The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-31
Now, what you gotta say?

Now, what you gotta say?
 Don't those Barons beat anything you ever heard of?
 One day they accept a terrlple ido- cing from the lowly Gulls, the stand ing occupants of the cellar, and then the next day they come along anu give the league leaders trouncing.
 Atlanta fans are claiming the utie of having the most peculiar team m the league in respect to playlns' put we'll offer these Barons against any thing in the world when it comes to this sort of stuff. One day they look like. world beaters and the next day a. bunch of worn out bush leaguers'
 Rut that's baseball That's the on- ly reason the game is styled as the national pastime. It's never the same thing. No one can predict anytnlng about ball team and have it come true unless Dame Fortune smiles on them. We'll, all that's all right ana a
  those Vols yesterday.
 Nashville is certainly keeping their reputation of being the town with the r. n. Burleigh Grimes gave one or the supposed roughers free rloe yesterday when a pop boltle was aimed at him, but missed his mark Burleigh complained to the pluecoa.s and actually did receive protectlon' President Baugh should take some ac- ton to protect the visiting teams at Nashville. The authorities there ooli seem to care, so it's about tune tne league officials interfere, when the fans can get away With SUCH 'hine' as throwing bottles.
 Karl Black exercised his ancient op- ton of giving the Vols trouncing at any time he sees fit yesterday. The Vols got but five hits off Karl and be- sides that, the portwheeler pounded o,1t q. couple of doubles The Barons counted six runs in one inning yes terday and still some fans have got the heart to say that the team am worth a darn. Well, maybe IL an t' but we'll be there when the old cur tain drops.
 The Barons take the Vols on again today. Burleigh Grimes is slated to do the flinging for Moley, while Tom Rogers is billed for the Ellamltes. It's about time Sir Thomas was gwen a facing and Burleigh broke out with that stuff If Burleigh's in form. if means another win for the home guard. Come, you Barons, we need the money.
 Dick Robertson did not report to Moley yesterday. The Baron chieftaln stated in a wire to The Age-Herald last night that he had not heard from Dick in about five days. Dick was due to report at Redwood to Moley Saturday but failed. Moley is not worried about the spit ball artist, but would certainly like to have hlm on hand to fling against the Vols' Dick left last Sunday to visit Bone setter Reese in Youngstown for some treatment for his sore wing.
 Hitting in the Southern league tnis season has been classed higher than IL really is. At the present time there are but ii players above the 300 mark. The hitting has fallen off greatly dur ing the past month since the pitch CTS hit their true form, and the aver ages will begin to diminish more as the season progresses.
 With the drop of Cecil Coombs, the Barons have not 300 clubber in their employ. The Barons, together with the Vols and Pelicans. are the only clubs in the league that are not rep resented among the select class. At the present, Danny Clark, the star keystoner, Is at the top of the Baron sluggers, pasting the pill for an aver age of 294 Coombs comes next In the rank with .293.
 "Red'' Smith, the first string catcher of the Barons. who is out of the game at the present, is the third member of the file, the blonde receiver bat ting .291, while Emil Meusel increased his average during the past week from .2S4 to .290. Jimmy Eschen, whom the Barons secured from the Pels, via the waiver process, is bat ting 259, while Fred Derrick, the in- itial isacker, is hitting .251.
 The remainder of the Barons are be- low the .23O mark. Mike Hauser leads this division, with 22S while Dick Robertson and Eddie Mcdonald fol- low, with .222 and .221, respectively. The Hon. John Caton, the idol of the fans, and commonly known as the Kid, is next, with .195. Herr Louden- slager, alias Karl Black, holds the average of .17S, while Burleigh Grimes, with .16a, follows. Elmer Ponder and Preacher Perryman bring up the rear with .152 and .123, respectively.
 Kid Caton is the leading base swiper on the roster, having 23 to his credit. Emil Meusel is second. with n ird