The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-11
EDITED BY JACK BETHEA
FOOD FOR RANDOM
By FRED BoDExEis

players are not on the eligible list. They are carried as disabled though there is not a thing wrong with them. In case it becomes expedient to use them, they will be transferred to the active list, and others who have been displaced will take their places on the ineligible list. This is a great little scheme to beat the rule. It is up to President Tener to carefully watch the clubs lists of players, and see to it that the regulations are lived up to in spirit as well as in letter.
 The clubs in the Southern league are not using this plan to avoid the law. The majority of the club owners are violating the salary limit and are not making much effort to conceal it. It's a prety sure fact that over half of the clubs are over the s2SO0 limit, but the profit is not outstanding enough to be noticed. If complaint is once registered, an awful howl will be raised before the investigation ceases.
 A baseball bug with plenty of time to spare has figured out that a $1o bet on the Giants the day they start ed their winning streak and parleyed through the r straight would have cal AC0 ly,oOV TIC ldllS IO aud WnaL happened when the better parleyed all this back on the Giants to win the eighteenth straight.
 Connie Mack has joined the ranks of the guessers. He picks the Tanks or White Sox to win the American league pennant. He adds that his Athletics will finish eighth. The last is not g guess; it's almost a cinch.
 Here's one to figure out: Hack Bible. failure with the Atlanta Crackers and Memphis Chicks last season, is how starring for Richmond in the International league, Class A or- ganization, and already scouts are try ing to buy him for major league teams. Whats the answer? There ain't any" However, it don't help the argument of the Class A fellows any that the International and Ameri- can association are faster leagues than the Southern.
 Lives of umpires all remind us
 We can lead a spicy life,
 And, departing, leave behind us
 Memories of vicious strife.
 Chattanooga fans expect Joe Harris to lead the hitters this season.-Ex- change.
 Yes yes; go on.
 Harris has been going along at fiendsh clip of late, and has peeled off the remarkable feat of hitting safely in IA consecutive games.
 Among others to be accounted for in the meantime, however, are Ernie Walker, Manning, Baby Doll Jacob- son, Bill Rumler and six or nine others.
 The Vols have nothing up their
 sleeves
 And nothing up their arms;
 They haven't any science, and
 They haven't any form
 They haven't any brilliance,
 And they're shy of all intrigue.
 The only thing that they can do
 Is lead the Southern league
 Outside of that the Vols are a poor set of athletes in the great game.
 The acquisition of Pitcher Monte Priest by the Chicks must have caused quite a shock in the hearts of New Orleans fandom. The Pels were after Priest in strong fashion, and accord ing to New Orleans scribes, was bad ly wanted
 Priest is only one of the newcomers to join the Chicks staff. Moriarity has been making valiant efforts to strengthen his staff ever since he took charge, but his efforts have been rather futile to date.
 Never before in the long history of the game has winning pitchers been so scarce as this season. Memphis had the money and was more than anxious to turn 1t loose, but for all the good it did them, the Chick owners might as well have been down. to their last penny.