The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-16
Brown Is New Methodist Coach

O1I all the sad WOrQS IrOIu lOuS uo
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 The saddest are, Tt rained again. Sadder aye, in it's sombre tones, Than the cold remorse of rollin' bones, And sadder in it's fearful skit
 Than that stern message, Please re-
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 Don't start to take a short step more To ask about the winning score; To hear described the games great
 play
 For through the valley, hill and glen Of old Gullville, Tt rained again.
 It rained yesterday-not here, though, but in poor old Mobile.
 If the good luck ever breaks away from that bunch of Gulls under the leadership of one Charley Schmidt, they'll set a worlds record for los ing ball games.
 If the Barons could only play 6 few of these days-my, how we'd win those old ball games. Sounds like a lot of hot air, that's true, but all we want is chance to prove it. And a little glance at the record of the past for the past two weeks will reveal a part of this. We have played four games on the present road trip and in three of these the verdict has been in favor of the Moley aggregation.
 Rain is about to bust up this old league. A double-header was sched- cd in Orla r5ou nd al Jupiter Pluvius butted in and stopped all further hostilities for the after noon. The road trip will cost the local management more than any in a number of years and together with the fact that the team is not draw ing capacity crowds at home, it be- gins to appear that the Barons will not be the usual money making af- fair as in former years.
 Walter Knowlson, the former pitcher for the Athletics, made a rather sen- sational bow to the fans of the South ern league yesterday, when he pitched seven innings for the Lookouts against the Chicks and failed to allow a safe hit. Knowlson joined the Elberfeld clan Thursday. Judging from his showing on his debut, it appears that the Tabasco Kid has a finger that can well fill the shoes of Rube Mar shall. the star finger who was oper- ated on yesterday.
 The Barons open at home tomorrow for a weeks stay, taking ons the Crackers in the first of three-game series. Following the appearance of the Crackers at Redwood. the Peli- cans drift into town for a series of four games, including a double header on Saturday. The Barons will play at home off and on now for about a month, and the home guard will have a good opportunity of witnessing the Barons on their upward climb.
 Dick Robertson will open against the Crackers with Elmer Ponder and Preacher Perryman In reserve. Tex Mcdonald, the former Baron, will play with the Crackers here. He will probably appear at shortstop. The Crackers have made quite few changes since their last appearance here, and the series with the Barons should prove interesting to say the least The fight with the Pels, how ever, is expected to be the bigger drawing card.
 
 Dario Resta just can't be beat The Italian won another race yesterday out in Omaha in good time. Resta is fast gaining the popular favor of the rac- ing fans over the entire nation, but it is usually the luck of an auto racer to meet an unlucky accident in the zenith of his popularity. The auto rac- ing game is not the drawing card 1t was several years ago, and promoters are working hard to elevate the game back to it's old standard.
 Not often does scribe get so bold as to openly come out and handle the irons on his home team, but such is the case in Cincinnati. Recently a scribe was quoted as saying: "If there was no calender I could tell that this was July" Naturally he was asked why Because the Reds are in the cellar" And he not such boob at that.
 The report from very reliable sources that Charlie Brown, famous for his past performances on the grid- iron, has been signed by the athletic officials of Birmingham college as coach of all teams for the coming sea son, brought all sorts of surprise to the followers of the institution. The