in 1910 came to a sudden end, the series causing President An drews to travel north and make rHe most disastrous move ever recorded by the local magnates. the signing of Bill Smith to replace John Dobbs.
 ''The jinx continued in full opera ton year after year; we have not kept count but will venture to say that the Lookouts have won but three series in Birmingham in six seasons. The slugging tribe of 1914 met their first determined opposition of the year at Birmingham and here one Mir Fox who bade fair to be the hero of the year, hit the chutes and never won another game. Further elucidation and details were useless. The 'jinx'' is retired, and any ball player will tell you that when you've thrown the ''jinx" off your trail vic- tory is asSured.'
 There's another thing in connec- ton with the double triumph that adds force to the conviction that the evil days are over.
 
 Lookouts to have to play Birming ham at home, President Baugh as signed Jack O'Toole and Theodore Breitenstein to umpire the series, seemingly setting the stage for over whelming Lookout disaster.
 '"The presence of these two at one fell swoop was enough to have made a less courageous and less fighting team than the Lookouts throw up their hands and quit. Whether he has it in for Chattanooga or is a jonah" unintentionally-let us suppose the latter-Breitenstein has always been thorn in the side of the local club. We can remember as far back as 1912 when Bill Smith used to all but foam at the mouth every time Brett um- pired against-observe the word against-the Lookouts.''
 Jack O'Toole has it in for Fiber field. He fired the Lookout boss in Atlanta twice for practically noth- ing and after giving thoroughly ran cid decisions. He chased him off the bench in Birmingham yesterday. There isn't chance for the Kid to turn loose the pepper box when Jack is handling the indicator.
 Put yesterday down as a red let Werner, 2b. ,....s. 5 2 2 2 2 Tolbert, If. ...., 4 o 2 3 0