The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-12

GrlIneS ana the BS%oG5 NlClOIy yes
terday over the Memphis Chicks was
certainly welcomed. Burleigh pitched
swell game. and the Barons played
swell ball, but the Chicks offered
stubborn resistance throughout the
fight, especially in the early rounds.
1t was Burleigh's fourth straight
victory, three of the bunch being
shutouts. The spitballer could have
gotten away with a shutout yester-
day had he been a little more care
full. In the final frame, with three
runs to his advantage, Burleigh must
have felt sorry for the Chicks, for he
eased his stride, and before he knew it
one runner had crossed the plate and
two more were on the sacks.
Burleigh then settled down and
forced the famed Pedro Knisely to
lift an easy pop to Kid Cation and
struck the mighty Jim Walsh out.
Luther Cook ended the struggle with
a high skier to Jimmy Eschen out in
center, and the Barons had a ball
game won. Moley's crew had a stiff
fight and only constant plugging at
Cy Barger put them in position to
score. Cy pitched a mighty good
game but the pace which Burleigh
set was too much and he cracked I'M
der the strain.
The final game will be played to-
day with the Chicks with Elmer
Ponder carrying the burden of Sc
curing victory for the Barons.
Acting Manager Cy Barger will send
dimunitive Dick Kerr to the hill to
endeavor to take the rubber" If
the Barons win today, the week will
not be very disastrous, although they
dropped the series to the Travellers.
Kerr Is a mighty good pitcher, and
the Barons will have to go some to
get the decision.
Karl Black didyt don a uniform
yesterday as the result of getting
plugged on the right wrist in the ninth
inning of Thursdays game. Karl
tagged a line drive of Ed Willet's
with a runner perched on second and
1t was thought for awhile that the
Baron southpaw had suffered a broken
arm from the blow. EXamina ton re-
vealed the fact that only an artery
was bruised, and that Herr Lougen-
slayer will be ready for work within
few days.
Christy Mathewson, the veteran
Giant pitcher, tS.o recently placed
the burden of managing the Cincin-
natl Reds upon his broad shoulders,
is optimistic over the future of his
club. and says he is sincere when
he expresses the intention of leading
the ruined Reds to a pennant.
I'VE haVa soma mighty fi,,a hou
players with the Reds now,p says
the new leader, land the club ought
to show continuous improvement if
wet get good pitching
1t was hard to leave the Giants,
but there was little for me to do for
the club. 1 realized that my pitch
ing days were nearly at an end, and
that 1T was about time for a change
l always wanted to become a man.
ager, and was glad to take advan-
tage of the Cincinnati opportunity. I
urged Mr.. Hampstead to send me to
Cincinnati because l really wanted to
try my hand at managing a club.
Il firmly believe l will be able to
develop the Reds into winning com
bination. The players to a man have
shown disposition to help along,
and. with proper cooperation, we are
bound to succeed I am convinced
that the Reds, as they are at present,
have some fine talent
"Of course. we shall need some new
players. but the present lineup will
be good enough for awhile. Cincin-
MATHS fans gave me hearty recep-
ton, and Mr.. Hermann is doing ev-
erything possible to make the road
easy. We may not win the pennant
this season, but the Reds look like a
first division proposition to me, and,
If they can get good pitching, we
ought to improve our standing. It's
up to the pitchers
New Orleans magnates, PRINCIPAL
ly President A. Julius Heinemann.
are Mortified over discovery of the
most disgraceful Done ever pulled
off in drawing up a Southern league
schedule; the "bone" in this case
seems to have been perpetrated
purposely. The New Orleans team
has an open date on Saturday,
while their Nashville opponents are
on their way home to play whom
else but Charley Franks Atlanta
club.
This is the first time in the his
tory of any every day" league that
team has ever been laid off on
Saturday. Baseball draws it's money,
especially in the minors, from two
days in the week-Saturday and
Sunday. The magnates are tickled
to death if they pay expenses on
other days of the week. It's not
hard to imagine just how explosive
Heinemann felt when he found that
the heavy blow had been dealt to
his finances in drawing up the
schedule, the difference between the
receipts of Fridays game and a
Saturday attraction being not less
than $3.50 on an average.
The Pelican president set about
to ask the Volunteers to remain over
for the Saturday game, but Shrop-