The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-05

regular turn in the burdens of box duty in about three or four days. Ac- cording to Dick, a ligament in the el- bow of his salary wing was strained, but the noted bonesetter found little trouble in restoring the wing to it's normal strength. Dick was pitching effective ball when he left, and will most probably retain his effectiveness.
 Moley stated last night that he would use Karl Black in the final game of the series. Elberfeld will probably send Jim Allen back into the fray. The Baron boss is highly pleased at the way the team is performing. Guess everybody is.
 The Chattanooga Times expresses our sentiments of the firing of Char ley Schmidt of the Gulls exactly It is as follows:
 General regret will be felt through out the Southern league over the dis mssal of Charley Schmidt, the genial Mobile manager
 Iris true that Schmidt's club is in eighth place, but he has done remark ably well in view of the material that has been at his disposal.
 Schmidt inherited only small rem nant of Erie Lords 1914 team, which was a contender when the 1915 sea son opened. Nearly every one of Lords real stars were lost in the winters trading. He opened the 1915 season with lineup that would have caused any other manager to give up in despair. It appeared a hopeless proposition, but he managed to finish in seventh place and to give Mobile some real ball playing before the cam pa1gn was over.
 Last winter the Gulls were again rid dled. Calhoun, the teams first base man, quit. Carl Flick demanded to be traded to the Coast league Clay ton Perry was ditched because of sal ary differences. Dobard also refused to sign for a decent compensation. In the outfield, Elmer Miller, the teams star, was lost by draft, and Hub Northen quit, leaving only Mike Burke. The pitching staff was also riddled. Bradley Hogg went up." Lee Townsend jumped. Ben Karr was filched by Detroit and sent to Chat tanooga.
 Schmidt opened the training season with team that consisted of Mike Burke, outfielder: Pitchers Holmquist and Covington, and such free agents as a bankrupt club had been able to pick up for him.
 Iris no wonder that the team the manager has succeeded in developing is in eighth place. the wonder is that it has a percentage of 400 instead of .150 or thereabouts.
 Schmidt is one of the most popular managers in the league everywhere he goes. His personality is pleasing and he has always been on good terms with his players, who work hard for him through fair weather and foul His team has shown the Lookouts many lesson in pep" and wide awakeness.
 The present winning streak of the St. Louis Browns recalls the winning streak of other ball clubs under the manage ment of Fielder Jones. To date the Browns have scored IA consecutive victories, the top number in the Amer lean league this season. Back in 1906 when Jones was manager of the Chi cago White Sox, that team made a rec ord of 19 consecutive victories. coming down from near last place to win pennant. Last season the St. Louis Federals. managed by Jones, ran up 13 straight victories and jumped from nowhere into the thick of the pen nant fight, finally losing out by less than one game. Now the Browns have suddenly made a spurt when they seemed to be hopelessly settled in seventh place. and they may yet have something to say about the pen nant They are far from out of the race and whenever they get good pitching, such as they, have had re- gently, they are as dangerous as any team in baseball.